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1980ref. 149461N.p.: Aberdeen 1980. Three vintage black-and-white reference photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Rosalyn Drexler's 1972 novel "To Smithereens." A scrappy sports arena waitress is scouted by a wrestling promoter who believes she has what it takes to become a champion. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with faint wear at the corners. Aberdeen unknown books
1933ref. 152591N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph of actress Fay Wray spotting something large and tentacled outside a boat window with a camera crew to the far left capturing the shot. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A wealthy woman funds a marine biology expedition but trouble arises when her crew declares their intentions to search for lost gold bullion in the wreckage of a German World War I U-boat instead. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 152522Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of promotional materials for the 1972 film including two vintage pressbooks and two pages of production notes. A lonely boy befriends Ben the power-hungry rat leader of a violent rat gang. Sequel to "Willard" 1971. Notable for the theme song a ballad titled "Ben" sung by Michael Jackson. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Pressbooks 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Production notes 8.5 x 13 inches. All materials folded once horizontally at the center else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1972ref. 152522Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of promotional materials for the 1972 film including two vintage pressbooks and two pages of production notes. A lonely boy befriends Ben the power-hungry rat leader of a violent rat gang. Sequel to "Willard" 1971. Notable for the theme song a ballad titled "Ben" sung by Michael Jackson. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Pressbooks 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Production notes 8.5 x 13 inches. All materials folded once horizontally at the center else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1959ref. 156001Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler on the set of the 1959 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 149374Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Charlton Heston and his son in a chariot on the set of the 1959 film. With the stamps of Time Press and Dalmas press agency on the verso along with a numbered stamp reading 008818. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 149374Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Charlton Heston and his son in a chariot on the set of the 1959 film. With the stamps of Time Press and Dalmas press agency on the verso along with a numbered stamp reading 008818. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1959ref. 156001Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler on the set of the 1959 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1927ref. 160884N.p.: N.p. 1927. Vintage photograph album containing 65 photographs compiled by cellist Carl Steppi between 1926 and 1927 documenting a tour with an orchestra in support of the 1925 film. A unique collection of vernacular photographs many with manuscript captions in English and German. Steppi is identified in contemporary newspaper articles as having been a cellist for the St. Louis Symphony in the early 1920s. The tour was apparently by rail as the archive includes several photographs of the assembled musicians outside train cars and one photograph of the musicians in a passenger car. The dates of the tour are noted on the album's first blank leaf captioned with "On the Road with the Picture 'Ben Hur' Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation / September 1926." The album's last leaf bears a photograph of presumably Steppi's wife and child captioned "Und endlich Kam die ersehnte Heimhehr! And finally the longed-for Homecoming! / Brooklyn N.Y. / Back in: April 24 1927." The many locations captioned in the photographs are: Illinois Dixon Rochelle and Rock Island Iowa Anamosa Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Des Moines Grinnell and Muskatine Kansas Wichita Missouri Kansas City and Hannibal Ohio Zanesville Texas Austin Dallas and Gainesville and West Virginia Charleston and Huntington with Gainesville incorrectly noted as being in Oklahoma. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million. Shot on location in Italy and California. Album: 10 x 6.75 inches 30 pages. Very Good with paper tape repairs to the front and rear partially detached wrappers and with light chipping overall to the album leaves with eight leaves detached. Photographs: approximately 3 x 2 to 6 x 4 inches. Near Fine overall. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1927ref. 160884N.p.: N.p. 1927. Vintage photograph album containing 65 photographs compiled by cellist Carl Steppi between 1926 and 1927 documenting a tour with an orchestra in support of the 1925 film. A unique collection of vernacular photographs many with manuscript captions in English and German. Steppi is identified in contemporary newspaper articles as having been a cellist for the St. Louis Symphony in the early 1920s. The tour was apparently by rail as the archive includes several photographs of the assembled musicians outside train cars and one photograph of the musicians in a passenger car. The dates of the tour are noted on the album's first blank leaf captioned with "On the Road with the Picture 'Ben Hur' Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation / September 1926." The album's last leaf bears a photograph of presumably Steppi's wife and child captioned "Und endlich Kam die ersehnte Heimhehr! And finally the longed-for Homecoming! / Brooklyn N.Y. / Back in: April 24 1927." The many locations captioned in the photographs are: Illinois Dixon Rochelle and Rock Island Iowa Anamosa Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Des Moines Grinnell and Muskatine Kansas Wichita Missouri Kansas City and Hannibal Ohio Zanesville Texas Austin Dallas and Gainesville and West Virginia Charleston and Huntington with Gainesville incorrectly noted as being in Oklahoma. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million. Shot on location in Italy and California. Album: 10 x 6.75 inches 30 pages. Very Good with paper tape repairs to the front and rear partially detached wrappers and with light chipping overall to the album leaves with eight leaves detached. Photographs: approximately 3 x 2 to 6 x 4 inches. Near Fine overall. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. N.p. unknown books
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 141478Los Angeles: Cattani Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An evil underground organization is bent on stopping a reluctant soldier of fortune and martial arts expert who has been pressed into service against his own will. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Rico Cattani. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Cattani Films unknown
1970ref. 141478Los Angeles: Cattani Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An evil underground organization is bent on stopping a reluctant soldier of fortune and martial arts expert who has been pressed into service against his own will. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Rico Cattani. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Cattani Films unknown books
1954ref. 164815Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actress Ursula Thiess. Printed mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Hall Hunter's 1953 novel "Bengal Tiger." In British India in 1857 a military captain faces punishment and the dissolution of his reputation after disobeying orders to retreat. 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
1954ref. 164815Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actress Ursula Thiess. Printed mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Hall Hunter's 1953 novel "Bengal Tiger." In British India in 1857 a military captain faces punishment and the dissolution of his reputation after disobeying orders to retreat. 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
1943ref. 136398Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 film "Bermuda Mystery" here under the working title "Murder in Bermuda." A comedic mystery based on a story by John Larkin. Constance Martin Rutherford is convinced that her uncle's death in Bermuda was a murder. The authorities in Bermuda declare he died of natural causes so Connie travels to New York to inform her uncles WWI buddies who have all cashed in their collective "death pool." In New York Connie hires Steve Carramond Foster to help her investigate the death despite the fact he's set to get married the next day. Set briefly in Bermuda mostly in New York. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 8 and production No. 997 dated Dec. 16 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 16 1943 noted as Final Script with a credit for screenwriter Darling. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/17/43. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1943ref. 136398Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 film "Bermuda Mystery" here under the working title "Murder in Bermuda." A comedic mystery based on a story by John Larkin. Constance Martin Rutherford is convinced that her uncle's death in Bermuda was a murder. The authorities in Bermuda declare he died of natural causes so Connie travels to New York to inform her uncles WWI buddies who have all cashed in their collective "death pool." In New York Connie hires Steve Carramond Foster to help her investigate the death despite the fact he's set to get married the next day. Set briefly in Bermuda mostly in New York. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 8 and production No. 997 dated Dec. 16 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 16 1943 noted as Final Script with a credit for screenwriter Darling. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/17/43. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981ref. 138137Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1981. Final Draft script for "Daniel's First Love" an episode Season 1 Episode 9 of the 1981-1982 television comedy Western series "Best of the West." The sitcom aired on ABC September 1981 to August 1982 as an Old West spoof featuring Sam Best Higgins a Civil War veteran who becomes a bumbling gunfighter named the Calico Kid. He has a wife named Elvira Watkins and a son named Daniel Peluce. The series was canceled after one season due to Joel Higgins leaving to star in "Silver Spoons" on NBC. Notable guests included Andy Griffith Al Lewis Christopher Lloyd Slim Pickens and the great Betty White. "Daniel's First Love" features Daniel meeting his first love a romance starting with a few kisses and ending with a shotgun wedding. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 60171-003 dated January 9 1981. Title page present dated January 9 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter-creator-developer Pomerantz. #PAGES leaves with last leaf of text being a xerographically duplicated Script Requisition dated 1/8/81. Mechanical duplication on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1981ref. 138137Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1981. Final Draft script for "Daniel's First Love" an episode Season 1 Episode 9 of the 1981-1982 television comedy Western series "Best of the West." The sitcom aired on ABC September 1981 to August 1982 as an Old West spoof featuring Sam Best Higgins a Civil War veteran who becomes a bumbling gunfighter named the Calico Kid. He has a wife named Elvira Watkins and a son named Daniel Peluce. The series was canceled after one season due to Joel Higgins leaving to star in "Silver Spoons" on NBC. Notable guests included Andy Griffith Al Lewis Christopher Lloyd Slim Pickens and the great Betty White. "Daniel's First Love" features Daniel meeting his first love a romance starting with a few kisses and ending with a shotgun wedding. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 60171-003 dated January 9 1981. Title page present dated January 9 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter-creator-developer Pomerantz. #PAGES leaves with last leaf of text being a xerographically duplicated Script Requisition dated 1/8/81. Mechanical duplication on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 159757N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 here under the working title "Hard Cover" SIGNED and titled with the release title by screenwriter Larry Cohen twice on both the front wrapper and the title page with an annotation in manuscript marker of the working title on the top of the front wrapper. Screenwriter producer and director Larry Cohen is best known as the screenwriter of horror science fiction and Blaxploitation films during the 1970s and 1980s including "Bone" 1972 "Black Ceasar" 1973 "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 "It's Alive" 1974 "The Stuff" 1985 A Return to Salem''s Lot" 1987 and "Phone Booth" 2002. A hit man James Woods coerces a detective Brian Dennehy into writing a book about the assassin's lucrative career secretly working for a prominent politician. The two men travel around the country gathering statements and evidence while attempting to stay clear of the politician's cronies who will stop at nothing to keep the story from unfolding. Set and shot on location in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a tiny amount of silverfish damage to the very bottom of the front wrapper and title page bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Olive Films. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 159757N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 here under the working title "Hard Cover" SIGNED and titled with the release title by screenwriter Larry Cohen twice on both the front wrapper and the title page with an annotation in manuscript marker of the working title on the top of the front wrapper. Screenwriter producer and director Larry Cohen is best known as the screenwriter of horror science fiction and Blaxploitation films during the 1970s and 1980s including "Bone" 1972 "Black Ceasar" 1973 "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 "It's Alive" 1974 "The Stuff" 1985 A Return to Salem''s Lot" 1987 and "Phone Booth" 2002. A hit man James Woods coerces a detective Brian Dennehy into writing a book about the assassin's lucrative career secretly working for a prominent politician. The two men travel around the country gathering statements and evidence while attempting to stay clear of the politician's cronies who will stop at nothing to keep the story from unfolding. Set and shot on location in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a tiny amount of silverfish damage to the very bottom of the front wrapper and title page bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Olive Films. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 140363N.p.: Hemdale 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 film. The film follows a police officer turned true crime writer who bases his first book on break-in at the police department. Years later he is a detective experiencing writer's block trying to begin another manuscript. By coincidence he encounters an assassin who becomes the subject of his next book. The still features actors James Wood and Brian Dennehy. Shot on location in California New York Texas and Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. A stamp to the verso else Near Fine. Grant US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Olive Films 926. Hemdale unknown books
2000ref. 152550Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series originally aired on December 20 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum with three callsheets dated November 3 and 4 2000 and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler to Lum on the title page: "For Benjamin- / with aloha / Bette Midler." The series starred Midler playing a loosely fictionalized version of herself as she attempts to balance a successful singing career with her family life and personal needs. In this episode Bette tries to get publicity by faking a mental breakdown a tactic which works too well. Self wrappers. Title page present dated November 2 2000 noted as FINAL DRAFT YELLOW with credits for director Andrew D. Weyman and screenwriter Gary Janetti. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
2000ref. 152550Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series originally aired on December 20 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum with three callsheets dated November 3 and 4 2000 and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler to Lum on the title page: "For Benjamin- / with aloha / Bette Midler." The series starred Midler playing a loosely fictionalized version of herself as she attempts to balance a successful singing career with her family life and personal needs. In this episode Bette tries to get publicity by faking a mental breakdown a tactic which works too well. Self wrappers. Title page present dated November 2 2000 noted as FINAL DRAFT YELLOW with credits for director Andrew D. Weyman and screenwriter Gary Janetti. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
