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1929ref. 150991Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1929. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of actors Constance Talmadge and Andre Roanne from the 1929 silent film. Based on Jean Vignaud's 1928 novel. Talmadge sister of actresses Norma and Natalie starred in her first major role in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" 1916. Unlike her sisters Constance preferred to appear in light romantic comedies such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 1918 "Wedding Bells" 1921 and "The Primitive Lover" 1922. Although many of her films are now considered lost Talmadge is now best remembered for originating the tradition of preserving footprints in concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre after accidentally stepping into wet concrete in front of the theatre in 1927. As with many silent film stars her career faded with the advent of sound film and by the 1930s she and her sisters had retired from the screen. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 163716London: Commonwealth United Entertainment 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 Italian film one showing Maria Rohm having her ankle caressed by Dennis Price the other showing Rohm standing alone. Not to be confused with the Massimo Dallamano film from the same year. A jazz trumpeter discovers a beautiful corpse washed up on a beach. Hours later a woman who looks exactly like the corpse arrives at the door of his apartment. The original Italian release was heavily edited by distributors at American International and due to censors in Italy seizing the original prints the American cut is most often seen today. Set in Istanbul. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Commonwealth United Entertainment unknown
1979ref. 157906London: Morison Film Group 1979. Third draft for the 1981 UK horror film. Second generation duplication made internally by the filmmakers during production and in original wrappers. Vintage as issued. Two terrorists accidentally unleash a deathly venomous snake into the home where they have trapped a number of hostages. Set in London and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire England. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 31 1979 noted as third draft with credits for Robert Carrington and Alan Scholefield. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerox duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with faint soil on page edges and a faint tide mark along the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Blue Underground 7070. Morison Film Group unknown
ref. 171865Los Angeles: Antler Productions 1987. Shooting Script for the 1987 hybrid VHS board game copy belonging to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic with manuscript pencil and ink annotations of his name and an address on the title page. An internally duplicated copy with the majority of pages with copied punch holes with occasional manuscript pencil annotations checking characters or scenes. A unique and important example of video game construction from the heart of its era one that pulled Sherlockiana into its concept. Deluxe 304-page script housed in a large generic pink three-ring binder with ten-page dividers nine labeled for each of the game's ten mysteries. Each mystery includes a title page noting screenwriters and draft date a one or two page Short Rundown and a cast page followed by the segment's script. Three "Promo" segments are interspersed throughout the script to assist and instruct players through gameplay. Bound in following the script is a six-page Staff List two copies of a 15-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/3/87 and a 15-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/7/87. Laid in the binder's pockets are two copies of a four-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/9/87 and a copy of directions to "The Complex" in West Los Angeles. "221B Baker Street" was a popular board game developed by Jay Moriarty and produced by Antler Productions in 1975 in which players solve up to 75 mysteries with Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr. Watson by using clues provided by visiting locations on the game board and using Scotland Yard Badges and Skeleton Keys cards to control opponents' access to locations. In 1987 on the centennial anniversary of Arthur Conan Doyle's first published Sherlock story Moriarty and Antler released two new adaptations of the board game: a video game produced by Datasoft and a VCR board game the latter featuring ten new mysteries and a videocassette of dramatized briefings and reenactments-represented by the script on offer here. VCR board games were a short-lived fad in the mid-to-late-1980s in which board games would include a VHS tape to be played at certain points in the game to act as a timer reveal clues or advance a plot. The concept was an attempt by the game developers to remain relevant by incorporating the latest technological innovations prior to the ascension of modern video game consoles. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as an Emmy Award winning screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film "Lucky" and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Other screenwriting credits from Sustarsic's 35 year career in television and film include episodes for "The Jeffersons" 1981 "One Day at a Time" 1982 "Alice" 1985 "Newhart" 1989 "Alf" 1990 and "Dilbert" 2000 among many others. Front wrapper integral with first uncredited title page dated 1987 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. Second title page dated 1987 with credits for screenwriters Mark Chambers Jay Moriarty and Stephen Sustarsic. 304 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall with first title page separated housed in a Near Fine generic pink three-ring binder. Staff List and Shooting Schedules saddle-stapled with a single staple to the top left corner. Near Fine. Antler Productions unknown
1983ref. 160523New York: Horizon Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sandy McLeod shot by and credited at the right margin to Nan Goldin from the 1983 film. Shown is actress Sandy McLeod in seeming triplicate. Goldin also has a brief role in the film. A striking image. An aspiring writer takes a job as a ticket-taker at an adult film theatre in Times Square soon finding herself drawn into the seedy world of the theatre's customers. The film drew together a veritable who's who of New York underground regulars with a screenplay by Kathy Acker music by John Lurie cinematography by frequent Jarmusch collaborator Tom de Cillo and still photography by Nan Goldin. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Horizon Films unknown
1972ref. 158075N.p.: N.p. 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A blood-drinking woman named Vampula attempts to become a silent screen star in the vein of Theda Bara with the help of a clueless casting agent. Orange titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Barry Gaines. Title page present dated Oct. 22 '72 with credit for screenwriter Barry Gaines. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with title page detached and a tide mark on the title page fore-edge wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 149905N.p.: N.p. 1972. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films a stylish grotesque fairy tale romp. Set in Serbia. Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 152646Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Vintage studio still photograph featuring Teresa Graves and Peter Bayliss from the 1974 British film. Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful Black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and were frequently shown as a double bill. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Vinegar Syndrome 322. Columbia Pictures unknown
1974ref. 152517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Collection of 69 vintage photographs from the 1974 British comedy/horror film a mix of studio still photographs and reference and promotional photographs. Included is a photograph of director Clive Donner David Niven and Linda Hayden on the set. All photos housed in archival sleeves and bound in a red leather three-ring binder. The vast collection includes photographs of Niven Hayden Teresa Graves Peter Bayliss Jennie Linden Nicky Henson Bernard Bresslaw Cathie Shirriff Andrea Allan Minah Bird and Luan Peters among others. Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and the two were frequently shown as a double bill. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Binder 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Columbia Pictures unknown
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religions. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown
ref. 20922No date or place. London 1940s. In the 1940s Guest wrote the lyrics to several songs by the American composer Manning Sherwin 1902-1974 several of them for his comedy 'I'll be your Sweetheart' 1945 but he is not known to have written any music himself. No record has been found of the present item but it presumably dates from the same period. It is 4pp. 4to. On bifolium of printed music paper. In good condition lightly aged and worn with central vertical fold. The title is on the cover: '”Swell” Lyrics and music by Val Guest'. There is an illegible name lightly written at top right in another hand. The music is neatly written out in ink. The lyrics are not present except for one phrase in pencil 'You sent me a note and beneath it you wrote it's been swell'. No date or place. [London, 1940s?] unknown
1985ref. 157079N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 French film showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 149739N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1985 French film three showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire one showing Varda and cinematographer Patrick Blossier and one showing Varda and a film crew inspecting Bonnaire as she poses as a dead body in a ditch. With the stamp of Cinemagence three with provenance stamps and one with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Herault and Bouches-du-Rhone France. Four photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 163694Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Loosely based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel. In 1970s London a young antiques dealer comes into possession of a number of items uncovered at a construction site-including the coffin of a long dormant highly amorous vampire. Roger Vadim is better known for his earlier foray into the world of vampires in the 1960 film "Blood and Roses" an adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella "Carmilla." Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 22nd July 1977 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Ray Connolly. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Warner Brothers unknown
ref. 146548N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film title and screenwriter's name. A scientist accidentally creates a new strain of the influenza virus unaware that his coworkers intend to use the virus to solve the world's overpopulation problem by killing millions of people. Orange titled card wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 147428Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1990. Second Draft script for the 1992 film. A recently widowed Jewish woman finds love in her autumn years with a charming Italian playboy but faces criticism from her two unhappy daughters who believe she is moving forward too quickly. Set in Queens New York. Blue titled wrappers dated MARCH 2 1990. Title page present dated 3/2/90 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Todd Graff. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 164342N.p.: Marlukin Productions 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1968 film. An overlooked and important film one of the first to deal with contemporary Black revolutionaries who rose in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Today considered a work that seeded the explosion of Blaxploitation films in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story's events surround the death of Martin Luther King framed as a remake of "The Informer" John Ford 1935 in turn based on the 1925 proletarian novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Shot on location in Cleveland the first US film for noted director Jules Dassin who had left the US at the height of the McCarthy hearings in nearly two decades. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. with starting at the center folds. Grant US. Olive Films 425. Marlukin Productions unknown
1965ref. 144489Paris: Les Films Ariane 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress on the set of the 1965 film provocatively eating a banana. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the verso. Loosely based on the 1879 novel "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China" by Jules Verne. An adventure-comedy following the depressed billionaire Arthur Lempereur Jean-Paul Belmondo who after a series of suicide attempts hires hit-men to kill him but after he meets Alexandrine Pinardel Ursula Andress he tries to cancel the hit. Shot on location in Malaysia China Nepal India and France. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown
1965ref. 167883N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage single-photo assemblages of publicity and reference images from the 1965 British film musical. A musical comedy about a love triangle between a pub owner's daughter a popular model and an aspiring Australian singer. The film debut of Suzy Kendall. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Stapled at the top left corner. Good only with dampstaining on the bottom corners. N.p. unknown
1931ref. 130935Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1931. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1931 pre-code film. A man gets promoted from the printing room to working with the society editor at a newspaper. When he begins to develop feelings for the woman writing the society section he brawls with her lover who is also their boss. White titled self-wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 117-1. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a long tear to the front self-wrapper bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 159061Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 story by James A. Michener. During WWII three sisters fall in and out of love with the soldiers who are stationed in Christchurch though one sister is married. Set and shot on location in New Zealand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with some small splashes at the top center. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1985ref. 159104Studio City CA: ITC Productions / Blue Andre Productions 1985. Revised Second Draft script for the 1986 television film originally aired on November 10 1986 on NBC. Based on the true story of Maude DeVictor a Veterans Benefits Counselor for the Veterans Administration who worked to expose the government's coverup of the harmful effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans. White generic ITC wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated July 19 1985 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Sayles and story credits for Martin M. Goldstein Stephen Doran and Robert Jacobs. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. ITC Productions / Blue Andre Productions unknown
1970ref. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown
1950ref. 154518Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald. A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Grant US. Olive Films 256. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1980ref. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
