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1956148999Hollywood: Prospect Productions Inc 1956. Revised Final Shooting draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Fort Laramie." Copy belonging to actress Frances Helm heavily annotated in holograph ink and pencil throughout with all dialogue and action of Helm's character Melissa Brader underlined and frequent annotations regarding action motivation and dialogue. Annotation on leaf preceding title page lists all pages with dialogue or action of Brader character in holograph ink and Helm's name and character's name in holograph pencil. Copy number "26" in holograph ink on top right of front wrapper.<br/><br/>Fort Laramie an undermanned garrison is trying to keep peace with the Sioux when the Civil War breaks out dividing loyalties down the middle. Chief Red Cloud head of the Sioux Nation sees an opportunity to split and wipe out the garrison.<br/><br/>Harry Dean Stanton's film debut.<br/><br/>Set in Wyoming shot on location in Utah. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated April 24 1956 noted as Revised Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Robert C. Dennis. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between April 24 1956 and 5/4/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Pitts 3404. Prospect Productions, Inc unknown books
1966150654Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Three vintage photographs one publicity still photograph of Adam West as Batman and two studio still photographs one of Frank Gorshin and Lee Meriwether as The Riddler and The Catwoman respectively and one of Burgess Meredith Cesar Romero and Frank Gorshin as The Penguin The Joker and The Riddler respectively from the 1966 film. <br/><br/>The first full-length film adaptation of the DC Comic character Batman originally planned as the pilot film for the television series which aired on ABC from 1966 to 1968 the film was released shortly after the end of the series' first season and featured the original members of the television cast with the exception of Lee Meriwether replacing Julie Newmar as Catwoman.<br/><br/>The Joker the Penguin the Riddler and Catwoman join forces to control the world with a dehydrator which reduces humans to dust. It is up to the Dynamic Duo to save the world.<br/><br/>Set in Gotham City shot on location in Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960131701London: Continental Distributing / Michael Balcon Productions 1960. Draft British script for the 1961 UK film "The Long and the Short and the Tall" released in the US as "Jungle Fighters." Actor Richard Todd's copy with his name written in red holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Based on a play by Willis Hall. <br/><br/>On a mission in the Burmese jungle during World War II to record sounds to be used in sonic warfare a small platoon of seven men capture a solitary Japanese soldier. Tensions result within the group as they begin to differ on what to do with their prisoner. <br/><br/>Gray wrappers with title and credits label affixed at the top right corner. Marked copy No. 123 dated 6th May 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mankowitz and playwright Hall. Title page present dated 1st February 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mankowitz and playwright Hall. 187 leaves mimeograph duplication with white revision pages and blue "American Version" pages throughout dated either 26.2.60 or 6.5.60. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Continental Distributing / Michael Balcon Productions unknown books
1942141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name to the front wrapper his copious holograph annotations throughout and holograph notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. <br/><br/>Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. <br/><br/>Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. <br/><br/>Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1947140197Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Revised Final script for the 1948 film here under the working title "Mary O'Hara's Green Grass of Wyoming." Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations to his scenes throughout. Laid in are three additional pages and two film negatives. <br/><br/>A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 166 and production No. 133 dated May 16 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 16 1947 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between June 25 1947 and July 18 1947. Pages Very Good with dampstaining wrapper Fair to Good complete with dampstaining pages not affected and fray at the extremities bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962146911London: Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set from the 1962 film. "Brigitte BARDOT" and "PHOTO UNIFRANCE FILM" stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Bridgette Bardot stars in this semi-biographical film by Louie Malle about a young girl Jill who suddenly becomes a movie star and tries to manage the pressures and annoyances of celebrity. She returns home to Switzerland to escape from the paparazzi and seeks refuge in the arms of newly divorced Fabio Marcello Mastroianni. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in France Switzerland and Italy. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro unknown books
1958132901Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1958. Collection of twelve vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 French film. <br/><br/>The great French director's second film about a wealthy woman who has become bored with both her emotionally distant husband and her lover and abruptly leaves them both to take up with a younger man she just met. After it was released in the US the film became the subject of a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court where Justice Potter Stewart in declaring the film not obscene issued the immortal phrase "I know it when I see it" in regards to what constitutes pornographic material. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in France including Paris Dijon Burgundy and the Cote-d'Or. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine or better with light toning to a few of the photographs. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 58. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown books
1980143088Rome: Dania Film 1980. Collection of 10 vintage borderless color photographs from the 1980 film. Most with brief holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>A reporter and a psychic try to close the gates of Hell after a priest's suicide on holy ground causes the dead to rise from the "godfather of gore" Fulci. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow 1459. Blue Underground. Dania Film unknown books
1966149344Rome: B.R.C. Produzione 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actor Franco Nero crouching in the pose that would later be used for the Italian poster for the film. With holograph annotations regarding layout and stamps to the verso. <br/><br/>One of the few Westerns made by Fulci starring Nero and released the same year as "Django." Also released as "God Forgives I Don't!"<br/><br/>Set on the US-Mexico border shot on location in Lazio Italy and Madrid Spain.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned.<br/><br/>Pitts 1113. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Blue Underground. B.R.C. Produzione unknown books
1967144422Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Michel Piccoli Catherine Deneuve and Luis Bunuel on the set of the 1967 film. With holograph annotations and agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Buñuel's first color film about a young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. <br/><br/>9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution unknown books
1934149348Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1934. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1934 French release of the 1933 Spanish short film. With mimeo snipes on the verso along with holograph ink annotations numbering the photographs.<br/><br/>A short pseudo-documentary focusing on the inhabitants of Las Hurdes a mountainous region near La Alberca Spain with an exaggerated depiction of their suffering. Originally shot as a silent film with live narration provided by director Luis Bunuel at the premiere in Madrid in December 1932. The uproar caused by what the Spanish government termed "defamation of the good name of the Spanish people" caused the film to be banned until 1936.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Spain.<br/><br/>5 x 3.5 inches trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus slightly wavy.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Films sans Frontieres unknown books
1965149424Rome: Euro International Film 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing director Mario Monicelli and a camera crew filming a scene with actors Marcelo Mastroianni and Margaret Lee on the set of the 1965 Italian film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>An army officer romances his way through Europe with the caveat that he can only find romantic satisfaction in situations where his life is in danger. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location throughout France Italy Switzerland Burma and Germany. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. Euro International Film unknown books
1973134920Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Complete-as-issued set of 15 black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Housed in the original sack envelope as issued rubber stamped "MEAN STREETS / 15 STILLS / B." <br/><br/>Scorsese's breakthrough film one of the establishing pillars of New Hollywood cinema setting the template that would guide the best of his work to follow. <br/><br/>Set in New York City and shot on location there. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sack Very Good Plus with minor wear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1947WRCLIT61188Culver City: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures 1947. 1116 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in studio wrappers with label upper wrapper in duplicate. Title of later remake lettered on spine otherwise very good to near fine. A composite script with later stamp denoting it a Vault Copy of this unproduced adaptation of Maugham's novel comprised of pages dated variously through August September and October. In 1934 MGM released John Meehan's adaptation starring Greta Garbo and were evidently exploring the possibility of a remake of the popular property. Swerling was a solid writer to bring to the task having worked recently on LIFEBOAT IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN and other significant titles. But for whatever reason the project did not come to fruition and the film based on this script was not made. MGM returned again to Maugham's novel in 1957 and released an adaptation by Karl Tunberg under the title THE SEVENTH SIN. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures unknown books
1958144082Paris: Cinedis 1958. Collection of 71 vintage single weight keybook contact sheets amounting to over 800 numbered images from the 1958 French film. Much of the film is represented in minute detail along with test shots set design shots and many candid moments from the set. Dramatic high-contrast images of starring actors Demongeot answering telephones and in heated embraces with several sheets capturing a formal dinner with the cast and crew presumably the film's premiere. Most with 12 images per sheet a few with 6-frame strips of 35mm film each image with a series number and all sheets credit at the top the photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Cinedis film title and photographer Apoteker. Housed in a red paper 2-ring binder with French titles printed on the front. Several with brief numerical annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Noirish crime thriller based on Michel Lebrun's novel "Un Silence de Mort" 1957 starring Demongeot as Sylvie married to Jean Ronet an executive at a fashion magazine. Jean's boss André Servais obsesses over Sylvie whose demure femininity can be fatal. An early film credit for still photographer Paul Apoteker whose "Too Late for Love" 1959 is regarded as his first credited film. His dramatic execution would later be seen in Clouzot's "The Truth" 1960 Sautet's romance noir "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and Woody Allen's "Love and Death" 1975. Demongeot and Ronet are amply represented throughout the collection including a preliminary mockup of the poster art. <br/><br/>Photos 8.25 x 10.25 inches a few slightly variant sizes hole-punched and two with square cuts. Very Good plus overall with curling and light foxing creases to the binder. Cinedis unknown books
1954150809N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for the 1955 film. Bound in after the outline are several sets of character descriptions and continuity notes. <br/><br/>Santa Fe's first female doctor Greer Garson wants to introduce modern medical technology to the town but encounters resistance both from the local hospital which is run by a Catholic priest Walter Hampden and from the town's only other doctor Dana Andrews. <br/><br/>Set in Boston Massachusetts and Santa Fe New Mexico shot on location in Tucson the Sonoran Desert and the Sierrita Mountains Arizona.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with credits for director Mervyn LeRoy. Title page present dated 4/13/54 noted as Story Outline with credits for director Mervyn LeRoy and screenwriter Frank Butler. 193 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Pitts 4148. N.p. unknown books
1982130416Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1982 film written for the screen by James Kirkwood based on his 1975 novel. Credited solely to Kirkwood and with a paper spine label indicating the script dates to December 1976 over five years prior to the film's production. With brief but substantive corrections in holograph pencil on four pages. <br/><br/>Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter novelist Kirkwood. 166 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill 188. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962152309Rome: Cineriz 1962. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film two showing actors Alain Delon and Monica Vitti the other showing a busy scene on the trading floor. All three photographs with a stamp specific to the film's Italian release on the verso along with cropping annotations in pencil and two with holograph ink annotations identifying Delon and Vitti. <br/><br/>A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Antonioni's modernity trilogy preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. <br/><br/>9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Cineriz unknown books
1970148876Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Daria Halprin seemingly trapped in the middle of a mid-century modern glass vestibule from the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso.<br/><br/>Antonioni's great American experiment and the only film the director ever made in the United States written for the screen by a young Sam Shepard. Though made from an Italian's perspective the film stands today as a great visual statement on the American West in the late 1960s rampant consumerism and the hippie zeitgeist. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with wide horizontal margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965143355Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Vintage press photograph on the set of the 1966 film giving a boom mic's view of a camera crew and director Mike Nichols filming a scene with stars Richard Burton and Sandy Dennis. <br/><br/>Directorial debut of Mike Nichols and winner of five Academy Awards including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress and nominated for eight more. Based on the 1963 Tony Award winning play by Edward Albee. <br/><br/>9.75 x 7.25 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967151244London: Gala Film Distributors 1967. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1967 Czechoslovakian film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. <br/><br/>A volunteer fire department in a provincial town plans a ball in honor of the chief's retirement but the proceedings are marred with comic difficulty at every turn. The first color film directed by Milos Forman a hallmark of the Czechoslovak New Wave and the final film Forman directed in his native Czechoslovakia before relocating to the US in the late 1960s. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1937150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary.<br/><br/>During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1968131321Beverly Hills CA: Mirisch Productions / United Artists 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to actress Merie Earle her first film credit and INSCRIBED on the front wrapper: "This was my first / "on location" picture / Everything was / "red carpet" I loved it / Merie Earle." Notations in holograph red ink and pencil throughout at Earle's speaking parts as "Grandma." Merie Earle was a solid fixture on the television series "The Waltons" 1972-1979 as "Maude Gormley."<br/><br/>Based on Ben Hecht's 1963 book about a young writer Bridges caught in political corruption in Chicago early 1900s. A grand cinematic tale nominated for art direction costume design and sound. Margot Kidder Lois Lane of "Superman" 1978 got her Hollywood start with this film as a prostitute who deflowers Bridges. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 167 dated May 8 1968 with credits for producer-director Jewison. Title page present dated May 8 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ginnes and producer-director Jewison. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and white revision pages throughout dated either 7/8/68 or 7/11/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Mirisch Productions / United Artists unknown books
1947150230N.p.: N.p. 1947. Collection of three vintage slightly oversize borderless double weight photographs from the 1947 film taken during production in Acapulco Mexico two showing a large parrot perched on the camera and one showing several unknown gaffers standing near large floodlights used during filming. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a PIX stamp crediting an unknown photographer noted in holograph pencil annotation as "Hatch" and a library stamp. <br/><br/>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 Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" following an Irish drifter who finds himself caught between a mysterious woman and her disabled tycoon husband. A lavishly photographed surreal production now considered a hallmark of film noir. <br/><br/>Set in San Francisco and New York shot on location throughout New York City Guerrero Mexico and San Francisco Sausalito and San Luis Obispo California. And on Erroll Flynn's yacht "Zaca" in the waters near Acapulco.<br/><br/>Two 8.5 x 11 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. N.p. unknown books
1947134869Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of Rita Hayworth taken for the 1947 film by Columbia Pictures special photographer Robert Coburn. With Coburn's stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Robert Coburn was one of the most influential portrait photographers working in the major Hollywood movie studios from the 1930s to 1960s. His star subjects included Hayworth Joan Crawford Kim Novak Carole Lombard William Holden Glenn Ford and Orson Welles. Coburn's most famous portraits immortalized Hollywood's greatest icons and helped to define this 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/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
