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1962ref. 158218Paris: Cinetel / La Lantere Magique / Silver Films / Les Films de la Sirene 1962. Collection of nine vintage borderless reference photographs and one stapled gathering of press material from the 1962 film. Press material in French. A middle-aged man dreams of being a sailor but finds his dreams waylaid time and time again by his wife and children. Photographs 7 x 9.25 inches. Press packet saddle-stapled 8.25 x 10.5 inches rectos only. Materials Very Good plus overall. Cinetel / La Lantere Magique / Silver Films / Les Films de la Sirene unknown
1952ref. 144804North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage photograph from the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Martians invade Earth with plans to build a Hydrogen bomb that will blast Earth out of its orbit so that Mars can take its place and thrive closer to the sun. Larry Martin Judd Holdren leader of the Inter-Planetary Patrol investigates the Martian invaders in his jet-powered rocket suit . 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown
1953ref. 158684N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film serial showing actor Judd Holdren in costume as Commando Cody. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The series followed the titular masked super-scientist as he investigated of a string of climate disasters on Earth eventually uncovering a nefarious plot to take over the planet by aliens from Venus. Originally intended to be broadcast on television as a 12-episode weekly series the series was first released theatrically in 1953 as a 12-chapter weekly serial and was syndicated to television in 1955 on NBC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned. N.p. unknown
1939ref. 146098N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers. One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s-leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March-Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film. Set in Spain. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 147472Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1988. Vintage borderless candid photograph of director Dennis Hopper and actor Robert Duvall on the set of the 1988 film. With a mimeo snipe to the verso dated 1988. The film which brought Hopper back onto the map as a director for the first time since "Easy Rider" 1969 about a seasoned cop and his rookie partner struggling against gang violence in East Los Angeles. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown
1985ref. 146382Hungary: MA-Film 1985. Film treatment for the 1985 film here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." Loosely based on John Osborne's 1965 play "A Patriot for Me." A dramatization of the life of Alfred Redl a former peasant and closeted gay man who climbs the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military eventually becoming Chief of Military Intelligence. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Austria Hungary and Croatia. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Istvan Szabo and screenwriter Peter Dobai and playwright John Osborne. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. MA-Film unknown
1968ref. 161637N.p.: Distribpix / A.F.P.I. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Rare. The exploits of "college girls" who'll do anything for a good grade. 8 x 10 inches.Very Good plus one with a bruise to the center of the photograph. Distribpix / A.F.P.I. unknown
1971ref. 161636N.p.: Sherpix 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Little known exploitation film by filmmaker Patrick Mulcahy also released under the title "Cum Laude Fraud" which was known to have played at the Playboy Theater in Chicago 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sherpix unknown
1960ref. 163709Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1960. Vintage full color banner poster for the 1960 film with a "Classified By Ontario Board of Censors as Adult Entertainment" label on the lower right. Rare in this format. Steve Allen stars as a sociology professor accused of corrupting the students morals after conducting a survey about their lifestyles and sexual habits. An unofficial follow-up to the hit 1958 film "High School Confidential!" 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with censor label partially detached. Bright and unfaded. Universal International Pictures unknown
1964ref. 134845Various cities: Various studios 1964. Collection of 49 vintage still photographs from various film adaptations of Tennessee Williams plays. All stills are black and white and US issue unless otherwise noted. Included are: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 Elia Kazan 1 press photograph of Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter with TCF stamp and press annotations on the verso. THE ROSE TATTOO 1955 Daniel Mann. 14 US studio photographs THE LONG HOT SUMMER 1958 Martin Ritt Eight British front of house cards. Front-of-house cards are the equivalent of US lobby cards but the same size as US color stills and typically have images that do not appear on US lobby cards and stills. 8 x 10 inches. Very minor wear at the extremities about Near Fine overall. A film based on several literary sources including William Faulkner's "The Hamlet" Faulkner short stories "Barn Burning" and "Spotted Horses" as well as Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1 press photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift with press annotations on the verso. 6 British front of house cards with the rating of "X" then in use in Great Britain. SUMMER AND SMOKE 1961 Peter Glenville 12 studio still photographs 2 with press annotations on the verso and 1 on the recto at the margin. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH 1962 Richard Brooks. 1 still photograph of Paul Newman and Geraldine Page with a mimeo ditto-style snipe describing the scene printed on the verso. NIGHT OF THE IGUANA 1964 John Huston 1 still photograph of Richard Burton grabbing a long blade. Various studios unknown
ref. 140712Palos Verdes Peninsula CA: Capitol International Pictures. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Alex the playwright daughter of a famous actress is taking her mother's body to her homeland of Greece to bury her when she meets Kristo a married man whose wife is pregnant with his brother's child. They begin a serendipitous romance in Athens starting completely anew until everything starts to fall apart with Kristo's university friend trying to sleep with Alex until he reveals he is actually a homosexual the death of Kristo's brother and Alex's husband running into all of them at a party. Set in Athens. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Walter Anton White. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 164. Mechanical duplication Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Capitol International Pictures unknown
1983ref. 153889N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1985 film here under the working title "Emerald." Based on the 1984 novel "The Emerald Illusion" about a German secret agent who faces off with an American spy in a prison in occupied France during World War II. Screenwriter and novelist Ronald Bass would go on to win an Academy Award in 1988 for his screenplay for "Rain Man." Set in Germany shot on location in France. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 24 1983 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ronald Bass. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining affecting the front wrapper and top right corner of the title page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 144148N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With occasional manuscript annotations in blue ink throughout. Adapted for the screen from Alan Morris' 1970 novel "The Tale Of The Lazy Dog." A ragtag group consisting of an Irish journalist a French woman married to a man in the CIA a mercenary pilot and a shameless adventurer are amuck in the war torn region of Laos Cambodia and Vietnam attempting to extort one and a half billion dollars. Set in Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as with credits for screenwriter Dursley Berkeley and novelist Alan Williams. 112 with last page of text numbered 114. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 160776Buenos Aires: Aries Film International 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 film here under the working title "The Fine White Line" with manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the rectos and/or versos of 36 pages regarding dialogue and character motivation with three pages with annotated post-its regarding wardrobe attached to the versos. Script preceded by a two page "Character Notes." An undercover DEA agent played by John Schneider has infiltrated South America's largest cocaine cartel and is ordered by the organization's kingpin to assassinate a journalist running for president. One of ten films produced by Roger Corman in Argentina during the 1980s. Set in Bolivia shot on location in Argentina and Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 2/16/85 noted as FINAL DRAFT - revised with credits for screenwriter Steven M. Krauzer and story by David Vinas and Hector Olivera. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod revision pages throughout dated 3/12/85. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Aries Film International unknown
1980ref. 163674Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Loretta Lynn's autobiography "Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter" cowritten by George Vecsey. A dramatization of Lynn's life following her poverty-stricken upbringing in Butcher Hollow Kentucky to her rise to fame as a country music superstar. Winner of an Academy Award for Sissy Spacek as Best Actress nominated for six others including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. 8 x 10 inches. Light even toning commensurate with age else Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
1956ref. 140428France / Italy: Les Films Ariane 1956. Collection of over 80 vintage borderless single weight candid and glamor photographs and film negatives black-and-white and color and color transparencies for the 1956 French-Italian film. Most of the images are glamour portraits of the film's leading women: Dany Carrel Nicole Courcel Giorgia Moll and Beatrice Altariba. Several color transparencies show Brigitte Bardot whose sister Mijanou starred in the film leaving a small airplane with her male companion. Several photos rubber-stamped with various photographer names and agencies including Esther Kiss Rene Hollinger and L. Markine. Housed in a vintage French Crumiere brand photo paper box. A remake of Jacques Deval's 1936 film of the same name about a women's boarding house and the group of women forced to band together because of a housing shortage. Released during the heyday of American exploitation films about women's prisons all-girl boarding schools and girl gangs. Photographs range from 7.25 x 9.25 inches to 3 x 4 inches with most being smaller developed photos from medium-format transparencies negatives and transparencies include 15 frames on 35mm strips 6 mounted medium format color transparencies 5 medium format color transparencies and 39 medium format negatives. Negatives with light rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Box split at corners foxing Good. Les Films Ariane unknown
1966ref. 151607N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of 17 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Czechoslovakian film. With the printed label of Columbus Film in Zurich affixed to the verso. Based on Bohumil Hrabal's 1965 novel about a young man working at a German-occupied train station in Czechoslovakia during World War II. A key entry in Czechoslovak New Wave film poignantly asserting that the Czech people were part of an oppressive system during the war hitting the mark with sly wit and a peculiar innocence. Set and shot on location in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 157332Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 re-release of the 1977 film showing Steven Spielberg on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After witnessing a UFO hovering over his suburban home an electrician joins with several government agents to seek out and hopefully make contact with the aliens. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at three corners and a short closed tear on the right edge. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown
1977ref. 151940Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1977. Vintage reference photograph of Steven Spielberg and François Truffaut on the set of the 1977 film. Roy Neary Dreyfuss is one of several people who witness UFOs at night and subsequently begins to have visions of a mysterious place. Government agents also have similar encounters only they discover physical evidence of extraterrestrials. Roy and the agents join together and are led to a place not unlike the place in Roy's visions where they have a close encounter of the third kind: contact. Winner of an Academy Award Best Cinematography 1978 and Spielberg's third feature as director following "Jaws" 1975 and "The Sugarland Express" 1974. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 9.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown
1985ref. 119986N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for the 1986 comedy film. The headmaster of a British school is trying to get to a conference for school headmasters where he is meant to give a speech. He runs into a number of obstacles that delay him resulting in one of the most hilarious stressful movies ever made. Set in England shot on location in West Midlands Shropshire Worcestershire and Yorkshire England. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with manuscript ink annotation noting copy No. 160 dated March 1985 with credits for screenwriter Michael Frayn. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wit some curling at the corners internally bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 158425N.p.: N.p. 1957. Second Revised Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1954-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to child actor Johnny Crawford with his signature on the title page and his manuscript annotations in pencil throughout. An emotionally scarred man must return to the state where his father a governor was murdered. Originally aired on February 14 1957 on CBS. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated 2-9-57 with credits for director Robert Stevens screenwriter Adrian Spies and others. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered III-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 167790N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing Elizabeth Taylor as the titular pharaoh taking a bath. Newspaper clipping with date stamp annotations in manuscript pencil and provenance label on the verso. Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious bank-breaking venture the most expensive production ever made at the time and the first film to pair Taylor with Richard Burton beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Set in Egypt and Rome and shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 162366N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz sitting on the set surrounded by crew members. Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious bank-breaking venture the most expensive production ever made at the time and the first film to pair Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Set in Egypt and Rome and shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 134356Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs two studio stills one reference still from the 1963 film. This film featured Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in their first pairing beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Based on the histories written by Plutarch Suetonius and Appian and also based on the Carlo Maria Franzero book and set in 48 B.C. in Egypt. Winner of several Academy Awards Best Cinematography Art Direction Costume Design Effects. Set in Egypt shot on location in Spain Italy England and the USA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus corner creases to all studio stills toned short closed tears and a few tiny chips. The reference still has two larger tears at the right edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962ref. 150413N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 French film showing actors Michel Legrand Corinne Marchand and Jean-Pierre Taste-from the memorable early sequence in the film where Legrand and Taste drop in to Marchand's flat. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. Agnes Varda's second feature film following a pop singer over the course of two hours as she talks with friends and anxiously awaits the results of a biopsy. Varda is an important and influential French director writer and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work including this film stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
