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1960ref. 130114Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1960. Original Swedish poster for the 1960 film. A landmark twentieth century film whose irregular but inspired dramatic structure and juxtaposition of beauty and savagery has inspired many other great films from "The Last House on the Left" 1972 to "Irreversible" 2002. The first of two Bergman efforts to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. 27.5 x 39.5 inches. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown
1974ref. 144139Rome: N.p. 1974. Draft script for the first episode Episode 1 of an unproduced television series. Based on "De Novelle Della Pescara" or "The Stories of Pescara" by Gabriele D'Annunzio published in 1902. The whole collection was envisioned as a miniseries and here is the first episode based on the first story "The Virgin Orsola." A schoolteacher in a convent is threatened with an illness that brings her to the edge of death when she is suddenly brought back. A virgin she has a sudden sexual awakening and longs for the touch of a certain soldier but is instead seduced by a pimp leading her to the brink of madness and eventual death. Set in Italy. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter Pasquale Prunas and novelist Gabriele D'Annunzio . 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 151144London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Treatment script for an unproduced film circa 1959. Not to be confused with the 1972 BBC mini-series based on the same literary source. Based on Mary McMinnies' 1958 novel which follows the adventures of a pleasantly immoral young woman who has recently been relocated with her English Foreign Service husband to a Communist-run eastern European country. Gray titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 18-3-59. Title page present with credits for screenwriter JOHN MORTIMER and novel credits to Mary MacMinnies sic. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a gold prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1968ref. 162564N.p.: International Film Artists 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Prrovenance stamp on the verso. Also released under the title "Friends and Lovers." Bob slips to his death off a dam bridge. His wife Betty reconstructs recent events to the police flashing back to a series of trysts and couple swapping that have nothing to do with Bob's accident. Shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and pinholes in the top margin. International Film Artists unknown
1953ref. 161494Rome: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Based on the 1950 novel by Georges Arnaud. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 36. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown
1953ref. 150501N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of L-R Henri-Georges Clouzot Charles Vanel unidentified woman and Vera Clouzot on the set of the 1953 French film. Based on the 1950 French novel by Georges Arnaud. Remade in 1958 as "Violent Road" directed by Howard W. Koch starring Brian Keith and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and again in 1977 as "Sorcerer" directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider and Bruno Cremer. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 36. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 162565N.p.: Provocative Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph with irregular margins from the 1968 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. Art and Vera an unhappily married couple become involved with two sisters Nan and Lauri and group therapy sessions run by a lesbian cult leader Jennifer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light creasing a small chip to the bottom right margin and an emulsion irregularity along the top edge obscuring the top margin. Provocative Films unknown
1966ref. 141085N.p.: Europa Film 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Two pages saddle stapled 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript graphite notation to the recto. Europa Film unknown
1962ref. 150983N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Micheal Crawford Philip Leacock Steve McQueen and an unidentified woman on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber cocky hotshot Captain Buzz Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge Bovingdon and Kent England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 147379London: K.L.K. Films 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Nicholas Luard's 1967 novel a political thriller. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Down on his luck news photographer Sear is offered a large payment to cover the secret exodus of 10000 Hungarian refugees across the border and finds himself embroiled in a game of international espionage. Blue untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present February 1972 with credits for screenwriter Ian La Frenais. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. K.L.K. Films unknown
1997ref. 171935N.p.: N.p. 1997. Draft script for the 1998 film. An awkward 31-year-old mama's boy works as the water boy for a university football team but becomes an unexpected success as an outside linebacker. Set in Louisiana and shot on location in central Florida. Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 15 1997 with credits for screenwriters Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 157747Beverly Hills CA: Bryanston Pictures 1972. Vintage linen-backed US one sheet poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. Seen here under its US title "Return of the Dragon." The first film produced by Bruce Lee's Concord Productions studio as well as Lee's screenwriting and directorial debuts and the film debut of Chuck Norris who battles Lee in an iconic fight scene at the film's climax. 27 x 41 inches. Linen-backed and rolled. Very Good plus overall with a few small nicks and creases. Bryanston Pictures unknown
1957ref. 137347Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Original Pressbook for the 1957 film based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novel. 13 x 16.5 inches. 16 pages saddle stapled. About Near Fine. Horizontal fold as issued with some light soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1928ref. 153194N.p.: N.p. 1928. Reference photograph from the 1928 silent film struck circa 1950s showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim in a tender moment with Fay Wray. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title and the names of the photograph subjects. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with a beautiful but poor innkeeper's daughter but is forced to marry the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 152353N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film struck circa 1950 from the original negative showing actors Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with a few manuscript ink annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi Fay Wray but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner Zasu Pitts. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 150743N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage portrait photograph of Erich von Stroheim from 1926 released as a publicity still for the 1928 film. Newspaper clipping of photograph with two "DEC 19 1934" stamps affixed to verso and an "Erich von Stroheim" stamp and "Erich von Stroheim Goldwyn director" printed on verso. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with two small chips one on top left corner and one on center right margin. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 147437London: David Higham Associates 1966. Draft script for the 48th episode of the British television anthology series "The Wednesday Play" which featured the adaptation of Vernon Bartlett's 1929 novel "Calf Love" by screenwriter Philip Purser which aired on January 26 1966. Script contains copied annotations on nearly every page noting passages that are to be spoken in German with much of the annotations in German as well as strikes comments and dialogue changes. Missing three pages likely as used or issued. "The Wednesday Play" is regarded as one of the most influential and successful British television programs of the 1960s and gave audience to the fledgling careers of among others Dennis Potter Nell Dunn and Jeremy Sandford Ken Loach and David Mercer. A young English exchange student stays with a German family and becomes smitten with their daughters. Wrapper integral with title page noted as Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Philip Purser and novelist Vernon Bartlett. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. David Higham Associates unknown
1967ref. 132098Los Angeles: Max E. Youngstein 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. The story of two of brothers a prospector and an oceanographer who drill for oil on a offshore drilling rig in the Caribbean. Screenwriter Schweitzer would go on to work predominantly in television including writing for "The Bold Ones" "The Senator" "Mod Squad" and "Baretta" among others. Lavender titled wrappers dated July 10 1967 with credits for screenwriter Schweitzer and producer Youngstein. Title page not present. 130 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Max E. Youngstein unknown
1937ref. 165057Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage portrait photograph of Barbara Pepper from the 1937 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1935 novel "Headed for a Hearse" by Jonathan Latimer. A "locked door" mystery wherein Preston Foster stars as a private detective searches against the clock to find evidence to free Theodore Von Eltz awaiting the death penalty for murdering his wife who was killed in a room with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1932ref. 137137Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
2002ref. 146412N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young woman discusses her problems with her mentally ill mother her desire to save the whales and her absent fiance in therapy-but all is not as it seems. White lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 3/16/02 noted as Rough Draft with credits for screenwriter Zack Kaplan. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a spring binder clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1923ref. 171351Beverly Hills CA: D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists 1923. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1923 film showing Mae Marsh and Ivor Novello. "Made in USA" stamp on the verso. A wealthy aristocrat graduates from a seminary and decides to set out to see the world before taking charge of his parish. Traveling to New Orleans he finds himself falling in love with an impoverished orphaned woman. Shot on location in Florida and Louisiana including in New Iberia and St. Martinville. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists unknown
1955ref. 167605Culver City CA: RKO Pathe Studios 1955. Two vintage hand-tinted color photographs from the 1955 short documentary film. A Technicolor short film about hunting focusing in particular on the whitetail deer. The first entry in RKO's Wildlife Album series of short films. Shot on location in Virginia. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus. RKO Pathe Studios unknown
1950ref. 142332N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A violent gang of men chaos all over the outskirts of London by beating up the daughter of an older woman they are sheltering and abducting people throughout the London countryside. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 34 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with string binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 132913Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1970. Collection of twelve vintage reference photographs from the 1970 French film. Based on the true story of "feral child" Victor of Aveyron found living alone in the woods of France in 1800 and a doctor's attempts to educate him and introduce him to civilized society. Shot on location in Aubiat Auvergne and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown
