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1968ref. 137831Nassau Bahamas: McWhorter Productions 1968. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Keep" adapted by Ray Jenkins from Gwyn Thomas' 1962 play. Bound in is an excised shooting schedule leaf on one side noting $7000 owed to Jean McDonald and the other side detailing production requirements for Ernest Lehman's 1972 film "Portnoy's Complaint" the film with Richard McWhorter as the Unit Production Manager. McWhorter operated his own production company very briefly with the company's Bahamas address on the title page. Thomas' play was adapted as an episode of "Festival" Season 1 Episode 28 and aired May 6 1964 starring Glyn Owen Eynon Evans and David Garfield. The story focuses on a family and their recollection of their mother who may or may not be deceased. This script then is likely a lengthening of the original television script for film development purposes. Red titled wrappers with die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated August 19 1968 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credits for playwright Thomas and screenwriter Jenkins. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 147. Roneograph with a few revision pages throughout dated 3/9/68. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. McWhorter Productions unknown books
1985ref. 142147N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the first page. A group of Americans intent on overthrowing Castro's communist regime are held in a Cuban jail. They begin using martial arts to free themselves and take on the government forces. Set in Cuba. Tan titled wrappers dated 1985 with credit for screenwriter Carl Johnson. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine spiral bound. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 142147N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the first page. A group of Americans intent on overthrowing Castro's communist regime are held in a Cuban jail. They begin using martial arts to free themselves and take on the government forces. Set in Cuba. Tan titled wrappers dated 1985 with credit for screenwriter Carl Johnson. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine spiral bound. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 171381Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Based on Jan de Hartog's 1951 novel "Stella" about a set of apartment keys that bring bad luck to whoever holds them. Shot aboard the HMS Restive an Assurance class Admiralty tug of the Royal Navy. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1958ref. 171381Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Based on Jan de Hartog's 1951 novel "Stella" about a set of apartment keys that bring bad luck to whoever holds them. Shot aboard the HMS Restive an Assurance class Admiralty tug of the Royal Navy. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 160492N.p.: N.p. 1983. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. All six with photographer labels on the versos. Based on Jun'ichirô Tanizaki's 1956 novel about a married middle-aged woman who undergoes a sexual awakening through a relationship with her daughter's fiancé. Tanizaki's novel was previously adapted by Kon Ichikawa for his film "Odd Obsession" 1959. Set and shot on location in Venice. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 150518N.p.: N.p. 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film agency copy photocopied for internal distribution. With manuscript ink annotations on the title page noting a change in address for screenwriter Harley Cokeliss. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the screenplay adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A painter is recruited by a young woman from a mysterious secret world to help her rescue her brother from her uncle who murdered her father and seeks to control her family's fortune. Screenwriter Cokeliss was best known for his work in film throughout the 1970s and 1980s including "Black Moon Rising" 1986 and "Malone" 1987. Set in New York. White generic Agency for the Performing Arts wrappers. Title page present dated 1983 with credits for screenwriter Harley Cokliss sic. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 14. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 150518N.p.: N.p. 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film agency copy photocopied for internal distribution. With manuscript ink annotations on the title page noting a change in address for screenwriter Harley Cokeliss. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the screenplay adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A painter is recruited by a young woman from a mysterious secret world to help her rescue her brother from her uncle who murdered her father and seeks to control her family's fortune. Screenwriter Cokeliss was best known for his work in film throughout the 1970s and 1980s including "Black Moon Rising" 1986 and "Malone" 1987. Set in New York. White generic Agency for the Performing Arts wrappers. Title page present dated 1983 with credits for screenwriter Harley Cokliss sic. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 14. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 132153London: Bordeaux International Films 1980. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1980 Canadian film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the novel of the same name by Charles Templeton about two revolutionists who manage to kidnap the president while on a visit to Toronto and somehow keep him locked in a van strapped with explosives for most of the film. 8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Near Fine. Bordeaux International Films unknown books
1964ref. 172060Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film showing Angie Dickinson posed next to a race car sporting high-waisted pedal pushers a cuffed white shirt and sky-high hair. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway. The final film performance by Ronald Reagan and the second Hollywood adaptation of Hemingway's story following the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook hole punches to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Columbia Pictures unknown
1964ref. 137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook hole punches to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 172060Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film showing Angie Dickinson posed next to a race car sporting high-waisted pedal pushers a cuffed white shirt and sky-high hair. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway. The final film performance by Ronald Reagan and the second Hollywood adaptation of Hemingway's story following the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 158024N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing director Roland Joffé and actor Haing S. Ngor on the set. Stamp of photographer David Appleby on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia based primarily on the accounts of journalists Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two including Best Supporting Actor for Ngor-making him the second Asian actor to win an Oscar. Shot on location in Bangkok Thailand in California and New York in the US and in Ontario Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 150411N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film one showing actors Beryl Reid and Susannah York the other showing director Robert Aldrich. A tyrannical aging actress is a long-standing staple on a soap opera but her increasingly unstable behavior causes the producers to kill off her character. As she spirals out of control she lashes out at her lover a young and beautiful actress. Director Aldrich spent $75000 fighting the film's mature rating earned as a result of its explicit content most notably a sex scene between two women which limited the film's screening and advertisement platforms but was unsuccessful. Shot on location in London. Approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 141696N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Eight leaves laid in including a request to actor Rod Steiger to have him star in the film a document stating the intentions of screenwriter Henri Glaeser to have Faye Dunaway also star and a letter to agent Paul Kohner. Based on the 1948 novel of the same title by Ramón Sender. A Spanish duchess enjoys teasing and sexually frustrating her gardener. She finds herself at his mercy when the country comes under siege by the Republicans and must come to terms with the realization that they are now equal under the new national order. Set in Madrid. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Henri Glaeser and author Ramon Sender. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two binder clips. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 141696N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Eight leaves laid in including a request to actor Rod Steiger to have him star in the film a document stating the intentions of screenwriter Henri Glaeser to have Faye Dunaway also star and a letter to agent Paul Kohner. Based on the 1948 novel of the same title by Ramón Sender. A Spanish duchess enjoys teasing and sexually frustrating her gardener. She finds herself at his mercy when the country comes under siege by the Republicans and must come to terms with the realization that they are now equal under the new national order. Set in Madrid. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Henri Glaeser and author Ramon Sender. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two binder clips. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 144553New York: New Regency Films 1981. Three vintage photographs from the shooting of the 1982 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one photograph and manuscript annotations and agency stamps on the verso of each. Perhaps Scorsese's most underrated film "The King of Comedy" is a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture by way of an exploratory journey into the mind of Rupert Pupkin a man totally lacking in self-awareness driven only by obsession. The titular character is played by Robert De Niro cast completely against type in furious pursuit of his idol Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis along with the genius addition of Sandra Bernhard as De Niro's crazed groupie assistant. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New Regency Films unknown
1982ref. 139511Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1983 film. In this black-comedy a delusional aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin Robert De Niro stalks and eventually kidnaps his idol a late night talk show host Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis. The fifth film collaboration between De Niro and Scorsese preceded by the classic "Raging Bull." Set in New York shot on location in New Jersey and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981ref. 144553New York: New Regency Films 1981. Three vintage photographs from the shooting of the 1982 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one photograph and manuscript annotations and agency stamps on the verso of each. Perhaps Scorsese's most underrated film "The King of Comedy" is a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture by way of an exploratory journey into the mind of Rupert Pupkin a man totally lacking in self-awareness driven only by obsession. The titular character is played by Robert De Niro cast completely against type in furious pursuit of his idol Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis along with the genius addition of Sandra Bernhard as De Niro's crazed groupie assistant. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New Regency Films unknown books
1982ref. 159948N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1982 film. A black comedy following the delusional and increasingly violent experiences of a painfully untalented comedian. Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most underrated film a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture. Basis for the successful 2019 film "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 164478Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. All five with studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso and three with mimeo snipes on the same. 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 dramatization of the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as "Sissi" and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria following his previous engagement to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1936ref. 164478Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. All five with studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso and three with mimeo snipes on the same. 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 dramatization of the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as "Sissi" and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria following his previous engagement to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
