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1951ref. 159133N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Siblings in a song-and-dance duo are booked for a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. Brother and sister both find romance overseas and struggle to keep their act together. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 145957Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage studio photograph of Jane Powell and Musical Director Johnny Green on the set of the 1951 film. Mimeo snipe French annotations in manuscript ink and crop marks on the verso. Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus light creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1952ref. 135628Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white linen-backed keybook still photograph from the 1952 film. Ownership rubber stamp Christopher C. Geest on the verso. Two hole punches at the top margin as issued. Pictured is Jennifer Jones cold-cocking Charlton Heston at the beach. Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962ref. 143471Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1962 re-release of the 1952 film. A poor southern girl marries a rich man despite her being in love with a man she want to school with. When her husband suddenly dies in a boating accident with no witness the town suspects she killed him for his money and shuns her. She attempts to get together with the man she liked during school. Set in Braddock North Carolina shot on location across California. Tall white self-wrappers missing the back self-wrapper noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front self-wrapper dated November 28th 1952 re-run 29-3-1962 with credits for director King Vidor. Approximately 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Multilith duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two flat silver brads along the top edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1952ref. 151711Los Angeles: The Selznick Company 1952. Music Cue Sheet and Correction Report for the 1952 film. A poor southern girl marries a rich man despite her being in love with a man she want to school with. When her husband suddenly dies in a boating accident with no witness the town suspects she killed him for his money and shuns her. She attempts to get together with the man she liked during school. Set in Braddock North Carolina shot on location across California. White titled self-wrappers noted as Correction Report and Music Cue Sheet on the front wrapper with credits for director King Vidor. 9 leaves with page unnumbered. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with one staple at the top left corner. Godard Histoires du Cinema. The Selznick Company unknown books
1952ref. 135628Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white linen-backed keybook still photograph from the 1952 film. Ownership rubber stamp Christopher C. Geest on the verso. Two hole punches at the top margin as issued. Pictured is Jennifer Jones cold-cocking Charlton Heston at the beach. Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 154937London: Atlantic Releasing 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 film. A blend of fiction and music documentary featuring extensive footage of The Clash on tour and in the studio about a young Clash fan who leaves his job at a Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band. The Clash would later express their dissatisfaction with the completed project due to what they considered to be racist portrayals of Black characters in the film and printed button-badges reading "I don't want Rude Boy Clash Film" before the film's theatrical release in 1980. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Atlantic Releasing unknown
1980ref. 154937London: Atlantic Releasing 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 film. A blend of fiction and music documentary featuring extensive footage of The Clash on tour and in the studio about a young Clash fan who leaves his job at a Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band. The Clash would later express their dissatisfaction with the completed project due to what they considered to be racist portrayals of Black characters in the film and printed button-badges reading "I don't want Rude Boy Clash Film" before the film's theatrical release in 1980. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Atlantic Releasing unknown books
1959ref. 144663Paris: Les Films Ariane 1959. Collection of 322 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Small photos affixed with cello tape on thick stock in a folio "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Each photo is numbered in manuscript ink on the page and in mimeograph on the verso all credited to photographer Dole on the recto. The keybook illustrates a few film sequences most with a stoic Gabin in hat with several composed studio portraits of actress Nat. Included are four larger single photographs of Gabin doing a chair trick in a pub a sequence present in the keybook also credited to Dole on the recto. Based on Lefevre's novel "Rue des Prairies" 1955. Gabin plays a POW who returns a widower and in charge of three children. His experiences during the war are relieve through heavy drinking but he has a warm side that proves beneficial. Photographer Dolé was consistent if anything a regular with directors like Denys de La Patelliere Jean Delannoy and Grangier and several Jean Gabin films. Keybook photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches four photos 9.25 x 11.75 inches small white borders. Light curling else Near Fine. Notebook Very Good plus. Les Films Ariane unknown
1959ref. 158216N.p.: N.p. 1959. Six vintage contact sheets from the 1959 film all test shots of female actors. In the collection are five prints with four images each and one smaller print with a single image totaling six prints and 21 images. Based on Rene Lefevre's 1955 novel "Rue des Prairies." A prisoner of war returns home to find himself widowed and in charge of three children and resorts to heavy drinking to mute the trauma of his experiences. Shot in Paris Val-d'Oise and Saint-Denis France. Five prints 8.5 x 10.5 inches one 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 144663Paris: Les Films Ariane 1959. Collection of 322 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Small photos affixed with cello tape on thick stock in a folio "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Each photo is numbered in manuscript ink on the page and in mimeograph on the verso all credited to photographer Dole on the recto. The keybook illustrates a few film sequences most with a stoic Gabin in hat with several composed studio portraits of actress Nat. Included are four larger single photographs of Gabin doing a chair trick in a pub a sequence present in the keybook also credited to Dole on the recto. Based on Lefevre's novel "Rue des Prairies" 1955. Gabin plays a POW who returns a widower and in charge of three children. His experiences during the war are relieve through heavy drinking but he has a warm side that proves beneficial. Photographer Dolé was consistent if anything a regular with directors like Denys de La Patelliere Jean Delannoy and Grangier and several Jean Gabin films. Keybook photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches four photos 9.25 x 11.75 inches small white borders. Light curling else Near Fine. Notebook Very Good plus. Les Films Ariane unknown books
1959ref. 158216N.p.: N.p. 1959. Six vintage contact sheets from the 1959 film all test shots of female actors. In the collection are five prints with four images each and one smaller print with a single image totaling six prints and 21 images. Based on Rene Lefevre's 1955 novel "Rue des Prairies." A prisoner of war returns home to find himself widowed and in charge of three children and resorts to heavy drinking to mute the trauma of his experiences. Shot in Paris Val-d'Oise and Saint-Denis France. Five prints 8.5 x 10.5 inches one 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 009743Published by Author. Offered is the first and possibly only draft of the film screenplay entitled "Ruggers" by writer producer and director Roger C. Nygard. A draft script dated 5-5-86 the scenes are not numbered the film to my knowledge was never made. The screenplay contains 124 mimeographed loose leaf pages including title page. With blank light blue front and rear covers with covers and pages measuring 8-1/2" by 11" printed on one side three-hole punched bound together with upper and lower brass brads. Covers lightly faded covers show light corner wear; "RUGGERS" written in neat black felt pen to outer left and lower spine edges. . Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. 1986. Published by Author
1972ref. 162198N.p.: Cinemation Industries 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the purportedly true experiences of an amateur sailor who sailed from San Francisco to Tokyo. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Cinemation Industries unknown books
1956ref. 132360Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1956 US film. Loosely based on Richard Connell's story "The Most Dangerous Game" about a novelist spending his days in a self-imposed exile in Central America. A reporter tracks him down in the hope of a good story and the novelist falls in love with her. The two take a trip to Mexico City and their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals who won't let their new guests escape alive. 8 x 10 inches. Pinholes at the corners else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1966ref. 163889Universal City: Universal Television 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series originally aired on April 11 1966 on NBC. The series followed Paul Bryan who after being told he has only months left to live embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode Bryan searches for a mysterious nun and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/25/66 with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Universal Television unknown
1966ref. 163889Universal City: Universal Television 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series originally aired on April 11 1966 on NBC. The series followed Paul Bryan who after being told he has only months left to live embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode Bryan searches for a mysterious nun and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/25/66 with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Universal Television unknown books
1969ref. 132475London: Warner-Pathe Distributors 1969. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1968 Spanish-American film. Set in the Mexican jungle about a soldier who involuntarily steals a bevy of diamonds and the ensuing chase across the country with the syndicate police a gangster and a scheming girl complicating his escape to the border. 8 x 10 inches. Some stills with a few light creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors unknown
1969ref. 132475London: Warner-Pathe Distributors 1969. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1968 Spanish-American film. Set in the Mexican jungle about a soldier who involuntarily steals a bevy of diamonds and the ensuing chase across the country with the syndicate police a gangster and a scheming girl complicating his escape to the border. 8 x 10 inches. Some stills with a few light creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors unknown books
1967ref. 162187N.p.: Barry Mahon Production 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Two of the photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label on the verso obscuring a previous provenance stamp. After being raped Laura runs away from home to Los Angeles to live with her drug dealing aunt and joins a call-girl racket where she discovers a dangerous secret about her boss. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good two with pinholes one with a crease to the lower right and one with a small bruise to the center. Barry Mahon Production unknown
1967ref. 162187N.p.: Barry Mahon Production 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Two of the photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label on the verso obscuring a previous provenance stamp. After being raped Laura runs away from home to Los Angeles to live with her drug dealing aunt and joins a call-girl racket where she discovers a dangerous secret about her boss. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good two with pinholes one with a crease to the lower right and one with a small bruise to the center. Barry Mahon Production unknown books
1956ref. 162197N.p.: Chancellor Films 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos A surprisingly nuanced depiction of three teenage girls from troubled homes who leave home in search of new lives in Los Angeles. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with even faint toning and pinholes and one with light soiling. Chancellor Films unknown
1956ref. 162197N.p.: Chancellor Films 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos A surprisingly nuanced depiction of three teenage girls from troubled homes who leave home in search of new lives in Los Angeles. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with even faint toning and pinholes and one with light soiling. Chancellor Films unknown books
1985ref. 140391N.p.: Golan-Globus Productions 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Actor. Original screenplay written by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa who intended the film to be his color debut. His plans were thwarted however when difficulties with American financiers led to the film being shelved. Starring Jon Voight Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay the film was eventually made and released to critical acclaim. Shot on location in Montana Alaska and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
1998ref. 173117Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1998. Two vintage satin-finished studio still photographs from the 1999 film here under alternate title "Hoofbeats." A foal is separated from its mother when it arrives in a German Southwest Africa mining town but is taken in by a orphan boy. Set in German Southwest Africa shot on location in Namibia and Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
