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1981ref. 138784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white French press photograph from the set 1981 UK film. Shown are director Karel Reisz and actors Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons conferring on a scene. French press stamp and a copyright sticker from United Artists on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1971ref. 171024N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing William Friedkin behind the camera during filming on location in Georgetown with an unidentified crew member at the right. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 169563Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Gene Hackman. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971ref. 171024N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing William Friedkin behind the camera during filming on location in Georgetown with an unidentified crew member at the right. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 138784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white French press photograph from the set 1981 UK film. Shown are director Karel Reisz and actors Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons conferring on a scene. French press stamp and a copyright sticker from United Artists on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 132136Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1981 UK film. Features Meryl Streep as Sarah Woodruff. While shooting a film about tragic lovers the actors portraying the characters find their relationship begins to parallel their characters. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 172055Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director Karel Reisz with author John Fowles on the set. Based on Fowles' 1969 novel about two actors who begin to find their real-life circumstances mirroring their characters' relationship. Shot on location in Dorset. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better moderately creased to the corners with light toning overall. Criterion Collection 768. United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 167514N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1972 French softcore film. A married American journalist is seduced by two stewardesses kicking off a series of unusual and occasionally political occurrences. 5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 734. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 146899N.p.: Europrodis 1972. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1972 film with one of Jose Benazeraf being double weight with matte finish. "Hubert Toyot" stamp on the verso. Catherine Franck and Patricial Hermenier play sexually liberated air hostesses who seduce American journalist played by Rod Cameron and move on to their next conquest but he refuses to accept it and pursues them. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine some curling one with small crease in upper right corner. Europrodis unknown books
1977ref. 168484N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 French film showing actors Françoise Fabian and Dayle Haddon. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the life of famed French brothel keeper Madame Claude who ran a high-class escort service in the heart of Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 133577London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Zodiac Productions 1961. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1961 UK film. Sean Connery stars as Paddy Damion the best friend of a gangster who is killed in opposition to the extortionist mob that runs a decrepit area of London. Paddy swears revenge on those responsible for his friend's death and after a bit of bloodshed agrees to provide information to the police in exchange for a light sentence. An early starring role for Sean Connery who would solidify his status in Hollywood as James Bond in "Dr. No" 1962 and a gratifying crime drama in the noir style with a nightclub setting a femme fatale Yvonne Romaine and downbeat ending. Set in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with slight toning pinholes to one still and a closed tear to one still. Grant US. Keaney US. Selby US. Spicer US. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Zodiac Productions unknown books
ref. 166735Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Laid in is a map with directions to a location shooting. One of most successful action films of the 1990s and a peak for actor Harrison Ford. Based on the 1963-1963 ABC television series created by Roy Huggins which itself was loosely inspired by the 1954 trial of Sam Sheppard. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble who after being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death escapes from custody and sets out to find the real killer and clear his name all while being hunted by the police and a team of US Marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jones. Set in and shot on location in North Carolina and Chicago Illinois. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 25 1993 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeb Stuart. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 02/02/93. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Penzler 101. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 152019N.p.: Pennebaker Productions 1960. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Marlon Brando Joanne Woodward Anna Magnani Sydney Lumet and cinematographer Boris Kaufman on the set of the 1960 film. Based on Tennesee Williams' 1957 play "Orpheus Descending" which itself was a revision of Williams' 1940 play "Battle of Angels." A man flees the law in New Orleans and finds work at a small-town store run by the resentful and frustrated Lady Torrance whose husband lies ill in the apartment above the store. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with thin two inch bruise to upper left portion of the image. Criterion Collection 515. Pennebaker Productions unknown
1960ref. 135689Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1960 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. With a Hollywood bookshop stamp on the verso along with an inked price notation. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown
1960ref. 152019N.p.: Pennebaker Productions 1960. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Marlon Brando Joanne Woodward Anna Magnani Sydney Lumet and cinematographer Boris Kaufman on the set of the 1960 film. Based on Tennesee Williams' 1957 play "Orpheus Descending" which itself was a revision of Williams' 1940 play "Battle of Angels." A man flees the law in New Orleans and finds work at a small-town store run by the resentful and frustrated Lady Torrance whose husband lies ill in the apartment above the store. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with thin two inch bruise to upper left portion of the image. Criterion Collection 515. Pennebaker Productions unknown books
1960ref. 135379Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1960 film. Shown are Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown books
1960ref. 135689Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1960 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. With a Hollywood bookshop stamp on the verso along with an inked price notation. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown books
ref. 166735Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Laid in is a map with directions to a location shooting. One of most successful action films of the 1990s and a peak for actor Harrison Ford. Based on the 1963-1963 ABC television series created by Roy Huggins which itself was loosely inspired by the 1954 trial of Sam Sheppard. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble who after being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death escapes from custody and sets out to find the real killer and clear his name all while being hunted by the police and a team of US Marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jones. Set in and shot on location in North Carolina and Chicago Illinois. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 25 1993 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeb Stuart. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 02/02/93. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Penzler 101. Warner Brothers unknown books
1950ref. 171376Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 comedy film showing Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert. Date stamp on the verso. Hoping to afford to marry her longtime boyfriend a woman begins working as a door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman although she is woefully unsuited for the job. The second film effort involving Ball director Lloyd Bacon and screenwriter Frank Tashlin following "Miss Grant Takes Richmond" 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Short closed tear at one edge else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 131830London: Albatross 1962. Shooting script for the 1962 film. Date notation of "12 Sept 1982" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper label. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "The Fur Collar" is the principal clue in a mystery involving an espionage ring. Reporter John Bentley assigned to the Paris beat does his best to route out the spies. When his enemies try to assassinate him Bentley pretends to be dead the better to work undercover. Martin Benson co-stars as Inspector Legrain Bentley's friendly enemy. Burgundy titled wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Shooting Script in master scenes. 116 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internal prong binding. Albatross unknown
1962ref. 131830London: Albatross 1962. Shooting script for the 1962 film. Date notation of "12 Sept 1982" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper label. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "The Fur Collar" is the principal clue in a mystery involving an espionage ring. Reporter John Bentley assigned to the Paris beat does his best to route out the spies. When his enemies try to assassinate him Bentley pretends to be dead the better to work undercover. Martin Benson co-stars as Inspector Legrain Bentley's friendly enemy. Burgundy titled wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Shooting Script in master scenes. 116 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internal prong binding. Albatross unknown books
