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1986ref. 167937Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 film including one showing director Walter Hill on the set. Not to be confused with the 2002 film starring Britney Spears. A young student at the Juilliard School befriends with an aging bluesman in hopes that the musician will teach him about his friendship with blues legend Robert Johnson years before. Set in Chicago and Mississippi shot on location in Murphy Greenville Natchez Port Gibson and Vicksburg Mississippi and in Burbank California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine one with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom margin. Columbia Pictures unknown
1986ref. 161074Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for lifelong fame and talent. Set and shot on location in Beulah Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1942ref. 164224N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the Spanish release of the 1942 film noir showing William Powell Hedy Lamarr and Basil Rathbone. Mimeo snipe and title in Spanish on the verso. After suffering traumatic amnesia a diplomat encounters a number of shady individuals claiming to be from his past and eventually finds himself implicated in a decade-old robbery. A remake of the 1938 French film "Carrefour." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 154948London: Juveniles Group of IPC Magazines 1970. Vintage British program for the 1970 film with color film still photographs throughout. A biographical account of the 17th century political and religious struggles taking place in England under the reign of King Charles Alec Guinness. Director Ken Hughes' favorite of his own films. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for one other. Shot on location in Spain and England. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 20 pages side stapled. Near FIne with light toning and two staples in the front wrapper. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Juveniles Group of IPC Magazines unknown
1948ref. 172458Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1948. Four vintage reference photographs and four vintage keybook photographs from the 1949 film. Four keybook photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Don Tracy. A man returns home hoping to repair his relationship with his ex-wife only to find she is now married to the head of a crime syndicate. Set in Los Angeles CA shot on location in Long Beach and Los Angeles CA. 8 x 10 inches. Keybook photographs and three reference photographs Very Good plus. One reference photo Very Good with creasing and a small tear at the margin in the bottom left corner. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1989ref. 150949Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures Corporation 1989. Vintage reference photograph of Martin Landau and Woody Allen on the set of the 1989 film. One of Allen's finest films a dark drama with comic elements interweaving two opposing stories. In one ophthalmologist Judah Rosenthal's Landau mistress Angelica Huston threatens to reveal their affair unless he leaves his wife Miriam Claire Bloom. Responding to the threat his gangster brother Jack Jerry Orbach offers to have her killed. In the other documentary filmmaker Clifford Stern Allen is hired by his pompous television producer brother-in-law Alan Alda to make a documentary about him and begins to fall in love with producer Halley Reed Mia Farrow. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Martin Landau. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. Schrader Canon Fodder 39. Orion Pictures Corporation unknown
1987ref. 171549N.p.: N.p. 1987. Revised Draft script for Season 2 Episode 3 of the 1986-1988 television series. Originally aired October 20 1987 on NBC. With revisions by Michael Mann prior to developing "Miami Vice" and moving on to a massive film career. Series following a detective with plans to stop a mobster in 1960s Las Vegas. In this episode the detective sets up a sting operation to catch a family involved in the marijuana trade. Set in 1960s Las Vegas. Generic brown wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper with manuscript ink annotations indicating the series and episode titles and with credits for screenwriter Tom Towler. Title page present dated 8/21/87 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Tom Towler. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/18/87 and 8/21/87. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 171544N.p.: N.p. 1987. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 1 of the 1986-1988 television series. Originally aired September 22 1987 on NBC. An early screenwriting effort for film director Michael Mann who went on to create "Miami Vice" followed by a legendary film career. Series following a detective with plans to stop a mobster in 1960s Las Vegas. In this episode the detective has to protect a Senator who investigates the mob and an actress who has ties to the mob. Set in 1960s Las Vegas. Generic brown manila wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper indicating the series and episode titles in manuscript ink and with credits in manuscript ink for screenwriter Peter Lance. Title page present dated 7/24/87 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Peter Lance. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/17/87 and 7/24/87. Pages Fine wrapper Fine internally bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 135077Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown
1972ref. 171980N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1972 film-one showing director Ingmar Bergman talking with actors Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Thulin between takes the other showing Bergman with cast and crew members in the projection room reviewing daily rushes. Both with the stamp of photographer Bo-Erik Gyberg on the verso. Included with the photographs is a nine-page copy of an English-language publicity article about Bergman and the film dated 1973 housed in an envelope with the label of Ernie Anderson Bergman's American talent agent with the Paul Kohner Agency affixed to the front. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Lightly curled else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 171995N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of cast and crew members of the 1972 film including director Ingmar Bergman and all principal cast raising their glasses in a toast. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 149441Stockholm: Cinematograph AB 1972. Three vintage borderless black-and-white photographs taken on the set of the 1972 film two showing director Ingmar Bergman and the other showing Bergman with actresses Harriet Andersson Kari Sylwan and Ingrid Thulin. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is cared for by her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. Two photographs 5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Cinematograph AB unknown
2000ref. 143686West Hollywood: N.p. 2000. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Dedication on the front wrapper to "Eric Olsen and all the firefighter's who died in 9/11" White titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as First Draft on the front wrapper. Title page integral to front wrapper with credits for screen writer James Kevin Fenwick. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 156701Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. In the Stone Age two brothers battle for leadership of their tribe after the former leader is killed in an earthquake. The fourth and last film in Hammer's "Cave Girl" series preceded by "One Million Years B.C." 1966 "Prehistoric Women" 1967 and "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" 1970. Shot on location in Nambia and South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 327-329. Columbia Pictures unknown
1952ref. 160138Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Cite Films 1952. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film. A man's uncle dies leaving him to inherit his uncle's inn but only if he can pass a final primary school exam. Brigitte Bardot's first film role. Shot on location in Conches-en-Ouche Eure France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown
1982ref. 138390Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1984 film dated two years prior to the film's release. A remake of Mario Monicelli's "Pigeon" set on location in San Francisco a comedy about the completely disorganized heist of a pawn shop. With a stellar cast including Jack Warden Donald Sutherland and a young Sean Penn. Gray titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number dated September 30 1982. Title page present dated September 30 1982 with credits for producer Edward Lewis co-producer Robert F. Cortes director Louis Malle and screenwriter Jeffrey Alan Fiskin. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Lee The Heist Film. Universal Pictures unknown
1994ref. 149960N.p.: N.p. 1994. Revised First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1995 television series. With a single manuscript ink annotation to page 53. A legal drama following the workplace encounters and romantic experiences of an overworked tough-minded woman judge. Originally aired on September 13 1995 on CBS. The show aired for a single season totaling nine episodes. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated 12/5/94 noted as Revised First Draft with credit for screenwriter Deborah Joy LeVine. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 152105Los Angeles: Alco Pictures 1956. Final script for the 1957 television film. Text divided into three scripts titled "Blessed Event" "Brand New Shoes" and "Decision" bound together in blue card wrappers. Copies belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name to front wrappers and title page and manuscript ink annotations noting his lines throughout. Based on Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel "Black Beauty." A young boy receives a foal from his emotionally distant widowed father as a present on his tenth birthday and soon forms a strong bond with the animal. All screenplays housed together in blue card wrappers bound with a silver prong. "Blessed Event": Yellow wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered I-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. "Brand New Shoes": Orange wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered II-23. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. "Decision": Blue wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered III-28. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Alco Pictures unknown
1977ref. 153851N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 French hardcore film showing actress Brigitte Lahaie. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 370. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 148353Paris: Darmon 1981. Six vintage French color lobby cards from the 1981 film. Based on the 1964 novel "Pop. 1280" by Jim Thompson reset from the West Texas oil boom town of the novel to colonized 1938 French West Africa. In a small French West African village Lucien Cordier Philippe Noiret is the only policeman. Abused by his superiors insulted by local business leaders fancying the lovely but married Rose Isabelle Huppert whose husband beats her in the street and humiliated by his unfaithful wife Stephane Audran-Lucien will soon reach a breaking point. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in French West Africa shot on location in Senegal. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 106. Grant France. Darmon unknown
1976ref. 149849N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army. The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as a director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War. 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown
1932ref. 151762N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 short film. With provenance stamps on the verso along with manuscript ink annotations noting the film's title and associated cast and crew members. Hardy goes to visit Laurel in the hospital. Chaos ensues. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately toned and edgeworn overall with a 2.5 inch dampstain to the upper portion of the image. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 155849N.p.: Island Pictures 1982. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. A fisherman becomes involved in a political drug- and arms-smuggling plot when he rescues two Americans who have crash-landed their plane in Jamaica. The first film from Island Records' film division an influential independent label which popularized reggae and ska music in the UK in the 1960s. Set and shot on location in Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus one with a small manuscript ink annotation on the recto. Island Pictures unknown
1968ref. 161642N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 sexploitation film. Several couples on a fishing trip become involved in sexual trysts. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with several pinholes. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 140598N.p.: Golden Sun / Artisan Entertainment 1988. Draft script for the 1988 film here under the working title "Death Squad." A special forces combat unit is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 8/8/84 with credits for screenwriters Sandra K. Bailey Douglas Borton. 106 leaves mechanical duplication with last page of text numbered 103. Pages near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light rubbing on the front wrapper internally bound with three gold brads. Golden Sun / Artisan Entertainment unknown
