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1970ref. 137527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909 but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page else pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 137527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909 but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page else pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 162000N.p.: R and S Film Enterprises 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A rare pair of photographs from Rita Hayworth's low-budget wanderings between 1967-1970 during which she worked with French and Italian genre filmmakers as well as the likes of William Grefè in the US. Note however that Ms. Hayworth is not present in either of these images. A psychedelic exploitation film in which Hayworth stars as a wealthy matron married to a wheelchair-bound husband. She has an affair with a young author triggering disastrous results. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. R and S Film Enterprises unknown books
1967ref. 168188Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Frank Sinatra's last film with Warner Brothers. Based on the 1966 novel by Francis Clifford about an industrialist who is pulled into a Cold War espionage scheme. Shot on location in London and Copenhagen. 10 x 8 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 170562N.p.: N.p. 1964. Collection of 23 vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. All but one with mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Director Samuel Fuller's bizarre outrageous and perverse pulp masterwork. A former call girl tries to make good in a new town nursing handicapped children only to fall in love with a seemingly saintly businessman who has a dark secret of his own. Set in the fictional town of Grantville USA. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and short closed tear. Criterion Collection 18. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 170562N.p.: N.p. 1964. Collection of 23 vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. All but one with mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Director Samuel Fuller's bizarre outrageous and perverse pulp masterwork. A former call girl tries to make good in a new town nursing handicapped children only to fall in love with a seemingly saintly businessman who has a dark secret of his own. Set in the fictional town of Grantville USA. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and short closed tear. Criterion Collection 18. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 168188Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Frank Sinatra's last film with Warner Brothers. Based on the 1966 novel by Francis Clifford about an industrialist who is pulled into a Cold War espionage scheme. Shot on location in London and Copenhagen. 10 x 8 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 162000N.p.: R and S Film Enterprises 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A rare pair of photographs from Rita Hayworth's low-budget wanderings between 1967-1970 during which she worked with French and Italian genre filmmakers as well as the likes of William Grefè in the US. Note however that Ms. Hayworth is not present in either of these images. A psychedelic exploitation film in which Hayworth stars as a wealthy matron married to a wheelchair-bound husband. She has an affair with a young author triggering disastrous results. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. R and S Film Enterprises unknown
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown books
1929ref. 148879Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1929 part-talkie film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Loosely based on the 1874 novel by Jules Verne. The benevolent scientist-leader of a volcanic island is attacked by an evil baron leading to a submarine chase in which they discover a race of water-bound humanoids. Shooting for the film began in 1926 but the advent of talkies and bad weather would slow production ultimately delaying release until 1929. Lauded as an impressive cinematic feat the astronomical price tag of the production-over $1 million in 1929-all but guaranteed the film would be a financial disaster at the box office turning studios off to the idea of science fiction for many years. All color copies were believed lost but in 2013 one existing color print was discovered in Prague and has since been restored through a collaboration between US film experts and the Czech National Film Archive. 8 x 10 inches. With even fading else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1929ref. 148879Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1929 part-talkie film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Loosely based on the 1874 novel by Jules Verne. The benevolent scientist-leader of a volcanic island is attacked by an evil baron leading to a submarine chase in which they discover a race of water-bound humanoids. Shooting for the film began in 1926 but the advent of talkies and bad weather would slow production ultimately delaying release until 1929. Lauded as an impressive cinematic feat the astronomical price tag of the production-over $1 million in 1929-all but guaranteed the film would be a financial disaster at the box office turning studios off to the idea of science fiction for many years. All color copies were believed lost but in 2013 one existing color print was discovered in Prague and has since been restored through a collaboration between US film experts and the Czech National Film Archive. 8 x 10 inches. With even fading else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 138454Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1970 UK film. Featuring an image of Glenda Jackson seated looking pensive in a nightdress. Hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photo 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 152098Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original photographic mock-up from the 1970 film showing actor Richard Chamberlain in character with the background retouched in gray paint matted and mounted on illustration board. With annotations to the mat and board in manuscript ink and pencil. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photograph 8 x 10 inches board 10 x 15 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly age-toned with faint soil to the bottom right corner. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 147608Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 UK film one with mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine one with small closed tear in left margin and small chip to bottom left margin. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 138454Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1970 UK film. Featuring an image of Glenda Jackson seated looking pensive in a nightdress. Hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photo 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 152098Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original photographic mock-up from the 1970 film showing actor Richard Chamberlain in character with the background retouched in gray paint matted and mounted on illustration board. With annotations to the mat and board in manuscript ink and pencil. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photograph 8 x 10 inches board 10 x 15 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly age-toned with faint soil to the bottom right corner. United Artists unknown
1975ref. 162089West Germany: Cinerama Filmgesellschaft 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the West German release of the 1974 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. 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. An adventurous young woman is determined to enjoy every sexual experience life has to offer even if the pursuit leads her into danger. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Filmgesellschaft unknown books
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162089West Germany: Cinerama Filmgesellschaft 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the West German release of the 1974 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. 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. An adventurous young woman is determined to enjoy every sexual experience life has to offer even if the pursuit leads her into danger. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Filmgesellschaft unknown
2011ref. 167669Burbank CA: DMP Productions 2011. Vintage set designer's reference bible for the 2011 film with 18 full-color film sets represented. The seventh Muppets feature film in which Kermit and two human friends attempt to reunite the Muppets who have been disbanded for years in order to save the Muppet Theater from destruction. Intended to revive the franchise after years of inactivity following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets in 2004. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie's "Man or Muppet." Set in Los Angeles Paris Reno and the fictional city of Smalltown and shot on location in Los Angeles Reno and Zürich. Housed in a generic white three-ring binder with board inserts noting the film's title and the names email addresses and phone numbers of leadman Lou Mugavero decorator Tracey Doyle and assistant decorator Leighanne Haddock. Binder and contents about Fine. DMP Productions unknown books
2011ref. 167669Burbank CA: DMP Productions 2011. Vintage set designer's reference bible for the 2011 film with 18 full-color film sets represented. The seventh Muppets feature film in which Kermit and two human friends attempt to reunite the Muppets who have been disbanded for years in order to save the Muppet Theater from destruction. Intended to revive the franchise after years of inactivity following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets in 2004. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie's "Man or Muppet." Set in Los Angeles Paris Reno and the fictional city of Smalltown and shot on location in Los Angeles Reno and Zürich. Housed in a generic white three-ring binder with board inserts noting the film's title and the names email addresses and phone numbers of leadman Lou Mugavero decorator Tracey Doyle and assistant decorator Leighanne Haddock. Binder and contents about Fine. DMP Productions unknown
