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1967ref. 119761Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1967. Final script for the 1968 film. Prop master C.S. Chrisman's copy with his trademark manuscript ink initial on the front wrapper and profuse manuscript annotations throughout the text regarding scenes that will require props. Based on the 1966 novel "The Wrong Venus" by Charles Williams. An author on a European cruise is slacking on finishing her newest novel when her publisher sends someone to check in on her progress. The first of two screenplays Williams wrote in Hollywood. Williams was one of the most popular hard-boiled authors in the Gold Medal stable. Beginning in the early 1960s he found work as a screenwriter adapting his novel "All the Way" first adapted in 1960 in the US as an obscure late film noir "The 3rd Voice" as a comedy for French director Marcel Ophuls. Set in Europe. Red titled wrappers noted as Final draft on the front wrapper production No. 02000 dated February 6 1967. Title page present noted as Final draft with credits for author and screenwriter Charles Williams. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1958ref. 139727London: National Screen Service / MGM 1958. Collection of three vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. Based on William Brinkley's 1956 novel about a small island in the South Pacific where the Navy is avoiding war. Lt. Max Siegel Ford has to find a way for one of his soldiers to date the woman of his dreams Francis date the woman of his own dreams Scala and keep his ragtag regiment in line. Shot at MGM studios in Culver City California. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities and holograph notation to the verso of image C1715-107 else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1958ref. 132720London: National Screen Service / MGM 1958. Collection of 6 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. Based on William Brinkley's 1956 novel about a small island in the South Pacific where the Navy is avoiding war. Lt. Max Siegel Ford has to find a way for one of his soldiers to date the woman of his dreams Francis date the woman of his own dreams Scala and keep his ragtag regiment in line. Shot at MGM studios in Culver City California. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
2005ref. 162341N.p.: Reverse Angle Productions 2005. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 2005 film one showing actors Sarah Polley and Gabriel Mann the other showing Mann and Fairuza Balk. An aging Western actor flees from his latest film set deciding to travel into his past starting with a trip home to visit his long-estranged mother in Elko Nevada. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Moab Salt Lake City and Arches National Park Utah and in Butte Wendover and Elko Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Reverse Angle Productions unknown
1957ref. 163764N.p.: N.p. 1957. Collection of six vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1957 Soviet film including four oversize prints. Two photos with provenance blindstamps at the corners and distributor stamps on the versos. Based on the classic novel published in 1605 and 1615 by Miguel de Cervantes. The first adaptation of Cervantes' novel to be filmed in widescreen and color. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Crimea. Four photographs 12 x 9.5 inches. Two photographs 4.5 x 6.75 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in holograph pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf. Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both. Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1944ref. 148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in manuscript pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf. Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both. Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973ref. 142105Paris: Filmsonor 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film a striking image of Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Vadim's attempt to explore female freedom and sexuality for women by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into the modern figure of Brigitte Bardot. The fifth film Vadim made starring Bardot and one of two released in 1973 after which she retired from acting. Shot in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown books
1973ref. 167109N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 French film showing Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Director Roger Vadim's attempt to explore women's sexual liberation by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into a woman here played by Bardot in her fifth film with Vadim. Shot in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with some light wear at the corners but still quite bright and clean. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 142105Paris: Filmsonor 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Vadim's attempt to explore female freedom and sexuality for women by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into the modern figure of Brigitte Bardot. The fifth film Vadim made starring Bardot and one of two released in 1973 after which she retired from acting. Shot in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown
1961ref. 140316France / Italy: Affiches Gaillard / Cineriz 1961. Archive of 139 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film. Seen in the images is starring actor Fernandel and other members of the cast in action and a few images of the film crew at work. Notations in holograph pencil and photographer Civirani's rubber stamp on the verso of all photos. Housed in two vintage Belgian Gevaert brand photo paper boxes. Based on Giovanni Guareschi's infamous Italian character. Don Camillo Fernandel heads to rome after a fight with Peppone Cervi where he becomes monsignor but his spirit eventually leads him back home. A local mayor tries to deceive Camillo during the wedding of Peppone's son. The fourth "Camillo" installment starring Fernandel the others being "The Little World of Don Camillo" 1952 "The Return of Don Camillo" 1953 "Don Camillo's Last Round" 1955 and "Don Camillo in Moscow: 1965. 7 x 9.25 inches. Light curling else Near Fine and splits to the paper box. Affiches Gaillard / Cineriz unknown books
1961ref. 138989Paris: Affiches Gaillard / Cineriz 1961. Original French grande poster for the 1961 Italian-French film. Based on Giovanni Guareschi's infamous Italian character. Don Camillo Fernandel heads to rome after a fight with Peppone Cervi where he becomes monsignor but his spirit eventually leads him back home. A local mayor tries to deceive Camillo during the wedding of Peppone's son. The fourth "Camillo" installment starring Fernandel the others being "The Little World of Don Camillo" 1952 "The Return of Don Camillo" 1953 "Don Camillo's Last Round" 1955 and "Don Camillo in Moscow: 1965. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. Good with tears and chips and light toning. Affiches Gaillard / Cineriz unknown books
1979ref. 170620Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1979. Three vintage photographs of Dolly Parton and Carol Burnett from the 1979 CBS television special which aired on February 14 1979. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with mimeo snipes on the versos. "Dolly and Carol in Nashville" was a musical variety television special in part a promotion for Parton's 1978 album "Heartbreaker" shot at The Grand Ole Opry and aired on Valentine's Day 1979. It was Burnett's first special following the cancellation of her 1967-1978 variety show "The Carol Burnett Show." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown
1975ref. 150681Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1975. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. A former pimp attempts to regain control of his nightclub which has been taken over by his rival several corrupt cops and drug dealers. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 43 130-131. Dimension Pictures unknown
1975ref. 150681Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1975. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. A former pimp attempts to regain control of his nightclub which has been taken over by his rival several corrupt cops and drug dealers. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Dimension Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 150792Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card showing actor Charles Durning shouting into a megaphone. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics city politics police politics personal politics and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist executed in order for the robber's girlfriend a pre-op trans woman to afford gender confirmation surgery. Photograph 10 x 8 inches Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975ref. 150796Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1975 film mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card showing actors Charles Durning Penelope Allen and Al Pacino. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics city politics police politics personal politics and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist executed in order for the robber's girlfriend a pre-op trans woman to afford gender confirmation surgery. Card 10 x 8 inches Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1936ref. 157106N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler and actors Walter Huston Sam Dodsworth and Kathryn Marlowe Dodsworth's daughter Emily played by Kathryn Marlowe on the set of the 1936 film. Based on the 1934 play by Sidney Howard based in turn on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. A recently retired automobile magnate and his frivolous wife take an extended trip to Europe only to discover they have grown apart. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1936ref. 155999Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler and actor Walter Huston on the set of the 1936 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a date stamp in French reading 30 Juil July 1936. Based on the 1934 play by Sidney Howard based in turn on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. A recently retired automobile magnate and his frivolous wife take an extended trip to Europe only to discover they have grown apart over the years. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned with two punch holes on the bottom edge. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lense sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes. Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. Script: White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding. Schedule: White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples. Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown books
ref. 148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lens sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes. Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. Script: White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding. Schedule: White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples. Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown
1968ref. 142538Culver City CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television garnering seven Emmy wins and 21 total nominations. Life or death become the stakes as infidelity unfolds in the hospital ward. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 28 1968 noted as First Estimating Draft with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Xerographic duplication with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/20/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 142538Culver City CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television garnering seven Emmy wins and 21 total nominations. Life or death become the stakes as infidelity unfolds in the hospital ward. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 28 1968 noted as First Estimating Draft with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/20/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown
1965ref. 159607N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of cast and crew members filming on location for the 1965 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of photographer Federico Grau. Based on Boris Pasternak's controversial Nobel Prize-winning 1957 novel following a married physician whose life is irreversibly changed by the Russian Revolution and resulting Civil War. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning five including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Pasternak's novel was widely banned in the Soviet Union due to its perceived criticism of the Soviet government forcing director David Lean to begin filming on location in Spain-chosen in large part as a result of his positive experiences filming "Lawrence of Arabia" there several years prior as well as the promise of snow. The film was shot over ten months in Soria and Aragon and at the Aldeadavila Dam with a large-scale Moscow set built outside of Madrid as documented throughout the archive. An unseasonably warm winter in Spain obligated production to head to Finland and Canada in the final months of shooting in order to obtain a sufficiently wintry backdrop for landscape scenes. Shot on location throughout Spain Finland and Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 151829N.p.: N.p. 1965. Archive of 14 original reference photographs taken on the set of the 1965 film and two original contact sheets with 24 images of cast and crew members at what appears to be a wrap party. Several photographs with manuscript ink annotations to the verso identifying figures in the images. One photograph date-stamped APR 27 1964 inscribed on the recto by uncredited location manager Howard "Dutch" Horton to production supervisor John Palmer and another photograph inscribed to Palmer from an unknown crew member in manuscript ink annotation to the verso. From the collection of John Palmer. Included with the collection is a brief typescript note signed from publicist Phil Gersdorf to Palmer gifting Palmer the contact sheets. Based on Boris Pasternak's controversial Nobel Prize-winning 1957 novel following a married physician whose life is irreversibly changed by the Russian Revolution and resulting Civil War. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning five including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Pasternak's novel was widely banned in the Soviet Union due to its perceived criticism of the Soviet government forcing director David Lean to begin filming on location in Spain-chosen in large part as a result of his positive experiences filming "Lawrence of Arabia" there several years prior as well as the promise of snow. The film was shot over ten months in Soria and Aragon and at the Aldeadavila Dam with a large-scale Moscow set built outside of Madrid as documented throughout the archive. An unseasonably warm winter in Spain obligated production to head to Finland and Canada in the final months of shooting in order to obtain a sufficiently wintry backdrop for landscape scenes. The archive includes eleven photographs of cast and crew members between takes on the Moscow set several shots featuring Palmer and director David Lean during a parade scene with crowds of extras in Soviet militia garb in the background. The Moscow photographs in particular highlight the intricate set and costume design elements which went into constructing the mock city including several striking images of parade participants holding huge portraits of Soviet officials. An unusual addition to the collection is a photograph of Palmer in conversation with noted Austrian-American director Fred Zinnemann who collaborated with actor Omar Sharif in "Behold a Pale Horse" earlier in 1964. Shot on location throughout Spain Finland and Canada. Photographs and contact sheets varying sizes. All materials generally Very Good plus several photographs with moderate toning. N.p. unknown
