11,058 results
1977ref. 147243N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With several manuscript ink annotations throughout noting grammatical revisions. Laid in with the script is a typed letter dated June 25 1982 addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner from screenwriter Leonard Yakir recommending actor Klaus Kinski for the lead role. The Old Testament story of Abraham who is asked to sacrifice his son Isaac on Moriah as a test of his faith to God. Set in Israel. White non-standard titled wrappers dated February 1977 with credits for screenwriter LEONARD YAKIR. Title page integral on the front wrapper as issued. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 172064N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 sexploitation horror film showing director Jess Franco during filming on location in Paris with Lina Romay and an unidentified woman to the left. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Franco began shooting his films in Paris in the early 1970s due to the country's increasingly liberal laws around sexual content. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Lightly faded else Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 172064N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 sexploitation horror film showing director Jess Franco during filming on location in Paris with Lina Romay and an unidentified woman to the left. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Franco began shooting his films in Paris in the early 1970s due to the country's increasingly liberal laws around sexual content. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Lightly faded else Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 143239Tokyo: Toho Company 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film crediting Masahiro Makino as the director who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi originally released in 1937 as two parts "Saga of the Vagabonds Part One Tiger Wolf" and "Saga of the Vagabonds Part Two Forward at Dawn." Toshiro Mifune plays a feudal bandit accused of stealing money he was entrusted and assembles a revenge party to storm the family castle and attack his brother who betrayed him. Kurosawa would serve as 3rd assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa for both films and go on to write the latter screenplay previously penned by Sadao Yamanaka. Set in Japan's Edo period. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered f-16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on paper edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Toho Company unknown
1959ref. 143239Tokyo: Toho Company 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film crediting Masahiro Makino as the director who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi originally released in 1937 as two parts "Saga of the Vagabonds Part One Tiger Wolf" and "Saga of the Vagabonds Part Two Forward at Dawn." Toshiro Mifune plays a feudal bandit accused of stealing money he was entrusted and assembles a revenge party to storm the family castle and attack his brother who betrayed him. Kurosawa would serve as 3rd assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa for both films and go on to write the latter screenplay previously penned by Sadao Yamanaka. Set in Japan's Edo period. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered f-16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on paper edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1976ref. 135482New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1976. Four vintage borderless black-and-white double weight studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Base on the 1965 novel by Yukio Mishima. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with AVCO Embassy descriptions tipped on to the verso. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1943ref. 129155N.p.: N.p. 1943. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "The Sailor and the Girl" written by Martha Chapin whose notable film credits include "Gambling with Souls" 1936 "Slaves in Bondage" 1937 and "Lightning Strikes West" 1940. Typeovers on a few pages. Set in New York during World War II with a touch of hard-boiled attitude the story follows Bill Jones an American sailor with shore leave in New York where he meets Carol a footloose woman with dark secrets involving theft and petty crime. Blue titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated January 6 1943 and 6/9/43 with credit for screenwriter Chapin. 44 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 44. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two small gold brads. N.p. unknown
1943ref. 129155N.p.: N.p. 1943. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "The Sailor and the Girl" written by Martha Chapin whose notable film credits include "Gambling with Souls" 1936 "Slaves in Bondage" 1937 and "Lightning Strikes West" 1940. Typeovers on a few pages. Set in New York during World War II with a touch of hard-boiled attitude the story follows Bill Jones an American sailor with shore leave in New York where he meets Carol a footloose woman with dark secrets involving theft and petty crime. Blue titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated January 6 1943 and 6/9/43 with credit for screenwriter Chapin. 44 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 44. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two small gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 135482New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1976. Four vintage borderless black-and-white double weight studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Base on the 1965 novel by Yukio Mishima. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with AVCO Embassy descriptions tipped on to the verso. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 159167New York City: Avco Embassy Pictures 1976. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1963 Japanese novel "Afternoon Tow" by Yukio Mishima. A widowed woman with a 14-year-old son begins dating the second officer on a merchant ship. Enraged and jealous the son plans to kill the sailor with the help of his group of friends a violent gang commanded by a young boy nicknamed Chief. Set and shot on location in Dartsmouth Devon England. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown books
1925ref. 151451N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film showing actors George K. Arthur Bruce Guerin Otto Matiesen and Georgia Hale. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light foxing to the verso. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 151451N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film showing actors George K. Arthur Bruce Guerin Otto Matiesen and Georgia Hale. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light foxing to the verso. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 147782Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Three vintage studio still photographs one color and two black and white from the 1972 film. The two black and white photographs have the title incorrectly printed as "The Salzburgh Connection." Based on the 1972 novel by Helen MacInnes. American lawyer Bill Mathison Barry Newman is on vacation in Austria and is asked by a publisher to meet with a photographer who is compiling a photography book. Finding the photographer missing and the photographer's wife Anna Anna Karina panic-striken it is revealed the photographer may have found a list of former Nazis some of whom could be connected to US politics. Film debut of Klaus Maria Brandauer. Set in and shot on location in Slazburg Austria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 142627Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1966 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel by Richard McKenna about a rebellious sailor aboard the titular US gun boat patrolling China on the brink of civil war. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor for Steve McQueen and Best Supporting Actor for Mako. Set in China shot in Hong Kong Taiwan and Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1966ref. 142627Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1966 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel by Richard McKenna about a rebellious sailor aboard the titular US gun boat patrolling China on the brink of civil war. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor for Steve McQueen and Best Supporting Actor for Mako. Set in China shot in Hong Kong Taiwan and Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 132533London: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1978 release of the 1976 US television film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos with distributor rubber-stamps and layout annotations. Mardi Gras is interrupted by African killer bees! Ben Johnson is cast as the local sheriff and would reprise his tenure with the bees in the 1978 follow-up "The Swarm." Of the many "killer bee" films this is regarded as one of the best. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1960ref. 150871Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Post-production Release Dialogue screenplay for the 1960 film. Laid in with the script is a single revision page. Based on Hans Ruesch's 1953 novel "Top of the World." An Inuit hunter kills a white missionary after misinterpreting the man's intentions and is pursued by police through the Arctic. Set and shot on location in the Canadian Arctic. Tall white titled wrappers dated AUGUST 26 1960. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with light dampstaining to the top edges bound with two staples. Olive Films 1349. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown
1968ref. 162612Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1968. Second Draft script for the 1968 film seen here under the working title "Hell's Angels Ride Again." Loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" about the leader of a motorcycle gang's romance with an American Indian waitress. Hot on the heels of the biker films of the same era but in particular the 1967 exploitation film "Hells Angels on Wheels" also directed by Richard Rush. Shot on location in Nipton California. Red titled wrappers undated with credit for screenwriter Michael Fisher. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown
1978ref. 132533London: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1978 release of the 1976 US television film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos with distributor rubber-stamps and layout annotations. Mardi Gras is interrupted by African killer bees! Ben Johnson is cast as the local sheriff and would reprise his tenure with the bees in the 1978 follow-up "The Swarm." Of the many "killer bee" films this is regarded as one of the best. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1960ref. 150871Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Post-production Release Dialogue screenplay for the 1960 film. Laid in with the script is a single revision page. Based on Hans Ruesch's 1953 novel "Top of the World." An Inuit hunter kills a white missionary after misinterpreting the man's intentions and is pursued by police through the Arctic. Set and shot on location in the Canadian Arctic. Tall white titled wrappers dated AUGUST 26 1960. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with light dampstaining to the top edges bound with two staples. Olive Films 1349. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 162612Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1968. Second Draft script for the 1968 film seen here under the working title "Hell's Angels Ride Again." Loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" about the leader of a motorcycle gang's romance with an American Indian waitress. Hot on the heels of the biker films of the same era but in particular the 1967 exploitation film "Hells Angels on Wheels" also directed by Richard Rush. Shot on location in Nipton California. Red titled wrappers undated with credit for screenwriter Michael Fisher. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown books
1959ref. 153996Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her husband Sir Frederick Browning visiting actors Alec Guinness and Nicole Maurey on the set of the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Du Maurier about a lonely university professor who meets his lookalike a wealthy but discontented count while vacationing in France and finds himself unwittingly forced to swap places and assume the count's life. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 153996Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her husband Sir Frederick Browning visiting actors Alec Guinness and Nicole Maurey on the set of the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Du Maurier about a lonely university professor who meets his lookalike a wealthy but discontented count while vacationing in France and finds himself unwittingly forced to swap places and assume the count's life. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1934ref. 151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown
1934ref. 137471Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage sepia reference photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Shown are director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in full regalia visiting with noted Mexican toreador Pepe Ortiz and a member of the Mexican Counsul in Los Angeles. Typescript snipe on the verso indicating same along with an ink notation of the photo date 9/15/34 and a contemporary illustrated label for "Photofest." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Paramount Pictures unknown
