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1931ref. 165928Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Two vintage reference photographs by still photographer Ray Jones from the 1931 film. 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. Paul Lukas stars as a foreign diplomat who is blackmailed by dirty cops into helping them frame prostitutes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and each with a tiny chip to the bottom left margin. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1931ref. 165928Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Two vintage reference photographs by still photographer Ray Jones from the 1931 film. 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. Paul Lukas stars as a foreign diplomat who is blackmailed by dirty cops into helping them frame prostitutes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and each with a tiny chip to the bottom left margin. Paramount Pictures unknown
1944ref. 161403N.p.: N.p. 1944. Final script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 14 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Two Army sergeants spend a three-day holiday pass in Pasadena where they fall for two young women working in a parachute factory. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 3/2/44 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director Delmer Daves and screenwriter Alvah Bessie. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/44 and 4/10/44. Pages about Near Fine binding Poor with front and rear boards detached from the hinges. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 161403N.p.: N.p. 1944. Final script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 14 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Two Army sergeants spend a three-day holiday pass in Pasadena where they fall for two young women working in a parachute factory. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 3/2/44 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director Delmer Daves and screenwriter Alvah Bessie. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/44 and 4/10/44. Pages about Near Fine binding Poor with front and rear boards detached from the hinges. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 162542N.p.: Sam-Pam Production 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An artist searches for the woman with the most beautiful body to paint. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sam-Pam Production unknown books
1965ref. 162542N.p.: Sam-Pam Production 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An artist searches for the woman with the most beautiful body to paint. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sam-Pam Production unknown
1954ref. 132721London: Unviersal International Pictures 1954. Seven vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1953 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the versos. A man is sent to Baghdad to prevent the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire falling in love with a dancer while on his journey. A story set in Baghdad shot in Palm Springs California. 8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to 1 still else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 140559Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Paper snipe taped to the verso. Won an Academy Award for Best Documentary. A documentary about the American Prairie. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a manuscript notation toned tape and a stamp to the verso. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1970ref. 140333N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 British-American film. Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 novella "Carmilla." An erotic vampire horror entry in which a beautiful seductive vampire befriends a young woman and begins to feast off her blood. The lesbian relationship between the vampire and her young victim concerned the censor who warned that they might have to cut significant portions before it was suitable for release. However once the production company made it clear that the lesbian relationship was implied in the source material and was not simply a sensationalist ploy the film was released uncensored. Set in Styria shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 317. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1970ref. 144963Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of director Roy Ward Baker and cinematographer Moray Grant on the set of the 1970 Hammer horror film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1872 story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu about a female vampire named Marcilla Karnstein Ingrid Pitt who comes back from death renamed Mircalla and spreads havoc. She kills the daughter of General Von Spielsdorf Peter Cushing who swears revenge on the beguiling seductive bloodsucker. Set in Styria shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 317. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1954ref. 142898Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." Set in France in the year 1461. Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 142898Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." Set in France in the year 1461. Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown
1963ref. 132582London: National Screen Service / MGM 1963. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport at the V.I.P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection and this was Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford won an Academy Award for her supporting role. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1963ref. 132580London: National Screen Service / MGM 1963. Collection of 6 vintage full-color and 3 black-and-white still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport at the V. I. P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection and this is Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford won an Academy Award for her supporting role. 8 x 10 inches some slightly smaller. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1963ref. 132580London: National Screen Service / MGM 1963. Collection of 6 vintage full-color and 3 black-and-white still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport at the V. I. P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection and this is Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford won an Academy Award for her supporting role. 8 x 10 inches some slightly smaller. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown
1964ref. 168025Burbank CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage compilation publicity photograph from the 1964 film musical showing Debbie Reynolds. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1960 Broadway musical loosely based on the life of Margaret Brown who survived the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Nominated for six Academy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 162538N.p.: Cambist Films 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 Spanish sexploitation film. Photograph with provenance stamps and a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp on the verso. A young woman Susana is stabbed to death in a bar frequented by criminals and delinquents. Susana's boyfriend the son of the police commissioner immediately becomes the prime suspect. Shot on location in Barcelona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with several pinholes and light edgewear. Cambist Films unknown books
1964ref. 162538N.p.: Cambist Films 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 Spanish sexploitation film. Photograph with provenance stamps and a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp on the verso. A young woman Susana is stabbed to death in a bar frequented by criminals and delinquents. Susana's boyfriend the son of the police commissioner immediately becomes the prime suspect. Shot on location in Barcelona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with several pinholes and light edgewear. Cambist Films unknown
1957ref. 152537N.p.: N.p. 1957. First Draft typescript for the Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1953-1963 television series originally aired on July 31 1957 on CBS seen here under the working title "The Transmogrification of Chester Brown." Manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most noting pagination and editorial revisions. Included with the script are several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and programming executive Marshall Jamison as well as several typed memos from within Jamison's office discussing revisions to the script dated variously between March 29 and July 30 1957. A meek office clerk at an advertising firm takes a "Personality Projection" course which ignites his self-confidence leading him to pursue greater opportunities at the firm. Blue titled self wrappers noted as LIMITED DISTRIBUTION / FIRST DRAFT in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper along with an annotation noting the date 4/24/57 with credits for screenwriter Arthur Hailey. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Arthur Hailey. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 152537N.p.: N.p. 1957. First Draft typescript for the Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1953-1963 television series originally aired on July 31 1957 on CBS seen here under the working title "The Transmogrification of Chester Brown." Manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most noting pagination and editorial revisions. Included with the script are several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and programming executive Marshall Jamison as well as several typed memos from within Jamison's office discussing revisions to the script dated variously between March 29 and July 30 1957. A meek office clerk at an advertising firm takes a "Personality Projection" course which ignites his self-confidence leading him to pursue greater opportunities at the firm. Blue titled self wrappers noted as LIMITED DISTRIBUTION / FIRST DRAFT in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper along with an annotation noting the date 4/24/57 with credits for screenwriter Arthur Hailey. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Arthur Hailey. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 162103Paris: Les Films Fernand Rivers 1969. Vintage program for the 1969 French film. Text and titles in French. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Suspecting her husband of infidelity a woman decides to take a trip with her married boss to his holiday home on the Côte d'Azur. 8 x 9 inches folded twice and measuring 23.5 x 9 inches unfolded. Very Good plus. Les Films Fernand Rivers unknown books
1969ref. 162103Paris: Les Films Fernand Rivers 1969. Vintage program for the 1969 French film. Text and titles in French. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Suspecting her husband of infidelity a woman decides to take a trip with her married boss to his holiday home on the Côte d'Azur. 8 x 9 inches folded twice and measuring 23.5 x 9 inches unfolded. Very Good plus. Les Films Fernand Rivers unknown
1968ref. 162535N.p.: Peppercorn-Wormser 1968. Vintage still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Spanish/French/Italian film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1962 French novel "Les pianos mecaniques" by Henri-François Rey. Hardy Krüger stars as Vincent a young Parisian recovering from a nervous breakdown in a Spanish seaside village who has an affair with nightclub owner Jenny. Jenny falls for Vincent's friend Pascal an alcoholic author struggling to resume writing. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Catalonia Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremitites. Peppercorn-Wormser unknown books
