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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
1945147118Los Angeles: Loma Vista Vilma 1945. Final Draft script for the 1946 film. <br/><br/>An escaped Nazi war criminal in hiding seeks to reclaim the stolen valuables he has stashed in a Casablanca hotel and has steadily murdered the hotel's managers to maintain control of the property. The newest manager however is Groucho Marx as Ronald Kornblow a blissfully unaware womanizer who continually escapes the Nazi's grasp with the help of his self-appointed bodyguards Harpo and Chico Marx. The fourteenth Marx Brothers film and the seventh Marx Brothers film after the departure of Zeppo Marx.<br/><br/>Set in Casablanca Morocco. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 93 dated July 23 1945. Title page present dated July 23 1945 noted as FINAL. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Mimeographed rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/15/45 and 10-24-45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Loma Vista Vilma unknown books
1935161360N.p.: N.p. 1935. Final script for the 1935 film seen here under the working title "Romance in a Glass House." Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board.<br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> A famed stage diva wants her untalented lover as her leading man. To prevent this from occurring the producers select a handsome novice from the streets and declare him the new contracted lead in their production. <br /> <br /> Bound in full red leather with gilt titles on the spine and front board. Distribution page present stamped copy No. 4 noted as FINAL with receipt removed. Title page present dated 6/25/35 with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald Julius J. Epstein and Robert Hardy Andrews. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine binding about Fine. N.p. unknown
1931133482Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Proposed Treatment script for the 1935 film. In a later white leatherette binding with Jean Harlow's name and the date of the treatment Dec. 15 1931 in gilt on the front board and the spine. Original front wrapper bound in. Based on the 1931 novel by Crosbie here spelled Crosby Garstin with Garstin and screenwriters John Colton and John Lynch credited on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Likely the earliest draft for the story idea that led to the 1935 film preceding production by nearly 4 years. When earthy Dolly Portland Harlow is rejected by Captain Gaskell Clark Gable in favor of a socialite she aids Jamesy McCardle Wallace Beery in league with Malay pirates in his plot to seize Gaskell's ship. In other words hell hath no fury. <br/><br/>White leatherette binding with gilt titles to the front board and spine. blue studio wrapper with the MGM white title label noted as Proposed Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 0818 and production No. 2026 dated Dec. 15 1931 with credits for novelist Garstin and screenwriters Colton and Lynch. Title page integral with first page of text. 86 leaves mimeograph duplication Pages and wrapper Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973146375Paris: Les Films la Boetie 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film noir. SIGNED by director Claude Chabrol on the title page. Text in French. <br/><br/>A torrid bourgeois crime drama set in a small French village where desire and death convene as tension escalates behind closed doors. When the town's boorish Gaullist mayor discovers his wife and his deputy are having an affair he seizes the opportunity to blackmail the deputy in order to pull off a real estate scam. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Indre France. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as Scénario original on the front wrapper with credits for director Claude CHABROL. Title page present noted as Scénario original with credits for director Claude CHABROL. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with light soil throughout wrapper Very Good plus with black comb binding.<br/><br/>Grant France. Spicer France. Les Films la Boetie unknown books
1959161285N.p.: N.p. 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 20 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1913 novel by D.H. Lawrence about a young man caught between his domineering mother his repressed former girlfriend and an independent but married coworker. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Set in an English coal-mining town in the early twentieth century and shot on location in Nottinghamshire. <br /> <br /> Bound in blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated December 8th 1959 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriters T.E.B. Clarke and Gavin Lambert and author D.H. Lawrence. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with revision pages on eye-rest green and blue stock throughout dated variously between December 23 1959 and April 18 1960. Pages Near Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1933161418N.p.: N.p. 1933. Final script for the 1934 pre-Code film musical seen here under the working title "Hot Air" but with the final title "Twenty Million Sweethearts" embossed on the front board of the binding. <br /> <br /> Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board and his annotations in manuscript ink on the distribution page noting the names of actors in the film. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> A pre-Code comedy following a singing waiter on his rise to fame as a radio star aided by his wife whose own career in radio is flagging and a dishonest agent. Ginger Rogers' performance as the waiter's wife was widely praised and subsequently proved to be her breakthrough role.<br /> <br /> Bound in full red leather with gilt titles on the spine and front board. Distribution page present dated 12/20/33 noted as FINAL and stamped copy No. 84 with receipt intact. Title page integral with the distribution page. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 1/15/34. Pages Near Fine binding about Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Hirschhorn "The Hollywood Musical. N.p. unknown
170985Universal City: Universal Studios 1973. Revised Final script for the 1973 film seen here under the working title "Last of the Independents." Copy belonging to uncredited cameraman Deke Smith with his name in manuscript ink at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Considered by many to be Walter Matthau's finest hour and certainly a high spot among many high spots for director Don Siegel. Based on the 1968 novel "The Looters" by John H. Reese. A man robs a small-town bank with his friends and the crew soon discover they have inadvertently stolen thousands of dollars from the mob. <br /> <br /> Shot on location throughout Nevada in Carson City Reno Genoa Gardnerville Dayton Minden and Mottsville. <br /> <br /> Yellow Universal Studios wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated August 2 1972. Title page present un`1dated noted as Revised Final Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Dean Riesner. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Multilith duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a couple of stains from use bound with three gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1927132439Munich: Universum Film UFA 1927. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the original German release of the 1927 film. With the UFA logo at the bottom right corner. <br/><br/>Director Lang's expressionist masterpiece based on the novel and written for the screen by then-wife von Harbou one of the most enduring and influential films of the silent era. Still photographs from the original UFA release are rare. <br/><br/>9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Universum Film [UFA] unknown books
1969159025Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film including three single weight and one double weight. All four show director Gordon Parks on the set. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. <br /> <br /> Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Kansas. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1946143611Los Angeles: Beacon Productions 1946. Final Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy likely belonging to an uncredited costume designer with annotations in manuscript pencil throughout.<br /> <br /> Groucho Marx's first solo film appearance and his first with a real mustache as opposed to one made with grease paint. Marx plays an incompetent theatrical agent whose only client is Carmen Miranda in her first film after leaving Twentieth Century-Fox and who he tries to pass off as two different performers. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City and shot there on location. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated October 28 1946. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Mimeograph on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good bound with two silver brads. Beacon Productions unknown
1964167482N.p.: N.p. 1964. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 28 of the 1964-1970 variety television show. Specially bound copy belonging to Groucho Marx with his name in gilt on the front board and his annotations in manuscript pencil on several leaves. <br /> <br /> A musical variety show hosted by a changing roster of guest hosts. This episode hosted by Marx featured Gordon MacRae Shecky Greene Margaret Dumont Sheila MacRae and others and aired on ABC on April 17 1965. <br /> <br /> Bound in a blue leather spring binder. Title page present with taping date noted as March 7 1964 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director Grey Lockwood and screenwriters Joe Bigelow and Jay Burton. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 32-2. Mimeograph and spirit duplication on white and yellow stock rectos only with four undated pink revision pages. Pages Near Fine lightly toned on the edges binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1938140293Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Based on the short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana Burnet and published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on September 14 1918. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with holograph pencil annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Jimmy Stewart plays an idealistic soldier who convinces a Broadway star Margaret Sullavan to pretend they're dating in order to impress his other soldier friends. Meanwhile Sullivan's manager Walter Pidgeon has always been in love with her and objects to the pair's closeness even as they decide to get married before Stewart is shipped out to France. Stewart and Sullivan pull off surprisingly believable roles for a plot of such sickly sweetness in this their second on-screen pairing. <br/><br/>The third film based on Burnet's "Saturday Evening Post" story the first two being the 1919 George Melford silent film "Pettigrew's Girl" and Richard Wallace's part-talkie "The Shopworn Angel" 1928 starring Gary Cooper. Set in New York. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2268 and production No. 25077 dated 3/16/38 with credits for producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Waldo Salt. Distribution receipt laid into the script. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950156260Beverly Hills CA: Columbia Pictures / Santana Pictures 1950. Final Draft script for the 1951 film noir. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil noting various lines and scenes throughout. <br /> <br /> Based on Joseph Kessel's 1936 novel "Coup de Grace." A cold-blooded American expatriate is drawn into the criminal underworld in Syria and begins smuggling guns into the country for the Syrian rebels during the 1925 insurgency against the French. <br /> <br /> Set in Syria shot on location in Yuma Arizona. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 991 dated Oct. 30 1950. Title page present dated October 27 1950 with credits for screenwriters Albert Bezzerides and Hans Jacoby. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock with a single yellow revision page dated November 6 1950. Pages and wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the top edges of the front wrapper and affecting the first few leaves bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures / Santana Pictures unknown
1965143249Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1965. Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 film. The set is housed in its original titled brown paper envelope from the film's distributor Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC. <br/><br/>Based on the 1962 novel "Obession" by Lionel White about a unhappily married man who goes on a traveling crime spree with an ex-girlfriend who herself is being pursued by right wing paramilitary hit men. <br/><br/>9.5 x 12 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 421. Godard Histoires de cinema. Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown books
1938151968Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Jean Gabin and Julien Carette.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1890 social realist novel by Emile Zola. Director Jean Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Jean Gabin. Remade in the US by Fritz Lang in 1954 as "Human Desire."<br /> <br /> 15.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with creasing to far bottom corners with a small bruise on right side small crease to top right and a very small closed tear in top margin.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 324. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Paris Film unknown
1938151968Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph of Jean Gabin and Julien Carette from the 1938 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1890 social realist novel by Emile Zola Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Jean Gabin. Remade in the US by Fritz Lang in 1954 as "Human Desire."<br/><br/>15.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with creasing to far bottom corners with a small bruise on right side small crease to top right and a very small closed tear in top margin.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 324. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Paris Film unknown books
1972149353Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Final Draft script for the 1973 film dated August 16 1972. With name of uncredited cast or crew member "B. Morgan" in holograph pencil on the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Two drifters set out on a journey east from California towards Pittsburgh hoping to start a business together when they arrive. A key film from the New Hollywood era and one of the best proletarian-minded works of the 1970s winner of the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>Set on a journey across the United States shot on location in Denver and Canon City Colorado Detroit and Hamtramck Michigan and Reno Nevada. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 107 dated August 16 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Garry Michael White. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication eye rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
167971N.p.: N.p. 1994. Early Draft script for the 1995 film dated 2/21/94 nearly eight months before the beginning of the production. Manuscript post-it note in an unknown hand affixed to the front wrapper apparently from a script reader detailing themes and concepts gleaned from a first review of the script. <br /> <br /> In the late 19th century a mild-mannered accountant goes on the run after killing a man later befriending a Native American who believes he is the reincarnation of poet William Blake. Jim Jarmusch's sixth film a dreamlike black-and-white Western described by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as an "acid Western." Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona Nevada Oregon Washington and California. <br /> <br /> Clear plastic front wrapper with a black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 2/21/94 noted as copy No. 19 in manuscript ink with a credit for Jarmusch. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus moderately foxed on the first and last leaves and page edges wrapper Very Good bound internally with three silver brads. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 919. Pitts 992. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1974142992Beverly Hills CA: Faces 1974. Original one-sheet poster for the 1974 film. One of four variants issued by Cassavetes' production company Faces Inc. this variant picturing John Cassavetes Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands as part of its design. <br/><br/>Along with "Faces" 1968 considered to be one of the groundbreaking director's most important and uncomfortable films a painfully intimate study of a couple-and a family-in deep emotional crisis. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Faces unknown books
1960139609Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Original conceptual artwork the 1960 film. Featuring a drawing of Burt Lancaster with Audrey Hepburn clasped against him. Based on the 1957 novel by Alan Le May. <br/><br/>In many ways a reflection on John Ford's 1956 film "The Searchers" which was also based on an Alan Le May novel "The Unforgiven" tells the story of a woman taken from her Native American tribe and raised by a white family. She struggles with her allegiance towards her adoptive family and her feelings towards another white man and a bloody battle ensues between the two communities. An uncommon film for its time it highlights the racism Native Americans had to endure from settlers of the Old West. <br/><br/>A difficult shoot which included a severe back injury sustained by Audrey Hepburn when she fell off a horse director John Huston was unhappy with his producer's insistence on releasing a more commercially friendly film. While<br/>Hepburn and Huston would both eventually distance themselves from the film "The Unforgiven" remains a bold powerfully raw take on the Western with arguably some of the best performances of many of the actors involved. <br/><br/>20 x 25.5 inches. Graphite and charcoal on illustration board. Very Good with some tape at the top and bottom edges the bottom two corners bumped and light toning to the extremities. <br/><br/>Hardy The Western p. 277. Hitt p. 329. Pitts 4662. United Artists unknown books
1957161410N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs except for two cast photographs with text in margin struck at the production company Twentieth Century Fox and title "Down Payment" with correction stamps of "Jerry Wald" and "No Down Payment" adjacent.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1957 novel by John McPartland. An examination of the intertwined lives of four married couples in a newly constructed suburban Los Angeles community and the issues they harbor such as alcoholism marital infidelity racism and religion. Script written by uncredited and blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow and fronted by Philip Yordan.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather finding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/57 and 6/17/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near FIne.<br /> <br /> Selby US. Spicer US. Jerry Wald Productions unknown
1935170478N.p.: N.p. 1935. Collection of 24 vintage reference photographs from the 1935 film. Includes twelve double weight and four matte-finish the remainder being single-weight and glossy. Nine with printed mimeo snipes on the verso and all with provenance labels and stamps to same. <br /> <br /> Of particular note is an image of actors Marian Marsh and Edward Arnold on the set as well as multiple striking images of Peter Lorre in close-up. <br /> <br /> One of Josef von Sternberg's most distinctive films and his first with Columbia Pictures based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic 1866 novel starring Lorre as anguished murderer Raskolnikov. <br /> <br /> 23 photographs 8 x 10 inches one 11 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1934150486N.p.: N.p. 1934. Vintage matte-finish portrait photograph of actress Josephine Baker from the 1934 film INSCRIBED by Baker: "To Miss Contin-Souza / With best wishes from / Josephine Baker." With the stamp of Baker and her then-lover Giuseppe Pepito "Joseph" Abatino on the verso. <br/><br/>A young orphaned laundress seeks employment as a nightclub dancer in order to raise money for her childhood friend who has been wrongly accused of murder. Baker's fourth film appearance.<br/><br/>Baker moved to France in 1925 where she quickly gained success as an erotic dancer and actress starring in several films throughout the 1930s including "Zouzou" 1935 and "Princesse Tam-Tam" 1935. When France entered into World War II in 1939 Baker was recruited by the Deuxieme Bureau a branch of French military intelligence and became an "honorable correspondent." The actress gathered information about German troop locations housed members of the Free French effort and helped them access visas and carried secret Allied transmissions throughout Europe while ostensibly touring as an entertainer. Baker was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Rosette de la Resistance for her bravery and in 1945 was named a Chevalier de Legion d'honneur the highest order of merit for military and civil action.<br/><br/>Set in Paris. <br/><br/>8.5 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and curling to the corners. N.p. unknown books
143238Tokyo/Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1970. Final script for the 1970 Japanese film seen here under the alternate title "Zatochi: The Killer's Song." Single folded leaf with a xerographically duplicated character list laid in with single manuscript ink notation. Text in Japanese. <br /> <br /> The longest-running action series in Japanese history and one of the screen's great heroes the character of Zatoichi a blind masseur and swordmaster was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa first appearing on film in 1962. A total of 26 films were made from 1962 to 1989. "Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival" is the 21st film of the series where Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband. <br /> <br /> Set in the Japanese Edo period. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered c-50. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on papers edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 679. Daiei Studios unknown
