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1969ref. 149384Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. "Bonnie and Clyde" may have given the New Hollywood era its legs but "Easy Rider" gave it the gas. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969 but would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson. Set and shot on location throughout California New Mexico Arizona Louisiana and Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases throughout. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Criterion Collection 545. Columbia Pictures unknown
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 162706N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft typescript for an unproduced television episode. With typeovers and whiteout annotations throughout. A brief comedy about a wealthy family's reactions to the loss of their family fortune. Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present undated with credit for Sustarsic. 19 leaves lacking page numbers. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 141716Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The son of a Bulgarian oligarch has just completed his postgraduate degree at Oxford and been promoted in the Navy when he announces to his father that he wishes to marry his English sweetheart. His father tries desperately to change his son's mind and not to throw away his career for romance. Pink untitled wrappers dated June 30 1983. Title page present dated May 25 1983 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. 17 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown
1953ref. 147898Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage set design photograph from the set of the 1953 film. The manager of a Malaysian tin mine travels to a remote jungle island with the hopes of establishing a new mine only to be met with resistance from the locals. Set in Malaysia and the South Seas. 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus with two perforated holes at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1955ref. 152321Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph of actors James Dean and Julie Harris examining a small scale model of a farm on the set of the 1955 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations identifying Harris and Dean to the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 144801Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage keybook photographs from the 1955 film one showing director Elia Kazan behind the camera the other showing actors James Dean and Nick Dennis goofing around behind the scenes with dialogue director Guy Thomajan. Typed annotations identifying the subjects on the versos. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Images 4.5 x 3.5 inches on 11 x 8 inch sheets with two hole punches to the left edge as called for. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 159944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing actors James Dean and Richard Davalos. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 8 x 10 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Very Good plus with a small splash on the right edge and faint toning on the edges. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 158268Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of James Dean talking with Julie Harris on the set of the 1955 film while actors Raymond Massey Lois Smith and Richard Davalos look on. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 158480Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph showing actor James Dean posing his then-lover Italian actress Pier Angeli in preparation for a photograph. Warner stamps on the verso. Angeli and Dean enjoyed a passionate romantic relationship after having met on the Warner Brothers film lots in 1954 while Dean was filming "East of Eden" and Angeli was filming "The Silver Chalice." Although Angeli's mother would force her to break up with Dean on the grounds that he was not Catholic Angeli would later say that Dean was "the only man I ever loved deeply as a woman should love a man" and rumors persisted that the couple were secretly in a relationship until Dean's death in September 1955. 8 x 10 inches. Corners slightly creased else about Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 156298Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Striking vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing James Dean Raymond Massey and Julie Harris in a mournful moment. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 153202Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film together depicting a fight sequence involving James Dean and Julie Harris. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. Slightly faded else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
ref. BBS-2022275Tri-Star Pictures. Very Good. Unproduced script by Robert Bloch based on the novel by Anderson and Dickson. In a navy folder branded with Tri-Star Pictures bound with metal button clasps. Folder is very good with light shelf-wear and edgewear. Metal clasps are secure free of rust; they have also scraped into the inside back cover a little. Binding sound. 167 pages are bound in with 9 additional revision pages laid-in. Revision pages toned; original pages bright. Free of markings. Tri-Star Pictures unknown
ref. 169036Los Angeles: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film written by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. Based on Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson's "Hoka" comedy science fiction stories first compiled in the 1957 collection "Earthman's Burden" about a race of aliens who resemble teddy bears. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Navy Tri-Star Pictures wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown
1956ref. 152463Tokyo: Shochiku 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus and one of the last of his marriage-related films. Set and shot on location in Tokyo Okayama Shiga and Kanagawa. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown
1970ref. 140924Levallois France: Crosnier 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A young nurse working as the caretaker of an elderly rich man is invited to attend the funeral of the man's prized horse. It is soon revealed that the horse may not be dead after all. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Marc Grunebaum. 127 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Crosnier unknown
1972ref. 158656N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of actress Jenny Runacre from the 1972 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with the stamp of The Other Cinema in London and an Alternative Arts stamp with the film title. Stephen Dwoskin's second feature film. Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 157986N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. One with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A bold film adaptation of the controversial allegorical drama by Amiri Baraka writing here as he often did in the 1960s as Leroi Jones. An erratic white woman meets an African American man on a subway car. When he begins to respond to her erotic advances she begins to taunt him viciously goading him until he explodes into violence. Anthony Anthony Harvey's important and still impactful first directorial effort followed by many successful films including "The Lion in Winter" 1968 "They Might Be Giants" 1971 and "The Glass Menagerie" 1973. Set in New York with subway exteriors shot in Manhattan and interiors shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 149660Paris: Sofracima 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Isabelle Huppert. With the stamp of Cine-Voc Films on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light wear to the top edge. Sofracima unknown
1960ref. 141008N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Signature of reader Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency on the title page in manuscript ink. Three men rob a bank and almost get away with it until a young ventriloquist intervenes allowing the lawmen to capture the crooks. Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Six leaves with last page of text numbered five. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with a staple. N.p. unknown
1946ref. 159853Culver City CA: Selznick International 1946. Two vintage borderless reference photographs and two vintage bordered reference photographs of director King Vidor on the set of the 1946 Western film. Three linen-backed with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Niven Busch's 1944 novel. Two brothers fight over their love for a young relative while their father attempts to sway railroad builders from constructing a new line on his land. A lavish "epic" Western from Selznick who saw the film as a definite successor to his monumental "Gone With the Wind" 1939. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona and California. Two 9.5 x 7.25 inches two 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus with light creasing and wear on the edges. Hardy p. 152. Pitts 1187. Selznick International unknown
2000ref. 171952Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 2000. Draft script for the 2000 comedy film. Two deadbeat stoners wake up from a long night of partying and embark on a journey to find their car whose cargo includes anniversary gifts for their girlfriends. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 25 2000 with credit for screenwriter Philip Stark. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1994ref. 166475N.p.: Reno & Osborn Productions 1994. Revised Final Draft for Season 2 Episode 7 for the 1994-1997 television series. Originally aired April 24 1995 on USA Network. This adult animated series based on the 1990 comic by Everett Peck follows a duck who works as a private investigator. In this episode someone arrives claiming to be the illegitimate son of Duckman's business partner conceived when he was fighting in Vietnam. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1994 with credits for uncredited screenwriters Jeffrey S. Astrof and Mike Sikowitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reno & Osborn Productions unknown
1956ref. 298558Remus Films 1956. Photograph. 7 original B/W publicity photograph 7.8 x 9.8 inches. Photographs of Sydney James William Hartnell Renee Houston Dick Bentley 2 poses Brian Rix and Tommy Cooper. Near fine copies. Identification of actor written in ink on rear. Pen indentation visible with raking light on photograph surface. Remus Films unknown
1948ref. 151633Tokyo: Toho Company 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film noir. Text and titles in Japanese. The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation forbidding criticism of Americans leading Kurosawa to slip in references to the US presence in Japan satirizing jazz "pan pan" girls unlicensed prostitutes catering to American soldiers and Western clothing and hairstyles. Set in the slums of postwar Japan. White titled wrappers. Approximately 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus covered in a protective plastic wrapping from when the script was used during filming side stapled. BFI 638. Criterion Collection 413. Grant Japan. Toho Company unknown
