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1958148889N.p.: N.p. 1958. Three vintage contact sheets from the 1958 film each containing twelve images. Two contact sheets with cropping annotations in blue holograph wax pencil to five images.<br/><br/>Based on the unpublished story "Queen of the Universe" by Ben Hecht. Sci-fi comedy portraying an epic battle of the sexes. Talleah Zsa Zsa Gabor is from the planet Venus assigned to destroy four Earth men at the behest of her queen Yilana Laurie Mitchell who secretly yearns for interstellar peace. Sets costumes and special effects borrowed from "Forbidden Planet" 1956 "Flight to Mars" 1951 and "World Without End" 1956. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1956148402N.p.: Golden State Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film belonging to actress Adele Jergens with her signature prominently written on center of front wrapper and printed title inked over both in holograph ink. Annotations throughout striking and adjusting dialogue and circling the character of Jenny played by Jergens in holograph ink and pencil. Jergens; paper clips all along the top page edges still in place with many pages dog-eared.<br/><br/>Jergens' career began after being named "Miss World's Fairest" at the 1939 New York World's Fair after which she briefly worked as a Rockette being named the Number One Showgirl in New York City and was understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1942 Broadway show "Star and Garter." In 1944 she landed a contract with Columbia Pictures and went on to act in over 50 films over the next twelve years. Jergins did two films following "Girls in Prison" George Blair's "Fighting Trouble" 1956 and Edward L. Cahn's "Runaway Daughters" 1956 before retiring from acting in late 1956.<br/><br/>Anne Carson Joan Taylor convicted of being an accomplice to a bank robbery she claims she's innocent of finds herself in prison with three cellmates the hardened Jenny Jergens boss of the other inmates the mentally delusional Dorothy Phyllis Coates and sweet-talking Melanee Helen Gilbert.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lou Rusoff producer Alex Gordon and director Edward L. Cahn. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 2/21/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with slight toning at the edges and small dampstain on right center bound internally with three gold brads. Golden State Productions unknown books
1976141340N.p.: N.p. 1976. Original Treatment script for the 1977 Italian giallo film. <br/><br/>Director John Huston's copy. Laid in is a typed letter signed dated January 28 1977 from noted agent Paul Kohner on Kohner's stationery encouraging Huston to read the script and consider directing the film: "Dear John / Please find enclosed copy of the screenplay of PYJAMA GIRL / the Australian project about which we spoke this evening. / Fondly / Paul / P.S. / This is not yet a firm offer John but it may well be one by Monday."<br/><br/>Huston did not direct the film instead it became an Italian-Spanish co-production shot in Australia and directed by Flavio Mogherini based on one of Australia's most famous unsolved murders. <br/><br/>A little seen but curious entry into the giallo canon lacking the usual shocking moments of most giallos the film would not receive a wide release or any at all in the US until 2006 DVD by Blue Underground <br/><br/>Teal titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 1976 with credits for screenwriters Pupi Avati Antonio Avati and Flavio Mogherini. 133 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with silver spring binding. <br/><br/>Blue Underground. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse II. N.p. unknown books
1941152475Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1941 film noir here under the alternate title "Hot Spot" also used for the original release.<br/><br/>Based on the 1941 novel by Steve Fisher about a man seeking to prove he's innocent of a murder while being railroaded by an obsessed detective. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine with a small amount of professional repair and restoration. <br/><br/>Grant US. Penzler 101. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1942116171Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Revised Final Script for the 1942 film musical "Springtime in the Rockies" directed by Irving Cummings based on the screenplay for the 1936 comedy "Second Honeymoon" written for the screen by Walter Bullock Ken Englund Jacques Thery and Philip Wylie and starring Betty Grable Carmen Miranda John Payne Cesar Romero Edward Everett Horton and Harry James. <br/><br/>Betty Grable's starring debut remains one the greatest Technicolor musicals produced by Fox in the 1940s making grand use of the "let's move the action from the city to the country" approach employing Harry James and his orchestra at their peak and pulling out all the stops on the musical numbers-with Carmen Miranda's version of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and the debut of the classic song "I Had the Craziest Dream" topping things off. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers stamped REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped project No. 763 and copy No. 47 dated June 11 1942 and with the holograph file notation "Env. #1443" at the top right corner. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present with a date matching the front wrapper. 129 leaves with 1 retake page paper-clipped to the rear wrapper mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/13/42 and 7/20/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970135612Culver City CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Ben Gazzara on the set of the 1970 film. <br/><br/>9.25 x 12.25 inches. In an archival mat. Near Fine. Faces Music / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960148524London: Hammer Film Productions 1960. Draft script for the 1961 Hammer film with name of editor John Pomeroy written in holograph ink and struck over with holograph pencil with copy No. 51 noted in holograph pencil all at the top margin of the front wrapper. Three pages of the script have annotations in holograph ink highlighting a section of dialogue and action.<br/><br/>House cat Tabitha witnesses the brutal murder of her mistress and becomes a ferocious killer seeking revenge.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads.<br/><br/>Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 203-205. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1972141957Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1972. Final Draft script for the 1972 television movie. Copy belonging to prop assistant Paul Marco with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and title page with other production ephemera laid in. <br/><br/>Based on the infamous 1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks. A mostly tasteful surprisingly non-exploitative look at 1970s teenage drug use starring William Shatner and Andy Griffith in unusual roles for both actors. Nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards.<br/><br/>The source novel one of the first young adult book sensations was first published as the true story of an anonymous teenage girl though later research revealed Beatrice Sparks as the novelist. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 2 1972 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ellen Violett. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mechanical duplication with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated 10/10/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1927151443N.p.: N.p. 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 French silent film a fourth wall breaking moment featuring actors Josephine Baker and Adolphe Cande. With holograph pencil annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>A beautiful lonely islander falls in love with a visiting French engineer unaware of his forthcoming nuptials to a wealthy French woman. The feature film debut of the then-21-year-old Baker whose successful performance led to starring roles in "Zouzou" 1934 and "Princess Tam Tam" 1935. <br/><br/>Set on the fictional colony of Monte Puebla.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966137413Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Revised Estimating script for the 1967 film. Winner of three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe winner of four Tony awards and itself based on "The Once and Future King" T.H. White's 1958 adaptation of Arthurian legends. <br/><br/>Set in England shot on location in Spain. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 dated June 1 1966. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 6/1/66 with credits for screenwriter-lyricist Lerner composer Frederick Loewe and novelist White. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph on white yellow pink and blue stock dated variously between 6/1/66 and 6/7/66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1950150353Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actor Richard Widmark attentively watching a wrestling match. With the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on Gerald Kersh's 1938 crime novel which follows the failures and infrequent successes of a second-rate con artist attempting to become a wrestling promoter. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978145671Los Angeles: George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to writer George Barris with his name in holograph ink on the title page holograph annotations and paper clip page markers throughout. With a cast that includes Fabian Barris and Casey Kasem.<br/><br/>A sleazy nightclub owner tries to help the comeback of a young disco star.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Gold titled wrappers. Title page present dated 6/4/78 with credits for writer George Barris and screenwriter John Arnoldy. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production unknown books
1959138791Mexico: Producciones Barbachano Ponce 1959. Three vintage photographs from the set of the 1959 film. All likely shot on the same day and on a set in a rural location. Buñuel appears in each photo wearing a pith helmet in the first with cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa the second with lead actor Francisco Rabal and the third eating lunch alone on a makeshift table. <br/><br/>Each photo with the Paris address stamp for Telecine as well as annotations and penciled press markings on the verso. <br/><br/>All photos 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Producciones Barbachano Ponce unknown books
1974152021France: Les Films du Jeudi 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs of Jane Birkin from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>A liquor salesman Jean Carmet makes up stories to obscure his pathetic life in order to succeed at both business and with women until he meets Jane Birkin. <br/><br/>12 x 9.5 inches. Light wear at the extremities else Near Fine. Les Films du Jeudi unknown books
1968152820Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Revised Final Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>Based on Joseph Heller's searing 1961 antiwar novel about a US Air Force bombardier seeking an escape from the endless senseless brutality of World War II. Director Mike Nichol's third feature film released the same year as Robert Altman's "MASH." <br/><br/>Set in the Mediterranean shot on location in Sonora Mexico and Rome. <br/><br/>Teal untitled Paramount Pictures wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style stamped copy No. 221 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated July 29 1968 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Buck Henry. 187 leaves with last page of text numbered 186. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961143198Tokyo: Toho Company 1961. Second Final Draft script for the 1961 Japanese film. <br/><br/>Holograph ink notation on rear wrapper and holograph ink and rubber-stamped name Takahishi Toshihiro not credited in the final film on the top and bottom page edges with the same initials in Arabic lettering "T.T." near the spine. Holograph annotations on preliminary page 4 noting the entire proposed cast lining up pretty closely with the final cast and a note in holograph ink on the rear wrapper about an unrelated play titled Minamioka. <br/><br/>A psychological drama that a love triangle unraveling a family in the process. <br/><br/>Set in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-30." Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some foxing due to age. Toho Company unknown books
1960143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Holograph ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with holograph underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. <br/><br/>The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. <br/><br/>A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. <br/><br/>Set in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1970135317Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Draft script for the 1972 film. An early example of the film's script still slated to be a Twentieth Century-Fox production with their imprint on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted to the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". <br/><br/>Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 3 1970 with credits for screenwriter Lehman and novelist Roth. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962143832Paris: Filmsonor 1962. Collection of 67 original single weight borderless film stills for the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Cartouche." Action sequences men in military regalia and romantically charged images of Belmondo and Cardinale with most representing Belmondo either charming people or dueling with swords. Housed in original brown envelope noted as "CARTOUCHE" on the flap. Numerical annotations in holograph pencil on the versos. Also included are a few leaves of French press material on stationery from the film's distributor Cinedis. <br/><br/>A riveting Peplum sword-and-sandal swashbuckler set in 1700s France where a gang member named Cartouche Belmondo forms his own band of knaves deciding his former gang to be too unethical. He steals from the rich to give to the poor enlists in the army to escape capture and meets Venus Cardinale a gypsy prisoner who joins his new gang. Venus' love proves fatal and Cartouche rolls her into a lake in a stolen carriage vowing revenge knowing it will likely lead him to the gallows. <br/><br/>Belmondo and Cardinale's interaction is palpable but they would star in only two other films together Mauro Balognini's "La viaccia" 1961 and José Giovanni's "Scoumoune" 1972. <br/><br/>Photos 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall with light curling a few short creases and a few slightly discolored. Press material corner-stapled and paper-clipped Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation upon request. Filmsonor unknown books
1940148508Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1940. Vintage borderless photograph of Preston Sturges and Muriel Angelus on the set of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe and "Paramount Photo by G.E. Richardson" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Sturges had become a very successful Hollywood screenwriter by the late 1930s and with his screenplay for "The Biography of a Bum" wanted so much to direct the film that he offered to do the job for free. With very few exceptions notably Charlie Chaplin the notion of an established studio writer directing a film was nearly unheard of in Hollywood where writers were typically not even allowed on the set. Only the irresistible cheapness of Sturges' offer made it possible for the film to get made. <br/><br/>Over the six year period during which the script remained unproduced the title changed to "The Vagrant" then "Down with McGinty" then finally just prior to production to "The Great McGinty." It was not only a success but won Sturges an Oscar for Best Screenplay. More importantly he was allowed to continue as a writer-director with a magnificent career that included one classic after another including "Sullivan's Travels" "The Lady Eve" "Unfaithfully Yours" "The Palm Beach Story" and "Hail the Conquering Hero."<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint creasing else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1939146098N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers.<br/><br/>One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s-leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March-Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film.<br/><br/>Set in Spain.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown books
1969147024Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Six vintage temporary tattoos issued as a promotional item for the 1969 film. With the both the original envelope housing the tattoos and a Warner Brothers mailing envelope addressed to film critic photographer and poet Michael S. Dworkin.<br/> <br/>The decals are inspired by the designs for the tattoo makeup worn up Rod Steiger in the film with the promotional copy inviting the recipient to "be your own illustrated man." The only example we have encountered unsurprising given the temporary nature of the item. <br/><br/>Based on three short stories from Bradbury's acclaimed collection "The Veldt" "The Long Rain" and "The Last Night of the World." <br/><br/>Tattoos variously sized between 4.25 x 5.75 and 8.75 x 4 inches. All but one tissue guard attached. Bright and Near Fine. <br/><br/>Promotional envelope 5.25 x 10 inches. Chip to the flap and bruising from wear it was opened else Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1970137241London: Amicus Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film. SIGNED by screenwriter Robert Bloch on the title page in 1982. Brief annotations throughout in holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>An anthology horror film featuring four different stories including vampires witchcraft wax ladies and eerie stranglers. In one story a writer is haunted by the psychopathic central character of his latest novel; in another two friends are haunted by a wax figure that eerily resembles a woman they once knew; in the third story a widower is neglectful and abusive to his daughter; and in the final story an actor starring in a vampire film buys a cloak from a mysterious shopkeeper and finds that the cloak gives him vampiric powers. Ingrid Pitt has a supporting role as do Joss Ackland Jonathan Lynn and Joanna Lumley. <br/><br/>Bloch wrote for several Amicus Productions film including "The Skull" 1965 "The Psychopath" 1966 "The Deadly Bees" 1966 and "Asylum" 1972. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with a credit for screenwriter Bloch. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong brad. <br/><br/>Muir 1970s. Amicus Productions unknown books
1967139540Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage oversize double weight color still photograph from the 1967 film based on the 1964 play by Murray Schisgal. Although not indicated shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with an agency stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. <br/><br/>13 x 19.25 inches mounted on board. About Near Fine with some soiling near the top edge and light edgewear overall. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975146241Hollywood: Turman-Foster 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Based on noted African American writer and academic Cecil Brown's 1969 debut novel. An cynical silver-tongued black man from the rural south makes a living through scamming and stealing which he considers informal reparation for the injustices he has faced. Fed up with the quality of life in the US he decides to leave for Sweden where he spends his days with other black expatriates and his nights with beautiful Swedish women. <br/><br/>Set in New York and Stockholm Sweden. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 21 1975 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roland Cutler and novelist Cecil Brown. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Turman-Foster unknown books
