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1959132446London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. <br/><br/>Father Conroy Crosby serves in a parish that supports the local theatre community but his daughter Holly Reynolds finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character. Nominated for two Academy Awards 1960. Stella Stevens' film debut. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few corners creases and light rubbing else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 364. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1950146557N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Based on the apocryphal tale of the Taj Mahal's origins built to honor the deceased Persian wife of seventeenth-century Indian emperor Shah Jehan. At one point the film was slated for the highly regarded directing-producing team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger a plan which was unfortunately never set into effect.<br/><br/>Set in India. <br/><br/>Titled self wrappers integral with title page with credits for screenwriters Bishu Sen and Charles Higham. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered 83. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good loose at the binding side stapled. N.p. unknown books
1954WRCLIT84693Culver City: Columbia Pictures Corp. 1954. 71pp. Small folio 41 x 30cm. Heavily illustrated. Horizontal fold otherwise about fine. A studio pressbook for this western the story and screenplay attributed to "John T. Williams." In fact the actual screenwriter was Bernard Gordon 1918-2007 and Williams a front. Gordon was subpoenaed by the HUAC but did not appear; instead he was named by a friendly witness fired from his studio job and blacklisted. From 1954 until 1962 his work including EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS etc was undertaken via a front most often as "Raymond T. Marcus." Prior to his death the University of Texas Press published two of his accounts of life under the Black List. The prolific and often bombastic William Castle directed this "true story of the fastest gun of them all ." NB: in re: the associated image - the pressbook itself is not cropped - it slightly exceeded the bed size of the scanner. Columbia Pictures Corp. unknown books
1965150160N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Jack Lemmon in costume as Professor Fate in turn in disguise as Crown Prince Fredrich Hapnick covered in cake and pie. With the stamp of Globe Photos dated 14 April 1965 two Italian agency stamps and a stamp noting No. 7053 on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1908 race from New York to Paris billed as the "Greatest Auto Race" of its time. An homage to slapstick farces and silent film comedies following two competing daredevils at the turn of the 20th century: handsome courteous hero The Great Leslie Tony Curtis and his nemesis the dastardly Professor Fate Lemmon.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Austria Paris and Kentucky Oregon and California in the United States. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958132722London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1958 US film. <br/><br/>Based on a play by F. Hugh Herbert about a young woman who asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss. When her rescuer suggests that she get out of her wet clothes she escapes and finds safety in the home of a retired actor. <br/><br/>A story set in Connecticut shot at Universal Studios in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1957143037Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Revised Final script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1947 play "For Love or Money" by F. Hugh Herbert. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in full navy calf with gilt titles and design with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>Veteran actor Curd Jurgens begins to have feelings for a young woman Debbie Reynolds much to the chagrin of his romantic partner Alexis Smith. Ultimately Reynolds chooses his younger neighbor John Saxon and Jurgens happily returns to Smith. Winner of a Golden Globe. <br/><br/>Set in Connecticut. <br/><br/>Title page present noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered "135-A and 136." Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/12/57 and 9/24/57. Pages Fine presentation binding about Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1983147795Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1983. Two vintage studio still photographs one color one black and white from the 1983 film. <br/><br/>Blake Edwards remake of Francois Truffaut's 1977 film about a sculptor whose obsessive love of women leads to his eventual death told from the perspective of his analyst and eventual lover. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973131474London: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1973. Draft script for the 1974 film. From the collection of still photographer Bob Willoughby. Rainbow copy with blue pink and white leaves. Included are six vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the film. <br/><br/>Bob Willoughby 1927-2009 studied with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles worked as a photographer for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" and as a set photographer for every major studio documenting some of most important films of the era and creating intimate portraits of some of Hollywood's greatest celebrities. <br/><br/>Willoughby moved his family to County Cork Ireland in 1972 working on only a handful of films through the late 1970s and early 1980s this was one of his final films though he would continue to photograph exhibit and publish books for the remainder of his life. <br/><br/>Based on Evelyn Anthony's 1971 novel about a woman on holiday in the Caribbean who meets a handsome Russian. Judith Farrow Andrews meets Feodor Sverdlov Sharif and together they visit all the beautiful spots on the island but Judith's ties to the British government and Feodor's to the Russian government cause problems for their romance. An underrated but serious look at espionage in the Cold War. <br/><br/>Set in Barbardos and shot on location there and in London and Paris. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers marked copy No. 122. Title page present dated April 1973 with credits for screenwriter Edwards. 127 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. Stills Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1985148722Los Angeles: Blake Edwards Entertainment 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film here under the working title "The Music Box." <br/><br/>The second page of the script is a statement from Blake Edwards expressing his intent of utilizing "broad improvisation" and leaving the concise script with relatively minimal dialogue. Noted in the AFI Catalog.<br/><br/>Inspired by the classic and Academy Award winning Laurel & Hardy short "The Music Box" 1932 directed by James Parrott. Originally intended by Edwards to be a vehicle for Richard Pryor and Burt Reynolds.<br/><br/>Actor and gambler Spencer Holden Ted Danson overhears gangsters Binky and Turnip Stuart Margolin and Richard Mulligan at the racetrack talking about doping a horse to win the race. When the thugs find out they trail him and his restauranteur buddy Dennis Powel Howie Mandel to make sure they don't go to the authorities. <br/><br/>Untitled Blake Edwards Entertainment wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Blake Edwards Entertainment unknown books
1964135474Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1964. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1964 film. The second of the "Pink Panther" films based on the 1962 book by Harry Kurnitz which in turn was adapted from Marcel Achard's play "L'Idiote." <br/><br/>Probably one of five funniest films of the 1960s and the defining installment in the well-loved Pink Panther series. While "A Shot in the Dark" was ably preceded by "The Pink Panther" in 1963 it was the first to feature the series' underrated maestro Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1969151541London: United Artists 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on the set of the 1968 film from the 1969 UK release of the film. British United Artists snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso.<br/><br/>Edwards' most outrageous collaboration with Sellers the only one that wasn't a "Pink Panther" film. Sellers in a role that today would be considered racially insensitive plays Hrundi V. Bakshi an Indian actor who inadvertently and ever-so courteously causes chaos and mayhem at a Hollywood party. Sellers' legendary and hilariously painful performance is assisted by an increasingly drunk waiter a wonderful performance by Steve Franken an adorable psychedelic-painted baby elephant and much more. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Faint creasing else Near Fine.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown books
1984140554Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. With a few annotations in holograph ink throughout. <br/><br/>Rob Salinger Moore works as a television reporter and his wife Micki Reinking is a lawyer who is having difficulty getting pregnant to the chagrin of Rob. While working Rob meets a cellist Maude Irving who he begins dating without mentioning his wife. She soon becomes pregnant as well as his current wife and he ends up marrying Maude as well. To hide his bigamy he uses work as an excuse to spend days with one woman and nights with another. The women eventually find out about each other as they go into labor at the same time and are at the same hospital on the same floor. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper is present dated March 7 1984 with a credit for screenwriter Jonathan Reynolds. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Later generation photocopy with revision pages throughout dated variously between March 6 1984 and March 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965132873London: Warner-Pathe Distributors 1965. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1965 UK release of the 1965 US film. <br/><br/>A professional daredevil convinces auto makers that a race from New York to Paris will help to promote automobile sales. A rival vows to win the race in a car of his own invention. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Austria and throughout California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors unknown books
1962132191London: Warner-Pathe 1962. A collection of 7 vintage vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1962 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps and mimeograph snipes on the versos. <br/><br/>Jack Lemmon plays an alcoholic who falls in love with an innocent young women whom he convinces to start drinking leading them both lose themselves in the downward spiral of addiction. Henry Mancini composed the score and along with Johnny Mercer won an Academy Award for the for the title song. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1962132163London: Warner-Pathe 1962. Two vintage vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1962 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos. <br/><br/>Jack Lemmon plays an alcoholic who falls in love with an innocent young women whom he convinces to start drinking leading them both lose themselves in the downward spiral of addiction. Henry Mancini composed the score and along with Johnny Mercer won an Academy Award for the for the title song. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light corner creases to one and a closed tear to one of the mimeograph snipes. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1959132443London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Collection of 7 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. <br/><br/>Tony Curtis stars as a sex-starved soldier who wins a date with pinup model Linda Cristal. Janet Legih Curtis' real life wife plays an Army shrink tasked with keeping things chaste. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One still with faint stains and light corner creases to most else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1954WRCLIT40377Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1954. 150 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Faint dampstaining to upper wrapper ink corrections to front cover and two pages about a dozen leaves with corner creases otherwise a good or better copy. A "Revised Final Script" of this adaptation prepared as #52B of the MY FAVORITE STORY series. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
1982139018London: Golan-Globus 1982. Original British quad poster for the 1982 US film. Printed in England by Broomhead featuring artwork far more risque than its US variant. <br/><br/>Remaking his own film "Lemon Popsicle" 1978 director Davidson brings his Israeli tale to the streets of Los Angeles. Gary Monoson and his friends Antin Rubbo are high school students who stumble through life trying to score dolls and drugs. Karen Franklin a transfer student and a virgin inevitably comes between the friends and they are determined to deflower. Karen is impregnated and Gary helps her get an abortion and the two share a seemingly unbreakable romance. <br/><br/>The soundtrack boasts popular bands of the late 1970s including Devo The Police Oingo Boingo U2 The Cars Blondie and more. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Near Fine with a few light edge creases. <br/><br/>Arrow 843. Golan-Globus unknown books
1981140505N.p.: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film. <br/><br/>Bruce Dern plays a psychologically unstable tattoo artist who becomes obsessed with a model. After kidnapping her he uses her body as a canvas for "his masterpiece." <br/><br/>Shot on location in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown books
1981132540Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1981 US film. <br/><br/>A troubled tattoo artist Dern becomes obsessed with a model Adams he meets when he's hired to paint temporary tattoos on a group of women for a photo shoot. His obsession grows increasingly dangerous and he is determined to leave his mark on the model forever. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Brief ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980132584Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1980 US release of the 1980 Canadian film. Cropping annotations on the recto of 1 still. <br/><br/>A Broadway press agent Lemmon finds out he is dying and his son who admittedly is not fond of his father is coming for a visit. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984149381Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director Bob Fosse on the set of the 1983 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso dated 20/1/84 along with the stamp of Universal Pictorial Press.<br/><br/>Based on Teresa Carpenter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate" which traced the unusual circumstances of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten's death at the hands of her narcissistic husband and manager Paul Snider in 1980. Fosse's final film released a few years before his death in 1987.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Vancouver B.C. New York and Los Angeles.<br/><br/>6 x 8 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972152128Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actress Marisa Berenson. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Director Best Cinematography and Best Actress. <br/><br/>Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Allied Artists unknown books
1974149645Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Valerie Perrine in costume or arguably lack thereof as Lenny Bruce's wife stripper Honey Bruce. With holograph annotations in ink and pencil on the verso regarding layout.<br/><br/>Based on Julian Barry's 1971 play which followed the career decline and death by morphine overdose of controversial comedian Lenny Bruce. A tour de force shot in black and white with documentary-like direction interspersed with interviews. Bob Fosse's third film as director and first non-musical. Nominated for six Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Miami Beach Florida.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1969149508Universal City: Universal Pictures 1969. Vintage reference photograph of director Bob Fosse showing actress Shirley MacLaine how to execute a leap on the set of the 1969 film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1966 musical which was loosely based in turn on Federico Fellini's 1957 film "Nights of Calabria." A happy-go-lucky taxi dancer dreams of romance but only meets jerks as a result of her sleazy job. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
