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1980ref. 158084Universal City: Universal Pictures 1980. Vintage screening invitation for the 1980 film illustrated by Ralph Steadman on the recto with film credits on the verso. More than a little loosely based on Hunter S. Thompson's obituary for his closest associate Oscar Zeta Acosta a.k.a. Dr. Gonzo "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat" which appeared in October 1977 issue of "Rolling Stone." A film that despite being an unholy mess represents in retrospect an intersection of ideas and talent as well as the first of many messy attempts to commit to celluloid the basically un-filmable life and work of Hunter S. Thompson. Bill Murray at this time little more than a droll comedic sensation arguably made the first step toward becoming the four-dimensional icon he is today though not necessarily by intention. Both Murray and Thompson had serious concerns about the quality of Kaye's script and at the beginning of filming both Thompson and Ralph Steadman came onto the set as "executive consultants." Though the author says he did little other than "wander around and fire machine guns" his influence on Murray was profound. The actor became obsessed with his idol and by all accounts became one with him. During production Murray and Thompson engaged in a series of dangerous one-upmanship contests including a Houdini-inspired stunt where Thompson tied Murray to a chair and threw him into a swimming pool. Murray nearly drowned before Thompson pulled him out. The pair's obsession with the film's poor script and continuity led to a hasty final addition of a voice-over narration and two explanatory scenes at the film's end. Three days prior to release a press screening was canceled because the film was still being edited. When Murray returned to the Saturday Night Live set in the fall of 1980 he was still immersed in character complete with long black cigarette holder dark glasses and nasty habits. One of the show's writers said that Murray .".was not Bill Murray he was Hunter Thompson. You couldn't talk to him without talking to Hunter Thompson." Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad "Saturday Night Live: A Backstage History" William Morrow 1989 3.75 x 9 inches with a satin finish recto and matte verso. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1972ref. 158059New York: N.p. 1972. Vintage pressbook for the 1972 adult film. 8.75 x 11.25 inches four leaves printed on rectos only. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease to the first two leaves. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 132723London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. Based on Lawrence Bachmann's 1957 novel "The Lorelei" about a girl on the run from the law and a former crime associate and her eventual refuge on a boat coasting down the river Rhine. A story set in Eastern Europe shot in Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown
1970ref. 158055N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman is exiled from her family due to a tragic misunderstanding with her sister returning years later after her sister's death. She becomes the foster guardian of her orphaned niece a young girl with a cruel streak. Transparent front wrapper white rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Robert Anthony Foster. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1992ref. 146403N.p.: N.p. 1992. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page noting the name and phone numbers of storywriter Rick Orr. A homeless man obsessed with Western movies from his childhood attempts to save his favorite theater the Corral from the nefarious businessmen who seek to build a high-rise in its place. Set in Hollywood. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1992 with credits for screenwriter Sean McCulley and story credit to Ric Orr sic. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light soil overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 163974N.p.: N.p. 1995. Draft script for the 1995 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her numeric annotation in manuscript ink on page 2 and her annotations in manuscript pencil regarding props on the rear wrapper. In an alternate America where the social and economic positions of white and Black Americans are reversed a white factory worker kidnaps the factory owner as revenge for an unjust firing. 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. Red untitled wrappers. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 150862N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Luchino Visconti cinematogrpher Giuseppe Rotunno and Maria Schell on the set of the 1957 film. Loosely based on the 1848 short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Remade in 2008 as "Two Lovers" directed by James Gray and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow. A young man Marcello Mastroianni new to the city meets a girl Schell crying on bridge for a lover who may not return striking up a tentative romance. 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine with light wear and creasing at extremities. Criterion Collection 296. N.p. unknown
2001ref. 164026N.p.: N.p. 2001. Rainbow Revision Shooting Draft script for the 2002 film with six gatherings of revision pages. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. The six gatherings of revision pages include: Six buff revision ages dated 5/03/01. Twelve buff revision pages dated May 3 2001 with a label on the title page for uncredited crew member "Steve Martinez / Construction Department." Eleven cherry revision pages dated May 6 2001. Four tan revision pages dated May 16 2001 with a label on the title page for "Construction Department" with the name struck. Two pages of 2nd white revision pages dated May 21 2001 with a label on the title page for "Jason Vanover / Construction Department" Vanover had the uncredited position of Key Greensman on the film. And seven 2nd yellow revision pages dated June 11 2001 with a label on the title page for "Jason Vanover / Construction Department." Based on the 1999 bestselling novel by Janet Fitch. Fifteen-year old Astrid finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home after her free-spirited mother with borderline personality disorder is imprisoned after poisoning her lover. 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. Shot on location in Santa Clarita and Los Angeles California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 21 2001 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Mary Agnes Donoghue. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerograhic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/21/01 and 4/21/01. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revision Pages with each grouping affixed by a single staple to the top left. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 148684N.p.: Percy Main Productions 1995. Revised Final Draft script for the 1996 film. Three copied annotations on two pages consisting of one dialogue change and two revision date changes. Based on the 1962 book "The Last Voyage of the Albatross" by Charles Gieg Jr. and Felix Sutton about the sinking of the brigantine Albatross on May 2 1961. All American boy Chuck Gieg Scott Wolf narrates this coming-of-age story set in 1960 about a group of teenage boys setting out for a year-long voyage aboard the brigantine school ship Albatross commanded by Dr. Christopher B. Shelton Jeff Bridges only to face the ultimate challenge of surviving a deadly white squall storm. Shot on location in South Carolina Georgia Bermuda Grenada London Malta South Africa St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. White generic Lasher McManus & Robinson production company wrappers. Title page present dated March 18 1995 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Todd Robinson. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages labeled "Blue" throughout dated variously between 3/27/95 and 5/15/95. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Percy Main Productions unknown
1958ref. 152074Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1958. Vintage pressbook for the 1958 film. A nature documentary about animal life in the North American Arctic. Most notable for its infamous scene featuring a pack of lemmings jumping off a cliff into the Arctic Ocean supposedly to migrate-a scene that was in reality staged by the filmmakers who threw about a dozen lemmings into the Bow River near downtown Calgary for the sequence. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Shot on location in Canada. 19 pages saddle stitched 12 x 15 inches. Near Fine. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown
1966ref. 149378N.p.: Delpire 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. With the stamp of Tele-Magazine on the verso. An anarchic satire of the fashion industry directed by a true insider "Vogue" magazine's longtime photographer William Klein. Dorothy McGowan in her first and only film appearance stars as young model Polly Maggoo who becomes the subject of a television documentary news episode over the course of Paris Fashion Week. Set and shot on location in Paris. One photograph 10 x 8 inches two photographs 10 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Delpire unknown
1971ref. 151299N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Dustin Hoffman in character standing next to a blow-up print of a TIME Magazine issue with his face on the cover. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy pop songwriter writes most of his songs about love but has no luck with romance in his personal life. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 161076Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 film showing director George Sidney inspecting a chorus line of women's legs. Columbia Pictures stamp specific to the Dutch release on the verso. Based on Norman Krasna's 1958 Broadway play "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With" A mild-mannered chemistry professor falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent in order to get back into his wife's good graces capturing the attention of the FBI the CIA and the KGB in the process. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
ref. 141462Tokyo: Imamura Productions 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Text in Japanese. A period drama featuring a man returning from exile in America during the Edo era and begins searching for his wife. He gets caught up in revolutionary fervor and his emotions get the best of him. Orange titled perfect-bound wrappers rubber stamped production number 133 dated 1980. Title page present. 201 leaves with last page of text numbered 192. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Imamura Productions unknown
1983ref. 153831N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typescript letter from screenwriter Les White to talent agent Walter Kohner introducing the script. A comedy following the stunted entry into maturity of several young adults who have decided for various reasons to move back in with their parents indefinitely. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Les White. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 151061Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 11 black-and-white photographs and 21 gatherings of promotional reading material. A compulsive liar's colorful tall tales land him in hot water with his family but also help him get a job as a social worker where he becomes determined to help a young boy who was wrongfully taken from his mother. Set in Manchester New Hampshire shot on location in Spokane Washington. Folder photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1947ref. 156128Vienna: Donau-Film 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 German film. Text and titles in German. Twin sisters Lilli and Viktoria are separated at a young age but share a love of music as adults-one loves classical music the other loves popular tunes. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Donau-Film unknown
1990ref. 151772London: Film Manifesto Sales 1990. Vintage pressbook for the 1990 film. Based on the 1989 novel by Barry Gifford. Young lovers Sailor Nicolas Cage and Lula Laura Dern go on the run from Lula's domineering mother Diane Ladd but soon run out of money forcing Sailor to return to his past criminal dealings. David Lynch's fifth feature film a love letter to the Wizard of Oz Elvis Presley and road movies. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Shot on location in Los Angeles Colton and Pasadena California in New Orleans Louisiana and in El Paso Texas. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Film Manifesto Sales unknown
1933ref. 136691Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film. Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place a radical element even in a pre-Code film. A film that has held up well in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers male and female were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film Dorothy Coonan who would go on to marry the film's director William A. Wellman. National Film Registry. First National Pictures unknown
1970ref. 141552N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A small time thief is found assassinated in a busy restaurant perplexing the local police who can uncover neither motive nor method. Set in New York City. Orange wrappers with die-cut window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Gerald Wilson. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 140024London: Thorn EMI 1985. Collection of 10 vintage full-color British lobby cards from the 1985 British-Australian film. Based on Daniel Carney's 1982 novel "The Square Circle" and sequel to "The Wild Geese" 1978. A group of mercenaries are hired by a broadcasting company to "rescue" a Nazi war criminal. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner bumps else Near Fine. Scarce. Thorn EMI unknown
1969ref. 162594N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A group of gypsies vow vengeance on a runaway that murdered a member of their clan. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a wax pencil annotation on the bottom right margin light creasing to the left side and faint discoloration at the center. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 171825Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Table Draft script one Revised Table Draft script and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 1994 television series. Originally aired September 11 1994 on Fox. Table Draft and Revised Table Draft script with manuscript ink annotations throughout. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode one friend's ex-boyfriend shows up causing tension with her new boyfriend. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Blue titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W01 dated August 8 1994. Title page present dated August 8 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Tom Straw and director Stan Lathan. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Table Draft: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 2ND REVISED TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 2W01 dated August 10 1994 with credits for screenwriter Tom Straw and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: Blue titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W01 dated August 11 1994. Title page present dated August 11 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Tom Straw and director Stan Lathan. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1994ref. 171829Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Table Draft script two Revised Table Draft scripts and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1994 television series. Originally aired September 25 1994 on Fox. Table Draft script with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper of Supervising Producer Stephen Sustarsic's name. All four scripts with manuscript ink annotations throughout. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode the group becomes the cast of a reality TV show. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Orange titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 22 1994. Title page present dated August 22 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1st Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 1st Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 23 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. 2nd Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 2nd Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 24 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Final Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 25 1994. Title page present dated August 25 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 8/25/94 and with blue revision pages laid into the back of the script dated 8/25/94. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with one silver brad. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1994ref. 171840Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1994 television series. THis episode originally aired September 4 1994 on Fox. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode one of the boys asks a friend for his ex-girlfriend's number. Set in Chicago. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated April 18 1994. Title page present dated April 18 1994 noted as Rev. Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Lon Diamond and director James Widdoes. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 42A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
