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1981ref. 156349N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing John Carpenter directing Kurt Russell. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In a futuristic dystopian New York the island of Manhattan has been converted into a massive maximum-security prison. Shot on location in New York City Southern California and St. Louis Missouri. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 134942Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. Final White script for the 1962 film "Escape from Zahrain" here under the film's working title "Zahrain" with ESCAPE FROM in manuscript ink just above it. Notations in manuscript ink and pencil on the front wrapper recto and verso though the associations are unknown. Based on Michael Barrett's 1960 novel "Appointment in Zahrain." A wanted revolutionary Brynner and his gang including a protege played by Sal Mineo travel through the desert in an attempt to elude the Arab security forces. A story set in the Middle East shot on location in the Mojave Desert in California. Self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 122 and production No. 11541 dated June 6 1961 with credits for producer-director Neame and screenwriter Estridge. Title page integral with front wrapper. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication dated variously 6/5/61 and 6/6/61. Near Fine overall bound with two silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1959ref. 132749Culver City CA: National Screen Service / RKO Radio Pictures 1959. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1959 UK release of the 1957 US film. An American boy becomes lost after the plane he is on is forced to make an emergency landing off the Japanese coast. The boy befriends a fisherman's son and the two travel through the countryside while avoiding the police who they mistakenly believe are out to arrest rather than rescue the American. A story set and shot on location in Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at 2 corners and faint creases. National Screen Service / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 132225Munich: P.R. Wilk / Neue Filmkunst / Walter Kirchner 1961. Original early 1960s German A1 poster for the 1946 French film illustrated by Isolde Baumgart. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. A classic 1946 French romantic fantasy film adaptation of the traditional fairy tale of the same name written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and published in 1757 as part of a fairy tale anthology "Le Magasin des Enfants ou Dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et ses eleves" London 1757. Directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau and starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais and the Beast. The plot of Cocteau's film revolves around Belle's father who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. The Beast then falls in love with Belle and proposes marriage on a nightly basis though she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast who tests her by letting her return home to her family and telling her that if she doesn't return to him within a week he will die of grief. 23 x 33 inches non-archivally mounted on board. Light rubbing and soil Very Good plus overall. Shipping billed at cost. Item can only be shipped within the US. Criterion Collection 6. P.R. Wilk / Neue Filmkunst / Walter Kirchner unknown books
1961ref. 152049Hollywood: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1961. Vintage pressbook for the 1961 film. With his fourth feature a 68-minute quickie Russ Meyer continued to market the "nudie" film genre he basically invented in 1959 with his first film "The Immoral Mr. Teas." He also continues to advertise the "French" sensibility "bon vivant" of his films-once described as "a narrated Playboy magazine" with no real plot per se just lots of buxom women shedding their clothing at every opportunity. One leaf bi-fold. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1992ref. 157075N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage two-sided Japanese flyer for the 1992 film featuring a full-color graphic on the recto and the verso in black and white with three film still photographs. Text in Japanese and French. Young Japanese couple Kishin and Rie are trying to survive living in Paris as private detectives when the wealthy and powerful gangster Okuyama hires them to trail his French girlfriend Lorraine who he suspects is cheating. Before long Kishin is sleeping with Loraine and Rie discovers a link between Okuyama and a multi-million dollar heist involving an affluent Paris S&M club. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 143218Tokyo: Gendai Eigasha 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Front wrapper notes a date of 1969 and credit as a Gendai Eigasha production. The second page is a elegaic introduction to the film story: "On the erotology and insurrection of sugi Sakae who wrote of dancing as flowers strangled and left in spring and It Noe who lived her entire life in confused beauty-we the youth and you and I in our degenerate joy which reaches an unbalanced complicity are talking." Based on the life of anarchist Sakae sugi and his relationship with three women.It is the first film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism followed by "Heroic Purgatory" 1970 and "Coup d'Etat" 1973. Considered to be one of the most representative films from the Japanese New Wave movement. Set in and shot on location in Japan. White titled wrappers dated 1969. Title page present. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered d-44. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with mild foxing on rear wrapper title on spine. Gendai Eigasha unknown books
1969ref. 143218Tokyo: Gendai Eigasha 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Front wrapper notes a date of 1969 and credit as a Gendai Eigasha production. The second page is a elegaic introduction to the film story: "On the erotology and insurrection of sugi Sakae who wrote of dancing as flowers strangled and left in spring and It Noe who lived her entire life in confused beauty-we the youth and you and I in our degenerate joy which reaches an unbalanced complicity are talking." Based on the life of anarchist Sakae sugi and his relationship with three women.It is the first film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism followed by "Heroic Purgatory" 1970 and "Coup d'Etat" 1973. Considered to be one of the most representative films from the Japanese New Wave movement. Set in and shot on location in Japan. White titled wrappers dated 1969. Title page present. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered d-44. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with mild foxing on rear wrapper title on spine. Gendai Eigasha unknown
1990ref. WRCLIT67465Np: Gallo and De Vecchi Productions 1990. 3155 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in hotpress printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit rubbed and smudged otherwise very good. An unspecified draft of this unproduced adaptation of Hemingway's novel updated and "freed from the confinement of censorship." Gallo and De Vecchi Productions unknown books
1961ref. 147752Paris: LyreFilms 1961. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. When war breaks out between the British and the Vikings two brothers who have been raised separately find themselves forced to decide between loyalty to blood or loyalty to nationality. Set in the British Isles. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. LyreFilms unknown
ref. 232448 September no year. On letterhead of 23 Bruton Street W.1. London. Maschwitz wrote the lyrics to 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' and 'These Foolish Things' and was nominated for an oscar for co-writing the screenplay of 'Goodbye Mr Chips'. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. Twenty-nine lines of text. In fair condition lightly aged. Folded once. Maschwitz begins by congratulating him 'on a really enthralling book! Loved every page of it!' With reference to Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree he explains that the previous day he 'had a talk with old Dennis Grayson who with Mrs Corey Wright is one of Tree's executors. He told me that they had recently opened a dusty old Pall Mall Safe Deposit box containing masses of records etc of His Majesty's Theatre - the "complete works" from 1897 to 1917 and there was so much of interest among them'. Included is an item relating to Claude Rains: 'a call boy's note book with C. Rains written inside it in a boyish hand'. Grayson 'wondered whether you would be interested in doing a book on the Theatre. Of course it wouldn't make anything as grand as Drury Lane but certainly something grander than Daly's'. He makes a few suggestions about topics MP might wish to include in the book including the play 'Balalaika' with 'the cops coming for the backer on the opening night'. If MP is interested 'Grayson who lives up North and comes to town occasionally would be delighted to lunch you and tell you what he has. Let me know and I'll fix it'. MacQueen-Pope does not appear to have taken Grayson up on his offer unless the letter dates from before the 1947 publication of 'Carriages at Eleven'. 8 September [no year]. On letterhead of 23 Bruton Street, W.1. [London] unknown
1973ref. 144189Los Angeles: American Film Institute AFI 1973. Vintage borderless photograph of director David Lynch actor Jack Nance and cinematographer Herbert Cardwell on the set of the 1977 film. holograph annotations on the verso. "Eraserhead" Lynch's first feature film was was shot piecemeal on an AFI backlot in Los Angeles over a period of five years beginning in 1972. In 1973 two years into the project cinematographer Herbert Cardwell shown in this photo died in his sleep at the age of 35. He was replaced after four weeks of searching by Frederick Elmes. David Lynch's first feature film. The AFI provided the director with use of their lot where he also lived during much of filming at no charge but he had difficulty getting financial assistance from them on the basis of his 20-page script and decidedly unorthodox methods. Terence Malick screened the film at one point for a financial backer who walked out calling the movie "bullshit." A bad call as the film's wild success on the midnight movie circuit-and subsequent success as a legitimate art film gained the vocal admiration of everyone from Charles Bukowski to Stanley Kubrick. 7x 4.5 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 725. Rosenbaum 1000. American Film Institute [AFI] unknown books
1977ref. 138423Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1977. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1977 film. Based on the Tony Award-winning 1973 play by Peter Shaffer and adapted by Shaffer for the film. Photographs have been hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. A haunting film in which a psychiatrist slowly loses faith in himself while doggedly attempting to aid a teen obsessed with mutilating horses. Nominated for three Academy Awards and winner of two Golden Globes for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in Toronto. Photos 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good to Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1977ref. 138423Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1977. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1977 film. Based on the Tony Award-winning 1973 play by Peter Shaffer and adapted by Shaffer for the film. Photographs have been hand-retouched adhered to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. A haunting film in which a psychiatrist slowly loses faith in himself while doggedly attempting to aid a teen obsessed with mutilating horses. Nominated for three Academy Awards and winner of two Golden Globes for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in Toronto. Photos 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good to Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1958ref. 151339Tokyo: Shochiku 1958. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. With the stamp of Shochiku Co. on the verso along with a mimeo snipe noting the film's Japanese title "Higanbana." From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ton Satomi's 1957 novel. A businessman hopes to arrange a marriage for his headstrong youngest daughter who has fallen in love with a musician. Director Yasujiro Ozu's first color film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1071. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown books
1958ref. 151339Tokyo: Shochiku 1958. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. With the stamp of Shochiku Co. on the verso along with a mimeo snipe noting the film's Japanese title "Higanbana." From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ton Satomi's 1957 novel. A businessman hopes to arrange a marriage for his headstrong youngest daughter who has fallen in love with a musician. Director Yasujiro Ozu's first color film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1071. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown
1990ref. 149971Los Angeles: Orion 1990. Revised Draft script for the 11th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on June 19 1991 on ABC. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 28 underlining a prop. The third-to-last episode in the brief two-season series which followed the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Gray titled Orion Television generic wrappers. Title page present dated Dec. 18 1990 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy LeVine. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/90 and 12/18/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown
1991ref. 149969Los Angeles: Orion 1991. Revised Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 13 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on July 3 1991 on ABC. Copy belonging to a crew member with their first name in manuscript ink on the title page. The last episode of the series which ended after two seasons following the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. In this entry a popular basketball coach is prosecuted for the death of his star player. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Silver Orion Television wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated Jan. 17 1991 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Paris Qualles. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/91 and 1/17/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown
1949ref. 129324Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1949. Draft script English translation for the 1950 German film noir. Likely a translation produced by the German film production company responsible for the film for purposes of US distribution and promotion made well prior to the commencement of film production. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Kautner and Stemmle. 136 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Spicer p. 459. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown books
1949ref. 129324Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1949. Draft script English translation for the 1950 German film noir. Likely a translation produced by the German film production company responsible for the film for purposes of US distribution and promotion made well prior to the commencement of film production. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Kautner and Stemmle. 136 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Spicer p. 459. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown
1938ref. 106085Paris: Regina / Kassler 1938. Original screenplay for the 1938 French drama "Entree des artistes" The Curtain Rises one of the best-loved Louis Jouvet dramas of the 1930s wherein Jouvet played exactly what he was in real life: an actor and teacher of drama. One of only a handful of screenplays from 1930s French films that we have ever seen. Rare. Owner name in light pencil to the second leaf and a few pencil annotations to the first few scenes. Quarter cloth with moderately worn composition book-style card covers. Good to Very Good overall. Regina / Kassler unknown books
1938ref. 106085Paris: Regina / Kassler 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film starring Louis Jouvet. Text in French. Three acting students are engaged in a love triangle in their drama class at the Conservtoire d'art dramatique. One student stages a crime in an attempt to frame the man she loves. Set in Paris shot on location in Paris. Red untitled composition book-style card covers. Title page missing presumably as issued. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 221. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with moderate wear along the binding. Regina / Kassler unknown
1967ref. 149907N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Carl Reiner and actors Jose Ferrer and Elaine May on the set of the 1967 film. Reiner's debut as a director and Elaine May's first feature film. Based on the 1963 play which was in turn based on the semi-autobiographical novel by director Carl Reiner. Against the wishes of his parents a young working-class man dreams of becoming an actor but has little to offer the stage given his lack of experience and ability. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 165426Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Charles Korvin from the 1944 film with four provenance stamps on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin who was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by French author Maurice Leblanc. Charles Korvin stars as Lupin a French jewel thief who robs and falls in love with an heiress played by Ella Raines. Korvin famously refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC and was blacklisted in 1952 after which Korvin worked primarily in broadcast television. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1944ref. 149848Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in England. Tan titled wrappers dated May 24 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. Title page present dated April 27 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only with five blue revision pages bound in after the script dated 10/24/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good dry and brittle with wear to the top and bottom edges of the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown
