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1986ref. 166583Los Angeles: Kings Road Productions 1986. Draft script for the 1988 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Hendrik "Henry" Wynands with his name in manuscript ink on a business card stapled to the front wrapper. With copied annotations on virtually every page amending pagination noting scene breaks and marking characters sets and props. A high school nerd asks the most popular girl in school to prom but the big night is beset by problems. Featuring appearances by members of Parliament-Funkadelic as the fictional band The Rat's Nest. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Beige generic Kings Road Entertainment wrappers. Title page present dated 4/86 with credits for screenwriters Gregory Scherick and Thom Eberhardt. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Kings Road Productions unknown
1974ref. 170507N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 Italian film showing director Liliana Cavani and actor Charlotte Rampling on the set. Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 171050N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage color slides from the 1974 Italian film both showing Charlotte Rampling dancing partially nude for her Nazi captors. Liliana Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 160669Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1974. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film two showing actress Charlotte Rampling and two showing Rampling and Dirk Bogarde. Liliana Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Three Near Fine lightly worn at the corners one Very Good plus with a faint tide mark at the bottom right corner. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1974ref. 152004N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of ten vintage oversize double weight photographs from the French release of the 1974 Italian film. Director Liliana Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 15.5 x 12 inches. About Near Fine with tiny punch holes at the corners as issued. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 155786N.p.: N.p. 1974. Original studio still photograph of actress Charlotte Rampling and director Liliana Cavani on the set of the 1974 Italian film. Stamp of the British Film Institute on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
ref. 142378N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three pilgrims traveling on St. John's Eve must work to preserve their faith and ward off the temptations of Satan. The feast of St. John often coincides with the June solstice. Set in the Middle East. Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Paul Pissanos. Title page present dated 1983 with credits for screenwriter Pissanos. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 161068N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers" about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le Touquet France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 143080France: Iena Productions 1958. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1958 film showing director Roger Vadim positioning actor Brigitte Bardot's hands as she holds a cape. With manuscript annotations on the verso identifying the film. Based on the 1954 novel by Albert Vidalie about a young woman who runs away from a convent only to get entangled with the young man her aunt is having an affair with to deadly consequences. Vadim's second film and the second of five films he would make with Bardot. Set and shot in Torremolinos Spain. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Iena Productions unknown
1970ref. 162028N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 British film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. "World famous photographer of nudes" director George Harrison Marks visits a psychoanalyst bemoaning his life taking pictures of naked women leading to a series of vignettes of how his ancestors have suffered misfortune through the ages because of nude women and "the arts." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 150582Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1974. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1974 adult animated film. Based on R. Crumb's 1965-1972 comic strip. Fritz an irresponsible womanizing leftist finds himself married and drowning in domesticity and escapes through a drug-fueled fantasy about his "nine lives." The first animated feature film to receive an R rating. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1966ref. 160658N.p.: N.p. 1966. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of director Jacques Rivette and actress Anna Karina on the set of the 1966 film. Both with distribution stamps on the verso and one with layout annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of "Télé Poche." Based on Denis Diderot's eighteenth century novel following a young woman whose family forces her into a convent. A flurry of controversy surrounded the film's production and release as a result of its critical stance toward the Catholic Church leading the French Minister of Information to ban its release. A large-scale campaign was subsequently launched in its defense and the ban was lifted in 1967 when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Villeneuve-les-Avignon Gard France. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 151742N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film showing an altercation between actress Anna Karina and three nuns. With the stamp of still photographer Monique Valentin on the verso and two with a stamp noting year 1966. Based on Denis Diderot's eighteenth century novel following a young woman whose family forces her into a convent. A flurry of controversy surrounded the film's production and release as a result of its critical stance toward the Catholic Church leading the French Minister of Information to ban its release. A large-scale campaign was subsequently launched in its defense and the ban was lifted in 1967 when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Villeneuve-les-Avignon Gard France. 14.25 x 9.75 inches. Lightly creased to the edges else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 148811West Hollywood: Eagle-Lion Films 1947. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 British film. One with Dion McGregor Collection stamp on the verso. After sustaining a head injury in a bus crash young scientist convalesces in a boardinghouse where a young woman is brutally murdered. Now a prime suspect with a poor memory due to the accident and no alibi he begins to wonder if he could have done it. Roy Ward Baker's directorial debut. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear one with small chip to upper left corner two with pinholes and modest bruising. Selby Master. Selby UK. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Eagle-Lion Films unknown
1971ref. 148995Paris: Lira Films 1971. Draft script for the 1972 French film text in French belonging to uncredited sound engineer Gerard Dacquay with name in manuscript marker on bottom right margin of front wrapper and name and address stamped on top right of title page. Copy number "17" in manuscript ink on front wrapper. A few minor manuscript annotations in manuscript ink in script text correction and a single horizontal line. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. Middle-aged forlorn Muriel Annie Girardot is vacationing at a seaside motel when Gabriel Philippe Noiret walks in a bit of a rake who has to stay a few days while his car is repaired and Muriel's table has the only vacant seat. Shot on location in Bouches-du Rhone France. Gray titled wrappers with cloth tape binding. Title page presentwith credits for director and screenwriter Jean-Pierre Blanc. 193 leaves with last page of text numbered 198. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus front wrapper separated and lightly soiled. Lira Films unknown
1958ref. 152832Logan IA: The Perfection Form Company 1958. Complete bound set of ten literary photographic prints published in conjunction with the 1958 film made for educational use. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two more including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy one of nine nominations he would receive during his career. Housed in blue wrappers measuring 13 x 10 inches. Photographs 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. The Perfection Form Company unknown
1958ref. 155788Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1958. Vintage photograph of a camera crew capturing a shot of actor Spencer Tracy and child actor Felipe Pazos on the set of the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a stamp crediting Warner photographer Jack Woods. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two more including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy one of nine nominations he would receive during his career. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1958ref. 146914N.p.: Leland Hayward Productions 1958. Vintage photograph of Ernest Hemingway and Spencer Tracy on the set of the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1952. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two more including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy one of nine nominations he would receive during his career. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine very light creasing. Leland Hayward Productions unknown
1978ref. 140622N.p.: Cal-Am Artists 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Script belonging to assistant director John Neukum with his name inscribed on the front wrapper. A rouge cop fed up with the ineffectual justice system decides to take the law into his own hands in this 1978 exploitation thriller. Jack Palance stars as the steely Lt. Jim Wade an L.A. cop who strikes a deal with a mobster in order to uncover the identity of the notorious serial killer "The Slasher." Director Charles Martin's final film he passed away only a few years after its completion. Yellow titled wrappers dated 07/11/77 with credits for director/screenwriter Charles Martin. Title page present dated 07/11/77 with credits for director/screenwriter Charles Martin. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated 07/11/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cal-Am Artists unknown
1970ref. 151463Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit. Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1966ref. 137064Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Operators" written by novelist Norman Bogner and set in London in the 1960s. A crime-based drama about ex-cons and their cons. Brief notation in manuscript ink on two pages. Bogner's other credits include "Privelege" 1967 screenwriter his only film "Emerald Soup" 1963 television series story editor the "Armchair" theatre television series 1965-1966 and "Seventh Avenue" 1977 television series based on his novel. Blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 30 1966. Title page present dated November 30 1966 noted as First Draft with a credit for screenwriter Bogner. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1977ref. 138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain. Jill returns to her home in California with her mother where she sparks a romance with one of the locals. Set in Bishop California shot on location in Bishop California and Victoria British Columbia. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 00460 and sticker indicating copy No. II dated May 3 1977. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and skier Jill Kinmont. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/17/77 and 5/18/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1972ref. 135916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film based on the 1963 "Parker" novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. One of the great neo-noir crime films of the early 1970s today a classic New Hollywood with understated performances from Duvall Black and Baker as well as a who's-who of character actors playing out a violent story that takes place mostly in a beautifully ordinary rural setting. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 117 dated December 18 1972 with credits for producer De Haven and director/screenwriter Flynn. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver Classic US Noir. Spicer US. Stephens US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1954ref. 147878Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Three vintage proof photographs from the 1954 film. A woman finds herself implicated in a stagecoach robbery due to her father's notoriety as a famed outlaw. Shot on location in Utah and Arizona. 10 x 8 inches with two images 4.5 x 3.5 inches and one image 2.25 x 2 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 2963. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown
