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1969ref. 164370N.p.: Falcon International 1969. Vintage one sheet from the 1969 documentary. A thorough study of the mating rituals of various animals narrated by the eminent husband and wife naturalist-biologist team Lorus and Margery Milne. An anomaly that arise among sexploitation films of the 1960s; a seemingly earnest nature documentary which contains graphic footage of animal genitalia and copulation. 26.75 x 40.75 inches. Folded as issued. With two white labels on the recto obscuring the MPAA rating and the word "uncensored" else Near Fine. Falcon International unknown books
1970ref. 157629Munich: Romano Film 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Rosemarie Lindt and Ingeborg Steinbach from the 1970 German film. Stamp of Romano Film on the verso. A man tries to set his daughter up with a suitable son-in-law a prospect so repulsive that it causes the daughter to flee to southern Germany. Shot on location in Baden. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Romano Film unknown
1970ref. 159587Munich: Romano Film 1970. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 German sexploitation film. All with the stamp of Romano Film on the verso. Hans Billian directed a string of movies in the "Heimatfilme" "homeland-films" genre in the early 1960s starting to direct softcore sex comedies later on in the decade. He began directing hardcore films when the ban on full-length hardcore pornographic films was lifted in Germany in the mid-1970s and moved to directing exclusively adult films in the 1980s and 1990s. Shot on location in Baden-Baden. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Romano Film unknown
1970ref. 157629Munich: Romano Film 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Rosemarie Lindt and Ingeborg Steinbach from the 1970 German film. Stamp of Romano Film on the verso. A man tries to set his daughter up with a suitable son-in-law a prospect so repulsive that it causes the daughter to flee to southern Germany. Shot on location in Baden. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Romano Film unknown books
1970ref. 159587Munich: Romano Film 1970. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 German sexploitation film. All with the stamp of Romano Film on the verso. Hans Billian directed a string of movies in the "Heimatfilme" "homeland-films" genre in the early 1960s starting to direct softcore sex comedies later on in the decade. He began directing hardcore films when the ban on full-length hardcore pornographic films was lifted in Germany in the mid-1970s and moved to directing exclusively adult films in the 1980s and 1990s. Shot on location in Baden-Baden. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Romano Film unknown books
1970ref. 163314Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1970. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1970 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films with strong political bents including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown
1970ref. 163314Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1970. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1970 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films with strong political bents including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown books
1960ref. 163713Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1960. Vintage three-color banner poster for the 1960 film. Rare in this format. Collins College consults with the campus computer "Thinko" in search for a new head of their science department which suggests Dr. Mathilda West who holds 13 degrees speaks 18 languages and is a disruptively attractive buxom blonde played by Mamie Van Doren. Released in Europe with an additional nine-minute dream sequence featuring "Thinko" and four striptease dancers. 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus. Allied Artists Pictures unknown
1960ref. 163713Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1960. Vintage three-color banner poster for the 1960 film. Rare in this format. Collins College consults with the campus computer "Thinko" in search for a new head of their science department which suggests Dr. Mathilda West who holds 13 degrees speaks 18 languages and is a disruptively attractive buxom blonde played by Mamie Van Doren. Released in Europe with an additional nine-minute dream sequence featuring "Thinko" and four striptease dancers. 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 163313N.p.: N.p. 1989. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1989 film showing actors James Spader and Laura San Giacomo talking with director Steven Soderbergh. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. N.p. unknown
ref. 158230Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1988. Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. A languid provocative chamber piece exploring intimacy and desire revolving around a husband John his wife Ann Ann's sister Cynthia and John's old drifter friend Graham who use Graham's own peculiar fetish videotape to mediate their feelings. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. White untitled Outlaw Production wrappers. Title page present dated 21 FEB 88 noted as second draft with credits for screenwriter Steven Soderberg. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. Leading Artists Inc unknown
1989ref. 163313N.p.: N.p. 1989. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1989 film showing actors James Spader and Laura San Giacomo talking with director Steven Soderbergh. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. N.p. unknown books
ref. 158230Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1988. Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. A languid provocative chamber piece exploring intimacy and desire revolving around a husband John his wife Ann Ann's sister Cynthia and John's old drifter friend Graham who use Graham's own peculiar fetish videotape to mediate their feelings. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. White untitled Outlaw Production wrappers. Title page present dated 21 FEB 88 noted as second draft with credits for screenwriter Steven Soderberg. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. Leading Artists Inc unknown books
1972ref. 157321N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 French film. One photograph with a printed label affixed to the verso crediting a Dutch photo archive. A Parisian bookseller goes through a mid-life crisis and decides to convert his store into a sex shop in order to spice up his marriage and make more money. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 157321N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 French film. One photograph with a printed label affixed to the verso crediting a Dutch photo archive. A Parisian bookseller goes through a mid-life crisis and decides to convert his store into a sex shop in order to spice up his marriage and make more money. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 170402N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A bawdy military comedy starring Redd Foxx as an aging zany sergeant. Screenwriter Reginald H. Farmer is better known as an actor in comedy films including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982 "Car Wash" 1976 and "National Lampoon's Animal House" 1978. Blue pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Farmer. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 170402N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A bawdy military comedy starring Redd Foxx as an aging zany sergeant. Screenwriter Reginald H. Farmer is better known as an actor in comedy films including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982 "Car Wash" 1976 and "National Lampoon's Animal House" 1978. Blue pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Farmer. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 147348Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed synopsis of the film. An Army veteran travels to California to convince the most highly-decorated man in the US military now an aged comic book lending librarian to come out of retirement to lead a mercenary mission to recoup 30 million dollars on behalf of the Prime Minister of a small South American country. Set on the California coast and the fictional town of Playa del Oro. Orange non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974ref. 147348Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed synopsis of the film. An Army veteran travels to California to convince the most highly-decorated man in the US military now an aged comic book lending librarian to come out of retirement to lead a mercenary mission to recoup 30 million dollars on behalf of the Prime Minister of a small South American country. Set on the California coast and the fictional town of Playa del Oro. Orange non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977ref. 161031N.p.: N.p. 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film copy belonging to unidentified cast or crew member George Santander with the manuscript ink annotation of "Geo. Santander" and the manuscript marker annotation of copy number "96" on the front wrapper with manuscript ink and red pencil annotations on 15 pages and four groupings of two and three pages bound with paperclips on pages 36 through 46. Loosely based on the 1974 off-Broadway play "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road" with a book by Robin Wagner and Tom O'Horgan and directed by O'Horgan. The Beatles' legendary 1967 masterwork is turned into a 1970s film musical represented by a star-studded ensemble with appearances by Donald Pleasence George Burns the only actor with speaking lines not accompanied by song Steve Martin Alice Cooper Jack Bruce Keith Carradine Carol Channing Donovan Leif Garrett Etta James Dr. John and music groups Aerosmith as the "Future Villain Band" and Earth Wind and Fire. The Fab Four are conceptually represented by Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 21 1977 noted as REVISED DRAFT. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 161031N.p.: N.p. 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film copy belonging to unidentified cast or crew member George Santander with the manuscript ink annotation of "Geo. Santander" and the manuscript marker annotation of copy number "96" on the front wrapper with manuscript ink and red pencil annotations on 15 pages and four groupings of two and three pages bound with paperclips on pages 36 through 46. Loosely based on the 1974 off-Broadway play "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road" with a book by Robin Wagner and Tom O'Horgan and directed by O'Horgan. The Beatles' legendary 1967 masterwork is turned into a 1970s film musical represented by a star-studded ensemble with appearances by Donald Pleasence George Burns the only actor with speaking lines not accompanied by song Steve Martin Alice Cooper Jack Bruce Keith Carradine Carol Channing Donovan Leif Garrett Etta James Dr. John and music groups Aerosmith as the "Future Villain Band" and Earth Wind and Fire. The Fab Four are conceptually represented by Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 21 1977 noted as REVISED DRAFT. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name on the front wrapper his copious manuscript annotations throughout and manuscript notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown
1942ref. 141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name on the front wrapper his copious manuscript annotations throughout and manuscript notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 141014N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown
1959ref. 141014N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown books