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1956ref. 143359Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of a contemplative Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Warner Brothers Netherlands on the verso. Based on the real life story of Manny Balestrero accused of a series of robberies he didn't commit as detailed in the nonfiction book "The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero" by Maxwell Anderson who co-wrote the screenplay and the "Life" magazine article "A Case of Identity" by Herbert Brean. Hitchcock's final film for Warner Brothers and an influence on both Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese. 7.25 x 9.25. About Near Fine. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1964ref. 142630France: Ulysse Productions 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of a playful Jean Seberg pointing her prop camera back at the real one on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of production company Ulysse Productions and manuscript annotations on the verso. An anthology film featuring five stories about swindlers around the world with Seberg appearing as a journalist accused of passing fake currency who then tracks down and interviews the counterfeiter in the segment "Le grand escroc" "The Great Swindler" directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Other segments were directed by Claude Chabrol Ugo Gregoretti Hiromichi Horikawa and Roman Polanski. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1339. Ulysse Productions unknown books
1977ref. 158871N.p.: Jouer Unlimited 1977. Two studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a baker from Milwaukee. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Jouer Unlimited unknown books
1977ref. 166312N.p.: N.p. 1977. Rainbow Revision Final Draft script for the 1977 film. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri. Bound in with the script is a Typed Letter Signed on custom letterhead for the film addressed to Dimitri from Wilder's secretary Kate Kovacs dated February 22 1977. Also bound in with the script are five revision pages. The script also appears to have been used by actor Sal Viscuso with his annotations in manuscript ink on pages 80-A and 81. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a neurotic baker from Milwaukee. Shot on location in California. Tan illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 3 1977 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Gene Wilder. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimdographic duplication rectos only with blue pink green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/19/77 and 4/20/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 163609Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage bi-fold color program for the 1977 film. Printed on the recto and the verso. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a baker from Milwaukee. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977ref. 166312N.p.: N.p. 1977. Rainbow Revision Final Draft script for the 1977 film. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri. Bound in with the script is a Typed Letter Signed on custom letterhead for the film addressed to Dimitri from Wilder's secretary Kate Kovacs dated February 22 1977. Also bound in with the script are five revision pages. The script also appears to have been used by actor Sal Viscuso with his annotations in manuscript ink on pages 80-A and 81. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a neurotic baker from Milwaukee. Shot on location in California. Tan illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 3 1977 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Gene Wilder. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimdographic duplication rectos only with blue pink green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/19/77 and 4/20/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 163609Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage bi-fold color program for the 1977 film. Printed on the recto and the verso. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a baker from Milwaukee. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1964ref. 142630France: Ulysse Productions 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of a playful Jean Seberg pointing her prop camera back at the real one on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of production company Ulysse Productions and manuscript annotations on the verso. An anthology film featuring five stories about swindlers around the world with Seberg appearing as a journalist accused of passing fake currency who then tracks down and interviews the counterfeiter in the segment "Le grand escroc" "The Great Swindler" directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Other segments were directed by Claude Chabrol Ugo Gregoretti Hiromichi Horikawa and Roman Polanski. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1339. Ulysse Productions unknown
1973ref. 163692Los Angeles: Wolper Productions 1973. Treatment script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on November 27 1973 on ABC. An hourlong documentary film about the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War focusing on George Washington's role in the conflict. Beige untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 12 1973 with credit for screenwriter Al Ramrus. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only with three white revision pages dated 6/25/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. Wolper Productions unknown books
1959ref. 151606New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage press kit for the 1959 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel "The Purple Cloud." A miner trapped in a cave for several days resurfaces only to realize humankind has been virtually wiped out in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York where he bands together with a young woman survivor but their fragile existence is soon disrupted by the arrival of another survivor. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
ref. 160216Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page noting copy No. 209. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Blue titled PanArts/Warner Brothers wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with soil on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good slightly yapped at the edges and lightly soiled bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1982ref. 168493N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1982 film showing director George Roy Hill with actor Robin Williams on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. 11.75 x 8.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 163692Los Angeles: Wolper Productions 1973. Treatment script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on November 27 1973 on ABC. An hourlong documentary film about the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War focusing on George Washington's role in the conflict. Beige untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 12 1973 with credit for screenwriter Al Ramrus. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only with three white revision pages dated 6/25/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. Wolper Productions unknown
1982ref. 168493N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1982 film showing director George Roy Hill with actor Robin Williams on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. 11.75 x 8.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
ref. 160216Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page noting copy No. 209. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Blue titled PanArts/Warner Brothers wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with soil on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good slightly yapped at the edges and lightly soiled bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1959ref. 151606New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage press kit for the 1959 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel "The Purple Cloud." A miner trapped in a cave for several days resurfaces only to realize humankind has been virtually wiped out in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York where he bands together with a young woman survivor but their fragile existence is soon disrupted by the arrival of another survivor. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1972ref. 161899Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1971 Italian film here under the US release title "Lulu the Tool." Provenance stamp on the verso. Director Elio Petri's socio-political drama wherein a hard working factory worker Ludovico Lulu loses a finger in a working accident and joins a faction of workers calling for a strike only to fired for agitational behavior after the workers reach an agreement with the management. Winner of the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Piedmont Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and a wax pencil annotation on the top right of the recto. New Line Cinema unknown books
1972ref. 161899Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1971 Italian film here under the US release title "Lulu the Tool." Provenance stamp on the verso. Director Elio Petri's socio-political drama wherein a hard working factory worker Ludovico Lulu loses a finger in a working accident and joins a faction of workers calling for a strike only to fired for agitational behavior after the workers reach an agreement with the management. Winner of the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Piedmont Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and a wax pencil annotation on the top right of the recto. New Line Cinema unknown
1970ref. 159748Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions / National Broadcasting Company 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from "My Dog the Thief" the 1969 two-part episode of the 1954-1997 television series. With mimeo snipe on the verso advertising the episodes' airing on Sunday April 27 and Sunday May 4. When an air-traffic reporter's ratings fall he starts featuring his pet St. Bernard. His ratings begin to climb again but his dog gets into trouble including stealing some valuable jewels. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Walt Disney Productions / National Broadcasting Company unknown books
1968ref. 162604N.p.: International Film Artists 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film here under the release title "The Women" also released under the titles "The Vixens" and "Friends and Lovers." Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Bob slips to his death off a dam bridge. His wife Betty reconstructs recent events to the police flashing back to a series of trysts and couple swapping that have nothing to do with Bob's accident. Shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with a wax pencil annotation to the top right margin and a crease and a small closed tear in the bottom margin. International Film Artists unknown books
1933ref. 158874N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Otto Kruger from the 1933 film. Kruger stars as a celebrity lawyer who is blindsided upon discovering his new case involves the murder of his ex-wife who left him ten years earlier. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a light crease to the far right and a tiny closed tear to the top right margin. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 162604N.p.: International Film Artists 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film here under the release title "The Women" also released under the titles "The Vixens" and "Friends and Lovers." Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Bob slips to his death off a dam bridge. His wife Betty reconstructs recent events to the police flashing back to a series of trysts and couple swapping that have nothing to do with Bob's accident. Shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with a wax pencil annotation to the top right margin and a crease and a small closed tear in the bottom margin. International Film Artists unknown
1947ref. 172385Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film noir. Based on the 1945 novel "None So Blind" by Mitchell Wilson. A Coast Guard officer develops feelings for a married woman despite the presence of her blind husband. Shot on location in Malibu CA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a crease down the left side of the photos. One photo with a small tear at the right edge. One photograph with a loss at the top right corner. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 159822Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Renoir talking with actors Joan Bennett and Robert Ryan on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp and the stamp of RKO photographer John Miehls. Renoir's last Hollywood film one of his most impressionistic and artistic efforts. A coast guard officer with post-traumatic stress disorder becomes involved with the beautiful wife of a blind painter. Shot on location in Malibu and Sequit Point California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 150383N.p.: N.p. 1944. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1944 film noir one showing director Fritz Lang closely inspecting a filmstrip the other showing Lang in conversation with actress Joan Bennett. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1943 novel "Once Off Guard." A married psychology professor gets mixed up with a beautiful young woman who plunges him into a world of blackmail and murder. One 9.5 x 7.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
