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1939ref. 147709Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1940 film with the name of uncredited screenwriter Leonard Lee in manuscript pencil over date on lower left. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps and manuscript annotation in pencil on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Paramount's 1940 Technicolor south seas adventure. Dea Dorothy Lamour is marooned on an isolated island since childhood with only the company of Koko the chimp when Skipper Joe Lynne Overman and Johnny Potter Robert Preston are marooned on the island by a mutinous crew. The three must battle angry natives and survive tidal waves a forest fire and the titular typhoon to survive. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set on a South Sea island and shot on location in Santa Catalina Island Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden and Baldwin Dry Lake California. Self wrappers with front wrapper dated July 8 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1908. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered E-31. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 173112N.p.: Continental 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Based on the 1922 novel by James Joyce. Two men spend a day together in Dublin somewhat mirroring the story of Odysseus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Dublin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and a small tear to the margin on the right edge. Continental unknown
1967ref. 173112N.p.: Continental 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Based on the 1922 novel by James Joyce. Two men spend a day together in Dublin somewhat mirroring the story of Odysseus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Dublin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and a small tear to the margin on the right edge. Continental unknown books
1967ref. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown
1967ref. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown books
1970ref. 149626N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 Italian film showing actress Juliette Mayniel. With a mimeo snipe and a provenance stamp on the verso. Director Edoardo Mulargia is best known as director of "Shango" 1970 and "Tropic of Cancer" 1972. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 149626N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 Italian film showing actress Juliette Mayniel. With a mimeo snipe and a provenance stamp on the verso. Director Edoardo Mulargia is best known as director of "Shango" 1970 and "Tropic of Cancer" 1972. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 149354Paris: Balzac 1960. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1960 French film showing director Jean-Pierre Mocky actors Juliette Mayniel Jean Kosta and other members of the cast and crew. With numbered stamps on the verso. A husband and wife decide to separate when they realize their relationship lacks sexual excitement after three years together. Shot on location in France. 6.75 x 5.5 inches. About Near Fine. Balzac unknown
1960ref. 149354Paris: Balzac 1960. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1960 French film showing director Jean-Pierre Mocky actors Juliette Mayniel Jean Kosta and other members of the cast and crew. With numbered stamps on the verso. A husband and wife decide to separate when they realize their relationship lacks sexual excitement after three years together. Shot on location in France. 6.75 x 5.5 inches. About Near Fine. Balzac unknown books
1972ref. 149967N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four borderless reference photographs one oversize of Jean-Pierre Melville Catherine Deneuve Alain Delon and Richard Crenna on the set of and on location for the 1972 film. A police detective played by Delon in a switch from his usual criminal roles in Melville pictures is on the trail of a gang of thieves unaware that they are led by a friend. Melville's final film. Shot on location in Paris and Bordeaux France. Oversize photo 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Other photos variously from 9 x 7 inches to 10.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. Selby France. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 149967N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four borderless reference photographs one oversize of Jean-Pierre Melville Catherine Deneuve Alain Delon and Richard Crenna on the set of and on location for the 1972 film. A police detective played by Delon in a switch from his usual criminal roles in Melville pictures is on the trail of a gang of thieves unaware that they are led by a friend. Melville's final film. Shot on location in Paris and Bordeaux France. Oversize photo 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Other photos variously from 9 x 7 inches to 10.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. Selby France. Spicer France. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 139875Paris: Les Films de Mai 1964. Vintage borderless double weight studio still photographs from the 1964 French film. Featuring an image of two men boxing in front of a couple onlookers. A woman Madeline Robinson begins a relationship with a West Indian boxer Rene Lefevre twenty years her junior who wins the admiration of her young son until neighborhood drama forces the two apart. Set in Paris and shot there on location. 8 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Les Films de Mai unknown books
ref. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical undated circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page. Full provenance available. A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar Jimmy Carl Black and Zappa himself. Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat" an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 160936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film. Based on the 1923 short story "My Old Man" by Ernest Hemingway. John Garfield stars as a crooked washed-up expatriate jockey on the run from a racketeer for not throwing a race while trying to redeem himself for the sake of his son. Remade in 1979 as the CBS television film "My Old Man" directed by John Erman and starring Kristy McNichol and Warren Oates. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1950ref. 160936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film. Based on the 1923 short story "My Old Man" by Ernest Hemingway. John Garfield stars as a crooked washed-up expatriate jockey on the run from a racketeer for not throwing a race while trying to redeem himself for the sake of his son. Remade in 1979 as the CBS television film "My Old Man" directed by John Erman and starring Kristy McNichol and Warren Oates. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984ref. 295866Universal City Studios 1984. Trade Paperback. Press Packet contains: 10 B/W photographs 8 x 10 inches; 3-pages on Executive Producers Michael and Kathy Fitzgerald; 23-pages Production Notes; 2-pages Moritz Borman; 2-pages Wieland Sculz-Keil; 3-pages Anthony Andrews; 3-pages Jacqueline Bisset; 5-pages Albert Finney; 6-pages John Huston; and 4-pages Cast and Credits. Housed in printed white folder. First edition first printing. Very good copy. Photographs are near fine. Rust near staples on printed pages. Folder with wear stains scuffs. Universal City Studios paperback
1984ref. 151603Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1984ref. 150425Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage black and white portrait photograph of director John Huston from the 1984 film. With a newspaper clipping affixed to the verso along with a mimeo snipe and a date stamp reading "RECEIVED FEB 16 1983." Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984ref. 150267Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage studio portrait photograph of director John Huston from the 1984 film. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A brilliant performance by Albert Finney as Geoffrey Firmin an alcoholic British consul in a small Mexican town on the Day of the Dead. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984ref. 151603Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1950ref. 164812Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actress Alexis Smith. A young woman joins the police department in order to find and stop the killer responsible for her father's death. Actor Royal Dano's film debut. 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. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 164812Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actress Alexis Smith. A young woman joins the police department in order to find and stop the killer responsible for her father's death. Actor Royal Dano's film debut. 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. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1995ref. 166110N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1995 Serbian film showing director Emir Kusturica adjusting an inverted statue of Jesus. A history of Yugoslavia spanning World War II the Cold War and the Yugoslav Wars told through the friendship between two black marketeers selling weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Belgrade Serbia in Plovdiv and Sofia Bulgaria in Prague and in Berlin. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 166110N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1995 Serbian film showing director Emir Kusturica adjusting an inverted statue of Jesus. A history of Yugoslavia spanning World War II the Cold War and the Yugoslav Wars told through the friendship between two black marketeers selling weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Belgrade Serbia in Plovdiv and Sofia Bulgaria in Prague and in Berlin. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 160810Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage banner poster for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light soiling overall foxing to the left margin a 1.5 inch closed tear to the bottom center margin several pinholes throughout and a 1.5 inch closed tear to the center with corresponding rubbing and creasing between the a and r of "Warrior". Otherwise bright and unfaded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
