4 025 résultats
1984151302Universal City: Universal Studios 1984. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1984 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Alex Cox's directorial debut a delicious black satire of Ronald Reagan's 1980s America which filters a punk rock disdain through a hilariously comic lens an immediate cult classic.<br/><br/>After losing his tedious supermarket job at gunpoint and finding his girlfriend sleeping with one of his pals punk rocker Otto Emilio Estevez is tricked by Bud Harry Dean Stanton into repossessing a car. Begrudgingly Otto agrees to be a repo man for the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation and when a $20000 bounty comes through for a shoddy Dodge Malibu conspiracies abound. Is it drug related Are there aliens in the trunk Or maybe a neutron bomb<br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Los Angeles California.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 654. Destroy All Movies The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. Eureka! 27. Universal Studios unknown books
1941126200Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1941 film "Horror Island" along with a script for a "Double Bill Trailer" in which this film was featured with another George Waggner film of the same year "Man Made Man-Made Monster." The latter film was based on a story called "The Electric Man" written by H. J. Essex director of "I the Jury" 1958 Sid Schwartz and Len Golos with Joseph West Waggner as screenwriter. <br/><br/>Hal Erickson: "It has been alleged that 'Horror Island' was the least expensive of Universal's 1940s second features. While it certainly looks that way it remains an enjoyable outing from fade-in to fade-out. In the tradition of 'Ten Little Indians' a group of disparate types are lured to a supposedly haunted mansion on a remote island. Their 'host' is peg-legged privateer Tobias Leo Carrillo who possesses half of a valuable treasure map. One by one the treasure-hunters are killed off by a mysterious assailant with Tobias the first victim. <br/><br/>White wrappers production No. 1132 dated March 22 1941 with credits for cast members Dick Foran Leo Carrillo Peggy Moran Fuzzy Knight John Eldredge and Lewis Howard as well as director Waggner. 133 leaves mimeograph duplication. <br/><br/>The "Double Bill Trailer" script is in white wrappers side-stapled rubber-stamped copy No. 6883 production nos. 1137 and 1119 dated March 29 1941 with credits for both films and "Central Files" in holograph pencil in the upper left corner. 8 leaves mimeograph duplication. <br/><br/>Pages Near Fine with a small corner crease to the first page. Wrapper Very Good plus or better with a touch of toning and short corner creases to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Wrappers encapsulated in archival mylar. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968132378New York: Stuart Millar Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>Based on George Plimpton's 1966 book. Alan Alda in his first starring role plays Plimpton who has put himself into the sports arena writing about his experiences. He's entered the ring with a professional boxer and pitched in an All-Star game. He decides to try his hand at being the quarterback of a professional football team and he gets his opportunity with the Detroit Lions. While everyone involved agrees to keep his secret feigning time spent as a semi-pro in Canada it soon becomes clear that he is clueless on the field. Eventually he earns his teammates' respect and even gets to play in an exhibition game. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York Missouri and Florida. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Roman and Plimpton. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 131. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stuart Millar Productions unknown books
1985141888Munich Munchen: Alex Tudor 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman though no one present understands what one sees in the other. <br/><br/>Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both. Tudor's works include profiling events and exhibitions related to the work of clergyman and artist Ivo Schaible SDS 1999-2012 Der Antifter: Freemasonry 2008 surveying the work of Otmar Alt and the documentary Die Begegnung. <br/><br/>Set in <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with a business card for director and screenwriter Alex Tudor affixed at the lower right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 17.03.85 with credits for screenwriter Tudor. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with four staples. Alex Tudor unknown books
1985141860Munich 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor a screenwriter and director. <br/><br/>Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984-1985 with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with prong binding. unknown books
1985141852Munich: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German language. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor a screenwriter and director. <br/><br/>Teal untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984-1985 with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographically duplicated first generation copy with no copied punch holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect bound. N.p. unknown books
1950130929Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1950. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script and Trailer script for the 1950 film. <br/><br/>A light comedy about a charismatic older woman who comes to live with her architect son played by Ronald Reagan and his family striking up an unexpected romance with the local grocer. Things get far more complex when Reagan's boss also develops an interest in her attempting to get between the new couple. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. <br/><br/>White brad-bound titled wrappers dated May 4 1950 and July 26 1950 respectively. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1932145944Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1932. Final Draft script for the 1932 pre-Code film here under the working title "The Beachcomber." Incomplete as stamped with holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A New York fashion model must decide between her poor but faithful mechanic boyfriend and a rich but untrustworthy libertine. Although William C. De Mille was initially slated to direct his growing dissatisfaction with the conditions on set led him to leave the picture two weeks in eventually to be replaced by Alexander Hall.<br/><br/>Set in New York.<br/><br/>Tall white titled self wrappers noted as FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1646 dated January 27 1932 with credits for screenwriters Vincent Lawrence Waldemar Young and Samuel Hoffenstein and story credit to Mildred Cram. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered E-26. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968132251Heidelberg Germany: Constantin-Film 1968. Original German A1 poster for the 1968 German film. Artwork by Leduc. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>An important work in the German avant garde cinema made in a collage style featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner Leni Hannelore Hoger who must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement. <br/><br/>23.25 x 33 inches folded. Very Good or better overall. Constantin-Film unknown books
1947141347N.p.: London Film Productions 1947. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1947 film. Based on Oscar Wilde's 1895 play of the same name. <br/><br/>Imbued with the wit that characterizes most of Wilde's work Alexander Korda's 1947 film follows a prominent politician preparing to expose a financial scandal. His plan begins to unravel when a woman threatens him with her own blackmail. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light toning overall and a holograph graphite notation to the verso. London Film Productions unknown books
1965132875London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1965 UK film. Mimeograph snipe and distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Richard Hughes' 1929 novel about children sent to England from Jamaica when their ship is boarded and commandeered by pirates. Chavez Anthony Quinn the pirate captain befriends one of the children to the chagrin of the other pirates. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962132237Dusseldorf Germany: Alfried Holle / Atlas Films 1962. Original German A1 poster for a circa 1962 re-release of the 1955 UK film. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>Music professor Alec Guinness rents a London flat from sweet old lady Katie Johnson. He tells her that from time to time several other musicians will visit in order to rehearse. In truth Guinness can't play a note nor can his visitors-he's a criminal mastermind holding court over a gang of thieves including the likes of punkish Peter Sellers homicidal Herbert Lom and punchdrunk Danny Green. The gang uses Guinness' flat as headquarters as they conceive a daring 60000 pound robbery. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award Best Screenplay and a BFA award for veteran character actress Johnson. <br/><br/>23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Very Good or better overall. Alfried Holle / Atlas Films unknown books
1965139617Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Sex intrigue infidelity and murder all stir up this beach-based melodrama. When an ex lover washes up on shore of Acapulco wealthy aging Kit and her beach-boy husband become prime suspects. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 25.5 x 20.5. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1989152816N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film here under the working title "Fast Lane." <br/><br/>A woman discovers that the man with whom she has just had a one-night stand is a hired assassin and tries to stop him from completing his next hit. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1947145851Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Holograph annotations on first few leaves indicating the names of the actors playing the lead roles.<br/><br/>Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel this film follows the adventures of English hero Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men.<br/><br/>Set in the UK. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as Revised Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 887 dated April 23 1947. Title page present dated April 23 1947 with credits for novelist Alexander Dumas sic and screenwriters Charles H. Schneer and Maurice Tombragel. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeographed rectos only with yellow and white revision pages throughout dated April 25th 1947. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975139042London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Original British quad poster for the 1974 Spanish-Panamanian-English-British film. Printed in England by W.E. Berry. <br/><br/>Based on Dumas' serialized 1844 novel "The Three Musketeers." What's better than The Three Musketeers Four! This time the gang must defend Queen Anne Geraldine Chaplin and her seamstress Welch from the wily Cardinal Richelieu Charlton Heston and Milady Dunaway. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Notations in holograph ink on the verso else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970143874Hollywood: Goldfarb-Lewis Agency 1970. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Based on Guy Endore's novel of the same name about the life of Alexandre Dumas. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Dale Wasserman and novelist Guy Endore. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Goldfarb-Lewis Agency unknown books
1969146544Munich: Roxy-Film and Co KG 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Text in German. Director Harald Philip who presumably worked on the film in addition to its credited director Alfred Vohrer is credited on the title page.<br/><br/>A reticent widower is forced to take on the uncomfortable task of educating his 16 year old daughter about sex leading her to request that he find her a boyfriend.<br/><br/>Set in West Germany.<br/><br/>White untitled self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ernst Flugel. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with gold prong binding. Roxy-Film and Co, KG unknown books
1948125205Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures / Vanguard Films 1948. An archive of 7 scripts including rough drafts screenplays post-production scripts and support documentation for the 1947 film "The Paradine Case" directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1933 novel by Robert Hichens written for the screen by a host of screenwriters including Hitchcock Alma Reville David O. Selznick and others many of whom are not credited on IMDB and starring Gregory Peck Ann Todd Charles Laughton and Ethel Barrymore. <br/><br/>The archive contains 7 scripts 4 of which are pre-production all bound in titled wrappers and bound with brads except where indicated:<br/><br/>First rough draft of the script with dialogue from the novel by Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville dated April 16 1946 and re-run on June 12 1946 with a third run on August 12 1946. Blue wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 77 195 pages. Very Good to Near Fine. <br/><br/>Final shooting script by Alma Reville and David O. Selznick dated December 10 1946. Yellow wrappers with credits on the front wrapper for Selznick and Reville novelist Hichens and director Hitchcock. Rubber-stamped copy No. 165. 177 pageswith pink yellow and green revision pages dated variously between 12/15/46 and 3/3/47. 4 leaves on onionskin stock all typed carbons. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Description of Settings and Props compiled from the novel dated April 17 1946. Blue wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 18 Near Fine condition. 7 pages. <br/><br/>Costumes compiled from the novel dated April 17 1946. Blue wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 24. Near Fine. 10 pages. <br/><br/>Dialogue Cutting Continuity for the film dated February 19 1948. Light blue wrappers. Near Fine. 115 pages. <br/><br/>Dialogue Cutting Continuity for the Trailer dated February 27 1948. Gray wrappers. Near Fine condition saddle-stapled at the top edge. 5 pages. <br/><br/>Timing Sheets for the initial release of the film and the first trailer dated March 1948 and credited to S.G. Samuels. <br/><br/>Combined 16mm Cutting Continuity for the 1961 re-release of the film detailing 4 reels Green self-wrappers 126 pages dated April 30 1961. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Selznick International Pictures / Vanguard Films unknown books
1949143501Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1949. Post-production 16mm Cutting Continuity script for the 1961 re-release of the 1945 film. <br/><br/>Tall blue titled wrappers top-stapled dated May 15 1961 noting 2 reels and footage of 3017 feet and 32 frames 10 sections and a running time of 83 minutes and 50 seconds. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1944147297Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1944. Temporary Shooting script for the 1945 film here under the working title "The House of Dr. Edwards." <br/><br/>Based on the 1927 novel "The House of Dr. Edwardes" by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer. Producer David O. Selznick wanted to make a "psychiatric" story for the screen and Alfred Hitchcock persuaded Selznick to buy the rights to the novel which Hitchcock and his wife were adapting. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Chekhov winning one. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated June 14 1944 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. Distribution page present rubber-stamped copy No. 1620 with receipt removed. 176 leaves with last page of text numbered 176. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>In a custom cloth covered clamshell box with black leather spine label and titles and decoration in gilt.<br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Vanguard Films unknown books
1963144429Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage photograph of Alfred Hitchcock Tippi Hedren and members of the crew releasing a large number of birds from a cage on the set of the classic 1963 film. With holograph annotations and a photo agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Shot in various locations throughout California including Bodega Bay Bloomfield Valley Ford the Venice Canals and Union Square in San Francisco. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1955140958Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1955. Vintage borderless photograph showing director Alfred Hitchcock and star Cary Grant conferring on location during the shooting of the 1955 film. With the stamp of photographer "Paul-Louis / Studio Starlet" holograph description in French and annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 novel by David Dodge. Hitchcock's final film with Grace Kelly winner of an Academy Award for Cinematography and nominated for two others. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959151251N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actors Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>An innocent man is pursued across the US by a group of foreign spies who have mistaken him for a government agent. Widely considered one of director Alfred Hitchcock's top five films the last of four the director made with Cary Grant with a score by Bernard Hermann and a famous title sequence by Saul Bass. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1958147154Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Draft script for the 1959 film belonging to actor Martin Landau with his signature in holograph pencil on top of first page and annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout primarily making note of action and dialogue for Landau's character Leonard. <br/><br/>Martin Landau's second film role and a memorable early one as James Mason's sadistic henchman.<br/><br/>Considered to be one of Hitchcock's best films the last of four the director made with Cary Grant with a score by Bernard Hermann and a famous title sequence by Saul Bass. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay. <br/><br/>Shot in Hollywood and in various locations across the United States. <br/><br/>Title page integral with first page dated 8-12-58. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 179. Mimeographed rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-27-58 and 10-27-58. Pages very good plus with some creasing chipping and closed tears to first page and eight 10-27-58 revision pages which appear to have been originally paper clipped and later bound in.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Penzler 101. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
