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1999149053Beverly Hills CA: Imagine Entertainment 1999. Final Draft script for the 2000 television pilot which originally aired on NBC on February 14. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by members of the cast and crew including screenwriter Noah Baumbach and actors Joanna Going Sabrina Grdevich Carlos Jacott Heidi Schanz and Eric Stoltz. <br/><br/>From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.<br/><br/>An early darkly comic screenwriting effort from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach best known for "Kicking and Screaming" 1995 "The Squid and the Whale" 2005 and "Marriage Story" 2019 following a group of friends struggling to adapt to life as adults. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 4/29/99 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach and director Thomas Schlamme. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with one white revision page dated 4/23/99. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Imagine Entertainment unknown books
1947140757Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Three vintage photographs of Orson Welles from the 1947 film. Photographer's rubber stamp to all three photos with mimeograph snipe to the verso of two photos as well. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Featuring photos of actor/director Orson Welles. <br/><br/>Surreal and visually stunning "The Lady from Shanghai" tells a quintessential film noir tale of moral chaos reaching its climax with a shootout in an abandoned hall of mirrors. Robert Coburn who photographed one of the images in this collection was one of the most influential portrait photographers employed by movie studios from the 1930s to 1960s with his most famous portraits immortalizing Hollywood's greatest icons and helping to define the era as the Golden Age of Cinema. In 1940 Coburn began a twenty-year career with Columbia Pictures as the head of the still production department and the studio's chief portrait photographer for many landmark films including "Picnic" "Gilda" and "The Big Heat."<br/><br/>Set in California New York and Mexico and shot there on location. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. <br/><br/>Grant US Classic Noir. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver & Ward Classic Noir. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967149300Spain: Internacional Films 1967. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 film. With a dealer stamp on the verso along with holograph ink annotations regarding layout. <br/><br/>Based on Orson Welles' early play "Five Kings" which condensed Shakespeare's War of the Roses cycle into one story. The film was the last of Welles' three legendary Shakespearean adaptations following "Macbeth" 1948 and "Othello" 1951. As with nearly all of Welles' efforts as a director the film was plagued by financial and logistical problems shot with nearly no budget and received no promotion and a very limited release-but is now rightfully regarded as his final masterpiece.<br/><br/>Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of two other awards at Cannes in 1966. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Spain.<br/><br/>One photograph 11.75 x 9.5 inches one photograph 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with light creases and scratches. Internacional Films unknown books
1980141949Santa Monica: Pendragon Film 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film "Kiss Daddy Goodbye" seen here under the alternate title "Caution Children at Play." Copy belonging to costume designer David Chierichetti with his name blue ink to the front wrapper and his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Two telekinetic children avenge their death of their father a professor of the occult who was killed by a gang of renegade bikers. Director Patrick Regan cast his own children for the leading roles. <br/><br/>Set in California. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present rubber stamped copy No. 024 with credits for screenwriters Alain Silver Patrick Regan Ron Abrams and Mary Stewart. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication first generation copy with no copied punch holes on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pendragon Film unknown books
1965144489Paris: Les Films Ariane 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress on the set of the 1965 film provocatively eating a banana. With agency stamps and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1879 novel "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China" by Jules Verne. An adventure-comedy following the depressed billionaire Arthur Lempereur Jean-Paul Belmondo who after a series of suicide attempts hires hit-men to kill him but after he meets Alexandrine Pinardel Ursula Andress he tries to cancel the hit.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Malaysia China Nepal India and France. <br/><br/>6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown books
1968141021London: The Rank Organization 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Laid in are two pages of corrections. With annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. 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 Jon Cleary's 1966 novel of the same title. The New South Wales police sergeant Scobie Malone is summoned for questioning and cooperation when the Australian High Commissioner is wanted in England for murder. Now he must uncover the truth as well protect the High Commissioner from assassination attempts. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location there as well as New South Wales Australia. <br/><br/>Teal blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated October 20 1967 with credits for author Jon Cleary and screenwriter Wilfred Greatorex. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 15 1967 and January 8 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. The Rank Organization unknown books
1936143033New York: Gaumont British Picture Corporation 1936. Draft script for the 1937 film. Presentation copy bound in green cloth with title in gilt. <br/><br/>An American gangster joins the British Army in order to evade the police. Released in Great Britain under the title O.H.M.S. which signifies "On His Majesty's Service." Military propaganda from Britain's War Office made with full Army Council cooperation. American director Raoul Walsh was chosen after his success with "What Price Glory" in 1926 which helped boost recruiting for the US Marine Corps. <br/><br/>Set in New York and London shot on location in London. <br/><br/>Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles with stamped production No. 69 in gilt. Title page present dated 31st July 1936 noted as screenplay. 116 leaves. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with dampstaining on open edge binding Very Good plus. Gaumont British Picture Corporation unknown books
1974144121Los Angeles: Zenith Productions 1974. Draft script for the 1974 film "Psycho Sisters" also known by the alternate title "Sibling" seen here under the working title "So Evil My Sister." <br/><br/>A low budget suspense film from "Diary of a Madman" director Reginald LeBorg in which a recent widow Susan Strasberg and her emotionally unstable sister Faith Domergue engage in escalating psychological warfare-with predictably dire results. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Thrower Nightmare USA. Zenith Productions unknown books
1930152397Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Acacias 1930. Vintage borderless oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1930 French film showing Pola Illery and Edmond T. Greville dancing at the bottom left corner with Gaston Modot looking on in a jealous sulk to the far right. With a provenance stamp and the stamp of Societe Nouvelle des Acacias to the verso. <br/><br/>A seductive Romanian woman named Pola enchants working class street singer Albert but he must compete for her affections with his best friend Louis and a local gangster named Fred. <br/><br/>11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the corners. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 161. Rosenbaum 1000. Societe Nouvelle des Acacias unknown books
1959149880London: British Lion 1959. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 short film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>A surreal slapstick sketch comedy film filmed over 2 days on a shoestring budget of approximately 70 pounds. Considered influential on mid-century British comedy particularly Monty Python's Flying Circus and a purported favorite of The Beatles. <br/><br/>Two photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. British Lion unknown books
1998141593Santa Monica: Artisan Entertainment 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. With a single notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson. A man is hypnotized by his sister-in-law leading to haunted visions and the complete breakdown of his family life. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago shot on location there. <br/><br/>Yellow titled self wrappers dated August 14 1998 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp and author Richard Matheson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographically duplicated with yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1998 and September 18 1998. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Artisan Entertainment unknown books
1971151252Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and the stamp of Paramount Pictures and two with the stamps of Israel Film Archive on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Roald Dahl's 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with a screenplay also written by Dahl. A poor but cheerful young boy finds one of the prized five golden tickets which grants access to chocolatier Willy Wonka's mysterious factory. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Munich.<br/><br/>Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1981139508Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1981 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/>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 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1979149429Burbank CA: Tisch-Davidson Productions 1979. First Draft script for the 1979 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member Robert Harrison with his ownership name in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A young Italian American man with dreams of becoming a famous singer takes the rap for his father's arson charge and goes to prison where he is forced to navigate an enclosed world of segregation and rampant sexual violence. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New Jersey.<br/><br/>Goldenrod MGM titled wrappers dated October 27 1977 with credits for screenwriter John Herzfeld producer Joe Wizean and director Robert Markowitz rubber stamped copy No. 60. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter John Herzfeld. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tisch-Davidson Productions unknown books
1972149905N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. <br/><br/>A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films a stylish grotesque fairy tale romp. <br/><br/>Set in Serbia. <br/><br/>Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1967152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crewmember and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well cropping annotations in holograph pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS."<br/><br/>Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest and published in the French magazine V in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. <br/><br/>Set in outer space and shot in Rome. <br/><br/>9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown books
1968149124N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and Mia Farrow in front of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Ave New York City during the filming of the 1968 film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. <br/><br/>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine<br/><br/>National Film Registy. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1965150764N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage reference photographs one of Catherine Deneuve and Roman Polanski and one of Deneuve and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor from the 1965 film. Mimeo snipes on versos. <br/><br/>Polanski's second feature film and first film in English heralding the arrival of one of the twentieth century's greatest directors. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location throughout London England. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 483. Grant UK. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1977130496Los Angeles: Stephen Friedman / Kings Road Productions 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ron Turbeville's only produced screen credits were for "Buster and Billie" 1974 and a few episodes of television "Adam-12" "The Name of the Game". <br/><br/>A coming-of-age story with what would appear to be a nearly all-black cast about a 14-year-old black teenager named Jimmy who lives in an unnamed part of the rural American South. He dreams of life in the city and finds his induction by way of the titular urban denizen. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Turbeville. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Stephen Friedman / Kings Road Productions unknown books
1943150100N.p.: N.p. 1943. Vintage reference publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi in battle as the wolf man and Frankenstein respectively and Ilona Massey as the frightened helpless damsel from the 1943 film.<br/><br/>The first ensemble film from the Universal Studios to combine characters from different horror series. A sequel to both the 1941 classic "The Wolf Man" directed by George Waggner and the 1942 Frankenstein sequel the fourth in the series "The Ghost of Frankenstein" directed by Erle C. Kenton. <br/><br/>Lugosi's only portrayal of the Frankenstein monster originally shot featuring an articulate monster who was blind and deaf explaining the outstretched arms and lumbering gait unfortunately both plot elements were cut and left unexplained leaving Lugosi's performance to become the subject of ridicule.<br/><br/>The resurrected wolf man Larry Talbot enlists the aid of mad scientist to end his curse who has plans of his own to revive Frankenstein's frozen monster.<br/><br/>8 x 10.25 inches. Some edgewear and light creasing in far corners else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. N.p. unknown books
1975149729N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1970 film showing actresses Erica Gavin and Cynthia Myers with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp behind the camera at the far left. With the film's French 1975 release title "Orgissimo" at the bottom right.<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 "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Hollywood.<br/><br/>12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light wear to the corners.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1990151534Mumbai: National Film Development Corporation of India NFDC 1990. Vintage reference photograph of Satyajit Ray on the set of the 1990 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and label of photographer Nemai Ghosh on verso. Ghosh worked closely with Ray as his official still photographer for nearly twenty-five years.<br/><br/>Based on the 1882 play by Henrik Ibsen. When a good doctor discovers the cause of an outbreak of illness among the townsfolk is the holy water at the local temple and tourist attraction he is met with unexpected resistance and hostility. <br/><br/>Set in the town of Chandipur India. <br/><br/>4.25 x 6.25 inches narrow margins. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection Eclipise 40. National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) unknown books
1970152813London: Virgin Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in English. Director Sergio Corbucci and screenwriter Massimo Franciosa collaborated on 7 films between 1972-1989 all comedies.<br/><br/>Based on the 1973 novel by Philip Evans about a former secret agent turned bodyguard tasked with protecting a Sardinian football player. Film rights to Evans' novel were acquired by Virgin Films in the year of publication with noted Italian director Sergio Corbucci slated to direct and talk of George Best as the footballer but the film was ultimately never made. <br/><br/>Corbucci rose to prominence in 1966 with his cult Spaghetti Western film "Django" a release considered to have set a new standard of violence in the genre. Corbucci is remembered one of Italy's most prolific exploitation directors creating stylish hyper-violent films in what is today known as the Euro Western and "poliziotteschi" genres usually following lone antiheroes seeking retribution for past wrongs as in "Navajo Joe" 1966 "Ringo and His Golden Pistol" 1966 and "The Cruel Ones" 1967 or left-leaning proletarian protagonists as in "The Mercenary" 1968 "The Specialists" 1969 and "Companeros" 1970. <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Philip Evans screenwriters Sergio Corbucci and Massimo Franciosa and translation credits to Bernie Cooper and Francis Megahy. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with a light dampstain to the bottom corners of the rear wrapper and first and last leaves bound internally with two silver brads. Virgin Films unknown books
1962144636Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1962. Two vintage photographs of Sidney Lumet directing on the set of the 1962 film. With holograph annotations and a rubber stamp on the versos of each. <br/><br/>Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one.<br/><br/>Shot on location in New York City and Rome. <br/><br/>7.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown books
1985146210Berkshire England: Anderson Burr Pictures 1985. Third Draft script for "Star Laws" a never-aired 55-minute pilot episode for "Space Police." Copy belonging to unknown crew member with a few holograph pencil and ink annotations to the front wrapper and leaves.<br/><br/>Screenwriter Gerry Anderson's early attempt at an intergalactic police procedural one that would would eventually become the British sci-fi series "Space Precinct" which was broadcast on October 3 1994 on Sky One. The pilot carries many similarities to the show that would eventually air-a hardboiled New York cop is transferred to the eponymous "space precinct" in Demeter City on the planet Altor in 2040-although the pilot features far fewer human characters with a greater reliance on Anderson's trademark blend of live action prosthetics puppetry a process Anderson called "Supermarionation."<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1985 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some rust to the wrapper versos near the binding with silver prong binding. Anderson Burr Pictures unknown books
