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1980ref. 153888N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink annotations to the title page and page 82. A teen comedy about a serious young girl who moves with her widowed father from Toronto to California where she quickly becomes immersed in her high school classmates' hijinks. Set in Toronto and California. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter William Byron Hillman. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first leaf separated from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 149439Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1988. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 French film. All with mimeo snipes and manuscript ink and pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso and two with collector labels. A dramatization of the career of talented lesser-known sculptor Camille Claudel who began as an apprentice to Auguste Rodin later became his muse and lover and struggled to differentiate herself and her work from his legacy. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown
1969ref. 161568N.p.: Audubon Films 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film with two provenance stamps on the verso. Based on Alexandre Dumas' 1848 novel and 1852 play "La Dame aux Camelias." A young adventurous woman with a decadent lifestyle falls in love with a wealthy bachelor who insists on absolute fidelity in their relationship forcing her to sacrifice her passions for his reputation. Shot on location in Rome and Tuscany Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Arrow. Audubon Films unknown
1966ref. 137413Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Revised Estimating script for the 1967 film. Winner of three Academy Awards. Based on the 1960 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe winner of four Tony awards and itself based on "The Once and Future King" T.H. White's 1958 adaptation of Arthurian legends. Set in England shot on location in Spain. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 dated June 1 1966. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 6/1/66 with credits for screenwriter-lyricist Lerner composer Frederick Loewe and novelist White. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph on white yellow pink and blue stock dated variously between 6/1/66 and 6/7/66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 167550Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the American release of the 1959 Italian film. A team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins discover a giant blob monster which appears to be related to a comet passing near the earth. An early directorial effort by influential Italian filmmaker Mario Bava who would go on to define the giallo genre. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled to the top right corner. United Artists unknown
1959ref. 153211N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 Italian film. A team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins discover a giant blob monster which appears to be related to a comet passing near the earth. An early directorial effort by influential Italian filmmaker Mario Bava who would go on to define the giallo genre. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled to the top right corner. N.p. unknown
1943ref. 164451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943 obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending albeit cinematic doom and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1962ref. 131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown
1959ref. 161565N.p.: President Films 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1957 German film. Ingmar Zeisberg stars as Eva a girl who illegally leaves Germany for Denmark and is forced into working as a call girl under the threat of deportation. Set in Copenhagen Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. President Films unknown
1968ref. 161566N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from US release of the 1966 Austrian film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Inspector Reinisch is investigating the brutal murder of a prostitute and through a friend of the victim discovers reports of wild sex parties featuring prominent politicians and businessmen. Set in and shot on location in Germany and Austria. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and one with wax pencil annotations on the recto. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 166941N.p.: Showscan Film Corporation 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 joint French-US short film. Attached by staple to the top corner of the title page is a small hand-written note "Vicki" a phone number and "Call from Space office." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with two copies of a January 16 1989 call sheet laid in. The 29-minute short film was the first film shot using the "Showscan" process developed by Douglas Trumbull which is photographed and projected on 70mm film at 60 frames per second 2.5 times the standard film speed and was only screened twice in 1989 once at the "Big Bang Schtroumpf" amusement park now "Walygator Parc" in Maizières-les-Metz France and once at the Omnimax Theatre at Ceasars Palace Las Vegas. A film director Richard Brestoff and his nephew Bill Campbell an aspiring actor and eccentric inventor make a low-budget science fiction film when one of the nephew's inventions begins to bring visitors from the past and future into the present including Napoleon Archimedes and cavemen making what they believe may be one of the greatest movies ever made. Featuring a cameo from James Coburn as an irate studio head and the voice of Charlton Heston as an alien visitor. Director Richard Fleischer's final film. Shot on location in Simi Valley California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1-6-89 noted as revised with credits for screenwriter Sarah Paris and story by Peter Beal and Sarah Paris. 29 leaves with last page of text numbered 26. Xerographic duplication rectos only with yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/22/88 and 1/6/89. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Showscan Film Corporation unknown
1937ref. 165097Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph of John Wayne and Louise Latimer on the set of the 1937 film with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent film of the same name. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. John Wayne stars as the manager of a trucking company who pits his trucking fleet in a contest against a train to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast before a labor strike takes place. Shot on location in Santa Clarita and Newhall California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1942ref. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 171314Los Angeles CA: Orion Television Productions 1984. First Draft script for Season 4 Episode 18 of the 1981-1988 television series. Originally aired February 25 1985 on CBS. Internal wrapper inscribed in manuscript ink by actress Sharon Gless. With manuscript ink annotation of the name of an unknown cast or crew member on the front internal wrapper and on the recto of the last page of narrative text. Series following two women police women one single and one married. In this episode one of the women ponders retirement following a breast surgery and one has her corvette stolen. Set in Manhattan. Untitled brown external wrappers with manuscript ink annotation. Green titled internal wrappers. Title page present dated December 10 1984 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Georgia Jeffries. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine external wrapper Very Good plus wrapper Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Orion Television Productions unknown
1990ref. 160456Los Angeles: European American Entertainment 1990. Second Draft script for the 1991 film here under the working title "Chained Heat II" with a manuscript marker annotation of copy number "40" on the front wrapper. Not to be confused with the 1993 film "Chained Heat II" directed by Lloyd Simandl and starring Brigitte Nielsen and Paul Koslo. Copy likely belonging to actor Ray Sharkey with manuscript annotations in blue highlighter and ink on five pages highlighting all the dialogue of Sharkey's character "Hayes." Also released under the title "Hotel Oklahoma." David Keith stars as Tommy an ex-con who disguises himself as a warden to free his innocent girlfriend Kristen Cloke from a women's penitentiary after she took the fall for a crime he committed. Shot on location in McAlester Oklahoma. Front wrapper integral with title page dated 6/20/90 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Bobby Houston. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. European American Entertainment unknown
1949ref. 137478Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Final shooting script for the 1950 film. Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who here plays the role of the villain with his name in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A ruthless man attempts to rekindle a settled feud between two rancher families in order to take both their lands when they kill each other off. Luckily the town has a good sheriff and a standup rancher gal to help save the day. An odd short musical western with a good crop of the genre's favorite themes bar brawls ambushes sharpshooters to help round out the plot. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. A7 dated November 2 1949. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph O'Donnell. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fair wrapper Fair bound with three gold brads. Foxing and dampstaining to much of the wrappers and extremities. Universal Pictures unknown
1982ref. 137892Koln Cologne: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced German film. Laid in is a manuscript letter addressed to Kinski from Kremser dated 1982 and signed by Kremser. The letter states that Kremser wrote the screenplay with Kinski in mind as the lead role in a film that would be a "political science-fiction fairy tale." Both script and letter in German. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present with title written in manuscript ink. 329 leaves with last page of text numbered 368. Xerographic duplication versos and rectos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. Letter Very Good plus dated March 8 1982. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141218N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. An American private investigator lives on the French Riviera where he is tasked with bringing perpetrators of white-collar crime to justice. Set in France and Italy. Orange titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Albert J. Cohen. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Albert J. Cohen. 14 leaves with last leaf of text numbered twelve. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1943ref. 166020Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1943. Vintage keybook set design photograph from the 1943 film showing the exterior of a nightclub advertising a one-night-only performance by Duke Ellington and his band. Property Department stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1940 Broadway musical. A compulsive gambler killed in a nightclub shooting is visited by God and the Devil who agree to give him six months to atone for his earthly misdeeds and decide the fate of his eternal soul. A star-studded affair featuring jazz great Louis Armstrong as one of Satan's minions and a showcase musical number by Ellington and his orchestra. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1972ref. 162216N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Fritz Wepper and Marisa Berenson. French release stamps on the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actress for Minnelli and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey. Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany. 8 x 10 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 152128Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actress Marisa Berenson. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actress for Liza Minnelli and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey. Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Allied Artists unknown
1998ref. 157392Pasadena: Madison Avenue Productions 1998. Shooting script for the 1998 television film with annotations in manuscript highlighter on pages 8-9. Laid in is a Crew Call Sheet with copied annotations ten reduced copies of ten pages of the script with copied annotations and a copy of a map for the crew to the Metropolitan Baptist Church with the copied date of 6/6/98. Bound in following the script is a nine page Crew List a June 2 1998 Memorandum and a two page shooting schedule. The television film aired on CBS on November 29 1998. Based on a true story of a Pasadena cab driver who picks up an elderly woman en route to a funeral who ends up insisting the driver take her on a cross-county trip ending in Vancouver. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 4/27/98 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Dalene Young and story by Beth Polson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 5/5/98 and 5/15/98. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Crew Call Sheet 6 x 9 inches stapled to the reduced script pages. Near Fine. Ten Reduced Script Pages 5.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine Map 14 x 8.5 inches. With a single vertical fold else Near Fine. Madison Avenue Productions unknown
1970ref. 166463Los Angeles: Rogallian Productions 1970. Fourth Draft script for the 1970 film seen here under the working title "C.C. Ryder and Company." Bound in with the script is a two-page call sheet. A biker falls in with the "Heads Company" a notorious biker gang and must save a young woman and defeat the gang's leader in a motorcycle race. Set and shot on location in Arizona. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 3 1970 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roger Smith. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing and chipping and closed tears at the extremities bound with two gold brads. Rogallian Productions unknown
1978ref. 155852Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. Manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A darkly comic dystopian fantasy set in New York about a lonely French electrician who attempts to raise a baby chimpanzee. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Roissy Films unknown
