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1957ref. 142885N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his US passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. Set in Rome. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown
1963ref. 162520N.p.: N.p. 1963. Eight vintage reference photographs of cast and crew members on the set of the 1963 film including four of director Michael Carreras behind the camera. During a vacation in southern France an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older bar owner while harboring a secret interest in her teenage daughter. The second Hammer Films effort by Carreras son of Hammer founder James Carreras. Set and shot on location in Montfrin Arles Les Baux-de-Provence and Camarque France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 224-226. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 162520N.p.: N.p. 1963. Eight vintage reference photographs of cast and crew members on the set of the 1963 film including four of director Michael Carreras behind the camera. During a vacation in southern France an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older bar owner while harboring a secret interest in her teenage daughter. The second Hammer Films effort by Carreras son of Hammer founder James Carreras. Set and shot on location in Montfrin Arles Les Baux-de-Provence and Camarque France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 224-226. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 168208Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1986ref. 168203Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 158838Beverly Hills CA: M.C. Productions / United Artists 1962. One vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film. Reference photograph with a printed mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. A film that managed the unlikely feat of being both timely and well ahead of its time combining several ambitious themes including thought control political assassination multinational conspiracy Oedipal issues and Cold War paranoia. Still riveting today and along with "Seconds" 1966 helped cast Frankenheimer as the master of the paranoid unsettling thriller. Contrary to popular belief the film was not pulled from circulation following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but did disappear in 1972 when rights reverted to Frank Sinatra who subsequently neglected to pursue continued distribution. This lapse continued until 1988 when Sinatra re-released the film to theaters in conjunction with MGM and United Artists. Set in Korea and Washington DC shot on location in New York California. One photograph 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. M.C. Productions / United Artists unknown books
1962ref. 143142Beverly Hills CA: M.C. Productions / United Artists 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. A film that managed the unlikely feat of being both timely and well ahead of its time combining several ambitious themes including thought control political assassination multinational conspiracy Oedipal issues and Cold War paranoia. Still riveting today and along with "Seconds" 1966 helped cast Frankenheimer as the master of the paranoid unsettling thriller. Contrary to popular belief the film was not pulled from circulation following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but did disappear in 1972 when rights reverted to Frank Sinatra who subsequently neglected to pursue continued distribution. This lapse continued until the 1988 when Sinatra re-released the film to theaters in conjunction with MGM and United Arists. Set in Korea and Washington DC shot on location in New York California. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. M.C. Productions / United Artists unknown books
1962ref. 158838Beverly Hills CA: M.C. Productions / United Artists 1962. One vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film. Reference photograph with a printed mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. A film that managed the unlikely feat of being both timely and well ahead of its time combining several ambitious themes including thought control political assassination multinational conspiracy Oedipal issues and Cold War paranoia. Still riveting today and along with "Seconds" 1966 helped cast Frankenheimer as the master of the paranoid unsettling thriller. Contrary to popular belief the film was not pulled from circulation following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but did disappear in 1972 when rights reverted to Frank Sinatra who subsequently neglected to pursue continued distribution. This lapse continued until 1988 when Sinatra re-released the film to theaters in conjunction with MGM and United Artists. Set in Korea and Washington DC shot on location in New York California. One photograph 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. M.C. Productions / United Artists unknown
1972ref. 161480New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on April 24 1973 on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on location in Newport Rhode Island in Niagara New York and in Mystic Connecticut. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credit for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn with splashes affecting the final ten leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown books
1972ref. 146260New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1973 television film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Ron Muky with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a small manuscript ink annotation noting the number 50 on the first page. Based on Edward Everett Hale's 1865 novel. A naval officer renounces his country and is sentenced to sail indeterminately never to return to America and kept unaware of the country's developments. Shot on location in Rhode Island Connecticut and New York. Goldenrod titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credits for screenwriter Carroll. 93 leaves with last page of text Mechanical duplication undated throughout with blue and pink revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown books
1968ref. 145934N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1968. Vintage photographs from the 1968 absurdist comedy "The Man with the Balloons" also known as "Break Up" from the prolific Italian director Marco Ferreri. Marcello Mastroianni plays Mario Fuggetta a wealthy industrialist whose obsession with balloons derail his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancee Giovanna Catherine Spaak. He'll drive himself mad trying to find out how much air a balloon can take before bursting. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light wear on corners. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown books
1968ref. 162112N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Spaak from the 1968 film. 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. A wealthy industrialist's obsession with balloons derails his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancée. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 161480New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on April 24 1973 on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on location in Newport Rhode Island in Niagara New York and in Mystic Connecticut. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credit for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn with splashes affecting the final ten leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown
1972ref. 146260New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1973 television film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Ron Muky with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a small manuscript ink annotation noting the number 50 on the first page. Based on Edward Everett Hale's 1865 novel. A naval officer renounces his country and is sentenced to sail indeterminately never to return to America and kept unaware of the country's developments. Shot on location in Rhode Island Connecticut and New York. Goldenrod titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credits for screenwriter Carroll. 93 leaves with last page of text Mechanical duplication undated throughout with blue and pink revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown
1968ref. 162112N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Spaak from the 1968 film. 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. A wealthy industrialist's obsession with balloons derails his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancée. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 145934N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1968. Vintage photographs from the 1968 absurdist comedy "The Man with the Balloons" also known as "Break Up" from the prolific Italian director Marco Ferreri. Marcello Mastroianni plays Mario Fuggetta a wealthy industrialist whose obsession with balloons derail his life and his relationship with his beautiful fiancee Giovanna Catherine Spaak. He'll drive himself mad trying to find out how much air a balloon can take before bursting. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light wear on corners. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown
1970ref. 137695Los Angeles: Grenadier Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Man Who Was Alive and Well" written by Shimon Wincelberg produced for circulation at Grenadier Productions in Los Angeles for purposes of script development. Wincelberg's notable film credits include "Fighter Attack" 1953 "The Legend of Custer" 1968 and "Cold Sweat" 1970 as well as several television series episodes. Set in 1960s South America where Peter an apparent fugitive meets a young Indian woman named Felisa and the two fall in love and bear a child. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with a credit for screenwriter Wincelberg. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grenadier Productions unknown books
1959ref. 158780Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film. Photographs housed in a brown paper envelope presumably as issued. Based on the 1953 novel by Romain Gary. A man tries to help his wife achieve Hollywood stardom even though he knows virtually nothing about women. Considered to be one of Nunnally Johnson's greatest flops. Set in Hollywood and France. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959ref. 132456London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Five vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on the Romain Gary novel "The Colors of the Day" 1953 about a man who helps his wife achieve Hollywood stardom even though he knows virtually nothing about women. Considered to be one of Nunnally Johnson's greatest flops. 8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1934ref. 157322Universal City: Universal Pictures 1934. Vintage reference photograph of director Edward Ludwig and cameraman Merritt Gerstad filming a scene with Claude Rains on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A pacifist writer discovers his publisher is in league with munitions manufacturers leading to a crisis of conscience. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 145939N.p.: Sumar Productions 1956. Vintage studio photograph of Gloria Grahame on location from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and French Twentieth Century Fox Stamp on verso. Based on Ewen Montagu's 1954 book based on a true story about a British attempt to trick their German enemies using the name and credentials of a dead man as bait. The real intelligence plan was called "Operation Mincemeat" and was devised to deceive the Axis powers into thinking "Operation Husky" an invasion of Sicily would take place elsewhere. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing at the margins. Sumar Productions unknown books
1983ref. 147795Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1983. Two vintage studio still photographs one color one black and white from the 1983 film. Blake Edwards remake of Francois Truffaut's 1977 film about a sculptor whose obsessive love of women leads to his eventual death told from the perspective of his analyst and eventual lover. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1982ref. 169091N.p.: N.p. 1982. Final Draft script for the 1983 film. Blake Edwards remake of Francois Truffaut's 1977 film about sculptor David Fowler Burt Reynolds whose obsessive love of women leads to his eventual death told from the perspective of his analyst and eventual lover Marianna Julie Andrews. Shot on location in Texas New York and California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 1982 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Blake Edwards Geoffrey Edwards Milton Wexler. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 11/2/82 and 2/23/83. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 171906N.p.: N.p. 1982. Final Draft script for the 1983 film. Copy belonging to stunt coordinator Joe Dunne with his annotations in manuscript ink on several pages. Based on the 1977 François Truffaut film about a middle-aged man whose single-minded obsession with sex and beauty disrupts his life and eventually leads to his downfall. Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 1982 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Blake and Geoffrey Edwards. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 11/2/82. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
