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1985ref. 149641Paris: Gamma 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Altman and actor Carol Burnett on the set of the 1985 television film which originally aired on HBO on April 1. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Gamma Film. Two women meet at a laundromat and reveal secrets about their lives. The third and final film collaboration between Altman and Burnett following "A Wedding" 1978 and "HealtH" 1980. Shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 7 inches. Fine. Gamma unknown books
1930ref. 151436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1930 comedy short film. Notable as the first short by the duo where Hardy says to Laurel "Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" A parody of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary" with Stan and Ollie spending the night in a mansion of a deceased relative of Stan's only to be embroiled in suspected foul play. 10 x 8 inches. One photograph with a brief stray ink annotation to the recto else About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1930ref. 151436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1930 comedy short film. Notable as the first short by the duo where Hardy says to Laurel "Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" A parody of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary" with Stan and Ollie spending the night in a mansion of a deceased relative of Stan's only to be embroiled in suspected foul play. 10 x 8 inches. One photograph with a brief stray ink annotation to the recto else About Near Fine. Complete collation details on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1951ref. 160232N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. A dutiful bank clerk is convinced by his new neighbor an eccentric artist to steal gold bullion in order to melt it down to make miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by the BFI. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the top left corner and lightly soiled on the center right edge. Lee "The Heist Film. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 147895N.p.: Ealing Studios 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film. Holland Alec Guinness has been a dutiful bank clerk for 20 years until a new neighbor Alfred Pendlebury Stanley Holloway an eccentric artist who owns a foundry that makes souvenirs helps him hatch a plan to steal gold bullion and melt them into miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and nominated for Best Actor for Guiness. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by BFI. Set in and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Complete collation details available on request. Lee "The Heist Film. Ealing Studios unknown books
1958ref. 144613Paris: Cinedis 1958. Four original single weight black-and-white press photographs from a premiere of the 1958 French-Italiam film. Starring actor Toto is seen with mistress and colleague Franca Faldini cavorting with fans and Toto with the host of the event. Photographer Traverso's rubberstamp numerical notation in manuscript pencil and film title in manuscript ink on the verso. Housed in an original Cinedis manila envelope with French film title in manuscript pencil on the front. In an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France a French customs agent Fernandel watches every move of an Italian smuggler Toto who eventually discovers that the agent is Italian not French. Faldini did not appear in this film but collaborated with Toto on eight earlier films including "Toto and the Women" 1952 and "Dov'e la liberta." 1954. Shot on location in Italy. Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival in 1958. 5 x 7 inches. Light curling else Near Fine. Cinedis unknown
1958ref. 140297France / Italy: Filmsonor 1958. Archive of 219 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1958 French-Italian film here under the French title "La loi c'est la loi." Notations on the verso of nearly all photos in holograph pencil and as many rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographers Hughes Ronald and Paul Ronald and The Dial Press agency in Rome. Housed in three vintage French Kodak and Ilford brand photo paper boxes and in a vintage manila envelope with French film title in holograph ink on the recto. Included in the archive are four pages of film credits and synopsis on Cinedis Paris company parchment. Seen in the images is starring actor Fernandel as he tutors a class at of children at religion school Toto Genin actress Nathalie Nerval and other members of the cast in action including several scenes from an off-camera cocktail party and images of the cast and crew during filming. In an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France a French customs agent Fernandel watches every move of an Italian smuggler Toto who eventually discovers that the agent is in fact Italian not French. Shot on location in Italy. Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival in 1958. Nearly all photographs approximately 7 x 9.25 inches a handful slightly larger. Very Good plus overall photos with moderate curling. Film credits and synopses Near Fine box and envelope Very Good plus. Filmsonor unknown books
1950ref. 142329N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A gentleman pays the bail of a recently-jailed political activist who is then invited to a meeting of the League of Free Men. When the activist turns up murdered a few days later with a mysterious note found on his body the police begin investigating exactly what this organization is all about. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Version with credits for G.E. Moore. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142329N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A gentleman pays the bail of a recently-jailed political activist who is then invited to a meeting of the League of Free Men. When the activist turns up murdered a few days later with a mysterious note found on his body the police begin investigating exactly what this organization is all about. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Version with credits for G.E. Moore. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 166018Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film both showing director Gordon Parks on the set. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 8 x 10 inches one with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film. Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170873N.p.: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage French grande affiche poster for the 1969 film. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 45.5 x 82 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine with modest starting to some of the center folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1969ref. 159025Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film including three single weight and one double weight. All four show director Gordon Parks on the set. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 153076Universal City: Universal-International 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film one showing actor Phillip Terry emerging from a swamp the other showing Terry and actors Coleen Gray and John Van Dreelen watching Estelle Hemsley who is in costume as an African priestess. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the copyright stamp of still photographer John Nelson-Sullivan. An endocrinologist travels with his aging alcoholic wife to Africa where they discover a secret drug to restore youth-one which however requires the user to sacrifice a man in order to acquire the fluid from his pineal gland. Released as a double feature with the Hammer production "The Brides of Dracula." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Universal-International unknown
1960ref. 138480Universal City CA: Unviersal International Pictures 1960. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1960 film. Mimeo snipe affixed on the verso. Based on a story by Ben Pivar and Francis Rosenwald. A doctor journeys to Africa with his wife hoping to obtain an anti-aging drug promised him by a native woman. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with short creases and slight waviness. Lentz US. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 150839N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Edward Dmytryk and Humprey Bogart between takes on the set of the 1955 film. Printed French snipe layout annotations in manuscript pencil and "Cinemonde" stamp on verso. Based on the 1951 novel by William E. Barrett. An American mercenary crashes his plane in a remote region in China and becomes an aid to a vicious warlord. Shot on location in Hong Kong and Malibu California. 10 x 8.25inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 150861N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman and screenwriter Gore Vidal on the set of the 1958 film. Based on the 1955 teleplay "The Death of Billy the Kid" written by Gore Vidal for the NBC television series "The Pilco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" which also starred Paul Newman in the lead. Gore Vidal was reportedly displeased with Penn's adaptation and in 1989 it was remade from his original script as the TNT television film "Billy the Kid" directed by William Graham and starring Val Kilmer and Duncan Regehr. Arthur Penn's directorial debut. William Bonney aka Billy the Kid avenges the murder of a cattle boss friend John Tunstall by the local sheriff in the Lincoln County War and endangers his friends and the territorial amnesty leading to his former friend now sheriff Pat Garrett John Dehner setting out to capture him. Although faring poorly at the US box office at the time of its release it was praised by French critics and is now considered a bold example of an early Revisionist Western. Set in the 1870s New Mexico territory. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 161458New York: Spangler Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1972 film seen here under the working title "The Legend of Charley." An enslaved Black man is freed by his plantation's dying owner and resolves to free the other slaves at the plantation before they are sold to pay the owner's debts. Followed by two sequels "The Soul of Nigger Charley" 1973 and "Boss Nigger" 1975. Black titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus chipped at the fore-edges bound with two gold screw brads. Spangler Pictures unknown
1962ref. 152089Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 film. A family adventure film centered on the experiences of Lobo a wolf living in the southwest US. Loosely based on Lobo the King of Currumpaw a famed 1890s wolf which was captured by bounty hunter Ernest Seton. Shot on location in Sedona Arizona. 15 pages saddle stitched 11 x 14.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the wrappers. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown
1965ref. WRCLIT74799Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox Television 1965. 135 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in studio wrappers. Faint pencil name on upper wrapper otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "shooting script" for this episode of the two-season western series with revisions on blue and salmon stock. While not identified as such this script may be for episode 11 of the first series which aired on 19 November 1965 and is the only episode credited by IMDB to Burnett under the episode title "Manhunt." IMDB's entry also lists Burnett as writing an "adaptation" of a screenplay by Nunally Johnson for that episode -- neither the episode title nor the relationship to work by Johnson appear on this script. 20th Century-Fox Television unknown books
1970ref. 152435N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced musical play. The story of Stagger Lee also known as "Stacker Lee" and "Stagolee" an American criminal and subject of African American folk songs throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. African-American actor and screenwriter Paul E. Harris was best known for his work as a television film and stage actor appearing in the musicals "Show Boat" 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" 1949 and later relocating to Hollywood most notably starring in "All Night Long" 1962. Blue untitled card wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Paul E. Harris. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered II-4-11. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 140151Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Final Draft script for the 1975 television movie. A biography of Rudolph Valentino a silent movie star and widely-regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol who established the archetype of the "great lover" and popularized "gaucho" pants among other things. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 28 1975 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Melville Shavelson. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with yellow white blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between August 4 1975 and August 11 1975. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1943ref. 135506Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1943. Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the 1943 film noir. Based on the 1942 novel "Black Alibi" by Cornell Woolrich. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good condition with edge creasing and a few closed tears and with two cello tape repairs to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1963ref. 150213Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of director Luchino Visconti with actors Burt Lancaster and Serge Regiani on the set of the 1963 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of photographer G. B. Poletto on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and tiny bruise on right side. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown
1963ref. 150212N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Luchino Visconti Burt Lancaster and crew on the set of the 1963 film. Coat of Arms with Leopard and "Le Guepard" stamps on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. N.p. unknown
