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1982ref. 141714N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A group of senior citizens decide to found a holistic intentional community in a three-story house in the American midwest. A local reporter shows up to write a tell-all piece on their living arrangements and when the story hits the paper seniors from across the nation head to the community in order to escape retirement homes. Title page present dated June 14 1982 with credit for screenwriter Michael Seligman. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered eight. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a staple. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 141714N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A group of senior citizens decide to found a holistic intentional community in a three-story house in the American midwest. A local reporter shows up to write a tell-all piece on their living arrangements and when the story hits the paper seniors from across the nation head to the community in order to escape retirement homes. Title page present dated June 14 1982 with credit for screenwriter Michael Seligman. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered eight. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a staple. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 140855N.p.: N.p. 1980. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Detective Doom is investigating a gang war when he discovers a large cache of grenades belonging to one of the gangsters. Tan untitled wrappers. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered seven. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a manila envelope. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 140855N.p.: N.p. 1980. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Detective Doom is investigating a gang war when he discovers a large cache of grenades belonging to one of the gangsters. Tan untitled wrappers. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered seven. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a manila envelope. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 149595Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Steven Spielberg and director Joe Dante on the set of the 1984 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. The story of a family besieged by small troublemaking creatures that wreak havoc on their town over the Christmas holiday. Criticism of the film's blend of horror and comedy caused executive producer Steven Spielberg to suggest that the Motion Picture Association of America design a new more fitting film rating which led the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating in response. Set in Kingston Falls NY. 7.75 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1984ref. 149595Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Steven Spielberg and director Joe Dante on the set of the 1984 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. The story of a family besieged by small troublemaking creatures that wreak havoc on their town over the Christmas holiday. Criticism of the film's blend of horror and comedy caused executive producer Steven Spielberg to suggest that the Motion Picture Association of America design a new more fitting film rating which led the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating in response. Set in Kingston Falls NY. 7.75 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1959ref. 151243N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Anthony Perkins balancing a folding chair on his chin. With the stamps of Globe Photos and Pictorial Press on the verso and a printed mimeo snipe. A Venezuelan man flees his home country to avoid a revolution traveling to the Amazon forest where he meets and falls in love with a young orphan named Rima. Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Venezuela Guyana and Colombia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and faintly toned. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 151243N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Anthony Perkins balancing a folding chair on his chin. With the stamps of Globe Photos and Pictorial Press on the verso and a printed mimeo snipe. A Venezuelan man flees his home country to avoid a revolution traveling to the Amazon forest where he meets and falls in love with a young orphan named Rima. Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Venezuela Guyana and Colombia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and faintly toned. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp 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. A group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp 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. A group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1947ref. 140202Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 84 and production No. 133 dated April 7 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 7 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining at the edges of a few leaves wrapper Very Good with some dampstaining on the front and rear wrappers. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1947ref. 140202Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 84 and production No. 133 dated April 7 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 7 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining at the edges of a few leaves wrapper Very Good with some dampstaining on the front and rear wrappers. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1946ref. 130828Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin with his manuscript signature on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage in Victor Saville's 1946 film. Starring Lana Turner Van Heflin and Donna Reed and winner of one Academy Award. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Complete on the front wrapper copy No. 93 dated 8-20-46 with credit for producer Wilson. 158 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1947ref. 139681Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. 34 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Printed snipes on the versos. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Timothy Haslam in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. Based on Goudge's 1944 novel "Green Dolphin Country." Love interest upon love interest gathers in the English Channel and New Zealand in the 19th century with Donna Reed Lana Turner Edmund Gwenn and Richard Hart "having a go of it." Van Heflin plays a carpenter who kills a man for love's sake and flees. Winner of an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches some slightly varied in size. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1947ref. 139681Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. 34 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Printed snipes on the versos. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Timothy Haslam in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. Based on Goudge's 1944 novel "Green Dolphin Country." Love interest upon love interest gathers in the English Channel and New Zealand in the 19th century with Donna Reed Lana Turner Edmund Gwenn and Richard Hart "having a go of it." Van Heflin plays a carpenter who kills a man for love's sake and flees. Winner of an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches some slightly varied in size. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1946ref. 130828Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin with his manuscript signature on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage in Victor Saville's 1946 film. Starring Lana Turner Van Heflin and Donna Reed and winner of one Academy Award. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Complete on the front wrapper copy No. 93 dated 8-20-46 with credit for producer Wilson. 158 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1990ref. 167769New York: The Green Card Production Company 1990. Sixth Final Draft script for the 1990 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with annotations in manuscript ink throughout highlighting filming locations. An American woman and a French man enter into a marriage of convenience-the man hoping to gain American citizenship the woman needing to be married to land her dream apartment. Actor Gérard Depardieu's American film debut. Set and shot on location in New York. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 1990 noted as FINAL DRAFT #6 with credit for screenwriter Peter Weir. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 20 1990. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. The Green Card Production Company unknown books
1990ref. 167769New York: The Green Card Production Company 1990. Sixth Final Draft script for the 1990 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with annotations in manuscript ink throughout highlighting filming locations. An American woman and a French man enter into a marriage of convenience-the man hoping to gain American citizenship the woman needing to be married to land her dream apartment. Actor Gérard Depardieu's American film debut. Set and shot on location in New York. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 1990 noted as FINAL DRAFT #6 with credit for screenwriter Peter Weir. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 20 1990. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. The Green Card Production Company unknown
1924ref. 171485Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing Zasu Pitts. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version a careful restoration supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1923ref. 151959N.p.: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1923. Vintage reference photograph of the cast crew and onlookers from the set of the 1925 film. Mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink on verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a restored slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear in bottom margin and faint creasing. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1924ref. 156300N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing actor Gibson Gowland in character as McTeague. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today isa slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs released in a careful restoration that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear along the bottom edge and a small toned spot near the bottom left corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1924ref. 171485Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing Zasu Pitts. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version a careful restoration supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1924ref. 156300N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing actor Gibson Gowland in character as McTeague. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today isa slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs released in a careful restoration that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear along the bottom edge and a small toned spot near the bottom left corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1923ref. 151959N.p.: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1923. Vintage reference photograph of the cast crew and onlookers from the set of the 1925 film. Mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink on verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a restored slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear in bottom margin and faint creasing. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1964ref. 150865N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of L-R Jean-Paul Belmondo Henri Verneuil Lino Ventura and Bernard Blier on the set of the 1964 film. Photographer "Claude Schwartz" stamp on verso. Based on the 1972 French novel "Nous n'irons pas en Nigeria" by Claude Veillot. Rocco and his girlfriend hijack a truck with a mysterious payload and proceed to drive it through the Saharan desert toward the border. The trucking company gets Rocco's friend Herve and the new German employee Hans to go after him and retrieve the goods. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. Set in the Saharan desert shot on location in Morocco. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Olive FIlms 324. N.p. unknown books
