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1960ref. 160049N.p.: Films Rive Gauche 1960. Six vintage press photographs for the 1960 film. Housed in a brown paper envelope presumably as issued. Envelope with manuscript ink annotation. Loosely based on the 1950 novel "Tomboy" by Hal Ellson. A teenage girl tomboy is the leader of a gang of other young people. The crimes they commit become more serious leading her and two other members to be ostracized and on the run. Set in the Paris suburbs. 7.25 x 5 inches. Good with foxing at the right and left side of the photographs and some wear to the finish. Films Rive Gauche unknown books
1953ref. 161154N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film showing director Byron Haskin and other crew members with a camera on a mount. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first feature film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic 1898 novel. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 153203Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1953. Five vintage reference photographs of flying saucer or other special effects from the classic 1953 science fiction film. Based on the 1898 novel by H.G. Wells. The first feature film adaptation. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 139761Rome: Italian International Film 1965. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 Italian film. One of Buster Keaton's last roles in which he plays an incompetent German general stationed in Italy. Two American POWs plan to steal the Nazi offensive strategy and in a comic mixup for the Germans who are wise to the plan from the beginning they actually succeed. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Italian International Film unknown books
1956ref. 141250N.p.: Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica 1956. Two vintage reference studio still photographs from the 1956 film one showing a set design artist at work on concept drawings. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name. An Italian-American war film directed by King Vidor and starring Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda and Mel Ferrer. Set in Russia shot on location in Rome Mantua and Piedmont Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica unknown books
1966ref. 138830Moscow: Mosfilm 1966. Three vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the 1966 French release of the 1964 film. With the archival stamp of the noted cinema historian Maurice Bessy on the verso of each photo. A stunning set of battle scene photos including one three-part panoramic shot demonstrating the massive scale of the film shot on location in Dorogobuzh a region in the Smolensk province of Russia. An epic film over seven hours long and slavishly faithful to Tolstoy's novel that was for many years the most expensive European movie every made. The lengthy graphic battle scenes which killed a number of horses led to the film being boycotted in many American cities. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mosfilm unknown books
1975ref. 137576Paris: Cite Films 1975. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph for the 1975 film as known as "Scar Tissue." With the label of the Paul Kohner agency on the verso. Maria Schneider stars as a young woman who must protect the son of her ex-lover when they are kidnapped while she is babysitting him. The final directorial effort of René Clément's long illustrious career. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown books
ref. 159007N.p.: Dell Publishing 1970. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Both with Dell Publishing photograph library stamps on the verso. An unhappy apathetic housewife who has just left her husband decides to go on the run with a bank robber. Shot largely on location on a shoestring budget with much of its dialogue improvised the film was Barbara Loden's directorial debut. Set in eastern Pennsylvania and shot on location in Scranton and Carbondale Pennsylvania and Waterdale Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto versos relating to cropping and publication. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 965. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Dell Publishing unknown books
1996ref. 172909N.p.: Miramax Films 1996. Three vintage studio still photographs and one press release from the 1996 film. Each photograph with the name of the photographer at the bottom right margin. The feature film debut of director Nicole Holofcener. Two women find their friendship is tested when one gets engaged and the other tries to find love. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Photos 8 x 10 inches About Fine. Press release 8.5 x 11 inches folded presumably as issued Fine. Miramax Films unknown books
2007ref. 146585Hollywood: Apatow Productions 2007. Producer's archive for the 2007 comedy film including a Revised Shooting script with extensive production schedules props lists and set and wardrobe files bound in. Also included is a final cast crew and contacts list dated May 18 2007 bound separately with black coil binding. A childhood tragedy leads musician Dewey Cox up the ladder to stardom cycling through nearly every musical genre imaginable on the way up. A parody of 20th century music biopics stretching from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan to Brian Wilson. Set in Alabama and California. Black titled wrappers with credits for production coordinator Barrett Leigh. Title page present dated May 10th 2007 with credits for screenwriters Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-6-2007 and 5-10-2007. Pages Near Fine housed in a Very Good plus three ring binder. Apatow Productions unknown books
ref. 147015Munich: Sunset Films Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. The true story of Lech Walesa a shipyard electrician who became the father of the Polish Solidarity party and eventually served as the first democratically-elected president of Poland. Screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski was best known as a Polish director of political films and biopics including "The Shadow Line" 1976 "Pani Bovary to ja" 1977 and "In a Moment of Passion" 1993. Set in Poland. Yellow transparent plastic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Sunset Films unknown books
1952ref. 154310Los Angeles: Monogram 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 Western film showing actress Peggie Castle. The leader of a wagon train crossing the western plains discovers that a passenger has been selling weapons to marauding Native American troops. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pitts 4766. Monogram unknown books
1976ref. 145403Universal City: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage photograph of director Arthur Hiller and actor Rod Steiger on the set of the 1976 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A dramatization of the latter part of the famous showman's life. Based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti Fields' partner during the last fourteen years of his life. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 155093N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Faye Dunaway. A dramatization of the tragic 1939 voyage of the ocean liner St. Louis a ship carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no European nation is willing to save from certain doom. Shot on location in Barcelona London and St. Pancras. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 153158Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A working-class Italian-American cobbler with dreams of becoming a classical singer falls in love with an upper-crust cellist. Set in Boston. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated February 9 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Pisano. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 139327California: Eve Productions 1968. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1968 film. Seen in the stills is Erica Gavin Vixen and Jon Evans Judd and a split image with Erica Gavin and Harrison Page Niles the duo responsible for the film's thick racial tensions. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. One still with a faint tape ghost and two short tears else Near Fine overall. Eve Productions unknown books
1969ref. 139328Middlesex England: Eve Productions Cinecenta 1969. Vintage black-and-white double weight British still photograph from the 1968 US film. Rubber stamp on the verso of COLTMAN DISPLAYS LTD a distributor in Middlesex England. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with edge creasing and a single short tear. Eve Productions Cinecenta unknown books
1962ref. 163800N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1962 film both showing actress Anna Karina. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the versos. Director Jean-Luc Godard's least "intellectual" film and also one of his finest a drama about a well-educated Parisian woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world. The third of seven influential films between 1960 and 1965 directed by Godard and starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 144425Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1962. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and rubber stamps on the versos. Based in part on the nonfiction study "Ou en est la prostitution" by Marcel Sacotte who also contributed to the screenplay. Godard's least "intellectual" film is also one of his finest a touching drama about a college-educated woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world to tragic consequences. The third of the seven highly influential films directed by Godard between 1960 and 1965 starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown books
1958ref. 139035Paris: Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema 1958. Original French petite small poster for the 1958 film. Nice pinup artwork by the prolific Pierre-Laurent Brenot. Romantic romp about two car mechanics on vacation but their vacation takes a turn for the worse when they are stranded on a yacht. 16 x 27 inches folded once as issued. Very Good with edge tears and creases and one central tear. Uncommon. Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema unknown books
1965ref. 152112N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage borderless photographs including one double weight and two single-weight from the set of the 1965 French film. One photograph showing director Louis Malle relaxing with a camera crew to his right one photograph showing Malle with actresses Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau in conversation with Malle looking on and the final photograph showing Malle and Bardot during filming on location. All photographs with manuscript ink annotations to the verso. Director Louis Malle's sixth film a humorous and subversive gender-swapped twist on the buddy movie about two women named Maria who enjoy a variety of unusual experiences together including inventing striptease for a traveling circus and leading a socialist revolutionary uprising. Set in 1900s Central America shot on location in Mexico. Two photographs approximately 9.5 x 7.25 inches one photograph 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 144817France: Filmel 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Isabelle Huppert and Jean Carmet from the 1978 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Jean-Marie Fitere which tells the true story of Violette Noziere Isabelle Huppert a French teenager who in the 1930s worked as a prostitute while living with her parents who she poisoned killing her father after they found out from her doctor that she had syphilis. Isabelle Huppert won the award for Best Actress at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Filmel unknown books
1984ref. 166590N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the verso of the final page relating to set construction. A famous photographer takes a two-week trip to her hometown on the Maryland coast where she reconnects with her high school sweetheart who is now married and running his family's local newspaper. Set in Ocean City Maryland and Venice Italy shot on location in Baltimore and Ocean City Maryland and at Rehoboth Beach Delaware. White generic Rastar wrappers. Title page present dated July 27 1984 noted as REVISED with credit for screenwriter Naomi Foner. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated July 31 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 163315Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1967 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. A dramatization of the actions of real-life American mass murderer Richard Speck who raped and killed eight student nurses in South Deering Chicago in 1966. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown books
