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1970ref. 131240Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Revised Estimating script for the 1973 film. A key title in New Hollywood cinema. Searching for some direction in his life Vic Bealer Voight fights his way to Olympic glory as an amateur boxer void of emotion and feeling using women and taking advantage of everyone to get what he wants. Shot in six "sequences" with title cards to indicate the exact "round" of life Vic is in affecting a silent-era homage. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 114 dated March 18 1970. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 3/18/70 with credits for screenwriter director Eastman. 137 leaves on yellow stock mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/25/70. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971ref. 161460N.p.: Abraxas Productions 1971. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring another provenance stamp. A Swedish woman who emigrated to New York reveals to her psychiatrist that she had been raped by her stepfather and is increasingly attracted to women. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and two with wax pencil annotations on the recto. Abraxas Productions unknown
1971ref. 161460N.p.: Abraxas Productions 1971. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring another provenance stamp. A Swedish woman who emigrated to New York reveals to her psychiatrist that she had been raped by her stepfather and is increasingly attracted to women. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and two with wax pencil annotations on the recto. Abraxas Productions unknown books
1954ref. 168145Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 Western film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos. A Texan cowboy hand-delivers high-priced Brahman bulls to Brazil encountering outlaws and beautiful women in the process. Shot on location in São Paolo. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 82. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1940ref. 129749N.p.: N.p. 1940. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a wealthy New York City businessman struggles over her position in life when she can't seem to choose between a wealthy British suitor and a middle class New York City police detective. She attempts to strike out on her own and work for her own money but the men in her life secretly protect her. Although it disturbs her when she finds out she's been watched over she eventually forgives them both and then must choose one to marry of course. Though similar in title to the 1944 King Vidor film "An American Romance" also written by Herbert Dalmas this script bears little to no resemblance in plot to that film and we must assume that this was an earlier less effective screenplay of Dalmas'. Pale yellow wrappers with credits for screenwriter Dalmas. 177 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 142639Grunwald Germany: Bavaria Film 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith later adapted in 2002 under the original title directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 793. Grant Germany. Bavaria Film unknown
1977ref. 142639Grunwald Germany: Bavaria Film 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith later adapted in 2002 under the original title directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 793. Grant Germany. Bavaria Film unknown books
1940ref. 129749N.p.: N.p. 1940. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a wealthy New York City businessman struggles over her position in life when she can't seem to choose between a wealthy British suitor and a middle class New York City police detective. She attempts to strike out on her own and work for her own money but the men in her life secretly protect her. Although it disturbs her when she finds out she's been watched over she eventually forgives them both and then must choose one to marry of course. Though similar in title to the 1944 King Vidor film "An American Romance" also written by Herbert Dalmas this script bears little to no resemblance in plot to that film and we must assume that this was an earlier less effective screenplay of Dalmas'. Pale yellow wrappers with credits for screenwriter Dalmas. 177 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 160155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Based on William Bradford Huie's 1959 novel. A biting antiwar satire which follows a laconic US Navy officer who falls in love with a British woman shortly before being sent off on a dangerous D-Day mission. Shot on location in London and Oxnard California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1954ref. 168145Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 Western film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos. A Texan cowboy hand-delivers high-priced Brahman bulls to Brazil encountering outlaws and beautiful women in the process. Shot on location in São Paolo. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 82. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 149212Inglewood CA: B.P. Powell 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film 1979. One copied annotation on title page corrected and adding contact phone number and one annotation in script in manuscript ink adding character name before dialogue. Based on the 1839 trial of Joseph Cinque and 44 African Mende men on charges of murder and piracy after staging a revolt on the slave ship La Amistad represented by former President John Quincy Adams and bolstering the abolitionist movement. Set in New Haven Connecticut. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for screenwriter Betty Price Powell. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. B.P. Powell unknown
1979ref. 149212Inglewood CA: B.P. Powell 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film 1979. One copied annotation on title page corrected and adding contact phone number and one annotation in script in manuscript ink adding character name before dialogue. Based on the 1839 trial of Joseph Cinque and 44 African Mende men on charges of murder and piracy after staging a revolt on the slave ship La Amistad represented by former President John Quincy Adams and bolstering the abolitionist movement. Set in New Haven Connecticut. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for screenwriter Betty Price Powell. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. B.P. Powell unknown books
1971ref. 146784Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1971 film. Based on Frank Pierson's 1970 novel about an ex-con who initiates a cascade of chaos when he decides to rob his upscale apartment building. Actor Christopher Walken's feature film debut as well as a breakthrough role for Sean Connery who was previously stuck being typecast as James Bond. Shot on location in New York. 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. About Near Fine with no restoration a few old splashes near the edges some rubbing and scratches three small closed tears in margins and light creases otherwise quite bright and unfaded. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia Pictures unknown
1971ref. 146784Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1971 film. Based on Frank Pierson's 1970 novel about an ex-con who initiates a cascade of chaos when he decides to rob his upscale apartment building. Actor Christopher Walken's feature film debut as well as a breakthrough role for Sean Connery who was previously stuck being typecast as James Bond. Shot on location in New York. 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. About Near Fine with no restoration a few old splashes near the edges some rubbing and scratches three small closed tears in margins and light creases otherwise quite bright and unfaded. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 127392Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Based on Frank Pierson's 1970 novel about an ex-con who initiates a cascade of chaos when he decides to rob his upscale apartment building. Actor Christopher Walken's feature film debut as well as a breakthrough role for Sean Connery who moved beyond being typecast as James Bond. Shot on location in New York. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 136662Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Seven borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the set of the film shot in April 1960. Five of the six remarkable photographs show Wise both in the desert and in the midst of the elaborate sets designed to simulate the film's massive underground laboratory. With printed snipes on the verso of each photograph. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Universal Pictures unknown
1970ref. 136662Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Seven borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the set of the film shot in April 1960. Five of the six remarkable photographs show Wise both in the desert and in the midst of the elaborate sets designed to simulate the film's massive underground laboratory. With printed snipes on the verso of each photograph. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Universal Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 168181Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. Based on Bruce Marshall's 1953 novel "The Fair Bride." A Catholic clergyman resigns from priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics the former priest tries to hide with the help of a cabaret singer and a war correspondent. Set in Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 168226Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Titanus-Spectator 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. Based on Bruce Marshall's 1953 novel "The Fair Bride." A Catholic clergyman resigns from priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics the former priest tries to hide with the help of a cabaret singer and a war correspondent. Set in Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Titanus-Spectator unknown books
1960ref. 149022Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1960 Italian-American film. Based on the 1953 novel "The Fair Bride" by Bruce Marshall. Arturo Carrera Dirk Bogarde resigns from Catholic priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics Arturo tries to hide with the help of a prostitute Soedad Ava Gardner and war correspondent Hawthorne Joseph Cotton. Set in 1936 Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Good only with some small chips along the bottom edge a chip in the middle of the title and two closed tears. See image. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1948ref. 142958New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." Set in 1840s France. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1948ref. 142958New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." Set in 1840s France. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1960ref. 151690Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage reference photograph of director Billy Wilder chatting with actors Tony Curtis apparently visiting the set and Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1960 film. A mild-mannered office worker allows his boss use of his apartment for the boss' weekend dalliances in hopes of getting ahead on the corporate ladder only to finally meet the perfect woman a beautiful elevator operator. Madcap wonderment ensues. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning five including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 143345Italy: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1964. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set of the 1964 film. Shown is Annie Giarardot the "ape woman" in the film in a dressing room with two other semi-clothed "normal" women conveying an immediate irony as she looks up at her husband Ugo Tognazzi standing in the doorway. With the stamps of both the French Dalmas and Italian Publifoto photo agencies on the verso. Inspired by the real life story of Julia Pastrana who suffered from a condition that caused excessive hairiness and was exhibited in a freak show and mummified after her death by her husband/manager. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine with a touch of rubbing to the edges and slight curl. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown
1964ref. 143345Italy: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1964. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set of the 1964 film. Shown is Annie Giarardot the "ape woman" in the film in a dressing room with two other semi-clothed "normal" women conveying an immediate irony as she looks up at her husband Ugo Tognazzi standing in the doorway. With the stamps of both the French Dalmas and Italian Publifoto photo agencies on the verso. Inspired by the real life story of Julia Pastrana who suffered from a condition that caused excessive hairiness and was exhibited in a freak show and mummified after her death by her husband/manager. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine with a touch of rubbing to the edges and slight curl. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown books
