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1938148755N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage borderless double weight sepia photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1938 film. <br/><br/>Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about an eccentric family living in a large house in New York City including their daughter who falls in love with a banker a decent and goodhearted man despite his snobbish elitist family. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for five more. Frank Capra's third Academy Award for Best Director in just five years.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1936150710Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage double weight press portrait photograph of Frank Capra by photographer Alfredo Valente to promote the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe photographer "Alfredo Valente" stamp filing stamp with annotations in holograph pencil dated "6-25-36" and "Kenneth G. Lawrence" stamp all on verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1933 novel by James Hilton. Remade in 1973 as a musical directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann.<br/><br/>A British diplomat and his entourage crash in the Himalayas are rescued and taken to the mystical valley of Shangri-La. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Griffith Park Ojai Palms Springs Victorville and Sherwood Forest California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and crease in top right margin else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1939148444Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1939. Vintage double weight photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe stamp crediting photographer Al Schafer and very faint "Approved" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Controversial among the political American establishment at the time for its accurate then and now depiction of the Senate as a group of dysfunctional shallow egotists the film was also banned in fascist countries Germany Italy Spain and the USSR and later Nazi occupied France. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint diagonal crease to lower right. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973138363Pittsburgh PA: Pittsburgh Pictures 1973. Vintage US one-sheet poster for the 1973 film. <br/><br/>A grim and violent cult classic that tells the story of an outbreak of a highly contagious and untreatable military-developed biological weapon that spreads through a rural Pennsylvania town after a plane transporting the disease crashes nearby. Remade by director Breck Eisner in 2010 starring Danielle Panabaker and Timothy Olyphant. Set in Pennsylvania shot there on location. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine condition. Pittsburgh Pictures unknown books
1959151411N.p.: N.p. 1959. Draft script for the 18th episode of season 3 of the 1956-1961 television playhouse series which originally aired on February 5 1959. Copy belonging to director George Roy Hill with a printed label noting his name on the verso of the front wrapper and his holograph ink annotations throughout noting deletions and substantive changes. <br/><br/>A kinescope of the program survived and is available for viewing only at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>Based on Michel del Castillo's autobiographical 1957 novel "Tanguy." A young Spanish-French refugee is captured by the Nazis and interned in a concentration camp but finds happiness in Spain after the war. An early effort from the great George Roy Hill who was best known in the ensuing years for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" 1969 and "The Sting" 1973. <br/><br/>Set in France and Germany. <br/><br/>Housed in an untitled black spring binder. Title page present dated 1-19-59 with credits for director George Roy Hill novelist Michel del Castillo and screenwriter Irving Gaynor Neiman. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/23/59 and 2-3-59. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1949WRCLIT67357Culver City: Selznick Releasing Organization 1949. Paginated in reel format: 212518202512 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Punched at top and bradbound in stencil-printed wrappers. A few corner creases else about fine. A dialogue cutting continuity script corresponding to the US release of Greene's own reconception and adaptation to the screen of "The Basement Room." The film was released in the U.K. in September 1948 and in the US in November of 1949. It was directed by Carol Reed and starred Ralph Richardson Michele Morgan Sonia Dresdel Jack Hawkins et al. Greene's screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award and NBA award and won at the Venice Film Festival. Duplicate from the Selznick Archives. WOBBE D10. Selznick Releasing Organization] unknown books
1979132786Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions 1979. Three original draft title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1979 film. Based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The three sketches show different approaches to the title all distinct from the final lettering design used. <br/><br/>Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Magician of Lublin" his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "The Birds" 1963 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Finian's Rainbow" 1969. In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. <br/><br/>At the turn of the Twentieth century a Jewish stage magician and con man whose career has been ruined by womanizing gets one more shot at the big time by attempting to pull off a never before seen trick. <br/><br/>Two leaves. First leaf: 19 x 18 inches. About Near Fine with creasing to the edges. Two designs executed in black ink on white paper with a holograph notation to the side in blue pencil. Second leaf: 15.5 x 5.5 inches. Black ink on white paper. Near Fine with holograph annotations in blue pencil. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
1937WRCLIT67807Culver City: Selznick International 1937. 1651 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in canary yellow stencil-printed studio wrappers. A few stray smudges and minor marks to wrappers otherwise near fine. Denoted the "final shooting script" of Hecht's adaptation of a story idea by James H. Street but in fact an early draft in terms of the film's genesis. A number of notable script doctors were called in after Hecht disassociated himself from the production allegedly over Selznick's refusal to cast John Barrymore in the lead. Among those contributing to the film's final script were Moss Hart Sidney Howard George S. Kaufman Ring Lardner Jr. and Budd Schulberg. Carole Lombard in her only Technicolor film Frederic March and Charles Winninger starred under the direction of William Wellman. The film featured a score by Oscar Levant Max Steiner and others and employed then innovative use of color process effects montage and rear screen projection. Duplicate from the Selznick Archives. Selznick International unknown books
1959144588Paris: Ulysse Production / Cinedis 1959. Collection of 370 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French film consisting of two unique and complimentary pieces one being a studio film still keybook with 97 contact prints of small format transparencies most with 12 images per print amounting to over 1000 images captured nearly all images with series number etched in the original film negative before development and credits at the top for photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Ulysse film title and photographer Apoteker housed in an oblong 2-ring paper binder with printed French titles on the front. Laid in is a small piece of graph paper addressed "Cher Christian" presumably filmmaker Christian-Jaque with brief slightly illegible note in French in holograph ink. The remaining 273 photographs are single photos with similar etched series numbers mounted with cello tape on thick stock in two quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrapper printed French titles affixed to the front wrapper of one. Small "x" annotations in holograph ink on several pages. <br/><br/>All three keybooks capture the film and photographer Apoteker's sense of desperation in composed and candid moments. Michele Morgan and Gil Vidal dominate the imagery hamming for the camera and in action scenes with Vidal emerging from a car crash and rarely without a glass in-hand and stunning images of Morgan hula-hooping off-set and in several placid studio portraits. <br/><br/>Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. <br/><br/>Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. <br/><br/>Notebook photos 3.75 x 5 inches most pages with four mounted photos keybook photos to 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with light foxing and curling and rubbing to the studio keybook a few photos with small edge tears. Ulysse Production / Cinedis 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
1971147252N.p.: N.p. 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film. With what we assume to be translator Alan Blair's handwritten ink annotations throughout the script mostly in English but occasionally in Swedish noting many substantive revisions and deletions. Text in English. <br/><br/>Bergman's first English language film shot in England and Sweden and his first film to involve a major American actor Elliott Gould working alongside Bergman regulars Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson. A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home an emotionally scarred survivor of the Holocaust. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Sweden and England.<br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and English translator Alan Blair. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1964148813New York: Janus Films 1964. Collection of thirteen vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Swedish film. Three with mimeo snipe and "R.R. Stuart Collection" stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>The third entry in Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of faith and redemption preceded by "Through A Glass Darkly" 1961 and "Winter Light"1963. <br/><br/>A stark and enigmatic allegory fueled by subtle performances from Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. <br/><br/>Ester Thulin a translator and intellectual suffering from a terminal disease is traveling home with her younger resentful sister Anna Linblom and Anna's son Johan Jorgen Lindstrom when they stop in the town of Timoka in a fictional European county on the brink of war with an unknown dialect. After they check into a nearly empty hotel with the exception of a group of Spanish dwarves in a traveling show Anna leaves and has an affair with a waiter as Johan wanders the hallways.<br/><br/>Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Three with faint even fading one with pinholes to corners one with a small closed tear in top margin else Near Fine. <br/> <br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 211. Ebert III. Janus Films unknown books
1965146364New York: Challenger Productions 1965. Ribbon copy typescript of a Preliminary Treatment script for an unproduced film. The manuscript does not name the author however we can reasonably presume this is Robert Newman's known treatment for Isak Dinesen's "Seven Gothic Tales" under the title "The Gothic Tales" which we have offered once in the past with that copy having a stated credit for Newman and also 53 pages; and also "Challenger Productions" as stated on title page as well as documented in Boston University's Robert Newman Collection. Contains several proofreading annotations in holograph ink throughout.<br/><br/>Based on the 1934 collection of short stories "Seven Gothic Tales" by Danish author Karen Blixen working under her more commonly recognized pseudonym Isak Dinesen Newman's screenplay is a series of vignettes taking place in 19th century Europe told from the perspective of the author.<br/><br/>Dinesen is also the author of the 1937 memoir "Out of Africa" which was made into Sydney Pollack's Academy Award winning 1985 film of the same name as well as the short story "Babette's Feast" from her 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny" made into Gabriel Axel's Academy Award winning 1987 film of the same name.<br/><br/>In the late 1960s Orson Welles had the intention of creating an anthology of films adapted from Dinesen's stories. Only one was completed Welles' 1968 "The Immortal Story" starring Jeanne Moreau based on the short story of the same name from the 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny." In the early 1980s Welles attempted to film "The Dreamers" based on the short story of the same name from "Seven Gothic Tales" and "Echoes" from the 1957 collection "Last Tales" but only completed a few scenes and abandoned the project after a lack of financing.<br/><br/>In 1982 Italian director Emidio Greco directed "Ehrengard" based upon Dinesen's novel of the same name but was not released until 2002 due to financial complications.<br/><br/>Set in Europe. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated JU 2 6195 presumably 1965 noted as Preliminary Treatment with credits for novelist Dinesen. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Challenger Productions unknown books
1957137255Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Collection of four striking vintage photographs from the 1957 US film. The stills demonstrate the practical effects and extraordinary sets constructed in order to make the picture-at a time when the special effects needed to visualize the world of a man reduced to being only a few inches were essentially nonexistent. <br/><br/>A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine condition with scene descriptions tipped on to the verso of eight of the nine stills. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1969140527Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1969. Three scripts from the seminal police procedural television program from its colorful pop culture-infused revival made between 1967-1970 starring Jack Webb and Henry Morgan along with a relentless cast of hippies druggies bad parents priests and a host of substantially less hip efficient and often troubled men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department. The collection includes:<br/><br/>"Burglary Auto: Courtroom": Revised Draft script for Season Four episode nine which originally aired on November 20 1969. With a holograph ink notation on the front wrapper referring to LAPD Sergeant Dan Cooke who was the department's liaison to the show. Friday and Gannon testify in court about a search of suspect's car but their key witness is missing. <br/><br/>Pink self wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper noted as production number 30208 dated September 9 and September 12 1969 with credits for screenwriter Barrett and LAPD technical advisor Lt. Charles W. Walters. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mechanical duplication on pink stock with revision pages throughout dated 9/12/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>"Narco: Pill Maker": Revised Draft script for Season Four episode 18 which originally aired on February 19 1970. Here under the slightly more formal working title "Narcotics: Pill Maker."<br/><br/>Pink self wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper noted as production No. 30237 dated November 26 and December 5 1969 with credits for screenwriter Harris and LAPD technical advisor Sgt. Ronald Garrahan. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mechanical duplication on pink stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with one gold brad. <br/><br/>"Forgery: The Ranger": Revised Draft script for Season Four episode 21 which originally aired on March 12 1970. With a holograph ink notation on the front wrapper referring to LAPD Sergeant Dan Cooke who was the department's liaison to the show. A routine traffic stop reveals a forest ranger in possession of checks and credit cards not in his name and Friday and Gannon begin to suspect him of being a con man. <br/><br/>Blue self wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper noted as production No. 30239 dated December 29 1969 and Janary 5 and 6 1970 with credits for screenwriter Dan Page and LAPD technical advisor Sgt. Robert L. Cameron. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mechanical duplication on pink stock with blue revision pages bound in front dated 1/6/70. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with one silver brad. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1978137031New York: Interstar 1978. Revised Shooting script for the 1980 film. <br/><br/>Vigilante crime drama focuses on a Vietnam vet who wreaks revenge on the streets of New York for his friend who was mugged and subsequently crippled. In the vein of "Death Wish" 1974 but with more flame-throwing more whores and junkies and more exterminating. A cult classic. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York and Ventura County California. <br/><br/>Red Studio Duplicating wrappers with a credit for screenwriter Glickenhaus on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 8/9/79 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with a credit for screenwriter Glickenhaus. 173 leaves with last page of text numbered 170. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/24/79 and 8/27/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Arrow 554. Hardy The Gangster Film. Interstar unknown books
1979137104Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1979. Two Draft scripts for the 1981 film. One is a First Draft script dated December 1979 the other is an Agency script in promotional titled wrappers undated. <br/><br/>Directed by Bob Rafelson and based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain "Postman" was one of the gems of early 1980 cinema along with "The Verdict" and neo-noir and brought David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. Mamet's grim update of Cain's classic hard-boiled novel was somewhat panned on release but is today held in high regard and is considered a major influence on the genre. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Santa Barbara California. <br/><br/>Script one:<br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1979 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Script two:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus perfect bound. <br/><br/>Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1965140015Paris: Athos Films 1965. Vintage French moyenne poster for the 1965 film. <br/><br/>The influence of "Alphaville" as the first crime film to be set in a sci-fi context cannot be underestimated and even the film's legitimate proteges such as "Blade Runner" don't quite capture its strange sexuality. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>23 x 30 inches folded. Light holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 25. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Athos Films unknown books
1956146325Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1957 film noir here under the working title "Night Target." A strike through the printed title and "Footsteps in the Night" and "1956" written in holograph ink on the wrapper with the name of an uncredited crew member written in holograph pencil on upper right of wrapper.<br/><br/>The final of five Los Angeles-set police thrillers starring Bill Elliott as a L.A.sheriff's department detective following "Dial Red O" 1955 "Sudden Danger" 1955 "Calling Homicide" 1956 and "Chain of Evidence" 1957. <br/><br/>Two detectives investigate the strangulation death of well-liked card player. A gambling addicted neighbor is suspected but something doesn't quite add up. "Wild" Bill Elliott's final film retiring from acting in 1957.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral to the distribution page present with receipt removed dated March 14 1956 with credits for screenwriter Albert Band. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Spicer US. Lyons p. 91. Grant US. Selby US. Allied Artists Productions unknown books
1979146228Hollywood: Faces 1979. Fifth Draft script for the 1980 film here under the working title "One Summer Night." Name of uncredited editor Jack McSweeney and "#36" in holograph ink on top right of title page. <br/><br/>After her neighbors are killed in a mob hit a woman goes on the run with their young son who is in possession of a book the gangsters want. One of eleven films star Gena Rowlands made with her husband director John Cassavetes who became attached to the movie after she was cast. <br/><br/>Remade in 1999 directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sharon Stone as well as the inspiration for the 2008 French film "Julia" directed by Erick Zonca and starring Tilda Swinton.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Rowlands.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. <br/><br/>Green leatherette titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 9 1979 noted as Fifth Draft with credits for screenwriter John Cassavetes. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-10-79 and 7-11-79. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Rosenbuam 1000. Grant US. Faces unknown books
1976130063Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1976. Final and Revised Final drafts for four episodes the 1976 season and two episodes 1977 season of the NBC television series "Gibbsville" based on characters in John O'Hara's 1934 novel "Appointment in Samarra." Gibbsville is the name of the town central to the novel's plot a fictionalized version of O'Hara's hometown Pottsville Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>Each script has green and white titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT or REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated between July 26 1976 and October 17 1976 with credits for the screenwriter of each episode. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT or REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrappers dated between July 26 1976 and October 17 1976 with credits for the screenwriter of each episode. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Full pagination available upon request. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1978150017Universal City: Universal Pictures 1978. Early First Draft Shooting script for the 1980 film preceding its release by nearly two years. With a handwritten label affixed to the front wrapper noting "Revised as of 2/14." <br/><br/>The true story of Melvin E. Dummar a working class man who gives a late-night ride to a man who claims to be Howard Hughes and later finds himself written into Hughes' hotly contested multi-million-dollar will. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning two including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Mary Steenburgen.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in California Utah and Nevada.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as production No. 00433 on the front wrapper dated NOVEMBER 29 1978. Title page present noted as First Draft Shooting Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Bo Goldman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/12/78 and 2/13/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. <br/><br/>Full provenance available. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975146390unknown: Brut Productions 1975. Revised Draft script for the 1975 television film here under the working title "Welcome to Xanadu" which originally aired on ABC on October 10 1975. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with holograph ink annotations to the front wrapper and title page.<br/><br/>Based on the 1968 novel "Welcome to Xanadu" by Nathaniel Benchley. A fugitive mental patient kidnaps an underage farm girl and brings her to a cabin in the mountains where she develops Stockholm Syndrome. A television movie from the final years of the short-lived Brut Productions a film production company formed by cosmetics brand Fabergé when sales of its perfume Xanadu skyrocketed following its appearance in a mock advertisement in Jack Haley Jr.'s "The Love Machine" 1971.<br/><br/>Set in the American West. Shot on location in Taos New Mexico. <br/><br/>Brown titled Brut Productions wrappers. Title page present dated 5/13/75 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Edward Hume and novelist Nathaniel Benchley. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soiling bound with two gold brads. Brut Productions unknown books
1943147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in holograph pencil on the top outer corner of verso. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. They are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. <br/><br/>Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967149639Paris: Nouvelles editions de films 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo who is in costume conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film as well as holograph annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>The second photograph shows director Louis Malle standing with his back to the camera and other crew members at work on a rooftop in preparation for a scene. A few penciled annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nouvelles editions de films unknown books