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1953ref. WRCLIT33900Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1953. 154 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only with dated revises on pink and yellow paper. Bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Very extensively annotated throughout and on wrappers in pencil and colored pencils see below else very good. A "Final Master Script" of this adaptation prepared as #22b of the FAVORITE STORY series. This script was utilized in the production and is very very extensively annotated throughout with camera angles revisions in dialogue and stage directions etc. The versos of the majority of the leaves bear annotations pertaining to camera p.o.v. and similar data keyed to the facing recto. Uncommon. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
1959ref. 132456London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Collection of 5 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on the Romain Gary novel "The Colors of the Day" 1953 about a man who helps his wife achieve Hollywood stardom even though he knows virtually nothing about women. Considered to be one of Nunnally Johnson's greatest flops. 8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970ref. 137695Los Angeles: Grenadier Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Man Who Was Alive and Well" written by Shimon Wincelberg produced for circulation at Grenadier Productions in Los Angeles for purposes of script development. Wincelberg's notable film credits include "Fighter Attack" 1953 "The Legend of Custer" 1968 and "Cold Sweat" 1970 as well as several television series episodes. Set in 1960s South America where Peter an apparent fugitive meets a young Indian woman named Felisa and the two fall in love and bear a child. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with a credit for screenwriter Wincelberg. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grenadier Productions unknown books
1972ref. 161480New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on April 24 1973 on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on location in Newport Rhode Island in Niagara New York and in Mystic Connecticut. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credit for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn with splashes affecting the final ten leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown
1972ref. 146260New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1973 television film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Ron Muky with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a small manuscript ink annotation noting the number 50 on the first page. Based on Edward Everett Hale's 1865 novel. A naval officer renounces his country and is sentenced to sail indeterminately never to return to America and kept unaware of the country's developments. Shot on location in Rhode Island Connecticut and New York. Goldenrod titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credits for screenwriter Carroll. 93 leaves with last page of text Mechanical duplication undated throughout with blue and pink revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown
1968ref. 162112N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Spaak from the 1968 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A wealthy industrialist's obsession with balloons derails his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancée. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 145934N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1968. Vintage photographs from the 1968 absurdist comedy "The Man with the Balloons" also known as "Break Up" from the prolific Italian director Marco Ferreri. Marcello Mastroianni plays Mario Fuggetta a wealthy industrialist whose obsession with balloons derail his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancee Giovanna Catherine Spaak. He'll drive himself mad trying to find out how much air a balloon can take before bursting. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light wear on corners. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown
1968ref. 145934N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1968. Vintage photographs from the 1968 absurdist comedy "The Man with the Balloons" also known as "Break Up" from the prolific Italian director Marco Ferreri. Marcello Mastroianni plays Mario Fuggetta a wealthy industrialist whose obsession with balloons derail his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancee Giovanna Catherine Spaak. He'll drive himself mad trying to find out how much air a balloon can take before bursting. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light wear on corners. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown books
1982ref. 138985Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1982. Revised Draft script for the 1983 film. The third of four films pairing director Carl Reiner and comedian Steve Martin that established Martin's film career. Here he plays a quirky doctor who instigates a comedy of errors after operating on a woman whom he injures in a car accident. Though not as popular as their first pairing the unarguable classic 1979 film "The Jerk" "The Man with Two Brains" nevertheless remains a minor comic gem. Set in the United States and Vienna shot on location in California. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 5/28/82 noted as revisions. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication first generation copy with no copied punch holes with pink revision pages throughout dated 5/28/82. Pages Fine wrapper near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 158838Beverly Hills CA: M.C. Productions / United Artists 1962. One vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film. Reference photograph with a printed mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. A film that managed the unlikely feat of being both timely and well ahead of its time combining several ambitious themes including thought control political assassination multinational conspiracy Oedipal issues and Cold War paranoia. Still riveting today and along with "Seconds" 1966 helped cast Frankenheimer as the master of the paranoid unsettling thriller. Contrary to popular belief the film was not pulled from circulation following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but did disappear in 1972 when rights reverted to Frank Sinatra who subsequently neglected to pursue continued distribution. This lapse continued until 1988 when Sinatra re-released the film to theaters in conjunction with MGM and United Artists. Set in Korea and Washington DC shot on location in New York California. One photograph 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. M.C. Productions / United Artists unknown
1962ref. 143142Beverly Hills CA: M.C. Productions / United Artists 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. A film that managed the unlikely feat of being both timely and well ahead of its time combining several ambitious themes including thought control political assassination multinational conspiracy Oedipal issues and Cold War paranoia. Still riveting today and along with "Seconds" 1966 helped cast Frankenheimer as the master of the paranoid unsettling thriller. Contrary to popular belief the film was not pulled from circulation following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but did disappear in 1972 when rights reverted to Frank Sinatra who subsequently neglected to pursue continued distribution. This lapse continued until the 1988 when Sinatra re-released the film to theaters in conjunction with MGM and United Arists. Set in Korea and Washington DC shot on location in New York California. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Complete collation details available on request. M.C. Productions / United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 162520N.p.: N.p. 1963. Eight vintage reference photographs of cast and crew members on the set of the 1963 film including four of director Michael Carreras behind the camera. During a vacation in southern France an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older bar owner while harboring a secret interest in her teenage daughter. The second Hammer Films effort by Carreras son of Hammer founder James Carreras. Set and shot on location in Montfrin Arles Les Baux-de-Provence and Camarque France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 224-226. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 142885N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his US passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. Set in Rome. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown
1957ref. 142885N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Holograph ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his U.S. passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. Set in Rome. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 161321N.p.: N.p. 1977. Three vintage color reference photographs from the 1977 Greek adult film all three showing actress Artemis Tsarmi. One with the stamp of an Amsterdam film distributor on the verso. An erotic crime drama about a parcel of lost gold. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 139010Paris: Champs-Elysees Productions 1968. Original French grande poster for the 1968 film. Based on Catherine Paysan's 1964 novel "Je M'appelle Jericho." Jericho Simon is an old man in the midst of a split with his partner and whose kids are along for the ride as he rekindles his love with a past girlfriend. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. A few central tears faint toning else about Near Fine. Champs-Elysees Productions unknown
1980ref. 164139N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television series a ribbon copy typescript with manuscript white-out annotations throughout and one manuscript ink annotation on the second to last page. Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Two sets of newlyweds compete in a game show where the hosts asks each member of each couple a series of questions pertaining to their marriage while attached to a lie detector. Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen T. Sustarsic II. 27 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple to the upper left corner. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 139010Paris: Champs-Elysees Productions 1968. Original French grande poster for the 1968 film. Based on Catherine Paysan's 1964 novel "Je M'appelle Jericho." Jericho Simon is an old man in the midst of a split with his partner and whose kids are along for the ride as he rekindles his love with a past girlfriend. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. A few central tears faint toning else about Near Fine. Champs-Elysees Productions unknown books
1991ref. WRCLIT59875Beverly Hills: Permut Presentations 1991. 312637 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only with dated revises on a rainbow of colored papers. Bradbound in stiff wrappers with typed label. Wrappers a bit smudged title lettered on spine but very good. A late revised draft of this original screenplay by Simon exhibiting a storm of revisions through the span of days noted above. Most notably the supplement of 37 lettered leaves all dated in January corresponds to sequences to be reshot. The film directed by Jerry Rees and starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin was released in 1991. An uncommon form of the script allowing analysis of the revisions between the originals and the retakes. Permut Presentations unknown books
1974ref. 132633Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1974 French-English film. Photographer's rubber-stamp on the versos of 4 stills with cropping annotations on the versos of 3 stills and on the recto of 1 still. When a US intelligence agent Anthony Quinn is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron James Mason to justice he hires an assassin. But the hired killer Michael Caine turns out to be an old friend. 1 still 8 x 10 inches; 3 stills 7.25 x 9.25 inches; 1 still 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Brief ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books
1974ref. 132634Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1974 UK release of the 1974 French-English film. Photographer's rubber-stamp on the versos of 4 stills with cropping annotations on the versos of 3 stills and on the recto of 1 still. When a US intelligence agent Anthony Quinn is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron James Mason to justice he hires an assassin. But the hired killer Michael Caine turns out to be an old friend. 1 still 8 x 10 inches; 3 stills 7.25 x 9.25 inches; 1 still 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Brief ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books
1980ref. 148840Paris: C. Darmon 1980. Collection of 16 vintage color French lobby cards from the 1980 French theatrical release of the 1980 US television miniseries. First broadcast in three parts on NBC on January 27 through 29 1980 in the US released theatrically in France. Based on the 1950 novel by Ray Bradbury. A three-episode miniseries which imagines a future world punctuated by catastrophes wherein humans land on Mars encounter a race of Martians whom they attempt to colonize unwittingly begin a global nuclear war on Earth and ultimately cause the mass devastation of life on both planets. Set on Earth and Mars shot on location in the US Spain and the UK. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. C. Darmon unknown books
1976ref. 152241N.p.: MTM Enterprises 1976. Post-production script for the season 6 episode 1 "Edie Gets Married" of the classic television series which aired on September 13 1975 printed on yellow pages. Lou is taken aback when his ex-wife Edie Priscilla Morrill announces she is getting married. One of the most cherished and acclaimed television series of the 20th century recipient of 29 Primetime Emmy Awards it aired on CBS for seven seasons from 1970 to 1977. Yellow self wrappers integral with title page with "Revised" dated July 23 1975 with credits for screenwriter Bob Ellison. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. MTM Enterprises unknown books
1976ref. 152237N.p.: MTM Enterprises 1976. Post-production script for the season 6 episode 21 "Mary's Aunt Returns" of the classic television series which aired on February 7 1976 printed on yellow pages. Mary's aunt respected newswoman Flo Meredith Eileen Heckart is in town to collaborate on a public television documentary with Lou enlisting the news team to help. When Lou and Flo disagree on approach the news team is forced to take sides. One of the most cherished and acclaimed television series of the 20th century recipient of 29 Primetime Emmy Awards it aired on CBS for seven seasons from 1970 to 1977. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present with "Revised" dated January 7 1976 with credits for screenwriter David Lloyd. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 50. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. MTM Enterprises unknown books