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1934ref. 167816Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1934. Vintage pressbook for the 1934 pre-Code film. Based on the 1932 novel by Stuart Palmer. Intrepid teacher Hildegarde Withers and police inspector Oscar Piper join forces again to solve the murder of a music teacher at Withers' school. The second of three films to pair Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as Withers and Piper respectively following "The Penguin Pool Murder" 1932 and preceding "Murder on a Honeymoon" 1935. 12 x 18 inches. 12 leaves side-stapled. About Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1934ref. 167816Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1934. Vintage pressbook for the 1934 pre-Code film. Based on the 1932 novel by Stuart Palmer. Intrepid teacher Hildegarde Withers and police inspector Oscar Piper join forces again to solve the murder of a music teacher at Withers' school. The second of three films to pair Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as Withers and Piper respectively following "The Penguin Pool Murder" 1932 and preceding "Murder on a Honeymoon" 1935. 12 x 18 inches. 12 leaves side-stapled. About Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1974ref. 146919N.p.: EMI Film Distributors 1974. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Sidney Lumet on the set of the 1974 film. Mimeo Snipe "PHOTO A RENDRE" and "CAMERA PRESS LTD." stamps and "IMAPRESS" stamp on sticker over "PARIMAGE" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie which finds her series detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a train with the suspects portrayed by a who's who of Hollywood stars. Ingrid Bergman won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and the film was nominated for five more including Best Actor for Albert Finney and Best Adapted Screenplay. Remade in 2017 directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. 8.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine some curling wear and creasing at the far corners. Penzler 101. EMI Film Distributors unknown
1974ref. 144955UK: EMI 1974. Vintage photograph from the 1974 film showing director Sidney Lumet hanging onto a train on location at a rail station along with members of the cast on the platform. Based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie which finds her series detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a train with the suspects portrayed by a who's who of Hollywood stars. Ingrid Bergman won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and the film was nominated for five more including Best Actor for Albert Finney and Best Adapted Screenplay. Remade in 2017 directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. 10 x 8 inches. Light crease to the upper left corner overall Near Fine. EMI unknown
1989ref. 130299Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young Bacon steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again and unfortunately for him the grocery store also housed a post office making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison. Upon his release he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill Slater is to defend him alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 23 1989 noted as Revised Rewrite with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1985ref. 167912Los Angeles: Showtime 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film originally aired on July 28 1985 on Showtime. During their return trip to Earth members of the crew of a Mars space mission begin showing up dead. Shot on location in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. One with layout annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom recto margin else generally Near Fine. Showtime unknown books
1989ref. 130299Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young Bacon steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again and unfortunately for him the grocery store also housed a post office making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison. Upon his release he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill Slater is to defend him alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 23 1989 noted as Revised Rewrite with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1997ref. 164063N.p.: N.p. 1997. Draft script for the 1999 film with manuscript highlighter annotations throughout calling out settings and props. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. When psychiatrist Dr. Mumford moves to Mumford Oregon he quickly becomes endeared to the quirky neurotic residents unaware he may be harboring a secret of his own. Zooey Deschanel's screen debut. 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. Set in the fictitious town of Mumford Oregon and shot on location in California. Gray untitled Kasdan Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 11/19/97 with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1997ref. 164063N.p.: N.p. 1997. Draft script for the 1999 film with manuscript highlighter annotations throughout calling out settings and props. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. When psychiatrist Dr. Mumford moves to Mumford Oregon he quickly becomes endeared to the quirky neurotic residents unaware he may be harboring a secret of his own. Zooey Deschanel's screen debut. 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. Set in the fictitious town of Mumford Oregon and shot on location in California. Gray untitled Kasdan Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 11/19/97 with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 153806N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting copy No. 19. A quirky woman copes with her arranged marriage to a wealthy Middle Eastern eunuch while enjoying a romance with a young man at a ski resort. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Herbert Burkholz. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with a red Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 153806N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting copy No. 19. A quirky woman copes with her arranged marriage to a wealthy Middle Eastern eunuch while enjoying a romance with a young man at a ski resort. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Herbert Burkholz. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with a red Velo binding. N.p. unknown
2014ref. 158644Oxford MS: Zach Tutor 2014. Limited Edition fine art giclee print one of 25 unnumbered and unsigned copies designed by artist Zach Tutor for the 2001 film circa 2014. Tutor exhibited the dark and haunting artwork as part of the exhibition "In Dreams: An Art Show Tribute to the Films of David Lynch" at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco March 8 through March 29 2014. Zach Tutor is an artist and curator living in Oxford Mississippi. Named one of the "100 Best Southern Artists" by Oxford American in 2012 he has written for Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose magazines curates artists for The People's Printshop in Berkeley California runs the virtual exhibition space Supersonic Art Shop and since 2012 has curated the acclaimed yearly contemporary art showcase the Supersonic Invitational at Spoke Art Gallery and Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco and New York. Lynch's dreamlike neo-noir fable of the Hollywood dream turned nightmare featuring outstanding performances by leads Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in dual roles which darkly shift midway through the narrative. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 779. Ebert IV. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Zach Tutor unknown books
2014ref. 158644Oxford MS: Zach Tutor 2014. Limited Edition fine art giclee print one of 25 unnumbered and unsigned copies designed by artist Zach Tutor for the 2001 film circa 2014. Tutor exhibited the dark and haunting artwork as part of the exhibition "In Dreams: An Art Show Tribute to the Films of David Lynch" at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco March 8 through March 29 2014. Zach Tutor is an artist and curator living in Oxford Mississippi. Named one of the "100 Best Southern Artists" by Oxford American in 2012 he has written for Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose magazines curates artists for The People's Printshop in Berkeley California runs the virtual exhibition space Supersonic Art Shop and since 2012 has curated the acclaimed yearly contemporary art showcase the Supersonic Invitational at Spoke Art Gallery and Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco and New York. Lynch's dreamlike neo-noir fable of the Hollywood dream turned nightmare featuring outstanding performances by leads Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in dual roles which darkly shift midway through the narrative. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 779. Ebert IV. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Zach Tutor unknown
1965ref. 152050Los Angeles: Delta Films 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. Based on Raymond Friday Locke's 1958 novel "Streets Paved With Gold." A melodramatic tale about a drifter who falls in love with his employer's married niece a beautiful young woman with an abusive alcoholic husband. The first film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. Set in Spooner Missouri. Six leaves saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Delta Films unknown books
1965ref. 152050Los Angeles: Delta Films 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. Based on Raymond Friday Locke's 1958 novel "Streets Paved With Gold." A melodramatic tale about a drifter who falls in love with his employer's married niece a beautiful young woman with an abusive alcoholic husband. The first film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. Set in Spooner Missouri. Six leaves saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Delta Films unknown
1984ref. 166548N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film with rainbow revision pages. Copy belonging to first assistant director Ron Bozman with his name on a revision page in manuscript ink and his annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages. Based on the true story of brothers Jack and Ed Biddle who broke out of Allegheny County jail in 1901 with the help of the warden's wife who fell in love with Ed. Set in Pittsburgh shot on location in Mulmur Ontario in Wisconsin and in Pittsburgh. Lacking wrappers and title page. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 7 and February 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 166548N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film with rainbow revision pages. Copy belonging to first assistant director Ron Bozman with his name on a revision page in manuscript ink and his annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages. Based on the true story of brothers Jack and Ed Biddle who broke out of Allegheny County jail in 1901 with the help of the warden's wife who fell in love with Ed. Set in Pittsburgh shot on location in Mulmur Ontario in Wisconsin and in Pittsburgh. Lacking wrappers and title page. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 7 and February 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 147521N.p.: N.p. 1995. Second Draft script for the 1995 television film originally aired on September 12 1995 on Showtime. Based on Ella Leffland's 1970 novel about a woman who seeks revenge on her wealthy wheelchair-bound father-in-law. An early draft of a project that underwent heavy rewrites by director Diane Ladd before finally being shot in 1995. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 147521N.p.: N.p. 1995. Second Draft script for the 1995 television film originally aired on September 12 1995 on Showtime. Based on Ella Leffland's 1970 novel about a woman who seeks revenge on her wealthy wheelchair-bound father-in-law. An early draft of a project that underwent heavy rewrites by director Diane Ladd before finally being shot in 1995. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
2004ref. 164077Los Angeles: Scarsdale Pictures 2004. Two Draft scripts for the 2005 HBO film one White Draft script and a Revised Draft script with blue pink and yellow revision pages both copies belonging to uncredited crew member Chris Scher. White Draft script dated January 21 2004 includes a memorandum as the front leaf bound in regarding changes from previous January 12th and January 19th drafts. Based on the 1983 book "Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower" by Shana Alexander about the murder of well-known cardiologist and best selling Scarsdale diet author Herman Tarnower by his ex-lover Jean Harris. Featuring brilliant performances by Annette Bening as Harris the jilted lover of the manipulative Tarnover played by Ben Kingsley. Nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. 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. Set in Purchase New York. "White" Draft script: Front wrapper integral with "Memorandum" dated January 21 2004. Title page present dated January 21 2004 noted as WHITE with credits for screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 21 2004 with credits for screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/20/04 and 3/16/04. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Scarsdale Pictures unknown books
2004ref. 164077Los Angeles: Scarsdale Pictures 2004. Two Draft scripts for the 2005 HBO film one White Draft script and a Revised Draft script with blue pink and yellow revision pages both copies belonging to uncredited crew member Chris Scher. White Draft script dated January 21 2004 includes a memorandum as the front leaf bound in regarding changes from previous January 12th and January 19th drafts. Based on the 1983 book "Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower" by Shana Alexander about the murder of well-known cardiologist and best selling Scarsdale diet author Herman Tarnower by his ex-lover Jean Harris. Featuring brilliant performances by Annette Bening as Harris the jilted lover of the manipulative Tarnover played by Ben Kingsley. Nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. 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. Set in Purchase New York. "White" Draft script: Front wrapper integral with "Memorandum" dated January 21 2004. Title page present dated January 21 2004 noted as WHITE with credits for screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 21 2004 with credits for screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/20/04 and 3/16/04. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Scarsdale Pictures unknown
2000ref. 151199Iver Heath UK: Pinewood Studios 2000. Sixth Draft script for the 2002 film. A recently widowed woman is bullied by her son and his wife to enter a nursing home where she soon begins to crave independence and a new start to her life. Shot on location in Berkshire England. Light blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 15th September 2000 noted as 6th Draft with credits for screenwriter Malcolm Stone and novelist Vernon Coleman. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with rust to the binding bound internally with a silver prong. Pinewood Studios unknown books
2000ref. 151199Iver Heath UK: Pinewood Studios 2000. Sixth Draft script for the 2002 film. A recently widowed woman is bullied by her son and his wife to enter a nursing home where she soon begins to crave independence and a new start to her life. Shot on location in Berkshire England. Light blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 15th September 2000 noted as 6th Draft with credits for screenwriter Malcolm Stone and novelist Vernon Coleman. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with rust to the binding bound internally with a silver prong. Pinewood Studios unknown
1939ref. 148444Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1939. Vintage double weight photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe stamp crediting photographer Al Schafer and very faint "Approved" stamp on the verso. Controversial among the political American establishment at the time for its accurate then and now depiction of the Senate as a group of dysfunctional shallow egotists the film was also banned in fascist countries Germany Italy Spain and the USSR and later Nazi occupied France. Set in and shot on location in Washington DC. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint diagonal crease to lower right. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 148444Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1939. Vintage double weight photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe stamp crediting photographer Al Schafer and very faint "Approved" stamp on the verso. Controversial among the political American establishment at the time for its accurate then and now depiction of the Senate as a group of dysfunctional shallow egotists the film was also banned in fascist countries Germany Italy Spain and the USSR and later Nazi occupied France. Set in and shot on location in Washington DC. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint diagonal crease to lower right. Columbia Pictures unknown
