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1965ref. 149311Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of actor-screenwriter Woody Allen and actress Paula Prentiss on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter a movie that Allen today describes as "dreadful" but one that was a box office smash at the time. A soon-to-be-married womanizer attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 8.25 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with light creasing to the right edge and lower right corner reinforced with white tape on the verso. United Artists unknown
1933ref. 172202N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code comedy film showing Buster Keaton surrounded by wreckage. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. With the end of Prohibition in sight two men decide to open a brewery and begin selling their home brewed beer but the resultant product is so weak that they're let off even after a police raid. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 172202N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code comedy film showing Buster Keaton surrounded by wreckage. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. With the end of Prohibition in sight two men decide to open a brewery and begin selling their home brewed beer but the resultant product is so weak that they're let off even after a police raid. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
2000ref. 150199Universal City: Dreamworks 2000. Two vintage photographs and a color slide from the 2000 film one studio still of Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer and one compilation photograph featuring a studio still photograph of Ford and Pfeiffer and a reference photograph of Robert Zemenkis Pfeiffer and Ford on the set. The slide is a color image of the individual studio still photograph. Laid in is release announcement and a "2000 Summer Preview" both on DreamWorks letterhead. Dr. Norman Spencer Ford and his cellist wife Claire Pfeiffer live an idyllic life in an isolated lakehouse in Vermont until Claire begins hearing voices and seeing ghostly images in and around their home. Set in Vermont shot on location in Vermont New York and California. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Announcement and Preview 8.5 x 11 inches. All Near Fine. Dreamworks unknown books
1947ref. 143476Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1947. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Cockrell is best known for the seminal film noir "Dark Waters" 1944 directed by Andre De Toth and went on to write for television between 1956-1966 including original stories for "Perry Mason" "Johnny Staccato" "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Batman." Peach titled wrappers noted as Second Draft script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number present dated March 13 1947 with credit for screenwriter Cockrell. Distribution page present integral with title page with receipt intact number stamp date and screenwriter credit again present. 152 leaves mimeograph duplication and last page number is 150. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three rusted gold brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1947ref. 143498Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1947. Final Shooting script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Cockrell is best known for the seminal film noir "Dark Waters" 1944 directed by Andre De Toth and went on to write for television between 1956-1966 including original stories for "Perry Mason" "Johnny Staccato" "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Batman." Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number dated April 17 1947 with credits for screenwriter Marian Cockrell. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three metal brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1970ref. 139424Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original one sheet US poster for the 1970 X-rated film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. Director Funt notable for his "Candid" series of adult films explores further the human psyche when confronted with nudity in unusual candid situations. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree plays one-half of an interracial couple in his film debut. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus fold stress small central chips and a few short tears. United Artists unknown books
1965ref. 153069N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actors James Coburn and Dick Shawn crouching in a bush with director Blake Edwards and a camera to the right capturing the shot. During the Allied invasion of Sicily an outfit of US soldiers are assigned to capture the small town of Valerno but find the townspeople ready and willing to be captured with two stipulations: a soccer match and a wine festival. Set in Sicily shot on location in Lake Sherwood California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 153069N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actors James Coburn and Dick Shawn crouching in a bush with director Blake Edwards and a camera to the right capturing the shot. During the Allied invasion of Sicily an outfit of US soldiers are assigned to capture the small town of Valerno but find the townspeople ready and willing to be captured with two stipulations: a soccer match and a wine festival. Set in Sicily shot on location in Lake Sherwood California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
2001ref. 149058Los Angeles: Gracie Films 2001. Shooting Draft script for the 2001 television episode originally aired on October 2 on ABC. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by actress Joan Cusack: "Molly -- / my god you are so wonderful / Thank you for your ideas-and your great smarts / Joan Cusack / P.S. you were the highlight of sophistication in this show." Missing 13 pages likely as used or issued. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. A Chicago schoolteacher juggles a new relationship and fields day-to-day interactions in the workplace. The show aired for two seasons. Set in Ravenswood Chicago. Blue titled self-wrappers dated 8/3/01 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for director Terry Hughes and screenwriter Katherine Green. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown books
2001ref. 149058Los Angeles: Gracie Films 2001. Shooting Draft script for the 2001 television episode originally aired on October 2 on ABC. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by actress Joan Cusack: "Molly -- / my god you are so wonderful / Thank you for your ideas-and your great smarts / Joan Cusack / P.S. you were the highlight of sophistication in this show." Missing 13 pages likely as used or issued. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. A Chicago schoolteacher juggles a new relationship and fields day-to-day interactions in the workplace. The show aired for two seasons. Set in Ravenswood Chicago. Blue titled self-wrappers dated 8/3/01 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for director Terry Hughes and screenwriter Katherine Green. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown
1956ref. 163738N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 Italian film showing actress Sophia Loren raising her skirt to examine her tights. French provenance stamp on the verso. A young woman decides to take a photographer to court after he takes her photograph without telling her and it turns up on the cover of a magazine. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 163738N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 Italian film showing actress Sophia Loren raising her skirt to examine her tights. French provenance stamp on the verso. A young woman decides to take a photographer to court after he takes her photograph without telling her and it turns up on the cover of a magazine. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1930ref. 146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Gloria Productions unknown books
1930ref. 146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Gloria Productions unknown
1945ref. 148966Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Richard Lane Leon Errol and Veda Ann Borg. With a seller stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A lingerie billionaire runs out of gas-ration coupons leading him to seek out his employee and his employee's showgirl girlfriend as carpool riders in order to receive more. 9.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus with light toning and creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 154016N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of 32 vintage keybook snapshot photographs from the 1972 film. Possibly unique. A lesser known film in director Roman Polanski's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 154016N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of 32 vintage keybook snapshot photographs from the 1972 film. Possibly unique. A lesser known film in director Roman Polanski's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
ref. 131876Rome: C C. Champion 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. Bound at the rear are an additional 11 pages that include a complete Cast List and Unit List. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." A lesser known film in the director's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Blue wrappers as originally used. Title page present noted as copy No. 4 in pink manuscript ink with credits for screenwriters Brach and Polanski. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. C C. Champion unknown books
ref. 131876Rome: C C. Champion 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. Bound at the rear are an additional 11 pages that include a complete Cast List and Unit List. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." A lesser known film in the director's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Blue wrappers as originally used. Title page present noted as copy No. 4 in pink manuscript ink with credits for screenwriters Brach and Polanski. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. C C. Champion unknown
1953ref. 156114N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 German film seen here under two titles "Dark Clouds over Dachstein" and "The Mistress of the Salzerhof". Titles and text in German. Based on the 1952 play by Elmira Koref about a widowed woman fighting the German government for control of the salt mines at the base of the mountain where she lives. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus bright and complete. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 160850London: Greenpoint Films 1984. Draft script for the 1985 British film INSCRIBED by director/screenwriter David Hare on the title page "For Steve with thanks - / David Hare / 15.5.85" with the manuscript ink annotation of copy number "63" on the top of the title page and manuscript ink annotations striking scene 71B on page 51. Laid in is an eight page transcript of a PublicTheater interview with Hare dated May 15 1985 with manuscript pencil and marker annotations throughout in what appears to be Hare's hand a sixteen page program for the film with two modest ink annotations on two pages a thirteen page "Preliminary Production Notes" and a one page clipping of "Stanley Kauffmann On Films: Against the Darkness" a review of the film from the August 12 1985 issue of The New Republic. A middle-age spinster schoolteacher played by Vanessa Redgrave is forced to reevaluate her life after witnessing the suicide of a recently arrived enigmatic stranger. Set in Wetherby England shot on location in West Yorkshire North Yorkshire Middlesex and London. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated May 4 1984 noted as "This Draft" with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Interview transcript 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall bound with two staples to the top left corner. Program 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. Preliminary Production Notes 8.5 x 11 inches. Light toning at the extremities else Near Fine. Article Clipping 8.25 x 11. Very Good with light dampstaining creasing and edgewear. Greenpoint Films unknown books
1984ref. 160850London: Greenpoint Films 1984. Draft script for the 1985 British film INSCRIBED by director/screenwriter David Hare on the title page "For Steve with thanks - / David Hare / 15.5.85" with the manuscript ink annotation of copy number "63" on the top of the title page and manuscript ink annotations striking scene 71B on page 51. Laid in is an eight page transcript of a PublicTheater interview with Hare dated May 15 1985 with manuscript pencil and marker annotations throughout in what appears to be Hare's hand a sixteen page program for the film with two modest ink annotations on two pages a thirteen page "Preliminary Production Notes" and a one page clipping of "Stanley Kauffmann On Films: Against the Darkness" a review of the film from the August 12 1985 issue of The New Republic. A middle-age spinster schoolteacher played by Vanessa Redgrave is forced to reevaluate her life after witnessing the suicide of a recently arrived enigmatic stranger. Set in Wetherby England shot on location in West Yorkshire North Yorkshire Middlesex and London. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated May 4 1984 noted as "This Draft" with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Interview transcript 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall bound with two staples to the top left corner. Program 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. Preliminary Production Notes 8.5 x 11 inches. Light toning at the extremities else Near Fine. Article Clipping 8.25 x 11. Very Good with light dampstaining creasing and edgewear. Greenpoint Films unknown
1961ref. 143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1961ref. 143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
