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1973ref. 167929Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Two vintage studio still publicity photographs from the 1973 film. A follow-up to screenwriter Herman Raucher's 1971 film "Summer of '42" following his experiences during his first year at college as World War II looms in the background. John Candy's feature film debut. Shot on location in Brooklyn New York and in Toronto. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 147667Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1964. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film here seen under the title for its release in the US "Escape by Night." Not to be confused with Fritz Lang's 1952 film "Clash by Night." A bus transporting a convicted gang leader to prison is overtaken by the gang who seek to free their leader. The gang locks the remainder of the passengers who are mostly innocent civilians in a gas-soaked barn and threaten to set the barn on fire in order to hold off the police. 8 x 10 inches. Some photographs faintly toned at the border else Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1931ref. 140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1931ref. 140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1987ref. 130708Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Fourth Draft script for the 1988 film. Based on the 1985 novel by Joseph Olshan. A family is in crisis following the death of their child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The mother takes a trip to Jamaica where she meets Clara Mayfield Goldberg who helps her overcome her grief with her no-nonsense straight talk. The mother invites her back to Baltimore to raise their young son Harris and Clara is eventually compelled to reveal dark secrets about her past. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 8 1987 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter Medoff and writer Olshan. 128 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine with some mild sunning bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1987ref. 130708Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Fourth Draft script for the 1988 film. Based on the 1985 novel by Joseph Olshan. A family is in crisis following the death of their child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The mother takes a trip to Jamaica where she meets Clara Mayfield Goldberg who helps her overcome her grief with her no-nonsense straight talk. The mother invites her back to Baltimore to raise their young son Harris and Clara is eventually compelled to reveal dark secrets about her past. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 8 1987 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter Medoff and writer Olshan. 128 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine with some mild sunning bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 141083Paris: Les Films du Losange 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Director Eric Rohmer's first color film in which mountainous backdrops and varying tones play a significant visual role. In a notedly minimal narrative a newly married diplomat becomes infatuated with a lovely young acquaintance specifically with the girl's knee. His desire to touch her knee becomes the driving force behind the film. Two pages 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to the corners. Criterion Collection 347. Les Films du Losange unknown books
1970ref. 141083Paris: Les Films du Losange 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Director Eric Rohmer's first color film in which mountainous backdrops and varying tones play a significant visual role. In a notedly minimal narrative a newly married diplomat becomes infatuated with a lovely young acquaintance specifically with the girl's knee. His desire to touch her knee becomes the driving force behind the film. Two pages 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to the corners. Criterion Collection 347. Les Films du Losange unknown
1953ref. 125507Sherman Oaks CA: Republic Pictures 1953. Original pressbook for the 1953 film noir. Screenplay by noted screenwriter Steve Fisher. One sheet folded once as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. Lyons US. Martin 121. Selby US. 71. Spicer US. Republic Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 125507Sherman Oaks CA: Republic Pictures 1953. Original pressbook for the 1953 film noir. Screenplay by noted screenwriter Steve Fisher. One sheet folded once as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. Lyons US. Martin 121. Selby US. 71. Spicer US. Republic Pictures unknown
1975ref. 140794Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. An unproduced English-language version of "Mina Drommars Stad" or "City of My Dreams" a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingvar Skogsberg based upon a novel by Per Anders Fogelstrom. Young Henning and his three friends struggle to survive with their freedom intact in 19th century Stockholm. Based on the life of Fogelstrom. This was the Swedish entry to the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but it was not selected as a nominee. Set in Stockholm shot on location there. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1975 noted as Scenario Version with credits for author Per Anders Fogelstrom screenwriter Ingvar Skogsberg and translator Alan Blair. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a white velo binding. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1975ref. 140794Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. An unproduced English-language version of "Mina Drommars Stad" or "City of My Dreams" a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingvar Skogsberg based upon a novel by Per Anders Fogelstrom. Young Henning and his three friends struggle to survive with their freedom intact in 19th century Stockholm. Based on the life of Fogelstrom. This was the Swedish entry to the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but it was not selected as a nominee. Set in Stockholm shot on location there. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1975 noted as Scenario Version with credits for author Per Anders Fogelstrom screenwriter Ingvar Skogsberg and translator Alan Blair. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a white velo binding. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown
1976ref. 167073Universal City: Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1976 NBC television series here under the working title "City of Angels: Quicker Than the Eye" which aired on February 24 1976. Not to be confused with the 2000 CBS medical drama television series created by Steven Bochco. Inspired by Roman Polanski's 1974 classic "Chinatown" the series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins who had previously worked together on the acclaimed 1974-80 television series "The Rockford Files." Wayne Rogers stars as the stalwart private investigator Jake Axminster working amid the corruption of 1930s Los Angeles. Hailed by mystery novelist Max Allan Collins as "the best private eye series ever" the series premiered on NBC on February 3 1976 and lasted for only one thirteen episode season before ending on May 18 1976. In this episode Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underwood to investigate whether his wife Velma is having an affair only to discover Underwood dead after hearing a shot ring out while staking out Velma at their home. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 27 1976 with credits for screenwriter Philip De Guere Jr. and Story by James Thomas James. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 1/30/76. Pages Very Good plus with the front wrapper detached and stapled to the following two leaves bound with two gold brads. Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios unknown books
1996ref. 170717Los Angeles: Atlas Entertainment 1996. Draft script for the 1998 film. An American remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire" the setting moved to Los Angeles about an angel who falls in love with a human and decides to become mortal in order to live with her. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Generic white Atlas Entertainment wrappers. Title page present dated May 29 1996 with credit for screenwriter Dana Stevens. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Atlas Entertainment unknown books
1996ref. 170717Los Angeles: Atlas Entertainment 1996. Draft script for the 1998 film. An American remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire" the setting moved to Los Angeles about an angel who falls in love with a human and decides to become mortal in order to live with her. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Generic white Atlas Entertainment wrappers. Title page present dated May 29 1996 with credit for screenwriter Dana Stevens. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Atlas Entertainment unknown
1976ref. 167073Universal City: Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1976 NBC television series here under the working title "City of Angels: Quicker Than the Eye" which aired on February 24 1976. Not to be confused with the 2000 CBS medical drama television series created by Steven Bochco. Inspired by Roman Polanski's 1974 classic "Chinatown" the series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins who had previously worked together on the acclaimed 1974-80 television series "The Rockford Files." Wayne Rogers stars as the stalwart private investigator Jake Axminster working amid the corruption of 1930s Los Angeles. Hailed by mystery novelist Max Allan Collins as "the best private eye series ever" the series premiered on NBC on February 3 1976 and lasted for only one thirteen episode season before ending on May 18 1976. In this episode Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underwood to investigate whether his wife Velma is having an affair only to discover Underwood dead after hearing a shot ring out while staking out Velma at their home. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 27 1976 with credits for screenwriter Philip De Guere Jr. and Story by James Thomas James. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 1/30/76. Pages Very Good plus with the front wrapper detached and stapled to the following two leaves bound with two gold brads. Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios unknown
1941ref. 134898Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills with annotations on the verso one with an RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp. The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles at a celebration for the inauguration of his newspaper "The Inquirer." The second still shows Kane as an older man reviewing finances with his advisors. Stills are 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1941ref. 134897Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills linen backed as issued one still with a mimeo snipe on the verso the other with the RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp on the verso. The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles smoking a pipe and smiing signing his "declaration" with advisors Jedediah Leland Joseph Cotten and Mr. Bernstein Everett Sloane. The second still shows Kane as an old man looking on as his young bride Dorothy Comingore completes a giant jigsaw puzzle at a table. Both stills 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 161700Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage reference keybook photograph of actor director and screenwriter Orson Welles with a dresser on the set of the 1941 film. Linen backed with two sets of punch holes along the top edge. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. Photograph 8 x 11 inches image 3.5 x 4.5 with large margins. Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the verso and toning. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1941ref. 151555Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1941 film showing wardrobe aide Earl Leas adjusting director Orson Welles' collar in preparation for a scene. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 171479Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing Orson Welles and Ruth Warrick surrounded by policemen. SIGNED by Warrick on the recto. Numeric stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 171479Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing Orson Welles and Ruth Warrick surrounded by policemen. SIGNED by Warrick on the recto. Numeric stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1940ref. 161700Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage reference keybook photograph of actor director and screenwriter Orson Welles with a dresser on the set of the 1941 film. Linen backed with two sets of punch holes along the top edge. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. Photograph 8 x 11 inches image 3.5 x 4.5 with large margins. Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the verso and toning. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1941ref. 151555Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1941 film showing wardrobe aide Earl Leas adjusting director Orson Welles' collar in preparation for a scene. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1941ref. 134897Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills linen backed as issued one still with a mimeo snipe on the verso the other with the RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp on the verso. The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles smoking a pipe and smiing signing his "declaration" with advisors Jedediah Leland Joseph Cotten and Mr. Bernstein Everett Sloane. The second still shows Kane as an old man looking on as his young bride Dorothy Comingore completes a giant jigsaw puzzle at a table. Both stills 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
