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1978141772Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated folder with six black-and-white borderless reference photographs and 15 gatherings of promotional reading material housed all together in a white envelope. <br /> <br /> Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. <br /> <br /> The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. <br /> <br /> Set in Hollywood shot on location in France Germany and Greece. <br /> <br /> Folder and contents Near Fine. Envelope Very Good plus lightly toned on the edges. Bavaria Atelier unknown
1954WRCLIT84693Culver City: Columbia Pictures Corp. 1954. 71pp. Small folio 41 x 30cm. Heavily illustrated. Horizontal fold otherwise about fine. A studio pressbook for this western the story and screenplay attributed to "John T. Williams." In fact the actual screenwriter was Bernard Gordon 1918-2007 and Williams a front. Gordon was subpoenaed by the HUAC but did not appear; instead he was named by a friendly witness fired from his studio job and blacklisted. From 1954 until 1962 his work including EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS etc was undertaken via a front most often as "Raymond T. Marcus." Prior to his death the University of Texas Press published two of his accounts of life under the Black List. The prolific and often bombastic William Castle directed this "true story of the fastest gun of them all ." NB: in re: the associated image - the pressbook itself is not cropped - it slightly exceeded the bed size of the scanner. Columbia Pictures Corp. unknown books
1970141401N.p.: N.p. 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 106. <br /> <br /> Searching for deeper meaning in her life a single mother with three daughters decides to research and write a book on sex much to the chagrin of her friends and family.<br /> <br /> Set in Big Sur. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Blanche Hanalis. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966WRCLIT70270Sydney: Columbia Pictures 1966. Large folio 40 x 26 3/4"; 102 x 68cm. Original multi-color lithograph. Folded as issued otherwise about fine and unused. A brilliantly colored original lithographed one sheet poster issued to promote the Australian release of Richler's 1965 adaptation of Braine's novel directed by Ted Kotcheff starring Laurence Harvey Jean Simmons Honor Blackman "That 'Pussy Galore' Girl" et al. The stone lithography was accomplished by Robert Burton Pty. Ltd. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1981151952N.p.: Filmways 1981. Vintage reference photograph of Brian De Palma on the set of the 1981 film. <br /> <br /> Based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film "Blow Up" with an audio recording replacing a photograph early 1980s Philadelphia replacing Swinging London and a tight political thriller plot replacing the looser and less immediate one in the original. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Philadelphia. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 562. Grant US. Spicer Neo-Noir. Filmways unknown
140830N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> Pete is a freeloader who makes a little money at the swap meet but has a keen propensity for getting laid off and living off his current wife. When wife number two tells him he has to keep his job for six months so that she won't run out on him with their child he gets fired in a matter of weeks for insulting a receptionist and being a bad bowler. Rather than go home he hitches to Las Vegas and is picked up by a smut dealer who robs him before he gets to his destination. After getting fired from a restaurant he ends up at Caesar's Palace looking for his ex-wife who is getting too old to be a showgirl and wants nothing to do with Pete. <br /> <br /> Set in California and Nevada. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brian Mori. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a comb binding. N.p. unknown
1970141824Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard.<br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Good with front wrapper detached bound with three silver brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown
146424Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A British martial arts master is hired to protect a young woman after her wealthy father's death not knowing that the girl herself is involved in the scheme. <br /> <br /> Set in California. <br /> <br /> White generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown
1966161784New York: CIP 1966. Vintage still photograph from the 1966 film. Two labels on the verso.<br /> <br /> Joyana Frederics stars as Poontang Plenty a secret agent dedicted to defeating evil and cracking the secret of invisibility.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. CIP unknown
1956141754France: Illria Film 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1876 oft-produced novel by Jules Verne of the same title. Michael Strogoff is the courier of the Tsar tasked to deliver a very important message to the Tsar's brother who is in Siberia cut off from the main army due to the Tatar Army during the Crimean War. <br /> <br /> Set in the Russian Empire shot on location in Serbia. <br /> <br /> 203 leaves with last page of text numbered 203. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking front wrapper bound with a silver prong binding. Illria Film unknown
1970138036Los Angeles: ABC Pictures 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film.<br /> <br /> A story about an old man named Doc his days as a horse thief and the young boy and his mother who give Doc a new outlook.<br /> <br /> Blue untitled studio wrappers with back wrapper missing. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Carroll Ballard. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. ABC Pictures unknown
1952141395N.p.: Artes Films 1952. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1952 French film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos of four stills. Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's 1946 play "The Respectful Prostitute." <br /> <br /> A racially charged film based on the play which caused Sartre to be deemed "anti-American" for its incisive critique of racism in America. A prostitute is compelled to testify against an innocent African American in a murder cover-up. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light ware and curling overall scattered manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the versos. Artes Films unknown
1963146254N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A traveling preacher persuades an outlaw to join him in his holy mission but the outlaw finds it hard to leave behind his gunslinging ways in Trail City where sin abounds. Screenwriter Charles K. Peck was known for writing adventure and western films in the 1950s most notably "Seminole" in 1953.<br /> <br /> Set in the American West.<br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 9 1963 noted as Original Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Charles K. Peck Jr. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper and fading bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985147293N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Text in Spanish.<br /> <br /> A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta Mexico as a reference.<br /> <br /> Set in Mexico.<br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 noted as Treatment and Images with credits for screenwriters. Approximately 50 leaves not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light partial circle stain on the front wrapper and bottom edges bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series.<br /> <br /> The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits.<br /> <br /> Set in Manhattan. <br /> <br /> White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1982146959N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. With a blank memo note on the letterhead of screenwriter Craig Kellem attached to the first leaf with a paper clip.<br /> <br /> A consumer safety manager and a madcap inventor try to hide their marriage from the toy company where both work.<br /> <br /> Set in downtown Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 7 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 14 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the first leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1980153826Los Angeles: Monarex 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1970 film directed by Carol Reed. <br /> <br /> Years into the future World War III has decimated most of the planet leaving the final battle to take place in southeast Asia. <br /> <br /> Clear mylar front wrapper red rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Christopher French. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Monarex unknown
1977141868N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are far too high for a typical staircase. The nuns must find some able-bodied men willing to work hard for very little to build them a proper staircase. <br /> <br /> Set in New Mexico Territory. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1977 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Lofton. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1940128294Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1940. Continuity and Dialogue Script for the 1939 film. <br /> <br /> A skilled pilot falsely accused of having crashed a civilian transport airplane tries to maintain his honor at an Alaskan air hangar while attempting to clear his name. <br /> <br /> White wrappers noted as production No. 1098 dated December 9 1940 with credits for Anne Nagel William Lundigan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Ona Munson and Theodor von Eltz. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 138 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1937165057Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage portrait photograph of Barbara Pepper from the 1937 film.<br /> <br /> From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1935 novel "Headed for a Hearse" by Jonathan Latimer. A "locked door" mystery wherein Preston Foster stars as a private detective searches against the clock to find evidence to free Theodore Von Eltz awaiting the death penalty for murdering his wife who was killed in a room with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1963149232Paris: Lux Film 1963. Promotional flyer for the 1963 French film. Text in French.<br /> <br /> During World War I a man supplements his income by luring middle-class Parisian women to a countryside villa where he seduces and kills them burns their bodies then helps himself to their bank accounts keeping himself his wife his mistress and his four children in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. The first and only screenwriting credit of author and playwright Francoise Sagan.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Paris and Gambais France. <br /> <br /> 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Single sheet. Near Fine with a small dampstain to the top edge. Lux Film unknown
1975162123N.p.: Catalyst Productions 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of Pénélope Lamour from the US release of the 1975 French film. Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the anonymously published 1748 French novel "Les Bijoux Indiscrets" "The Indiscreet Jewels" by Denis Diderot. Lamour stars as Joëlle a beautiful executive who experiences a mysterious infection in her vagina which stems from her adolescence allowing it to speak. A hardcore cult hit which spawned the 1977 sequel "Le Sexe qui parle II" also directed by Claude Mulot.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Catalyst Productions unknown
1970147189Universal City: Universal Studios 1970. Draft script for "Too Many Victims" the ninth episode of the fourth season of the crime drama television series "Ironside" which originally aired on November 12 1970 on NBC.<br /> <br /> A long-running series featuring the eponymous Robert T. Ironside a wheelchair user and investigative consultant for the San Francisco police department. In "Too Many Victims" the daughter of a cop crashes her car while driving high leading her father to use less-than-legal methods to run in a local drug dealer whom he suspects may be supplying teenagers with weed.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in San Francisco. <br /> <br /> White titled self-wrappers dated March 3 1970 with credits for screenwriter Irv Pearlberg. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Universal Studios unknown
1970150426N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Simone Signoret and an unknown crew member. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso regarding cropping and the stamp of Pariscope. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1968 book by Artur London which detailed London's own experiences as a defendant during the Slansky trial a 1952 show trial held by the Czechoslovak Republic against 14 members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia which resulted in the deaths of 11 defendants. <br /> <br /> Set in Czechoslovakia and shot on location in France. <br /> <br /> 9 x 6 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the left edge.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 759. N.p. unknown
1969130713Calgary AB: Transcontinental 1969. Combined Continuity script for the 1969 film. <br /> <br /> A fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer Louis de Sade. After escaping incarceration de Sade returns to his estate and watches a play as he has vivid flashbacks of his life. <br /> <br /> Set in Lacoste France shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. <br /> <br /> Goldenrod wrapper with missing front wrapper. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with one silver brad at the top left corner. Transcontinental unknown
