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1966ref. 141237N.p.: N.p. 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. Note laid in from agent Paul Kohner to Mel Tucker dated June 23 1966. A group of Nazis steal a truck of gold during the war eventually hiding it in a cave on the Portuguese coast. Years later a group of thieves begin looking for the loot. Set in Portugal. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Kandel. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a portion neatly cut from bottom right corner of front wrapper clearly as issued to reveal a quote from Lewis Carroll on the first leaf see image. Bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 144162N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced film. Synopses in English are laid into the front wrapper for "That Boy Named Jesus" "Young Jesus" and "Don Quixote Goes West." Text in English. An imagining of the infancy youth and adolescence of Jesus Christ. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Pages Fine wrapper Fine clip binding. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 132726London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Seven vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. Based on George Agnew Chamberlain's 1941 novel "The Phantom Filly" about a juvenile delinquent and his stay at a run down Kentucky ranch. Eventually he gains an interest in all things mechanical including the hot sports car owned by a neighboring young woman. A story set and shot in Kentucky. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957ref. 156259Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Vintage post-production Synopsis for the 1957 film. Based on the 1941 novel "Phantom Filly" by George Agnew Chamberlain. Troubled teen Nick Pat Boone is forced to live and work on his uncle's Kentucky farm where he falls in love in their pretty neighbor Liz Shirley Jones. Set in and shot on location in Lexington Kentucky. Self-wrappers integral with title page noted as Synopsis. Four leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and edgewear bound with single staple in upper left corner. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1951ref. 132524London: British Film-Makers 1951. Vintage black-and-white candid still photograph from the 1951 UK film. Features David Niven with the Dame of Sark Sibyl Mary Hathaway on the shores of the Channel Islands. Hathaway was Seigneur of the Channel Islands when the Germans invaded 1940-1945. Based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel about British soldiers during WWII on the Channel Islands attempting to save a prized cow from the capture of the Nazis. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning with an ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. British Film-Makers unknown books
1953ref. 132118London: British Lion Film Corporation 1953. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 UK film. Printed with the original title "Appointment in London." A retiring bomber pilot intends to keep the new recruits focused by banning women from the base. Then he meets smiling officer Eve Canyon 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with an ink notation on the verso two tiny chips and light toning. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1967ref. 161473N.p.: Distribpix 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the versos of all three photographs. Sarah is a girl with quite the reputation who likes to hang with the wild boys. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint overall creasing. Distribpix unknown books
1999ref. 167772N.p.: N.p. 1999. Two draft scripts for an unproduced film. One script preceded by a two-page treatment. Included with the scripts are a typed note dated 13 May 1999 from a Lisa Jones to screenwriter Mark Jacobson providing advice on the script along with a return note from Jacobson to Jones acknowledging her letter. Additionally included is a printed six-page script breakdown presumably created by Jacobson. In the late 1950s a college student dies in a car accident. After his death his soul is mistakenly placed in the body of a two-year-old although he retains his adult brain and he is sent to live with a beautiful young woman. Stamped script: Beige wrappers with the stamp of screenwriter Mark Jacobson on the front wrapper along with a phone number in manuscript pencil. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Non-stamped script: Green untitled front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page integral with the first page of text. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 161263Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. Loosely based on the 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. The ultimate reflection of the American experience in Vietnam taking Conrad's dark vision of an expedition up the Congo and transplanting it to Vietnam-era Cambodia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning two. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on grueling location in the Philippines. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown books
1955ref. 153207US: American Releasing Corporation 1955. Vintage contact sheet showing twelve images of actors Lloyd Bridges and Joan Taylor with unidentified crew members on the set of the 1955 Western. With manuscript ink notations on the verso identifying the film. Roger Corman's second film as a director about a lawman sent to a small town to investigate reports of Apache attacks but finds things might not be exactly as they seem. Contact sheet 8 x 10 inches images 2.5 x 2.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. American Releasing Corporation unknown books
1970ref. 141411N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A successful doctor suffers a mental breakdown due to her survivor's guilt after being the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. She becomes obsessed with a man four years older than her whom she met previously in a refugee camp in France. Set in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Ethel Tyne. 28 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 148977Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1966 film. Based on the 1964 hit Broadway play by Muriel Resnik. Ellen Gordon Jane Fonda is New York executive John Cleves' Jason Robards mistress who falls for Cleves' young out-of-town associate Cass Henderson Dean Jones when Cleves' secretary unknowingly sends him to the apartment where they have their trysts. The secretary then compounds the error by telling Cleves' wife Dorothy Rosemary Murphy about the apartment. Shot on location in New York City. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued one small closed tear else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 148842N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Rare. "Love at Twenty" is anthology film on the titular theme by five filmmakers Shintaro Ishihara Marcel Ophuls Renzo Rossellini François Truffault and Andrzej Wajda united with a score by Georges Delerue and photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Truffaut's short is the second of five films which follow his alter-ego Antoine Doinel Jean-Pierre Léaud. The films in the Antoine Doinel series are "The 400 Blows" 1959 "Antoine and Colette" 1962 "Stolen Kisses" 1968 "Bed and Board" 1970 and "Love on the Run" 1979. Antoine now aged 17 falls in love for the first time to the lovely Colette Marie-France Pisier whose feelings though tender are not reciprocated. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 185. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 154857Paris: Gaumont 1947. Three oversize photographs of director Jacques Becker and actors Claire Maffei and Roger Pigaut on the set of the 1947 film. Manuscript annotations and stamp of Gaumont Eagle-Lion on the versos. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1947ref. 144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1990ref. 158129N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Second Draft for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to an unknown person involved in pre-production with manuscript ink annotations throughout relating mostly to locations and shooting. A man who just got out of a three year stay at a mental hospital is released and immediately mistaken for a millionaire. A con-man takes advantage of the situation. The last movie in which Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor acted as a comedy duo. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. Light blue blank card wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 1990 noted as Revised Second Draft with a credit for Ziggy Steinberg. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 164002Beverly Hills CA: American Filmworks 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. After his mother's death a shy boy and his father move from the swamplands to Chicago where the boy uses fantasy and dreams to adjust to his new life. Screenwriter Don Keith Opper was better known for his involvement in the "Critters" horror comedy film series both as an actor and writer. 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. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1987 with credit for Opper. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Filmworks unknown books
1988ref. 148326Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1988. Vintage studio still photograph of Gena Rowlands and Mia Farrow from the 1988 film. Philosophy professor Marion Post Rowlands overhears the therapy sessions of another woman Farrow and begins to question her own happiness and the choices she's made. One of Woody Allen's few dramatic films without any comedic elements. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 132869London: Cinegate / Channel Four Films 1983. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1983 UK film. In Scotland during World War II Janie is married to a man 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program the couple welcome three Italian POW's to work on their farm and one of them captures Janie's interest. A story set and shot on location in Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. Faint corner creases else Near Fine. Cinegate / Channel Four Films unknown books
1947ref. 003375Universal City: Universal-International 1947. First Edition. Very good. Continuity and dialogue script here under the working title "Destiny of a Woman;" 11 x 8 1/2; textured yellow wraps bound at the top edge with two large brads; "Continuity and Dialogue / Master Copy / Prod. # 115125 / Charge # 563" to front wrap; several light penciled-in annotations throughout; mimeographed text to rectos only; a few minor spots to upper margin of front wrap; several leaves with creases to bottom corners; in very good condition. Based on playwright screenwriter and political activist Lillian Hellman's 1905 - 1984 1946 Broadway play of the same name and prequel to her "The Little Foxes" the drama took place in post-Civil War Alabama and centered around the wealthy ruthless racist Hubbard family. Vladimir Pozner 1905 - 1992 who would adapt Hellman's play for the future film was a French author of Russian-Jewish descent. His "Les etats desunis. Reportage" The Disunited States. A Reportage in essence - a leftist travelogue and one of his most famous works would document racism inequality everyday life and its characters the gangsters the starlets and the poor workers in the United States in the early 20th century. Universal-International paperback books
1947ref. 145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout. Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South. Set in Alabama. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral on the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 129351Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Story synopsis basis for the 1943 film "Claudia" based on a story by Franken that appeared in Redbook magazine between July 1941 and October 1942. McGuire and Young are memorable in their portrayal of a young innocent couple struggling to break from the ties of their respective families as well as the pressure of distant relocation. Followed by a sequel "Claudia and David" in 1946 and basis for a radio play. Sky blue titled wrappers with credit for writer Franken. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 18 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1982ref. 147631Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film. Based on the popular Broadway musical which was based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" with music by Charles Stouse lyrics by Martin Charnin and book by Thomas Meehan. Directed by John Huston the only musical in his 40-year directing career and featuring a blockbuster cast including Albert Finney Carol Burnett Tim Curry Bernadette Peters Edward Hermann and Ann Reinking "Annie" received mixed reviews and only grossed $57 million on a $50 million budget. A television sequel "Annie: A Royal Adventure!" was released in 1995 Disney and Columbia Pictures made a television version in 1999 and Columbia would release another film adaptation in 2014. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 164698N.p.: N.p. 1977. Set of seven color studio still photographs from the 1977 film each machine-numbered at the bottom left corner: 1 2 3 4 5 6 8. A romantic comedy about the strange relationship between a neurotic comedian and his quirky girlfriend. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress and Best Actor. Shot on location in California and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 157687N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing director and actor Woody Allen. A romantic comedy about the strange relationship between a neurotic comedian and his quirky girlfriend. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress and Best Actor. Shot on location in California and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
