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1978ref. 139982Paris: Les Films du Losange 1978. Vintage French mini poster for the 1978 French film. Eric Rohmer's adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' 12th century Arthurian legend is notable for its unusual set. Unlike other adaptations the film is set in a highly stylized theatrical realm complete with props and an interactive chorus. Production designer Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko was inspired by the colorful flat compositions of Medieval paintings and seamlessly incorporated their aesthetic into his set props and lighting. Shot on location in France. 15.5 x 21.5 inches folded. Small manuscript pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Losange unknown
1937ref. 150517N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing Mireille Balin and Jean Gabin in a flirtatious moment. Based on the 1931 novel by screenwriter Henri La Barthe. A seminal noir antecedent oddly produced by the French who would go on to consider the Americans to be the inventors of the style. Remade in 1938 as "Algiers" starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer and in 1948 as "Casbah" a film musical starring Tony Martin and Marta Toren. Notorious French criminal Pepe le Moko is safe from the police in the Casbah but begins to reconsider his future in France after meeting and falling for a beautiful Parisian woman. Set and shot on location in Algiers Algeria. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 172. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1937ref. 150517N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing Mireille Balin and Jean Gabin in a flirtatious moment. Based on the 1931 novel by screenwriter Henri La Barthe. A seminal noir antecedent oddly produced by the French who would go on to consider the Americans to be the inventors of the style. Remade in 1938 as "Algiers" starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer and in 1948 as "Casbah" a film musical starring Tony Martin and Marta Toren. Notorious French criminal Pepe le Moko is safe from the police in the Casbah but begins to reconsider his future in France after meeting and falling for a beautiful Parisian woman. Set and shot on location in Algiers Algeria. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 172. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 167481Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1951. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 39 of the 1950-1951 television talk show. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript pencil on seven leaves denoting dialogue. A one-season variety series hosted by actress Betty Furness set in her penthouse starring celebrity musicians and actors. Originally aired on June 8 1951 on ABC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 8 1951 with credits for director Bob Doyle screenwriter Larry Markes musician Buddy Weed and others. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner with the first leaf partially detached from the staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1951ref. 167481Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1951. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 39 of the 1950-1951 television talk show. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript pencil on seven leaves denoting dialogue. A one-season variety series hosted by actress Betty Furness set in her penthouse starring celebrity musicians and actors. Originally aired on June 8 1951 on ABC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 8 1951 with credits for director Bob Doyle screenwriter Larry Markes musician Buddy Weed and others. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner with the first leaf partially detached from the staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1970ref. 162068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Little known 1970 sexplotation film from Italian director Emilio Portici. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 162068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Little known 1970 sexplotation film from Italian director Emilio Portici. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1941ref. 149904Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens in conversation with actress Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. As she prepares to leave her husband a woman reflects on the highs and lows of her marriage including the couple's courtship wedding day and unfulfilled desire for a child. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light wear to the top edge. Olive Films 702. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1941ref. 149904Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens in conversation with actress Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. As she prepares to leave her husband a woman reflects on the highs and lows of her marriage including the couple's courtship wedding day and unfulfilled desire for a child. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light wear to the top edge. Olive Films 702. Columbia Pictures unknown
1952ref. 132955London: General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions 1952. Collection of 38 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1952 UK film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of about half of the stills and a few with ink annotations on the versos. A small country in Europe faces bankruptcy after surviving only by evading its debt. A rich American visits and agrees to save the place by purchasing the entire country but he dies prematurely and his next of kin a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards resumes control. 8 x 10 inches some stills slightly smaller with no borders as issued. Faint toning else Near Fine. General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions unknown books
1952ref. 132955London: General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions 1952. Collection of 38 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1952 UK film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of about half of the stills and a few with ink annotations on the versos. A small country in Europe faces bankruptcy after surviving only by evading its debt. A rich American visits and agrees to save the place by purchasing the entire country but he dies prematurely and his next of kin a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards resumes control. 8 x 10 inches some stills slightly smaller with no borders as issued. Faint toning else Near Fine. General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions unknown
ref. 141931N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. After her father loses his grip on reality and murders his wife Annie is picked up and taken in by her aunt and soon falls for a pony rider in the local fair. Set in the American Southeast. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry Schneider. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 141931N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. After her father loses his grip on reality and murders his wife Annie is picked up and taken in by her aunt and soon falls for a pony rider in the local fair. Set in the American Southeast. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry Schneider. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1936ref. 164479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1936 film one showing Bing Crosby milking a cow and one showing Crosby with Amalgamated Theatres representative Sidney Davis on the set. Both photographs with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and mimeo snipe on the versos. Not to be confused with 1981 film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. 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 1913 novel "The Peacock Feather" by Katharine Leslie Moore. A wrongly imprisoned singer promises a fellow inmate he will help the family of his victim when released. He subsequently delays his own dreams of being a gondolier in Venice in order to help the young girl and her grandfather. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 146434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Revised Final Draft for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and along with "The Singing Detective" 1986 the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood punctuated by wildly complex choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set in Illinois. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated October 22 1980 with credits for director Herbert D. Ross and screenwriter Dennis Potter. Title page present dated 10/22/80 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Dennis Potter. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980ref. 146434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Revised Final Draft for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and along with "The Singing Detective" 1986 the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood punctuated by wildly complex choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set in Illinois. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated October 22 1980 with credits for director Herbert D. Ross and screenwriter Dennis Potter. Title page present dated 10/22/80 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Dennis Potter. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1936ref. 164479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1936 film one showing Bing Crosby milking a cow and one showing Crosby with Amalgamated Theatres representative Sidney Davis on the set. Both photographs with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and mimeo snipe on the versos. Not to be confused with 1981 film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. 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 1913 novel "The Peacock Feather" by Katharine Leslie Moore. A wrongly imprisoned singer promises a fellow inmate he will help the family of his victim when released. He subsequently delays his own dreams of being a gondolier in Venice in order to help the young girl and her grandfather. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1977ref. 167724N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Script incomplete presumably as issued ending on page 102. A hitchhiker is sent to prison after being wrongly accused of a murder. There he joins an underground boxing tournament organized by corrupt guards in order to win his freedom. Basis for two sequels in 1982 and 1987. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present copyright year noted as 1977 with credit for director and screenwriter Jamaa Fanaka. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a closed tear on the front wrapper repaired with cello tape on the verso. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 167724N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Script incomplete presumably as issued ending on page 102. A hitchhiker is sent to prison after being wrongly accused of a murder. There he joins an underground boxing tournament organized by corrupt guards in order to win his freedom. Basis for two sequels in 1982 and 1987. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present copyright year noted as 1977 with credit for director and screenwriter Jamaa Fanaka. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a closed tear on the front wrapper repaired with cello tape on the verso. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown books
1966ref. 149376Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the bank where her husband works. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966ref. 149376Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the bank where her husband works. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown
1935ref. 141374N.p.: Herbert Wilcox Productions 1935. Vintage reference photograph of Anna Neagle from the 1935 film. A British biopic about the eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript graphite notation to the verso. Herbert Wilcox Productions unknown books
1960ref. 125095London: Michael Powell Theatre 1960. Vintage British Advance Poster for the classic 1960 film. The British Double Crown poster for the film turns up from time to time but this Advance issue which does not state the film's title is a rarity. Noted director Powell's most controversial film about a serial killer who films his female victims as they are dying. Reviled by critics on its release and today considered a masterpiece it is the second of three feature films director made after parting ways with his longtime filmmaking partner Emeric Pressburger. Ostensibly a film about a killer with serious Freudian issues but later reassessed as much more conceptual and complex. Roger Ebert pointed out famously in his 1999 review of the film that the audience is implicated as much as the killer."Movies make us into voyeurs. We sit in the dark watching other people's lives. It is the bargain the cinema strikes with us although most films are too well-behaved to mention it." Martin Scorsese is probably the most famous fan of the film and takes Ebert's argument further saying "I have always felt that "Peeping Tom" and "8 " say everything that can be said about filmmaking about the process of dealing with film the objectivity and subjectivity of it and the confusion between the two. "8 " captures the glamour and enjoyment of film-making while "Peeping Tom" shows the aggression of it how the camera violates. From studying them you can discover everything about people who make films or at least people who express themselves through films." 30 x 20 inches. About Near Fine on archival linen with some expert restoration at the top edge and folds. Archivally framed with an acid-free mat and UV plexi. Criterion Collection 58. Grant p. 495. Spicer p. 446. Michael Powell [Theatre] unknown books
