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2017170439N.p.: N.p. 2017. A small archive of approximately 70 leaves largely regarding casting and readings for Francis Ford Coppola's ongoing experimental film project "Distant Vision" belonging to Coppola's long-time producer Fred Roos with the majority of the material written in Roos' hand 2013-2017. Found here under various working titles including "Coppola Project" "Dark Electric Vision" "Distant Vision" "D.V." "FFC" and "F. Coppola Project."<br /> <br /> Included in the archive are:<br /> <br /> Copious handwritten notes on casting considerations and recommendations from Roos including actor availability skill sets and reactions to meetings and readings. <br /> <br /> A four-page "'Men' For Discussion" and "'Women' For Discussion" on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 5 2013 listing actors and their ages.<br /> <br /> A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 5 2013 listing "Godfather I II and III Actors for Discussion."<br /> <br /> A two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 7 2013 of "'Faith' For Discussion" listing actors for the role with pencil annotations in Roos' hand.<br /> <br /> Five listings on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors for readings which took place from March 16 2013 to August 1 2014 which included Kate Beckinsale Vincent D'Onofrio Elle Fanning Andy Garcia Philip Seymour Hoffman Oscar Isaac Uma Thurman and Marisa Tomei among others.<br /> <br /> A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 19 2013 listing actors for a proposed reading the following day with the actor's headshot their character's name and their contact information or agency with ink annotations in Roos' hand. Including actors Linda Cardellini Frank Grillo Dakota Johnson Max Minghella and Imogen Poots among others.<br /> <br /> A four page handwritten draft of a letter to Coppola in Roos' hand regarding an upcoming January 15 2014 table reading with thirteen questions for Coppola largely regarding casting and actor availability.<br /> <br /> Four pages from a Draft script with the ink annotation of "Fred's Notes on June 25 2014 Draft" with notes regarding the script in Roos' hand on two pages.<br /> <br /> A four-page "Cast of Characters" listing all the characters with brief descriptions for the following timelines in the script: "1922" "1928-30" "1939" "1947" "1952" "Flashback - 1890's" "1959" "1962" and "1969."<br /> <br /> A four-page list of "Cast of Characters" with ages depicted and detailed descriptions along with "Minor Characters" with brief descriptions.<br /> <br /> A three-page list of all the characters and the script pages on which the characters appear.<br /> <br /> And a two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors up for discussion dated August 22 2017.<br /> <br /> All material housed in a generic orange folder with post-its with marker annotations of "Distant Vision" affixed to the front panel and tab with cello tape.<br /> <br /> Conceived by Coppola as an experimental film project in the early 2000's "Distant Vision" depicts three generations of an Italian American family during the advent and omnipresence of television intended to be filmed as "live cinema" Coppola's experimental and potentially ground-breaking concept for a live production-film hybrid. Two different versions of a "proof of concept" production were broadcast to limited audiences in June 2015 from Oklahoma City Community College and in July 2016 from the UCLA School of Theater.<br /> <br /> Coppola had planned to film more sequences financed from his 2024 film "Megalopolis" but had been thus far put on hold following the film's disappointing box office returns.<br /> <br /> All material approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall housed in a Near Fine 8.5 x 11.5 generic orange folder. N.p. unknown
1984159116N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 20. <br /> <br /> An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer of "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975 winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and co-writer of "Cool Hand Luke" 1967 "Cat Ballou" 1965 and "A Star is Born" 1976 among many others. Pierson served as the President of the Writers Guild of America West for two terms in the 1980s and 1990s and was also associated with the American Film Institute the Academy of American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Sundance Film Festival. <br /> <br /> Considered by many to be one of the best unproduced still-unfilmed screenplays written in the wake of an April 1984 "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" magazine article about the spate of films about American milltowns.<br /> <br /> Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1984 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Frank Pierson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light offsetting on the last page of the script. Bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971152448N.p.: N.p. 1971. Shooting Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Sunshine Ladies."<br /> <br /> The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. George Armitage's directorial debut and the second film released by Corman's New World Pictures. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 2 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film.<br /> <br /> Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Kansas. <br /> <br /> 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown
1948156774Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Revised Final script for the 1948 Western film. <br /> <br /> An extremely effective minimal Western starring Gregory Peck playing against type as a bank robber-albeit an honorable one-who must go head-to-head with Richard Widmark. One of the classics of the late 1940s overshadowed by "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" which was released the same year and is much better remembered today. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Death Valley National Monument and near Lone Pine CA where an entire ghost town was constructed for the film. <br /> <br /> Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 122 dated May 14 1948. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated May 14 1948 with a credit for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box.<br /> <br /> Pitts 5051. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
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
1960150227N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1960 film. Both with "Cinema Verite" and "London Express News" stamps on verso and one with mimeo snipe on verso. <br /> <br /> A young woman finds herself standing trial for the murder of her lover forcing her to reflect on her memories of their turbulent relationship. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Paris France. <br /> <br /> 6.75 x 10.25 inches and 7 x 10.25 inches. Mildly wavy else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 960. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1938148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. <br /> <br /> One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937.<br /> <br /> Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1961133624Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Vintage oversize Swedish still photograph from the 1961 film. With the Svensk Filmindustri logo at the bottom right corner. <br /> <br /> In a typically heavy moment from the film Max Von Sydow Martin and Lars Passgard Minus stand together in a moment of silence. Shot by the film's cinematographer the legendary Sven Nykvist. <br /> <br /> 11 x 9 inches. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 209. Svensk Filmindustri unknown
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
1963151019N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. <br /> <br /> A young bank employee Jean encouraged by his friend to try gambling decides to vacation in Nice where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and Monte Carlo Monaco. <br /> <br /> 2 8.75 x 7 inches 1 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown
1969150969N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1969 film. Provenance stamps of film scholar and author J. P. Berthome on versos of all three and one with a National Film Archive stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s.<br /> <br /> A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Twilight Time 327. N.p. unknown
1973160839Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Final shooting script for the 1973 film. Here under the working title "Dime Box" with "Kid Blue" written above that in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> With his cowboy days suddenly behind him as the American West becomes tame Kid Blue decides to try his hand at a factory job. He finds the routine workday to be monotonous and soon drifts back to the life he knew. <br /> <br /> Set in Texas shot on location in Mexico. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 20 1971 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Edwin Shrake. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1950151573N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript layout annotations on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. <br /> <br /> A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the underworld where he begs for her return to the living. The second film in director Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and preceding "Testament of Orpheus" 1960.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Paris. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1964168094N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photograph from the 1964 French film showing actors Samy Frey and Claude Brasseur in the middle of a gunfight in the street. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Paris. <br /> <br /> 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine.<br /> <br /> BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
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
1934137471Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage sepia reference photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Shown are director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in full regalia visiting with noted Mexican toreador Pepe Ortiz and a member of the Mexican Counsul in Los Angeles. Typescript snipe on the verso indicating same along with an ink notation of the photo date 9/15/34 and a contemporary illustrated label for "Photofest."<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 109. Paramount Pictures unknown
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
1948133625London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. <br /> <br /> From the archive of Maurice Bessy with his stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Leslie Baker and another for Carol Reed Productions and The London Films Studios in Shepperton England. A mimeo snipe also on the verso describes the photo in which the film's star Joseph Cotten looks down lovingly on two miniature Pinscher dogs who are sitting in Welles' directing chair. Noted is the fact the two dogs are from the only known family of the breed in the United Kingdom. <br /> <br /> Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only originally screenplay. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a lovely museum-quality frame with archival UV glass double mounted with both sides exposed for viewing. Carol Reed Productions unknown
1931130961Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1931. Revised Final Script for the 1932 pre-Code film an early starring role for Carole Lombard. Rubber stamped as a Paramount File Copy at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Penelope Newbold is a wealthy divorcee looking to remarry. She falls for her physician Dr. Karl Bemis but ends up marrying Bill Hanaway. Bill then has an affair with another woman. <br /> <br /> Tall peach side stapled self wrappers noted as Third Buff Script on the front wrapper dated October 6 1931 with credits for writers Hughes Heath Buchman and Leahy. 205 leaves on peach stock mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Paramount Pictures unknown
