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1959ref. 161071New York: United Press International 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 film including one glossy and single weight and one matte finish borderless and double weight. One photograph shows actor Sidney Poitier talking with producer Sam Goldwyn and the other shows Poitier with actors Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the versos. Based on DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel "Porgy" and its subsequent 1927 opera adaptation by DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorothy with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. One of the great enduring American musicals following a disabled man in a small fishing village in South Carolina who harbors a woman attempting to flee her disreputable past. Set in South Carolina shot on location in Stockton California with some scenes shot near the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in California. Matte photograph 11 x 8 inches glossy photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with matte photograph slightly curled. National Film Registry. United Press International unknown books
1959ref. 148400Los Angeles: Melville Productions 1959. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1959 film belonging to actor Martin Landau his screen debut housed in paper envelope bearing Landau's name film title script and "Will pick up at the gate" on label. Annotations of Landau's name and character's name written on the top of page 36 of script and Landau's name again written at the top of page "66-67" of script in manuscript ink. Laid in is a nine page production announcement from United Artists which includes cast credits synopsis and production notes. Based on the 1956 historical novel Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action by S.L.A. Marshall. The first bloody Battle of Pork Chop Hill which took place in April of 1953 between the US Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chinese and North Korean forces. Gregory Peck portrays Lieutenant Joe Clemons who along with South Korean Lieutenant Suki Ohashi played by George Shibata lead the Division to recapture the hill. All while American and Communist North Korean and Chinese forces convene to discuss a cease fire 70 miles away at Panmunjon. Martin Landau's feature film debut and featuring break out performances from numerous actors who become major film and television stars in the 1960s and 1970s including Woody Strode Harry Guardino Robert Blake George Peppard Norman Fell Abel Fernandez Gavin MacLeod Harry Dean Stanton and others. Set in Cheorwon-gun South Korea shot on location in California and Arizona. Title page integral with front wrapper dated APRIL 22 1958 noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter James R. Webb and author S. L. A. Marshall. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/20/58 and 6/20/58. Pages Very Good plus with occasional light soil and dampstain on very bottom edge of leaf following title page title page Very Good with large dampstain along two to three inches of bottom and lightly along outer edge bound with three gold brads. Melville Productions unknown
1959ref. 148400Los Angeles: Melville Productions 1959. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1959 film belonging to actor Martin Landau his screen debut housed in paper envelope bearing Landau's name film title script and "Will pick up at the gate" on label. Annotations of Landau's name and character's name written on the top of page 36 of script and Landau's name again written at the top of page "66-67" of script in manuscript ink. Laid in is a nine page production announcement from United Artists which includes cast credits synopsis and production notes. Based on the 1956 historical novel Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action by S.L.A. Marshall. The first bloody Battle of Pork Chop Hill which took place in April of 1953 between the US Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chinese and North Korean forces. Gregory Peck portrays Lieutenant Joe Clemons who along with South Korean Lieutenant Suki Ohashi played by George Shibata lead the Division to recapture the hill. All while American and Communist North Korean and Chinese forces convene to discuss a cease fire 70 miles away at Panmunjon. Martin Landau's feature film debut and featuring break out performances from numerous actors who become major film and television stars in the 1960s and 1970s including Woody Strode Harry Guardino Robert Blake George Peppard Norman Fell Abel Fernandez Gavin MacLeod Harry Dean Stanton and others. Set in Cheorwon-gun South Korea shot on location in California and Arizona. Title page integral with front wrapper dated APRIL 22 1958 noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter James R. Webb and author S. L. A. Marshall. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/20/58 and 6/20/58. Pages Very Good plus with occasional light soil and dampstain on very bottom edge of leaf following title page title page Very Good with large dampstain along two to three inches of bottom and lightly along outer edge bound with three gold brads. Melville Productions unknown books
ref. 161658Miami: Porky's Productions Astral 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Single photocopied manuscript annotation on the title page noting "Received 10/9/80" and a single annotation in manuscript ink on the same page noting copy No. 3. One of the highest grossing films of 1980 and the film that kickstarted the teen sex comedies of the 1980s about a group of high school students who decide to try to lose their virginities at the titular Porky's strip club while running afoul of the local sheriff. Set in the Florida Everglades in 1954 shot on location in Miami Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale Florida and in Santa Monica California. Orange faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present stamped Porky's Productions with credit for writer-director Bob Clark. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two silver screw brads. Arrow 933. Porky's Productions (Astral) unknown
ref. 161658Miami: Porky's Productions Astral 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Single photocopied manuscript annotation on the title page noting "Received 10/9/80" and a single annotation in manuscript ink on the same page noting copy No. 3. One of the highest grossing films of 1980 and the film that kickstarted the teen sex comedies of the 1980s about a group of high school students who decide to try to lose their virginities at the titular Porky's strip club while running afoul of the local sheriff. Set in the Florida Everglades in 1954 shot on location in Miami Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale Florida and in Santa Monica California. Orange faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present stamped Porky's Productions with credit for writer-director Bob Clark. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two silver screw brads. Arrow 933. Porky's Productions (Astral) unknown books
1972ref. 162093N.p.: Kirt Films International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Documentary on the history of pornography in Holllywood including interviews with the owner of a topless/bottomless bar a gay church adult filmmakers adult bookstore owners and patrons and adult film stars. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kirt Films International unknown
1972ref. 162093N.p.: Kirt Films International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Documentary on the history of pornography in Holllywood including interviews with the owner of a topless/bottomless bar a gay church adult filmmakers adult bookstore owners and patrons and adult film stars. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kirt Films International unknown books
1958ref. 162097N.p.: Kingsley-Union 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1958 French film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A sailor aboard a French merchant ship arrives at the Port of Hamburg and searches for a woman he knew when he was a prisoner of war in the city during the Second World War. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kingsley-Union unknown
1958ref. 162097N.p.: Kingsley-Union 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1958 French film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A sailor aboard a French merchant ship arrives at the Port of Hamburg and searches for a woman he knew when he was a prisoner of war in the city during the Second World War. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kingsley-Union unknown books
1940ref. 148596Culver City CA: Universal City Studios 1940. Temporary Complete script from an unproduced film by screenwriter Walter Reisch. Annotation of date "4-19-40" in manuscript pencil on affixed MGM Label with "Property of Universal City Studios" stamp below label. Reisch worked in Germany's leading film company Ufa during the late 1920s and early 1930s alongside another Viennese writer Billy Wilder as a screenwriter assistant director and cameraman as well as lyricist for operatic films. Forced to join the mass exodus from Germany during the rise of Nazism he moved to London writing and directing the 1936 comedy "Men Are Not Gods" starring Miriam Hopkins which attracted attention from Louis B. Mayer. From 1938 to 1948 Reisch worked at MGM as a script doctor and screenwriter on such films as Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka" 1939 starring Geta Garbo and George Cukor's "Gaslight" 1944 starring Ingrid Bergman. The ingenious but disheveled naval officer Lieutenant Andrew Milford arrives in Sinapore in the US Submarine "Phoebe" for the inauguration of a British Naval Base finding himself enamored with the city and of Sue owner of a waterfront bar and restaurant who his pal Jack is also fond of. A dramatic romantic comedy with musical numbers. Set in Singapore. Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 and production No. 6910 dated 3/1/40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. Title page integral with first page dated 3-1-40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1940ref. 148596Culver City CA: Universal City Studios 1940. Temporary Complete script from an unproduced film by screenwriter Walter Reisch. Annotation of date "4-19-40" in manuscript pencil on affixed MGM Label with "Property of Universal City Studios" stamp below label. Reisch worked in Germany's leading film company Ufa during the late 1920s and early 1930s alongside another Viennese writer Billy Wilder as a screenwriter assistant director and cameraman as well as lyricist for operatic films. Forced to join the mass exodus from Germany during the rise of Nazism he moved to London writing and directing the 1936 comedy "Men Are Not Gods" starring Miriam Hopkins which attracted attention from Louis B. Mayer. From 1938 to 1948 Reisch worked at MGM as a script doctor and screenwriter on such films as Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka" 1939 starring Geta Garbo and George Cukor's "Gaslight" 1944 starring Ingrid Bergman. The ingenious but disheveled naval officer Lieutenant Andrew Milford arrives in Sinapore in the US Submarine "Phoebe" for the inauguration of a British Naval Base finding himself enamored with the city and of Sue owner of a waterfront bar and restaurant who his pal Jack is also fond of. A dramatic romantic comedy with musical numbers. Set in Singapore. Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 and production No. 6910 dated 3/1/40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. Title page integral with first page dated 3-1-40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1972ref. 150944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of director Ernest Lehman Richard Benjamin and cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop back to camera on the set of the 1972 film. Provenance stamp of collector historian and author "Frank Driggs" on verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 135317Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Draft script for the 1972 film. An early example of the film's script still slated to be a Twentieth Century-Fox production with their imprint on the front wrapper. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted to the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 3 1970 with credits for screenwriter Lehman and novelist Roth. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 161164Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edges. Warner Brothers unknown
1972ref. 150944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of director Ernest Lehman Richard Benjamin and cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop back to camera on the set of the 1972 film. Provenance stamp of collector historian and author "Frank Driggs" on verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1970ref. 135317Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Draft script for the 1972 film. An early example of the film's script still slated to be a Twentieth Century-Fox production with their imprint on the front wrapper. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted to the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 3 1970 with credits for screenwriter Lehman and novelist Roth. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972ref. 161164Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edges. Warner Brothers unknown books
1950ref. 142370N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. A man experiences constant ennui in high society life and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around Europe. Set in Paris. Screenplay #1: Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 25 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Screenplay #2: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining bound with three staples. Screenplay #3: Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 237 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus housed in a green spring binding. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 137049Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1959. Carbon Draft script for the 1961 film. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. From the Richard Manney collection of film noir. Gangster biography with noir elements based on Harry Grey's 1958 novel a paperback original. Dutch Schultz Morrow is a mobster at the top of his game in the 1920s. He kills a man romances the man's daughter Parrish and turns a good cop bad. Red titled wrappers dated 9/24/59 with a credit for screenwriter Browne. Title page present identical to front wrapper. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Hardy The Gangster Film p. 213. Warner Brothers unknown
1950ref. 141467Tokyo: Shintoho Film 1950. Two Draft scripts for the 1950 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Selichi Funabashi . A young servant girl Hamako has recently begun working for her hero Madame Yuki who quickly disillusioned her to her dream when she is presented with a list of the Madame's personal problems. First draft: White illustrated titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Second draft: White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Shintoho Film unknown
1959ref. 137049Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1959. Carbon Draft script for the 1961 film. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. From the Richard Manney collection of film noir. Gangster biography with noir elements based on Harry Grey's 1958 novel a paperback original. Dutch Schultz Morrow is a mobster at the top of his game in the 1920s. He kills a man romances the man's daughter Parrish and turns a good cop bad. Red titled wrappers dated 9/24/59 with a credit for screenwriter Browne. Title page present identical to front wrapper. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Hardy The Gangster Film p. 213. Warner Brothers unknown books
1958ref. 167607Universal City: Universal-International 1958. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1954 West German film. An artist paints a beautiful dancer's face onto the body of a nude model unaware that the dancer is married to a prominent ambassador whose career is threatened when the piece is exhibited. Shot on location in Bavaria Germany and in Madrid and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately worn with pinholes on the margins. Universal-International unknown books
1950ref. 142370N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. A man experiences constant ennui in high society life and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around Europe. Set in Paris. Screenplay #1: Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 25 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Screenplay #2: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining bound with three staples. Screenplay #3: Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 237 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus housed in a green spring binding. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 151714Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures 1949. Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. A struggling artist sells one of his paintings to a very strange woman in Central Park. He notices that she seems to have a different relationship to linear time than he and everyone else does. "Portrait of Jennie" was painstakingly developed by Selznick International and then released under the auspices of Vanguard Pictures to whom Selznick International was sold. Set in New York City shot on location in New York City New York and Boston Massachusetts. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Dialogue Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper dated Jan. 11 1949. 5 leaves with last page of text numbered 5. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples along the top edge. Selznick International Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 141467Tokyo: Shintoho Film 1950. Two Draft scripts for the 1950 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Selichi Funabashi . A young servant girl Hamako has recently begun working for her hero Madame Yuki who quickly disillusioned her to her dream when she is presented with a list of the Madame's personal problems. First draft: White illustrated titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Second draft: White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Shintoho Film unknown books
