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1984ref. 149806Los Angeles: The Producers Group 1984. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the inside rear wrapper noting a name and phone number. Loosely based on the 1982 "Life" magazine article "To Die in Lima: a Cocaine Tragedy the Tale of an American Who Got Mixed Up in the Drug Trade" by Bertram Gabriel. An American farmer visiting Lima after a life-threatening heart attack is conned into working as a drug mule leading to his arrest and torturous detainment by the Peruvian government. Set in the Sierra Mountains California and Lima Peru. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1984 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Bill Kerby. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with five blue revision pages at the end of the script two dated 2/21/84. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. The Producers Group unknown
1954ref. 166036London: Welbeck Films 1954. Revised Draft script for the 1954 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the front wrapper and a manuscript ink annotation of the date "9/6/54" on the bottom of the title page here under the working title "To Dorothy - A Son" released in the UK as "To Dorothy a Son" and in the US as "Cash on Delivery." With a manuscript pencil annotation on one page 12A underlining a needed prop and one page 38 with a clipping of a revision page affixed over the previous dialogue. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1950 play "To Dorothy a Son" by Roger MacDougall. Shelley Winters stars as Myrtle an American woman who stands to inherit $2 million dollars from her uncle as long as she doesn't have any male heirs. The only thing standing in her way is John Gregson as her ex-husband and his very pregnant new wife played by Peggy Cummins. Tall untitled green wrappers. Title page present with an annotated date of "9/6/54" noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Peter Rogers and playwright Roger MacDougall. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. Welbeck Films unknown
1995ref. 164015N.p.: N.p. 1995. Archive of three original scripts and a collection of green revision scripts for the 1996 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Archive includes: A Fourth Draft script on pink and yellow leaves copy belonging to Construction Foreman Ramsey Smith with the manuscript ink annotations of "Ramsey S." and copy number "98" on the title page. A Third Draft script on blue leaves copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris Scher" and copy number "88" on the title page. A Second Draft script on white leaves with a manuscript marker annotation of "1/" on the title page. And a collection of 53 green revision pages for the Fourth Draft script copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris" and copy number "94" on the title page. Based on the 1984 play by Michael Brady. On the second anniversary of his wife Gillian's Michelle Pfeiffer death and birthday David Peter Gallagher who spends his evenings walking the beach talking with his wife's ghost has his in-laws come to stay for the weekend with him his daughter and her friend hoping to snap him back into the present. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Nantucket Massachusetts shot on location in Massachusetts North Carolina and California. Fourth Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only on pink and yellow revision pages dated September 27 1995 and September 28 1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Third Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 11 1995 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 25 1995 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper CONDITIONWRAPPER bound with two gold brads. Green Revision Pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 4 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 164085N.p.: RAF Industries 1969. Vintage 45 RPM vinyl record of radio spot announcements for the 1969 film. Red label variant. Rare. An awkward young man makes a deal with the devil offering his soul for youth beauty and power-but all at a cost. 7 inches. Fine with nominal surface wear housed in a Fine brown paper sleeve. RAF Industries unknown
1968ref. 162495N.p.: Cannon Releasing Corporation 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1968 Swedish sexploitation film also released in the US under the title "Yes!" With a provenance stamp on the verso. Lisa a successful Stockholm fashion designer meets the beautiful 17-year-old Ingrid during a country vacation and takes her back to Stockholm to be a model and shortly thereafter begins a sapphic May-December relationship. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light creasing to the right corners and a bruise to the lower right. Cannon Releasing Corporation unknown
1962ref. 163562N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall as the iconic Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. One 10 x 8 inches one 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 156730N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the classic 1962 film. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall in a dialogue-free role as Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 147308Paris: Sofracima 1984. Early draft script for the 1984 Mexican crime film here under the working title "Rainy Days Rainy Nights." Text in English. After her car breaks down in the middle of the night in rural France a young woman is lured to the home of a local pharmacist who promises to allow her to use his telephone to call a towing company. A violent struggle soon ensues forcing the woman to kill him in self-defense after he attempts to sexually assault and strangle her. A very early draft predating substantial revisions by director Juan Lopez Moctezuma. Set in France. White non-standard Sofracima studio wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Emmerich Oross. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. Sofracima unknown
1970ref. 159145N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 short film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. N.p. unknown
1941ref. 149234Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. A bratty naval recruit is transformed into a battle-wise soldier several days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Set and shot on location in San Diego California. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 37 and production No. 701 dated OCTOBER 29 1941. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 29 1941 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970ref. 159632Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 hixploitation film. A Tennessee moonshiner his horny wife and his two buxom daughters enjoy a series of sexual escapades in the deep south. Set in Neely's Bend TN an actual town northeast of Nashville shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1971ref. 162497N.p.: Hallmark Releasing 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Director Sean S. Cunningham's first credited feature film a mock documentary about sex in America featuring adult film star Marilyn Chambers in her first starring role and her first nude scene. Wes Craven's first film credit here as an associate producer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hallmark Releasing unknown
1986ref. 163050Universal City: Universal Television 1986. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1986-1987 television series. This draft script from the first half of the series. The first six episodes under the title "Together We Stand" then switching to "Nothing is Easy" after the death of the father character this short-lived sitcom followed the lives of a married couple and their multi-racial and multi-ethnic adopted children. In this episode one of the children wins a small lottery. White titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 62425 dated October 31 1986 with credits for screenwriters Lesa Kite and Cindy Begel. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1940ref. 159223Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso and blind stamp at the bottom right corner relating to its censure in Denmark. Based on the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. A man takes a new job as a headmaster at Rugby School where the students are notoriously difficult. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Good with pin holes at the corners and one photograph with a small chip missing from the bottom left corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1958ref. 153075Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film showing actress June Thorburn in conversation with a tiny Russ Tamblyn. With a printed label specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Based on the 17th-century fairy tales "Thumbling" and "Thumbling's Travels" by the Brothers Grimm about the adventures of a miniature youth. Shot on location in Hollywood and London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and toned to the edges. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1975ref. 153977London: Hemdale International Films 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pete Townshend Keith Moon and John Entwistle performing onstage in the 1975 film. Printed mimeo label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1969 rock opera written by The Who about a deaf dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball and subsequently becomes the idol of a religious cult. The cast included among others every member of The Who Jack Nicholson Tina Turner and Eric Clapton. Shot on location in Cumbria Buckinghamshire and Hampshire England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Hemdale International Films unknown
1935ref. 149372Marseille: Les Films Marcel Pagnol 1935. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Jean Renoir and actors Charles Blavette and Celia Montalvan on location during filming of the 1935 film. With the stamps of photographer Roger Corbeau and Cinemonde to the verso. Renoir's seventh sound film and an early example of the director's influence on both the French Left Bank and Italian neorealist movements. Renoir cast primarily non-professional actors and shot on location to craft the story of a group of immigrants working in a small town in Provence. Set and shot on location in the south of France. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine lightly and evenly toned. Les Films Marcel Pagnol unknown
1966ref. 170545N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 British documentary film showing actress Julie Christie stretching out in a rattan chair. Provenance label on the verso. Considered by many to be the definitive portrayal of Swinging London at its peak incorporating concert footage street scenes art events film premieres and more. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 173029Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Eight vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1958 Disney Western film. Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1958ref. 146435Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Final Shooting script for the first half of the 1958 film thus incomplete as issued dated April 9 1958. With lead actor Sal Mineo's name in manuscript ink on two revision leaves and his character's name in pencil on the front wrapper. Laid in is a small leaf with manuscript ink notations including the name of director Lou Foster actors Fess Parker and Jerome Courtland and characters White Bull and Captain Keogh. Parker was originally hired for the role of Keogh but refused second billing and was replaced by Philip Carey. Jerome Courtland played the role of Lieutenant Henry Nowlan in the film. Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon. Tan titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 112 and production No. 5812 dated APRIL 9 1958 with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. Title page present dated April 9 1958 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/10/58 and 5/15/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1961ref. 163761N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director John Cassavetes working with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A struggling jazz musician pursues a romantic relationship with a beautiful singer to the detriment of both parties' careers. Cassavetes' second directorial effort following "Shadows" 1958 and his first film made for a Hollywood studio. Shot on location in California. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 151262N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director John Cassavetes in conversation with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens on the set of the 1961 film. With manuscript pencil layout annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Struggling jazz musician John "Ghost" Wakefield Bobby Darin pursues a romantic relationship with beautiful singer Jess Polanski Stella Stevens to the detriment of both parties' careers. John Cassavetes' second directorial effort following "Shadows" 1958 and his first film made for a Hollywood studio. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with a few nicks to the top left corner. Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 159336Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film. With a blindstamp for the National Screen Service on the bottom right corner. A suitcase full of money is thrown into the back seat of a moving car owned by a married couple. The couple fights about if they should keep the money or not while being pursued by its intended recipient Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good. Flicker Alley 46. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
1959ref. 144588Paris: Ulysse Production / Cinedis 1959. Collection of 370 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French film consisting of two unique and complimentary pieces one being a studio film still keybook with 97 contact prints of small format transparencies most with 12 images per print amounting to over 1000 images captured nearly all images with series number etched in the original film negative before development and credits at the top for photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Ulysse film title and photographer Apoteker housed in an oblong 2-ring paper binder with printed French titles on the front. Laid in is a small piece of graph paper addressed "Cher Christian" presumably filmmaker Christian-Jaque with brief slightly illegible note in French in manuscript ink. The remaining 273 photographs are single photos with similar etched series numbers mounted with cello tape on thick stock in two quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrapper printed French titles affixed to the front wrapper of one. Small "x" annotations in manuscript ink on several pages. All three keybooks capture the film and photographer Apoteker's sense of desperation in composed and candid moments. Michele Morgan and Gil Vidal dominate the imagery hamming for the camera and in action scenes with Vidal emerging from a car crash and rarely without a glass in-hand and stunning images of Morgan hula-hooping off-set and in several placid studio portraits. Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. Notebook photos 3.75 x 5 inches most pages with four mounted photos keybook photos to 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with light foxing and curling and rubbing to the studio keybook a few photos with small edge tears. Ulysse Production / Cinedis unknown
1959ref. 142889Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan and a few show other actors including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member possibly costume designer Tanine Autré and eleven still photographs with Morgan and Blanche at a bar even an image of kids gathered in a junkyard. On the versos of the three on-the-set are French film title and "M. Morgan" in manuscript ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos of the still photographs. Housed in a French Kodak photo box with French film title label on the lid. Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. Photos range from 3.75 x 5.25 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches most stills with a 2-inch border at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Box Very Good overall. Complete collation upon request. Cinedis unknown
