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1969ref. 144495Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1969 film showing Romy Schneider departing Tom Courtenay's sweet ride. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Martin Waddell. Gerry Otley Tom Courtenay is a petty thief who wakes up after a long night out drinking to find himself accused by the police of murder and suspected by a group of criminals to be a secret agent and eventually becomes romantic with Imogen Romy Schneider a British Intelligence officer. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Indicator 36. Columbia Pictures unknown
1960ref. 168999N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs of Lourdes de Oliveira from the 1960 film. Director Marcel Camus' second Brazil-themed film following his 1959 classic "Black Orpheus" also starring de Oliveira. A French diamond miner shot robbed and left for dead by a friend embarks on a quest for vengeance and falls in love with a Brazilian woman de Oliveira along the way. 12 x 9.5 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 168999N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs of Lourdes de Oliveira from the 1960 film. Director Marcel Camus' second Brazil-themed film following his 1959 classic "Black Orpheus" also starring de Oliveira. A French diamond miner shot robbed and left for dead by a friend embarks on a quest for vengeance and falls in love with a Brazilian woman de Oliveira along the way. 12 x 9.5 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 151573N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript layout annotations on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the underworld where he begs for her return to the living. The second film in director Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and preceding "Testament of Orpheus" 1960. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 151573N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript layout annotations on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the underworld where he begs for her return to the living. The second film in director Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and preceding "Testament of Orpheus" 1960. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1921ref. 154519Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1921. Vintage reference photograph from the 1921 silent film showing a rowdy street scene. Manuscript pencil layout annotations on the verso along with a number stamp reading B 629. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1874 play "Les Deux Orphelines" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon about two sisters who are caught up in the events of the French Revolution. The last film directed by D.W. Griffith to feature sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish. Set in France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown books
1921ref. 154519Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1921. Vintage reference photograph from the 1921 silent film showing a rowdy street scene. Manuscript pencil layout annotations on the verso along with a number stamp reading B 629. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1874 play "Les Deux Orphelines" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon about two sisters who are caught up in the events of the French Revolution. The last film directed by D.W. Griffith to feature sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish. Set in France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown
ref. 004699np nd. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. 8.25" x 11" sheet typing paper; original typescript excerpt signed. Condition: two horitzontal folds else fine. Original typescript of the final stanza stanza 9 of Kantor's famous poem: "Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg" signed by Mackinlay Kantor most likely typed by Kantor himself though that cannot be established . Provenance: purchased at auction from large collection. From Wikipedia: MacKinlay Kantor was an American journalist novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels several set during the American Civil War and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel "Andersonville". He also wrote the novel "Gettysburg" set during the Civil War. Kantor's poem "Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg" published in 1933 memorializes Lincoln's November 1863 visit to the ceremonies dedicating the new Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg where he Lincoln gave "a few appropriate remarks" that live on in history as the Gettysburg Address. Kantor's poem ends with a few lines that portray Lincoln's humanity as perceived by a dog: "I was a dog of Gettysburg. I trotted near the train And nosed among the officers who kicked me to my pain. A man came by. . . . I could not see. I howled. The light was dim But when I brushed against his legs I liked the smell of him.". unknown
1957ref. 133039N.p.: N.p. 1957. Oversize double weight photograph of screenwriter Ben Hecht standing with his boss producer and mogul extraordinaire David O. Selznick on a snow covered set in the Italian Alps during the 1957 filming of Selznick's "A Farewell to Arms." Based on the 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. The second time the novel was filmed following the 1932 version directed by Frank Borzage and preceding a three part British television miniseries in 1966. 11 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine with a small corner crease at the bottom right. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 150345N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Anthony Perkins barefoot on the set of "The Rainmaker" circa 1953. The original penciled notations on the verso indicate that Perkins was on the set to visit Wendell Corey. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. Shot early in his career before Perkins played his best-known role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho." Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th 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 partially on location in Kanab Utah. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 150345N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Anthony Perkins barefoot on the set of "The Rainmaker" circa 1953. The original penciled notations on the verso indicate that Perkins was on the set to visit Wendell Corey. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. Shot early in his career before Perkins played his best-known role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho." Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th 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 partially on location in Kanab Utah. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 133039N.p.: N.p. 1957. Oversize double weight photograph of screenwriter Ben Hecht standing with his boss producer and mogul extraordinaire David O. Selznick on a snow covered set in the Italian Alps during the 1957 filming of Selznick's "A Farewell to Arms." Based on the 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. The second time the novel was filmed following the 1932 version directed by Frank Borzage and preceding a three part British television miniseries in 1966. 11 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine with a small corner crease at the bottom right. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. N.p. unknown
ref. 29792Culver City Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM July 24 1928. Original yellow wrappers preserved with some marginal loss on later card covers 303 x 230 mm front wrapper with typed title at centre '""The Mysterious Island"" / Screen Play / by / Lucien Hubbard'; at top right is typed 'Prod. No. 273' and at lower right 'Script Okayed by Mr. Thalberg. July 24 1928'; above the title is the original MGM studio label rubber-stamped 'No. 4664' with the typed film title and same date of July 24 1928; the pencilled name 'Jane Daly' i.e. Jacqueline Gadsden above the label appears to be written in the film star's own hand while her name is also written in pencil but in a different hand near the foot of the front wrapper; 121 leaves 280 x 215 mm mimeograph duplication; the film's title crediting Hubbard as the screenwriter and dated July 24 1928 is integral with the first page of the script; contents very clean throughout corners a little dog-eared with the two original brads in place. Rare and important draft shooting script for the Hollywood film The Mysterious Island. Loosely adapted from Jules Verne's science fiction novel L’ile mystérieuse this MGM production - a part-talkie - was filmed in two-strip Technicolour and had a checkered production history: shooting had commenced in 1926 but the film was not released until 5 October 1929. Lucien Hubbard 1888-1971 was officialy credited as the writer of the screenplay and as director even though scenes shot earlier by Maurice Tourneur and Benjamin Christensen - both removed from the project by Irving Thalberg because of their painstaking approach to filmmaking - were used in the final version. Lucien Hubbard is today perhaps best-known as the producer of the silent film Wings 1927 for which he won an Academy Award. Until recently a single ten-minute reel with a colour sequence in the UCLA Film and Television Archive was thought to be the only portion of The Mysterious Island that had survived in Technicolour although complete black-and-white prints had always been known. Then in 2013 experts from George Eastman House discovered that a colour print had been preserved in the Czech National Film Archive; the restored colour print of the film was screened at the 33rd Pordenone Silent Film Festival in October 2014. The cast of The Mysterious Island included Lionel Barrymore Count Andre Dakkar Jane Daly Jacqueline Gadsden Sonia Lloyd Hughes Nikolai Montagu Love Falon Harry Gribbon Mikhail Snitz Edwards Anton Gibson Gowland Dmitry Dolores Brinkman Teresa and Major Roup an underwater creature. Art direction was by Cedric Gibbons with technical effects by James Basevi Louis H. Tolhurst and Irving R. Ries. Jacqueline Gadsden 1900-1986 was an American film actress during the silent era. Her most famous role was in It 1927 in which she starred alongsde Clara Bow. In 1924 she had married William Harry Daly and in fact she made two other films in the same year that The Mysterious Island was released 1929 - one for Columbia and another for MGM - in which she was billed under the name Jane Daly. The Mysterious Island was her last film prior to retirement from motion pictures. Â unknown
2001ref. 163921N.p.: N.p. 2001. One Draft script and two Revised Draft scripts for the 2002 film. Two scripts with label affixed to front wrapper of the name of crew member Brian Markey. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A high school student's plans to go to Stanford are temporarily halted when his guidance counselor sends the incorrect transcripts. Set in Orange County California shot on location in Southern California. 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. Blue Revised: Blue titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Blue Draft on the front wrapper dated January 18 2001 with credits for screenwriters Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pink Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated January 22 01 with credits for screenwriter Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of pink undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a paperclip at the top left corner. Yellow Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated January 31 01 with credits for screenwriter Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of yellow revision pages dated 1/31/01. Pages Near Fine wrapper About Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2001ref. 163921N.p.: N.p. 2001. One Draft script and two Revised Draft scripts for the 2002 film. Two scripts with label affixed to front wrapper of the name of crew member Brian Markey. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A high school student's plans to go to Stanford are temporarily halted when his guidance counselor sends the incorrect transcripts. Set in Orange County California shot on location in Southern California. 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. Blue Revised: Blue titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Blue Draft on the front wrapper dated January 18 2001 with credits for screenwriters Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pink Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated January 22 01 with credits for screenwriter Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of pink undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a paperclip at the top left corner. Yellow Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated January 31 01 with credits for screenwriter Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of yellow revision pages dated 1/31/01. Pages Near Fine wrapper About Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 153832N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from Kodiak Films producer Wolf Schmidt to agent Walter Kohner declining to produce the film. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist who threatens to kill thousands of people with the compound unless he is given one billion dollars. Two spies from the mysterious Sub Rosa agency are sent to retrieve the chemical. Blue card wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1984 with credits for screenwriter R. Delano Brown. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 153795N.p.: Hemdale / Double Eagle 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the name of actor Aaron Norris on the front wrapper an unusual indication of a perhaps intended role. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist who threatens to kill thousands of people with the compound unless he is given one billion dollars. Two spies from the mysterious Sub Rosa agency are sent to retrieve the chemical. Titled self wrappers in a generic binder. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter R. Delano Brown. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Hemdale / Double Eagle unknown books
1951ref. 150354N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage oversize black and white publicity portrait photograph of actor John Wayne from the 1951 film. The crew of a US submarine during World War II encounters a Japanese aircraft carrier in the middle of a secret rescue mission but trouble arises when they discover their torpedoes are defective. Set in the Pacific Ocean. 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned overall with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 168176Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 British film. Based on the 1955 book "Adventure in Diamonds" about a secret mission to secure Dutch industrial diamond stocks from the Germans during World War II. Set and shot on location in the Netherlands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984ref. 153832N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from Kodiak Films producer Wolf Schmidt to agent Walter Kohner declining to produce the film. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist who threatens to kill thousands of people with the compound unless he is given one billion dollars. Two spies from the mysterious Sub Rosa agency are sent to retrieve the chemical. Blue card wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1984 with credits for screenwriter R. Delano Brown. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 150354N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage oversize black and white publicity portrait photograph of actor John Wayne from the 1951 film. The crew of a US submarine during World War II encounters a Japanese aircraft carrier in the middle of a secret rescue mission but trouble arises when they discover their torpedoes are defective. Set in the Pacific Ocean. 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned overall with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 153795N.p.: Hemdale / Double Eagle 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the name of actor Aaron Norris on the front wrapper an unusual indication of a perhaps intended role. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist who threatens to kill thousands of people with the compound unless he is given one billion dollars. Two spies from the mysterious Sub Rosa agency are sent to retrieve the chemical. Titled self wrappers in a generic binder. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter R. Delano Brown. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Hemdale / Double Eagle unknown
1977ref. 143667N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With 19 pages of budget estimates laid in. A man returns to his small southern home town and finds that he is the heir to a Voodoo artifact and the ancient spirit that possesses it. Had the script been picked up by a studio it would have been J.S. Cardone's first screenwriting credit. Black titled leatherette wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Lincoln Kilpatrick and J.S. Cardone and story writers Lincoln Kilpatrick and Bill Nolan. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 143667N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With 19 pages of budget estimates laid in. A man returns to his small southern home town and finds that he is the heir to a Voodoo artifact and the ancient spirit that possesses it. Had the script been picked up by a studio it would have been J.S. Cardone's first screenwriting credit. Black titled leatherette wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Lincoln Kilpatrick and J.S. Cardone and story writers Lincoln Kilpatrick and Bill Nolan. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 139716Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film. Based on Neil Simon's 1971 play "The Gingerbread Lady." Playwright Neil Simon departed from his typical light hearted comedic style when he wrote "The Gingerbread Lady." This drama which netted three Academy Award nominations follows the struggles of a alcoholic Broadway actress whose attempt at sobriety is complicated by the realities of her daily life. Set in New York shot on location in California and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
