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1942ref. 151348Santa Ana CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1942. Final Draft screenplay for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to legendary screenwriter Dudley Nichols inscribed by Nichols to Los Angeles Times film critic Phil Scheuer on the title page: "By Dudley Nichols / Confidential! / For Phil Scheuer from D. Nichols-with admiration." Nichols' ownership name is also in manuscript pencil at the top right corner. Renoir's second American feature an anti-fascist propaganda film following a meek schoolteacher in a German-occupied European country who is falsely accused of murder and forced to take a stand against the Nazis and their collaborators. At the peak of his career Nichols worked with many key Golden Age directors including John Ford George Cukor Howard Hawks Fritz Lang and of course Jean Renoir. He was a founding member of the Screen Writers Guild and is best remembered for "The Informer" 1935 for which Nichols won an Academy Award "Bringing Up Baby" 1938 "Stagecoach" 1939 "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 1943 "Scarlet Street" 1945 "And Then There Were None" 1945 "The Bells of St. Mary's" 1945 and "The Tin Star" 1957. He continued to write prolifically for film up until the time of his death in 1960. Housed in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Pink titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 104 dated OCTOBER 2 1942 with credits for director Jean Renoir and screenwriter Dudley Nichols. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 169 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1944ref. 164361Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Louise Allbritton behind a camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A teenage orphan from New England receives an inheritance for education but instead uses it to travel to New York to pursue the object of her obsession an Army surgeon. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 164361Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Louise Allbritton behind a camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A teenage orphan from New England receives an inheritance for education but instead uses it to travel to New York to pursue the object of her obsession an Army surgeon. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1984ref. 155631N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph of actors Tony Hendra Christopher Guest Lara Cody and Harry Shearer on the set between takes and a take that ostensibly was not in the film. Reiner's debut and a much-loved cult classic about a documentary filmmaker chronicling the American comeback tour of an aging heavy-metal band. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 12. Ebert II. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 148189N.p.: Embassy Pictures 1984. Eight vintage lobby cards from the 1984 film. The film that invented the "rockumentary." Rob Reiner's debut now a timeless cult classic. Film director Mary DiBergi Reiner chronicles the American comeback tour of the aging heavy-metal band Spinal Tap. Selected for the National Film Registry in 2002. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 12. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 148189N.p.: Embassy Pictures 1984. Eight vintage lobby cards from the 1984 film. The film that invented the "rockumentary." Rob Reiner's debut now a timeless cult classic. Film director Mary DiBergi Reiner chronicles the American comeback tour of the aging heavy-metal band Spinal Tap. Selected for the National Film Registry in 2002. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 12. Embassy Pictures unknown
1984ref. 155631N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph of actors Tony Hendra Christopher Guest Lara Cody and Harry Shearer on the set between takes and a take that ostensibly was not in the film. Reiner's debut and a much-loved cult classic about a documentary filmmaker chronicling the American comeback tour of an aging heavy-metal band. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 12. Ebert II. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 159295Universal City: Universal Pictures 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film advertising the film's airing on television on Saturday December 22. Based on the 1947 play "For Love or Money" by F. Hugh Herbert. A young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss. When her rescuer suggests that she get out of her wet clothes she escapes and finds safety in the home of a retired actor. Set in Connecticut. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 132722London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on a play by F. Hugh Herbert about a young woman who asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss. When her rescuer suggests that she get out of her wet clothes she escapes and finds safety in the home of a retired actor. A story set in Connecticut shot at Universal Studios in California. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 132722London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on a play by F. Hugh Herbert about a young woman who asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss. When her rescuer suggests that she get out of her wet clothes she escapes and finds safety in the home of a retired actor. A story set in Connecticut shot at Universal Studios in California. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown
1933ref. 145456Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1933ref. 145456Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1944ref. 171690N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1944 film both with manuscript pencil annotations amending text and layout on the recto and two printer labels on the verso of the narrow proof. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 11.5 x 17 inches and 7.25 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and faint overall rubbing and soiling. Donahue And Coe unknown books
1955ref. 147910Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 Metro-Goldwyn Mayer re-release of the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 10 x 8 inches. Five Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a two inch diagonal tear to the upper edge with accompanying creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1944ref. 168473Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1944. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1944 film showing director Mervyn LeRoy hosing down a plane prop on the set with Spencer Tracy making a goofy face from the pilot's seat. Printed mimeo snipe in French and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. Based on the 1943 book an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1944ref. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown books
1944ref. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown
1944ref. 171690N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1944 film both with manuscript pencil annotations amending text and layout on the recto and two printer labels on the verso of the narrow proof. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 11.5 x 17 inches and 7.25 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and faint overall rubbing and soiling. Donahue And Coe unknown
1944ref. 168473Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1944. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1944 film showing director Mervyn LeRoy hosing down a plane prop on the set with Spencer Tracy making a goofy face from the pilot's seat. Printed mimeo snipe in French and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. Based on the 1943 book an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1949ref. 158691N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1949 film showing actress Eva Henning in a negligée. Ingmar Bergman's seventh film about the troubled romantic and sexual experiences of several Swedish adults. Based on the 1948 short story collection by Birgit Tengroth who also appeared as Viola in the film. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 158691N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1949 film showing actress Eva Henning in a negligée. Ingmar Bergman's seventh film about the troubled romantic and sexual experiences of several Swedish adults. Based on the 1948 short story collection by Birgit Tengroth who also appeared as Viola in the film. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 159056Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on James Ramsey Ullman's 1954 novel "Banner in the Sky." An 18-year-old boy wants to climb the famous Swiss mountain that claimed his father's life years before. Set and shot on location in Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1950ref. 142326N.p.: N.p. 1950. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and begins to accept her life with people who care about her. Set in England. Pink titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 32 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 28. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with string binding. N.p. unknown books
