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1969ref. 164092N.p.: N.p. 1969. Archive of 339 contact sheets comprising over 6750 studio still and on-the-set images from renowned still photographer Muky from the 1969 film. The archive is bound in two three-ring binders each labeled with the title "Directed by Arthur Penn" and "Still Photographs by Muky" with the binders labeled "Volume 1" and "Volume 2" on the spine respectively. The contact sheets in the archive are nearly all mounted back-to-back and affixed to the left edge with binders tape each with a three-hole punch to the binders tape. Muky born Menyhert Munkacsi was a renowned photographer for over 60 years and one of the foremost still photographers in the movie industry for over 25 years. Beginning as a photographer for theatrical productions in Budapest Hungary Muky was hired by Warner Brothers in the mid 1930s. By the 1950's Muky was one of Hollywood's most well respected still photographers. After relocating to New York in the mid 1950s Muky became perhaps the best known film still photographer in New York. Among the films on which Muky worked include: "12 Angry Men" 1957 "The Apartment" 1960 "The Miracle Worker" 1962 "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 and "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975. Based on Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 339 Contact Sheets 8.5 x 10 inches all but eleven mounted back-to-back. Near Fine overall. Two Binders 11 x 11.5 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing. N.p. unknown
1972ref. C102028London: Josef Shaftel Productions 1972. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Alice's adventures in Wonderland: Final shooting script by William Sterling copy belonging to actor Mike Elles playing Guinea Pig Two; with his signature on the title page. Typed 159 page script presented in a black card binder with title window/ Original Programme of the 'Royal Premiere in the Gracious Presence of Her Majesty The Queen in aid of The Gurkha Welfare Appeal Odeon Marble Arch 4th December 1972. Small 4to. Original publisher's wraps in old gold lettered Black and Orange with background illustrations of the traditional characters from the book. Contents Include Frontispiece photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth II; information on The Gurkha Welfare Appeal Premiere Committee with Patron Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma and many period advertisements which add graphic interest; 32 Page souvenir booklet with Cast List Technical Credits and copious colour production photographs. Loosely inserted black and white stills photographs x 5 featuring the Guinea Pigs; Newspaper review clippings x 3 by Giles Brandreth and Lida Handsley with a feature on Fiona Fullerton 'The Girl Lord Snowdon Discovered.' / Production flyer for the Premiere promoting The Gurkha Welfare Appeal and a colour production illustration of Fiona Fullerton as Alice surrounded by a cast of characters/ Josef Shaftel Productions 'Script Amendments and Deletions' 24 March 1972 issued to all concerned from Rene DuPont/ Six typed Call Sheets No.s 13452734 giving scene details with artists and characters involved. Very good. Josef Shaftel Productions paperback
1977ref. 149743N.p.: N.p. 1977. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1977 French film showing actress Sylvia Kristel variously with director Claude Chabrol and actors Charles Vanel and Jean Carmet. A young woman in the process of leaving her husband discovers her car's windshield has mysteriously shattered forcing her to spend the night at an isolated mansion in the countryside. Shot on location in Villennes sur Seine France. 7 x 4.5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 162219N.p.: Screen Gems 1967. Vintage reference photograph of actor Sammy Davis Jr. in the recording studio on the set of the 1966 animated musical film holding a poster with a drawing by John Tenniel and pointing to the character Davis voiced in the movie-the Cheshire cat. A modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic 1865 novel with Alice falling through the "looking glass" of the television screen into Wonderland. Originally broadcast on ABC on March 30 1966 the special featured music by composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams best known for the Broadway production "Bye Bye Birdie" 1960. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Screen Gems unknown
1949ref. 170744Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the Faust myth about a district attorney who makes a deal with the devil in order to put a criminal ringleader behind bars. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly toned with creasing at three corners. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1943ref. 130866Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. The second of Universal's Technicolor fantasy adventures after "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "White Savage" 1943 loosely based on the classic Arabian Nights tales with a fitting score by Edward Ward to match Lubin's directorial flair. A fun but often overlooked desert romp. Gray titled wrappers noted as Revised and copy No. 113 on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7142 dated 5-20-43 with credit for screenwriter Hartmann. 114 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor with front wrapper starting bound with three gold brads. Weaver p. 565. Universal Pictures unknown
1966ref. 159144Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 UK film showing actor Michael Caine in conversation with director Lewis Gilbert. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Bill Naughton's 1966 play set in sexy swinging 1960s London about a young working class chauffeur who decides to change his womanizing behavior after a tuberculosis diagnosis and the birth of his son. Director Lewis Gilbert breaks the fourth wall in this film with Caine directly addressing the camera in attempt to gain sympathy from the audience a technique used again by Gilbert in "Shirley Valentine" 1989. Gilbert also addressed the then-taboo issues of pregnancy and abortion in an uncommonly candid style. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly age toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
1960ref. 172856Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 re-release of the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 149801Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Archive of five vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1970 film four of which are borderless. One photograph SIGNED and dated 1969 by photographer Alan Pappe on the verso all photographs with his stamp. All five photographs feature legendary Italian director Federico Fellini in his cameo role as himself with one showing the director on the set with a clapboard and crew members in front of him while a second features a manuscript pencil annotation describing Fellini and actor Donald Sutherland discussing a scene with an out-of-frame director Paul Mazursky. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years photographing a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. A young filmmaker struggles to come up with ideas for new film after his previous commercial and critical success while ruminating on his past present and possible futures. One photograph 11 x 11 inches four photographs roughly 14 x 11 or 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 157995N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing Donald Sutherland watching a fantasy version of himself on a camera crane. Handwritten snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Heavily influenced by Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" 1963 about an aging film director agonizing over his next project loosely based on director Paul Mazursky's own experiences after the success of "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" 1969. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with a small tear on the top edge repaired with paper tape. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 160411N.p.: Europ-Films 1961. Vintage French poster for the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cignognes s'envolent a l'aube." Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. A man recalls through flashback the parting words of a woman "I'll Come Back." Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival 1961. Shot on location in Hungary. 22.5 x 30 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Europ-Films unknown
1963ref. 143919Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original Moyenne medium poster for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cigognes s'envolent a l'aube." Numerical notation on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the second Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. 22.25 x 30 inches folded as issued. About Near Fine lightly creased with toning at the folds. Ucinex unknown
1969ref. 133199N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize double weight candid photograph of Alan Arkin Art Garfunkel and Martin Sheen on the set of Mike Nichols' "Catch-22" in 1969. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. The photographer has written at the top of the verso in manuscript pencil: "Candid during rehearsal / The boys break up in briefing room scene / Art Garfunkel Alan Arkin Martin Sheen." Also with Willoughby's ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 13.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 166472Santa Monica: Beacon Communications 1995. Draft script for the 1997 film. Communists hijack Air Force One with the First Lady and her daughter onboard forcing the president to decide whether he will break his vow never to capitulate to terrorist demands or sacrifice the lives of his family. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Washington DC throughout California and in Cleveland and Mansfield Ohio in the US and in Moscow Russia. Self wrappers. Title page present dated August 22 1995 with credit for screenwriter Andrew W. Marlowe. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Beacon Communications unknown
1954ref. 146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details. A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors. Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida. Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 146074Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1951. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1951 film. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1653 dated JANUARY 31 1951 with credits for actors Stephen McNally Gail Russell Alex Nicol and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL TEN PAGE 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some fading to the top left and right edges bound with two gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown
1950ref. 146066Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Treatment script for the 1951 film. Copy belonging to Universal-International film executive Leo Spitz with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. Blue titled wrappers noted as TREATMENT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7718 dated March 21 1950. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Robert W. Soderberg. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/50 and 3/18/50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top left corner with one gold brad. Universal International Pictures unknown
1984ref. 159116N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 20. An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer of "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975 winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and co-writer of "Cool Hand Luke" 1967 "Cat Ballou" 1965 and "A Star is Born" 1976 among many others. Pierson served as the President of the Writers Guild of America West for two terms in the 1980s and 1990s and was also associated with the American Film Institute the Academy of American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Sundance Film Festival. Considered by many to be one of the best unproduced still-unfilmed screenplays written in the wake of an April 1984 "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" magazine article about the spate of films about American milltowns. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1984 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Frank Pierson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light offsetting on the last page of the script. Bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 141292N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. In the winter of 1934 a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times ultimately forcing all three to reveal their true identities. Set in France. Tan titled wrappers. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 129692New York: Delia Productions 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. A verse play retelling of the Greek myth in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Delia Productions unknown
1970ref. 141409N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A barfly witnesses a bank robbery and getaway making him the inadvertent target of the gang members responsible for the crime. Red titled wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as original treatment with credit for screenwriter Michael Sloan. 49 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 48. Roneograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 166459Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film by noted television and film director Joss Whedon. Annotations in manuscript ink throughout indicating locations of scenes. A government scientist dies only to wake up in an entirely different body: that of a serial killer named Snowman. Although the script never progressed to production Whedon used several of the themes of "Afterlife" in his 2009 television series "Dollhouse." Self wrappers. Title page present with credit for Whedon dated September 16 1994. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970ref. 137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 150042N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with a former crime photographer to find the murderer. The third of four film appearances of singer and occasional actor John Mellencamp. Shot in Rochester New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 6-9-99 noted as Rev. with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Manganelli. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 150623Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Collection of 35 vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with images of director Andrew Marton actors and crew on the set. A British rancher hires two American cowboys to oversee his Kenyan estate. Basis for the American television show "Cowboy in Africa" starring Chuck Connors which ran on ABC during the 1967-1968 season. Set and shot on location in Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
