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1968152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. <br/><br/>Set in Long Island and New York. <br/><br/>9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books
1955141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Collection of six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. <br/><br/>The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown books
1956141560Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. <br/><br/>Marlon Brando was cast to portray a Japanese native and underwent an extensive makeover to try and look the part. The film follows a misfit captain sent to westernize the Japanese village of Tobiki on Okinawa. Brando stars as Sakini a rowdy local who becomes the captain's translator and ambassador. <br/><br/>Set in Okinawa shot on location in Japan and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1971137443Burbank CA: Cinema Center Films 1971. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film John Benedict Holden leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians led by a white man murders his family and trashes his home. He assembles his own posse of ruthless outlaws guns-for-hire to help him enact sweet revenge on the murderers. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 5008 dated January 5 1971 with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. Title page present dated January 5 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue light blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/71 and 3/16/71. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Hardy p. 341. Pitts 3402. Cinema Center Films unknown books
1966132146London: National Screen Service / Associated London Films 1966. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1966 UK film. <br/><br/>A British bulldog has been fitted with a transmitter by Dr. Francis Trevelyan Laurence Harvey and given as a gift to the Soviet Premier who subsequently takes the dog everywhere. Several Russian soldiers are captured as a result of the transmitter and to eliminate further captures Natasha Romanova Daliah Lavi is put to work. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Associated London Films unknown books
1980143481Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. <br/><br/>Noirish in theme and based on true-life accounts. Murphy played by Paul Newman and Corelli Ken Wahl are police officers in the decaying South Bronx region of New York. Together they try to bring peace and justice to their corrupt precinct. <br/><br/>Ethnic minorities play a major role in the film particularly African-Americans and Puerto Ricans though community groups from the Bronx found their depiction lacking overall. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 22 1980 with a credit for screenwriter Gould. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mechanical duplication with pink blue yellow purple brown orange and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/80 and 4/18/80. Pages and wrapper Near Fine prong bound. <br/><br/>Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. <br/><br/>16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1946135952Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" Fritz Lang 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Original Story and Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number dated December 11 1946 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 82 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1947129312Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1947. First Draft script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 30 dated April 28 1947 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 28 1947 noted as second draft with credit for screenwriter Taradash. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three black brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1946129345Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" Fritz Lang 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Original Story and Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 dated December 11 1946 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 82 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
146415N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a holograph ink annotation to the title page presumably to a prospective actor from screenwriter Darin Mercado and lines for the character "Billy" marked with holograph pencil. Possibly incomplete.<br/><br/>After being dumped by a long-term girlfriend once again a serial monogamist heads to a bar determined to have a one-night-stand.<br/><br/>White self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Darin Mercado. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 24. Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with three staples at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1978135472N.p.: Carolco 1978. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1978 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Carolco unknown books
1968147180London: Winkast Film Productions 1968. Two Draft scripts for the 1970 film. One undated 163-page script with holograph annotations throughout regarding shot timing. The second a much smaller rainbow revision script at 125 pages dated November 22nd 1968 with "Complete '46" in holograph pencil on title page below title. <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/>Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Winston Graham. Deborah Dainton Samantha Eggar a polio victim in childhood is a young woman who uses a walking stick she doesn't really need and leads a heavily structured somewhat reclusive life until she meets the charming mediocre artist Leigh Hartley David Hemmings. Through Hartley's insistence friendship then romance blossoms and Dainton feels truly happy for the first time in her life. It is then Hartley reveals a plot he and his friends have to rob diamonds from the auction house she works at and Dainton finds that nearly everything Hartley had told her about himself has been a lie.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London England. <br/><br/>Undated Script:<br/><br/>Dark green untitled wrapper with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Bluestone and author Winston Graham. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 163. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads<br/><br/>"November 22nd 1968" Dated Script:<br/><br/>Black untitled wrapper with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 22nd 1968 with credits for author Winston Graham screenwriter George Bluestone and Additional Dialogue by Al Lettieri. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeographed and Offset duplication revision pages rectos only with blue yellow goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 21.11.68 and 24.2.69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some white inkstaining to front and larger white inkstaining to rear near spine bound internally with two gold brads. Winkast Film Productions unknown books
1975148809N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two promotional portrait photographs of David Bowie likely used as part of a press release announcing Bowie's casting in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Each with a fold over mimeo snipe from public relations firm Rogers and Cowan dated 5-29-75. One photograph with Bowie's name and RCA Records and Tapes printed in the bottom margin. <br/><br/>Just three weeks prior RCA had released Bowie's ninth studio album "Young Americans" and earlier that year the BBC had broadcast the documentary "Cracked Actor" about the singer which led director Nicholas Roeg to cast Bowie in his upcoming adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1963 novel. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One photograph with slight even fading else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 304. N.p. unknown books
1959130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. <br/><br/>An expertly shot low-budget space exploration film about a cozy spaceship carrying scientists engineers and researchers from all over the world with the moon as their destination. Captain John Anderson Clark juggles a crew with a variety of nationalities dealing in particular with conflicts between the German and Israeli crew members over Holocaust issues. Once on the moon the crew discovers an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. <br/><br/>Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1940146052Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final script for the 1940 film. With holograph pencil and ink annotations to the front wrapper and title page.<br/><br/>A loose adaptation of the pre-Code melodrama "Bad Girl" 1931 which was in turn based on the 1928 novel by Vina Delmar. Newlyweds Johnny and Dottie have trouble staying within their budget due to Dottie's extravagant spending eventually leading Johnny to take on dangerous test-pilot jobs at the airport where he works as a mechanic. A cautionary morality tale about premarital sex and pregnancy.<br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 114 and production No. 1887 dated MARCH 19 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 16 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Clark Andrews and Harold Buchman. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/19/40 and 3/26/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some yapping at the right edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1940133073Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final Draft script for the 1940 film. Script belonging to actress Dorris Bowdon best known for her role as Rosasharn in "The Grapes of Wrath" who had a key supporting role in this film. From the actor's estate. <br/><br/>A drama about the clash between a stern German immigrant Montgomery and his eldest son's modern American wife Jennie Gilmore. After he kicks out one of his daughters Bowden for going on a date Jennie rallies the rest of the family to resist his authoritarian ways and convince him to let them pursue their dreams. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 34 and production No. 556 dated July 19 1940. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated July 19 1940 noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Buchman. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated between 7-24-40 and 7-29-40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1942128826Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film. Nominated for two Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Third of the seven classic and highly successful "Road" movies Bob Hope made with Bing Crosby. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers dated February 4 1942 with credits for screenwriters. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 130 leaves on yellow stock mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 213. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956135183Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1956. Vintage full-color studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1956 US film. <br/><br/>Margaret O'Brien plays the owner of a dud racing filly. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Horizontal crease else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1955134037Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1956 film. Notations in holograph pencil and an RKO rubber stamp UK on the verso. Presumably the film was released in the United Kingdom in late 1956. <br/><br/>Margaret O'Brien plays the owner of a racing filly named Glory with Walter Brennan as the horse's trainer. Despite the fact that the horse seems to be a dud Margaret insists upon entering Glory in race after race including the Kentucky Derby. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Kentucky. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good corners hole-punched toning a few tiny creases and the still series number obscured on the front. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1981144942Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1981. Vintage photograph showing director David Cronenberg and crew shooting a scene from actress Jennifer O'Neil's point-of-view on the set of the 1981 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>A shadowy security company seeks to use "scanners" people with various psychic abilities as weapons but are opposed by an underground movement vying for world domination. A cult classic and a breakthrough for Cronenberg released a year before "Videodrome" would put him firmly on the horror auteur map. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches with wide horizontal margins. Margins lightly toned else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Canuxploitation Complete. Criterion Collection 712. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1977149717N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 Canadian film showing actress Marilyn Chambers. <br/><br/>David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body. The film follows a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops an orifice under one of her armpits. The orifice hides a phallic stinger that she uses to feed on people's blood. Her victims become rabid zombies whose bite spreads the disease leading to a murderous citywide pandemic. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Toronto.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979150770N.p.: New World Pictures 1979. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso.<br/><br/>Canadian auteur David Cronenberg's sixth film completed shortly after an acrimonious divorce following the dissolving relationship between a demonically disturbed man and his mentally ill ex-wife who is confined in an unorthodox controversial psychiatric institute. Although the film initially received mixed critical reception it has since been reconsidered as a cult film notable in particular for its frank discussion of mental illness and motherhood. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Toronto and Mississauga Ontario. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine.<br/><br/><br/>Canuxploitation Complete. Criterion Collection 777. New World Pictures unknown books
1975144464Montreal: Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC 1975. Collection of three vintage borderless photographs from the 1975 film. With holograph annotations on the versos. <br/><br/>A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs that can infect with the slightest touch.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Montreal Canada. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. Canadian Film Development Corporation [CFDC] unknown books
1980146088N.p.: N.p. 1980. First Draft script for the 1983 film. Accompanied by a twenty-page German language program and single-page English promotional synopsis for the film. <br/><br/>An early draft written by screenwriter Jeffrey Boam a year after the novel's release at the request of Lorimar Film Entertainment before they shuttered their film division and the rights went to Dino De Laurentiis. This draft of the script includes a gruesome ending in which Johnny has a vision of the Castle Rock serial killer as he dies which director David Cronenberg later requested be revised. <br/><br/>Based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King about a man who wakes up from a five year coma with an uncontrollable psychic power: the ability to see the past and future of anyone he touches. King is said to have approved of Boam and Cronenberg's substantial changes to his work stating that they "intensified the power of the narrative." <br/><br/>Set in Castle Rock Maine shot on location in Ontario. <br/><br/>Partial blue untitled wrapper. Title page present dated November 17 1980 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and novelist Stephen King. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Manually reproduced rectos only. Pages Near Fine uniformly age toned wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and dampstaining bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
