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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
1940ref. 148988Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy. With a manuscript ink annotation to the verso noting the date 10-11-40. A magazine editor who pretends to be married to avoid unwanted advances from co-workers finds herself caught in her own lie when she falls for a potential suitor. Set in New York and Ohio. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974ref. 169566Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Shelley Duvall holding a baby kitten. French release stamp and layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson previously adapted by Nicholas Ray as "They Live by Night" 1950. One of Altman's many high spots during the 1970s an early and unusual entry in the American neo-noir canon and one of the most artful gangster films made. Set and shot on location in various towns and cities in central and southern Mississippi including Jackson Hermanville Pickens and Canton. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 169566Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Shelley Duvall holding a baby kitten. French release stamp and layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson previously adapted by Nicholas Ray as "They Live by Night" 1950. One of Altman's many high spots during the 1970s an early and unusual entry in the American neo-noir canon and one of the most artful gangster films made. Set and shot on location in various towns and cities in central and southern Mississippi including Jackson Hermanville Pickens and Canton. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. United Artists unknown
1995ref. 162504Lyon: Sygma 1995. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte relaxing between takes on the set of the 1996 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso crediting photographer Isabelle Weingarten. A love triangle develops between a beautiful shoplifter a cynical police officer and a philosophy professor. Shot on location in Lyon. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Sygma unknown books
1995ref. 162504Lyon: Sygma 1995. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte relaxing between takes on the set of the 1996 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso crediting photographer Isabelle Weingarten. A love triangle develops between a beautiful shoplifter a cynical police officer and a philosophy professor. Shot on location in Lyon. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Sygma unknown
1984ref. 146251Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1984. Original Shooting script for the 1984 film. Title typo on the front wrapper stamped in red. A seductive thriller about a bored housewife who is seduced by a burglar who begins to recreate erotic fantasies from her secret diary. Director-screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart had to his credit "The Blue Lagoon" 1980 and "An Officer and a Gentleman" 1982 along with the cult classic "Flashdance" 1983. Set and shot on location throughout California. Black titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 16 1984 SHOOTING SCRIPT a small letter B written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner and with a credit for director-screenwriter Steward as well as producers Bruckheimer and Simpson. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered "107A." Xerographically duplicated rectos only with blue and pink revision pages dated variously between 1/24/84 and 2/1/84 and one page with 2/2/84 and "Office" in manuscript ink. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 146251Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1984. Original Shooting script for the 1984 film. Title typo on the front wrapper stamped in red. A seductive thriller about a bored housewife who is seduced by a burglar who begins to recreate erotic fantasies from her secret diary. Director-screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart had to his credit "The Blue Lagoon" 1980 and "An Officer and a Gentleman" 1982 along with the cult classic "Flashdance" 1983. Set and shot on location throughout California. Black titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 16 1984 SHOOTING SCRIPT a small letter B written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner and with a credit for director-screenwriter Steward as well as producers Bruckheimer and Simpson. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered "107A." Xerographically duplicated rectos only with blue and pink revision pages dated variously between 1/24/84 and 2/1/84 and one page with 2/2/84 and "Office" in manuscript ink. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
ref. 163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue. A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown books
ref. 163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue. A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 162459N.p.: Sedgeway Films 1968. Vintage still photograph from the US release of the 1965 German/Austrian film. Photograph with two provenance stamps and a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp on the verso. A dark satire of the post-war Germany of the 1960s wherein three criminals released from prison during an economic boom continue their disreputable dealings quite legally. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Berlin Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing to the right side. Sedgeway Films unknown books
1972ref. 158837Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Vintage press photograph of Ann Rutherford being welcomed onto the MGM set from the 1972 film. Rutherford was welcomed back to the MGM studios after 30 years when she starred as Polly Benedict the female lead in 17 of the Andy Hardy comedy film series with Mickey Rooney from 1937 to 1942. James Garner stars as the police chief of a small California town investigating a suspicious death of a thirty-nine year old divorcée who was believed to have been killed by her own dog. Set in the fictional California coast town of Eden Landing shot on location in Malibu and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 154881Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five gatherings of promotional reading material. The last movie to be filmed on the famed MGM "back lot." A small town sheriff in California finds that his investigation into the murder of a pregnant woman uncovers a web of deceit a Doberman Pinscher and a mysterious nurse ambiguously connected to the murder. Folder and promotional material Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 154881Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five gatherings of promotional reading material. The last movie to be filmed on the famed MGM "back lot." A small town sheriff in California finds that his investigation into the murder of a pregnant woman uncovers a web of deceit a Doberman Pinscher and a mysterious nurse ambiguously connected to the murder. Folder and promotional material Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1936ref. 164527Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Fay Wray and Chester Morris from the 1936 film with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. Chester Morris is a taxi driver who picks up Fay Wray a fashion store model falsely accused of stealing jewelry and sets out to prove her innocence. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 164527Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Fay Wray and Chester Morris from the 1936 film with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. Chester Morris is a taxi driver who picks up Fay Wray a fashion store model falsely accused of stealing jewelry and sets out to prove her innocence. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1988ref. 150289Universal City: Universal City Studios 1988. Vintage reference photograph of John Carpenter on the set of the 1988 film. Based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson. John Nada professional wrestler Roddy Piper discovers a pair of sunglasses that reveal the culture is being ruled by aliens who conceal their appearance and condition people to consume breed work and "obey." A cult favorite whose influence continues to ripple through the culture and counterculture maybe most notably in the work of artist Shepard Fairey whose "Obey" silkscreens openly acknowledged to have been appropriated from the movie have appeared on everything from street art to skateboards to clothing. Shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1940ref. 148173N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of George Raft getting ready to throw a punch from the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel "Long Haul" by A.I. Bezzerides. Paul Humphrey Bogart and Joe Fabrini Raft run a trucking business barely keeping ahead of creditors when one night a fatigued Paul falls asleep at the wheel crashing the truck and losing his arm. Joe is then offered a job by his friend Ed Carlsen Alan Hale whose wife Lana Ida Lupino has taken a fancy for Joe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with very faint creasing. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown books
1940ref. 148173N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of George Raft getting ready to throw a punch from the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel "Long Haul" by A.I. Bezzerides. Paul Humphrey Bogart and Joe Fabrini Raft run a trucking business barely keeping ahead of creditors when one night a fatigued Paul falls asleep at the wheel crashing the truck and losing his arm. Joe is then offered a job by his friend Ed Carlsen Alan Hale whose wife Lana Ida Lupino has taken a fancy for Joe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with very faint creasing. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown
1959ref. 132640Culver City CA: National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on Glendon Swarthout's 1958 novel about the 1916 US "war" against Pancho Villa and the group of men who unceremoniously are awarded medals. Together they must return to the battlefront along with a prisoner Hayworth who helped them before. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing and rubbing overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 139841Los Angeles: Samuel Goldwyn Company 1936. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1936 film. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1934 play "The Children's Hour." The story follows two school teachers whose small school suddenly loses enrollment when a student lies about one professor having an affair with the other's fiance. The film is based on a play by Lillian Hellman in which the female professors are accused of having a lesbian relationship. When asked to adapt her play for the screen she was forced to change the plot and erase any lesbian implications to appease the exceedingly strict Hays Code. The film was well received and Hellman was widely commended for her writing. Costar Bonita Granville was nominated for an Academy Award for her role. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
1962ref. 155090N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film showing actors Sami Frey and Emmanuelle Riva between takes in conversation with director Georges Franju. Stamp of International Magazine Service on the verso along with a date stamp reading April 10 1962 and the stamp of Paris-Match and Marie Claire. Based on the 1927 novel by Francois Mauriac about a woman in a loveless relationship who plans to kill her husband by gradually increasing his medication to induce an overdose. Set in the Landres and shot on location in Gironde and Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 155090N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film showing actors Sami Frey and Emmanuelle Riva between takes in conversation with director Georges Franju. Stamp of International Magazine Service on the verso along with a date stamp reading April 10 1962 and the stamp of Paris-Match and Marie Claire. Based on the 1927 novel by Francois Mauriac about a woman in a loveless relationship who plans to kill her husband by gradually increasing his medication to induce an overdose. Set in the Landres and shot on location in Gironde and Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown