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1957ref. 159394Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Original vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actor Arthur Kennedy. Based on the 1956 novel by Grace Metalious. Gossip is pervasive in a small New England town leading everyone to do what they can to hide their secrets and scandals until they boil over. The film tied with "The Little Foxes" 1941 for the most Academy Award nominations-but no wins. Set in the fictional New England town of Peyton Place shot on location in Maine New Hampshire and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with splash at top left corner. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 157067Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage call sheet for the ABC television series "Peyton Place" on green paper episode #3.2 with "Production Requirements" on the verso dated "Wednesday July 20 1966" on the recto and verso with annotations in manuscript ink on recto and verso. "Peyton Place" aired on ABC from September 15 1964 to June 2 1969 and episode #3.2 Season 3 Episode 2 aired on September 14 1966. Loosely based on the 1956 novel by Grace Metalious and preceded by the 1957 film directed by Mark Robson and starring Lana Turner and Hope Lang and the 1961 film "Return to Peyton Place" directed by José Ferrer and starring Carol Lynley and Tuesday Weld. The popular series was the birth of the prime time American soap opera and aired for 514 episodes. Sandy suspects that Lee may be guilty of Ann's murder. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 161514N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jules Dassin with actors Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1962 film. Based on Eurypides' Ancient Greek tragedy "Hippolytus" about the wife of a wealthy shipping tycoon who falls in love with her stepson. The fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri who would go on to marry in 1966. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 161514N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jules Dassin with actors Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1962 film. Based on Eurypides' Ancient Greek tragedy "Hippolytus" about the wife of a wealthy shipping tycoon who falls in love with her stepson. The fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri who would go on to marry in 1966. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 169539N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French adult film a rare image showing director and in this case co-star Jean Rollin with script in hand and holding a magnificent pipe. Joining Rollin are actresses Rachel Mhas and Claudia Zante on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A horror-influenced hardcore film about a count who ensnares beautiful women in his castle. The first and only pornographic film in which Rollin was credited under his own name and not a pseudonym. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1364. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 169539N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French adult film a rare image showing director and in this case co-star Jean Rollin with script in hand and holding a magnificent pipe. Joining Rollin are actresses Rachel Mhas and Claudia Zante on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A horror-influenced hardcore film about a count who ensnares beautiful women in his castle. The first and only pornographic film in which Rollin was credited under his own name and not a pseudonym. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1364. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 148958Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage photograph of the Tower reader's edition of Cornell Woolrich's crime novel written under the pseudonym William Irish made as publicity the 1944 film adaptation. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944ref. 170938Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film including a photograph of a mockup of the Tower edition of the Cornell Woolrich William Irish novel released the same year. Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. Set in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944ref. 156251Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Several photographs with provenance stamps and stickers on the verso and two with the printed label of Palace Theatre affixed to the verso. Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good with light toning and edgewear. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944ref. 149853Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. A man is arrested for murdering his wife only he was not home at the time of the murder but no one will confirm his alibi. His secretary who is secretly in love with him attempts to prove his innocence. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first woman executive. Set in Manhattan New York. White titled self-wrappers noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper production No. 1346 dated January 5 1944 with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small closed tear at the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944ref. 156251Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Several photographs with provenance stamps and stickers on the verso and two with the printed label of Palace Theatre affixed to the verso. Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good with light toning and edgewear. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 170938Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film including a photograph of a mockup of the Tower edition of the Cornell Woolrich William Irish novel released the same year. Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. Set in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 148958Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage photograph of the Tower reader's edition of Cornell Woolrich's crime novel written under the pseudonym William Irish made as publicity the 1944 film adaptation. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 149853Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. A man is arrested for murdering his wife only he was not home at the time of the murder but no one will confirm his alibi. His secretary who is secretly in love with him attempts to prove his innocence. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first woman executive. Set in Manhattan New York. White titled self-wrappers noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper production No. 1346 dated January 5 1944 with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small closed tear at the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1943ref. 152391Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Arthur Lubin and camerman on a crane above the opera house audience from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The second Universal film based on the story following Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film. Nominated for four Academy Awards and winning two including one for Best Cinematography. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown
1974ref. 148219Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Eight vintage color lobby cards from the 1974 film. One of the greatest and most garish rock musicals ever made imposing a wild psychedelic pop veneer on the "Phantom of the Opera" and Faust stories and updating them to the present-day of 1970s mega-record-label-dominated culture. Written and directed by De Palma at the beginning of his "classic" period of the 1970s and 1980s on the heels of "Sisters" 1973. Singer Paul Williams is unforgettably ambitiously nasty as Swan the head of an evil conglomerate that ruins the life of young Winslow William Finley with a teeth-clenching opening narration by Rod Serling. Twentieth Century-Fox bought the film for two million dollars the largest sum ever paid by the company for an independent film but failed to properly market it and the film did not reach a large audience. "Phantom" did please the critics however notably Pauline Kael who called the film "a new Guignol in a modern idiom out of the Guignol of the past." Shot on location in Beverly Hills California and Dallas Texas. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1943ref. 152391Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Arthur Lubin and camerman on a crane above the opera house audience from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The second Universal film based on the story following Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film. Nominated for four Academy Awards and winning two including one for Best Cinematography. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 148219Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Eight vintage color lobby cards from the 1974 film. One of the greatest and most garish rock musicals ever made imposing a wild psychedelic pop veneer on the "Phantom of the Opera" and Faust stories and updating them to the present-day of 1970s mega-record-label-dominated culture. Written and directed by De Palma at the beginning of his "classic" period of the 1970s and 1980s on the heels of "Sisters" 1973. Singer Paul Williams is unforgettably ambitiously nasty as Swan the head of an evil conglomerate that ruins the life of young Winslow William Finley with a teeth-clenching opening narration by Rod Serling. Twentieth Century-Fox bought the film for two million dollars the largest sum ever paid by the company for an independent film but failed to properly market it and the film did not reach a large audience. "Phantom" did please the critics however notably Pauline Kael who called the film "a new Guignol in a modern idiom out of the Guignol of the past." Shot on location in Beverly Hills California and Dallas Texas. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 151057Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Vintage borderless compilation photograph of six Saul Bass title designs and portrait of Saul Bass to promote the 1974 Bass directed film. Bass' title designs shown are "The Man with the Golden Arm" "Carmen Jones" "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" "Exodus" and "Seconds." Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto. Bass' first and only directorial effort now a cult favorite which was featured on Season 1 Episode 9 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" which aired on January 15 1989. Ants suddenly begin building strange towers and geometric designs in the Arizona desert and begin to exhibit greater intelligence threatening the scientists studying them and ultimately all of humanity. Set in the Arizona desert shot on location in Rift Valley Kenya and Eloy and Yuma Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1116. Paramount Pictures unknown
1973ref. 151057Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Vintage borderless compilation photograph of six Saul Bass title designs and portrait of Saul Bass to promote the 1974 Bass directed film. Bass' title designs shown are "The Man with the Golden Arm" "Carmen Jones" "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" "Exodus" and "Seconds." Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto. Bass' first and only directorial effort now a cult favorite which was featured on Season 1 Episode 9 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" which aired on January 15 1989. Ants suddenly begin building strange towers and geometric designs in the Arizona desert and begin to exhibit greater intelligence threatening the scientists studying them and ultimately all of humanity. Set in the Arizona desert shot on location in Rift Valley Kenya and Eloy and Yuma Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1116. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 147808Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 short animated film. Chaos ensues when an animator's illustration comes to life. Initially created as the pilot for an unproduced comedy television series and ultimately released as a stand-alone short film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with faint soil to the right edge. Warner Brothers unknown
1963ref. 147808Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 short animated film. Chaos ensues when an animator's illustration comes to life. Initially created as the pilot for an unproduced comedy television series and ultimately released as a stand-alone short film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with faint soil to the right edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
2001ref. 171225N.p.: N.p. 2001. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 3 for the 2001-2002 television series. Originally aired October 9 2001 on ABC. A one-season legal drama following the cases taken on by a small law firm run a by a divorced single mother. In this episode the divorced couple fight about their child's poor behavior at school and his recently arrested grandfather. Set in Philadelphia. White titled self wrapper production No. D103 dated July 31 2001 with credits for director Peter Werner and screenwriter Jonathan R. Hiatt. Title page integral with front wrapper. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/6/01 and 8/16/01. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
2001ref. 171225N.p.: N.p. 2001. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 3 for the 2001-2002 television series. Originally aired October 9 2001 on ABC. A one-season legal drama following the cases taken on by a small law firm run a by a divorced single mother. In this episode the divorced couple fight about their child's poor behavior at school and his recently arrested grandfather. Set in Philadelphia. White titled self wrapper production No. D103 dated July 31 2001 with credits for director Peter Werner and screenwriter Jonathan R. Hiatt. Title page integral with front wrapper. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/6/01 and 8/16/01. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 149876Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Negulesco and actress Beatrice Straight on the set of the 1952 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript annotations regarding layout. While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles a lawyer meets three fellow travelers all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches with a wide top margin. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
