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1959145643Culver City CA: Associated Producers Inc 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. <br /> <br /> Sequel to Kurt Neumann's "The Fly" and taking place one year after the conclusion of that film. Phillipe Delambre Brett Halsey takes up his father's work of matter transmission and with his uncle Francois Vincent Price they accidentally produce a monstrous creature a man with the head of a fly. <br /> <br /> Title page integral to front wrapper with credits for screenwriter and director Edward Bernds. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mechanical duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between February 24 1959 and February 25 1959. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Associated Producers Inc unknown
1975158990Various American Cities: Various 1975. Collection of 18 vintage photographs of sexploitation actress Edy Williams circa 1965-1975. Collection includes ten bordered reference photographs three studio still photographs four borderless reference photographs and one bordered press photograph of Williams with Russ Meyer. Five photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos four with agency labels and several with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil pertaining to cropping. <br /> <br /> Williams is best remembered today for her appearances in Meyer's 1970 film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" and in the 1983 film "Chained Heat." Williams and Meyer were married from 1970 to 1975. <br /> <br /> Photographs range from 5 x 7 inches to 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. Various unknown
1960138766Rome: Riama Film 1960. Original borderless double weight photograph of the extraordinary set piece at night and in the rain shot by legendary photographer Pierluigi Praturlon from the 1960 film. Multiple stamps on the verso including Pierluigi's the film's title logo and the film's production company Cineriz. <br/><br/>Born in Rome Praturlon better known simply as Pierluigi embarked upon a career in photography in 1947. The young paparazzo got his first big story by snapping candid shots of Greta Garbo who was passing through Rome incognito. Armed with his newfound celebrity he became a habitue on Cinecitta film sets and many movie icons including Frank Sinatra and Sofia Loren made him their regular photographer. Pierluigi's name is often associated with Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" as he covered that shoot extensively. <br/><br/>9.5 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 733. Ebert I. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Riama Film unknown books
1959159829N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 French film both showing director François Truffaut on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the versos and one with a provenance stamp. <br /> <br /> Truffaut's auspicious debut a semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's estrangement from his family and school leading him into a life of petty crime and culminating in trouble with the law. Winner of Best Director at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Paris France. <br /> <br /> 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1975135604Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1975. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white press photographs from the set of the 1975 film. Three of the four photographs show Truffaut and his crew working on the set both in front of the camera and behind it and the fourth is a lovely shot of Truffaut in uniform next to Isabelle Adjani. Stamp of French press agency Les Artiests Associes on the verso of each print. <br /> <br /> Based on the diaries of the youngest daughter of author Victor Hugo about a woman whose romantic obsession with an indifferent military captain eventually leads to her despair and madness. Isabelle Adjani was nominated for an Academy award making her at age 20 the youngest Best Actress nominee of all time in 1975. <br /> <br /> Story set in Halifax Nova Scotia shot on location in Barbados Senegal and the Channel Islands. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown
1968128649Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Third Revised Screenplay for the 1970 film. An important early effort for screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola who would go on a few years later to direct some of the most important films of the 1970s . <br/><br/>An epic and irreverently stylized film biography focusing on General George S. Patton's career as a tank commander in North Africa during World War II and progressing through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Director along with three more nominations. <br/><br/>Pale green titled wrappers noted as THIRD REVISED SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated December 10 1968. Title page present dated December 10 1968 noted as Third Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Coppola and North. 158 leaves mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/19/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Phillips p. 31. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1986145597US: Gulfmine Ltd 1986. Sixth Draft script for the 1987 film. SIGNED by screenwriter and source novel author Frederick Forsyth on the title page with an additional typed note signed referencing the script from Forsyth on his letterhead included. With both holograph and copied annotations by him on every page with most of the holograph annotations being changes to dialogue.<br/><br/>Adapted by Forsyth from his 1984 novel about a British agent who must stop the Russians from blowing up an American base in the UK with a nuclear bomb in the hopes of damaging US-UK relations. <br/><br/>Yellow untitled self wrappers. Title page present dated March 1986 noted as Sixth Draft with credits for novelist screenwriter and producer Frederick Forsyth producers Michael Caine and Timothy Burrill and director John Mackenzie. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 20 March. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong binding. Gulfmine Ltd unknown books
1936132489Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1936. Original US herald for the 1936 film. Lang's first Hollywood film and second talkie considered one of his finest efforts and one of three films in 1936 that propelled Spencer Tracy to the upper echelons of stardom. An important precursor to film noir which would develop directly from the expressionist style Lang and others brought to Hollywood from Germany beginning in the early 1930s. <br/><br/>6.75 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine quite bright with a coupe of tiny closed tears and light creasing to the top edge. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Precursor. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1924139464Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA 1924. Vintage program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14 1924. Contains a brief essay by von Harbou and three additional short essays on the making of the film. Photo illustrated throughout with stills of characters from the films. <br/><br/>Also included is a supplemental program for UFA theaters featuring another brief essay on the film by starring actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge information and photographs relating to UFA theaters and advertisements. Text of both items in German. <br/><br/>Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied."<br/><br/>Program: Near Fine in heavy paper wrappers and string binding. Elegant owner name to the front wrapper with a light diagonal crease to the same and light fading to the edges. <br/><br/>Supplement program: Very Good in saddle stapled self wrappers top right corner clipped. Splitting to the spine with a light vertical fold crease and a couple of small chips. <br/><br/>Rossler Filmfieber p. 51. Masters of Cinema 46. Decla-Bioscop / UFA unknown books
1940136904Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Revised Draft script for the 1941 film noir. Studio file copy with rubber-stamps on the front wrapper. Brief annotations in holograph pencil on both sides of the front wrapper. Text ends with scene 392 as called for. <br/><br/>Based on Francis de Croisset's 1932 play "Il Etait Une Fois." Key film noir about a blackmailing female with a disfiguring facial scar who preys on a woman the wife of a cosmetic surgeon. The surgeon offers to help the disfigured woman but her adjustment into a crime-free life is turbulent. A side story involves a partner-in-crime: a man in search of fortune only his four-year-old nephew stands in the way. <br/><br/>Set in Sweden shot on location in Sun Valley Idaho. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FILE COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 157 and production No. 4760 dated 10/11/40 with credits for producer Victor Saville and screenwriter Paul. Title page integral with front wrapper. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication dated variously between 10/10/40 and 10/26/40 many undated pages with revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/14/40 and 10/23/40. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1971134494Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage black-and-white oversize double weight still photograph from the 1971 film. Shown are George Lucas and an assistant setting up a shot of Robert Duvall with Lucas placing calipers on Duvall's head. With the Warner Brothers studio stamp on the verso along with a notation regarding the shot and its reference number. <br /> <br /> Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. <br /> <br /> Written by Lucas and Walter Murch the film set a standard for dystopian stories that would inform dozens of films in its wake. Oddly Lucas did not continue down the pessimistic path choosing instead to engage in the broader appeal of "Star Wars."<br /> <br /> 14 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown
1965151469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Juanita Moore bound in full red leather with twelve reference photographs from the film tipped in and containing two inscriptions from actress Debbie Reynolds. The first inscription by Reynolds on the verso of the first leaf in manuscript ink is "Juanita I Love you! You are the greatest! My deepest Thanks Love Debbie" the second on a the recto of a photograph of Reynolds and Moore from the film in manuscript marker and making reference to Reynold's character is "What feeling! What a face! What an actress! What a great Lady! Your Fan Sister Ann."<br /> <br /> A fanciful biography on the life of Belgian nun Jeanine Deckers who recorded the number one hit pop song "Dominique" in 1963. Nominated for an Academy Award.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Gent Belgium. <br /> <br /> Red full leather binding with gilt titles and with actor Juanita Moore's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. Title page integral with first page dated 9-2-65. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered "130-135." Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink blue green and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-4-65 and 11-24-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1965151469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Juanita Moore bound in full red leather with twelve reference photographs from the film tipped in and containing two inscriptions from actress Debbie Reynolds. The first inscription by Reynolds on the verso of the first leaf in holograph ink is "Juanita I Love you! You are the greatest! My deepest Thanks Love Debbie" the second on a the recto of a photograph of Reynolds and Moore from the film in holograph marker and making reference to Reynold's character is "What feeling! What a face! What an actress! What a great Lady! Your Fan Sister Ann."<br/><br/>A fanciful biography on the life of Belgian nun Jeanine Deckers who recorded the number one hit pop song "Dominique" in 1963. Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Gent Belgium. <br/><br/>Red full leather binding with gilt titles and with actor Juanita Moore's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. Title page integral with first page dated 9-2-65. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered "130-135." Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink blue green and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-4-65 and 11-24-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1949137617Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Revised First Continuity script for the 1950 film noir here under the film's working title "Death on a Side Street." That title has been struck through in pencil with the film's final title "One Way Street" written just above it. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in holograph pencil on a second title page. Brief annotations throughout in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>In this key film noir James Mason reprises in spirit his role from the British film noir "Odd Man Out" made three years before as a criminal who steals from the mob and is forced to go on the lam with mob boss Dan Duryea in no mood for forgiveness. <br/><br/>The first American film to be directed by Argentinian import Hugo Fregonese. The AFI Catalog notes that Mexican Vice Consul Ernesto Romero acted as technical advisor and according to studio production notes an entire Mexican village was built on the Universal-International lot. Rodolfo Acosta Emma Roldan and Margarito Luna were all Mexican actors. Finally popular character actor James Best made his debut in "One-Way Street" appearing briefly in an uncredited role as a "Driver."<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7684 dated September 14 1949. Title page present noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Kimble. 137 leaves with last page numbered 95. Mimeograph on yellow stock dated variously between 9/6/49 and 10/4/49 with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/22/49 and 10/7/49 Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
2007146585Hollywood: Apatow Productions 2007. Producer's archive for the 2007 comedy film including a Revised Shooting script with extensive production schedules props lists and set and wardrobe files bound in. Also included is a final cast crew and contacts list dated May 18 2007 bound separately with black coil binding.<br /> <br /> A childhood tragedy leads musician Dewey Cox up the ladder to stardom cycling through nearly every musical genre imaginable on the way up. A parody of 20th century music biopics stretching from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan to Brian Wilson. <br /> <br /> Set in Alabama and California. <br /> <br /> Black titled wrappers with credits for production coordinator Barrett Leigh. Title page present dated May 10th 2007 with credits for screenwriters Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-6-2007 and 5-10-2007. Pages Near Fine housed in a Very Good plus three ring binder. Apatow Productions unknown
1979149713N.p.: N.p. 1979. Collection of 13 vintage borderless matte-finish reference photographs from the 1979 French hardcore film. <br/><br/>Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s.<br/><br/>All photos 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine overall.<br/><br/>Bier p. 449. N.p. unknown books
1963134756Paris: Les Films Concordia 1963. Collection of 3 vintage black and white reference photographs from the French release of the 1963 film. <br/><br/>Head shots of Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli one of each and one especially striking shot of the two together. <br/><br/>Godard's lush Technicolor landmark that transformed Brigitte Bardot from a sex symbol into an art object while simultaneously furthering his own reputation for being the most commercially successful deconstructionist in film history. A fascinating film that can be watched either as narrative about a disintegrating relationship or as an unending series of pure cinematic references. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 171. Les Films Concordia unknown books
1960135584Paris: Les Productions Georges de Beauregard 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the Jean-Luc Godard film shot in 1960 but not released until 1963 due to a ban in France over torture scenes. Thus it was Godard's second feature film but fourth to be released. This photograph was taken and struck in 1960 when the film was shot. <br/><br/>A shot that brings together in a single image the politics humor and war commentary of this early Godard effort set during the Algerian War. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. In an archival mat. Near Fine with some offsetting to the verso. Les Productions Georges de Beauregard unknown books
1956152432N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1956 French film noir showing actor Roger Duchesne surrounded by Gallic toughs. With holograph ink annotations to the verso. <br/><br/>Faced with an unlucky streak and debts to pay a former bank robber turned gambler plans a heist of the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend. A key French New Wave antecedent and core French film noir.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in the Montmartre district in Paris and Calvados France.<br/><br/>9.5 x 12 inches with a small bottom margin. Near Fine with some light edgewear.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 150. Grant France. Ebert II. Lee The Heist Film. Selby France. N.p. unknown books
1938131891Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize black-and-white double weight still photograph from the 1938 film a strong image of Jean Gabin in full train engineer regalia. Shot by acclaimed portrait photographer Sam Levin who worked with Renoir on several other productions including "La Grande Illusion" 1937 and "The Rules of the Game" 1939 and whose early photographs of Brigitte Bardot helped create her image as a "sex kitten."<br/><br/>Based on Zola's social realist novel 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/>11.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 324. Paris Film unknown books
1968135547N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless press photograph of Mick Jagger in the studio from the set of the 1968 French experimental film mixing documentary with surreal imagery and fictitious characters. With a few penciled annotations on the verso indicating placement. <br /> <br /> An image of Mick Jagger in the studio from one of the many sequences relating to the band's creation of the song "Sympathy for the Devil." "One Plus One" alternates documentary segments of the band during their last days with Brian Jones with surreal commentary about anarchy and revolution making references to Amiri Baraka Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panthers pornography "Mein Kampf" and the Nazi movement. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 8 inches. In a museum quality frame. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967138581Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film. Studio rubber stamp on the verso. One of the photos features Marina Vlady sharing a cigarette with Roger Montsoret. Based on a 1966 article on casual prostitution in France by Catherine Viminet. <br /> <br /> One of three feature films Godard released in 1967 and like both "Week End" and "La chinoise" one that showcases Godard's increasing focus on deconstructing filmic narrative and structure and vocalization of leftist political ideas. <br /> <br /> Godard has stated that his overall desire with the film was "to include everything: sports politics even groceries" to make "an attempt at description of a phenomenon known. as a complex."<br /> <br /> 5 x 7 inches. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 482. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica unknown
1957150342N.p.: N.p. 1957. Collection of four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1957 film showing actor Jerry Lewis in the opening alleyway sequence. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. <br/><br/>A well-intentioned janitor is mistaken by a local cop for a teenage gang member and is conscripted into a police academy in order to save him from a life of crime. The first film to star Lewis without his longtime comedy partner Dean Martin. <br/><br/>Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others.<br/><br/>13.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1975149627Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Set of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film five in black and white one in color the last being a striking still shot of the altered RKO Radio Picture logo one of the earliest examples of a stately studio logo being customized for a particular film.<br /> <br /> A cult film favorite based on a now lesser-known 1973 stage musical by Richard O'Brien. On a dark and stormy night an uptight young couple finds that their car has broken down in the middle of nowhere forcing them to seek shelter at the weird and wonderful home of Dr. Frank-N-Furter a mad and perverse scientist.<br /> <br /> Photos vary from 9.25 x 7 inches to 10.25 x 8 inches. About Near Fine.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974127792Beverly Hills CA: Faces 1974. Original poster for the US premiere of the 1974 film at Columbia I and Columbia II on 2nd Avenue at 64th Street in New York. Cassavetes had only screened the film at two festivals prior to the date advertised here the San Sebastian Film Festival on September 20 1974 and the New York Film Festival on October 12 1974. <br/><br/>Along with "Faces" 1968 considered to be one of the groundbreaking director's most important films. The movie that made construction workers everywhere think twice about getting married-or staying married. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Faces unknown books
