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1967ref. 151844Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Three striking vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Roger Corman film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. A dramatization of the 1929 mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang by members of Al Capone's gang led by George "Bugs" Moran. Set in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969ref. 135248Beverly Hills CA: Lorimar Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures 1969. Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to Phil Abramson set director for the film with his name in manuscript ink on a couple of pages and manuscript annotations throughout. Laid in is a folded photocopied shooting schedule sheet with photocopied annotations and "Phil 140" in manuscript pencil at the top. Based on Thomas McGuane's 1968 debut novel. Vernor Stanton Fields an unstable patrician iconoclast and his lifelong friend James Quinn Coster engage in various drug-fueled adventures often violent in nature. The two aim to destabilize the Centennial Club the summer sporting resort for upper-class Michigan families where they are members. Featuring a brief appearance by a pre-"Exorcist" Linda Blair. Set in Michigan shot on location in Hot Springs Arkansas. Salmon titled wrappers noted as REV. FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 4 1969. Title page present identical on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Semple Jr. and novelist McGuane. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116 plus a laid-in shooting sheet dated Jan. 17 1970. Mechanical duplication with pink blue white and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/24/69 and 12/3/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Lorimar Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1968ref. 152562Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Jim Brown Diahann Carroll Julie Harris Ernest Borgnine Warren Oates Jack Klugman and Don Sutherland. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968ref. 152561Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1968 film one showing Brown with basketball star Bill Russell the other showing Brown play-fighting with boxer Muhammad Ali. Mimeo snipe to the verso. In 1967 Brown and Russell both participated in the infamous "Cleveland Summit" a meeting of prominent Black athletes to discuss the controversy around Ali's draft dodging charges. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1971ref. 153167N.p.: N.p. 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1957 novel by Robert Bright. In postwar France an art collector discovers clues to the whereabouts of a major masterpiece long considered lost to time and sets off in pursuit of the treasure. Set in Paris. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Michael and novelist Robert Bright. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 167403Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1986. Third Draft script for the 1987 television film which aired on ABC on July 31 1987. Bound in following the script is a two page Staff and Crew List dated March 7 1986 a 19 page Shooting Schedule dated 3/7/86 a ten page Revised Shooting Schedule dated 3/9/86 an eight page Revised Shooting Schedule dated 3/21/86 and a second two page Staff and Crew List dated March 26 1986. Laid in is a Call Sheet dated March 11 1986. Not to be confused with the 2008 film directed by Frank Miller starring Gabriel Macht and Eva Mendes. Based on the comic book character created by Will Eisner in 1940. Created as a pilot for ABC's proposed 1986 Fall series the project was shelved after ABC changed ownership with the new management finding the pilot "too offbeat and morbid." ABC shelved the pilot without even arranging for test screenings and eventually released it too late for the possibility of a series pickup and with little to no promotion. Sam J. Jones stars as Denny Colt a Central City Police Department detective who after an assassination attempt in which he is believed to be dead by the general public becomes the Spirit a mysterious masked vigilante in a blue suit and fedora who is not bound by the rules of regular cops. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 10 1986 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Steven E. de Souza. 131 leaves with last page of script numbered 84A. Xerographic duplication on yellow leaves rectos only with salmon and cherry revision pages throughout dated 03/19/86 and 03/24/86. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown
1957ref. 146973Paris: Filmsonor 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Text in English. Loosely based on Egon Hostovsky's 1954 novel "The Midnight Patient." In order to finance his failing private clinic a psychiatrist accepts a bribe to temporarily shelter a defecting Soviet scientist hotly pursued by a number of international secret agents. Set and shot in Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines France. Teal titled wrappers. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two silver clasps. Filmsonor unknown
1983ref. 146993West Germany: Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion 1983. Third Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Based on Joseph Roth's 1923 novel about a mercenary World War I veteran who swears vengeance on those he deems responsible for Germany's downfall-Democrats Jews and and socialists. Set in Germany shot on location in West Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated 01-06-83 noted as 3rd Version with credits for director Bernhard Wicki screenwriter Wolfgang Kirchner and novelist Joseph Roth. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion unknown
1969ref. 152344N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 Western film one showing director Sergio Corbucci actors Johnny Hallyday and Gastone Moschin and various crew members between shots the other showing Corbucci and Hallyday inspecting a gun. A lone stranger named Hud arrives in a small western town in hopes of avenging his brother who was hanged after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank. The third and final film in Corbucci's "Mud and Blood" trilogy preceded by "Django" and "The Great Silence" in 1968. Shot on location in Italy in the Venetian Prealps the Dolomites and the outskirts of Rome. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 107862N.p.: N.p. 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's Corner' is a screenplay based on three stories by Robin Maugham including 'Broken Cellophane' 'The Prodigal Son' and 'The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses.' Maugham worked with Rodney Ackland on the adaptation." Mauve titled wrapper noted as a short story on the front wrapper copy No. 20 with credits for screenwriter Robin Maugham. Title page present with credits for Maugham. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 158590Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of actors Helen Twelvetree and Donald Cook with director Lewis D. Collins examining celluloid strips from the day's production on the set of the 1935 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on the 1935 Ellery Queen novel about a detective whose vacation on the California coast is interrupted by a murder in the neighboring cabin. Set in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a hint of wear at the corners. Republic Pictures unknown
1969ref. 171148Los Angeles: David Diamond 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a 14-page carbon typescript summary of the film dated January 2 1969. Based on screenwriter Bill S. Ballinger's 1968 novel "The Source of Fear." In modern-day Israel archaeologists search for the Biblical city of Zoar eventually uncovering and getting trapped in an ancient cave that holds the key to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1st 1969 with credit for Ballinger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. David Diamond unknown
1972ref. 142998New York: Cinema 5 1972. Original American program for the 1969 French documentary film. A two-part film exploring collaboration and resistance to the Vichy government and Nazi Germany in the French town of Clermont-Ferrand. Nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Documentary. 7.5 x 11 inches in self wrappers. Printed on newsprint. Near Fine with a shallow horizontal fold crease and light soil. Cinema 5 unknown
1922ref. 159875Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1922. Vintage reference photograph of director John Stahl cameraman Ernest Palmer and a camera crew setting up a shot with actors Grace Darmond and Gaston Glass on the set of the 1922 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with two provenance labels. A woman runs away from her husband and child in order to lead a more fulfilling life. Years later she helps her son reconcile with his own wife. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned and wavy along the top edge. First National Pictures unknown
1944ref. 167538Munich Munchen: Film-Bühne 1944. Vintage program for the 1944 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on Hermann Bahr's 1907 play "Die gelbe Nachtigall" "The Yellow Nightingale". German director and actor Theo Lingen appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1980 and directed 21 films between 1929 and 1978. Bi-fold measuring 5.75 x 8 inches when folded. About Fine. Film-Bühne unknown
1970ref. 152433N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A beloved rock star named Wednesday's Child battles with his record label for control over the rights to his music. African American screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson was known for his work for television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s including "Beyond Atlantis" 1973 "That Man Bolt" 1973 "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" 1973 and "The George McKenna Story" 1986. White self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few small splashes to the title page partially bound with a binder clip to the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 141766Australia: Embassy Pictures 1982. Shooting script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript annotations highlighting camera shots throughout. Rogue KGB agents posing as Islamic terrorists steal a nuclear weapon and threaten to blow up Saudi oil fields unless their demands are met. Enter The Soldier a CIA operative whose actions have been disavowed by the US government who must find and stop the terrorists before the nuke is launched. Self wrappers with credits for Glickenhaus. Title page present dated 6/29/81 noted as First Draft Shooting Script. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication first generation with no copied holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a generic ring binder. Embassy Pictures unknown
1964ref. 160660N.p.: N.p. 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film all four showing actors Jean Desailly and Françoise Dorleac. One with the stamp of "L'Express" and a date stamp on the verso. Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 150499Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1964. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the1964 French film showing director François Truffaut and cinematographer Raoul Coutard. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with a stamp noting No. 59. Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1964ref. 153961Various cities: Les Films du Carrosse / SEDIF 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director François Truffaut and his longtime cinematographer Raoul Coutard setting up a shot with actress Françoise Dorleac on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Truffaut and Coutard worked together on a number of films including "Breathless" 1960 "Shoot the Piano Player" 1960 "Jules and Jim" 1962 and "The Bride Wore Black" 1968. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Carrosse / SEDIF unknown
1964ref. 147446Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1964. Vintage oversize borderless photograph from the 1964 French film. Manuscript pencil annotations on the verso noting the name of the film and photographer. Legendary director and French New Wave auteur François Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 11 x 8 inches. Very Good with a slight curl light creasing to the bottom edge and pinholes to the corners. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1952ref. 163556N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1952 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway. As he lies dying from an infection while on safari a writer recalls his past relationships and travels. 7.5 x 10 inches trimmed as shown see image. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 143580Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Caralan Productions 1961. Draft script for the 1961 British horror film here under the working title "The Lady is a Snake" with the release title in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Though made in the UK the film was a US co-production and this is a US draft of the script noting the US production company Playstar Productions on the front wrapper. A doctor injects his pregnant wife with snake venom causing her to give birth to a snake woman who grows up to terrorize the local town. Set in Victorian England. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Orville H. Hampton. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph Pages Fine. Front wrapper detached. Now encapsulated in mylar else Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. United Artists / Caralan Productions unknown
1975ref. 161331Burbank CA: NBC 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series SIGNED on the front wrapper "Tom & Dick" by Tom and Dick Smothers with an inscription on the top left partially lost due to dampstaining "illegible Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member David Carroll with manuscript marker and pencil annotations of his name or partial name "David C." on the top of the title page and two other pages with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 32 pages marking music cues. NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" which aired for thirteen episodes January 13 through May 19 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28 1975 and aired on May 12 1975 featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates. Of note the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11" with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge and Arlo Guthrie and the episode found here featuring Henderson and Gates was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12 1975. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 26 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. NBC unknown
1981ref. 130302N.p.: N.p. 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A witch has put a curse on a princess that will kill her on her 21st birthday but her court magician Merlin has invented a machine that sends her forward in time to 1981 Los Angeles. The witch and Merlin have also followed her and all three are lost and confused in California and must return to their own time after first adapting to the modern day. Set in England 1371 and Los Angeles 1981. Metallic silver titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credit for screenwriter Zindel. 116 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with the upper right corner cut away internally bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
