Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks (starring); Carl Reiner (director); Steve Gordon (screenwriter)ABAA
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1978ref. 168185Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage borderless compilation photograph from the 1978 film. A charismatic but misguided out-of-work actor resorts to wrestling to make ends meet although he is unskilled at the sport leading him to begin staging fights. Shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1978ref. 140622N.p.: Cal-Am Artists 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Script belonging to assistant director John Neukum with his name inscribed on the front wrapper. A rouge cop fed up with the ineffectual justice system decides to take the law into his own hands in this 1978 exploitation thriller. Jack Palance stars as the steely Lt. Jim Wade an L.A. cop who strikes a deal with a mobster in order to uncover the identity of the notorious serial killer "The Slasher." Director Charles Martin's final film he passed away only a few years after its completion. Yellow titled wrappers dated 07/11/77 with credits for director/screenwriter Charles Martin. Title page present dated 07/11/77 with credits for director/screenwriter Charles Martin. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated 07/11/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cal-Am Artists unknown
1978ref. 140622N.p.: Cal-Am Artists 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Script belonging to assistant director John Neukum with his name inscribed on the front wrapper. A rouge cop fed up with the ineffectual justice system decides to take the law into his own hands in this 1978 exploitation thriller. Jack Palance stars as the steely Lt. Jim Wade an L.A. cop who strikes a deal with a mobster in order to uncover the identity of the notorious serial killer "The Slasher." Director Charles Martin's final film he passed away only a few years after its completion. Yellow titled wrappers dated 07/11/77 with credits for director/screenwriter Charles Martin. Title page present dated 07/11/77 with credits for director/screenwriter Charles Martin. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated 07/11/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cal-Am Artists unknown books
1957ref. 132165London: Rank Film Distributors 1957. Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the 1957 UK film. Based on Kendal Burt's and James Leasor's book of the same title about Franz von Werra the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1979ref. 127465N.p.: Avco Embassy Pictures 1979. Vintage insert poster for the 1979 film. Based on Wambaugh's 1973 true crime book. An examination of the lives of policemen without excessive drama a model that had been developed in literature but only peripherally examined onscreen. Set in Los Angeles. 14 x 36 inches. Very Good with rubbing and a spot of black paint touch up to the upper left corner see images. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 151463Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit. Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 151463Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit. Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966ref. 137064Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Operators" written by novelist Norman Bogner and set in London in the 1960s. A crime-based drama about ex-cons and their cons. Brief notation in manuscript ink on two pages. Bogner's other credits include "Privelege" 1967 screenwriter his only film "Emerald Soup" 1963 television series story editor the "Armchair" theatre television series 1965-1966 and "Seventh Avenue" 1977 television series based on his novel. Blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 30 1966. Title page present dated November 30 1966 noted as First Draft with a credit for screenwriter Bogner. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1966ref. 137064Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Operators" written by novelist Norman Bogner and set in London in the 1960s. A crime-based drama about ex-cons and their cons. Brief notation in manuscript ink on two pages. Bogner's other credits include "Privelege" 1967 screenwriter his only film "Emerald Soup" 1963 television series story editor the "Armchair" theatre television series 1965-1966 and "Seventh Avenue" 1977 television series based on his novel. Blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 30 1966. Title page present dated November 30 1966 noted as First Draft with a credit for screenwriter Bogner. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977ref. 138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain. Jill returns to her home in California with her mother where she sparks a romance with one of the locals. Set in Bishop California shot on location in Bishop California and Victoria British Columbia. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 00460 and sticker indicating copy No. II dated May 3 1977. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and skier Jill Kinmont. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/17/77 and 5/18/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1977ref. 138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain. Jill returns to her home in California with her mother where she sparks a romance with one of the locals. Set in Bishop California shot on location in Bishop California and Victoria British Columbia. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 00460 and sticker indicating copy No. II dated May 3 1977. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and skier Jill Kinmont. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/17/77 and 5/18/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 139465Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1969. Two vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1969 film. This goofy comedy of errors follows the story of an Ohio businessman played by Jack Lemmon who travels with his mousy wife Sandy Dennis to New York City for a game-changing job opportunity. However the couple is met by nothing but trouble on their journey and begin to regret ever leaving Ohio. Set in Manhattan shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a small crease to the bottom left corner. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 135916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film based on the 1963 "Parker" novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. One of the great neo-noir crime films of the early 1970s today a classic New Hollywood with understated performances from Duvall Black and Baker as well as a who's-who of character actors playing out a violent story that takes place mostly in a beautifully ordinary rural setting. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 117 dated December 18 1972 with credits for producer De Haven and director/screenwriter Flynn. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver Classic US Noir. Spicer US. Stephens US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1973ref. 161935Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of actor Robert Duvall from the 1973 film. Based on the 1963 "Parker" novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. One of the great crime films of the early 1970s today a classic of the New Hollywood Cinema. Shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some slight creasing at the corners. Grant US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. Weldon 1996. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 135916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film based on the 1963 "Parker" novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. One of the great neo-noir crime films of the early 1970s today a classic New Hollywood with understated performances from Duvall Black and Baker as well as a who's-who of character actors playing out a violent story that takes place mostly in a beautifully ordinary rural setting. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 117 dated December 18 1972 with credits for producer De Haven and director/screenwriter Flynn. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver Classic US Noir. Spicer US. Stephens US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1954ref. 147878Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Three vintage proof photographs from the 1954 film. A woman finds herself implicated in a stagecoach robbery due to her father's notoriety as a famed outlaw. Shot on location in Utah and Arizona. 10 x 8 inches with two images 4.5 x 3.5 inches and one image 2.25 x 2 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 2963. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1949ref. 159174N.p.: Howard Hughes Productions 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 re-release of the 1943 film. Fictionalized versions of Billy the Kid and Doc Holiday fight over the attentions of a feisty young woman. Director Howard Hughes fought with Production Code Administration head Joseph Breen for two years primarily over how much of Jane Russell's cleavage was allowed to be visible before Hughes agreed to a small number of cuts. After a brief run in San Francisco drew protests over the film's suggestive content and advertising the film was withdrawn. It wouldn't see a wide release until 1946 where despite still being subject to censorship by local film boards and a lawsuit over censors withdrawing their approval it became a tremendous box office success finally launching Russell's acting career. Set in New Mexico shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Godard Histoires du cinema. Howard Hughes Productions unknown books
1954ref. 147878Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Three vintage proof photographs from the 1954 film. A woman finds herself implicated in a stagecoach robbery due to her father's notoriety as a famed outlaw. Shot on location in Utah and Arizona. 10 x 8 inches with two images 4.5 x 3.5 inches and one image 2.25 x 2 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 2963. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown books
1950ref. 152066Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage pressbook for the 1950 film. Three escaped Confederate prisoners-of-war become involved in a plan to steal a substantial Union shipment of gold carried on a wagon train from Santa Fe to St. Louis. Shot on location in Kanab Utah. 14 pages saddle stitched 12 x 17 inches. Very Good with front wrapper split from the binding and parts of pages cut out ostensibly by an exhibitor. Pitts 2986. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1951ref. 159367Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel "Shep of the Painted Hills" by Alexander Hull. A prospector finally strikes gold and returns home to find his son abandoned by his old partner. His new partner gets greedy and tried to kill him. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1942ref. 149117Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage photograph of Preston Sturges adjusting Claudette Colbert's outfit made of men's pajamas and a pullman blanket on the set of the 1942 film. Studio label affixed to bottom margin of recto with ambiguous initials and "May 30" written in manuscript ink. Mimeo snipe on verso. In the minds of some critics Sturges closed out the screwball comedy era with a bang in this breakneck venture which had dialogue flying back and forth at a speed that was radical even by Sturges' standards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 742. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown
1942ref. 149117Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage photograph of Preston Sturges adjusting Claudette Colbert's outfit made of men's pajamas and a pullman blanket on the set of the 1942 film. Studio label affixed to bottom margin of recto with ambiguous initials and "May 30" written in manuscript ink. Mimeo snipe on verso. In the minds of some critics Sturges closed out the screwball comedy era with a bang in this breakneck venture which had dialogue flying back and forth at a speed that was radical even by Sturges' standards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 742. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 145842Gadd Productions 1971. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1971 film. Al Pacino's first starring feature role. Schatzberg's bleak and stark portrayal of heroin addiction on the streets of New York City is told through the love story between Bobby Pacino an addict and drug dealer and Helen Winn who is drawn into heroin use through her relationship with Bobby. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and Kitty Winn received the award for Best Actress there as well. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good Plus small bruise on lower right faint line rub on top right and very light wear to edges. Twilight Time 221. Grant US. Gadd Productions unknown
