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1950142292n.p.: N.p. 1950. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman credited for adding additional dialogue holograph pencil signature on front wrapper. Holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Based on the true story of John Wesley Powell's dangerous inaugural navigation of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Creator of the Cosmos Club second director of the US Geological Survey and proponent of land preservation he was championed as an explorer and a great man notwithstanding his belief that the Native Americans were primitives with no civilized societal structure of course. Written by "Lone Ranger" screenwriter Herb Meadow. <br/><br/>Set in Arizona. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 3 dated December 29 1949. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY with credits for screenwriters Meadow and Colman and author John Wesley Powell. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication with revision pages throughout dated variously between November 23 1949 and January 4 1950. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964140078Japan: Toho Company 1964. Original Japanese B2 poster for the 1964 film. <br/><br/>A masterpiece of 1960s Japanese cinema based on the novel by Kobo Abe which Roger Ebert described as a modern turn on the myth of Sisyphus. A schoolteacher on an expedition to collect insects that inhabit sand dunes becomes trapped with a widow in a hut inexplicably built at the bottom of a sand quarry. <br/><br/>Winner of the Cannes Prix du jury. <br/><br/>20 x 28.5 inches. Moderate edgewear light creasing overall. Very Good or better overall. <br/><br/>BFI 645. Criterion Collection 394. Ebert I. Toho Company unknown books
1946WRCLIT67391Culver City: RKO / Selznick 1946. 18777810961212 leaves foliated in reel format. Large quarto legal format. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Punched and bradbound in upper margin. Some soft corner creases otherwise near fine. A combined continuity script for Hitchcock's 1946 film based on a screenplay by Ben Hecht based on a story by John Taintor Foote with uncredited contributions by Clifford Odets and Hitchcock. The cast included Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains. Hecht's script was nominated for an Oscar. This post-production script which is a quite literal record of the film as released predates the film's premiere by nearly a month. Duplicate from the Selznick archive. RKO / Selznick unknown books
1977148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda.<br/><br/>Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California and Texas. <br/><br/>Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1954130751Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. <br/><br/>Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates hoping to tease out useful information and character traits via their choice of spouses. <br/><br/>Lacking studio wrappers as used by Van Heflin. Title page present dated April 20 1954 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Lindsay Crouse and Binyon. 128 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-22-54 and 5-11-54. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Fox Cinema Archives. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1953150222N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless black and white photograph of director John Ford and actress Ava Gardner on the set of the 1953 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of photographer Jitendra Arya. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on the 1932 play "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small holograph pencil annotation on the bottom left corner noting No. 73. N.p. unknown books
1964149709Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director John Huston and playwright Tennessee Williams on location for the 1964 film. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1955146430Universal City: Universal Studios 1955. First Draft script for the 1956 film. With a few holograph ink annotations throughout mostly correcting grammatical and spelling errors and a holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper reading "File Copy."<br/><br/>The third and final installment in the Creature from the Black Lagoon series and longtime Universal Pictures assistant director Arthur Sherwood's directorial debut. Having escaped from a Florida oceanarium the Gill-man is captured by a mad scientist who turns him into an air-breather through the use of latent lungs.<br/><br/>Set in Florida. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Arthur Ross. Title page present noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Arthur Ross. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light edgewear bound with three gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1969144825France: Productions Du Chesne 1969. Collection of five vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1969 film. <br/><br/>Joe Caligula Gerard Blain and his sadistic gang move from Marseille to Paris where they wage a violent attack on the established criminal underworld. <br/><br/>12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Productions Du Chesne unknown books
1934151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. <br/><br/>7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961144548Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films 1961. Deluxe publicity manual for the 1962 film. Based on H.L. Lawrence's 1960 novel "The Children of Light." <br/><br/>An extensive publication containing cast and crew lists and biographies a synopsis of the film stories from the film's production and captions for still photographs though the stills are not included with the manual. Joseph Losey's cult science fiction classic in which a couple discovers a group of radioactive children who are being imprisoned and studied by the military though their discovery inevitably proves fatal. <br/><br/>Tall red illustrated wrappers. Title page dated August 1961. Mimeograph duplication 121 pages with a couple of xerographically duplicated pages bound in. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films unknown books
1965148379Hollywood: Berkshire Productions 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker script containing a few copied annotations striking dialogue and altering actions. <br/><br/>From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel.<br/><br/>When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli Vittorio De Sica he sides with his kidnappers Robert Wagner Raquel Welch and offers to help them pull off a huge heist even bringing in criminal mastermind Professor Samuels Edward G. Robinson to help run the operation.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in France and Italy. <br/><br/>Green hand titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Sy Salkowitz and author Josef Shaftel. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with fading at edges wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and light foxing on lower outer edge bound with prong binding. Berkshire Productions unknown books
1964150596N.p.: N.p. 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1964 film one showing actress Jeanne Moreau embracing director Luis Bunuel the other showing Bunuel and Moreau in conversation between takes with a camera crew in the background. With a provenance stamp on the verso along with holograph pencil and ink annotations. <br/><br/>Based on Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel which follows a chambermaid in 1930s France whose Parisian beauty and sophistication at turns alienate and arouse the bourgeoisie members of the country house where she has recently found employment. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Seine-Maritime Saint-Maurice and Essonne France.<br/><br/>7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Criterion Collection 117. N.p. unknown books
1968152013N.p.: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Mario Bava John Phillip Law and Marisa Mell on the set of the 1968 film. "A.L.A. Fotocine" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the popular Italian comic strip "Diabolik" created in 1962 by Italian sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani. Remade as the internationally produced animated television series "Diabolik" a huge hit in Europe which aired in 1997 and 1998. <br/><br/>Set in Europe in the swinging 1960s the acrobatic leather-clad masked thief and killer Diabolik Law and his leggy wig-wearing girlfriend Eva Kant Mell swindle and murder millionaires and billionaires for their own financial gain and amusement. <br/><br/>10.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica unknown books
1984WRCLIT68038Universal City: Marstar Productions / Warner Bros. 1984. 11341 leaves the last a steno service colophon. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Title lettered on bottom edge a few light pencil comments by an early reader staple in upper wrapper; very good. Denoted a "First Revised Draft" of this original screenplay although copies bearing slightly earlier dates and having different collations also are noted as such. Unproduced. Marstar Productions / Warner Bros. unknown books
1970142749Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Gore Vidal. <br/><br/>One of the key twentieth century films about Hollywood and a prescient one in terms of trans interests which at the time received almost no attention from major studios. Myra Breckinridge undergoes gender confirmation surgery and upon completion promptly moves to Hollywood to enroll in her uncle Buck's acting academy where she attempts to claim her half of her uncle's inheritance. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine save for the first and last few leaves which have been worn to around Very Good condition bound with a gold brad. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977145621Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>The Beatles' legendary 1967 masterwork is turned into a 1970s film musical represented by a star-studded ensemble with appearances by Donald Pleasence George Burns the only actor with speaking lines not accompanied by song Steve Martin Alice Cooper Jack Bruce Keith Carradine Carol Channing Donovan Leif Garrett Etta James Dr. John and music groups Aerosmith as the "Future Villain Band" and Earth Wind and Fire. The Fab Four are conceptually represented by Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees Barry Robin and Maurice Gibb.<br/><br/>Ochre titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 29 1977 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Henry Edwards writer Robert Stigwood and musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink and teal revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/1/77 and 10/19/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Carlson and Connollly Destroy All Movies. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Universal Pictures unknown books
1964152012Rome: Film Duemila 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Monica Vitti and Richard Harris from the 1964 film. "Deserto Ross" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Antonioni's first color film and the last in a quartet of films made between 1959 and 1964 about women in modern culture preceded by "L'avventura" "La Notte" and L'Eclisse" and the lie of happiness and better living. This entry very much an antecedent to Todd Haynes' "Safe" 1995 focuses on Vitti a woman trying to survive in the modern world of cultural neurosis and existential doubt. Carlo Di Palma's cinematography remains legendary today for its stunningly colored industrial landscapes beautifully and yet indirectly evoking Vitti's unease alienation and vivid perceptions. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Ravenna Sardinia and Rome Italy. <br/><br/>9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1134. Criterion Collection 522. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Film Duemila unknown books
1960136120Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the 1960 film. Shot by Jean Schmidt for the French magazine Cinema with stamps for both parties on the verso. <br/><br/>A cinematic experiment tailor made for Welles in which three actors portray two roles each spinning two intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong. This image from the first segment of the film wherein Welles plays a loutish construction worker with an unhappy wife who takes up with a suitor leading to unfortunate results. <br/><br/>8.5 x 12 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972148721Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Final Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "Love in Blume." Single numeric annotation in holograph marker on front wrapper. <br/><br/>Paul Mazursky followed his acclaimed film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969 with this sharp romantic comedy about Stephen Blume George Segal who after cheating on his wife Nina Susan Anspach realizes he cannot live without her. Nina naturally has already dumped him and what follows is a poignant and comedic film about the complexity of modern marriage. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Venice Italy and California. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated July 11 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/11/72 with credits for screenwriter Paul Mazursky. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wavy with creasing and light edgewear bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1952140247Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1952. Four Draft scripts for three Pete Smith production shorts "The Camera Caught It" 1954 "Bandage Bait" 1951 and "Bargain Madness" 1951 seen here under the title "Dollar Day." <br/><br/>Collection of scripts for three of Pete Smith's later short productions: "The Camera Caught It" "Bandage Bait" and "Bargain Madness." "Bargain Madness" features a passive aggressive fight between two neighboring housewives who attempt to shop at the same department store sale "Bandage Bait" a barrage of idiotic ways to injure oneself in various places and "The Camera Caught It" a humorously-narrated series of unusual acts caught on camera. <br/><br/>Smith produced and narrated over 150 shorts between the 1930s and 1955 beginning his career at MGM as a publicist and moving on to narration when others noticed his knack for comedy. His unmistakable sharp tenor and nasal tone unwittingly became the analog the voice we expect to hear in all shorts and news reels of the era and he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1953 for his work. <br/><br/>The Camera Caught It copy No. 38:<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 38 dated 7-9-52 with credits for producer Pete Smith and screenwriter Joe Ansen. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued dated 7-9-50. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Mimeograh. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>The Camera Caught It copy No. 6:<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 6 dated 7-9-52 with credits for producer Pete Smith and screenwriter Joe Ansen. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued present dated 7-9-50. 23 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph duplication with white revision pages dated 7-18-52. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Bandage Bait:<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated 6-6-50 with credits for screenwriters David Barclay and Julian Harmon. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued dated 4-18-50. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 35. Mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated 4-18-50. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Dollar Day:<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 53 dated 4-27-50 with credits for producer Pete Smith and screenwriters Julian Harmon and David Barclay. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued dated 5-18-50. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered "26-27." Mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-18-50 and 6-19-50. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966151544Rome: Arco Films 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pier Paolo Pasolini on the set of the 1966 film. Italian "Uccellacci e Uccellini" stamp photographer "Divo Cavicchioli" stamp and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso.<br/><br/>An old man played by the famous Italian performer Toto and his son Ninetto Davoli are walking along the road and are joined by a talking philosopher crow whom we are told in an intertitle is a left-wing intellectual and may be a Marxist. Nominated for the Palm d'Or.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Assisi Fiumicino Rome Tuscania and Viterbo Italy. <br/><br/>7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Arco Films unknown books
1965151461N.p.: N.p. 1965. Collection of four vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>A blind musician Ray Charles playing himself helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris and London. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1961144266France: Limot 1961. Collection of 86 original single weight photographs from the set of 1961 film. Members of the cast and crew are seen in action shots pinup images of actress Castel Bourvil mending fences and several images of the camera crew during filming. Sprawling landscapes gunfights in the town square and charming taproom images candidly showcase one of Clair's final films. Nearly all are rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographer Limot and all with numerical annotations in holograph pencil. Housed in an original French Kodak photo paper box. <br/><br/>One photograph shown. Please inquire for others.<br/><br/>A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout France. <br/><br/>Photos 5 x 7 inches with a few trimmed slightly smaller and box slightly larger. Photos Near Fine with light curling and faint foxing and box Very Good Plus two splits to the lid. Limot unknown books
1962145672Universal City: Universal Pictures 1962. FINAL SCREENPLAY draft script for the 1963 film. With director Bud R.G. Springsteen's holograph signature on the front wrapper and holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A cowboy is held hostage and must get 12000 dollars in stolen bonds from his partners ex-girlfriend or he will be killed. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated August 10 1962. Title page present with credits for Ric Hardman. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/23/62 and 9/4/62. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two three brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
