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1984ref. 151603Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1950ref. 164812Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actress Alexis Smith. A young woman joins the police department in order to find and stop the killer responsible for her father's death. Actor Royal Dano's film debut. 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. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1995ref. 166110N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1995 Serbian film showing director Emir Kusturica adjusting an inverted statue of Jesus. A history of Yugoslavia spanning World War II the Cold War and the Yugoslav Wars told through the friendship between two black marketeers selling weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Belgrade Serbia in Plovdiv and Sofia Bulgaria in Prague and in Berlin. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 160810Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage banner poster for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light soiling overall foxing to the left margin a 1.5 inch closed tear to the bottom center margin several pinholes throughout and a 1.5 inch closed tear to the center with corresponding rubbing and creasing between the a and r of "Warrior". Otherwise bright and unfaded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
ref. 146547N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript ink annotations to the title page. After a dissatisfying experience with a prostitute a man begins to have a number of hallucinatory experiences while sitting in a bar. Blue untitled card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Flannery. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the front wrapper bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 141439Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. The first film to be credited to Suzuki by his assumed name a man released from prison needs money and goes to retrieve diamonds sought after by fellow yakuza members. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Nikkatsu unknown
1982ref. 151015N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film one of Jacques Demy and Dominique Sanda and two of Demy and crew with camera. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Although similar to Demy's 1964 "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" in that it is an operettta-musical in which all the dialogue is sung here Demy is much more explicitly political and possibly even more tragic. Set during the Nantes worker's strike in 1955 shipyard worker Francois Guilbaud a strikers falls in love with his upper-class landlady's married daughter Edith. Set in and shot on location in Nantes France. 1 9.5 x 6 inches 2 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 719. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 138215Paris: N.p. 1961. Vintage black-and-white borderless still photograph of Godard and Macha Meril on the set of the 1961 film. With the Paris stamp of photographer Claude Schwartz on the verso. 9 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 238. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 162072N.p.: Images et Loisirs 1990. Vintage flyer for a re-release of the 1969 French film. Text and titles in French. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1876 short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a man reflecting on his wife's recent unexplained suicide. 5 x 8 inches. Single leaf recto and verso. Fine. Radiance Films 151. Images et Loisirs unknown
1965ref. 154508N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing the scantily clad posterior of Amidou. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 135654Berlin: Nero AG 1948. Vintage black-and-white photograph of director Preston Sturges and actors Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison on the set of the 1948 film. 8 x 10 inches 20.5 x 25.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 292. Nero AG unknown
1941ref. 164506Universal City: Universal Studios 1941. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1941 film showing actress Irene Dunne in a lace-embellished dress and net fascinator. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. A small-town singer falls in love with a city playboy on a train to New York only for him to ignore her as soon as the train pulls into the station. Days later after gaining a job as a nightclub singer she is propositioned by the playboy's brother. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown
1980ref. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 154518Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald. A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Grant US. Olive Films 256. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown
1985ref. 159104Studio City CA: ITC Productions / Blue Andre Productions 1985. Revised Second Draft script for the 1986 television film originally aired on November 10 1986 on NBC. Based on the true story of Maude DeVictor a Veterans Benefits Counselor for the Veterans Administration who worked to expose the government's coverup of the harmful effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans. White generic ITC wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated July 19 1985 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Sayles and story credits for Martin M. Goldstein Stephen Doran and Robert Jacobs. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. ITC Productions / Blue Andre Productions unknown
1957ref. 159061Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 story by James A. Michener. During WWII three sisters fall in and out of love with the soldiers who are stationed in Christchurch though one sister is married. Set and shot on location in New Zealand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with some small splashes at the top center. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1931ref. 130935Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1931. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1931 pre-code film. A man gets promoted from the printing room to working with the society editor at a newspaper. When he begins to develop feelings for the woman writing the society section he brawls with her lover who is also their boss. White titled self-wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 117-1. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a long tear to the front self-wrapper bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1965ref. 167883N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage single-photo assemblages of publicity and reference images from the 1965 British film musical. A musical comedy about a love triangle between a pub owner's daughter a popular model and an aspiring Australian singer. The film debut of Suzy Kendall. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Stapled at the top left corner. Good only with dampstaining on the bottom corners. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 144489Paris: Les Films Ariane 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress on the set of the 1965 film provocatively eating a banana. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the verso. Loosely based on the 1879 novel "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China" by Jules Verne. An adventure-comedy following the depressed billionaire Arthur Lempereur Jean-Paul Belmondo who after a series of suicide attempts hires hit-men to kill him but after he meets Alexandrine Pinardel Ursula Andress he tries to cancel the hit. Shot on location in Malaysia China Nepal India and France. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown
1968ref. 164342N.p.: Marlukin Productions 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1968 film. An overlooked and important film one of the first to deal with contemporary Black revolutionaries who rose in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Today considered a work that seeded the explosion of Blaxploitation films in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story's events surround the death of Martin Luther King framed as a remake of "The Informer" John Ford 1935 in turn based on the 1925 proletarian novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Shot on location in Cleveland the first US film for noted director Jules Dassin who had left the US at the height of the McCarthy hearings in nearly two decades. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. with starting at the center folds. Grant US. Olive Films 425. Marlukin Productions unknown
1990ref. 147428Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1990. Second Draft script for the 1992 film. A recently widowed Jewish woman finds love in her autumn years with a charming Italian playboy but faces criticism from her two unhappy daughters who believe she is moving forward too quickly. Set in Queens New York. Blue titled wrappers dated MARCH 2 1990. Title page present dated 3/2/90 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Todd Graff. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 146548N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film title and screenwriter's name. A scientist accidentally creates a new strain of the influenza virus unaware that his coworkers intend to use the virus to solve the world's overpopulation problem by killing millions of people. Orange titled card wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 163694Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Loosely based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel. In 1970s London a young antiques dealer comes into possession of a number of items uncovered at a construction site-including the coffin of a long dormant highly amorous vampire. Roger Vadim is better known for his earlier foray into the world of vampires in the 1960 film "Blood and Roses" an adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella "Carmilla." Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 22nd July 1977 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Ray Connolly. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1985ref. 157079N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 French film showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
