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1970ref. 166463Los Angeles: Rogallian Productions 1970. Fourth Draft script for the 1970 film seen here under the working title "C.C. Ryder and Company." Bound in with the script is a two-page call sheet. A biker falls in with the "Heads Company" a notorious biker gang and must save a young woman and defeat the gang's leader in a motorcycle race. Set and shot on location in Arizona. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 3 1970 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roger Smith. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing and chipping and closed tears at the extremities bound with two gold brads. Rogallian Productions unknown
1978ref. 155852Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. Manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A darkly comic dystopian fantasy set in New York about a lonely French electrician who attempts to raise a baby chimpanzee. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Roissy Films unknown books
1978ref. 144304Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist theater group. He finds an abandoned chimpanzee on the beach who he attempts to raise. A bleak and desolate depiction of New York City. Filmed in English and released dubbed in both French and Italian. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus. Roissy Films unknown books
1978ref. 155852Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. Manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A darkly comic dystopian fantasy set in New York about a lonely French electrician who attempts to raise a baby chimpanzee. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Roissy Films unknown
1978ref. 144304Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist theater group. He finds an abandoned chimpanzee on the beach who he attempts to raise. A bleak and desolate depiction of New York City. Filmed in English and released dubbed in both French and Italian. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus. Roissy Films unknown
1963ref. 146931Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs of Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke rehearsing on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe "ORIGINAL A RENDRE PARIMAGE" "COPYRIGHT CAMERA PRESS LTD." and a struck through with manuscript pencil "Holmes-Lebel" stamps on the verso. One contains an "impress" sticker on verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. Unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson Van Dyke is convinced he can make his fortune and marry girlfriend Rosie Leigh if he can get recently drafted Rock and Roll star Conrad Birdie Jessie Pearson on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss high school girl Kim MacAfee Ann Margret goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 1 - 9 x 12 inches 1 - 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus edgewear and creasing to far corners. Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 154839N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actress Janet Leigh in a brunette wig relaxing on the set of the 1963 film. Stamps of The Associated Press and Le Parisien on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 168067Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actors Ann-Margret and Jesse Pearson with director George Sidney and script supervisor Marshall Wolins on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name about an unsuccessful pop songwriter who becomes convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high-school girlfriend goodbye. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 168067Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actors Ann-Margret and Jesse Pearson with director George Sidney and script supervisor Marshall Wolins on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name about an unsuccessful pop songwriter who becomes convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high-school girlfriend goodbye. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown
1963ref. 146931Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs of Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke rehearsing on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe "ORIGINAL A RENDRE PARIMAGE" "COPYRIGHT CAMERA PRESS LTD." and a struck through with manuscript pencil "Holmes-Lebel" stamps on the verso. One contains an "impress" sticker on verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. Unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson Van Dyke is convinced he can make his fortune and marry girlfriend Rosie Leigh if he can get recently drafted Rock and Roll star Conrad Birdie Jessie Pearson on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss high school girl Kim MacAfee Ann Margret goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 1 - 9 x 12 inches 1 - 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus edgewear and creasing to far corners. Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown
1963ref. 154839N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actress Janet Leigh in a brunette wig relaxing on the set of the 1963 film. Stamps of The Associated Press and Le Parisien on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147208N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film also noted under the working title "Tennessee Overdrive" though it should be noted that by the writing of this draft the locale for the intended film was changed from Tennessee to Texas. A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their way along a Texas trucking route culminating in a shootout just outside Austin. Screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector were best known for the disaster thriller "Airport '77" 1977. Yellow generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light tide marks to the top edges of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 147208N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film also noted under the working title "Tennessee Overdrive" though it should be noted that by the writing of this draft the locale for the intended film was changed from Tennessee to Texas. A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their way along a Texas trucking route culminating in a shootout just outside Austin. Screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector were best known for the disaster thriller "Airport '77" 1977. Yellow generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light tide marks to the top edges of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141368N.p.: Afton-Linebrook 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Extremely watchable trash a big-budget film with lowdown agenda and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor who won an Oscar for her performance could have been accurately described as young and radiant. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink blue ink and manuscript graphite. Afton-Linebrook unknown books
1975ref. 163619Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of Paul Newman Robert Redford and Katharine Ross from a circa 1975 television broadcast of the 1969 film. A landmark of New Hollywood cinema and arguably the high spot as well as the beginning of an incredible streak of inventive cinematic achievements directed by George Roy Hill in the 1960s and 1970s that included "Slaughterhouse-Five" 1972 "The Sting" 1973 and "Slap Shot" 1977. Loosely based on fact Butch Cassidy Newman and his partner the Sundance Kid Redford are on the run from a US posse after a string of train robberies. They flee to Bolivia in search of a a better way to be thieves but ultimately meet their doom. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Hardy The Western. Pitts 586. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1969ref. 156803N.p.: N.p. 1969. Early Draft script for the classic 1969 Western film seen here under the working title "The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy." Bound in full blue cloth with the original wrappers bound in. A landmark of New Hollywood cinema and arguably the high spot as well as the beginning of an incredible streak of inventive cinematic achievements directed by George Roy Hill in the 1960s and 1970s including "Slaughterhouse-Five" 1972 "The Sting" 1973 and "Slap Shot" 1977. Loosely based on fact about two outlaws on the run from a lethal posse after a string of train robberies. They flee to Bolivia in search of a a better way to be thieves but ultimately meet their doom. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay for William Goldman. Set in Wyoming and Bolivia and shot on location in New Mexico California Utah Colorado and Arizona in the US and in Morelos Guerrero and Sonora in Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 175. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Housed in a custom red and blue quarter-leather clamshell box. National Film Registry. Hardy The Western. Pitts 586. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 157103Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing actor Richard Pryor behind the camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
ref. 158138Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Archive of three draft scripts for the 1981 film including a First Draft script a Final Draft script and a "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script for the 1981 film dated between June 29 1979 and February 13 1981. The first two drafts are under the working title "Family Dream." Two of the three scripts show an annotation in manuscript ink amending the film's title on title page. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. First Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated June 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Final Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated September 21 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Roger L. Simon and Lonne Elder III. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script: Under the working title "Richard Pryor's New Movie Formerly: Family Dream." Salmon titled wrappers noted as Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes on the front wrapper dated February 13 1981. Title page present dated February 13 1981 noted as Second Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story by Richard Pryor. With pink and blue revision leaves throughout. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 2/13/81 and 2/18/81. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1979ref. 157103Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing actor Richard Pryor behind the camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
ref. 158138Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Archive of three draft scripts for the 1981 film including a First Draft script a Final Draft script and a "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script for the 1981 film dated between June 29 1979 and February 13 1981. The first two drafts are under the working title "Family Dream." Two of the three scripts show an annotation in manuscript ink amending the film's title on title page. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. First Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated June 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Final Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated September 21 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Roger L. Simon and Lonne Elder III. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script: Under the working title "Richard Pryor's New Movie Formerly: Family Dream." Salmon titled wrappers noted as Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes on the front wrapper dated February 13 1981. Title page present dated February 13 1981 noted as Second Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story by Richard Pryor. With pink and blue revision leaves throughout. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 2/13/81 and 2/18/81. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1956ref. 164217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film all six showing actress Marilyn Monroe. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and two with provenance stamps and labels on the same. Of particular note is a photograph of a large-scale bus advertisement for the film's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre showing Monroe stretched across the top of a Metro Bus in Los Angeles. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good three with ink annotations on the recto margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 164217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film all six showing actress Marilyn Monroe. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and two with provenance stamps and labels on the same. Of particular note is a photograph of a large-scale bus advertisement for the film's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre showing Monroe stretched across the top of a Metro Bus in Los Angeles. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good three with ink annotations on the recto margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1956ref. 155628N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing director Joshua Logan with a handheld camera in the middle of a crowd of extras between takes while actress Marilyn Monroe calls to him from the far left. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 155628N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing director Joshua Logan with a handheld camera in the middle of a crowd of extras between takes while actress Marilyn Monroe calls to him from the far left. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 132852Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1976 release of the 1976 American-Italian film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of 2 stills and layout annotations on the versos of 2 stills. Based on Robert Marasco's 1973 novel about a haunted house and the summer caretakers moving in with their young son. 8 x 10 inches. Slight discoloration to 2 stills else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
