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1971ref. 159146N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing director Woody Allen and actress Louise Lasser. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 149552N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1971 film showing director Woody Allen behind a pile of bananas. With the stamp of London Press Photos Ltd. on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few tiny nicks and a small faint splash to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 162149N.p.: Sociéte Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1974. Collection of eleven vintage borderless lobby cards for the French release of the 1974 Italian 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 lawyer agrees to marry a teenage girl with an intellectual disability in order to access her wealthy mother's properties planning to have the girl kidnapped after the marriage only to find himself falling in love with her. 11.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Sociéte Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown
1970ref. 141097Beverly Hills CA: Jerry Adler Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A drama about the no-man's land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande technically claimed by America but unofficially belonging to bands of roving outlaws and social outcasts. Set in Texas. Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Herman Groves. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Jerry Adler Productions unknown
1964ref. 150646Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1964. Seven vintage studio still photographs of musician Ray Charles in performance from the 1964 film. A blind musician Ray Charles playing himself helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend. Shot on location in Paris and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1965ref. 151461N.p.: N.p. 1965. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A blind musician Ray Charles playing himself helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend. Shot on location in Paris and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 168227Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. A major in the US Air Force is asked to join a team working on an experimental Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber although the first experiments with human test subjects prove dangerous. Based on a 1955 episode of the "Climax" anthology television series directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Charlton Heston. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned on the margins else Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1973ref. 161326Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film showing actor Martin Sheen. Provenance labels on the verso. Director Terrence Malick's transcendent and ferocious debut loosely based on the 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in early outstanding performances. Kit a handsome but disaffected young garbage collector and Korean War veteran succeeds in charming Holly a shy teenage girl despite the objections of her brutish father. The two run away together after Kit murders her father initiating a killing streak that follows in their wake. Set in South Dakota shot on location in Colorado. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly scratched and worn. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 651. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert IV. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Grant US. Warner Brothers unknown
1948ref. 146321London: Highbury Studios 1948. Shooting script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1930 play. Inhabitants of a sleepy British village rise up in protest when a large corporation announces a plan to build a large development on their cricket field. The matter is appropriately settled through a cricket match. Set in Britain. Green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with three undated revision pages printed on white stock laid in. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good side stapled. Highbury Studios unknown
1999ref. 135842London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1999. Draft scripts for two Season 2 episodes of the 2000 television show "Badger:" "The Price of a Daughter." and "Only Ewe" later released under the title "Blood Ties." Jerome Flynn plays a wildlife liaison officer in a small rural town who fights various animal crime and encounters the usual interpersonal drama. Set in Northumberland England. "Only Ewe:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 04/10/1999 with credits for screenwriter Colin MacDonald. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mechanical duplication with white revision pages dated 05-Oct-99 and 06-Oct-99. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. "The Price of a Daughter:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as DRAFT 1 on the front wrapper dated 07/11/99 with credits for screenwriter Kieran Prendiville. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown
1973ref. 161971Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Each photograph with printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and one provenance stamp on the verso. A gritty crime thriller about a racist Irish cop who is forced to turn in his badge after killing a Puerto Rican suspect while in pursuit of the man that killed his former partner. The second film based on the experiences of real-life New York policeman Eddie Egan following William Friedkin's 1971 film "The French Connection" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown
1980ref. 162548N.p.: N.p. 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film including one matte-finish and one glossy both showing actors Art Garfunkel and Theresa Russell. One with a provenance stamp on the verso. A psychiatrist begins a passionate affair with a married woman with their relationship eventually devolving into violence and animosity. A controversial film and the subject of endless disagreement between those who praise its frankness and malaise and those who find it utterly tasteless-in our estimation among Nicholas Roeg's finest directorial efforts. Set and shot on location in Vienna. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine one with an annotation noting Garfunkel's name on the bottom margin of the recto. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 162188Los Angeles: Medallion Pictures 1965. Five vintage lobby cards for the American release of the 1959 Italian 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. An exploration of the Roman criminal underworld following three thugs as they spend their days committing petty crimes and their nights with prostitutes. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with faint discoloration along the bottom margins. Medallion Pictures unknown
1950ref. 159601Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film noir. At the end of World War II a veteran wakes up from an important surgery to discover his friend is missing-and suspected of murder. He follows a trail of clues to find his friend and more importantly find out if the man is guilty. Set in California shot on location in Los Angeles and Glendale California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1974ref. 137795Rome: Ultra Film S. p. A. 1974. Carbon typescript Draft script for the 1973 Italian film" Baciamo le mani" here under the English title "The Family." Released internationally as "I Kiss the Hand" "Family Killer" and "Kiss My Hand" and re-released in the US as "Sin City Confidential." Brief annotations in manuscript ink on the first page noting the role of Luca played by Spiros Focas and on a few other pages. Rubber-stamped on the title page as an Ultra Film production however Aquila Cinematografica would receive final credit. Based on Schiraldi's 1972 titular novel. Stefano Ferrante Joshua Sinclair the son of a Mafia boss Kennedy is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone Saxon because he refused to sell a piece of land. Eventually Ardizzone becomes the new Don and the prior is soon killed by some indifferent construction workers. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Schiraldo and translator Denis Hall. 208 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Ultra Film S. p. A. unknown
1961ref. 150030Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Tuesday Weld from the 1961 film. "BACHELOR FLAT Fox" printed near the top edge of the verso. Loosely based on the 1959 play "Libby" by screenwriter Budd Grossman and a reworking of director Frank Tashlin's earlier romantic comedy "Susan Slept Here" 1954 starring Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds. Professor Bruce Patterson Terry-Thomas is the apple of all the girls eyes on campus. When he decides to stay at his out-of-town fiance's beach house to avoid the co-eds Libby Weld Helen's daughter he knew nothing of arrives and all matter of shenanigans ensue. Shot on location in Malibu California. 7 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 166246Shepperton: CWJ Associates / CCTV 1980. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1969 British film directed by Alastair Reid and starring Diana Dors. A wealthy Jewish doctor and his wife who cannot have children decide to pretend that the wife is pregnant while secretly hiring a surrogate but bump up against trouble when they realize the child will not be born Jewish. Gray tall wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Barbara Jago noted as First Draft undated. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. CWJ Associates / CCTV unknown
1956ref. 158265Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film showing Elia Kazan astride a rocking horse directing actor Eli Wallach. Warner Brothers stamp on the verso crediting photographer Floyd McCarty. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional county of Tiger Tail Mississippi and shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear along the left edge. Warner Brothers unknown
1956ref. 149458N.p.: Newtown Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker on the set of the 1956 film. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County Mississippi shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Newtown Productions unknown
1956ref. 171014Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Marilyn Monroe dressed as an "usherette" and a group of photographers at the 1956 film premiere held at the Victoria Theater in New York in benefit of the Actors Studio. Monroe was a longtime supporter of the Actors Studio. She and her then-husband Arthur Williams were both in attendance at the premiere. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional county of Tiger Tail Mississippi and shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Nick at the bottom edge else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1971ref. 162505N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing a nude JoAnna Cameron. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A young television producer has an affair with his man-eating boss and her teenage daughter. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 166713Universal City: Universal Studios 1979. Two Draft scripts for the third episode of the first season both copies belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the character Nancy Duvall. The episode aired on NBC on May 10 1979. Laid in is a gathering of 20 green revision pages dated 2/15/79 four xerographically duplicated revision pages dated 2/17/79 and an eight-page xerographically duplicated shooting schedule. The first of the two Draft scripts printed on pink leaves with blue revision pages has Cummings' name written on the top of the title page and manuscript marker annotations on six dog-eared pages including her name adjacent to her character's circled name on the cast page here as "Kathy Duvall." The second of the Draft scripts is printed on yellow leaves with manuscript marker and ink annotations on six dog-eared pages with her character's name here changed to "Nancy Duvall." Produced at the height of the CB radio and trucking craze of the late 1970's "B.J. and the Bear" was created by Glean A. Larson and Christopher Crow and starred Greg Evigan as Billie Joe "B.J." McKay a freelance trucker who travels the highways of the US with his pet chimpanzee Bear. The series premiered on October 4 1978 and aired for three seasons and 46 episodes ending on May 9 1981. In this episode B.J. and the Bear drive two coffins from Transylvania to Los Angeles from San Francisco as a publicity stunt for a movie during a dangerously stormy night and encounter a strange caretaker played by John Carradine. Featuring Danny Glover in his television debut. Pink Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 5 1979 with credits for screenwriter Michael Sloan. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 67. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/8/79. Pages Very Good plus with the title page detached bound with two gold brads. Yellow Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 5 1978 with credits for screenwriter Michael Sloan. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1948ref. 139693Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Three vintage vintage black-and-white double weight matte finish studio still reference photographs from the 1948 film. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Thomas Brett in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. Numerical rubber stamps on the versos. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1947ref. 130829Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. Lacks front studio wrapper and title page rear wrapper is gray. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-10-47 and 9-30-47. Pages Near Fine rear wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1979ref. 140601N.p.: Aaron Spelling Productions 1979. First Draft script for Episode 8 from the sole season of the 1980 television series. Two former race car drivers join the LAPD as part of the B.A.D. C.A.T. squad Burglary Auto Detail Commercial Auto Thefts. The men often end up running the burglars off the road rather than taking them in for questioning a method quietly encouraged by their superior Captain Nathan. Michelle Pfeiffer costarred as Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen another B.A.D. Cat. Orange titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated 12/20/79 with credits for Aaron Spelling Productions. Title page present dated 12/20/79 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriters Larry Alexander and Richard Carr executive producers Aaron Spelling and Douglas S. Cramer supervising producer E. Duke Vincent and producer Everett Chambers. 60 leaves mechanical duplication with last page of text numbered 56. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown
