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1961ref. 149449Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white reference photograph of actors Tony Mordente Harvey Evans Susan Oakes Bert Michaels Tommy Abbott and Tucker Smith standing with director Jerome Robbins on the set of the 1961 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Winner of ten Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno. Set in New York's West Side shot on location in New York and California. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and creasing to the corners. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown
1961ref. 143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1984ref. 160850London: Greenpoint Films 1984. Draft script for the 1985 British film INSCRIBED by director/screenwriter David Hare on the title page "For Steve with thanks - / David Hare / 15.5.85" with the manuscript ink annotation of copy number "63" on the top of the title page and manuscript ink annotations striking scene 71B on page 51. Laid in is an eight page transcript of a PublicTheater interview with Hare dated May 15 1985 with manuscript pencil and marker annotations throughout in what appears to be Hare's hand a sixteen page program for the film with two modest ink annotations on two pages a thirteen page "Preliminary Production Notes" and a one page clipping of "Stanley Kauffmann On Films: Against the Darkness" a review of the film from the August 12 1985 issue of The New Republic. A middle-age spinster schoolteacher played by Vanessa Redgrave is forced to reevaluate her life after witnessing the suicide of a recently arrived enigmatic stranger. Set in Wetherby England shot on location in West Yorkshire North Yorkshire Middlesex and London. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated May 4 1984 noted as "This Draft" with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Interview transcript 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall bound with two staples to the top left corner. Program 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. Preliminary Production Notes 8.5 x 11 inches. Light toning at the extremities else Near Fine. Article Clipping 8.25 x 11. Very Good with light dampstaining creasing and edgewear. Greenpoint Films unknown
ref. 131876Rome: C C. Champion 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. Bound at the rear are an additional 11 pages that include a complete Cast List and Unit List. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." A lesser known film in the director's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Blue wrappers as originally used. Title page present noted as copy No. 4 in pink manuscript ink with credits for screenwriters Brach and Polanski. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. C C. Champion unknown
1972ref. 154016N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of 32 vintage keybook snapshot photographs from the 1972 film. Possibly unique. A lesser known film in director Roman Polanski's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1930ref. 146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Gloria Productions unknown
1956ref. 163738N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 Italian film showing actress Sophia Loren raising her skirt to examine her tights. French provenance stamp on the verso. A young woman decides to take a photographer to court after he takes her photograph without telling her and it turns up on the cover of a magazine. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
2001ref. 149058Los Angeles: Gracie Films 2001. Shooting Draft script for the 2001 television episode originally aired on October 2 on ABC. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by actress Joan Cusack: "Molly -- / my god you are so wonderful / Thank you for your ideas-and your great smarts / Joan Cusack / P.S. you were the highlight of sophistication in this show." Missing 13 pages likely as used or issued. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. A Chicago schoolteacher juggles a new relationship and fields day-to-day interactions in the workplace. The show aired for two seasons. Set in Ravenswood Chicago. Blue titled self-wrappers dated 8/3/01 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for director Terry Hughes and screenwriter Katherine Green. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown
1965ref. 153069N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actors James Coburn and Dick Shawn crouching in a bush with director Blake Edwards and a camera to the right capturing the shot. During the Allied invasion of Sicily an outfit of US soldiers are assigned to capture the small town of Valerno but find the townspeople ready and willing to be captured with two stipulations: a soccer match and a wine festival. Set in Sicily shot on location in Lake Sherwood California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 172202N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code comedy film showing Buster Keaton surrounded by wreckage. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. With the end of Prohibition in sight two men decide to open a brewery and begin selling their home brewed beer but the resultant product is so weak that they're let off even after a police raid. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 144472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress and Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript annotations and photo-agency stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. Shot on location in France. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1965ref. 139246Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage black-and-white press photograph from the 1965 French-American film. Editorial annotations and Wide World Photo rubber stamp on the verso with a Spanish rubber stamp "paso por fotograbado." Shown are Ursula Andress and Katrin Schaake on-the-set conferring between scenes while standing on a bed. Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. Shot on location in France. 6.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus light creases heavy soil and sticker pull to the verso. United Artists unknown
1965ref. 162146Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Paula Prentiss in a sheer lace bodysuit. Photofest label affixed to the verso. 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. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1965ref. 160517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. One with a provenance stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1965ref. 154957Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor-screenwriter Woody Allen from the 1965 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso and the stamp of photographer Louis Goldman along with Goldman's signature just below his stamp. Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1965ref. 149311Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of actor-screenwriter Woody Allen and actress Paula Prentiss on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter a movie that Allen today describes as "dreadful" but one that was a box office smash at the time. A soon-to-be-married womanizer attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 8.25 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with light creasing to the right edge and lower right corner reinforced with white tape on the verso. United Artists unknown
1977ref. 167417Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series which aired on NBC on May 15 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets two copies of one dated December 16 1977 and one dated December 20 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring Rock Hudson and Lee Remick the five part 1978 NBC mini-series which aired on May 7-9 and 14-15 was an insider's look at the day-to-day operations of National Motors a large fictitious US automobile manufacturer and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Set in late 1960s Detroit. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 15 1977 with credits for screenwriter Robert Hamilton and author Arthur Hailey. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue yellow green pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/7/77 and 10/26/77. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1960ref. 143342Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and manuscript ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese. A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding. BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown
1991ref. 167974N.p.: N.p. 1991. Draft script for the 1993 American-German-Dutch film. Single numeric annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. Text in English. A struggling jazz musician provides music lessons to make ends meet although his students are ambivalent at best while maintaining a romance with a bartender at a local Irish bar. One of two feature films directed by Sara Driver known for producing the first two films of her longtime partner director Jim Jarmusch. Shot on location in Hamburg. Mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1991 with credits for screenwriter Ray Dobbins and story writer Sara Driver. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 148129Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film musical. Copy from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel presumably his working copy with "Camera" written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Laid in is a 17-page shooting schedule under the title "Girl Crazy" dated 7-13-65. Based on the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy" by Guy Bolton and John McGowan with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin respectively. Previously filmed twice before first in 1932 directed by William A. Seiter and starring Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee then in 1943 directed by Norman Taurog and Busby Berkeley and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Playboy and heir Danny Churchill Harve Presnell helps Ginger Gray Connie Francis save her father's ranch by turning it into a motel for divorcees. The last feature film acting role of Connie Francis. Set in Nevada shot on location in Nevada and California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated July 7 1965 with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Kent. Title page integral with the first page of text. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 296421Robert Goldfarb 1960. Trade Paperback. 140 mimeographed sheets printed recto only. Ric Hardman 1924-2009 was a writer of screenplays Rare Breed Gunman's Walk TV scripts and novels Fifteen Flags and others. First edition first printing. Very good copy in yellow folder bound with metal clasps. At bottom of title page: Robert Goldfarb / 3839 Carnavon Way / Los Angeles 90027 / 663 9543 / mag 876 2100.'. Robert Goldfarb paperback
ref. 142403N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A biopic about the silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle who died of a heart attack in 1933 at age 46. Considered an important figure in the early development of film studios he mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. In 1920 he was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. Set in Hollywood. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph Van Winkle. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 166661Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Draft script for the second episode of the 1980 television series printed on pink leaves which aired on ABC on March 21 1980. "When the Whistle Blows" premiered on ABC on March 14 1980 and aired for ten one-hour episodes ending on July 20 1980. Five construction workers four guys and a gal work for the Tri-State Construction Company in Los Angeles and are looking for fun on and off the job often frequenting the neighborhood saloon Darlene's. Hunk Tim Rossovich has a thing for Jolene Gail Edwards a singer at Darlene's until Buzz Douglas Barr tells him she was "a lady of easy virtue" in Reno. Front wrapper integral with title page with the latest revision dated 1/23/80 with credits for screenwriter Rick Husky. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/80 and 1/23/80. Pages Very Good with the first of four title pages with foxing and silverfish damage and the extremities and light foxing to the first several pages bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1971ref. 163605Los Angeles: Joseph Shaftel Films 1971. Revised Final script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to actor Norman Alden with his name and character's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations indicating dialogue throughout the script. Xerographic duplication call sheet additional script pages and undated pink revision pages laid in at the rear of the script. Based on the 1970 novel "The Operator" co-written by screenwriters Rod Amateau and Budd Robinson. A greedy corrupt hospital administrator is eventually jailed for his fraudulent activities but plans his revenge on the hospital. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 1971 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter and novelist Rod Amateau and novelist Budd Robinson. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated yellow and blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and toning on the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Joseph Shaftel Films unknown
1965ref. 132638Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1965. Collection of 6 vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1965 UK release of the 1964 US film. Another steamy drama based on a Harold Robbins novel 1962 about the murder of one man's ex-wife's new lover at the hand of his teenage daughter with obvious parallels between this film and the actual murder of Johnny Stompanato Lana Turner's ex-lover and victim of stabbing by her daughter Cheryl Crane. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown
