4,909 results
1938ref. 148755N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage borderless double weight sepia photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1938 film. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about an eccentric family living in a large house in New York City including their daughter who falls in love with a banker a decent and goodhearted man despite his snobbish elitist family. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for five more. Frank Capra's third Academy Award for Best Director in just five years. Set in New York City. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 160097Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1999. For Your Consideration script for the 2000 film. Kenneth Lonergan's directorial debut about the complicated relationship between two orphaned adult siblings. Nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actress for Laura Linney and Best Screenplay for Lonergan. Set in the fictional Catskill towns of Scottsville and Auburn shot on location in Margaretville and Phoenicia New York. White titled Paramount Pictures wrappers undated with credit for director-screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. Title page present dated 1999 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for Lonergan. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with moderate dampstains affecting the top right corners and fore-edges bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938ref. 144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodds who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938ref. 136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 noir antecedent showing director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben and Paramount along with an exclusivity notice. 8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. Spicer US Precursor. Paramount Pictures unknown
1940ref. 130425Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final script for the 1940 film. The AFI Catalog notes: "According to a Twentieth Century- Fox press release this was the first writing effort for Fox sound man William Brent. After his story was bought Brent was made a writer at the studio. Also the first screenwriter assignment for Irving Cummings Jr. and William Conselman Jr. Both men were "second generation Hollywood" as Cummings' father was a director and Conselman's a screenwriter. "According to Twentieth Century-Fox press releases the football sequences were shot at the Los Angeles Olympic Stadium and at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Despite a summer heat wave the extras were required to wear heavy winter coats. As such large wind machines behind huge cakes of ice were used to cool off the fields. Thirty-four college football players from local universities were used as extras in this film. They included USC's Ambrose Schindler Bill Howard Red Morgan Tony Tonelli Ollie Day and Owen Hansen and UCLA's Billy Bob Williams Bill Overlin and Bill Radovich. Location filming was done at the Inglewood Railway Station as the station received little use. Because only two freight trains used the station each day movie extras were the only passengers ever to use the station. The press release also reported that the rental cost of a four-car train at the station was $150 per day. HR reported that Fox borrowed Lewis Howard from Universal Pictures for this film." A Fox programmer about a doctor reflecting on his college days how he was lured onto the football team and away from his studies a flirtation with a widow and meeting his true love. A strong early vehicle for actor Robert Sterling and featuring two notable women from the serial film era Jean Rogers Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 149 and production No. 518 dated June 24 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated June 24 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Conselman Jr. and Cummings Jr. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/25/40 and 7/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 162617N.p.: Cannon Releasing Corporation 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film also released in the US under the title "To Ingrid My Love Lisa." Provenance stamp on the verso. Lisa a successful Stockholm fashion designer meets the beautiful 17-year old Ingrid during a country vacation and takes her back to Stockholm to be a model leading to a sapphic May-December relationship. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cannon Releasing Corporation unknown
1925ref. 166083N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph of director Earle Rodney with a camera crew on the set of the 1925 short film setting up a shot with actors Bobby Vernon and Frances Lee. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An American infantryman attempts to reunite with his sweetheart in Paris but instead finds himself the object of affection of the "Darling of Paris"-and the object of ire of her boyfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small bruise at the center top margin. N.p. unknown
2017ref. 163937N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Revised Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 2018-present television series one dated 8/9/17 and one dated 8/12/17. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode the Dutton family attempts to recover from the deaths of the eldest son and a brother-in-law. Originally aired on June 27 2018 on Paramount Network. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. 8/9/17 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/9/17 noted as episode No. 102 and PRODUCTION DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 102 and Pink Revised Pages with credit for Sheridan. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
2017ref. 163941N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 5 of the 2018-present television series one undated and one dated 8/12/17. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode Kayce continues to battle the tribal police while John attempts to keep Kayce and Monica at the ranch. Originally aired on July 25 2018 on Paramount Network. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. Undated Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as episode No. 105 with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 8/12/17 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 105 and Production Draft with credit for Sheridan. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
2017ref. 163942N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 6 of the 2018-present television series including one Production Draft and one Network Draft. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode Chief Rainwater and developer Dan Jenkins team up threatening John's hold over the Yellowstone ranch. Originally aired on August 1 2018 on Paramount Network. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. Network Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 106 and NETWORK DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Production Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 9/7/17 noted as episode No. 106 and PRODUCTION DRAFT with credit for Sheridan. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
1984ref. 162212N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1984 French film showing a nude Valérie Kaprisky in the shower. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. While on holiday at Saint-Tropez a sexually adventurous teenage girl falls for an older man who himself is interested only in the girl's mother. 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
ref. 162611New York: Dino De Laurentiis 1984. Final Draft script for the 1985 neo-noir film. With annotations throughout highlighting dialogue related to Mickey Rourke's character Stanley White. From the collection of practical effects designer and miniatures specialist Greg Jein. Jein was gifted the script by fellow Chinese-American actor Dennis Dun who played Herbert Kwong in the film. Jein designed the award-winning miniatures in the film relating to director Michael Cimino's elaborate reproduction of New York's Chinatown reproduced entirely on a soundstage and so realistic that Stanley Kubrick-born in the Bronx-had to be convinced by Cimino after seeing the premiere that it was not shot on location. Based on the 1981 novel by Robert Daley about a Vietnam veteran turned New York City police captain who dedicates himself to stopping organized crime in Chinatown. Blue generic wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 1984 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with offsetting on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Carlson & Connolly Destroy All Movies. Dino De Laurentiis unknown
1991ref. 151433N.p.: N.p. 1991. Fourth Draft script for the 1992 film here under the working title "The Year of the Comet." An international chase ensues in pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history bottled in the year of the Great Comet of 1811. Shot on location in France Scotland and England. Self front wrapper integral with title page dated February '91 noted as Fourth draft with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine back wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstains on bottom left bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 137980Hollywood: Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions 1980. Original "pre-production package and script" for an unproduced film called "Yaqui Fox and Mose" including a separate synopsis. Included in the "pre-production package" is character information: Fox half Choctaw Indian half Irish a loner in total control of his destiny; Yaqui an Indian at the end of his rope looking for redemption; and Mose half Black half Indian on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Also included: letters from various productions companies regarding possible crew members like director Ted Post cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Will Sampson as "Yaqui" Philip Michael Thomas as "Mose" producers Richard Kaye Jay Lovins and Carol Hughes music by Carlos Santana technical personnel stunt coordinator Bill Hart letter signed by Hart wrangle Dick Lundin letter signed by Lundin special effect director Johnny James letter signed by James. Letters are dated 1979 or 1980. Various photocopied advertisements images of scenery and animals to be used production data a shooting schedule budget detail promotional ideas and weather information where the film was to be shot is also present. Overall pre-production for the film went as far as it possibly could but for unknown reasons the film was never produced or released. Brown titled wrappers. Synopsis page with a credit for screenwriter Terri Crane. Xerographic duplication with a few full-color pages detailing scenes from the opening titles. Last leaf of text numbered 80. Very Good plus bound with a brown Vello binding. Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions unknown
1972ref. 162401Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 British film variously showing actresses Elizabeth Taylor Michael Caine and Susannah York on the set. An upper-class couple's turbulent marriage seems to finally be at an end when the husband falls in love with a beautiful mysterious younger widow. Set in London. 9.75 x 8 inches 9.25 x 8 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1929ref. 151442Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent but issued with synchronized music and sound effects to theatres equipped for sound. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light curling and the occasional light crease. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1956ref. 145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1979ref. 132250New York: New Yorker Films 1979. Original US promotional window poster for the 1979 German film issued in small numbers by New Yorker Films who distributed Herzog's film in the US. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 11 x 17 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. New Yorker Films unknown
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown
1988ref. 157902Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Vintage press kit for the 1988 film. Kit includes six gatherings of promotional materials 24 magazine clippings of "For Your Consideration" ads for the film one magazine article clipping and a Fox Academy Screening Schedule bi-fold housed in a two-color "Working Girl" folder. Melanie Griffith stars as an ambitious secretary whose boss steals her big ideas but when the boss Sigourney Weaver breaks her leg on a ski trip Griffith assumes the position of Boss even joining forces with the boss' boyfriend Harrison Ford. Winner of an Academy Award nominated for five others. Shot on location in New Jersey and New York. Folder and contents Near Fine to Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1948ref. 155862Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 musical film showing dancers Cyd Charisse and Dee Turnell en pointe. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A fictionalized musical retelling of the Broadway and Hollywood songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz "Larry" Hart. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with moderate wear and pinholes at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1999ref. 142242Malibu CA: Word of Mouth Productions 1999. Draft script for the 1999 film. Laid in are a collection of documents two autographed letters from screenwriter and director Tom Lazarus to Jack Murphy dated February 26 March 5 and March 29 1991 urging him to please read and consider producing his film. Finally there is a typed biography of Lazarus with his phone number sans area code in manuscript ink. Torri Larranga is a prostitute at the top of her game charging high prices for exquisite services. Her reputation precedes her as a documentarian approaches her asking to film a feature look into her life. The first directorial effort of Tom Lazarus who later went to on to direct "Stigmata" 1999 and write "Just You and Me Kid" 1979. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tom Lazarus. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Word of Mouth Productions unknown
1976ref. 99595Switzerland July 5th 1976. 1976. Fine. - Over 275 words typed on his personal 11-1/2 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide stationery with his Swiss address centered at the top. Norman Krasna writes to Jean Dalrymple about his latest play "Hold the presses." he says having rethought the ending. "I had a long searching session with the muse and also a critique from a friend and the three of us have come to the conclusion that the ending is not right." Feeling that his original ending seemed to imply that the girl settled for marriage "as she hasn't got the ability to be a star". "People don't go to the theatre to accept resignation. I prefer the girl on her way to be a star and have the marriage too." Signed "Norman". An apparent phone number is penned at top left of the letter and another spelled out in French at top right. The letter is further briefly annotated on the verso. The top edge of the page is slightly creased and the letter is folded for mailing. Near fine. The American screenwriter playwirth producer and film director Norman Krasna 1909-1984 was known for his screwball comedies based on a case of mistaken identity. He wrote several successful Broadway plays including "Dear Ruth" and "John Loves Mary" and directed 3 films "The Ambassador's Daughter" "The Big Hangover" and "Princess O'Rourke" all of which he also wrote and was nominated 4 times for screenwriting Academy Awards winning once for "Princess O'Rourke". The recipient Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Switzerland, July 5th, 1976.
1997ref. 138625Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
