4 698 résultats
1965151461N.p.: N.p. 1965. 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. N.p. unknown
1961140159France: N.p. 1961. Archive of 91 vintage candid photographs featuring director René Clair and members of the cast and crew at release parties for the 1961 film. Clair is seen with fans giving a speech signing autographs conducting a recorded interview and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel Alfred Adam and Annie Fratellini. The festivities seem to take place in a large music hall with musicians and traditional instruments appearing in a few photos. Bourvil is also present in two contact prints seen traveling cavorting with Clair getting a shave and playing bocce. Several with brief numerical annotations in manuscript pencil and a few double weight photographs with rubberstamps crediting photographer Martin on the versos. <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 range from 4.5 x 7 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches most are 7.25 x 9.25 inches with 87 frames on 35mm and medium-format negative strips. Very Good plus overall with light curling and foxing negatives lightly rubbed. N.p. unknown
1989146422Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Draft script for the 1990 film here under the working title "58 Minutes."<br /> <br /> Sequel to the 1988 action thriller based on the 1987 novel "58 Minutes" by Walter Wager. Two years after the Nakatomi Tower incident hard-nosed cop John McClane returns to save Dulles International Airport from grenade-wielding ex-military mercenaries. <br /> <br /> Set in Washington DC and shot on location in Colorado California and Michigan. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers dated APRIL 24 1989. Title page present dated 4.24.89 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Doug Richardson and novelist Walter Wager. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light rusting to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1971160221Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1971 debut novel of Joseph Wambaugh who wrote almost exclusively about the day-to-day lives and work of Los Angeles police officers. The film follows three rookies entering the Los Angeles police department as they are paired with veteran partners and experience their first hardships on the challenging city beat. The first of four Wambaugh adaptations in the 1970s. <br /> <br /> White pictorial titled wrappers undated. Title page present dated August 6 1971 noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1945170263Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1945. First Draft Continuity script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed letter dated January 11 1946 from story department head David Stephenson to director Brian Foy critiquing the script's plot and recommending revisions. Annotations on the distribution page in manuscript pencil regarding potential casting options.<br /> <br /> Not to be confused with the 1953 film starring Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire.<br /> <br /> An orphan turned successful pop singer organizes a show-stopping dance and music event to raise money for his former orphanage while balancing a love triangle with two beautiful women. Screenwriter Richard Macaulay is best known for "Riding on Air" 1937 "Ready Willing and Able" 1937 "The Roaring Twenties" 1939 and "Born to Kill" 1947. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers dated August 30 1945 and noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper stamped copy No. 14. Distribution page present receipt removed. Title page present dated August 30 1945 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with credit for screenwriter Richard Macaulay. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973139507Boca Raton FL: Penthouse 1973. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1973 film based on the 1947 novel by Andrew Lytle. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with a manuscript notation in his hand on the verso. Full provenance available. <br /> <br /> Culp and Eggar romp in a bed that is the middle of the woods for some reason while the haunted house that will exert a corrupting influence on the couple looms in the background. An image that does not appear in the so-bad-its-nearly-avant garde film but one that nevertheless captures its aura of surreal eroticism quite well. <br /> <br /> Set in the countryside of Southern California shot on location in British Columbia Indian Arm and Vancouver. <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 /> 13.25 x 9 inches. Fine. <br /> <br /> Thrower Nightmare USA. Penthouse unknown
1961139518Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1961 film. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. <br /> <br /> Based on Lillian Hellman's 1934 play about two teachers at an all-girls boarding school accused of being in a lesbian relationship by one of the students ruining the careers and personal lives of both. The play was previously adapted by William Wyler in 1936 as "These Three" though the Production Code forced Hellman to change the substance of the rumor from homosexuality to infidelity. The 1961 version restores the content of the child's lie and is overall incredibly faithful to the stage play. Nominated for five Academy Awards including a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Fay Bainter. <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 /> 13.5 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1963155650Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Vintage contact sheet from the 1963 film showing six images of actors Frank Sinatra and Anita Ekberg during filming. <br /> <br /> Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. <br /> <br /> 11 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown
1963156799Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Estimating Script for the 1963 film. <br /> <br /> Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. An iconic Rat Pack film.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. <br /> <br /> Tan studio wrappers noted as Estimating Script on the front wrapper dated March 18 1963. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 3-18-63 with credits for screenwriters Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell case. <br /> <br /> Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown
1970162890Los Angeles: Twenty Pimlico Inc 1970. Vintage oversize publicity photograph of Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould from the 1970 film by photographer Lawrence Schiller. Photograph with a credit stamp on the verso stamped with the photographer name "Lawrence Schiller" for Twenty Pimlico Inc. with the annotations of Set No. "1072" and Print No. "5."<br /> <br /> Lawrence Julian Schiller is an award winning photographer film producer director screenwriter and bestselling author who has worked in film and television since the 1960s.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker and in turn the basis of the acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1983. A film that kick-started a great decade of cinema and one that still defines it. <br /> <br /> Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. Winner of the Palme d'Or. <br /> <br /> 11 x14 inches with irregular margins archivally matted in a 16 x 20 inch 8-ply mat. Near Fine with a small emulsion blemish to the far right side obscured by the matting. <br /> <br /> From the archive of the PIX Agency an American 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 /> National Film Registry. Twenty Pimlico, Inc unknown
1959148847N.p.: Agence D E B. 1959. Two vintage French borderless studio still photographs from the 1959 film one of Martin LaSalle and one of Jean Pelegri. Mimeo snipe on verso one with annotations on verso. <br /> <br /> Bresson's first wholly original screenplay as opposed to one adapted from existing material perhaps the finest of his many films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be."<br /> <br /> 7.25 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosebaum 1000. Paul Schrader's Canon Fodder 4. Grant France Classic Noir. Selby France Classic Noir. Agence D E B. unknown
1984166545Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1984. Second Draft script for the 1984 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 23. Six revision pages and 30-page location breakdown sheet laid in with the script. <br /> <br /> Through multiple twists of fate two strangers in New York become friends soon realizing they are developing romantic feelings for each other-although both are married with families. Loosely based on David Lean's 1945 film "Brief Encounter." <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location throughout New York City.<br /> <br /> Dark red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for screenwriter Michael Cristofer on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 10 1984 noted as Second Draft with credit for Cristofer. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only with salmon revision pages laid in at the rear of the script dated 4/7/84. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1967147239Los Angeles: Gershwin-Kastner Productions 1967. First Draft script and a Revised Estimating script for the 1968 film. The First Draft script is early written well over two years before the film's release. The Revised Estimating script is on all yellow stock except for distribution page white and pink "This Script Is Not Final and Is Given to You for Advance Information Only" page. Written a year prior the film's release the Revised Estimating script is only 79 pages ending with "PART II TO FOLLOW." <br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> A workaholic manufacturer meets a carefree young woman who takes lovers for a period of one month in order to help them get over their problems though complications ensue when he agrees to be her "November." Remade in 2001 directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Manhattan and Brooklyn New York. <br /> <br /> First draft script:<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers dated July 9 1965. Title page present dated 7/9/65 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Herman Raucher. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads.<br /> <br /> Rev. Estimating script:<br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 65 dated February 1. 1967. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/1/67. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Gershwin-Kastner Productions unknown
1969170354N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actor Rod Steiger getting fake tattoos drawn on by make-up artists in preparation for shooting. Layout annotations on the verso in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> Based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story collection centered on a wandering ex-carnival member whose body is fully tattooed. His tattoos are allegedly created by a time-traveling woman and each tells a unique story.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Lentz US. N.p. unknown
1943165456Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs of Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's Monster for the 1943 film. One photograph with a provenance label on the verso.<br /> <br /> From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s.<br /> <br /> The first of Universal's "monster rally films" which incorporated seemingly disparate Universal monsters into a single narrative and the only film to feature Lugosi as the monster originally made famous by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film "Frankenstein." <br /> <br /> Accidentally revived by grave robbers"wolf man" Lawrence Talbot seeks out Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of finding a cure only to discover the doctor has died but finds his creature still very much alive.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1970163758N.p.: N.p. 1970. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso.<br /> <br /> After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Hollywood.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1999162695Culver City CA: Adelaide Productions 1999. Archive of material relating to Season 2 Episode 15 of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series. Archive belonging to screenwriter and co-executive producer Stephen Sustarsic with his initials on the first leaf of the script. <br /> <br /> Archive includes on Table Draft script and four gatherings of xerographically duplicated draft materials relating to screenwriter meetings and story ideas dated variously between February 11 and 18 1999 as well as two gatherings of publicity material relating to ratings for the show. <br /> <br /> Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert unhappily attends the company picnic where he must play in the annual softball game between the engineers and the marketing division. Originally aired on July 11 2000 on UPN.<br /> <br /> Script:<br /> <br /> Self wrappers dated July 1 1999 on the front wrapper noted as TABLE DRAFT and episode No. 211 with credits for screenwriters Ron Nelson Mark Steen Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br /> <br /> All other materials Near Fine. Adelaide Productions unknown
1933131892Munich / Paris: UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1933. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the original French release of the 1933 film. With the UFA logo at the lower left corner of each. Each still mounted on UFA / ACE boards as issued with credit for both studios and text in French. <br /> <br /> A late attempt by UFA to reach a broader European market this joint production was filmed in French shot in Spain and Germany and released to the French market. Featuring an early supporting appearance by Simone Simon shown in a still here with Jean Gabin with whom she would go on to co-star in Jean Renoir's classic "La Bete Humaine." <br /> <br /> Both photographs 10.5 x 8.5 inches Near Fine with some faint scratching. Boards 15.75 x 13.25 inches Very Good condition with multiple pinholes a few brief dampstains and minor chipping. UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown
1977166688N.p.: N.p. 1977. Ten vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the versos.<br /> <br /> Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Janice Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches three with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 230. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1990168504N.p.: N.p. 1990. Four vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film. <br /> <br /> Spike Lee's fourth feature film written on the set of "Do the Right Thing" 1989 about a talented jazz trumpeter whose selfishness leads to a decline in his professional and personal relationships. <br /> <br /> Shot on location throughout New York.<br /> <br /> 5 x 4 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1927151470Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1927 silent comedy short film. <br /> <br /> Stan and Ollie help a wealthy oil tycoon escape a trio of blackmailers after his money. One the last films released prior to the duo becoming officially billed as Laurel and Hardy. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a scratch to the negative filled in with manuscript black marker else about Near Fine with light curling and some minor edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1957140968Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. First Draft script for the 1960 film. Copy belonging to associate producer James H. Ware with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1956 play of the same name by Margaret Vyner who also wrote the screenplay Victor and Hillary live in castle and get so down on their luck that they begin having tourists visit their castle. Millionaire Charles Delacro soon visits and takes a great liking to the home as well as to Hillary and a love triangle quickly develops. <br /> <br /> Set in Hampshire England shot on location in Lacock and Surrey England. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 4 1957 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Hugh and Margaret Williams. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Multilith duplication with revision pages throughout dated August 12 1959 . Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. <br /> <br /> Olive Films 649. Universal Pictures unknown
1954152836Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Copy belonging to script supervisor Helen McCaffrey with her manuscript pencil annotations on virtually every page and many versos and her name in manuscript ink annotation on the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> A dramatization of the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg based on a short story by Stephen Crane. <br /> <br /> Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 12 1954 with credits for screenwriter Ellis Marcus and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4-14-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown
1933140939Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Four vintage photographs from the 1933 film one double weight and sepia one double weight and black-and-white and two single-weight and sepia.<br /> <br /> Based on William Faulkner's 1931 literary potboiler "Sanctuary" about a wealthy southern belle who goes to trial for murdering the violent bootlegger who abducted her and forced her into prostitution. Every bit as controversial as the source material the film's depiction of sexual violence was graphic and shocking even among films of the era and along with the same year's equally sensational "Baby Face" was directly responsible for the stricter enforcement of the Production Code in 1934 bringing the pre-Code era to a close. <br /> <br /> George Raft then under contract to Paramount was assigned the role of the bootlegger but found the part repulsive and went to battle with the studio in a suit that nearly cost him his career. <br /> <br /> Unavailable for decades outside of 16mm bootlegs the film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011 and screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival but still awaits a commercial release. <br /> <br /> Photographs between 9.75 x 7.5 and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1971149392US: National General Pictures 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Lee H. Katzin and actors Steve McQueen and Elga Andersen on the set of the 1971 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. <br /> <br /> McQueen stars as a racing driver competing in Le Mans one year after an accident killed a fellow racer one which both the racer's widow and others feel McQueen is partially responsible for. A passion project for McQueen originally developed with director John Sturges who left the project after the sale of Warner Brothers to Kinney National Services forced them to move to National General Pictures. <br /> <br /> Filmed on location in Le Mans France including during the running of the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race. <br /> <br /> 11.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the top and bottom edges. National General Pictures unknown
