John Wayne, Rock Hudson (starring); Andrew V McLaglen (director); James Lee Barrett (screenwriter)ABAA
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1968Best.-Nr. 156781Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped at the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather clamshell box. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1926Best.-Nr. 152280Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1926. Vintage program for the 1926 silent film. Based on the 1821 epic poem by Lord Byron about legendary womanizer Don Juan. The first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system to provide a musical soundtrack and sound effects but not spoken dialogue. 12 x 9 inches. Six leaves saddle stapled. Near Fine with light fading to the edges of the wrappers. Warner Brothers unknown books
1924Best.-Nr. 2729Paris: Imprimerie Croutzet et Depost 1924. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Roche's surreal dadaist roman à clef exposing the misogynistic world of the French avant-garde. With annotations likely in Roche's hand. Like too many women artists of the early twentieth century French writer and artist Juliette Roche 1884 - 1980 has been long overshadowed by her male contemporaries. Roche came of age amidst leading artistic and literary salons of early 20th century Paris. She studied at Académie Ranson then considered the absolute best art school in Paris and was an early adopter of Cubism. However she is most closely associated with Dadaism. Despite Dada being a movement of absolute rebellion it harbored the normalized misogyny of the early twentieth century. Roche's most explicit critique of this discrepancy of rebellion vs repression can be found in La Minéralisation de Dudley Craving Mac Adam her groundbreaking novella. Part satire and part Dada nonsense the thinly veiled roman à clef is a prime example of the daring poetic style that Roche developed while living in New York during World War I. Having watched artistic vanguards come and go in Paris' salons and exhibitions Roche observed the New York City hijinks of Francis Picabia French 1879 - 1953 and Marcel Duchamp 1887 - 1968 with a level of detachment that alluded their American peers. She had close access to Picabia perhaps too close: in 1917 he and his wife Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia moved into an apartment directly beneath one Roche shared with her husband Albert Gleizes a French artist and philosopher who helped popularize Cubism on the Upper West Side. While Roche admired Picabia's iconoclasm she was disturbed by the misogyny she saw in works like his manometres where woman as 'la machine' was at best a manipulable object at worst the butt of a private joke. If taking Roche's ambivalence towards and her neighborly proximity to Picabia into consideration the novella could be inspired in part by an age-old story: pure contempt of one's neighbor. The novella is an indirect indictment of certain illicit behaviors Roche found annoying and dangerous. She synthesizes her fellow expatriates' personalities and physical traits to create the decadent Mac'Adam and the men he encounters on the day of his demise. Picabia becomes Mac'Adam. Swiss writer and boxer Arthur Craven 1887 - 1918 lends his name to the protagonist while becoming Lloyd Willow. Juliette Roche herself appears as Juliette Granite a play on words since roche means rock in French. Roche spins the narrative in poetic and surreal fragments at turns absurd and others told in a stream-of-consciousness style. La Minéralisation moves beyond conventional storytelling to allow readers into the minds of her characters through rich interior monologues revealing in each case her estimation of the particular model's idiosyncrasies. Roche seemed to find the antics of the all-male world of the Dadaists to be too limited and they're wickedly satirized among these pages. Written in ink on the first page is "Publié dans 'La Vie des Lettres' en 1921 / New York 1918" and there are a few words written on page 20 in the same hand. It appears to be Roche's handwriting from the few samples we've seen but we can't guarantee it. Paris: Imprimerie Croutzet et Depost 1924. Thin octavo 33pp terminal blank original printed wrappers stapled as issued; custom box. Small tear and split at top of spine; a near-fine extremely well-preserved copy. EXCEEDINGLY RARE: We can find records of no other copies that have been on the market. References: Burke Carolyn "Recollecting Dada: Juliette Roche." Women in Dada: Essays on Sex Gender and Identity edited by Naomi Sawelson-Gorse MIT Press 1998 557. Imprimerie Croutzet et Depost unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 164770Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film showing actors Charles Drake Diana Lynn and Rock Hudson. Two high school sisters enter the Rose Parade after moving to Pasadena with their father and enjoy teenage romances. An early screen appearance by Hudson who signed with Universal the year prior. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 164769Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Rock Hudson. Newspaper clippings and date stamps on the verso. Hudson signed a long-term contract with Universal-International in 1949. He received his first film credit with the studio the same year in William Castle's "Undertow" but would not be promoted to leading man status until 1952 when he would appear opposite Yvonne De Carlo in "Scarlet Angel." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with emulsion moderately cracked. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 164771Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actors Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. A ship's captain decides to make an emergency stop in Hawaii to repair a quickly flooding hull against the wishes of a woman passenger wanted for murder in Honolulu. 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. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 164813Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actor Robert Stack. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1935 novel "Pylon" by William Faulkner. A disillusioned war hero now works as a barnstorming pilot at rural air shows accompanied by his parachuting wife young son and plane mechanic. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 64. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal-International unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 164815Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actress Ursula Thiess. Printed mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Hall Hunter's 1953 novel "Bengal Tiger." In British India in 1857 a military captain faces punishment and the dissolution of his reputation after disobeying orders to retreat. 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. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 167838Universal City: Universal Pictures 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film showing a scene with actors Burl Ives and Gena Rowlands with Rock Hudson looking on in the background. Based on the 1947 novel by Dutch author Jan De Hartog about an opportunistic atheist who travels with his wife to the jungles of Java in 1936. Released the same year as director Robert Mulligan's better-known film "To Kill a Mockingbird." Set in Java shot on location in Suriname. 10 x 8 inches. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 168230Universal City: Universal-International 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 Western film. In Florida in 1835 the peace between the indigenous population and the white settlers is challenged by the violent hateful commander of Fort King. Loosely based on the circumstances surrounding the Second Seminole War also known as the Florida War one of the longest and most expensive of the frontier wars in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear on the right edge. Pitts 3768. Universal-International unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 168146Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. During the Cold War a Strategic Air Command B-52 wing commander attempts to whip his unit into shape in time to pass a readiness test. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 168046Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1978 film showing a smiling Mark Hamill. A teenage boy heads to Las Vegas determined to track down his high school shop class' stolen project car a tricked-out Corvette. Set and shot on location in Southern California and Nevada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 146073Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1956. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1957 film. With a single manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. The guilt a fighter pilot feels over accidentally dropping a bomb on a German orphanage during World War II leads him to become a minister upon returning to the US. When this proves insufficient in assuaging his bad conscience he decides to volunteer his services as a missionary in Korea opening a large home for orphans in Seoul. Based on the true story of Colonel Dean E. Hess a US Air Force fighter pilot turned Ohio minister who returned to the Air Force during the Korean War. As depicted in the film the 1950 Chinese Communist takeover of Seoul led Hess to facilitate an airlift of hundreds of children from the orphanage to the sanctuary island of Cheju. The twenty-five children who appear in the film moreover are Korean children from the real Orphan's Home of Korea that Hess founded and the gold flying helmet sported by Rock Hudson is the actual helmet Hess wore. Set in South Korea shot on location in Seoul and Arizona. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1819 dated OCTOBER 30 1956 with credits for actor Rock Hudson and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL THIRTEEN PAGE 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some creasing to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 141785Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage bound set of storyboards for the 1958 film. Laid in are a map of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands and a diagram of a large sailing vessel. Based on the 1956 novel by screenwriter Ernest K. Gann about a disgraced former Navy captain tasked with piloting a disparate group of passengers through a storm on a rundown schooner. Set and shot on location in Oahu. White illustrated titled wrappers with credits for producer Gordon Kay director Joseph Pevney and art director Eric Orbom. 158 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 167801Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage program for the 1923 silent film. A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. 9 x 12 inches. 17 leaves printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good wrappers Good only with an owner name on the front wrapper and moderate wear along the spine. Side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 167549Universal City: Universal-International 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 Western film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso referring to the movie using its alternate release title "The Texas Man." Two brothers return to Texas after the Civil War one becoming a sheriff and the other embarking on a life of crime. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the verso corners. Pitts 1936. Universal-International unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 168502Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Vintage photograph of a one sheet poster maquette for the 1963 documentary film. An anthology documentary film compiling Marilyn Monroe's film work with Twentieth Century-Fox created a year after her death. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 167694Chicago: The Riviera Theatre 1989. Vintage handbill for several age-restricted hip hop and rap performances held at Chicago's Riviera Theatre on Sunday nights in February of 1989 hosted by promoter Tony Bitoy. The Riviera was originally built in 1917 as a movie theatre for the Balaban and Katz chain constructed by Carbondale-born architects Rapp and Rapp. The building was purchased by Jam Productions and transformed into a nightclub in 1986 and continues to operate as a music venue today. 5.5 x 8.5 inches folded once horizontally. Printed on recto and verso. Near Fine. The Riviera Theatre unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 167700Memphis: Noize Makers Entertainment 1990. Vintage handbill for an age-restricted hip hop and funk music night held at The Mecca on 315 Beale Street in Memphis circa 1990s. Performers include C-Love DJ Kool Rock Zuri G Disco Dave Mighty MJ D. Smoov Luva and Hot Butter Cornbread. 5.5 x 4.25 inches. Very Good plus. Noize Makers Entertainment unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 166589Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 science fiction film. Included with the script are two bound documents relating to film options and literary purchase agreements the former being SIGNED by producers Sandy Howard and Plato Skouras and writer Jack Thomas. An exploitation film owing much to the 1935 classic "Bride of Frankenstein" as well as technological advances with DNA in the 1970s. A scientist discovers a method to accelerate the birth cycle to just a few days. The maturation process has detrimental side effects and the mature adult a woman shows homicidal tendencies. Set in Los Angeles. Red titled Sandy Howard Productions wrappers with titles in gilt. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriters Jack Thomas and Anita Doohan. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 167128N.p.: N.p. 1995. Draft script for an unproduced film. A romantic comedy set in New York about a young woman torn between a so-called nice guy and a selfish bad boy. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 1995 with credits for screenwriters Chris Rock and Nelson George. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 167417Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series which aired on NBC on May 15 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets two copies of one dated December 16 1977 and one dated December 20 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring Rock Hudson and Lee Remick the five part 1978 NBC mini-series which aired on May 7-9 and 14-15 was an insider's look at the day-to-day operations of National Motors a large fictitious US automobile manufacturer and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Set in late 1960s Detroit. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 15 1977 with credits for screenwriter Robert Hamilton and author Arthur Hailey. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue yellow green pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/7/77 and 10/26/77. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 167758N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage color transparencies from the 1965 film showing actor Gina Lollobrigida preparing for a turn as a blonde Lady Godiva. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 3.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 164490Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film showing actors Yvonne De Carlo and Richard Greene. Aided by his trusty sidekicks Aladdin and Sinbad a desert guerilla goes head-to-head with a greedy prince and eventually marries the caliph's beautiful daughter. 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. Very Good plus with annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 162807Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage borderless satin finish reference photograph of a young Dennis Hopper on the set of the 1956 Western film. Printed mimeo snipe and Warner Brothers stamp crediting photographer Floyd McCarthy on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by Edna Ferber. James Dean's final film for which he received a posthumous Academy Award nomination. Nominated for eight additional Oscars including Best Picture wining one for Best Director. Set in Texas shot there on location and in Arizona and Virginia. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9.5 x 7.5 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 14 x 18 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
