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ref. 165393London: HandMade Films 1982. Archive of material from the 1982 British film including two screenplays and multiple production documents as well as a manuscript costume design book with fabric samples and notes regarding costuming. Archive belonging to assistant costume designer Jane Hamilton with her name in manuscript ink on the title page of one script. Archive includes several production documents including a list of revisions to the script call sheets a directory and location contact sheet a map a shooting schedule and production memos. After a decade of missionary work in Africa an Anglican priest returns to London and attempts to adjust to his new assignment: ministering to the city's prostitutes. Set in turn-of-the-century London and shot on location in London Hampshire and Surrey England. Script dated 2nd February 1982: Script housed in a three-ring binder. Purple untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 2nd February 1982 with credit for screenwriter Michael Palin. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Script dated 22nd February 1982: Script housed in a titled three-ring binder. Title page present dated 22nd February 1982 with credit for Palin. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between March 8 and 9 1982. Pages Near Fine. Costume design book and production documents generally Very Good plus to Near Fine. Costume design book has several fabric samples detached from leaves having been originally attached with cello tape. HandMade Films unknown
1982ref. WRCLIT68060Burbank CA: Waite -Dorso Productions / Warner Bros. 1982. 1621 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in studio wrappers. Light use script number inked on upper wrapper very good. A revised first draft of this pilot for the two-season series directed by Richard Sarafian and starring Ralph Waite. This pilot aired in June of the same year and at least on IMDB other writers receive credit for some of the episodes in the remainder of the series. Waite -Dorso Productions / Warner Bros. unknown books
1977ref. 171038N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing André Dussollier and Anémone covered in wires. A slapstick satire of modernism and government control about a French couple who are chosen by the Ministry of the Future to be the country's "model couple" and used as test subjects for the creation of a new updated city by the year 2000. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141297Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Collection of seven vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Paper snipe affixed to the verso. Set to the backdrop of coal country Pennsylvania the film follows a secret organization of Irish miners formulated to fight oppressive mine owners. Sean Connery stars as the treacherous leader Jack Kehoe. Shot on location in Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive holograph graphite annotations to the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 139071Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Original British quad poster for the 1970 US film. Printed in England by W.E. Berry. Based on the real Molly Maguires a secret society active in Ireland in the late 1800s. James Harris is an Irish immigrant hired to infiltrate Irish immigrant miners led by Jack Connery. Jack and his gang intend to revolt against their oppressive management using murder and destruction but will James join in the cause or betray his fellow Irishman for the good of the State Shot in Eckley Pennsylvania. Director Ritt though not named by the HUAC was eventually blacklisted by the television industry. Nominated for an Academy Award. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Title on the verso in ink and a few central pinholes else Near Fine. Uncommon. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 138993Paris: Federiz / A.S. Film 1965. Vintage French Moyenne medium poster for the 1965 Italian-Spanish film. Arguably the best film on bullfighting ever made based on the life of real torero bullfighter "Miguelin" Miguel Mateo. Charting his rise and fall focusing on the bloody end the audience is plunged right into the ring as close to death as the bullfighter himself. 22.75 x 31.25 inches folded. Pinhole tear to the center and a brief notation on the verso in ink. Criterion Collection 595. Federiz / A.S. Film unknown books
1965ref. 135447Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Collection of three vintage oversize borderless black-and-white double reference studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Based on the 1963 novel by Lionel White. Featuring Glenn Ford accompanied in two photos by Rita Hayworth. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition with rubber stamp carbon copy description and holograph notation in blue ink to the verso. Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 133392Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Original one sheet poster for the 1976 blaxploitation film "The Monkey Hustle." A classic entry in the action comedy subset of blaxploitation films in which a neighborhood must band together in order to prevent the city from demolishing their homes to build a highway. Set in Chicago and shot there on location. Largely low-budget and geared towards a young urban audience blaxploitation films often depicted African-Americans overcoming hostile authorities through cunning and violence as well as conflicts internal to the culture. Though some of the first mainstream films to feature predominantly black casts and introduce previously non-represented elements of black culture including the notable use of funk and soul music in soundtracks they were also panned for furthering stereotypes about black people. Despite the controversy that the genre instilled its motifs remain culturally relevant to this day often parodied acknowledged and imitated in modern films and music. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Parish and Hill 149. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1943ref. 137557Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Original mini window card for the 1943 film. Based on John Steinbeck's 1942 novel. German troops invade Norway during WWII and occupy a small town. Col. Lanser Hardwicke is the officer in charge of the occupation believes in peace over brutality to achieve success and he tries to persuade the townspeople to work with him. Soon an anti-Nazi resistance force is formed and begin sabotaging German camps and killing their officers. The town's mayor Travers refuses to assist Lanser in any way and eventually Lanser is forced to respond by issuing arrests and executions. Natalie Wood who was 5 at the time makes a cameo as a village child in her first film credit. Set in Norway shot on location in California. 8 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus on thick stock with edge creases a faint bruise and a notation in holograph pencil on the verso. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 152417N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. After his sister is lured into snorting a fatal dose of heroin by a dastardly biker gang a teenage boy and his group of friends vow to take their revenge and stop the bikers forming their own "moped mob." Black untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter E.L. "Tony" Duke. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 161989N.p.: Mature Pictures 1972. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos. Booking agent investigates the brutal murder of his sister Gay leading him to his best friend Parker who owns the strip club where Gay worked. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mature Pictures unknown
1970ref. 167477Hollywood: Aaron Spelling Productions 1970. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1970-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated shooting location map. The short-lived series followed three independent criminologists-George Maharis Yvette Mimieux and Ralph Bellamy-who took on especially dangerous high-profile cases. In this debut episode the trio attempt to solve a murder of a man found with a hole in his head that did not come from a bullet. Originally aired on October 10 1970 on ABC. Red titled wrappers noted as story No. 261 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 30 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Burton Wohl. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 18 1970. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown
1932ref. 136754Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1932. Screenplay archive for the 1932 film. Archive consists of a Revised Final script and a typescript rewrite of the film's opening sequence onboard a yacht. The rewrite credits an unknown screenwriter named "Eliscu." Based on the Richard Connell short story first published in "Colliers" in 1924. A rare set of scripts for a groundbreaking film. A deranged millionaire living on an island arranges for a yacht to be shipwrecked on his shores whereupon he arranges for the survivors to be hunted. Decades ahead of its time and almost iconoclastic in the cynicism of its subtext Pichel and Schoedsack used ideas from their film "Gow the Headhunter 1931 and predicted their classic "King Kong" 1933 and dozens of other films that would follow using a theme of man being the hunted rather than the hunter. Revised Final script: Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped PLEASE RETURN TO STORY DEPT. / RKO STUDIOS Inc. / WEST COAST" dated May 13 1932 with credits for story writer Conell and screenwriter Creelman. Title page integral with first page of text with credits for Connell and Creelman. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock some leaves tan and others white. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Opening Yacht Sequence script: Blue titled wrappers noted as OPENING YACHT SEQUENCE on the front wrapper rubber stamped "Property of RKO STUDIOS Inc. / Return to Scenario Dept. Files" dated July 2 1932 with credits for story writer Conell and screenwriter Creelman further noted as ELISCU CHANGES / Ciopied by RKO Stenographic Dept." Title page integral with first page of text with credits for Connell and Creelman. 15 leaves with last leaf of text number 123. Typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine. A few small chips to the edges fragile wrapper else about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 46. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 160792Santa Monica: Hermes Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as "MASTER" in manuscript ink and copy No. 8 in manuscript pencil on the title page. A military drama about a coed group of US Marine recruits in San Diego. Screenwriter Nicholas Corea better known for his work on "The Incredible Hulk" television series enlisted as a Marine during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Purple Heart. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hermes Productions unknown
1963ref. 132047Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1963 UK film. Features June Ritchie Bernard Cribbins and Ron Moody. The sequel to "The Mouse that Roared" finds the tiny of country Grand Fenwick using a fake space program to finagle money from both the US and USSR to fix the plumbing in their castle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with brief insect damage to the top edge and light creasing. United Artists unknown books
1980ref. 165752N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány taken by photographer Ray Jones and struck by the photographer from the original negative circa 1980. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film after his runaway success in "Frankenstein" in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 147069N.p.: Hammer Film Productions 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images. Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" 1940 and "The Mummy's Tomb" 1942 with the climax taken directly from "The Mummy's Ghost" 1944. When British archeologists led by John Banning Peter Cushing despoil the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess Princess Anaka Yvonne Furneaux they awaken her keeper and former lover high priest Kharis Christopher Lee. The only Hammer film to feature the actor combination of Lee Cushing and Michael Ripper. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine some light creasing one with two closed tears and pinholes and one photo with top right corner clipped. Hammer Film Productions unknown
1959ref. 147069N.p.: Hammer Film Productions 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images. Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" 1940 and "The Mummy's Tomb" 1942 with the climax taken directly from "The Mummy's Ghost" 1944. When British archeologists led by John Banning Peter Cushing despoil the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess Princess Anaka Yvonne Furneaux they awaken her keeper and former lover high priest Kharis Christopher Lee. The only Hammer film to feature the actor combination of Lee Cushing and Michael Ripper. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine some light creasing one with two closed tears and pinholes and one photo with top right corner clipped. Complete collation details available on request. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1967ref. 151240N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Eddie Powell as The Mummy carrying actress Elizabeth Sellars. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A team of archaeologists revive an Egyptian pharaoh who subsequently seeks retribution for the violation of his tomb. The third in Hammer Films' Mummy cycle preceded by "The Mummy" 1959 and "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" 1964 and followed by "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" 1971. The final Hammer film to be produced at Bray Studios before the company's 1967 relocation to Elstree and Pinewood Studios. Set in Egypt. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 164457Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Virginia Christine. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. After being unearthed due to an irrigation project the mummy Kharis roams the bayou searching for his lost love Princess Ananka. The fifth entry in Universal's "Mummy" series preceded by "The Mummy's Ghost." Set in the Louisiana bayou. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1967ref. 151240N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Eddie Powell as The Mummy carrying actress Elizabeth Sellars. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A team of archaeologists revive an Egyptian pharaoh who subsequently seeks retribution for the violation of his tomb. The third in Hammer Films' Mummy cycle preceded by "The Mummy" 1959 and "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" 1964 and followed by "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" 1971. The final Hammer film to be produced at Bray Studios before the company's 1967 relocation to Elstree and Pinewood Studios. Set in Egypt. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
2011ref. 167669Burbank CA: DMP Productions 2011. Vintage set designer's reference bible for the 2011 film with 18 full-color film sets represented. The seventh Muppets feature film in which Kermit and two human friends attempt to reunite the Muppets who have been disbanded for years in order to save the Muppet Theater from destruction. Intended to revive the franchise after years of inactivity following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets in 2004. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie's "Man or Muppet." Set in Los Angeles Paris Reno and the fictional city of Smalltown and shot on location in Los Angeles Reno and Zürich. Housed in a generic white three-ring binder with board inserts noting the film's title and the names email addresses and phone numbers of leadman Lou Mugavero decorator Tracey Doyle and assistant decorator Leighanne Haddock. Binder and contents about Fine. DMP Productions unknown
1983ref. WRCLIT69200New York: TriStar / Henson Associates 1983. 1108 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only boltbound in hot-stamped Studio Duplicating Service flexible binder. Ink name see below toe of spine and lower fore- corners of binder bumped a few bits of highlighting early in the script but a very nice copy. The "second draft" of this original screenplay here credited solely to director/star Frank Oz a.k.a. Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster. Final screen credits included cowriting credits to Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses who cowrote the story. The Henson Company of puppeteers starred in the 1984 release as THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN along with a broad range of celebrity cameos. This copy bears the ownership signature and few annotations / highlighting of Les Lazarowitz who worked as sound mixer on the production. Uncommon. TriStar / Henson Associates] unknown books
1984ref. 139732Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1984. Vintage color studio still photograph from the US release of the 1984 film. The muppet gang hits Manhattan with the intention of showing their musical on Broadway. However the task turns out to be harder that they anticipated. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a blue holograph notation to the verso. TriStar Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
