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1999ref. 157021Hollywood: Sony Pictures Classics 1999. Vintage program for the debut of the 1999 film. Based on the 1946 play by Terence Rattigan about a British family whose attempts to defend their teenage son from accusations of postal theft escalate into a costly and scandalous media storm. Set and shot on location in London. 6.5 x 9 inches. 22 leaves in perfect-bound wrappers. Near Fine. Sony Pictures Classics unknown
1981ref. 170407N.p.: N.p. 1981. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French film both showing actress Dominique Sanda. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on Henry James' classic 1902 novel about a London escort who arranges for her lover to marry a wealthy dying heiress in Venice. Shot on location in Paris and Venice. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 143500Culver City CA: Vanguard Films 1949. First Rough Draft script for an unproduced film intended for development at Vanguard Films inherited by Vanguard from Selznick International. Based on the 1902 novel by Henry James. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Rough Draft on the front wrapper dated February 3 1949 with credits for screenwriter Robert Stevenson. Title page present dated February 3 1949 noted as First Draft with credits for novelist Henry James. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. Vanguard Films unknown
1963ref. 132008New York: Louis de Rochemont Associates 1963. Third Draft script for an unproduced film about John Knox the Scottish clergyman and theologian considered to be the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland. Screenwriter Sloane credited as Sloan here was a screenwriter and wardrobe consultant whose film credits include "Martin Luther" 1953 "Stalag 17" 1953 "The Monster That Challenged the World" 1957 and a host of television movies and episodes. Presumed the only screen treatment on Knox the leader of the Protestant Reformation. Titled self wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated March 15 1963 with credits for screenwriter Sloane as Sloan and presenter Lothar Wolff. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Louis de Rochemont Associates unknown
1962ref. 162597N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 French film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A group of four schoolgirls escape their destitute lives to a housing project an abandoned house on an island. When an older girl reveals their secret to the schoolmistress scandal breaks out. Shot on location in River Marne France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 150123N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1967 film. All with "Les Films Armon BON" stamps two with "L.F. Films" stamps stuck with manuscript marker two with "5 / 20" one with "4 / 20" and one with "15 / 20" stamps all on verso. Stock car driver Rod Tillman Steve Alaimo goes undercover as a getaway driver for the California biker gang Satan's Angels. Shot on location in Florida. 8.5 x 6.75 inches 8.5 x 6.5 inches 8.75 x 6.25 inches and 8.25 x 7 inches. Very Good with light creasing and a few tiny pinholes. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 150196N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Mary Murphy Bruno VeSota Will Wright and others looking on as Robert Keith and Robert Osterloh restrain a wounded Marlon Brando. Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town disrupting local racing events stealing and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville California and shot on location in Calabasas Thousand Oaks and Hollister California. 9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 158263Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Marlon Brando and Mary Murphy. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town disrupting local racing events stealing and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville California and shot on location in Calabasas Thousand Oaks and Hollister California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 153131London: Avianca 1972. Second Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "The Fourteen." Copy belonging to producer Harvey Harrison with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page. The eldest children of a working class family of fourteen are forced to take care of the younger children when their mother falls ill. Set and shot on location in London. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated noted as Second Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Roland Starke. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good with wear to the top right page corners of the first 13 pages and front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Avianca unknown
1970ref. 132913Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1970. Collection of twelve vintage reference photographs from the 1970 French film. Based on the true story of "feral child" Victor of Aveyron found living alone in the woods of France in 1800 and a doctor's attempts to educate him and introduce him to civilized society. Shot on location in Aubiat Auvergne and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown
1950ref. 142332N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A violent gang of men chaos all over the outskirts of London by beating up the daughter of an older woman they are sheltering and abducting people throughout the London countryside. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 34 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with string binding. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 167605Culver City CA: RKO Pathe Studios 1955. Two vintage hand-tinted color photographs from the 1955 short documentary film. A Technicolor short film about hunting focusing in particular on the whitetail deer. The first entry in RKO's Wildlife Album series of short films. Shot on location in Virginia. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus. RKO Pathe Studios unknown
1923ref. 171351Beverly Hills CA: D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists 1923. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1923 film showing Mae Marsh and Ivor Novello. "Made in USA" stamp on the verso. A wealthy aristocrat graduates from a seminary and decides to set out to see the world before taking charge of his parish. Traveling to New Orleans he finds himself falling in love with an impoverished orphaned woman. Shot on location in Florida and Louisiana including in New Iberia and St. Martinville. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists unknown
2002ref. 146412N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young woman discusses her problems with her mentally ill mother her desire to save the whales and her absent fiance in therapy-but all is not as it seems. White lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 3/16/02 noted as Rough Draft with credits for screenwriter Zack Kaplan. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a spring binder clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1932ref. 137137Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1937ref. 165057Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage portrait photograph of Barbara Pepper from the 1937 film. 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. Based on the 1935 novel "Headed for a Hearse" by Jonathan Latimer. A "locked door" mystery wherein Preston Foster stars as a private detective searches against the clock to find evidence to free Theodore Von Eltz awaiting the death penalty for murdering his wife who was killed in a room with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1967ref. 132098Los Angeles: Max E. Youngstein 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. The story of two of brothers a prospector and an oceanographer who drill for oil on a offshore drilling rig in the Caribbean. Screenwriter Schweitzer would go on to work predominantly in television including writing for "The Bold Ones" "The Senator" "Mod Squad" and "Baretta" among others. Lavender titled wrappers dated July 10 1967 with credits for screenwriter Schweitzer and producer Youngstein. Title page not present. 130 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Max E. Youngstein unknown
1966ref. 147437London: David Higham Associates 1966. Draft script for the 48th episode of the British television anthology series "The Wednesday Play" which featured the adaptation of Vernon Bartlett's 1929 novel "Calf Love" by screenwriter Philip Purser which aired on January 26 1966. Script contains copied annotations on nearly every page noting passages that are to be spoken in German with much of the annotations in German as well as strikes comments and dialogue changes. Missing three pages likely as used or issued. "The Wednesday Play" is regarded as one of the most influential and successful British television programs of the 1960s and gave audience to the fledgling careers of among others Dennis Potter Nell Dunn and Jeremy Sandford Ken Loach and David Mercer. A young English exchange student stays with a German family and becomes smitten with their daughters. Wrapper integral with title page noted as Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Philip Purser and novelist Vernon Bartlett. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. David Higham Associates unknown
1928ref. 153194N.p.: N.p. 1928. Reference photograph from the 1928 silent film struck circa 1950s showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim in a tender moment with Fay Wray. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title and the names of the photograph subjects. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with a beautiful but poor innkeeper's daughter but is forced to marry the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 152353N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film struck circa 1950 from the original negative showing actors Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with a few manuscript ink annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi Fay Wray but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner Zasu Pitts. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 150743N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage portrait photograph of Erich von Stroheim from 1926 released as a publicity still for the 1928 film. Newspaper clipping of photograph with two "DEC 19 1934" stamps affixed to verso and an "Erich von Stroheim" stamp and "Erich von Stroheim Goldwyn director" printed on verso. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with two small chips one on top left corner and one on center right margin. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 137347Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Original Pressbook for the 1957 film based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novel. 13 x 16.5 inches. 16 pages saddle stapled. About Near Fine. Horizontal fold as issued with some light soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 157747Beverly Hills CA: Bryanston Pictures 1972. Vintage linen-backed US one sheet poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. Seen here under its US title "Return of the Dragon." The first film produced by Bruce Lee's Concord Productions studio as well as Lee's screenwriting and directorial debuts and the film debut of Chuck Norris who battles Lee in an iconic fight scene at the film's climax. 27 x 41 inches. Linen-backed and rolled. Very Good plus overall with a few small nicks and creases. Bryanston Pictures unknown
1997ref. 171935N.p.: N.p. 1997. Draft script for the 1998 film. An awkward 31-year-old mama's boy works as the water boy for a university football team but becomes an unexpected success as an outside linebacker. Set in Louisiana and shot on location in central Florida. Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 15 1997 with credits for screenwriters Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 147379London: K.L.K. Films 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Nicholas Luard's 1967 novel a political thriller. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Down on his luck news photographer Sear is offered a large payment to cover the secret exodus of 10000 Hungarian refugees across the border and finds himself embroiled in a game of international espionage. Blue untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present February 1972 with credits for screenwriter Ian La Frenais. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. K.L.K. Films unknown
