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1983ref. 149305Rome: 2T Produzione Film 1983. Vintage grande French poster for the 1983 erotic film. Inspired by Ovid's 2 AD collection of poems "Ars Amatoria" "The Art of Love". Set in ancient Rome the poet Ovid teaches courses in the art of love. One of his students sets out to test his newfound skill on a woman whose husband has gone to war. 47 x 63 inches. One panel. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Bier 96. 2T Produzione Film unknown
1953ref. 152724N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish double weight photograph of Charlton Heston receiving a massage on the set of the 1953 film. With the stamp of photographer Bill Avery on the verso. A Chief of Scouts mistrusts the Apache tribe after the chief refuses to sign a peace treaty but his concerns are disregarded by the US Army. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early twentieth century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. Shot on location in Texas. 9 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 166. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 161479New York: Cambist Films 1966. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 late noir sexploitation film. One photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso one on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A sex maniac is killing prostitutes in Manhattan and it's up to a rogue cop to catch him before he kills again. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Cambist Films unknown
1937ref. 165066Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Cesar Romero and Irving Pichel from the 1937 film with two stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso one studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and one dated Advertising Advisory Council stamp. 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. Robert Wilcox stars as a detective who goes undercover to expose a group of hijackers. 10 x 8 inches. A small crease to the bottom right corner else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1991ref. 153730N.p.: N.p. 1991. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated design for the film title and a typed list of editorial notes on the script dated 7/24/91 with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner noting "Viacom's list." Loosely based on the nonfiction writings of Tom Clancy about the members of a special deep cover military unit as they attempt to manage a volatile hostage situation. Set in Tampa Florida and Washington DC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/91 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ahnemann. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 164601Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film musical one showing actor Lew Parker pointing at actress Pat Dane the other showing actress Olga San Juan in Chinese-inspired garb. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1945 Broadway musical in turn based on George Malcolm-Smith's 1941 novel "Slightly Perfect." A young insurance salesman quits his job and joins a traveling circus thereby discovering his ability to tap-dance and sing. 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. 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Universal-International unknown
1932ref. 137089Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph with snipe printed on the verso identifying director Harry Beaumont on the set with actresses Anita Page and Joan Marsh in the 1932 film based on the 1932 J.P. McEvoy novel of the same name. With an additional stamp on the verso reading "Country of origin USA." Left jobless and about to be kicked out of his apartment by the Great Depression a former radio writer accidentally kills his wife. Going on the run with his mistress he comes on a radio show hosted by his former boss to protest his innocence and lead a manhunt for the "killer." 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with some light creasing to the corners and light soil. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1994ref. 162973New York: MTV 1994. Four draft scripts 6 treatment scripts and some ephemera related to an unproduced pilot episode of a television series set to air on MTV. Set to star former MTV VJ Ed Marqus this series would have followed a laid-back Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who takes a job teaching a journalism class at a stuffy private high school. Set in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Fourth Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 1 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Third Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated February 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 1: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 12 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 2: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 5 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Treatment script 1: Lacking wrappers. 4 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine unbound. With manuscript ink annotations to each page. Treatment script 2: Lacking wrappers. 2 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with staple at top left corner. Treatment script 3: Lacking wrappers. 3 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near fine bound with staple at top left corner. With manuscript ink annotation to each page. Treatment script 4: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with paperclip at top left corner. Treatment script 5: Lacking wrappers. 13 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only printed on gray stock. Near Fine unbound. Treatment script 6: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Very Good plus bound with paperclip at top left corner. 1 Deal proposal to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic: 2 leaves Near Fine. Housed in a Major Clients Agency envelope Very Good plus with some tearing from opening and with manuscript ink annotation on the verso. 1 set of handwritten notes: 11 leaves rectos only unbound. Very Good plus. All materials housed in a generic three-ring binder. MTV unknown
1960ref. 153710N.p.: N.p. 1960. Archive of loose typescript materials for four unproduced television series. Two pages signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen and many pages with manuscript ink and pencil annotations by him noting editorial and substantive revisions. Included in the collection are treatment drafts and draft script pages for four television series: one show called "Play Ball" a quiz show based on baseball trivia one show called "The Adventures of the Dude" about a New York police officer who moves west to become a cowboy one show called "The Producer" about the early days of Hollywood and one show called "Cannonball" an adventure series about two truckers. Four unproduced early ventures by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Approximately 65 pages in total. Pages generally loose some partially bound with a single staple. Housed in a manila envelope with manuscript ink annotations to the recto noting "Old Treatments by Larry Cohen". Pages and envelope Near Fine. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 138365N.p.: N.p. 1997. Archive of original and quite substantive correspondence ranging from personal to professional concerns between writer Larry Gelbart and director Robert Parrish all from the archive of Robert Parrish dating between 1979-1997. Archive includes: - Four Autograph Letters Signed from Gelbart to Parrish on Gelbart's personal debossed stationery. - Five Autograph Note Cards Signed from Gelbart to Parrish on Gelbart's personal stationery - One Printed Letter Signed from Gelbart to to Parrish on white office stock. - Two outgoing carbons and one printed letter from Parrish to Gelbart - One seven-page typescript of a humorous essay by Parrish essay titled "Beverly Hills Breakfast Briefing" featuring Gelbart and Parrish as the subjects. Also included are four pieces of vintage ephemera including: - Typescript of an address by Gelbart for the "New York Friars Club Tribute to Neil Simon" at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Grand Ballroom on April 25 1993. - Typescript of an address for "The Museum of Television and Radio Gala" at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Grand Ballroom on April 27 1993. - Typescript of an address for Joseph S. Kantor's Memorial Service on April 26 1993. - Typescript of an address for Jay Burton's Memorial Service on April 28 1993. - Photocopied excerpt from the Dramatists Guild Quarterly Spring 1992 issue an article regarding Gelbart Gelbart best known for having written "Tootsie" 1982 and for creating the television show "MASH" maintained a close friendship with director Robert Parrish "Body and Soul" "A Double Life" "All the King's Men" and his wife Kathleen as seen here via nearly twenty years of kind correspondence that touches upon the two men's writings careers and family lives. An uncommonly charming and frequently hilarious documentation of a close relationship both within and outside of the film industry. All material Very Good plus to Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 162669N.p.: N.p. 1995. Archive of vintage treatments and proposals for 16 unproduced sitcom television series. All material housed together in a generic three-ring binder with a manuscript label on the binder spine noting "1995 Pilot Pitches" in the hand of screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Lacking title page presumably as issued. Approximately 150 leaves. Pages Very Good plus with light discoloration on the bottom edge of the first leaf and faint foxing on the page edges. Binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 140906Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue who starred in the film. Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script here under the working title "Southern Skies" four vintage photographs each with a mimeo snipe on the verso one with a press stamp as well and a later 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film signed and dated by Blue with his bookplate on the front pastedown. MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack comprised of music and sound effects including most notably the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie" as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set on a Polynesian Island shot on location in Tahiti at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders using many of them as extras in the film. Carbon typescript draft: Cream colored titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338 dated November 29 1927 with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated November 161927 with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. 1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:" Early The Century edition from 1921 first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good lacking jacket. Front hinge split with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1974ref. 160034Hollywood: Paramount Television / Leda Productions 1974. Second Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1975 television series. Copy belonging to an uncredited sound engineer with his name and title on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. The first adaptation to celluloid of hardboiled Southern California private eye Lew Archer a character originally created by novelist Ross Macdonald. In this episode Archer investigates a con man exploiting naive teenagers out of their parents' money. Originally aired on January 30 1975 on NBC. Orange titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 9 1974. Title page present noted as SECOND DRAFT dated December 9 1974 with credits for screenwriter David P. Harmon and novelist Ross Macdonald. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/12/74. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Television / Leda Productions unknown
1948ref. 146150N.p.: Enterprise Productions 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the 1948 film. Manuscript annotations in ink on bottom border of recto. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and stamp on the verso obscured by manuscript marker. Based on the 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. A complex romantic film noir in which Dr. Ravic Boyer is a refugee doctor practicing illegally in Paris under a false name. He saves Joan Madou Bergman from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover and helps her land a job singing in a nightclub. The two fall in love but he is deported. Joan finds herself another man's mistress while Dr. Ravic seeks revenge by hunting for the Nazi officer Ivon Haake Laughton. Set in Paris shot on location in New York and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and 2 small tears on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso. Selby US. Spicer US. Olive Films #809. Enterprise Productions unknown
1966ref. 141237N.p.: N.p. 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. Note laid in from agent Paul Kohner to Mel Tucker dated June 23 1966. A group of Nazis steal a truck of gold during the war eventually hiding it in a cave on the Portuguese coast. Years later a group of thieves begin looking for the loot. Set in Portugal. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Kandel. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a portion neatly cut from bottom right corner of front wrapper clearly as issued to reveal a quote from Lewis Carroll on the first leaf see image. Bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 144162N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced film. Synopses in English are laid into the front wrapper for "That Boy Named Jesus" "Young Jesus" and "Don Quixote Goes West." Text in English. An imagining of the infancy youth and adolescence of Jesus Christ. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Pages Fine wrapper Fine clip binding. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 161473N.p.: Distribpix 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the versos of all three photographs. Sarah is a girl with quite the reputation who likes to hang with the wild boys. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint overall creasing. Distribpix unknown
1999ref. 167772N.p.: N.p. 1999. Two draft scripts for an unproduced film. One script preceded by a two-page treatment. Included with the scripts are a typed note dated 13 May 1999 from a Lisa Jones to screenwriter Mark Jacobson providing advice on the script along with a return note from Jacobson to Jones acknowledging her letter. Additionally included is a printed six-page script breakdown presumably created by Jacobson. In the late 1950s a college student dies in a car accident. After his death his soul is mistakenly placed in the body of a two-year-old although he retains his adult brain and he is sent to live with a beautiful young woman. Stamped script: Beige wrappers with the stamp of screenwriter Mark Jacobson on the front wrapper along with a phone number in manuscript pencil. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Non-stamped script: Green untitled front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page integral with the first page of text. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 161263Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. Loosely based on the 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. The ultimate reflection of the American experience in Vietnam taking Conrad's dark vision of an expedition up the Congo and transplanting it to Vietnam-era Cambodia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning two. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on grueling location in the Philippines. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown
1955ref. 153207US: American Releasing Corporation 1955. Vintage contact sheet showing twelve images of actors Lloyd Bridges and Joan Taylor with unidentified crew members on the set of the 1955 Western. With manuscript ink notations on the verso identifying the film. Roger Corman's second film as a director about a lawman sent to a small town to investigate reports of Apache attacks but finds things might not be exactly as they seem. Contact sheet 8 x 10 inches images 2.5 x 2.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. American Releasing Corporation unknown
1970ref. 141411N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A successful doctor suffers a mental breakdown due to her survivor's guilt after being the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. She becomes obsessed with a man four years older than her whom she met previously in a refugee camp in France. Set in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Ethel Tyne. 28 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 148977Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1966 film. Based on the 1964 hit Broadway play by Muriel Resnik. Ellen Gordon Jane Fonda is New York executive John Cleves' Jason Robards mistress who falls for Cleves' young out-of-town associate Cass Henderson Dean Jones when Cleves' secretary unknowingly sends him to the apartment where they have their trysts. The secretary then compounds the error by telling Cleves' wife Dorothy Rosemary Murphy about the apartment. Shot on location in New York City. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued one small closed tear else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1962ref. 148842N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Rare. "Love at Twenty" is anthology film on the titular theme by five filmmakers Shintaro Ishihara Marcel Ophuls Renzo Rossellini François Truffault and Andrzej Wajda united with a score by Georges Delerue and photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Truffaut's short is the second of five films which follow his alter-ego Antoine Doinel Jean-Pierre Léaud. The films in the Antoine Doinel series are "The 400 Blows" 1959 "Antoine and Colette" 1962 "Stolen Kisses" 1968 "Bed and Board" 1970 and "Love on the Run" 1979. Antoine now aged 17 falls in love for the first time to the lovely Colette Marie-France Pisier whose feelings though tender are not reciprocated. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 185. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 154857Paris: Gaumont 1947. Three oversize photographs of director Jacques Becker and actors Claire Maffei and Roger Pigaut on the set of the 1947 film. Manuscript annotations and stamp of Gaumont Eagle-Lion on the versos. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown
1947ref. 144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown
