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1997ref. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1997ref. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown
1976ref. 140822Beverly Hills CA: Levy-Garner-Laven 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. One of five films directed by and starring Burt Reynolds about a former convict who is unwillingly pulled into a federal agent's scheme to take down a corrupt politician. Set deep in the Okefenokee Swamp shot on location in Georgia. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William Norton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The title has been outlined in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Levy-Garner-Laven unknown books
1976ref. 160684N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director and actor Burt Reynolds with a camera crew on the set. Annotations in mimeograph ink and pencil on the verso. Reynolds's directorial debut about an ex-con hired to help capture a corrupt politician. Sequel to "White Lightning" 1973. Shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 160684N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director and actor Burt Reynolds with a camera crew on the set. Annotations in mimeograph ink and pencil on the verso. Reynolds's directorial debut about an ex-con hired to help capture a corrupt politician. Sequel to "White Lightning" 1973. Shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 140822Beverly Hills CA: Levy-Garner-Laven 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. One of five films directed by and starring Burt Reynolds about a former convict who is unwillingly pulled into a federal agent's scheme to take down a corrupt politician. Set deep in the Okefenokee Swamp shot on location in Georgia. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William Norton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The title has been outlined in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Levy-Garner-Laven unknown
1954ref. 137133Japan: Daiei Studios 1954. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. The first Japanese color film to ever be released outside of Japan and a cornerstone Asian film. "Gate of Hell" tells the story of a samurai who wishes to marry a woman whom he has rescues only to find she is already married to another. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 653. Masters of Cinema 40. Daiei Studios unknown books
1954ref. 137133Japan: Daiei Studios 1954. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. The first Japanese color film to ever be released outside of Japan and a cornerstone Asian film. "Gate of Hell" tells the story of a samurai who wishes to marry a woman whom he has rescues only to find she is already married to another. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 653. Masters of Cinema 40. Daiei Studios unknown
1954ref. 167826New York: Excelsior Pictures 1954. Vintage souvenir program for the 1954 nudist film. A widowed woman leaves the home of her tyrannical father-in-law accompanied by her young daughter and moves into a nudist camp in Florida. "Nudist" movies were typically shot at nudist campgrounds in order to skirt laws prohibiting on-screen nudity. "Garden of Eden" was nevertheless the subject of a court case in the late 1950s regarding obscenity. The court ruled that on-screen nudity was not obscene opening the door to more open depictions of nudity in film. Shot on location at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz Florida. 9 x 12 inches. About Fine. Excelsior Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 167826New York: Excelsior Pictures 1954. Vintage souvenir program for the 1954 nudist film. A widowed woman leaves the home of her tyrannical father-in-law accompanied by her young daughter and moves into a nudist camp in Florida. "Nudist" movies were typically shot at nudist campgrounds in order to skirt laws prohibiting on-screen nudity. "Garden of Eden" was nevertheless the subject of a court case in the late 1950s regarding obscenity. The court ruled that on-screen nudity was not obscene opening the door to more open depictions of nudity in film. Shot on location at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz Florida. 9 x 12 inches. About Fine. Excelsior Pictures unknown
2011ref. 170195Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 2011. Revised Draft script for the 2013 film with rainbow revision pages throughout. Based on the 2012 book "Gangster Squad: Covert Cops the Mob and the Battle for Los Angeles" by Paul Lieberman. A dramatization of the formation of the "Gangster Squad" a team of Los Angeles police officers and detectives tasked with taking down a prominent crime boss. Set in 1949 Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. White untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated September 8 2011 noted as FULL PINK with credits for Lieberman and screenwriter Will Beall. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 8 and November 22 2011. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
2011ref. 170195Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 2011. Revised Draft script for the 2013 film with rainbow revision pages throughout. Based on the 2012 book "Gangster Squad: Covert Cops the Mob and the Battle for Los Angeles" by Paul Lieberman. A dramatization of the formation of the "Gangster Squad" a team of Los Angeles police officers and detectives tasked with taking down a prominent crime boss. Set in 1949 Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. White untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated September 8 2011 noted as FULL PINK with credits for Lieberman and screenwriter Will Beall. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 8 and November 22 2011. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1958ref. 168167Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Regalscope 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. A high school teacher in Los Angeles witnesses a gangland murder agreeing to testify against the perpetrators and thereby making himself a target of increasing criminal violence. The second of two Regal Films collaborations between director Gene Fowler and actor Charles Bronson following "Showdown at Boot Hill" 1958. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Regalscope unknown books
1955ref. 147888N.p.: Visual Drama 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of Joyce Jameson and Myron Healey from the 1955 film here under the alternative title Gangbusters. NBC aired the True Crime television series Gang Busters from March 20 1952 to October 23 1952 and reedited the three episode storyline The Pinson Gang into the 1955 feature film Gang Busters. Lifelong criminal Pinson Healy keeps escaping from prison. Loosely based on Omar August Pinson American robber and murderer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing to corners some edgewear and two small closed tears in left margin. Selby US. Spicer US. Lyons US. Visual Drama unknown books
1967ref. 161751N.p.: Times Films 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 French/German film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Ingrid Thulin stars as the wife of the Swedish ambassador to Athens in search of "real men" to satisfy her needs-as opposed to her husband who is interested in men. Shot on location in Greece. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Times Films unknown books
1967ref. 161751N.p.: Times Films 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 French/German film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Ingrid Thulin stars as the wife of the Swedish ambassador to Athens in search of "real men" to satisfy her needs-as opposed to her husband who is interested in men. Shot on location in Greece. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Times Films unknown
ref. 146978Barcelona: Tibidabo Films Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Heavily annotated throughout in manuscript ink and pencil mostly noting grammatical revisions and deletions with a few additions. Text in English. A woman trapped in a loveless marriage finds pleasure in an affair with a young orchestra conductor. Spanish screenwriter Jaime Camino was best known for his wartime family dramas including the 1976 film "Long Vacations of 36" and the 1992 film "The Long Winter." Clear mylar front wrapper with a burgundy rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters JAIME CAMINO and ROSA REGAS. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mix of mimeograph and carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a gold prong. Tibidabo Films unknown books
ref. 146978Barcelona: Tibidabo Films Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Heavily annotated throughout in manuscript ink and pencil mostly noting grammatical revisions and deletions with a few additions. Text in English. A woman trapped in a loveless marriage finds pleasure in an affair with a young orchestra conductor. Spanish screenwriter Jaime Camino was best known for his wartime family dramas including the 1976 film "Long Vacations of 36" and the 1992 film "The Long Winter." Clear mylar front wrapper with a burgundy rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters JAIME CAMINO and ROSA REGAS. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mix of mimeograph and carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a gold prong. Tibidabo Films unknown
1979ref. 148101Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of Hugh O'Brian and Dean Jagger from the 1979 film. Bruce Lee's final film. Lee's footage shot between August and October 1972 when the film was suspended for Lee to work on Robert Clouse's "Enter the Dragon" 1973 and Lee died before returning to the film. Six years later Clouse would flesh out a feature around Lee's footage with a new cast using stand-ins for Lee when needed. Billy Lo Lee is threatened by a racketeering syndicate after gaining international success as a martial arts movie star. When Lo refuses to be intimidated by henchman Steiner O'Brian and his thug boss Dr. Land Dean Jagger orders his assassination. Set in and shot on location in Hong Kong and Macau China. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 131321Beverly Hills CA: Mirisch Productions / United Artists 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to actress Merie Earle her first film credit and INSCRIBED on the front wrapper: "This was my first / "on location" picture / Everything was / "red carpet" I loved it / Merie Earle." Notations in manuscript red ink and pencil throughout at Earle's speaking parts as "Grandma." Merie Earle was a solid fixture on the television series "The Waltons" 1972-1979 as "Maude Gormley." Based on Ben Hecht's 1963 book about a young writer Bridges caught in political corruption in Chicago early 1900s. A grand cinematic tale nominated for art direction costume design and sound. Margot Kidder Lois Lane of "Superman" 1978 got her Hollywood start with this film as a prostitute who deflowers Bridges. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 167 dated May 8 1968 with credits for producer-director Jewison. Title page present dated May 8 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ginnes and producer-director Jewison. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and white revision pages throughout dated either 7/8/68 or 7/11/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Mirisch Productions / United Artists unknown books
1968ref. 131321Beverly Hills CA: Mirisch Productions / United Artists 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to actress Merie Earle her first film credit and INSCRIBED on the front wrapper: "This was my first / "on location" picture / Everything was / "red carpet" I loved it / Merie Earle." Notations in manuscript red ink and pencil throughout at Earle's speaking parts as "Grandma." Merie Earle was a solid fixture on the television series "The Waltons" 1972-1979 as "Maude Gormley." Based on Ben Hecht's 1963 book about a young writer Bridges caught in political corruption in Chicago early 1900s. A grand cinematic tale nominated for art direction costume design and sound. Margot Kidder Lois Lane of "Superman" 1978 got her Hollywood start with this film as a prostitute who deflowers Bridges. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 167 dated May 8 1968 with credits for producer-director Jewison. Title page present dated May 8 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ginnes and producer-director Jewison. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and white revision pages throughout dated either 7/8/68 or 7/11/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Mirisch Productions / United Artists unknown
1956ref. 167628N.p.: Banner Pictures 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with UFA and multiple successful films with that studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was subsequently restricted from appearing in German films until 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Banner Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 167628N.p.: Banner Pictures 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with UFA and multiple successful films with that studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was subsequently restricted from appearing in German films until 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Banner Pictures unknown
1951ref. 154308Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film showing actors Tom Neal and Jean Porter. A new draftee is assigned to a remote desert post where he forges military orders that bring a platoon of women soldiers to the encampment. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall with pinholes to the corners. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 132835Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Filmways 1972. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1972 UK release of the 1972 US film. Mimeograph snipe and layout annotations on the verso. Written for the screen by Evan Hunter based on his 87th Precinct novel writing as Ed McBain about detectives Steve Carella Meyer Meyer and Bert Kling investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man played by Yul Brynner. Shot on location in Boston Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases else Near Fine. United Artists / Filmways unknown books
