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1919ref. 152865N.p.: N.p. 1919. Vintage album housing 49 vintage reference photographs from the 1919 silent film most showing noted early film star William Farnum. Of particular note in the album is a photograph of Farnum on the set with actors Lamar Johnstone and Charles Clary holding bouquets of flowers ostensibly at the end of the shoot. Laid in with the album is a small newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Evening Herald showing a photograph of Farnum with his wife and stepson and noting Farnum's adoption of his stepson with a small manuscript ink annotation presumably made by Farnum at the top of the clipping: "It was raining I wore all my old duds-darn it I wasn't ready." A wealthy married mining engineer suffers amnesia after being injured in a mining explosion planned by his business rivals and is forced to seek shelter with a Chilean shepherd and the shepherd's daughter with whom he falls in love. Now considered a lost film. At the peak of his success Farnum was one of the highest-paid actors of the silent film age but was forced into an early semi-retirement after being injured on the set of the 1924 film "The Man Who Fights Alone." He appeared sporadically in character roles throughout the late 1920s 1930s and 1940s and enjoyed a successful career on Broadway. Photographs generally 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Album 12 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled and creased. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 136048Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing the crew retrieving the waterlogged car used in the climactic scene. An heiress inherits her father's steel mill and then must extricate herself from a marriage to the mill's general manager who means to kill her in order to own the mill. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light rippling near one extremity. Grant US. Selby US. Silver & Ward US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1967ref. 135367Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Press stamps on the versos. A seven-part anthology ranging from comedy to drama starring actress Shirley MacLaine in various guises and all dealing with adultery and its ramifications. Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1954ref. 130751Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with blue revision pages throughout and with Heflin's substantial annotations in manuscript pencil on five pages see images. Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates hoping to tease out useful information and character traits via their choice of spouses. Title page present dated April 20 1954 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Lindsay Crouse and Binyon. 128 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-22-54 and 5-11-54. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970ref. 162502New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1970 sexploitation film seen here under the working title "His Wife's Habit." Laid in with the script is a five-page shooting schedule. A promiscuous married woman finds herself unable to resist sleeping with every man she meets leading to a savage attack by a motel parking attendant and his crony. Shot on location in New Orleans. Black generic card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Joy N. Houck Jr. Albert J. Salzer and Robert A. Weaver. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good moderately faded on the edges bound internally with three silver brads. Howco Productions unknown
1973ref. 161100N.p.: N.p. 1973. Two vintage borderless oversize color reference photographs from the 1973 film one showing two prisoners fighting the other showing two prisoners locked in a passionate embrace. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A woman goes to prison in order to save her father who has been wrongly accused by a powerful drug cartel of stealing twenty kilos of heroin. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly curled. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 158482N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 British film including one double weight showing Alan Bates and Jennie Linden and one single-weight showing Linden and Glenda Jackson. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two freethinking sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1254. Criterion Collection 916. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 149514Beverly Hills CA: Brandywine Productions 1969. Nine vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation available on request. Brandywine Productions unknown
1971ref. 165085N.p.: N.p. 1971. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing actress Candy Darling. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. A satire of the women's liberation movement starring Warhol superstars Darling Jackie Curtis and Holly Woodlawn about three New York women who join a militant feminist group Politically Involved Girls P.I.G. in an attempt to find happiness apart from men. The last film to use footage filmed directly by Andy Warhol himself. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with faint discoloration on the center right of the verso. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 138625Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1976ref. 99595Switzerland July 5th 1976. 1976. Fine. - Over 275 words typed on his personal 11-1/2 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide stationery with his Swiss address centered at the top. Norman Krasna writes to Jean Dalrymple about his latest play "Hold the presses." he says having rethought the ending. "I had a long searching session with the muse and also a critique from a friend and the three of us have come to the conclusion that the ending is not right." Feeling that his original ending seemed to imply that the girl settled for marriage "as she hasn't got the ability to be a star". "People don't go to the theatre to accept resignation. I prefer the girl on her way to be a star and have the marriage too." Signed "Norman". An apparent phone number is penned at top left of the letter and another spelled out in French at top right. The letter is further briefly annotated on the verso. The top edge of the page is slightly creased and the letter is folded for mailing. Near fine. The American screenwriter playwirth producer and film director Norman Krasna 1909-1984 was known for his screwball comedies based on a case of mistaken identity. He wrote several successful Broadway plays including "Dear Ruth" and "John Loves Mary" and directed 3 films "The Ambassador's Daughter" "The Big Hangover" and "Princess O'Rourke" all of which he also wrote and was nominated 4 times for screenwriting Academy Awards winning once for "Princess O'Rourke". The recipient Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Switzerland, July 5th, 1976.
1999ref. 142242Malibu CA: Word of Mouth Productions 1999. Draft script for the 1999 film. Laid in are a collection of documents two autographed letters from screenwriter and director Tom Lazarus to Jack Murphy dated February 26 March 5 and March 29 1991 urging him to please read and consider producing his film. Finally there is a typed biography of Lazarus with his phone number sans area code in manuscript ink. Torri Larranga is a prostitute at the top of her game charging high prices for exquisite services. Her reputation precedes her as a documentarian approaches her asking to film a feature look into her life. The first directorial effort of Tom Lazarus who later went to on to direct "Stigmata" 1999 and write "Just You and Me Kid" 1979. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tom Lazarus. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Word of Mouth Productions unknown
1948ref. 155862Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 musical film showing dancers Cyd Charisse and Dee Turnell en pointe. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A fictionalized musical retelling of the Broadway and Hollywood songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz "Larry" Hart. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with moderate wear and pinholes at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1988ref. 157902Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Vintage press kit for the 1988 film. Kit includes six gatherings of promotional materials 24 magazine clippings of "For Your Consideration" ads for the film one magazine article clipping and a Fox Academy Screening Schedule bi-fold housed in a two-color "Working Girl" folder. Melanie Griffith stars as an ambitious secretary whose boss steals her big ideas but when the boss Sigourney Weaver breaks her leg on a ski trip Griffith assumes the position of Boss even joining forces with the boss' boyfriend Harrison Ford. Winner of an Academy Award nominated for five others. Shot on location in New Jersey and New York. Folder and contents Near Fine to Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown
1979ref. 132250New York: New Yorker Films 1979. Original US promotional window poster for the 1979 German film issued in small numbers by New Yorker Films who distributed Herzog's film in the US. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 11 x 17 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. New Yorker Films unknown
1956ref. 145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1929ref. 151442Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent but issued with synchronized music and sound effects to theatres equipped for sound. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light curling and the occasional light crease. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1972ref. 162401Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 British film variously showing actresses Elizabeth Taylor Michael Caine and Susannah York on the set. An upper-class couple's turbulent marriage seems to finally be at an end when the husband falls in love with a beautiful mysterious younger widow. Set in London. 9.75 x 8 inches 9.25 x 8 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1980ref. 137980Hollywood: Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions 1980. Original "pre-production package and script" for an unproduced film called "Yaqui Fox and Mose" including a separate synopsis. Included in the "pre-production package" is character information: Fox half Choctaw Indian half Irish a loner in total control of his destiny; Yaqui an Indian at the end of his rope looking for redemption; and Mose half Black half Indian on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Also included: letters from various productions companies regarding possible crew members like director Ted Post cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Will Sampson as "Yaqui" Philip Michael Thomas as "Mose" producers Richard Kaye Jay Lovins and Carol Hughes music by Carlos Santana technical personnel stunt coordinator Bill Hart letter signed by Hart wrangle Dick Lundin letter signed by Lundin special effect director Johnny James letter signed by James. Letters are dated 1979 or 1980. Various photocopied advertisements images of scenery and animals to be used production data a shooting schedule budget detail promotional ideas and weather information where the film was to be shot is also present. Overall pre-production for the film went as far as it possibly could but for unknown reasons the film was never produced or released. Brown titled wrappers. Synopsis page with a credit for screenwriter Terri Crane. Xerographic duplication with a few full-color pages detailing scenes from the opening titles. Last leaf of text numbered 80. Very Good plus bound with a brown Vello binding. Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions unknown
1984ref. 162212N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1984 French film showing a nude Valérie Kaprisky in the shower. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. While on holiday at Saint-Tropez a sexually adventurous teenage girl falls for an older man who himself is interested only in the girl's mother. 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
ref. 162611New York: Dino De Laurentiis 1984. Final Draft script for the 1985 neo-noir film. With annotations throughout highlighting dialogue related to Mickey Rourke's character Stanley White. From the collection of practical effects designer and miniatures specialist Greg Jein. Jein was gifted the script by fellow Chinese-American actor Dennis Dun who played Herbert Kwong in the film. Jein designed the award-winning miniatures in the film relating to director Michael Cimino's elaborate reproduction of New York's Chinatown reproduced entirely on a soundstage and so realistic that Stanley Kubrick-born in the Bronx-had to be convinced by Cimino after seeing the premiere that it was not shot on location. Based on the 1981 novel by Robert Daley about a Vietnam veteran turned New York City police captain who dedicates himself to stopping organized crime in Chinatown. Blue generic wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 1984 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with offsetting on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Carlson & Connolly Destroy All Movies. Dino De Laurentiis unknown
1991ref. 151433N.p.: N.p. 1991. Fourth Draft script for the 1992 film here under the working title "The Year of the Comet." An international chase ensues in pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history bottled in the year of the Great Comet of 1811. Shot on location in France Scotland and England. Self front wrapper integral with title page dated February '91 noted as Fourth draft with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine back wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstains on bottom left bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
2017ref. 163937N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Revised Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 2018-present television series one dated 8/9/17 and one dated 8/12/17. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode the Dutton family attempts to recover from the deaths of the eldest son and a brother-in-law. Originally aired on June 27 2018 on Paramount Network. 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. Set in Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. 8/9/17 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/9/17 noted as episode No. 102 and PRODUCTION DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 102 and Pink Revised Pages with credit for Sheridan. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
