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1982ref. 146404N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced play. Included with the script are two typed pages proposing the play be made into the pilot for a longer-running television series detailing possible titles show format and episode synopses. The melodramatic trials and tribulations of a community theater troupe addressing problems such as one actor's alcoholism and another actor's dissolving marriage. Set in a suburb of New York. Black titled faux leather wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Sal Catania and Elfin Snyder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Very Good with dampstaining and light soil to both bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 147689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in manuscript pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Missing one page likely as used or issued. Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2017ref. 163911London: Blueprint Pictures 2017. Draft script for the 2017 film. Copy belonging to production designer David Wasco with his name watermarked on every leaf. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A Missouri woman rents three billboards to draw attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder setting off a violent chain of reactions among members of her small community and the police officers responsible for overseeing the investigation. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two for Best Supporting Actor for Sam Rockwell and Best Leading Actress for Frances McDormand. 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 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "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 Ebbing Missouri shot on location in Sylva North Carolina. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with one gold and one silver brad. Blueprint Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 160270Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 1967 film. A British tourist wins a large amount of money gambling in Italy. He tries to smuggle the money through a Swiss bank account so he does not lose any of the money to British taxes. A woman he met at the casino offers to help but wants the money herself. Set in the Italian Riviera shot on location in Veneto and Liguria Italy. One photograph 7.5 x 7.25 inches one photograph 8.5 x 7 inches both photographs trimmed. Very Good plus one photograph with creasing at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1969ref. 162292Universal City: Universal Pictures 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1969 British film including three borderless and one bordered. All with mimeo snipes on 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. A married sales executive must conceal his past affair with a young hitchhiker after his wife agrees to take the girl on as a boarder. Set in Middlesex shot on location in Hampshire. Three 7.5 x 9.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1998ref. 166262Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. Each page with a numeric watermark 2850. A black comedy about a gold heist executed by four American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the First Gulf War. Director David O. Russell's third feature film. Shot on location in the deserts of Casa Grande Arizona and in California and Mexico. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 17 1998 with credit for director and screenwriter David O. Russell and story writer John Ridley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine with first page lightly worn and partially detached from the binding bound with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1934ref. 167828New York: Columbia Pictures 1934. Collection of three vintage pressbooks for three pre-Code films written by noted hard-boiled novelist Horace McCoy: "Hold the Press" 1933 "Fury of the Jungle" 1933 and "Speed Wings" 1934. McCoy moved to Hollywood in 1931 hoping to pursue a career as an actor. After a failed screen test at MGM McCoy discovered a talent for writing treatments and film scenarios and would go on to pen numerous films for Columbia Paramount and other studios through the next three decades. 12 x 18 inches. Generally Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 151512N.p.: AMLF 1988. Vintage reference photograph of Jacques Demy and Yves Montand on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown books
1988ref. 151514N.p.: AMLF 1988. Two vintage reference photographs of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown books
1957ref. 167590Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 Western film showing actor Tom Tryon as one-armed brother Beauregard "Cinch" Saunders. A Confederate cavalryman returns to Texas from the Civil War to find his land wanted by carpetbaggers and his town controlled by corrupt Yankees. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Pitts 4373. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 152016Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage reference photograph of Anne Baxter director Rudolph Mate and Charlton Heston on the set of the 1956 film. Capt. Colt Saunders Heston returns to Texas from the Civil War to find his land wanted by carpetbaggers and his town controlled by corrupt Yankees. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 4373. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1924ref. 171399N.p.: N.p. 1924. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1924 silent film. Five with "Country of Origin: USA" stamps on the versos. Based on Elinor Glyn's 1907 romance novel about the love affair between the married queen of a fictitious European country and a handsome young Englishman. Glyn's novel was previously adapted for film in 1914 starring Madlaine Traverse and George C. Pearce. Set in Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn with light even toning overall. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 162469N.p.: J.E.R. Pictures 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 German film. Both photographs with a provenance stamp on the versos. Marie Liljedahl stars as the young Eva who solemnly swears to remain a virgin until it can be logically argued that her view is foolish and contradicts the course of human fate. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. J.E.R. Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 162482N.p.: V.I. Productions 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 US/Danish film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A Danish fashion designer returns home with his prudish American wife who after a visit to a psychiatrist is revealed to be a latent lesbian. Shot on location in Copenhagen Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing at the extremities. V.I. Productions unknown books
1961ref. 133624Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Vintage oversize Swedish still photograph from the 1961 film. With the Svensk Filmindustri logo at the bottom right corner. In a typically heavy moment from the film Max Von Sydow Martin and Lars Passgard Minus stand together in a moment of silence. Shot by the film's cinematographer the legendary Sven Nykvist. 11 x 9 inches. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. Fine. Criterion Collection 209. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1961ref. 130180Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Original Swedish illustrated poster for the 1961 Swedish film. The first entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy which won the director his second Best Foreign Film Oscar and defined what came to be called his "chamber dramas." A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a perspective of on a private world from a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 27.5 x 38.5 inches. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1961ref. 130113Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Original Swedish photographic style poster for the 1961 Swedish film. The first entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy which won the director his second Best Foreign Film Oscar and defined what came to be called his "chamber dramas." A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a perspective of on a private world from a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 27.5 x 39.5 inches linen-backed. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1961ref. 156281Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Collection of 22 vintage double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1961 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. The first entry in Ingmar Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a glimpse into a private world seen through a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. About Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and light edgewear. Criterion Collection 209. Ebert III. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1976ref. 162486N.p.: Maturpix 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Catharine Burgess stars as a wealthy socialite who finds herself sexually drawn to a mirror in the attic of her family's estate where she speaks to her dead father who tries to convince her to come through the looking glass. Shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Maturpix unknown books
1971ref. 166112N.p.: N.p. 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 Japanese Pink film both showing scenes featuring nude women. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. An experimental film about a young man's psychosexual odyssey stemming from a dysfunctional relationship with his family and culminating in alienation. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 163617Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage portrait photograph of actress Kate Jackson from the 1977 film. David Carradine and a pre-"Charlies Angels" Kate Jackson star as moonshine runners trying to catch up to a load of tainted moonshine followed by the law and competing mobsters. Set in and shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959ref. 150900Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film showing actors Blanche Yurka and Jacques Bergerac. In 1850 a group of French Basque immigrants travel to California where they intend to plant vineyards and find romance. Set in the US west. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pitts 4384. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 157114Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Shooting Final script for the 1947 film seen here under the working title "Bob Son of Battle." Copy belonging to actor Lon McCallister with his annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Included is a photograph of the cast and crew having a meal on the set with Peggy Ann Garner at the center of attention. Based on the 1898 novel "Owd Bob" by Alfred Ollivant. An aging crotchety shepherd fights his son in a collie dog sheepherding contest. Set in Scotland shot on location in Kanab Utah. Beige titled wrappers noted as Shooting Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 and production No. 113 dated June 25 1946. Title page present dated June 25 1946 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Jerome Cady. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated between 7/5/46 and 10/31/46. Pages Very Good plus with faint foxing on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good with script laid into wrapper partially bound with a single gold brad. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 146566N.p.: N.p. 1973. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With a business card for talent manager and film producer Arnold Stiefel stapled on the front wrapper and a label sticker for casting agent Paul Kohner to the title page. Included with the script are two xerographically duplicated letters from Rudy Ramos the head of the Speed Classic Racing Association to screenwriter Paul Helmick expressing enthusiasm for the prospective film. After her boyfriend dies in a boat racing accident a woman begins to date two rival racers despite her belief that she is a boating jinx. Set in Long Beach CA. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters Paul A. Helmick and Mike Crumplar. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overallbound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 147202N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Missing page 45 likely as used or issued. Based on noted African American author John Oliver Killens' 1962 novel "And Then We Heard the Thunder" about the experiences of a group of African American draftees in a segregated unit during World War II in the South Pacific. Set in the South Pacific and South Brisbane. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1986 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT CASWELL and author JOHN OLIVER KILLENS. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light tide mark to the top edge of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
