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1968ref. 162568Hollywood: Great Empire Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Rare. Obscure sexploitation film from director and screenwriter Jean Van Hearn with the tag line "The Generation Gap that Exploded into a Love-In!" 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing. Great Empire Films unknown
1938ref. 163880N.p.: N.p. 1938. James Hilton's typescript draft screenplay for the 1939 film an adaptation of his own 1937 novel the only such adaptation he ever completed. With the author's profuse manuscript ink annotations as well as many pages executed entirely in manuscript ink throughout. Included is a privately commissioned essay by Hilton scholar Kurt Kausler detailing both the history of Hilton's work on the film an analysis and a breakdown of the manuscript. Almost certainly Hilton's first corrected manuscript screenplay for the film. After Jack Warner raised concerns about the script being too long screenwriter Milton Krims was employed to clean up and shorten it-though in the end Hilton received sole credit as screenwriter. A man hires an Austrian governess and both are suspected of murder when his wife is discovered to be dead. 123 leaves a gathering demonstrating the author's method his attention to detail and his extreme frugality with the use of paper the last most likely due to wartime shortages. The script consists of a ribbon copy typescript leaves on both onionskin and paper stock with manuscript emendations on virtually every page in many cases both recto and verso with some leaves executed on the versos of unrelated previous work by Hilton b leaves consisting entirely of text executed in manuscript ink c hand-cut partial leaves and d a handful of later Xerographically duplicated facsimiles of Hilton's original annotated typescript leaves. Included is a very detailed analysis of the manuscript as well as the events surrounding its creation along with a detailed breakdown of the manuscript elements. Hilton's manuscript leaves Very Good to Fine quite supple and well preserved. Housed in a modern white three-ring binder. Leaves individually held in modern mylar page protectors. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 162587Rome and Los Angeles: Scalera Studios / Angelika Films 1986. Three vintage postcard photographs from the 1942 Italian film and four vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 restoration and re-release of the film. Of particular note among the studio still photographs is an image of writer Ayn Rand taken by Leonard McCombe capturing Rand waiting to testify on communism in Hollywood to the House Un-American Affairs Committee on October 20 1947. "We the Living" was Rand's first published statement against communism and its faithful adaptation by director Goffredo Alessandrini released as two separate films caused a predictable stir all over Europe. The initial release never left the continent and was shuttered in a vault for over 25 years. It was then rescued by Rand herself in the late 1960s released in a new restoration and made its US premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in 1986. Studio still photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Postcard photographs: 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. All materials housed together in a white glassine sleeve. Scalera Studios / Angelika Films unknown
1949ref. 159895Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director John Huston talking with actors Jennifer Jones and Walter Huston on the set of the 1949 film. Printed mimeo snipe provenance label and date stamp on the verso. Loosely based on Robert Sylvester's 1948 novel "China Valdez" about a group of Cuban revolutionaries as they attempt to overthrow Gerardo Machado's government. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962ref. 164225N.p.: Contempora Productions 1962. Vintage banner poster for the 1962 Cold War documentary film. Rare in this format. A feature length anti-Communist documentary comprised of still photographs and newsreel footage tracing the history of Communism from the birth of Karl Marx to the construction of the Berlin wall. The title was taken from the phrase famously used by Nikita Khruschchev while addressing Western ambassadors in 1956.which some modern translators have suggested was misinterpreted. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light creasing faint soiling a small chip to the bottom right corner and a seven inch closed tear to the center top repaired with cello-tape on the verso. Contempora Productions unknown
1972ref. 158770N.p.: Cinépix Film Properties 1972. Collection including four vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film. Based on the play written by screenwriter and director William Fruet. A young girl is raped by her brother's friend and discovers she is pregnant shortly thereafter. Her parents quickly attempt to marry her off to an older man. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Four photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.75 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Cinépix Film Properties unknown
1972ref. 158776N.p.: Cinépix Film Properties 1972. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1972 film. Based on the play written by screenwriter and director William Fruet. A young girl is raped by her brother's friend and discovers she is pregnant shortly thereafter. Her parents quickly attempt to marry her off to an older man. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Eight photographs 10 x 8 inches two photographs 8 x 10 inches three photographs 10 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Cinépix Film Properties unknown
1986ref. 163842N.p.: N.p. 1986. Archive of three scripts for the 1987 prison film including two very early internally duplicated development scripts dated April 14 1980 and July 21 1980 and a Draft script dated July 16 1986. A suicidal inmate at San Quentin State Prison attends a production of "Waiting for Godot" and regains both his inspiration and his will to live ultimately organizing his own successful acting troupe in the prison. Shot on location in Wilmington Lillington and Durham North Carolina. Script dated April 14 1980: Yellow wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a label with credits for director and screenwriter John Hancock and actor Robert De Niro although the latter did not appear in the film. Title page present dated April 14 1980 with credits for Hancock and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 21 1980: Blue front wrapper with a die-cut title window lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 21 1980 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 16 1986: Lacking front wrapper with brown rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 16 1986 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 162572N.p.: GGP 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1965 Italian/French/Spanish film here under the alternate release title "Weekend Wives." With provenance stamps on the versos of each. Enrico Maria Salerno stars as Enrico Marletti who spends a chaotic and terribly unpleasant weekend with his wife at the seaside and only wishes to return to quiet of his home in Rome. Shot on location in Marche Emilia-Romagna and Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a chip at the bottom left corner see image. GGP unknown
1969ref. 162573N.p.: Boxoffice International 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A sailor on leave commences a bed-hopping binge to end them all. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1968ref. 167788New York: Grove Press Film Division 1968. Vintage press kit for US release of the French 1967 film. Pocketed black and white illustrated folder with gold stamp contains an illustrated bi-fold of "Notes and Background" and a Jean-Luc Godard bio and a tri-fold of advertising materials. One of Godard's most misanthropic films about a loveless bourgeois couple who fantasize about killing each other while on a long road trip to visit the woman's parents with the intent of securing an inheritance. Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. Folder and contents Near Fine. Criterion Collection 635. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Grove Press [Film Division] unknown
1967ref. 149386N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1967 film with actors Jean Yanne Jean-Pierre Leaud and Mireille Darc. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso with celo tape from the Institute of Contemporary Arts Cinema for a July 5 1968 showing with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. In one of Godard's most misanthropic films a loveless bourgeois couple Corinne Darc and Roland Yanne fantasize about killing each other when they aren't cheating on the other. They ponder these matters as they take a nearly never-ending nightmarish road trip to visit Corinne's parents intent on securing an inheritance resolved to murder if necessary. Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. 8 x 10 inches with wide horizontal margins. Light curling else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 635. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 162571N.p.: Cinema-Video International Release 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1962 Danish film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A group of seven wealthy middle-aged friends unable to escape their ennui take a cabin getaway replete with binge drinking and bed hopping. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and a wax pencil annotation to the top left of the recto else Near Fine. Cinema-Video International Release unknown
1967ref. 152866N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard pulling actress Mireille Darc's hair on the set of the 1967 film. With the stamp of still photographer and actress Anne Wiazemsky on the verso. One of Godard's most misanthropic films about a loveless bourgeois couple who fantasize about killing each other while on a long road trip to visit the woman's parents with the intent of securing an inheritance. Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. Light creasing to the bottom left corner else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 635. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 168470N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs showing a car accident sequence from the 1967 film one showing director Jean-Luc Godard looking back at the camera smiling wryly as plumes of smoke rise in the background. Layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. One of Godard's most misanthropic films about a loveless bourgeois couple who fantasize about killing each other while on a long road trip to visit the woman's parents with the intent of securing an inheritance. Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 635. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 165295Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Anne Gwynne from the 1944 film with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. 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. The second of six installments in "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries" preceded by "Calling Dr. Death: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1943 and followed by "Dead Man's Eyes: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1944. Lon Chaney Jr. travels to the South Seas where he falls in love with Anne Gwynne a mysterious and exotic native woman who the locals believe to be some kind of supernatural being. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown
1963ref. 164219N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage banner poster for the US release of the 1961 Italian-Austrian film. Rare in this format. A series of murders begin at a reformatory for troubled girls following the arrival of a mysterious science teacher. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing and two vertical creases to the right side. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 167569Universal City: Universal Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing a haunted Henry Hull in a laboratory set. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A British doctor is bitten by a strange animal while traveling in Tibet and begins transforming into a bloodthirsty werewolf upon his return to London terrorizing the city's inhabitants at night while desperately searching for a cure in the daytime. Considered by many to be the first feature-length werewolf movie preceding the better-known "The Wolf Man" by six years. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear along the right edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1987ref. 171564N.p.: Tri-Star Television / Lycanthrope Productions Inc 1987. Draft script for an Season 1 Episode 22 of the 1987-1988 television series here under the working title "Hawk Moon." Originally aired January 24 1988 on Fox. With a few manuscript ink annotations on the first two leaves. Series following a college student who is on a quest to end the curse that made him a werewolf. In this episode after a number of murders committed by werewolves the local Native American community begins to suspect skinwalkers. Generic brown manila wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper with manuscript ink annotation indicating the series and episode title with credits for screenwriter Christian Darren. Title page present dated November 18 1987 with credits for screenwriter Christian Darren. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tri-Star Television / Lycanthrope Productions Inc unknown
1928ref. 158521Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a provenance stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover a bitter magician vows to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is his rival's daughter. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his own. One of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1928ref. 148190Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife seeks to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is their offspring. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his. One of Browning and Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light toning. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1956ref. 161713N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 13 of the 1956 television series seen here under the working title "The Thayer Girls." The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this episode a group of socialites visit the academy to attend a dance. Originally aired on December 28 1956. Beige wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper dated October 2 1956 with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 161712Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 1956 television series seen here under the working title "The Operator." Script supervisor Larry Lund's working copy with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his extensive annotations throughout in manuscript pencil. The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this episode two cadets-one an overachiever the other a rule-breaker-must cooperate and learn from each other. Originally aired on October 12 1956 on CBS. Beige titled wrappers dated April 25 1956 noted as production No. 3B with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 42A. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only with two yellow revision pages dated 5/18/56. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown
1956ref. 161711N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 1956 television series seen here under the working title "Water Main." Laid in with the script is a four-page carbon typescript reader's analysis of the script. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink throughout. The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this episode a cadet is tasked with proving himself academically after pulling several disruptive stunts. Originally aired on December 7 1956 on CBS. Beige wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 161714N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 19 of the 1956 television series. Working copy belonging to editor Bob Seiter with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his extensive annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Laid in with the script are seven annotated revision pages six carbon typescript and one mimeograph and nine manuscript pages on yellow lined paper. The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this episode a fearful cadet is sent on a jet flight with an experienced pilot. Originally aired on February 8 1957. Beige titled wrappers dated December 18 1956 with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
