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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
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 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
1976ref. 150686N.p.: Pan-Canadian 1976. Two vintage studio still photographs from the Canadian release of the 1976 Australian film one showing actress Jeanie Drynan the other showing actors Clare Binney and John Hargreaves. With production No. 82-668 in manuscript ink to the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on screenwriter David Williamson's 1971 play. A schoolteacher holds a party to celebrate the predicted victory of the Australian Labor Party but unsurprisingly the political discussions that ensue divide the party guests. Set and shot on location in Westleigh a suburb of Sydney Australia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light adhesive residue on the corners. Pan-Canadian unknown books
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 books
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 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 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. 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 books
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 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
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 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 books
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. 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 preoperative transgender 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
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 books
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 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
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 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. 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 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
