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1945142818Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. <br/><br/>The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams and the fifth of six films focusing on Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie after Dr. Kildare actor Lew Ayres was fired by MGM for declaring himself a conscientious objector when drafted during World War II. <br/><br/>About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1959140346Italy / France: Riama Film 1959. Collection of 12 vintage single weight still photographs from the 1959 Italian-French film. Seen in the images is starring actress Magnani Masina singer Perry Como director Castellani and two images of Magnani and adoring fan author Tennessee Williams. Notations on the verso of nearly all photos in holograph ink and as many rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographers A. di Giovanni Licio D'Aloisio and the Italy's News Photos agency in Rome. Housed in a vintage French Kodak brand photo paper box. <br/><br/>Overlooked Italian exploitation of the popular women's prison theme based on Isa Mari's 1960 novel "Roma Via della Mantellate" or "Cage of Passio" with the usual elements including domineering and submissive female characters. Masina plays the role of a victimized woman turned criminal. <br/><br/>All photos approximately 7 x 9.25 inches a few slightly larger. Very Good plus overall photos with moderate curling and photo box Very Good. Riama Film unknown books
1947151241Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film showing a camera crew filming a scene between actors Betty Linley and Ralph Richardson while director William Wyler looks on to the left. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play which was in turn based on Henry James' 1880 novel "Washington Square." A shy young woman falls in love with a poor but handsome man to the displeasure of her father who believes the man only wants her for her inheritance. <br/><br/>Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning four including Best Actress for Olivia de Havilland.<br/><br/>Set in 1850s New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 974. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1949151426Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film showing director William Wyler on a camera crane capturing a nighttime party scene on a terrace.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play which was in turn based on Henry James' 1880 novel "Washington Square." A shy young woman falls in love with a poor but handsome man to the displeasure of her father who believes the man only wants her for her inheritance. <br/><br/>Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning four including Best Actress for Olivia de Havilland.<br/><br/>Set in 1850s New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 974. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1937149222N.p.: N.p. 1937. Treatment script here called a "Suggested Screen Treatment" for the 1939 film by British playwright and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. Annotation in holograph pencil on upper left of front wrapper partially lost because of chipping. <br/><br/>Shairp during his brief three year run as a screenwriter worked previously with producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1935 on "The Dark Angel" directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Fredric March and Merle Oberon.<br/><br/>Based on the 1847 novel by Emily Bronte.<br/><br/>While "Wuthering Heights" proved to be a difficult production following a difficult casting Goldwyn insisted for years that it was the best film he ever created-and it is certainly one of his finest. After a prolonged dispute with director William Wyler about the film's grim tone Goldwyn went over Wyler's head to shoot a final scene suggesting that Heathcliffe Laurence Olivier and Cathy Merle Oberon were together in the afterlife strongly departing from the source work and creating a rift between Goldwyn and Wyler that would never heal even as the film went on to be both critically and publicly lauded. <br/><br/>Olivier would later attribute much of his film acting technique to Wyler who was known for forcing actors to repeat scenes ad nauseum in this instance forcing Olivier to tone down sequences of overacting that were better suited for the stage. <br/><br/>Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as Suggested Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for author Emily Bronte and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. Title page integral with first page with credits for author Emily Bronte and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Fair with the very dry and brittle front wrapper separated closed tears and chipping at extremities of front and rear wrapper. bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1936139841Los 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."<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
1967150122Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer and director of musical numbers Herbert Ross with a line of 15 girls in bikinis from the casting of the 1968 film. Ross had previously worked with Streisand in her Broadway debut in "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" 1962. 1967 "Columbia Pictures Corp." stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1964 musical with music by Julie Stein lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart which was based on Lennart's 1964 biography detailing the life of Broadway star Fanny Brice and her tumultuous relationship with playboy Nick Arnstein. Lennart also adapted the work for the screen. <br/><br/>The film debut of Barbra Streisand reprising her Tony nominated Broadway role. <br/><br/>Streisand would go on to win an Academy Award for Best Actress and the film would be nominated for seven others including Best Supporting Actress for Kay Medford and Best Picture. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location in California New York and New Jersey. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1953147833Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1953. Vintage studio still photograph of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn from the 1953 film. <br/><br/>Arguably director William Wyler's finest and most deftly directed film simultaneously melancholy funny philosophical and heart-warming. Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Best Actress nominated for seven others including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1999.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Rome. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959149374Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Charlton Heston and his son in a chariot on the set of the 1959 film. With the stamps of Time Press and Dalmas press agency on the verso along with a numbered stamp reading 008818.<br/><br/>Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy and California.<br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974129834Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1974. First Draft script for the 1975 television episode. <br/><br/>A plump ex Los Angeles detective with a taste for expensive cars and fine dining is the star of this 1970s television series. After losing his wife and child to a car accident detective Frank Cannon William Conrad decides to leave the force and become a private investigator. "Cannon" is the quintessential 70s detective show a wonderful reflection of the genera. <br/><br/>Cream titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated May 21 1974. Title page present dated May 21 1975 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Wilbur. 68 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Holograph ink annotations to the front wrapper. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1928136596Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / Famous Lasky Corporation 1928. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1928 film. Based on Jim Tully's 1924 book "Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography."<br/><br/>The story of a girl Louise Brooks known only as "The Girl" who kills her treacherous stepfather disguises herself as a boy joins up with a vagabond Richard Arlen as "The Boy" and attempts to escape the country into Canada. <br/><br/>The first Paramount film to have a small amount of spoken dialogue added in post-recording to the music and effects track. Much of it was filmed on location including footage of an actual train derailment. Louise Brooks performed her own stunt in a scene where she jumps onto a moving train. <br/><br/>Brooks' appearance in the film as a boy began a trend in popular film beauties playing androgynous roles culminating 13 years later when Veronica Lake played another boyish vagabond character simply called "The Girl" in Sullivan's Travels. Preston Sturges was likely inspired by the William Wellman scenario. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures / Famous Lasky Corporation unknown books
1962132390London: Rank Organisation 1962. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1962 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on the Geoffre Cotterell novel about a sophisticated partner in a brokerage firm trying to smuggle censored goods into London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall else Near Fine. Rank Organisation unknown books
1967144865Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless photograph from director Franco Zeffirelli on the set of the 1967 film. With holograph annotations and the photographer Paul Ronald's rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction. <br/><br/>8 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1926140498Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Draft script for the 1927 Silent film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1913 yellow peril play by Henry Maurice Vernon and Harold Owen and previously adapted for the screen in 1919 directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang. Lon Chaney in full yellowface murders his daughter after discovering she loves the son of a British diplomat then seeks revenge on son and his the entire family. <br/><br/>Anna May Wong who has a small role in the film was originally considered for the role of the daughter but censorship of mixed race relationships on the screen caused the role going to a white actress a sadly all-too-familiar story in her career. Wong would leave Hollywood for Europe the following year after once again being denied the lead role in a film because of her race this time in "The Crimson City."<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 543 and production No. 1589 dated Nov. 13 1926 with credits for story writer Louise Jordan Miln and screenwriter Lorna Moon. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated October 20 1926 with credits for screenwriter Moon and story writer Miln. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Ditto style mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1929140500Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. Holograph pencil annotations throughout by an unknown editor with an unsigned typescript note of revisions to producer Hunt Stromberg bound in at the front of the script. <br/><br/>Lon Chaney's penultimate film appearance and his last silent film as he would develop walking pneumonia during the film's production which when combined with his throat cancer lead to his death two months later after the release of his final film "The Unholy Three 1930." Now considered a lost film as only one reel is known to have survived. <br/><br/>Chaney plays a railroad engineer who is obsessed with running his train on time to the degree that he causes several tragedies and is ostracized from his family. <br/><br/>Set in Illinois shot on location in Wisconsin. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12318 and production No. 1713 dated Feb. 5 1929 with credits for screenwriters Byron Morgan and Ann Price. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated Feb. 5 1929 with credits for screenwriters Morgan and Price. 236 leaves with last page of text numbered 233. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966149378N.p.: Delpire 1966. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. Both with the stamp of Tele-Magazine on the verso. <br/><br/>An anarchic satire of the fashion industry directed by a true insider Vogue magazine's longtime fashion photographer William Klein. Dorothy McGowan in her first and only film appearance stars as young model Polly Maggoo who becomes the subject of a television documentary news episode over the course of Paris Fashion Week.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris.<br/><br/>One photograph 10 x 8 inches two photographs 10 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Delpire unknown books
1968135608N.p.: William Klein 1968. Vintage photograph shot by director-photographer William Klein during the making of his landmark documentary. With Klein's stamp on the back noting his address in Paris. <br/><br/>In making his cinema verite documentary about the occupation of the Sorbonne begun during the May 1968 protests in Paris Klein received unprecedented access to student leaders activists various committee meetings and the general assembly. Filmed during late May and early June of 1968 the film is less a picture of the birth of a radical movement than it is a catalog of the everyday struggles both practical and intellectual of maintaining focus on moving forward from and ultimate dissipation of that foundational revolutionary spirit. <br/><br/>7 x 9.75 inches. In an archival mat. Near Fine. William Klein unknown books
1966135616Paris: Club des Producteteurs 1966. Eight vintage oversize press photographs from the set of the 1965 film shot for the French magazine Cinema 66 and with their stamp and stamped reference number on the verso of each. All the shots are striking and quite candid several showing director William Klein working with actors Dorothy MacGowan and Sami Frey or setting up shots and others capturing the delirious and beautiful Ms. McGowan. <br/><br/>"After nearly a decade as American Vogue's most subversive fashion photographer William Klein made this wild pseudoverite incursion into the world of Parisian haute couture. Elegant scathing humor ties together the various strands of this alternately glamorous and grotesque portrait of American in Paris Polly Maggoo Dorothy MacGowan an Alice in Wonderland supermodel who becomes the pinup plaything of media hounds and the fragmented fantasy of haunted Prince Igor Sami Frey. Klein's first fiction film is a daring deflation of cultural pretensions and institutions dressed up in brilliant black and white." The Criterion Collection<br/><br/>All photos 15.75 x 10.75 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Eclipse 9. Club des Producteteurs unknown books
1967149499London: Contemporary Films 1967. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1967 French anthology film. With printed mimeo snipes in English affixed to the verso. Also included with the set is a two-page mimeographically duplicated press pamphlet in English.<br/><br/>An anti-war anthology documentary film by seven prominent French directors expressing support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.<br/><br/>Shot in New York City.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better. Contemporary Films unknown books
1975147558N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 play which premiered on October 26 at the ANTA Playhouse. With a single holograph ink annotation to the title page.<br/><br/>Playwright William Inge's rewrite of his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1953 play "Picnic" about an attractive young drifter whose arrival into a small town inadvertently causes upheaval among its residents. Although "Summer Brave" was published in 1962 the original manuscript was written before "Picnic"-in effect making the latter play the revision instead of the other way around. <br/><br/>Set in Independence Kansas.<br/><br/>Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for playwright William Inge. Title page present with credits for playwright William Inge. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977140265Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. <br/><br/>A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers from the dawning era of computer technology. <br/><br/>Set near Minneapolis shot on location in Houston Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 17 1977 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern novelist Harold King executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Newman 104. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1967150123N.p.: N.p. 1967. Collection of four vintage borderless photographs from the 1967 film. All with "Les Films Armon BON" stamps two with "L.F. Films" stamps stuck with holograph marker two with "5 / 20" one with "4 / 20" and one with "15 / 20" stamps all on verso.<br/><br/>Stock car driver Rod Tillman Steve Alaimo goes undercover as a getaway driver for the California biker gang Satan's Angels. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida. <br/><br/>8.5 x 6.75 inches 8.5 x 6.5 inches 8.75 x 6.25 inches and 8.25 x 7 inches. Very Good with light creasing and a few tiny pinholes. N.p. unknown books
1958150046N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage double weight narrow margin matte finish promotional press photograph of Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft from the 1958 play by photographer Howell Conant. Three "Two for the Seesaw" and one "Photo by Howell Conant" stamps on verso. <br/><br/>"Two for the Seesaw" opened on January 16 1958 at the Booth Theatre for a highly successful run of 750 performances closing on October 31 1959. The play was an unexpected hit marking the debut of three exceptional talents playwright William Gibson actor Anne Bancroft and director Arthur Penn who was nominated for a Tony Award. The following year the three would go on to write star and direct respectively the 1959 Tony Award winning play "The Miracle Worker" as well as subsequently adapting it for the 1962 Academy Award Winning film.<br/><br/>Jerry Ryan Fonda leaves his wife and law career in Nebraska and moves to New York where he meets struggling dancer Gittel Mosca Bancroft beginning a precarious relationship. <br/><br/>In 1962 it was made into an Academy Award winning motion picture directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine. In 1973 it was adapted into a musical with a book by Michael Bennett music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very light creasing in two corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973149689Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Linda Blair in front of the National Theatre in Westwood California where crowds have lined up to see "The Exorcist." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972135017Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the 1972 film. An amazing image showing Max von Sydow looming above-and seemingly beyond-a very possessed young Linda Blair. <br/><br/>One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by Burstyn and Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction of "The Exorcist" was that it walked away with 2 Oscars including Best Screenplay for Blatty along with 8 nominations including Best Picture a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
