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1957ref. 164825Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature and special effects crew also created two smaller models for scenes where the mantis walked or flew. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1957ref. 167577Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing scientists in hazmat suits preparing to confront the insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A volcanic eruption in the South Seas frees a long-dormant 200-foot-tall mantis which proceeds to make its way to the US. Filmmakers constructed a 200-foot-tall mantis for the film from papier-mâché with a hydraulic system in addition to two smaller models for different flying or walking effects. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
ref. 142219N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink. Four characters swept up in the Mexican revolution go from no possibility of ever meeting each other to their fates becoming intertwined. Set in Mexico. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present no with credit to the screenwriter. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 217. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 142219N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink. Four characters swept up in the Mexican revolution go from no possibility of ever meeting each other to their fates becoming intertwined. Set in Mexico. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present no with credit to the screenwriter. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 217. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 132630California: National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates 1972. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the US release of the 1970 French-Italian-German film. Title layovers affixed to the rectos over the original titles. Based on a novel by French writer Francis Ryck aka Yves Delville about a woman who kills her husband under the suspicion of infidelity when in reality the man was a secret agent. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates unknown
1972ref. 132630California: National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates 1972. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the US release of the 1970 French-Italian-German film. Title layovers affixed to the rectos over the original titles. Based on a novel by French writer Francis Ryck aka Yves Delville about a woman who kills her husband under the suspicion of infidelity when in reality the man was a secret agent. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates unknown books
1972ref. 161664N.p.: Mature Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Meta sexploitation film in which Tina Russell stars as May a woman held hostage in a mansion after seeking a job in an experimental film. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Mature Pictures unknown
1972ref. 161664N.p.: Mature Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Meta sexploitation film in which Tina Russell stars as May a woman held hostage in a mansion after seeking a job in an experimental film. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Mature Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 167499N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Janine Magnan in her underwear. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study instead at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along three edges. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 167499N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Janine Magnan in her underwear. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study instead at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along three edges. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 128176Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage insert poster for the 1971 film. The first film in Pasolini's Trilogy of life followed by "Canterbury Tales" 1972 and "Arabian Nights" 1974 a light and sumptuous adaptation of Boccaccio's work "The Decameron" replete with nudity sex and both slapstick and scatological humor. Featuring a score by Ennio Morricone. 36 x 14 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1115. Criterion Collection 631. United Artists unknown
1971ref. 128176Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage insert poster for the 1971 film. The first film in Pasolini's Trilogy of life followed by "Canterbury Tales" 1972 and "Arabian Nights" 1974 a light and sumptuous adaptation of Boccaccio's work "The Decameron" replete with nudity sex and both slapstick and scatological humor. Featuring a score by Ennio Morricone. 36 x 14 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1115. Criterion Collection 631. United Artists unknown books
1957ref. 151146London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to novelist and screenwriter John Masters with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper his manuscript pencil annotations to virtually every page and two handwritten pages stapled to the verso of the front wrapper noting concerns about the script and deletions. Based on Masters' 1952 novel about a British officer who goes undercover to infiltrate a thuggee cult ritually murdering travelers in colonial India. Masters who served in the Indian Army from 1933 to 1949 was best known for his historical fiction set in India most notably his 1954 novel "Bhowani Junction" which was adapted for film by director George Cukor in 1956. Modern scholars have acknowledged Masters' influence on British historical fiction and in later works his relative sympathy towards Indian nationalists while simultaneously criticizing his revisionist occasionally imperialist tone. Masters also released three successful autobiographical volumes "Bugles and a Tiger" 1956 "Road Past Mandalay" 1961 and "Pilgrim Son" 1971. Beige titled wrappers noted as Draft Script on the front wrapper dated 26-3-57 with a typed label affixed to the front wrapper dated 26.3.57 crediting novelist and screenwriter John Masters and screenwriter Anthony Perry and noting Masters' annotations throughout. Title page present noted as DRAFT THREE with credits for novelist and screenwriter John Masters. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1957ref. 151146London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to novelist and screenwriter John Masters with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper his manuscript pencil annotations to virtually every page and two handwritten pages stapled to the verso of the front wrapper noting concerns about the script and deletions. Based on Masters' 1952 novel about a British officer who goes undercover to infiltrate a thuggee cult ritually murdering travelers in colonial India. Masters who served in the Indian Army from 1933 to 1949 was best known for his historical fiction set in India most notably his 1954 novel "Bhowani Junction" which was adapted for film by director George Cukor in 1956. Modern scholars have acknowledged Masters' influence on British historical fiction and in later works his relative sympathy towards Indian nationalists while simultaneously criticizing his revisionist occasionally imperialist tone. Masters also released three successful autobiographical volumes "Bugles and a Tiger" 1956 "Road Past Mandalay" 1961 and "Pilgrim Son" 1971. Beige titled wrappers noted as Draft Script on the front wrapper dated 26-3-57 with a typed label affixed to the front wrapper dated 26.3.57 crediting novelist and screenwriter John Masters and screenwriter Anthony Perry and noting Masters' annotations throughout. Title page present noted as DRAFT THREE with credits for novelist and screenwriter John Masters. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1977ref. 132961Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1977. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1977 UK release of the 1977 US film. Layout annotations on 1 still. Based on screenwriter Peter Benchley's 1976 novel starring Jacqueline Bissett and Nick Nolte as a pair of young vacationers who get involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover how to get to a shipwreck in Bermuda waters. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound. The second of 2 films featuring Bissett in a Peter Yates film the other being "Bullitt" 1968. Shot on location in Australia Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lentz p. 1022. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 152490N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation film. A group of Black militants kidnaps an old white plantation family and hides them deep in the Louisiana swamp with the intention of eventually selling them as slaves. Set in southern Louisiana. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with a small printed label with the name and address of a John B. Bennett affixed to the bottom right corner and screenwriting credits to The Barnett Brothers and The Medina sic. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly soiled with dampstaining on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 152490N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation film. A group of Black militants kidnaps an old white plantation family and hides them deep in the Louisiana swamp with the intention of eventually selling them as slaves. Set in southern Louisiana. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with a small printed label with the name and address of a John B. Bennett affixed to the bottom right corner and screenwriting credits to The Barnett Brothers and The Medina sic. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly soiled with dampstaining on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 141609Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Vintage color British front-of-house card from the 1957 film. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963ref. 153686New York: Filmways 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on October 12 1963 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode the duo become involved in an international espionage case. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated May 15 1963 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus slightly edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Filmways unknown
1964ref. 153682New York: Filmways 1964. Draft script for the 1964 television episode seen here under the working title "Fade Away" originally aired on April 18 1964 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page below an annotation noting the episode name. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode an aging wartime hero becomes fanatical about United States foreign policy towards China and plans a military takeover of the government. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1964 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 74. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single paper clip to the top left corner. Filmways unknown
1963ref. 153700New York: Filmways 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on April 27 1963 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode the duo arrive in a small southern town to prepare for a trial only to discover their client a man accused of murdering a young child has been lynched. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Shot on location in Pelham New York. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated February 19 1963 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 74. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Filmways unknown
1964ref. 153682New York: Filmways 1964. Draft script for the 1964 television episode seen here under the working title "Fade Away" originally aired on April 18 1964 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page below an annotation noting the episode name. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode an aging wartime hero becomes fanatical about United States foreign policy towards China and plans a military takeover of the government. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1964 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 74. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single paper clip to the top left corner. Filmways unknown books
1963ref. 153686New York: Filmways 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on October 12 1963 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode the duo become involved in an international espionage case. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated May 15 1963 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus slightly edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Filmways unknown books
1963ref. 153700New York: Filmways 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on April 27 1963 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode the duo arrive in a small southern town to prepare for a trial only to discover their client a man accused of murdering a young child has been lynched. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Shot on location in Pelham New York. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated February 19 1963 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 74. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Filmways unknown books
1958ref. 139877N.p.: Curtleigh Productions 1958. Vintage US three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. The film won two Academy Awards for best writing and cinematography and was nominated for another seven. Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier were lauded for their performances in this Academy Award winning drama in which two prisoners from a chain-gang escape. One white one African American the men originally cooperate out of necessity as they are chained to one another. However as they grow familiar with one another a deep bond and mutual respect develops between the men. "The Defiant Ones" was shot on a closed set due to the then-provocative subject matter. Special screenings were orchestrated in the southern United States for integrated audiences a relatively uncommon occurrence at the time. Montgomery Alabama however chose to cancel an integrated screening when the White Citizen's Committee Council protested the film claiming it gave rise to "moral support and financial gain to subversive propagandists" AFI catalogue. Set in the American South shot on location in California. 41 x 81 inches folded. Very Good with numerous pin holes moderate edgewear and extensive tape reinforcements to the verso. Manuscript annotations to the verso and a stamp indicating three-sheet poster. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Curtleigh Productions unknown
