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1948ref. 139693Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Three vintage vintage black-and-white double weight matte finish studio still reference photographs from the 1948 film. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Thomas Brett in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. Numerical rubber stamps on the versos. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1947ref. 130829Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. Lacks front studio wrapper and title page rear wrapper is gray. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-10-47 and 9-30-47. Pages Near Fine rear wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979ref. 140601N.p.: Aaron Spelling Productions 1979. First Draft script for Episode 8 from the sole season of the 1980 television series. Two former race car drivers join the LAPD as part of the B.A.D. C.A.T. squad Burglary Auto Detail Commercial Auto Thefts. The men often end up running the burglars off the road rather than taking them in for questioning a method quietly encouraged by their superior Captain Nathan. Michelle Pfeiffer costarred as Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen another B.A.D. Cat. Orange titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated 12/20/79 with credits for Aaron Spelling Productions. Title page present dated 12/20/79 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriters Larry Alexander and Richard Carr executive producers Aaron Spelling and Douglas S. Cramer supervising producer E. Duke Vincent and producer Everett Chambers. 60 leaves mechanical duplication with last page of text numbered 56. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown books
1977ref. 146208N.p.: N.p. 1977. Fourth Draft script for the 1977 film. With a single manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper's right top corner. Based on the 1977 novel by Colin Forbes about a defecting Russian general who collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making "Avalanche Express" a final film for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. Tan titled wrappers noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 30 1977 with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. Title page present dated December 30 1977 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with tearing on the front wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 168017Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage printed caricature for the 1979 film showing Lee Marvin Linda Evans and Robert Shaw drawn by noted caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and issued by Twentieth Century-Fox to publicize the film. A defecting Russian general collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making the film a final effort for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979ref. 151152Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing eight black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and ten gatherings of promotional reading material. A defecting Russian general collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making the film a final effort for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 146943Berlin: Personafilm 1978. Post-production script for the 1978 film. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. A troubled pianist travels to Norway to visit her estranged neglected daughter. Actor Ingrid Bergman's final film role and director Ingmar Bergman's final film for theatrical distribution. Set in Sweden and Norway shot on location in Norway. White lacking wrappers and a title page with material from each reel of film bound separately. Approximately 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 6-5. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good. Personafilm unknown books
1971ref. 141228N.p.: N.p. 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Selected vignettes on the history of luxury cars and automobile racing. One vignette of note involves the creator of the Bugatti. Clear untitled front wrapper and red rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1971 with credit for screenwriter Robert J. Koster. 22 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 20. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 145916N.p.: Alfa Film 1961. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1961 film including three photographs showing Louis Armstrong performing and one taken on the set showing Armstrong with a fan. A little-known German comedy featuring Armstrong and His All Stars performing four songs. Set and shot on location in West Germany. Two photographs 6.75 x 5 inches and two photographs 5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Alfa Film unknown books
1966ref. 148322N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage French lobby card from the 1966 film. Revered as one of the masterpieces of cinema Robert Bresson follows a donkey Balthazar through his life as he is passed from owner to owner most treating him cruelly. Set in and shot on location in Yvelines France. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and creasing to corners. Criterion Collection 297. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 161504N.p.: Audubon Films 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Italian film here under the US release title "The Artful Penetration of Barbara." One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A married British woman explores the English psychedelic youth scene and is attracted to an African American man. Featuring music by Freedom a group formed by Bobby Harrison and Ray Royer formerly of Procol Harum. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few faint creases. Audubon Films unknown books
1956ref. 153068Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of director Robert Aldrich on the set of the 1956 film one of only a handful of war films made in the noir style during the classic era. One of Aldrich's finest efforts a noirish take on the evils of war with a interesting focus on nepotism. Unpopular on release due to a grim ending and a cynical tone much the opposite of a flag-waving World War II film. Set in Belgium. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 161950Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on the 1954 play "Fragile Fox" by Norman Brooks. One of Aldrich's finest efforts a noirish take on the evils of war with an interesting focus on nepotism. Unpopular on release due to its grim ending and cynical tone much the opposite of a flag-waving World War II film. Set in Belgium. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at the corners. Selby US. United Artists unknown books
1966ref. 135039Beverly Hills CA: Oakmont Productions / United Artists 1966. Draft script for the UK film. Copy belonging to Lloyd Bridges presumed with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper verso. Based on a story by John Champion. Major Wilson Bridges is readying his troops for the journey across the English channel to invade Normandy with memories of disastrous previous missions haunting him. Captain Franklin Keir a British officer opposes the plan and has a personal vendetta against Wilson. The two are brought together when Franklin is slated to command the mine sweepers that transport Wilson's troops. Set in France shot on location in London. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 3 dated November 29 1966. Title page present dated November 29 1966 with credits for screenwriter Hoffman and story writer Champion. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 17. Oakmont Productions / United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 141267N.p.: Kings Road Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1975 novel by Irving A. Greenfield about early man and his struggles. Named for the one of the many gods worshipped by the people living in the Mesopotamian Valley. Set in the Mesopotamian Valley. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Paul Young and author Irving A. Greenfield. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Kings Road Productions unknown books
1963ref. 167576N.p.: Topaz Film 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. A stripper is disfigured in a car accident and becomes obsessed with restoring her beauty. She tracks down a scientist who can provide a cure but the concoction requires the use of glandular fluid removed from adult women causing their deaths. 10 x 7.75 inches trimmed along the top margin. Near Fine. Topaz Film unknown books
1981ref. 127382Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for US release of the French-Canadian film. An aging smalltime mobster and his aspiring croupier neighbor become entangled with the big leagues of the mob when the neighbor's estranged husband shows up with a large cache of stolen cocaine. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Atlantic City New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 142656Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1976 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1976ref. 149310Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Collection of one vintage reference photograph and one contact sheet containing twelve test shots from the 1976 film all images publicity shots of actress Caroline Munro for the film. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1914 fantasy novel the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. Set hundreds of miles underneath Wales. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1939ref. 170757N.p.: N.p. 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the 1939 film showing the Marx brothers fending off a gorilla. Provenance stamp and layout annotations on the verso. The brothers unite to help save a circus from bankruptcy. Featuring songs by MGM songwriting team Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg best known their work in "The Wizard of Oz" the same year. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 141322Berkeley: Saul Zaentz 1990. Third Draft script for the 1991 film. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen about the conflicts and relationships between an indigenous Amazon tribe the missionaries that want to convert them and the mercenaries hired to move them off their land. Set in Amazon rainforest shot on location in Brazil and Venezuela. Green titled wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated April 23 1990 with credits for screenwriters Jean-Claude Carriere and Hector Babenco and author Peter Matthiessen. Title page present dated April 23 1990 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriters Carriere and Babenco and author Matthiessen. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Saul Zaentz unknown books
1975ref. 154928New York: Chappell Music Company 1975. Vintage Radio City Music Hall program for a series of Easter concerts and performances in conjunction with the showing of the 1975 film from the week beginning Thursday March 6 1975. Peter Bogdanovich's tribute to Cole Porter and the musicals of the 1930s. Shot using nearly all black-and-white costumes and sets and featuring only occasional splashes of color with musical sequences and songs performed live for the camera the film was much maligned at the time of its release and was box office bomb. It was reappraised when released on Netflix in 2011 garnering a newfound respect and popularity. Two socialite couples change partners at a party in an attempt to make the other one jealous. 6 x 9 inch Bi-fold. Fine. Chappell Music Company unknown books
1975ref. 154918New York: Chappell Music Company 1975. Vintage program for the 1975 film. Peter Bogdanovich's tribute to Cole Porter and the musicals of the 1930s. Shot using nearly all black and white costumes and sets and featuring only occasional splashes of color with musical sequences and songs performed live for the camera the film was much maligned at the time of its release and was box office bomb. It was reappraised when released on Netflix in 2011 garnering a newfound respect and popularity. Two socialite couples change partners at a party in an attempt to make the others jealous. 8.5 x 11 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine with light rubbing. Chappell Music Company unknown books
1966ref. 161505N.p.: N.p. 1966. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Four with provenance stamps on the verso one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Hank and Rob go to New York City in search of adventure and sexual exploits until Hank meets the seductive Carol and Rob a woman who is more shy and inexperienced. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 132176Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1966 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Jack Finney. A band of incompetent treasure hunters including Frank Sinatra unsuccessfully attempt to highjack the Queen Mary by utilizing an old World War II Nazi submarine that they find sunk in the Bahamas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
