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1977ref. 139038Germany: R.v. Hirschberg / Rudolf Kalmowicz Filmproduktion 1977. Original French grande poster for the 1976 West German film. Cool spaceship artwork by Landi. Based on Erich von Daniken's 1968 book "Chariots of the Gods" a look at early human history and the possibility of extraterrestrial influences. Sequel to Reinl's previous alien documentary "Chariots of the Gods" 1970 a film that was edited and dubbed in English and narrated by Rod Serling. This time Shatner narrates. The film was edited and dubbed in English directed and written then by Charles Romine. NASA representatives make their opinions known and various other "enthusiasts" perk Shatner's genuine intrigue. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. Very Good with several tears some with cello tape repairs on the verso and creases. Scarce. R.v. Hirschberg / Rudolf Kalmowicz Filmproduktion unknown
1933ref. 167819New York: Fox Film 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film musical. A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a cleaning lady into a sophisticated socialite. The second of four Hollywood films made by British-German actress Lilian Harvey. Notable as one of the first films to use the word "gay" to mean homosexual although the Studio Relations Committee censors ultimately decided the phrase would have to be muffled. 15.75 x 21.75 inches folded once as issued. 16 pages side-stapled. Very Good plus with last leaf partially detached from the binding. Fox Film unknown books
1933ref. 167819New York: Fox Film 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film musical. A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a cleaning lady into a sophisticated socialite. The second of four Hollywood films made by British-German actress Lilian Harvey. Notable as one of the first films to use the word "gay" to mean homosexual although the Studio Relations Committee censors ultimately decided the phrase would have to be muffled. 15.75 x 21.75 inches folded once as issued. 16 pages side-stapled. Very Good plus with last leaf partially detached from the binding. Fox Film unknown
1952ref. 130769Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. A mother confronts her college aged son about his girlfriend who is a communist spy and turns him into the FBI but he's killed by enemy agents before he can confess. One of the most blatantly pro-McCarthy films of the Red Scare era. Lacking title page self wrapper typically issued by Paramount during this time period. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 133 leaves on blue stock mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good with exception to page 132 unbound. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 146109Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" 1951 in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism bigotry and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated February 27 1951 noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some fading and edgewear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 146109Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" 1951 in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism bigotry and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated February 27 1951 noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some fading and edgewear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1952ref. 130769Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. A mother confronts her college aged son about his girlfriend who is a communist spy and turns him into the FBI but he's killed by enemy agents before he can confess. One of the most blatantly pro-McCarthy films of the Red Scare era. Lacking title page self wrapper typically issued by Paramount during this time period. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 133 leaves on blue stock mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good with exception to page 132 unbound. Paramount Pictures unknown
1963ref. 168189Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. A successful Broadway star collapses from exhaustion and is ordered to rest for six weeks at her home in Connecticut where she manages to fall in love. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 159801Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures 1954. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film showing actor and choreographer Bob Fosse rehearsing dance steps with Janet Leigh and others on the set. Five with mimeo snipes on the versos and all six with stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov about two sisters who move from Ohio to New York City settling in a derelict basement apartment in Greenwich Village. Fosse's first film credit as choreographer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 159801Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures 1954. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film showing actor and choreographer Bob Fosse rehearsing dance steps with Janet Leigh and others on the set. Five with mimeo snipes on the versos and all six with stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov about two sisters who move from Ohio to New York City settling in a derelict basement apartment in Greenwich Village. Fosse's first film credit as choreographer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1959ref. 141461Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. Based on Sueko Yasumoto's novel and one of the first examples of media dealing with the plight of zainchi or ethnically Korean Japanese citizens and their identity and struggles. One man has always worked faithfully for the Toho Company and another man is working for an underworld boss trying to scam Toho. They find each other again when one begins trailing and investigating the other. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples. Nikkatsu unknown books
1959ref. 141461Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. Based on Sueko Yasumoto's novel and one of the first examples of media dealing with the plight of zainchi or ethnically Korean Japanese citizens and their identity and struggles. One man has always worked faithfully for the Toho Company and another man is working for an underworld boss trying to scam Toho. They find each other again when one begins trailing and investigating the other. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples. Nikkatsu unknown
1982ref. 141746N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter to agent Walter Kohner and five pages relating to another unrelated and unproduced television program. After speaking very fondly about the Americans he met while traveling abroad a chef is arrested by the KGB. Set in the Czech Republic. Green titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 141746N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter to agent Walter Kohner and five pages relating to another unrelated and unproduced television program. After speaking very fondly about the Americans he met while traveling abroad a chef is arrested by the KGB. Set in the Czech Republic. Green titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 138609Paris: FFD 1969. Original pressbook for the 1969 French film. Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. The third film but fourth released in Rohmer's "Moral Tales" series and the one that finally elevated him to the international status of his New Wave peers. 9.5 x 13.25. Tri-fold Very Good plus. Starting to the lower rear fold and light soil. Criterion Collection 345. FFD unknown books
1969ref. 138609Paris: FFD 1969. Original pressbook for the 1969 French film. Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. The third film but fourth released in Rohmer's "Moral Tales" series and the one that finally elevated him to the international status of his New Wave peers. 9.5 x 13.25. Tri-fold Very Good plus. Starting to the lower rear fold and light soil. Criterion Collection 345. FFD unknown
1993ref. 166446N.p.: N.p. 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the address of a production company in Beverly Hills. A man is diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer months before the birth of his first child leading him onto a voyage of self-discovery including attempting to reconcile with his estranged Ukrainian family. Shot on location in Chicago and Naperville Illinois and in Santa Clarita and Simi Valley California. Blue wrappers. Title page present dated January 19 1993 noted as REVISED with credit for director and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 166446N.p.: N.p. 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the address of a production company in Beverly Hills. A man is diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer months before the birth of his first child leading him onto a voyage of self-discovery including attempting to reconcile with his estranged Ukrainian family. Shot on location in Chicago and Naperville Illinois and in Santa Clarita and Simi Valley California. Blue wrappers. Title page present dated January 19 1993 noted as REVISED with credit for director and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 172992London: Gala Film Distributors 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 Swedish film. With a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. A film following a group of homeless children as they try to survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Copacabana Brazil. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint emulsion irregularities. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1966ref. 172992London: Gala Film Distributors 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 Swedish film. With a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. A film following a group of homeless children as they try to survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Copacabana Brazil. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint emulsion irregularities. Gala Film Distributors unknown
1942ref. 158980Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1942 film. Based on the true story of songwriter Paul Dresser and a woman he dated known professionally as Sallie Walker. A biopic about Dresser and singer Sally Elliot detailing their meeting the formation of their business relationship and eventual engagement. Set in New York City shot on location in Calabasas California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964ref. 161335Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of designer and photographer Cecil Beaton standing next to his costume design illustration for the 1964 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Beaton won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film and alongside Gene Allen and George James Hopkins won an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
ref. 154945N.p.: Warner Brothers. Vintage British program for the 1964 film with Ad Sales label on the top right corner of the front wrapper. Based on the 1956 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe itself adapted from George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion." Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor for Rex Harrison reprising his Broadway and West End role as Henry Higgins. 8.5 x 11 inches. 14 pages side stapled. Very Good plus with light edgewear and two small closed tears at fore-edge of front wrapper. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 164248Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs and six vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and all with annotations in manuscript pencil on the same. Based on the 1956 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe itself adapted from George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion." Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor for Harrison reprising his Broadway and West End role as Henry Higgins. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus overall. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 164248Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs and six vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and all with annotations in manuscript pencil on the same. Based on the 1956 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe itself adapted from George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion." Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor for Harrison reprising his Broadway and West End role as Henry Higgins. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus overall. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown
