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1958ref. 132882London: National Screen Service / MGM 1958. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1911 play by George Bernard Shaw starring Leslie Caron as the wife of an artist Dirk Bogarde who is dying of tuberculosis. She enlists the help of a very busy doctor who upon learning the artist is really a con-man with greedy tendencies in faced with a dilemma: help the desperate wife by curing the artist or tend to other patients in need 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1963ref. 153714New York: Plautus Productions 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on October 17 1963 on CBS. Manuscript ink annotations by screenwriter Larry Cohen to the first 19 pages noting substantive revisions and Cohen's playful annotation to the title page crossing through "The Nurses" and writing "Florence Nightmare" possibly a working title over the printed title. The series title was changed from "The Nurses" to "The Doctors and the Nurses" for the second season. The series ran from 1962 to 1965 and followed the interpersonal dramas of a group of doctors and nurses at the fictitious Alden General Hospital in New York. In this episode a man attempts suicide and is left partially paralyzed and is tended by Nurse Kelly. 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. Set in New York. Self wrappers housed in a manila envelope. Title page present dated April 5 1963 noted as Revised Mimeo and production No. 34 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-77. Mimeograph duplication on pink stock rectos only. Title page Very Good plus with light wear and dampstaining to the edges else Pages Near Fine unbound. Envelope Very Good plus overall. Plautus Productions unknown books
1991ref. 142140Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1991. Vintage press kit for the 1991 film. Press kit includes six black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. Oliver Stone a self-professed Doors fan directs this star studded over-the-top biopic whose production struggled through over ten years of negotiations with the families and surviving band members depicted in the film. Val Kilmer delivers a convincing portrayal of Jim Morrison with Kevin Dillon Kyle MacLachla and Meg Ryan in supporting roles. Photos 10 x 8 inches. Production pamphlet 29 pages saddle stapled housed in a 9 x 12 inch folder. Photos and production pamphlet Fine in a Near Fine folder. TriStar Pictures unknown
1991ref. 142140Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1991. Vintage press kit for the 1991 film. Press kit includes six black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. Oliver Stone a self-professed Doors fan directs this star studded over-the-top biopic whose production struggled through over ten years of negotiations with the families and surviving band members depicted in the film. Val Kilmer delivers a convincing portrayal of Jim Morrison with Kevin Dillon Kyle MacLachla and Meg Ryan in supporting roles. Photos 10 x 8 inches. Production pamphlet 29 pages saddle stapled housed in a 9 x 12 inch folder. Photos and production pamphlet Fine in a Near Fine folder. TriStar Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 142324Universal City London: K.N.P. Productions / Universal 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page stapled cast list dated December 21 1962 as well as a three page stapled cast and unit list dated December 21 1962. Here under the working title "It's All Happening." A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical" this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 29 1962. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Multilith duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. K.N.P. Productions / Universal unknown
1966ref. 161997N.p.: Manson Distributing 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1966 British film here under the British release title "The Naked World of Harrison Marks." All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. A pseudo-documentary on the life and dreams of adult film director and photographer George Harrison Marks. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Manson Distributing unknown
1962ref. 142324Universal City London: K.N.P. Productions / Universal 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page stapled cast list dated December 21 1962 as well as a three page stapled cast and unit list dated December 21 1962. Here under the working title "It's All Happening." A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical" this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 29 1962. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Multilith duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. K.N.P. Productions / Universal unknown books
1966ref. 161997N.p.: Manson Distributing 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1966 British film here under the British release title "The Naked World of Harrison Marks." All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. A pseudo-documentary on the life and dreams of adult film director and photographer George Harrison Marks. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Manson Distributing unknown books
1978ref. 161019Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Complete set of eight color studio still photographs for the 1978 film. Stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services of Canada on the versos. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 160172Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A unique script in terms of the narrative with each scene described in fragmented sentences. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. Cream titled wrappers dated May 23 1977. Title page present dated May 23 1977 noted as FINAL with a credit for Hill. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 161019Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Complete set of eight color studio still photographs for the 1978 film. Stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services of Canada on the versos. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 160151Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou where he finds himself in between an ex-lover an oil tycoon and the local police. In this early draft of the script Paul Newman's character is named Lew Ryan perhaps evidence that the production did not begin as a direct sequel to "Harper" but simply as an adaptation of the source material. Set in Louisiana and shot there on location. Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated September 16 1974 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Keenan Wynn and novelist Ross Macdonald. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/30/74 and 10/6/74. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster unknown
1974ref. 160151Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou where he finds himself in between an ex-lover an oil tycoon and the local police. In this early draft of the script Paul Newman's character is named Lew Ryan perhaps evidence that the production did not begin as a direct sequel to "Harper" but simply as an adaptation of the source material. Set in Louisiana and shot there on location. Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated September 16 1974 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Keenan Wynn and novelist Ross Macdonald. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/30/74 and 10/6/74. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster unknown books
1958ref. 132474London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors 1958. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1958 UK film. A musical comedy about a young English lad who pretends to be a Lord to attract the attention of a South American princess. Tommy Steele's acting debut. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors unknown books
1950ref. 142338N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. Set in Ireland. Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142338N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. Set in Ireland. Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. C63709London 1960. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Near fine in slightly toned slightly marked at rear very good plus dust jacket. 8vo. pp 271. Colour dust jacket illustrated by Biro. Original publisher's green buckram cloth lettered white at spine. Ownership signature and address at front flyleaf of Karl Tunberg who wrote the screenplay for the film ""The 7th Dawn"" 1964 based on this novel and directed by Lewis Gilbert. hardcover
1948ref. 151699N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Cocteau in conversation with actress Silvia Monfort while cinematographer Christian Matras looks on to the left. With the stamp of Le Parisien archive on the verso. Based on Cocteau's 1946 play. In nineteenth-century Europe a suicidal anarchist poet falls in love with the long-secluded queen who has been absent from the public eye for ten years due to her grief over her husband's death. Set in the fictional country of Krantz. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown
1925ref. 137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown books
1948ref. 151699N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Cocteau in conversation with actress Silvia Monfort while cinematographer Christian Matras looks on to the left. With the stamp of Le Parisien archive on the verso. Based on Cocteau's 1946 play. In nineteenth-century Europe a suicidal anarchist poet falls in love with the long-secluded queen who has been absent from the public eye for ten years due to her grief over her husband's death. Set in the fictional country of Krantz. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
