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1954146173Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1954. Final Shooting Script for the 1954 film with blue yellow and green revisions throughout. <br/><br/>Based on the 1870 novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. Walt Disney's "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" was one of the most expensive and ambitious productions of its time. A 200 foot submarine a 225 pound diving suit a specially built soundstage with a 90 x 165 foot tank and a giant squid which weighed two tons and required a crew of 28 to operate were just some of the monumental challenges of the production. Disney's first CinemaScope motion picture "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" was a resounding success and went on to be considered one of greatest live-action adventure movies ever made.<br/><br/>In 1868 off the coast of San Francisco Professor Aronnax Paul Lukas his assistant Conseil Peter Lorre and master harpooner Ned Land Kirk Douglas set sail upon a armed frigate to investigate a spate of sinkings rumored to be caused by a sea monster. After months of searching the "monster" is spotted sinking a merchant vessel and the frigate attacks only to be sunk themselves. Adrift in the ocean the three come upon a strange metal vessel and realize the "monster" is a "submerging boat." The trio are captured by Captain Nemo James Mason and taken aboard the submarine the Nautilus and journey on a voyage of adventure and discovery under the sea.<br/><br/>Nominated for three Academy Awards winning two for Art Direction and Special Effects.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California Jamaica and the Bahamas. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with affixed Walt Disney Productions label as called for with Disney scripts from this era noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Earl Felton. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Earl Felton. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeographed rectos only with blue yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/30/54 and 3/1/54. Pages Near Fine plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1983791983. Very good. Ps. Sensational original presentation color photograph 16" X 20" of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in her slave costume. Boldly inscribed by Fisher in black ink to her psychiatrist Dr. Arnold Klein "For my own crazy. Who loves you darling Guess again. Princess Leia. Opiates for sure." With the original hologram sticker "Officially Licensed Star Wars Photograph" in the lower left corner. 2 dozen surface scratches else very good. Framed. If you like this sort of thing this is the sort of thing you'll like. My take Carrie's Leia is one of the 2 late 1970s world-wide magnetic babe fantasies see page 19 in this catalog for the other but needless to say we don't number our pages. And speaking of babes when we do employment interviews at Biblioctopus we give the women a bite-sized Snickers. If they take the wrapper off before eating it we make them catalogers. If they eat it with the wrapper still on they get hired for Security. unknown books
1976149427Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. With 33 revision pages bound in at the rear. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member Robert Harrison with his name in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper and his name in holograph pencil or ink at the top right corner of several leaves. Several of the aforementioned revision pages rubber stamped "RECEIVED / DATE / ROBERT HARRISON."<br/><br/>Based on the 1973 novel. The story of a woman held captive and forcibly impregnated by a rogue supercomputer that has attained artificial intelligence.<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 101 dated May 17 1976 with credits for novelist Dean Koontz and screenwriters Robert J. Jaffe and Roger O. Hirson. Title page integral to the first page of text. 129 leaves on white stock with last page of principal text numbered 96. 33 blue and gray revision pages bound in at the rear all intended as replacements for pages in the principal text but have been added rather than substituted. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976129783Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. Presumed estimating script with "Budgeting" in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Notations in holograph blue and black ink throughout. <br/><br/>A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s in which MacLaine and Bancroft portray former dance colleagues whose lives have gone separate ways one becomes a professional dancer the other a settled domestic woman and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Mustard titled wrappers noted as "Budgeting" on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 3/2/76 with a credit for screenwriter Laurents. 116 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1969151548N.p.: San Marco 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas on the set of the 1969 film. Photographer "Mario Tursi" stamps on versos. <br/><br/>Based on the ancient Greek myth and loosely on the 431 BC play by Euripides wherein the titular character famously kills her sons as revenge against an unfaithful husband. The sole feature film appearance of noted opera legend Maria Callas one in which she curiously does not sing. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Turkey Italy and Syria. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1088. San Marco unknown books
1976146120Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. One of the best unheralded revenge thrillers of the 1970s with William Devane taking an unusual turn as a sympathetic character though forced to be quite cold-blooded. <br/><br/>Playing a Vietnam veteran with absolutely nothing left to lose Devane beats a warpath from Texas to Mexico in pursuit of a gang of murderous thugs who killed his family in order to steal a box of silver coins. Paul Schrader's fourth produced screenplay but written several years before the film's release around the same time he penned "Taxi Driver." <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with the film title in gilt. Title page present dated June 14 1976 with credit for screenwriter Schrader. 106 leaves mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Finebound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Grant US. Spicer US. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1955152321Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph of actors James Dean and Julie Harris examining a small scale model of a farm on the set of the 1955 film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations identifying Harris and Dean to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. <br/><br/>Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1950327Twelve Menus from R.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" Cunard White Star Line printed in England September 6-10 1951 for September 6 Luncheon and Dinner September 7 Breakfast Luncheon and Dinner September 8 Luncheon and Dinner September 9 Luncheon and Dinner September 10 Breakfast Luncheon and Farewell Dinner. Luncheon and dinner menus measure 26.5 cm x 21 cm with illustrated front covers by Vernon Ward Arthur Rowlands Cowlam Edgar Woolax C. F. Hopkinson and T. Peddie. Breakfast menus measure 27.5 cm x 17 cm printed on one side only. Condition is fine. <br /> Cunard White Star Line paperback books
1930152279N.p.: Caddo Company 1930. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1930 Pre-Code film which was famously held as a gala event at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.<br/><br/>Howard Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer" 1927. Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. <br/><br/>8.75 x 11.75 inches bifold. Very Good with a few light dampstains to the front wrapper and a short closed tear to the bottom fold. Caddo Company unknown books
1929419731929. Album a commercial aligator leatherette style. Album's leather spine perished with covers detached. Poor binding. Text & ephemera - Very Good. "Albertic" stationery - signs of use. Holes from prior attachment. Overall Very Good. Album: 6"x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>This lot includes two diaries or journals that were kept during a "Grand Tour" trip to Europe from Canada aboard the R.M.S. "Doric" and the S.S. "Albertic". The journals were written by Miss Anita Cronk from Chicago. The first journal begun July 12th 1929 was kept in a leather "Album" containing ~ 140 pages of mss entries. Interspersed among each days entries are photographs postcards telegrams tickets maps menus programs & other interesting ephemeral items that document the trip. At the rear are collected autographs & inscriptions from fellow passengers as well as a list of hotels frequented during the trip. The second 'journal' of 40 pages written on loose S.S. "Albertic" stationery documents the trip back home again with associated ephemera from the trip again such as programs telegrams tickets photographs & menus. The first journal starts on July 12th 1929 when Miss Cronk and her friends arrive in Montreal. The ship sailed on 7 a.m. on July 13th and the next 20 pages of the journal document the eight day trip to Ireland. On Monday July 22nd the ship docked in Galway Ireland. After spending four days in Ireland the ship left for Liverpool England. After almost seven days in England the ship sails for Brussels. After spending a few days in France Miss Cronk and her friends take a train to Germany were they spend several days and then on to Austria Italy and back to France. In this interesting journal Anita Cronk records the modes of travel the hotels the restaurants the scenery and the people that she meets and also documents the travels with photographs and postcards and other numerous types of ephemera that are pasted into the album. The second journal starts on August 19th 1929 is written on White Star Line S.S. "Albertic" stationary and documents the trip home. Interspersed among the pages are several "programs" documenting the activities aboard the ship. There are also some photographs tickets and menus. Also included with the two journals is the R.M.S. "Doric" passenger list that also includes a map of the journey. An interesting accounting from this young lady's shipboard activities & continental travel just before the advent of the crippling 1929 Depression which would severely curtail the number of such journeys. hardcover books
1971151346Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage press kit for the French release of the 1971 documentary film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five black and white photographs and three pages of promotional reading material.<br/><br/>A documentary following the star-studded 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival which featured Crosby Stills Nash and Young Joan Baez Joni Mitchell and many others. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Big Sur. <br/><br/>Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1976146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Collection of four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images.<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 work on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began a foray into making adult sex films under the pseudonym Michel Gentil which he continued to make under various pseudonyms through the mid 1980s.<br/><br/>An erotic comedy directed by Jean Rollin under the pseudonym Michel Gentil and starring Tania Busselier and Martine Grimaud.<br/><br/> 2 - 7 x 9.5 inches 2 - 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine some light curling. Films du Berry unknown books
1972150803N.p.: Norway Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1974 television film a serious sci-fi obscurity that originally aired on January 23 1972 on NBC. An early inspiration for the android character Data from the 1987 series "Star Trek: Next Generation" created by Gene Roddenberry and Gene Coon who are the screenwriters here. <br/><br/>A group of scientists create an android superhuman named Questor unaware that the project's creator Dr. Vaslovik who has disappeared installed a secret mission into the android's programming directing the android to find Vaslovik and save humanity. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. Title page present dated August 2 with credits for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 8-8-72. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly soiled and worn bound with two gold brads. Norway Productions unknown books
1956139915N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. <br/><br/>After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. <br/><br/>Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black holograph annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three sheet poster for the 1956 British film. <br/><br/>After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. <br/><br/>Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. <br/><br/>41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. The Rank Organization unknown books
1970144863Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Chrislaw Productions 1970. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of actor Sammy Davis Jr. and director Jerry Lewis on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Chris Pepper Peter Lawford and Charlie Salt Sammy Davis Jr. are about to lose their London nightclub. In desperation they turn to Pepper's aristocrat twin brother for help who shortly after they contact is murdered. Pepper assumes his dead brothers identity and together with Salt they try to solve the crime. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Herefordshire and London England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists / Chrislaw Productions unknown books
1933146070Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. First Draft script for the 1933 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Lt. Henry Crocker a blithe Royal Air Force pilot realizes that the constant violence of war is beginning to take a harsh toll on Lt. Jerry Young his flying ace buddy who is showing signs of cracking up. When Young breaks down and eventually commits suicide Crocker decides to stage his death as an in-air combat casualty in order to save his friend's reputation. The script's original ending seen in this early version depicted Crocker years later as a bedraggled old man homeless and alone staring at a memorial plaque with an epitaph praising Young's heroism. <br/><br/>Tall peach titled self wrappers noted as FIRST SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 451 dated January 30 1933 with credits for screenwriters Bogart Rogers and Seton I. Miller. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeographed on peach stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with creasing to the top left corner of the rear wrapper side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1976133466Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to producer Tony Bill with his signature in black holograph ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill exec. producer." Also included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. <br/><br/>A star-studded film in which a third-rate vaudeville duo decides to attempt a large bank robbery in New York. Set in 1890s Middle America and New York shot on location in Mansfield Ohio. <br/><br/>Faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Byrum and producer Bill. 134 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
19891994China Tiananmen Square New Star Publishers. <b>The Beijing Riot--A Photo Record</b>. Beijing: New Star Publishers 1989. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 185 mm 32 pages in stapled wrappers.<br /><br />Chinese government booklet justifying the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. "Beijing experienced a horrifying counter-revolutionary rebellion on June 3 and 4 1989" according to the introduction. "The purpose of the rebellion was to overthrow the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and subvert the socialist People's Republic of China."<br /><br />Profusely illustrated with gruesome color photos of soldiers allegedly beaten or killed by "ruffians" and "thugs" as well as photos of burned-out vehicles; ordinary people supposedly thanking soldiers for ending the rebellion; scenes from Tiananmen Square and the surrounding streets; government and party leaders; and much more.<br /><br />This booklet is rare. OCLC lists only three institutional holdings: Harvard and Linfield College in the U.S. and the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands. An oddly fascinating -- if jarring -- attempt by the Chinese government to present its case to a foreign audience. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear rubbing to laminated wrappers internally clean bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. New Star Publishers books
1951143633Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film showing director John Huston on location. <br/><br/>Based on the classic 1895 novel by Stephen Crane. At the completion of shooting Huston considered the film one of his best but MGM cut over an hour from his film before releasing it to a poor reception. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the corners and light toning to the margins. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974137057N.p.: Sandy Howard Production 1974. Two Draft scripts for the 1976 film. One script a Final Draft belonging to an auditioning actor Jenny Sullivan with her name in holograph ink on the front wrapper; the other script is bound in red faux leather with gilt tiles a color photograph of a human fetus bound in and both scripts bear letters from a professor at the University of California describing the possible methods and techniques detailed in the screenplay and their applicability to contemporary 1974 ethical and legal conditions. Brief annotations on laid-in slips in holograph ink throughout the first script. Laid in is a signed letter from director Nelson to Jenny informing her that she is a finalist for the role of Victoria ultimatly the role went to Barbara Carrera. <br/> <br/>An exploitation film owing much to "Bride of Frankenstein" as well as the technological advances with DNA in the 1970s. Dr. Paul Holliston Hudson is a scientist who discovers a method to accelerate the birth cycle to just a few days. The maturation process has detrimental side effects and the mature adult a woman shows homicidal tendencies. <br/><br/>Set in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>First script:<br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers undated. Title page present undated noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Thomas and Doohan. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. <br/><br/>Second script:<br/><br/>Red faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriters Thomas and Doohan. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mechanical duplication with a color photograph Near Fine overall bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Muir 1970s. Sandy Howard Production unknown books
1967151240N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Eddie Powell as The Mummy carrying actress Elizabeth Sellars. With a provenance stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A team of archaeologists revive an Egyptian pharaoh who subsequently seeks retribution for the violation of his tomb. The third in Hammer Films' Mummy cycle preceded by "The Mummy" 1959 and "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" 1964 and followed by "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" 1971. The final Hammer film to be produced at Bray Studios before the company's 1967 relocation to Elstree and Pinewood Studios. <br/><br/>Set in Egypt. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1980145685France: Maurice Bernard 1980. Vintage borderless photograph of Geraldine Chaplin from the 1980 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Childhood friends Lucia and Elena leave Paris for the countryside where they share an intimate understanding of each others inner lives and desires.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Maurice Bernard unknown books
1978147796Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Collection of 13 vintage black and white reference photographs 6 vintage color studio still photographs 5 vintage studio still photographs 2 vintage black and white borderless reference photographs and 1 color reference photograph from the 1978 film. Several of the photographs are candid shots taken on the set of the film.<br/><br/>The sequel to "National Velvet" 1944 based on the 1935 novel. A former horse riding champion helps her troubled niece achieve Olympic horse riding glory.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in England.<br/><br/>24 photographs 10 x 8 inches 1 photograph 7.25 x 9.5 inches one photograph 6 x 9.5 inches 1 photograph 7.5 x 5 inches. Near Fine some with faint edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979149481Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding layout.<br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown books
