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2000ref. 138759Denmark: Zentropa Entertainments 2000. Collection of six vintage color still photographs and one borderless photograph of director Lars von Trier on the set of the 2000 film. From the Tele Cine Documentation archive and later the collection of Daniel Bouteiller with respective stamp and label to the verso of four of the stills. A tragic and uncommon take on the classic Hollywood Musical Icelandic pop singer Bjork plays a Czechoslovakian immigrant looking to make a better life for her son who has an inherited genetic disorder that will result in blindness for them both unless she buys him a very expensive operation which she eschews for herself. Winner of the Palme d'Or as well as a Cannes award for Bjork for Best Actress and nominated for an Academy Award as well. Set in rural Washington state shot on location both in Washington and in Sweden and Denmark. 4 x 6 inches. Fine condition. Zentropa Entertainments unknown
1936ref. 130393N.p.: N.p. 1936. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A newsboy meets a professional dancer and the pair become highly respected in the couples dance circuit in New York City before the newsboy's boss desires the dancer for himself and sends the newsboy to cover the dance circuit nationwide in order to get him out of the picture. Untitled manila wrappers. Title page integral with the first page of the script dated April 22 1936 with credits for screenwriter Rivkin. 12 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stiched. N.p. unknown
1992ref. 150347N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle on the set of the 1992 film. Based on the 1991 novel by Josephine Hart. British cabinet minister Dr. Stephen Fleming Jeremy Irons falls desperately and obsessively in love with his son's fiancee Anna Juliette Binoche. After beginning a tempestuous affair Stephen tells Anna that he is willing to sacrifice his family and his cabinet position to be with her something which Anna has no intention of allowing. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Miranda Richardson. Shot on location in England and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 150409N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage borderless photographs from the 1974 film one glossy and one matte-finish. One showing director Peter Bogdanovich in conversation with actresses Cloris Leachman and Eileen Brennan on the set the other showing Bogdanovich with actress Cybill Shepherd and an unknown woman likely during a promotional event for the film. Based on the 1878 novella by Henry James. An intense study in the rules of class boundaries crossed with American-British dichotomies. Bogdanovich's faithful adaptation of James' story concerns the courtship of a beautiful but flirtatious American girl Daisy Miller Shepherd by a sophisticated upper-class British compatriot named Winterbourne Brown. Miller's refusal to observe class boundaries in her flirtations leads Winterbourne to respond negatively to her-with dire consequences. One 10.5 x 8.25 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 149775N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single editorial manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Laid in with the script are a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to actor Charles Bronson dated September 13 1984 proposing that Bronson read it in consideration for the part of vice presidential candidate John Stevens. Also included is a xerographic copy of a letter from screenwriter Robert Goethals to Kohner introducing Kohner to the script. A satirical war comedy following Theodore Roosevelt and his attempt to nominate a pacifist for vice president to the chagrin of the US Marines stationed in Panama and defend the Panama Canal from attacking Huns. Screenwriter Goethals was best known for his television writing including episodes of "The Hitchhiker" and "Miami Vice." Set in Panama. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Gothals. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a moderate tide mark affecting the tops of the wrappers and top page edges bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 130703Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1968. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1970 television movie. A marshal returns home to find his town has been nearly wiped out by Mexican bandits and with the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother seeks to hunt them down. Set in New Mexico territory shot on location in Utah. Rust colored titled wrappers noted as Third Revised Final Draft on the front wrapperdated September 24 1968 with credit for screenwriter Savage. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with blue white yellow pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-30-68 and 10-24-68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reyes 131. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1983ref. 167921N.p.: Titan Productions 1983. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1983 film. The eighth film in the Pink Panther series and the second film in the series after actor Peter Sellers' death. David Niven's final film appearance. Shot on location in New York Nice Valencia and Ibiza. 8 x 10 inches. One photo with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom recto margin else about Fine. Titan Productions unknown
1966ref. 169548N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. "Photo Rank" stamps on the versos. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Director Roman Polanski's second English-language release. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland England. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 159922N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 151448N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and a camera crew capturing a scene with actors Jacqueline Bisset Donald Pleasence and Lionel Stander. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 160655N.p.: N.p. 1961. Five vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1961 film. Printed labels affixed to the versos. Considered overly sympathetic to the newly formed communist government the documentary was banned in France for two years. An early effort by director Chris Marker one of the French New Wave's few film essayists. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 144568West Germany: Rhombus Film 1952. Two vintage photographs of Zarah Leander on the set of the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by Tibor Yost. The second role in Zarah Leander's 1950s comeback after her career as a major star during the Nazi era 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rhombus Film unknown
1990ref. 170773N.p.: N.p. 1990. Five vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film showing cast members during filming on location. A characteristically oddball romantic comedy set in Baltimore in the 1950s about the romance between rockabilly outcast Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker and an upper-class girl named Allison. Shot on location throughout Maryland in Ellicott City Hampden Baltimore Reisterstown Jessup Milford Mill and Sykesville and in Santa Clarita California and Hershey Pennsylvania. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 161644N.p.: Cambist Films 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Based on the 1968 novel "Lie a Little Die a Little" by Michael Brett. The misadventures of a slobbish private detective hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder who gets mixed up in sex and blackmail. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown
1958ref. 146742Universal City: Andrew L. Stone Productions 1958. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. When electronics expert Jim Molnar James Mason sees a news broadcast about an airplane bomb threat he realizes he had been tricked into making the bombs by his ex-Army buddy Paul Hoplin Rod Steiger. As Hoplin tries to extort a half a million dollars from the airlines Hoplin kidnaps and holds Molnar his wife Joan Inger Stevens and their daughter hostage. Hoplin forces Joan to collect the money escorted by thug and predator Steve Neville Brand. An amazing cast rounded out with the help of Angie Dickinson and Jack Klugman. Set in New York shot on location in New York New Jersey and California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus creasing to 3 2 with uniform fading. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Andrew L. Stone Productions unknown
1944ref. 167586Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film showing actor Barton MacLane. A young woman has inherited a werewolf curse from her mother and tries desperately to protect her mother and herself from outside scrutiny. The debut film of Stephen Crane. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1948ref. 170987Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Eleven vintage photographs including ten studio still photographs and one borderless reference photograph from the 1948 film noir with one photograph under the working title "Martin Rome." Three photographs with mimeo snipes two with provenance stamps and two with a provenance label on the verso rear. One photograph with cropping annotations in the margins of the recto. Several with title corrections at the bottom margin the film was retitled from "Martin Rome" and "The Law and Martin Rome" to "Cry of the City" during post-production Based on the 1947 novel "The Chair for Martin Rome" by Henry Edward Helseth. Richard Conte stars as hardened criminal and jewel thief Marty Rome wounded and in the hospital following a shoot out which left a police officer dead when he is implicated in another murder and jewelry heist by a sleazy lawyer. Following Rome's partial recovery and escape in an attempt to recover the jewels and flee he's pursued by his childhood friend a conflicted hard-nosed New York detective played by Victor Mature. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. BFI BD-25. Grant US. Selby Cannon Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1963ref. 130735Hollywood: Petramonte Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with his manuscript annotations throughout. Based on the 1951 novel "Fortress in the Rice" by Benjamin Appel. The only film ever released by Petramonte Productions and eventually distributed by Allied Artists. During World War II the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the Philippine guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese. Shot on location in the Philippines. Gray titled wrappers with credit for with credit for screenwriter Marcus. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Marcus and writer Appel. 141 leaves roneograph with annotations throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine. internally bound with three gold brads. Petramonte Productions unknown
1966ref. 146399Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single small manuscript ink annotation to page 123 changing "who" to "whom." Not to be confused with the 1943 1948 1999 or 2020 produced films with the same title. Based on Richard Martin Stern's 1963 mystery thriller by Fred Coe who was also initially slated to direct. A private investigator moves back to his hometown to bury his late father but finds himself quickly entangled in a criminal case involving the sexual assault of a local woman. Screenwriter Fred Coe was best known for directing "A Thousand Clowns" 1965 which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 48 dated October 1 1966 and dated as copied October 17 1966 with credits for screenwriter Fred Coe and novelist Richard Martin Stern. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 194 leaves with last page of text numbered 192. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-13-66. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light toning to the extremities and tearing at the rear wrapper's binding bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1985ref. 153801N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on screenwriter Imre Lazar's 1980 book "Der Fall Horst Wessel" "The Horst Wessel Case" about a Nazi stormtrooper who was killed by two Communists in 1930 and whose death was subsequently used by Joseph Goebbels as a propaganda symbol for the Nazi party. Set in Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter and author Imre Lazar. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 167783N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage German A0 poster for the 1980 film. Extremely scarce. Based on the 1970 novel by Gerald Walker about a cop who goes undercover in the leather scene in New York to catch a serial killer targeting gay men. "Cruising" was widely protested at the time of its release by gay rights groups for its depiction of homosexuality as intrinsically linked to violence but has since been reconsidered as one of the few mainstream Hollywood movies to depict queer life in New York before the AIDS crisis as well as one of the few movies to address police discrimination and brutality towards homosexuals. Set and shot on location in New York. 33 x 46 inches folded as issued. About Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141447Tokyo: Shockiku Ofuna 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. A young woman is hitchhiking when the driver who picks her up attempts to molest her. A young gangster comes to her aid and then leads her on a wild relationship through the Japanese underground towards the eventual destruction of both of them. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. Godard Histoires du cinema. Shockiku Ofuna unknown
1971ref. 152528London: Scotia-Barber Distributors 1971. Vintage pressbook for the 1971 film. At his home on the North Cornish coast a demented sculptor murders a young woman in order to cast a bronze sculpture of her form. Shot on location in Cornwall and London. Bi-fold. 6.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Scotia-Barber Distributors unknown
1956ref. 152179Hollywood: Federal Telefilms 1956. Draft script for the 38th episode of season two of the 1955-1957 television series originally aired on June 21 1957 on ABC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. The series followed the varied experiences of clergymen of all faiths. In this episode the Reverend and Mrs. Stone face difficulties with their newest foster child an angry little boy named Kenny Crawford. Blue self wrappers. Title page present dated July 12 1956 with credits for screenwriter Donn Mullally. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 10/10/56. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1956. Federal Telefilms unknown
1968ref. 141216Rome: N.p. 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a note from Gladys Hill to Irene Heymann dated May 13 1968. A Kentucky family's horse breeding business is ruined in the Civil War leading the patriarch to seek out a new ranch in Texas. There he comes under fire from a Mexican breeder who wishes to be the sole breeder in the region. Set in Texas. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1968 with credit for screenwriter Lyn Jank. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
