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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
1980163765Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1980. Collection of 32 vintage color slides from the 1981 film as well as one vintage studio still photograph showing actress Kathleen Turner. Three slides with annotations in manuscript ink on their cardboard sleeves. <br /> <br /> A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Florida. <br /> <br /> Photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown
1985161049N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film including one showing director Héctor Babenco talking with actor William Hurt on the set. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig about two cellmates who form an unusual bond during their imprisonment in a Brazilian prison. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Puig's novel also served as the basis for a Broadway musical produced in 1993 with a book by Terrence McNally. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in São Paolo Brazil.<br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1968171053N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of actor William Holden and camera operator Albert Myers from the set of the 1968 film. Photograph belonging to camera operator Myers.<br /> <br /> British born Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978 and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958.<br /> <br /> Based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers. When the mission for which they were trained for is canceled the team is given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. <br /> <br /> Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear and a small faint crease to the left else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1950154518Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald. <br /> <br /> A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Olive Films 256. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
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
1928167716Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Draft script for the 1928 film. An early sound film today considered lost released with no dialogue but with a synchronized musical score and sound effects using sound-on-disc and sound-on-film processes.<br /> <br /> Based on John McGowan's 1927 play about a cocky small-time acrobat who marries a talented dancer then struggles with resentment as her star begins to rise while his does not essentially the plot of "A Star is Born".<br /> <br /> Beige titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wrappers dated April 3 28 stamped copy No. 1765 noted as production No. 372 with credit for screenwriter Frances Marion. Title page integral with the first page of text dated April 3 1928 with credit for Marion. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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
1963141543New York: Stella Holt-Roscius Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1963 play. Laid in are a number of contemporary documents relating to the production including playwright William Hairston's business card and resumé a playbill for the show two reviews by Maxine Keith and John Wingate two advertisements for the show and a photocopied article from the "New York Times" about the show. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1948 novel by Hans Habe. To escape the injustices of Harlem a Black man enlists in the United States Army and is sent to occupied West Germany where he impregnates and falls in love with a local woman. Without army consent he marries her and deserts the army when he is to be sent back to America without her. He becomes the head of a gang of criminals and eventually escapes to America with his bride.<br /> <br /> Set in Germany. <br /> <br /> Black titled wrappers with credits for playwright William Hairston. Title page present dated October 28 1963 with credits for playwright William Hairston and novelist Hans Habe. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stella Holt-Roscius Productions unknown
1963141554New York: Stella Holt-Roscius Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1963 play. Laid in is a playbill for the show. With a single notation in manuscript pencil to the title page. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1948 novel of the same title by Hans Habe. To escape the injustices of Harlem a black man enlists in the United States Army and is sent to occupied West Germany where he impregnates and falls in love with a local girl. Without army consent he marries her and deserts the army when he is to be sent back to America without her. He becomes the head of a gang of criminals and soon escapes to America with his bride who leaves him because she only married him to get to America. <br /> <br /> Set in Germany. <br /> <br /> Black titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter William Hairston. Title page present dated October 28 1963 with credits for playwright William Hairston and author Hans Habe. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stella Holt-Roscius Productions unknown
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
1970162000N.p.: R and S Film Enterprises 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. <br /> <br /> A rare pair of photographs from Rita Hayworth's low-budget wanderings between 1967-1970 during which she worked with French and Italian genre filmmakers as well as the likes of William Grefè in the US. Note however that Ms. Hayworth is not present in either of these images.<br /> <br /> A psychedelic exploitation film in which Hayworth stars as a wealthy matron married to a wheelchair-bound husband. She has an affair with a young author triggering disastrous results. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Florida. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. R and S Film Enterprises unknown
1967150123N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1967 film. All with "Les Films Armon BON" stamps two with "L.F. Films" stamps stuck with manuscript 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
1967137956Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Final Shooting script for the 1967 film. INSCRIBED by actor George Segal on the title page: "To Grayson / All Best Wishes." <br /> <br /> Based on the 1964 novel by William Goldman. A serial killer with an obsession with his dead mother begins taunting the investigator in charge of his case. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City shot on location in Manhattan and the New York harbor. <br /> <br /> Green untitled studio wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated June 13 1967 noted as Final Shooting script rubber-stamped copy No. 139 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and director Jack Smight. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
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
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
1967161993N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. <br /> <br /> Myra married to an older man who is unaware of her infidelities invites a number of customers from the cafe she works over to her house for sex one night her husband is away and dies at the hand of vicious sadist. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a diagonal crease to the top left corner. N.p. unknown
0723215987.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
1967141862Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1967 film showing Sonny Bono in the director's seat with a cameraman on a crane shot. <br/><br/>An image in keeping with the somewhat metatextual nature of the film in which Sonny Bono playing himself pitches ideas for movies starring Sonny and Cher also as herself which then become sketches spoofing classic Hollywood films made even more so because the film wasn't directed by Bono but by William Friedkin in his non-docmentary directorial debut. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970151446N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Mart Crowley's off-Broadway 1968 play. A sharp controversial and ultimately groundbreaking film one of the first American feature films to depict the everyday lives of gay characters with an ensemble cast drawn from the play's initial stage run in New York. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1986129247Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1986. First Draft script for the 1986 television movie. One of two "C.A.T. Squad" films made in the mid-1980s both directed for television by noted director William Friedkin. An early draft possibly constructed as a television episode that grew into a feature-length project. <br/><br/>A special government trio is formed to combat terrorism known as the C.A.T. squad an acronym for the "Clandestine Attack Team." <br/><br/>Filmed on location in Mexico and Canada. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 25 1986. Title page present dated April 25 1986 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Petivich. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1971145512Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage press photograph of director William Friedkin on the set of the 1971 film. Holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's non-fiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Director. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970144038Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. SIGNED by director William Friedkin on the title page. <br/><br/>Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's non-fiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 6 1970 with credits for screenwriter Tidyman director Friedkin and producer Phil D'Antoni. 95 leaves mechanical duplication last leaf numbered 93. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy BFI Companion to Crime. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
