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1935135077Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER."<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown books
1963152260London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film including a Revised Draft screenplay three original character design illustrations and a hand drawn storyboard. <br /> <br /> A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory and grabbing the attentions of various women. A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in England including at Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire. <br /> <br /> Fuchsia titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1963 noted as REVISED SCRIPT with credits for director-screenwriter Ken Annakin and screenwriter Jack Davies. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads.<br /> <br /> Storyboard and design illustrations varying sizes Near Fine overall housed in a manila folder. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1928167295Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing the infamous "office set" with dozens of identical desks in a largely windowless room. Provenance label mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. <br /> <br /> A bleak populist film heavily influenced by German cinema and nominated for several awards at the very first Academy Awards ceremony including Best Director for King Vidor.<br /> <br /> Shot on location throughout New York and in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> 10 x 7.25 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn with old cello tape at the corners and center bottom edge. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 44. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1981145825Hollywood: Lawrence Schiller Productions 1981. Feature Draft script television equivalent of a Shooting script for the 1982 television film which originally aired November 28 1982 on NBC.<br/><br/>Based on the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Norman Mailer who adapted his own book for the screen about the final years in the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore following his release from prison in Illinois and through to his re-incarceration in a Provo Utah prison and eventual execution for having committed multiple murders in Utah. Nominated for five Emmy Awards winning two including Outstanding Lead Actor for Tommy Lee Jones. <br/><br/>A turning point in television movies wherein Jones and Arquette play wholly unsympathetic characters without reservation. One of the finest films of the 1980s on television or the silver screen.<br/><br/>Set in Utah and Oregon shot on location in Utah.<br/><br/>Green titled wrapper noted as FEATURE DRAFT on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1 1981. Title page present dated August 1 1981 noted as Feature Draft. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Lawrence Schiller Productions unknown books
1962139686Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage oversize double weight borderless photograph from the set of the 1962 film showing Leo McCarey directing William Holden from behind the camera with legendary script supervisor Connie Willis to his right while actor France Nuyen waits just offstage. With a mimeo snipe tipped on the verso crediting photographer Lawrence Schiller and stamps of the Holmes-Lebel and Camera Press agencies on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on an originally work "The China Story" by Pearl S. Buck which was subsequently developed into the 1962 novel titled "Satan Never Sleeps" published concurrently with the film. <br/><br/>8.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957142885N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Holograph ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. <br/><br/>Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his U.S. passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. <br/><br/>Set in Rome. <br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1958146435Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Final Shooting script for the first half of the 1958 film thus incomplete as issued dated April 9 1958. With lead actor Sal Mineo's name in holograph ink on two revision leaves and his character's name in pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Laid in is a small leaf with holograph ink notations including the name of director Lou Foster actors Fess Parker and Jerome Courtland and characters White Bull and Captain Keogh. Parker was originally hired for the role of Keogh but refused second billing and was replaced by Philip Carey. Jerome Courtland played the role of Lieutenant Henry Nowlan in the film.<br/><br/>Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. <br/><br/>Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon.<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 112 and production No. 5812 dated APRIL 9 1958 with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. Title page present dated April 9 1958 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/10/58 and 5/15/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1947145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint holograph pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout.<br/><br/>Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South.<br/><br/>Set in Alabama. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1947140099Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final script for the 1948 film. With a single note on the verso of the last page in holograph blue ink. Shot under the name "Off to Buffalo" as is presented here. <br/><br/>Vaudeville is a fading form of entertainment and prospects are grim for the Norwick family a juggling act struggling to find work. They are forced to find normal jobs and one daughter elopes with her boyfriend leaving Albert's son forced to make a decision as to whether play professional baseball or join his father on a 16 week tour out west. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 152 and production No. 154 dated March 21 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated March 21 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining wrapper Very Good with dampstaining bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 293. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1958152343N.p.: N.p. 1958. Collection of four vintage matte-finish borderless candid photographs of Jeanne Moreau on the set of the 1958 French film noir.<br/><br/>The film's new cinematic realism was both indebted and pivotal to the French New Wave and skyrocketed the career of actress Jeanne Moreau whose disaffected makeup-less performance was the scandal of Paris for months following the film's release. <br/><br/>12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine some light corner and edgewear. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 335. Buss French Film Noir. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Grant US. Selby US. N.p. unknown books
1961132281Czechosolvakia: N.p. 1961. Original A1 poster issued circa 1961 for the Czechoslovakian release of the 1960 Italian film. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>Artwork by Fremund. <br/><br/>22.5 x 32.25 inches. A few professional repairs to tears at the edges rolled on archival linen. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1995151599N.p.: N.p. 1995. Final Shooting script for the 1995 film. Copy belonging to noted crime writer Mickey Spillane who appeared in a cameo in the film as a personal favor to director Max Allan Collins. With Spillane's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations highlighting lines to pages 56-59.<br /> <br /> A woman's increasingly psychotic obsession with her young daughter culminates in a string of gruesome murders. Collins' debut film following a lengthy career as a mystery novelist and comic writer. Followed by a sequel "Mommy 2: Mommy's Day" in 1997. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Muscatine Iowa. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper with credits for director Max Allan Collins. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1962150683N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film one of Michelangelo Antonioni with Alain Delon and Monica Vitti and one of Antonioni and crew shooting a scene in Rome from scaffolding built in the water. One with French "L'Eclipse" stamp and provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso one with "P.I.P." and "Copyright" stamps on verso.<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 all starring Vitti preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961. Awarded the Jury Special Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. <br /> <br /> 6.75 x 9.25 inches and 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1971163784Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film including one showing a camera crew setting up a scene on the set. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance stamps and labels on the versos. <br /> <br /> Milo Forman's first film made in the US. A suburban couple return home one evening to find their teenage daughter has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they feel happier and freer with the children gone. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> Four 7.5 x 9.5 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1971148498Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Vintage borderless photograph of James Taylor and director Monte Hellman on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>After cutting his teeth under the tutelage of guerilla filmmaker Roger Corman Monte Hellman made two landmark and still rarely screened existential Westerns with Jack Nicholson as producer and star. But it was with "Two-Lane Blacktop" the first screenplay by noted novelist Rudolph Wurlitzer that maverick director Monte Hellman helmed his first masterpiece and a cornerstone of the New Hollywood movement.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona Tennessee Oklahoma California Arkansas and New Mexico. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 414. Eureka! 26. Universal Pictures unknown books
1964145708Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1964. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1964 film a variant we have never before encountered.<br/><br/>Considered one of the worst films of all time as well as a legitimate so-bad-it's-good cult classic which gained renewed notoriety after being shown in Season 3 Episode 21 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" a unimpeachable highlight of that show's original run. Notable as the first documented appearance of the Mrs. Claus character in a film and the first film role for actress Pia Zadora who played one of the Martian children and whose career never recovered. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with some diagonal creasing to the corners and minor starting to the folds but still bright and unfaded. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1969136136Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1969. Revised Final Draft script for the 1970 Disney film. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Marty Roth executive story editor for the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" 1979-1985. Coast Guard Ensign Garland Morse falls in love with sailing instructor Kate Powers but his bumbling leaves her disenchanted until they team up to recover stolen jewels before a team of thieves led by Simmons Silvers can find them. <br/><br/>Set in California shot there on location. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper production No. 0107 dated July 23 1969 with credits for story writer Roth and screenwriter Julian. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 166. Mechanical duplication with green blue white and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/18/69 and 9/28/69. Near Fine overall bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1948146123Los Angeles: Artists Alliance 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film. With a single holograph pencil notation to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A modern take on the Pygmalion myth based on the 1943 Broadway hit musical with music by Kurt Weill lyrics by poet Ogden Nash and a book co-written by Nash and S.J. Perelman. An amorous window dresser at a department store kisses a decorative statue of Venus unwittingly causing the statue to come to life.<br/><br/>Green textured titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Harry Kurnitz. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Olive Films 654. Artists Alliance unknown books
1947135591Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage press photograph of Rita Hayworth Orson Welles and the film's still photographer Robert Coburn on the set of 1947 film noir. Mimeograph snipe on the verso notes that here Welles and Coburn are discussing the Jean Louis clothing designs for the film with Ms. Hayworth. Shot by Van Pelt with his stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. In an archival mat. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1953150345N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Anthony Perkins barefoot on the set of "The Rainmaker" circa 1953. The original penciled notations on the verso indicate that Perkins was on the set to visit Wendell Corey. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. <br/><br/>Shot early in his career before Perkins played his best-known role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho." <br/><br/>Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others.<br/><br/>Shot partially on location in Kanab Utah. <br/><br/>8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979157906London: Morison Film Group 1979. Third draft for the 1981 UK horror film. Second generation duplication made internally by the filmmakers during production and in original wrappers. Vintage as issued.<br /> <br /> Two terrorists accidentally unleash a deathly venomous snake into the home where they have trapped a number of hostages. <br /> <br /> Set in London and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire England. <br /> <br /> Grey titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 31 1979 noted as third draft with credits for Robert Carrington and Alan Scholefield. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerox duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with faint soil on page edges and a faint tide mark along the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads.<br /> <br /> Blue Underground 7070. Morison Film Group unknown
1943128923Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Draft script for the 1943 film. Heavily annotated draft from which the October 5 1943 mimeograph master was made so noted in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>First film in the "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943 obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" mysteries set to star Lon Chaney Jr. fresh off his classic monster roles and this film marked the first installment. Ben Pivar purchased freelance writer Edward Dein's original screenplay and selected Reginald Le Borg to direct. The film would set the standard for the series including the introductory sequence of a crystal ball gazer who warns the audience of impending albeit cinematic doom and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. <br/><br/>Chaney is neurologist Mark Steele married to a beautiful and unfaithful wife Maria Ames. Distraught over his wife's infidelity he suffers a blackout only to wake up to interrogators Naish questioning him about his wife's murder. He believes he may have been the murderer until he hypnotizes the despondent wife of Maria's last lover Stella Patricia Morison who confesses. <br/><br/>Gray card titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 7140 dated September 2 1943 with credits for screenwriter Dein. Title page present dated Oct. 4 1943 with credits for screenwriter Dein. 107 leaves on pink stock mimeograph duplication with yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
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 books
1968144427Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Two vintage candid photographs from the 1968 film. With holograph annotations on the verso of each. <br/><br/>A seminal horror film one of the finest genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together Hollywood newcomer Roman Polanski old-time producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown books
