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1962ref. 172536Buckinghamshire England: Rank Productions 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and with a Rank Productions stamp on the verso. Based on the 1924 novella by Herman Melville and the 1949 play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman. A British Naval ship during the Napoleonic Wars takes on a merchant sailor who is framed by the master-at arms for planning a mutiny. Nominated for one Academy Award. Shot on location in Valencia Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with toning. Rank Productions unknown
1961ref. 166734N.p.: N.p. 1961. First Draft script for the 1962 film. Based on Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's 1949 play which was based in turn on Herman Melville's 1924 novella. A seaman's innocence and optimism win him the affection of the entire crew except the abusive master-at-arms who eventually wrongly accuses the seaman of conspiracy to mutiny. The feature film debut of Terence Stamp who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance. Yellow wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated March 21 1961 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Peter Ustinov. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between May 5 and August 22 1961. Title page lightly toned else pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 166733N.p.: N.p. 1957. Final script for the 1962 film. Early draft preceding the film's release by five years credited to screenwriter Robert Rossen. Rossen was ultimately uncredited in the film but was involved in this early stage of the script's development. Based on Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's 1949 play which was based in turn on Herman Melville's 1924 novella. A seaman's innocence and natural beauty wins him the affection of the entire crew except the abusive master-at-arms who eventually wrongly accuses the seaman of conspiracy to mutiny. The feature film debut of Terence Stamp who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL SCREENPLAY and dated October 15 1957 with credit for screenwriter Robert Rossen. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 150716Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 British film. With a stamp noting production No. 68-43 on the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on Len Deighton's 1966 novel. A private eye takes on a case involving a sophisticated computer used by an anticommunist global spy network. The third and last film in the Harry Palmer series preceded by "The Ipcress File" 1965 and "Funeral in Berlin" 1966. Set and shot on location throughout Finland and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1967ref. 149909New York: Andy Warhol Film 1967. Vintage poster for the 1967 film. The film originally screened at the Hudson Theater in a 95-minute version although this cut is considered lost. A 109-minute version would screen in 1968 as the first film shown at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theater renamed as such after Warhol recovered from being shot by Valerie Solanas. One of several sexploitation influenced films made by Warhol an episodic story of a biker who has no bike and is both eroticized by the camera and emasculated by various Warhol superstars throughout. 19 x 25 inches rolled. Near Fine with some light soil and an almost imperceptible professional repair to a tear at the top edge. Murphy The Black Hole of Cinema. Warholstars. Andy Warhol Film unknown
1956ref. 140109Burbank CA: MS Productions 1956. Final Draft script for season six episode 30 of the 1956 television show originally broadcast May 1 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to Mason Curry who played Grady with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and manuscript pencil annotations additions and changes to his scenes throughout. Episode 30 of season six of the television show "Big Town" a series focused on the adventures of Steve Wilson and his staff at "The Illustrated Press" newspaper as they cover the hard hitting stories and social issues of the day. Brown titled wrappers production no. 537. Title page present dated February 3 1956 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter William L. Stuart. 32 leaves with last page of text numbered 30B. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated February 10 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. MS Productions unknown
1970ref. 144003Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 154485Culver City CA: Loew's Incorporated 1952. Treatment script for the 1953 film on yellow paper created by screenwriter Louis Morheim who received a story credit in the final film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil changing the revision date on page five. Robert Aldrich's directorial debut wherein a baseball scout at a New York Giants training camp in Florida evaluates prospective hopefuls for a minor league contract. Starring Edward G. Robinson in his first major role after being threatened with blacklisting by the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC. Shot on location in Melbourne Florida. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2 stamped "Incomplete" dated 6-18-52 with credits for screenwriter Louis Morheim. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only on yellow pages dated variously between 6-18-52 and 6-20-52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Loew's Incorporated unknown
1948ref. 145155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage double weight photograph of actors Vanessa Brown Wallace Beery and director Richard Thorpe on the set of 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and rubber stamps on the verso. Set in the early 1800s a band of outlaws take-in a distressed doctor who is on the run after digging up corpses for his medical research. Shot on location in Maryland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1974ref. 161106N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 Swedish film. With censorship stamps on the versos and one with layout annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso and a gold distribution label on the recto. A sixteen-year-old girl is seduced by several adult lesbians during a visit to her aunt's house precipitating a sexual awakening. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 132779London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Eight vintage hand-tinted still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1956 US film. Based in Georges Simenon's 1949 novel "Le fond de la bouteille" "The Bottom of the Bottle" published in the US in the 1954 collection "Tidal Wave". The film centers around a wealthy rancher Cotten in the border town of Nogales Arizona and his brother Johnson a drunk who escapes from prison and hides in his garage. Johnson wants his brother the rancher to help him across the Santa Cruz River into the Mexico where his wife Shirley Patterson as Shawn Smith lives in squalor. A story set and shot on location in the Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1979ref. 140031Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Eight vintage full-color lobby cards from the 1979 film. Interesting sequel that picks up where "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 leaves off with the ship floating capsized and a band of pirates reaping havoc. 11 x 14 inches. Corner bumps and short creases else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 148340Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Edy Williams and David Gurian from the 1970 film. Based on an original story by Roger Ebert who also helped write the screenplay. Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big with their rock band "The Kelly Affair" stopping first to visit Kelly MacNamara's 1966 Playboy Playmate Dolly Read estranged aunt. Kelly's aunt introduces the band comprised of Kelly Read Casey Anderson 1968 Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myers and Petronella Danforth Marcia McBroom to a flamboyant producer named Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell John LaZar who changes their name to "The Carrie Nations" and has them perform at one of his orgiastic parties after a set by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Throughout the success of the new band the girls use drugs and alcohol attempt to maintain romantic relationships even a lesbian tryst with Erica Gavin director Meyer's "Vixen" and find "Z-Man" to be a murderous transsexual. The film proved to be sexploitation and exploitation to its psychedelic limits at the time was Meyer's biggest box-office draw to date and gave the director a new audience: mainstream filmgoers in mainstream cinemas. Originally intended as a sequel to "Valley of the Dolls" 1967 with an original screenplay by Jacqueline Susann Twentieth Century-Fox found the script unsatisfactory and sought new material. The film was released as part of a settlement with Susann with the disclaimer "This is not a sequel to VALLEY OF THE DOLLS." One of few X-rated films released by Twentieth Century-Fox another being "Myra Breckenridge" 1970. Pam Grier got her start in this film as an uncredited party attendant. Meyer regulars like Charles Napier Lavelle Roby and Haji all make appearances. Set in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Criterion Collection 836. Meyer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970ref. 163758N.p.: N.p. 1970. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 156306N.p.: N.p. 1970. Three vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1970 film two showing director Russ Meyer with actress Phyllis Davis between takes and one showing Meyer directing Dolly Read and Michael Blodgett. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three photographs with library stamps and provenance labels on the versos. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 158260N.p.: N.p. 1970. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 film. Four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 155647N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Cynthia Myers and Erica Gavin. Dealer label affixed to the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 153231N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing a near-nude Edy Williams. With the stamp of still photographer Willy Rizzo on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 149729N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1970 film showing actresses Erica Gavin and an uncredited model with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp behind the camera at the far left. With the film's French 1975 release title "Orgissimo" at the bottom right. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 156226N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Liliana Cavani with actors Dominique Sanda Erland Josephson and Robert Powell on the set of the 1977 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on the life of German philosopher Friedrich Nietszche exploring his opium addiction and his relationships with author Paul Rée and Russian psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé. Shot on location in Germany and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162176N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1974 Spanish film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A sadistic mentally unstable man tortures the new servant girl at his mother's sprawling countryside estate. Shot on location in Venezuela. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease at the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 145504Los Angeles: Bert E. Friedlob Productions 1956. Vintage press photograph of actors Dana Andrews and Sidney Blackmer on the set of the 1956 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso. A newspaper publisher conspires with his to be son-in-law to expose the ineptitude of the district attorney who has wrongly sentenced multiple people to death. Shot on location in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Bert E. Friedlob Productions unknown
1989ref. 167211Hollywood: Austin Enterprises 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film seen here under the working title "Beverly Hills Vampire." Copy belonging to makeup artist Richard Miranda with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a five-day shooting schedule along with a call sheet dated May 24 1988. A straight-to-video comedy about three nerds who hook up with vampiric call girls during a trip to Hollywood. Set and shot on location in Beverly Hills. Blue titled wrappers. Missing title page. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Austin Enterprises unknown
1975ref. 140613N.p.: N.p. 1975. Revised script for an unproduced film. Jim turns 18 years old and attends Beverly Hills High School where he begins fawning over Stephanie a model and fellow senior with an abusive mother. Stephanie is leading a double life concealing her lesbian inclinations while also losing her virginity to Jim which brings on the condemnation from her mother and Jim's parents. When everything becomes revealed and Stephanie and Jim confess their love for each other she must figure out a way out of Beverly Hills before her mother can have her committed to a mental asylum. Set in Beverly Hills. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1975 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Dean Kenneth Goodhill. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 167365Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1985. Second Revised Draft script for the 1985 television film which aired on CBS on October 5 1985. Laid in is a 36-page Shooting Schedule dated April 4 1985. A tough Wyoming Police detective Amanda Rider Lisa Hartman teams up with the laid back Beverly Hills Police detective Harry Wilde James Brolin in the search for a killer who murdered Rider's friend back in Wyoming. Featuring David Hemmings as the smarmy antagonist Ian Blaize who employs a cross-dressing kickboxer bodyguard. Shot on location in Southern California Beverly Hills Malibu and Los Angeles California. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 3 1985 noted as 2ND REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Rick Husky. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 5/7/85. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Shooting Schedule: Very Good plus with foxing and toning to the right edge of the first leaf bound with a staple to the top left corner. Paramount Pictures unknown
