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133025London: British Lion Film Corporation. Early Draft script for the 1950 British film "Into the Blue" seen here under the early working title "Rendezvous in Cannes." The film was released in the US under the title "Man in a Dinghy." Copy belonging to sound recordist Peter Handford with his name in blue holograph ink to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Hal Erickson: A film much enhanced by the presence of two veteran British movie favorites. Jack Hulbert and Constance Cummings as John and Kate Ferguson who embark upon their first vacation in years. Traveling from England to Norway by yacht the Fergusons are joined by their taciturn skipper Bill Edward Rigby and romantic leads Nicholas Foster top-billed Michael Wilding and ship's cook Jackie Odile Versois. A quiet story one whose strongest suits are its stars and its location photography. Set on the Seine river and other waterways between Norway and England. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a yellow cloth tape spine marked copy No. 14. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Wilcox and Taylor and dialogue and story writer Phipps. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good perfect bound. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1952143716Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1952. Final White script for the 1953 film. <br/><br/>A loose adaptation of the popular 1925 silent film directed by James Cruze retelling a largely fictionalized account of the formation of the US mail system. Charlton Heston plays a gritty Buffalo Bill Cody and Forrest Tucker plays Wild Bill Hickock. In reality however Wild Bill Hickock never rode for the Pony Express Buffalo Bill Cody was only fourteen when he rode for the route and the route itself ran for only eighteen months of service before being superseded by the transcontinental telegraph. <br/><br/>Set between Missouri and California shot on location in Utah and Arizona. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE on the front wrapper noted as production No. SF 88972 dated May 21 1952 with credits for producer Nat Holt and writer Frank Gruber. Distribution page present with receipt removed rubber stamped as copy No. 84. Title page integral with the distribution page dated May 21 1952 noted as FINAL WHITE with credits for writer Frank Gruber. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fin wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1977143667N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With 19 pages of budget estimates laid in. <br/><br/>A man returns to his small southern home town and finds that he is the heir to a Voodoo artifact and the ancient spirit that possesses it. Had the script been picked up by a studio it would have been J.S. Cardone's first screenwriting credit. <br/><br/>Black titled leatherette wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Lincoln Kilpatrick and J.S. Cardone and story writers Lincoln Kilpatrick and Bill Nolan. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1947144819Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of director Charles Vidor and stars Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas speaking to Orson Welles on the set of the 1947 film. Welles was directing the classic Columbia Pictures film "The Lady from Shanghai" at the same time. Mimeo snipe and agency stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Janet Ames Rosalind Russell seeks out five soldiers who her husband sacrificed his life for during World War II. After suffering a serious injury she meets Smithfield "Smitty" Cobb Melvyn Douglas who helps her find the men her husband saved though he does not tell her he is one of them. He tries to help her reconcile her pain and guilt while he treats his own pain from the war with heavy drinking. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1956143359Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of a contemplative Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Warner Bros. Netherlands on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the real life story of Manny Balestrero accused of a series of robberies he didn't commit as detailed in the nonfiction book "The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero" by Maxwell Anderson who co-wrote the screenplay and the "Life" magazine article "A Case of Identity" by Herbert Brean. Hitchcock's final film for Warner Brothers and an influence on both Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese. <br/><br/>7.25 x 9.25. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1953137671Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Shooting script for the 1953 film musical. Based on the original story "Why Should I Cry" by I.A.R. Wylie first seen in the 1949 Saturday Evening Post. <br/><br/>Joan Crawford's first Technicolor feature. Ruthless and demanding Broadway musical star Jenny Stewart Joan Crawford meets her match in a blind rehearsal pianist Tye Graham Michael Wilding who unbeknownst to Jenny has held a soft spot for the tyrannical star since his days as a novice Broadway reporter. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as VAULT COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 173 dated 04/13/53 with credits for director Charles Walters and screenwriter John Michael Hayes. Title page integral with first page of text dated 04/13/53. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 85. Mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 04/13/53 and 04/28/53. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 338. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950226895China 1950. hardcover. very good. 10 hand colored illustrations on silk tipped onto silk borders; text in Chinese and English. Thin 8vo bound accordian style in silk boards vertical paper title label in Chinese. Np. China nd. ca. 1950.<br/><br/> unknown books
1937130740Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film. Copy belonging to Van Heflin with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A romantic drama set to the back drop of the Annapolis Naval Academy. Bill Martin a young midshipman must chose between his love for Julia and his commitment to the navy in this 1937 film. <br/><br/>Mint green titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Revised Final script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 dated May 18 1937 with credits for writers Cabanne and Twist. Distribution page present with receipt removed. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1944145835Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage photograph from the 1944 film.<br/><br/>Universal Pictures' follow up to "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" ups the ante on its predecessor with the addition of Dracula John Carradine a mad scientist Boris Karloff and a hunchback J. Carroll Naish. Glenn Strange takes up the role of the creature the fourth actor to play the part with Lon Chaney Jr. reprising his role as the Wolf Man making it the first multi-monster movie from Universal.<br/><br/>Set in Switzerland. <br/><br/>7.75 x 10 inches. Very Good Plus with a slight crease on bottom right and some light creasing throughout. <br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1941148712Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 574 and copy No. 7 studio "Received" dated Dec 9 1941 and "Permanent Legal Records" all rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. One annotation in holograph pencil of three names on the verso of page 156.<br/><br/>Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in West Point NY. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 574 dated DECEMBER 9 1941. Title page present dated December 9 1941 noted as Shooting Final. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 1. Memeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/9/42 and 3/5/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with faint dampstain on front wrapper fading text bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966132301Poland: N.p. 1966. Original Polish A1 poster circa 1966 for the 1959 US film. <br/><br/>Kirk Douglas and Earl Holliman reunite in this film after Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 again under the direction of John Sturges. The story brings together elements of "High Noon" "3:10 to Yuma" and Sturges' "Bad Day at Black Rock." Remade in 1985 as the Indian film "Bhawani Junction."<br/><br/>Shot by Charles Lang on location in Old Tucson Arizona and set in the fictitious neighboring towns of Pauley and Gun Hill. <br/><br/>Artwork by Jerzy Flisak. <br/><br/>22.5 x 32 inches rolled. A few minor professional repairs on archival linen. Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 2240. N.p. unknown books
1940148708Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final Draft script for the 1941 film here under the working title "Corncob Kelly's Benefit." Production No. 301 and copy No. 105 rubber stamped on front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in holograph pencil of two names on verso of page 119. Eight blue revision pages follow final page of script.<br/><br/>Young "Corn Cob" Kelly Marvin Stephens a natural with horses is taught to be a jockey by trainer Duke Martin Eugene Pallette but runs into trouble when he gets word racehorse owner Dan Thomas Richard Lane is conspiring with gangsters to fix the race.<br/><br/>Set in Thousand Oaks California. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 105 and production No. 301 dated SEPT. 6 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated September 6 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters William Conselman Jr and Irving Cummings Jr. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages following last page dated 10/17/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978148026New York: Sheldon R. Lubliner/F. Wendell Minnick 1978. Draft script for the 1978 musical which was to premiere at the Palace but closed during its out-of-town tryout and played The National Theatre in Washington DC from January 1 1978 to February 4 1978. Copy number "#34" written in holograph marker on top corner of title page.<br/><br/>The story of fictional song-and-dance man Jack Beaumont who becomes a Hollywood superstar during the golden age of movie musicals.<br/><br/>Yellow Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Richard Seff book Jerry Bresler music Lyn Duddy lyrics David Black director and Leonard Starr story. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-4-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with bruise near spine bound with two gold screw brads. Sheldon R. Lubliner/F. Wendell Minnick unknown books
1944140148Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film musical. Based on the 1940 French comedy "L'homme qui cherche la verite" written by Poerre Wolff. With three pages of shooting schedule laid in and holograph pencil annotations to the verso of the rear wrapper. <br/><br/>America's wealthiest bachelor Eddie Bracken joins the Navy to escape his gold-digging suitors only to be wooed by another Veronica Lake. a cigarette girl at a club already engaged to his best friend Sonny Tufts. Luckily another girl appears at the same club a singer Marjorie Reynolds and the quartet of main characters sort things out via a series of comedic if predictable falterings. Veronica Lake's first proper musical and her return to the screen after a several-month absence in which she lost a child and got divorced. <br/><br/>Set largely in Miami. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as production No. 1384 dated January 4 1944 with credits for screenwriters Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered E-53. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1-10-44 and 3-18-44. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn 254. Paramount Pictures unknown books
189288902 vols. London: Richard Bentley & Son 1892. 2 vols. 8vo Vol. I: xxi 308pp; Vol. II: 284pp. 2 frontispieces with tissue guards and 21 illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt edges and lettering to spine. Moderate foxing to title pages and throughout. Pages untrimmed. Very good. § First edition. John Linnell was an English Romantic painter 1792-1882. Linnell was one of the best friends and patrons of William Blake. Bentley Blake Books 2769. Richard Bentley & Son hardcover books
1944128914Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>The sixth and final Inner Sanctum installment featuring spiritualists a haunted house and a murder by suffocation in what was seemingly a last gasp from the studio's film series. Sadly the film's failure superseded its potential even with all the right elements of a chilling melodrama. <br/><br/>ChaneyJr. plays attorney Wayne Fletcher who is engaged in an affair with his secretary Donna Joyce who is tied to a rich family. He arrives home after a late night at the office to discover his wife has been murdered a death by asphyxiation with Wayne as the suspect. With the help psychic Julian Julian Bromberg the police investigate the murder. The psychic's motives are questionable but he says he can contact Wayne's dead wife. At a seance to reach Vivian's spirit the reluctant Wayne hears what he thinks is her voice but discovers Julian Julian in the shadows and accuses him of conspiracy. After several sleepless nights haunted by the voice of his lost wife Wayne finally "gives in" to her spirit and attempts to kill Donna with a pillow but is overpowered by police and leaps from a window to his death per his wife's instructions. <br/><br/>Gray card titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7285 dated February 19 1945 with credits for screenwriter Bricker and story writer Babcock. 106 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good lacking rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968140420Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage borderless still photograph from the set of the 1968 film. Featuring Mia Farrow on a horse during filming with Jo Losey and Liz Taylor in the background. <br/><br/>A dark psychologically twisted film in which Liz Taylor plays a boozy prostitute who stubles upon a family drama between young wealthy Mia Farrow coming off her success in "Rosemary's Baby" and her stepfather played by Robert Mitchum. Taylor plays a matronly role in Farrow's life though she is unable to tell which of the family members is lying about the other until Farrow kills herself to escape her stepfather's sexual predation and Taylor exacts a bloody revenge. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine condition. <br/><br/>Newman 35. Universal Pictures unknown books
1747231201Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Isaac Thompson and Company 1747. First edition. 4 iv 768 8 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary paneled calf. Boards detached spine label chipped internally Fine. Bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. First edition. 4 iv 768 8 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Sabin 92324 Printed by Isaac Thompson and Company unknown books
1985145807Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1985. Collection of 22 vintage still photographs from the 1985 film. <br/><br/>An early mockumentary following a documentary filmmaker's attempt to find out identity of a mysterious masked wrestler. A cult classic of the wrestling film genre starring many stars of the wrestling world from its time including Magic Schwarz Stephen Cepello Dick Murdoch Wally George John Tolos Adrian Street.and let's not forget Miss Linda. Produced by Roger Corman's New World Pictures a typically low budget but entertaining and highly unusual affair. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. New World Pictures unknown books
1972149818N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Monica Vitti from the 1972 Italian film. <br/><br/>Based on an unpublished short story by Alberto Moravia. The title translates to "Orders are Orders."<br/><br/>Italian housewife Girogia Vitti after accidentally participating in a women's rights meeting begins hearing a voice commanding her to do things against her will firstly going to the seaside and making love with a lifeguard. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome and Veneto Italy. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. <br/><br/>An expertly shot low-budget space exploration film about a cozy spaceship carrying scientists engineers and researchers from all over the world with the moon as their destination. Captain John Anderson Clark juggles a crew with a variety of nationalities dealing in particular with conflicts between the German and Israeli crew members over Holocaust issues. Once on the moon the crew discovers an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. <br/><br/>Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1967131318Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>Private detective John Rogue Smith is willing to do anything to help his finances. A psychiatrist Morgan hires him to follow a wealthy woman Baldwin on the verge of suicide. A mystery in the vein of Philip Marlowe stories. With late performances by Jackie Coogan and Brian Donlevy. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 5 dated May 29 1967 with credits for screenwriter Fisher and story writer Lyles. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-22-67 and 9-1-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1937150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary.<br/><br/>During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1946143449Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage photograph showing director Robert Siodmak meeting star Ava Gardner and her then-husband band leader Artie Shaw on the set of the 1946 film. With a fold-over mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>A breakthrough role for Gardner as well as the screen debut of Burt Lancaster the film follows Hemingway's story closely for the first 20 minutes then explores both what led to the killing and its aftermath. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and shallow diagonal creasing to the corners. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Arrow Academy 1024. Criterion Collection 176. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1925137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. <br/><br/>A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown books
