ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown

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Jeanne Moreau Brigitte Bardot (starring); Louis Malle (director, screenwriter); Jean-Claude Carriere (screenwriter); George HamiBiblio.com

Viva Maria! Three original photographs taken on the set of the 1965 film

1965ref. 152112N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage borderless photographs including one double weight and two single-weight from the set of the 1965 French film. One photograph showing director Louis Malle relaxing with a camera crew to his right one photograph showing Malle with actresses Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau in conversation with Malle looking on and the final photograph showing Malle and Bardot during filming on location. All photographs with manuscript ink annotations to the verso. Director Louis Malle's sixth film a humorous and subversive gender-swapped twist on the buddy movie about two women named Maria who enjoy a variety of unusual experiences together including inventing striptease for a traveling circus and leading a socialist revolutionary uprising. Set in 1900s Central America shot on location in Mexico. Two photographs approximately 9.5 x 7.25 inches one photograph 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown

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Jean-Luc Godard (director, screenwriter); Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, Andre S Labarthe, Gerard Hoffman (starring); Marcel SacotteBiblio.com

Vivre sa vie My Life to Live Two original oversize photographs from the 1962 film

1962ref. 163800N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1962 film both showing actress Anna Karina. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the versos. Director Jean-Luc Godard's least "intellectual" film and also one of his finest a drama about a well-educated Parisian woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world. The third of seven influential films between 1960 and 1965 directed by Godard and starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. N.p. unknown

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Jean-Luc Godard (director, screenwriter); Marcel Sacotte (novel); Anna Karina, Sandy Rebbot, Andre S Labarthe, Gerard Hoffman (sBiblio.com

Vivre sa vie Four original photographs from the 1962 film

1962ref. 144425Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1962. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and rubber stamps on the versos. Based in part on the nonfiction study "Ou en est la prostitution" by Marcel Sacotte who also contributed to the screenplay. Godard's least "intellectual" film is also one of his finest a touching drama about a college-educated woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world to tragic consequences. The third of the seven highly influential films directed by Godard between 1960 and 1965 starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown

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Russ Meyer (director, producer); Robert Rudelson (screenwriter); Erica Gavin, Garth Pillsbury, Harrison Page, Jon Evans (starrinBiblio.com

Vixen Original British photograph from the 1968 film

1969ref. 139328Middlesex England: Eve Productions Cinecenta 1969. Vintage black-and-white double weight British still photograph from the 1968 US film. Rubber stamp on the verso of COLTMAN DISPLAYS LTD a distributor in Middlesex England. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with edge creasing and a single short tear. Eve Productions Cinecenta unknown

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Russ Meyer (director, producer); Robert Rudelson (screenwriter); Erica Gavin, Garth Pillsbury, Harrison Page, Jon Evans (starrinBiblio.com

Vixen Two original photographs from the 1968 film

1968ref. 139327California: Eve Productions 1968. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1968 film. Seen in the stills is Erica Gavin Vixen and Jon Evans Judd and a split image with Erica Gavin and Harrison Page Niles the duo responsible for the film's thick racial tensions. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. One still with a faint tape ghost and two short tears else Near Fine overall. Eve Productions unknown

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Victor Pisano (screenwriter)Biblio.com

Voice of the North End Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1979ref. 153158Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A working-class Italian-American cobbler with dreams of becoming a classical singer falls in love with an upper-crust cellist. Set in Boston. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated February 9 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Pisano. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown

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Stuart Rosenberg (director); Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan Witts (book); David Butler (screenwriter); Orson Welles, Laura Gemser, FaBiblio.com

Voyage of the Damned Original photograph from the 1976 film

1976ref. 155093N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Faye Dunaway. A dramatization of the tragic 1939 voyage of the ocean liner St. Louis a ship carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no European nation is willing to save from certain doom. Shot on location in Barcelona London and St. Pancras. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown

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Zbigniew Kaminski (screenwriter)Biblio.com

Walesa Original screenplay for an unproduced film

ref. 147015Munich: Sunset Films Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. The true story of Lech Walesa a shipyard electrician who became the father of the Polish Solidarity party and eventually served as the first democratically-elected president of Poland. Screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski was best known as a Polish director of political films and biopics including "The Shadow Line" 1976 "Pani Bovary to ja" 1977 and "In a Moment of Passion" 1993. Set in Poland. Yellow transparent plastic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Sunset Films unknown

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Jake Kasdan (director, screenwriter); Judd Apatow (screenwriter); John C Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Kristen Wiig (starrBiblio.com

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Producer's archive for the 2007 film including an original screenplay and various production materials

2007ref. 146585Hollywood: Apatow Productions 2007. Producer's archive for the 2007 comedy film including a Revised Shooting script with extensive production schedules props lists and set and wardrobe files bound in. Also included is a final cast crew and contacts list dated May 18 2007 bound separately with black coil binding. A childhood tragedy leads musician Dewey Cox up the ladder to stardom cycling through nearly every musical genre imaginable on the way up. A parody of 20th century music biopics stretching from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan to Brian Wilson. Set in Alabama and California. Black titled wrappers with credits for production coordinator Barrett Leigh. Title page present dated May 10th 2007 with credits for screenwriters Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-6-2007 and 5-10-2007. Pages Near Fine housed in a Very Good plus three ring binder. Apatow Productions unknown

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Nicole Holofcener (director, screenwriter); Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber, Vincent Pastore (starring); Manuel MalBiblio.com

Walking and Talking Three original photographs and one press release from the 1996 film

1996ref. 172909N.p.: Miramax Films 1996. Three vintage studio still photographs and one press release from the 1996 film. Each photograph with the name of the photographer at the bottom right margin. The feature film debut of director Nicole Holofcener. Two women find their friendship is tested when one gets engaged and the other tries to find love. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Photos 8 x 10 inches About Fine. Press release 8.5 x 11 inches folded presumably as issued Fine. Miramax Films unknown

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Barbara Loden (director, screenwriter, starring); Michael Higgins, Jerome Thier (starring)Biblio.com

Wanda Two original photographs from the 1970 film

ref. 159007N.p.: Dell Publishing 1970. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Both with Dell Publishing photograph library stamps on the verso. An unhappy apathetic housewife who has just left her husband decides to go on the run with a bank robber. Shot largely on location on a shoestring budget with much of its dialogue improvised the film was Barbara Loden's directorial debut. Set in eastern Pennsylvania and shot on location in Scranton and Carbondale Pennsylvania and Waterdale Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto versos relating to cropping and publication. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 965. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Dell Publishing unknown

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Rene Clement (director, screenwriter); Nicola Badalucco, Mark Peploe, Luciano Vincenzoni (screenwriter); Maria Schneider, SydneBiblio.com

Wanted: Babysitter La Baby-Sitter Original double weight photograph from the 1975 film

1975ref. 137576Paris: Cite Films 1975. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph for the 1975 film as known as "Scar Tissue." With the label of the Paul Kohner agency on the verso. Maria Schneider stars as a young woman who must protect the son of her ex-lover when they are kidnapped while she is babysitting him. The final directorial effort of René Clément's long illustrious career. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown

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Sergei Bondarchuk (director, starring); Leo Tolstoy (novel); Vasiliy Solovyov (screenwriter); Lyudmila Saveleva (starring)Biblio.com

War and Peace Three original photographs from the 1966 film

1966ref. 138830Moscow: Mosfilm 1966. Three vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the 1966 French release of the 1964 film. With the archival stamp of the noted cinema historian Maurice Bessy on the verso of each photo. A stunning set of battle scene photos including one three-part panoramic shot demonstrating the massive scale of the film shot on location in Dorogobuzh a region in the Smolensk province of Russia. An epic film over seven hours long and slavishly faithful to Tolstoy's novel that was for many years the most expensive European movie every made. The lengthy graphic battle scenes which killed a number of horses led to the film being boycotted in many American cities. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mosfilm unknown

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HG Wells (novel); Byron Haskin (director); Barre Lyndon (screenwriter); Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert CornthwaiBiblio.com

War of the Worlds Original photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film

1953ref. 161154N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film showing director Byron Haskin and other crew members with a camera on a mount. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first feature film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic 1898 novel. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. N.p. unknown

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HG Wells (novel); Byron Haskins (director); Barre Lyndon (screenwriter). Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert CornthwaBiblio.com

War of the Worlds Five vintage photographs from the 1953 film

1953ref. 153203Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1953. Five vintage reference photographs of flying saucer or other special effects from the classic 1953 science fiction film. Based on the 1898 novel by H.G. Wells. The first feature film adaptation. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. Paramount Pictures unknown

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Marcel Carne (director, screenwriter); Henri Jeanson, Henri-Francois Rey (screenwriters); Hal Ellson (novel); Daniele Gaubert, RBiblio.com

Wasteland Six original press photographs from the 1960 film

1960ref. 160049N.p.: Films Rive Gauche 1960. Six vintage press photographs for the 1960 film. Housed in a brown paper envelope presumably as issued. Envelope with manuscript ink annotation. Loosely based on the 1950 novel "Tomboy" by Hal Ellson. A teenage girl tomboy is the leader of a gang of other young people. The crimes they commit become more serious leading her and two other members to be ostracized and on the run. Set in the Paris suburbs. 7.25 x 5 inches. Good with foxing at the right and left side of the photographs and some wear to the finish. Films Rive Gauche unknown

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Marcel Carne (director, screenwriter); Hal Ellson (novel); Jean Jungmann, Manuel Litran (photographers); Henri Jeanson, Henri-FrBiblio.com

Wasteland Terrain vague 30 original press photographs from the 1960 film

1960ref. 143859N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of 30 vintage press photographs and contact sheets from promotional events for the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Terrain vague." All photographs housed in a large brown folder with the French title in manuscript ink on the flap. Based on Hal Ellson's groundbreaking 1950 cult novel "Tomboy." Dan Gaubert is a tough gang leader who dresses and fights like a man. She and two others including Babar Bras are ostracized due to their behavior and she falls in love with Lucky Cafarelli while Babar commits suicide. A late entry for film noir regular and poetic realist Carné whose notable credits include "Port of Shadows" 1938 "The Devil's Envoys" 1942 and "Children of Paradise" 1945. Set in Paris. Photos range in size from 4.75 x 6.75 inches to 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus overall foxing to versos light curling and rubbing. N.p. unknown

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Nikolas Janis (screenwriter); Damien Enright (screenwriter)Biblio.com

Wastelands Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1980ref. 146822N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are several copies of screenwriter Nikolas Janis' resume and a list dated 3/5/1980 in manuscript ink annotation noting film producers where Janis ostensibly dropped off his screenplays housed in a brown folder. A British teenage girl who fears ending up in a youth rehabilitation community joins a gang of criminal boys where she soon develops a polyamorous relationship with many of its members. Set in England. Generic report folder with plastic front wrapper teal card stock rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1980 with credits for screenwriters Damien Enright and Nikolas Janis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown

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Dashiell Hammett (screenwriter); Lillian Hellman (play); Herman Shumlin (director); Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine FitzgeralBiblio.com

Watch on the Rhine Two original working advertising proofs for the 1943 film

1943ref. 171691N.p.: N.p. 1943. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof. N.p. unknown

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Herman Shumlin (director); Lillian Hellman (play); Dashiell Hammett (screenwriter); Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine (starringBiblio.com

Watch on the Rhine Collection of twelve original photographs from the 1943 film including two keybook stills

1943ref. 140944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Collection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot single weight of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. 8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same. Warner Brothers unknown

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Geoffrey Household (novel); Marvin H Albert (screenwriter)Biblio.com

Watcher in the Shadows Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1967ref. 134381Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by Marvin H. Albert based on the 1960 Geoffrey Household novel about an ex-military man with a dark past that comes back to haunt him. "Frances Richardson" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper but this person's role in the film is undetermined. An interesting script with several "storyboard" pages throughout detailing scenery. A story set in Middleburg Virginia circa 1869 just after the defeat of the Confederate Army and nearing the end of the Civil War. Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper copy No. 120 dated January 19 1967. Title page present dated January 19 1967 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Albert and novelist Household. 148 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock with 5 storyboard leaves on white stock. Toning to the wrapper and storyboard leaves and a few light creases to the wrapper else pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown

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James Clavell (screenwriter); H Rider Haggard (novel); Kurt Neumann (director); George Montgomery, Rex Ingram (starring); KennyBiblio.com

Watusi Collection of 12 double weight British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film

1959ref. 131673Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Collection of 12 vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines." Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown

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Langston Hughes (screenwriter); Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus (directors); Clarence Muse (screenwriter); Bobby Breen, Alan MoBiblio.com

Way Down South Five original photographs from the 1939 film

1939ref. 156293Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso and one with a provenance stamp on the verso. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. RKO Radio Pictures unknown