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1990ref. 163975N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A group of young adults navigate love sex holidays and drugs in the early 1990s. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Jim Chambers. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 161333N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1978 film showing director Claudia Weill with actress Melanie Mayron on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 162405Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1978. Collection of 14 vintage photographs from the 1978 film including five borderless reference photographs and nine studio still photographs. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. Studio stills 10 x 8 inches reference photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. Warner Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 162405Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1978. Collection of 14 vintage photographs from the 1978 film including five borderless reference photographs and nine studio still photographs. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. Studio stills 10 x 8 inches reference photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. Warner Brothers unknown
1978ref. 161333N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1978 film showing director Claudia Weill with actress Melanie Mayron on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 135621Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown books
1962ref. 135621Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown
1963ref. 161786N.p.: Vanguard Productions 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. An early "roughie" wherein country girl Judy moves to New Orleans seeking fame but instead becomes an exploited and abused stripper. Set in and shot on location in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vanguard Productions unknown books
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown books
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown
1954ref. 143075Italy / France: Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films 1954. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing Ingrid Bergman tied to the titular stake with actor Tullio Carminati beside her and director Roberto Rossellini in the foreground. With stamps identifying the film under the English language title "Joan at the Stake" and the New York address of Italian Films Export as well as some manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1938 oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bucher" by Arthur Honegger with a libretto by Paul Claudel about visions of her life and purpose Joan of Arc receives as she is burned at the stake. 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films unknown books
1954ref. 143075Italy / France: Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films 1954. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing Ingrid Bergman tied to the titular stake with actor Tullio Carminati beside her and director Roberto Rossellini in the foreground. With stamps identifying the film under the English language title "Joan at the Stake" and the New York address of Italian Films Export as well as some manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1938 oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bucher" by Arthur Honegger with a libretto by Paul Claudel about visions of her life and purpose Joan of Arc receives as she is burned at the stake. 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films unknown
1971ref. 168786N.p.: Derio Productions Inc 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A sexploitation classic and the first film in director Don Schain's "Ginger" trilogy starring his then wife Cheri Carraro as Ginger. Followed by "The Abductors" 1972 and "Girls Are for Loving" 1973. Police recruit a rich society girl to go undercover to expose a small town's drug/blackmail/prostitution ring. Shot on location in New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center fold. Derio Productions Inc unknown books
1971ref. 168786N.p.: Derio Productions Inc 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A sexploitation classic and the first film in director Don Schain's "Ginger" trilogy starring his then wife Cheri Carraro as Ginger. Followed by "The Abductors" 1972 and "Girls Are for Loving" 1973. Police recruit a rich society girl to go undercover to expose a small town's drug/blackmail/prostitution ring. Shot on location in New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center fold. Derio Productions Inc unknown
1960ref. 126608Willoughby Film Productions 1960. Very Good. Original b/w film still photograph of blonde Gillian Hills dancing in a skirt and white shirt as Jennifer Linden in the British film "Beat Girl" 1960 released in the US as "Wild for Kicks" 1961. Hills plays a girl hell-bent on ruining her father's new relationship with a woman whose questionable past as a stripper returns to haunt. Jennifer Hills hangs out at the Off-Beat a night club with jazz smoke and juvenile delinquents including "Plaid Shirt" Oliver Reed seen in the photograph on the shadowy staircase. The first British soundtrack to be released on vinyl and the breathtaking Egyptian Gillian Hills would go on to other notable films including "Blowup" 1966 and "A Clockwork Orange" 1971. 6 x 8.25 inches single weight small white border. Cropping notations in pencil and ink and rubber-stamped NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE / DUPLICATE STILL on the verso. Very Good Plus light curl. Willoughby Film Productions unknown
1970ref. 140874N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Norwegian immigrant family in America struggles to survive in the Dakota Territory in 1973. Based on the 1924 novel by Ole Edvart Rolvaag. Although this version was unproduced the novel was later made into an opera. Set in Dakota Territory. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Rodney Anderson and author O.E. Rolvaag. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 140874N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Norwegian immigrant family in America struggles to survive in the Dakota Territory in 1973. Based on the 1924 novel by Ole Edvart Rolvaag. Although this version was unproduced the novel was later made into an opera. Set in Dakota Territory. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Rodney Anderson and author O.E. Rolvaag. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 159872N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage reference photograph of director Kon Ichigawa on the set of the 1955 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso relating to cropping as well as a provenance label. 5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 159872N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage reference photograph of director Kon Ichigawa on the set of the 1955 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso relating to cropping as well as a provenance label. 5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1989ref. 169082Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1989. Revised First Draft script for the beloved 1990 film. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated June 23 1989 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/13/89. Pages Very Good plus with creasing and edgewear to the title page and final leaf bound with two gold brads. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 169175Beverly Hills CA: Paramount Pictures 1990. Vintage program for the 1990 film. Single sheet with a two color recto and full credits on the verso. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light rubbing and creasing. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 169082Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1989. Revised First Draft script for the beloved 1990 film. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated June 23 1989 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/13/89. Pages Very Good plus with creasing and edgewear to the title page and final leaf bound with two gold brads. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown
1990ref. 169175Beverly Hills CA: Paramount Pictures 1990. Vintage program for the 1990 film. Single sheet with a two color recto and full credits on the verso. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light rubbing and creasing. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown
ref. 167970New York: Exoskeleton 1998. First Draft script for the 1999 film. An African-American hitman who models himself after the code of ancient samurai is caught in the crosshairs of a Mafia boss and his associates after a hit gone wrong. Interpreted by some as an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 crime drama "Le Samouraï." Shot on location in Jersey City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1998 noted as First Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled on the title page and page edges unbound. Exoskeleton unknown books
ref. 167970New York: Exoskeleton 1998. First Draft script for the 1999 film. An African-American hitman who models himself after the code of ancient samurai is caught in the crosshairs of a Mafia boss and his associates after a hit gone wrong. Interpreted by some as an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 crime drama "Le Samouraï." Shot on location in Jersey City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1998 noted as First Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled on the title page and page edges unbound. Exoskeleton unknown
