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1938147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. <br/><br/>Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey.<br/><br/>Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958160810Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage banner poster for the 1958 film.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1957 nonfiction book "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War.<br /> <br /> 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light soiling overall foxing to the left margin a 1.5 inch closed tear to the bottom center margin several pinholes throughout and a 1.5 inch closed tear to the center with corresponding rubbing and creasing between the a and r of "Warrior". Otherwise bright and unfaded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1962147626Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Six in black and white and one hand tinted in color.<br/><br/>In 1896 a young shepherd decides to head to Athens to compete in the Olympic Games where he falls for a young woman who works as the personal assistant of a famous Greek actress who has promised to wed the Olympic victor.<br/><br/>Set and partially shot on location in Athens.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973132849London: Mallard Productions 1973. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1973 UK release of the 1973 English-Canadian film. Mimeograph snipe and cropping annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Oliver Reed stars as a satanic butler who kills his lord's son during his acid trip. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Some toning and tiny corner creases else Near Fine. Mallard Productions unknown books
1972141313N.p.: Timon Productions 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Paper snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>The film stars Elizabeth Taylor Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton in their only role together. Taylor was only available for three days of filming and received $10000 for her part. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Wales UK. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive holograph ink and graphite annotations to the verso. Timon Productions unknown books
1969140234Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br /> <br /> An older rancher is threatened by bandits stealing his cattle. Together with Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid he participates in the Lincoln County War a war against a dry goods monopoly that attempted to control cattle and water supplies as well which had sprung up in the New Mexico territory and led to great bloodshed. <br /> <br /> Set in New Mexico territory shot on location in California Arizona and New Mexico USA. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 25 1969 and November 3 1969. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1967132863Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1967. Eight vintage full-color still photographs from the 1967 UK release of the 1967 US film. <br /> <br /> Josie Doris Day is a widowed sheep farmer in a cattle-farming town and her independence and strong ethics lead to disruption of the town's misogynist leaders when she convinces the local women to band together. An entertaining B-movie that with a strong women's liberation theme. <br /> <br /> A story set in the Southwest shot on location throughout California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1968140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. <br /> <br /> Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown
1967140587N.p.: Harold Hecht Productions 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Based on the A.B. Guthrie Jr's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. <br/><br/>Based on the 1949 novel by A.B. Guthrie Jr. about a former senator who leads a wagon train along the Oregon Trail. William Tadlock Douglas leads settles to Oregon but his leadership gets the best of him and his followers dissent. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona and Oregon. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Harold Hecht Productions unknown books
1969140234Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>An older rancher is threatened by bandits stealing his cattle. Together with Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid he participates in the Lincoln County War a war against a dry goods monopoly that attempted to control cattle and water supplies as well which had sprung up in the New Mexico territory and led to great bloodshed. <br/><br/>Set in New Mexico territory shot on location in California Arizona and New Mexico USA. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 25 1969 and November 3 1969. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967132863Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1967. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1967 UK release of the 1967 US film. <br/><br/>Josie Doris Day is a widowed sheep farmer in a cattle-farming town and her independence and strong ethics lead to disruption of the town's misogynist leaders when she convinces the local women to band together. An entertaining B-movie that with a strong women's liberation theme. <br/><br/>A story set in the Southwest shot on location throughout California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1980135618Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1980. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1980 film. <br/><br/>Based on Leasor's 1978 book about the raid by a small group of members of the Calcutta Light Horse on a Nazi radio ship in Goa in WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh Peck and Capt. Gavin Stewart Moore. Pugh and Stewart enlist the aid of retired officer Col. Bill Grice Niven and some of his former soldiers. The men attempt to lure the Nazi ships disguised as a bunch of drunken old fishermen. <br/><br/>Set in India shot on location there and in Germany and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. <br/><br/>Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. <br/><br/>Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown books
1985140391N.p.: Golan-Globus Productions 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Actor. <br/><br/>Original screenplay written by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa who intended the film to be his color debut. His plans were thwarted however when difficulties with American financiers led to the film being shelved. Starring Jon Voight Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay the film was eventually made and released to critical acclaim. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Montana Alaska and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
1977WRCLIT69310Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. 1112 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Boltbound in Studio Duplicating Service binder. Binder somewhat soiled and worn with 'Sound' handlettered in bold on the upper wrapper creases and use throughout ink name see below ink sketches on versos of last two leaves. A well- used but sound copy. An unidentified but production draft of this original screenplay by the actor/screenwriter his first major produced writing credit. The May 1978 release was directed by Paul Williams and starred David Proval Morgana King Andronica and others. This copy was utilized in the production by a member of the sound crew and bears his ownership signature and occasional notes. Universal Studios unknown books
1955152124London: Contemporary Films 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1955 Polish film showing actors Tadeusz Lomnicki Urszula Modrzynska Tadeusz Janczar Ryszard Kotys and Roman Polanski. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on screenwriter Bohdan Czeszko's 1951 novel "Pokolenie." Andrzej Wajda's first film as director and the first entry in what would become known as his Three War Films trilogy set during World War II followed by "Kanal" 1956 and "Ashes and Diamonds" 1958. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Warsaw. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 283. Contemporary Films unknown
1961148730New York: Janus Films 1961. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1948 novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski.<br /> <br /> The last film in the "war" trilogy that began Polish director Wajda's career as a director preceded by "Pokolenie" 1955 and "Kanal" 1957. A strong anti-war statement framed in the personae of two men given orders - from the part of the resistance that opposes the new Communist regime and on the last day of World War II in Poland - to murder a leading communist. One of Wajda's favorite performers and a friend Zbigniew Cybulski plays the man who eventually pulls the trigger and kills the communist leader with unexpected results.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 282. Janus Films unknown
1983144573Paris: Gaumont 1983. Two vintage borderless photographs of director Andrzej Wajda on the set of the 1983 Polish-French film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1929 play "The Danton Case" by Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska. Set in 1793 Georges Danton has returned to Paris from his solitary residence in the countryside just as the Committee for Public Safety under the direction of Maximilien Robespierre his former ally begins a massive series of executions. Danton meets his fate before a revolutionary tribunal and is eventually sent to the guillotine. The film drew connections between the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and the contemporary Polish "solidarity" movement against the Soviet-backed Polish government. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in France. <br /> <br /> 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 464. Gaumont unknown
1980146511Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1980. Draft script for the 1983 German film directed by Andrzej Wajda. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly regarding a character's name change and changes to pagination. Laid in with the script is a handwritten letter discussing films with KO-Productions. Text in German. Missing page 59 likely as used or issued.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1980 novel. In 1983 a middle-aged man returns to his hometown village with his teenage son in an attempt to discover the details of his mother's affair with a Polish prisoner of war during World War II. <br /> <br /> Set in Brombach shot on location in Baden-Wurttemberg and Berlin. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present dated Januar 1980 with credits for screenwriters Rolf Hochhuth and Werner Jorg Luddecke. 216 leaves with last page of text numbered 210. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown
1990149920N.p.: N.p. 1990. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1990 Polish film one showing director Andrzej Wajda the other showing Wajda in conversation with actor Wojciech Pszoniak. <br /> <br /> The final days in the life of Polish-Jewish humanitarian author and educator Janusz Korczak who founded an orphanage in Warsaw for Jewish children and was eventually killed while attempting to protect the orphans during World War II. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Lodz and Warsaw Poland.<br /> <br /> 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1961148730New York: Janus Films 1961. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1958 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1948 novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski.<br/><br/>The last film in the "war" trilogy that began Polish director Wajda's career as a director preceded by "Pokolenie" 1955 and "Kanal" 1957. A strong anti-war statement framed in the personae of two men given orders - from the part of the resistance that opposes the new Communist regime and on the last day of World War II in Poland - to murder a leading communist. One of Wajda's favorite performers and a friend Zbigniew Cybulski plays the man who eventually pulls the trigger and kills the communist leader with unexpected results.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 282. Janus Films unknown books
1983144573Paris: Gaumont 1983. Two vintage borderless photographs of director Andrzej Wajda on the set of the 1983 Polish-French film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1929 play "The Danton Case" by Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska. Set in 1793 Georges Danton has returned to Paris from his solitary residence in the countryside just as the Committee for Public Safety under the direction of Maximilien Robespierre his former ally begins a massive series of executions. Danton meets his fate before a revolutionary tribunal and is eventually sent to the guillotine. The film drew connections between the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and the contemporary Polish "solidarity" movement against the Soviet-backed Polish government. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 464. Gaumont unknown books
1980146511Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1980. Draft script for the 1983 German film directed by Andrzej Wajda. With a few small holograph pencil annotations mostly regarding a character's name change and changes to pagination. Laid in with the script is a handwritten letter discussing films with KO-Productions. Text in German. <br/><br/>Based on the 1980 novel. In 1983 a middle-aged man returns to his hometown village with his teenage son in an attempt to discover the details of his mother's affair with a Polish prisoner of war during World War II. <br/><br/>Set in Brombach shot on location in Baden-Wurttemberg and Berlin. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated Januar 1980 with credits for screenwriters Rolf Hochhuth and Werner Jorg Luddecke. 216 leaves with last page of text numbered 210. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled with perfect binding. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown books
1955152124London: Contemporary Films 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1955 Polish film showing actors Tadeusz Lomnicki Urszula Modrzynska Tadeusz Janczar Ryszard Kotys and Roman Polanski. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Bohdan Czeszko's 1951 novel "Pokolenie." Andrzej Wajda's first film as director and the first entry in what would become known as his Three War Films trilogy set during World War II followed by "Kanal" 1956 and "Ashes and Diamonds" 1958. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Warsaw. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 283. Contemporary Films unknown books
1975166078New York: Cinerama 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 film showing director Andrzej Zulawski and actress Romy Schneider on the set. Printed mimeo snipe in German on the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1972 novel "La Nuit americaine" by Christopher Frank. A photographer meets a failed actress who has resorted to appearing in porn films to make a living. Falling for her he borrows money to mount a production of "Richard III" and give her a role but she is torn between her love for him and her obligations to her husband. <br /> <br /> 6.5 x 7 inches trimmed irregularly. Light wear at the top left corner else Near Fine. Cinerama unknown