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1993ref. 163367Universal City: Universal City Studios 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Sequel to the successful 1992 family comedy film "Beethoven" about the adventures of the titular St. Bernard dog and his suburban family. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 3 1993 noted as Rev. with credit for screenwriter Len Blum. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout variously dated 5/6/93 and 5/7/93. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1964ref. 149932Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Shapiro and actor Marlon Brando in conversation between takes on the set of the 1964 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A love-them-and-leave-them womanizer meets a man equal in skill at deceiving women but with an added knack for conning them out of money. The two men attempt to seduce a naive American woman to settle a bet as to which one is the better con artist. Later remade as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" 1988. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1971ref. 161530N.p.: Sherpix 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 Danish film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the versos. A popular virginal school teacher Max has thirty days to marry in order to become headmaster and is initiated into the world of sex with the help of his students and the wife and daughter of the former headmaster. The first of the eight "Bedside Films" series directed by John Hilbard. Shot on location in Sjaelland Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sherpix unknown
1967ref. 161527N.p.: Chellee Films 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film each with a provenance stamp on the versos. An early film by prolific sexploitation pioneer Joseph W. Sarno now presumed lost. A married woman kills her lover in a private room at a racketeer's nightcub and must dispose of the body without other patrons and employees knowing. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Chellee Films unknown
1970ref. 144362Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1970 film. With credits and Cinestar agency stamps and "Cinestar" in manuscript ink on the verso. The fourth in Truffaut's five film series about the character Antoine Doinel. Christine Clause Jade and Antoine Doinel Jean-Pierre Léaud are expecting their first child when Antoine has an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job after a period of unemployment. Shot on location in Paris France. 7.25 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 187. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1970ref. 171748Paris: Valoria Films 1970. Vintage borderless composite reference photograph from the 1970 film the top image showing François Truffaut examining his ankle and shoe the bottom image showing Jean-Pierre Leaud doing the same. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with provenance stamps and layout annotations in manuscript pencil. The penultimate film in François Truffaut's five-film series about the character Antoine Doinel. In this entry Doinel and his wife are expecting their first child when he begins an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job. Shot on location in Paris. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 187. Valoria Films unknown
1970ref. 162154N.p.: Valoria Films 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 French 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. The penultimate film in François Truffaut's five-film series about the character Antoine Doinel. In this entry Doinel and his wife are expecting their first child when he has an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job. Shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 12.5 inches. Single leaf printed on recto and verso. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 187. Valoria Films unknown
1971ref. 162142Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1970 French film including three from the American release and one from the Spanish release. One with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso along with a date stamp reading MAY 1971. 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. The penultimate film in François Truffaut's five-film series about the character Antoine Doinel. In this entry Doinel and his wife are expecting their first child when he has an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 187. Columbia Pictures unknown
1963ref. 146394Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1964 film. With a few manuscript pencil annotations throughout mostly relating to line revisions and props. Based on the 1959 French play by Jean Anouilh. King Henry II's malcontent relationship with the Church leads to the appointment of his close friend Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry does not anticipate however how seriously Becket will take the vocation leading to the dissolution of their friendship in the face of Becket's rising political power. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in England and France. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated 12th February 1963 noted as REVISED. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some rusting near the binding bound internally with three silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1973ref. 161525N.p.: International Coproductions 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. Film debut of actress Sylvia Kristel. Based on the 1963 novel by Nicolas Freeling the second in his Van der Valk series. A gang of wealthy young men break into a couple's house and rape the wife forcing the husband to watch. A dogged police inspector is determined to identify the men and bring them to justice. Set in and shot on location in the Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. International Coproductions unknown
1996ref. 156630N.p.: PPCM Photo Press Agency 1996. Five vintage studio still photographs from the French release of the 1996 animated comedy film. Based on the satirical 1990s animated television series created by Mike Judge about the misadventures of two apathetic teenage slackers. Followed by a 2022 sequel "Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. PPCM Photo Press Agency unknown
1969ref. 146891Unknown: I.P.C. Pictures 1969. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "The Catcher in the Raw." At a California hot springs resort a shady therapist helps eight carefully selected applicants find themselves and "experience their bodies" a process which mostly involves consuming large amounts of LSD meditative screaming and slow-motion basketball games. Louis Garfinkle's sole directorial credit and an excellent example of the intersection of early 1970s wellness culture and sexploitation. Set in California. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for director Louis Garfinkle. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. I.P.C. Pictures unknown
1954ref. 150117N.p.: Romulus Films 1954. Vintage reference photograph of Humphrey Bogart on the set of the 1953 film. Two mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Loosely based on the 1951 novel by Claud Cockburn shot as a parody of Huston's 1941 classic "The Maltese Falcon." One of the inscrutable films ever made viewed today variously as a cipher a long literary joke a Hollywood film or a bunch of famous folk on vacation with cameras rolling. In truth probably all of those things. But film noir to the hilt. Set in Europe shot on location in Italy in Ravello south of Naples Italy and nearby at Palazzo Ruffolo Palazzo Confalone and the Villa Cimbrone. Some second unit shooting and retakes were later done in the UK. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and several pinholes in margins and three very small chips on top edge. Ebert II. Grant US. Romulus Films unknown
1970ref. 140743N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Beans is the chauffeur secret agent Jedediah Norris a beautiful young woman who is in graduate school and adopted from Vietnam during the war by her father a black man named Tom Callahan. She is also a gourmet chef and is in desperate love with her boss but he only seems to notice her when she goofs. All the while she is an aspiring television star hoping to work in show business one day. Set in San Francisco. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ezra Bowen. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 132553Beverly Hills CA: Waterlow and Sons / United Artists 1954. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1954 US film. Based on Richard G. Hubler's 1946 novel "I've Got Mine" about two soldiers on a Japanese-occupied island during World War II. A true survival tale as the soldiers must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. Filmed in Hawaii and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / United Artists unknown
1969ref. 147024Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Six vintage temporary tattoos issued as a promotional item for the 1969 film by the beloved but short-lived film studio Warner Brothers-Seven Arts. With both the original envelope housing the tattoos and a Warner Brothers-Seven Arts mailing envelope addressed to film critic photographer and poet Michael S. Dworkin. The decals shown in reverse here for the sake of readability are inspired by the designs for the tattoos sported by actor Rod Steiger in the film with the promotional copy inviting the recipient to "be your own illustrated man." The only example we have encountered unsurprising given the temporary nature of the item. Based on three short stories from Bradbury's acclaimed collection "The Veldt" "The Long Rain" and "The Last Night of the World." Tattoos variously sized between 4.25 x 5.75 and 8.75 x 4 inches. All but one of the tissue guards are still fully attached. Bright and Near Fine. Promotional envelope 5.25 x 10 inches. Chip to the envelope flap and some bruising from having been opened else Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1964ref. 131832London: Three Kings Films 1964. Draft script for the 1965 film. With several substantive manuscript emendations to dialogue throughout. A British "teen" comedy with a title that borrows the title and spirit of Conrad Hilton's 1957 autobiography. A family inherits a seaside hotel and has trouble filling it up until their son's rock group begins bringing in the crowds. One of several British films from the mid-sixties which offered the added inducement of a guest appearance by "The Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis who had more success in the UK than the USA after marrying his teenage cousin in 1958. Magenta titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 6-11-64 in manuscript pencil with credits for screenwriter and composer Fairhurst. 108 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock with pink revision pages throughout dated 23.11.64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Three Kings Films unknown
1963ref. 163783N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film showing actors Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann. Stamp of photographer Agnès Varda film director and wife of Jacques Demy on the verso. Varda and director Jacques Demy were married from 1962 until Demy's death in 1990. While vacationing in Nice a quiet young bank employee begins an affair with a gambler whose addiction and despair mirrors his own. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and in and Monte Carlo Monaco. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 151019N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. A young bank employee Jean encouraged by his friend to try gambling decides to vacation in Nice where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair. Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and Monte Carlo Monaco. 2 8.75 x 7 inches 1 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 149723N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1977 French film showing actress Delphine Seyrig. With the stamp of M.K. 2 DIFFUSION Films on the verso. A desperately unhappy woman reflects on the relationships in her life beginning with her marriage to her womanizing husband who has forced her into prostitution as a means of paying off his gambling debts. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 168469N.p.: N.p. 1925. Nine reference photographs from the 1925 Soviet silent film seven borderless and two bordered struck and issued by Cinémathèque Française circa 1936. All seven borderless photographs with the stamp of Archives Cinémathèque Française on the verso. A dramatization of a real-life mutiny which occurred on the Russian battleship Potemkin in 1905. The film's violence led to it being banned in West Germany and the UK until 1954 and even after that given an X rating until 1978. It was shown in a much-edited form in East Germany though the US premiere in December 1926 was shown unedited. A written introduction by Leon Trotsky at the beginning of the film was cut from later Soviet prints due to Trotsky running afoul of Stalin. The film's famous sequence showing a massacre by Tsarist soldiers of civilians on the Odessa Steps is considered the first example of a montage sequence in cinema. All photogaphs 5 x 3.5 inches. Generally Near Fine. BFI 1494. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
ref. 148727Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England. Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities. Arrow 2164. Toei unknown
1949ref. 152568Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage reference photograph of actress Denise Darcel on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A dramatization of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 following the US 101st Airborne Division as they hold the town of Bastogne against overwhelming German forces. Set in Belgium shot on location in Oregon California and Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn to the bottom edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1956ref. 142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody" Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Multilith duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1955ref. 132184Burbank CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers 1955. Seven vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on Leon Uris' first book about a new recruitment of Marines primed for battle but the battle comes when they least expect it. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers unknown
