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ref. 162755Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon Lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Self wrappers integral with title page dated October 21 1987. Noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication circa late 1980s font rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 160028Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers undated. Title page present dated February 22 1990 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated between 4/27/90 and 6/27/90. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1956ref. 125417Universal City CA: Hugo Haas Productions / Universal 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film. A later film from noted director Hugo Haas and actress Francesca de Scaffa's only credited role. One of the "milder" Haas films where a man and his dog try to survive on tough streets. One sheet folded once as issued with one insert sheet 12 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages and a few short closed tears and creases. Hugo Haas Productions / Universal unknown books
1956ref. 155318Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director Hugo Haas behind a camera on the set of the critically acclaimed 1956 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A film directed by and starring Haas about a former thespian-now a tramp-who performs with his dog on the streets of an unnamed city fighting with diminishing success to survive in a cruel and unforgiving environment. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1956ref. 125417Universal City CA: Hugo Haas Productions / Universal 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film. A later film from noted director Hugo Haas and actress Francesca de Scaffa's only credited role. One of the "milder" Haas films where a man and his dog try to survive on tough streets. One sheet folded once as issued with one insert sheet 12 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages and a few short closed tears and creases. Hugo Haas Productions / Universal unknown
1958ref. 168234Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film noir. Based on Robert M. Coates' 1948 novel "Wisteria Cottage" about a struggling artist and war veteran who befriends a mother and her two daughters convinces them to let him rent their guest cottage at the beach and proceeds to slaughter them all. Actress Jean Allison's debut. Shot on location in Myrtle Beach. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Grant US. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 152357N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 French film. With provenance stamps to the verso and one with the stamp of Editions de Minuit publishing house. A group of French students experience a variety of unusual and erotic experiences after sampling a mysterious Dutch man's hallucinogenic "fear powder." Shot on location in Tunisia and Slovakia. Two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 129266Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1987. First Draft scripts one script each for Parts 1 and 2 for the 1987 television movie. Based on the true crime story from the 1970s and adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh. Susan Reinert is a schoolteacher in Upper Merion Township Pennsylvania who goes missing and is found murdered with her two children. Nominated for two Emmy awards. Red titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credit for and signed by screenwriter-novelist Wambough. 109 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1984ref. 147136Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm 1984. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. With a single holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper and a few copied holograph annotations to page 59 and 60 noting grammatical revisions. A young pizza delivery worker falls for his new roommate a single mother who wants to be an actress but can only find work as a telegram-singing stripper. Meanwhile their next door neighbor an Austrian bodybuilder idolizes Arnold Schwarzenegger and dreams of true love. Set and shot on location in Echo Park Los Angeles and Vienna Austria. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ventura. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm unknown books
1984ref. 147136Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm 1984. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper and a few copied manuscript annotations to page 59 and 60 noting grammatical revisions. A young pizza delivery worker falls for his new roommate a single mother who wants to be an actress but can only find work as a telegram-singing stripper. Meanwhile their next door neighbor an Austrian bodybuilder idolizes Arnold Schwarzenegger and dreams of true love. Set and shot on location in Echo Park Los Angeles and Vienna Austria. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ventura. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm unknown
1969ref. 149384Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. About as close to the very start of the New Hollywood era as can be imagined. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969 but would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson. Set and shot on location throughout California New Mexico Arizona Louisiana and Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases throughout. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Criterion Collection 545. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 135613N.p.: Alfieri 1969. Vintage oversize double weight color photograph of Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson at an outdoor press conference held in front of the Carlton Hotel at the Cannes Film Festival where Hopper was awarded the Cannes First Film Prize. Shot by Marc Alfieri and signed by him in black ink at the lower left margin: "Photo Alfieri / Cannes / FIF 69." Also with Alfier's stamp on the verso and a holograph ink notation: "Festival.69. / 4903." About as close to the very start of the New Hollywood era as can be imagined. "Easy Rider" had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969. It would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. 9.25 x 12.25 inches. In a museum quality frame. Fine. Alfieri unknown books
1969ref. 149384Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. "Bonnie and Clyde" may have given the New Hollywood era its legs but "Easy Rider" gave it the gas. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969 but would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson. Set and shot on location throughout California New Mexico Arizona Louisiana and Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases throughout. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Criterion Collection 545. Columbia Pictures unknown
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 162706N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft typescript for an unproduced television episode. With typeovers and whiteout annotations throughout. A brief comedy about a wealthy family's reactions to the loss of their family fortune. Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present undated with credit for Sustarsic. 19 leaves lacking page numbers. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 141716Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The son of a Bulgarian oligarch has just completed his postgraduate degree at Oxford and been promoted in the Navy when he announces to his father that he wishes to marry his English sweetheart. His father tries desperately to change his son's mind and not to throw away his career for romance. Pink untitled wrappers dated June 30 1983. Title page present dated May 25 1983 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. 17 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown
1953ref. 147898Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage set design photograph from the set of the 1953 film. The manager of a Malaysian tin mine travels to a remote jungle island with the hopes of establishing a new mine only to be met with resistance from the locals. Set in Malaysia and the South Seas. 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus with two perforated holes at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1955ref. 152321Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph of actors James Dean and Julie Harris examining a small scale model of a farm on the set of the 1955 film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations identifying Harris and Dean to the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1955ref. 152321Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph of actors James Dean and Julie Harris examining a small scale model of a farm on the set of the 1955 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations identifying Harris and Dean to the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 144801Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage keybook photographs from the 1955 film one showing director Elia Kazan behind the camera the other showing actors James Dean and Nick Dennis goofing around behind the scenes with dialogue director Guy Thomajan. Typed annotations identifying the subjects on the versos. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Images 4.5 x 3.5 inches on 11 x 8 inch sheets with two hole punches to the left edge as called for. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 159944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing actors James Dean and Richard Davalos. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 8 x 10 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Very Good plus with a small splash on the right edge and faint toning on the edges. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 158268Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of James Dean talking with Julie Harris on the set of the 1955 film while actors Raymond Massey Lois Smith and Richard Davalos look on. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 158480Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph showing actor James Dean posing his then-lover Italian actress Pier Angeli in preparation for a photograph. Warner stamps on the verso. Angeli and Dean enjoyed a passionate romantic relationship after having met on the Warner Brothers film lots in 1954 while Dean was filming "East of Eden" and Angeli was filming "The Silver Chalice." Although Angeli's mother would force her to break up with Dean on the grounds that he was not Catholic Angeli would later say that Dean was "the only man I ever loved deeply as a woman should love a man" and rumors persisted that the couple were secretly in a relationship until Dean's death in September 1955. 8 x 10 inches. Corners slightly creased else about Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 156298Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Striking vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing James Dean Raymond Massey and Julie Harris in a mournful moment. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
