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1982ref. 146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits. Set in Manhattan. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits. Set in Manhattan. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 159352Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1950 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf." Two ex-fugitive employees of a corrupt gold-mine operator try to prove him to be a murderer. Shot on location in southern California. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1966ref. 168101N.p.: N.p. 1966. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Polish film including one oversize. Polish release stamps on the versos. An exploration of young adulthood in Communist Poland following a student as he interacts with his peers explores a slightly surreal Warsaw and falls in love with a trolley conductor. One photograph 7 x 5 inches the other 11.75 x 9.5. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 160650Warsaw: Film Polski 1966. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Polish film. Stamp of Film Polski on the versos. A student leaves school and decides to embrace materialism in the pursuit of wealth and power but finds his plans drastically changed once he meets and falls in love with an idealistic young woman. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Film Polski unknown books
1966ref. 168101N.p.: N.p. 1966. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Polish film including one oversize. Polish release stamps on the versos. An exploration of young adulthood in Communist Poland following a student as he interacts with his peers explores a slightly surreal Warsaw and falls in love with a trolley conductor. One photograph 7 x 5 inches the other 11.75 x 9.5. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 150736Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Collection of ten vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso along with anotherxtx stamp noting production No. 75-218. Director Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking period drama based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" charting the astronomic rise and fall of an opportunistic Irishman in eighteenth century Europe. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning four. Set and shot on location throughout England Ireland and Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 897. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1975ref. 150736Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Collection of ten vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso along with anotherxtx stamp noting production No. 75-218. Director Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking period drama based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" charting the astronomic rise and fall of an opportunistic Irishman in eighteenth century Europe. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning four. Set and shot on location throughout England Ireland and Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 897. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1991ref. 149341Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director-screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen and actor John Turturro having a conversation between takes on the set of the 1991 film. One of the more ambitious films in the Coen brothers' oeuvre a nuanced comedy about Hollywood success and the interaction between intellectuals and "the common man." Based largely on the experiences of playwright and erstwhile screenwriter Clifford Odets. Winner of the Palme d'Or Best Actor and Best Director awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1991ref. 149341Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director-screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen and actor John Turturro having a conversation between takes on the set of the 1991 film. One of the more ambitious films in the Coen brothers' oeuvre a nuanced comedy about Hollywood success and the interaction between intellectuals and "the common man." Based largely on the experiences of playwright and erstwhile screenwriter Clifford Odets. Winner of the Palme d'Or Best Actor and Best Director awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 167968N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout denoting props and indicating potential script revisions and post-it tags on page fore-edges. Christopher Nolan's markedly darker edgier reboot of the "Batman" cinema franchise charting Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. Followed by "The Dark Knight" 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" 2012. Set in Gotham City and Bhutan shot on location in Iceland the United Kingdom and Chicago. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter David Goyer. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly dampstained on several leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 167968N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout denoting props and indicating potential script revisions and post-it tags on page fore-edges. Christopher Nolan's markedly darker edgier reboot of the "Batman" cinema franchise charting Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. Followed by "The Dark Knight" 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" 2012. Set in Gotham City and Bhutan shot on location in Iceland the United Kingdom and Chicago. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter David Goyer. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly dampstained on several leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 132184Burbank CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers 1955. Seven vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on Leon Uris' first book about a new recruitment of Marines primed for battle but the battle comes when they least expect it. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 167850Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Leon Uris who also wrote the screenplay documenting his experiences as a Marine. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1955ref. 132184Burbank CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers 1955. Seven vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on Leon Uris' first book about a new recruitment of Marines primed for battle but the battle comes when they least expect it. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody" Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Multilith duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody" Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Multilith duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 152568Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage reference photograph of actress Denise Darcel on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A dramatization of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 following the US 101st Airborne Division as they hold the town of Bastogne against overwhelming German forces. Set in Belgium shot on location in Oregon California and Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn to the bottom edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1949ref. 152568Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage reference photograph of actress Denise Darcel on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A dramatization of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 following the US 101st Airborne Division as they hold the town of Bastogne against overwhelming German forces. Set in Belgium shot on location in Oregon California and Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn to the bottom edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
ref. 148727Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England. Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities. Arrow 2164. Toei unknown
ref. 148727Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England. Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities. Arrow 2164. Toei unknown books
1925ref. 168469N.p.: N.p. 1925. Nine reference photographs from the 1925 Soviet silent film seven borderless and two bordered struck and issued by Cinémathèque Française circa 1936. All seven borderless photographs with the stamp of Archives Cinémathèque Française on the verso. A dramatization of a real-life mutiny which occurred on the Russian battleship Potemkin in 1905. The film's violence led to it being banned in West Germany and the UK until 1954 and even after that given an X rating until 1978. It was shown in a much-edited form in East Germany though the US premiere in December 1926 was shown unedited. A written introduction by Leon Trotsky at the beginning of the film was cut from later Soviet prints due to Trotsky running afoul of Stalin. The film's famous sequence showing a massacre by Tsarist soldiers of civilians on the Odessa Steps is considered the first example of a montage sequence in cinema. All photogaphs 5 x 3.5 inches. Generally Near Fine. BFI 1494. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 168469N.p.: N.p. 1925. Nine reference photographs from the 1925 Soviet silent film seven borderless and two bordered struck and issued by Cinémathèque Française circa 1936. All seven borderless photographs with the stamp of Archives Cinémathèque Française on the verso. A dramatization of a real-life mutiny which occurred on the Russian battleship Potemkin in 1905. The film's violence led to it being banned in West Germany and the UK until 1954 and even after that given an X rating until 1978. It was shown in a much-edited form in East Germany though the US premiere in December 1926 was shown unedited. A written introduction by Leon Trotsky at the beginning of the film was cut from later Soviet prints due to Trotsky running afoul of Stalin. The film's famous sequence showing a massacre by Tsarist soldiers of civilians on the Odessa Steps is considered the first example of a montage sequence in cinema. All photogaphs 5 x 3.5 inches. Generally Near Fine. BFI 1494. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 149723N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1977 French film showing actress Delphine Seyrig. With the stamp of M.K. 2 DIFFUSION Films on the verso. A desperately unhappy woman reflects on the relationships in her life beginning with her marriage to her womanizing husband who has forced her into prostitution as a means of paying off his gambling debts. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 149723N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1977 French film showing actress Delphine Seyrig. With the stamp of M.K. 2 DIFFUSION Films on the verso. A desperately unhappy woman reflects on the relationships in her life beginning with her marriage to her womanizing husband who has forced her into prostitution as a means of paying off his gambling debts. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
