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1967137956Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Final Shooting script for the 1967 film. INSCRIBED by actor George Segal on the title page: "To Grayson / All Best Wishes." <br /> <br /> Based on the 1964 novel by William Goldman. A serial killer with an obsession with his dead mother begins taunting the investigator in charge of his case. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City shot on location in Manhattan and the New York harbor. <br /> <br /> Green untitled studio wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated June 13 1967 noted as Final Shooting script rubber-stamped copy No. 139 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and director Jack Smight. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1980167783N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage German A0 poster for the 1980 film. Extremely scarce.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1970 novel by Gerald Walker about a cop who goes undercover in the leather scene in New York to catch a serial killer targeting gay men. "Cruising" was widely protested at the time of its release by gay rights groups for its depiction of homosexuality as intrinsically linked to violence but has since been reconsidered as one of the few mainstream Hollywood movies to depict queer life in New York before the AIDS crisis as well as one of the few movies to address police discrimination and brutality towards homosexuals. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in New York.<br /> <br /> 33 x 46 inches folded as issued. About Fine.<br /> <br /> Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1973149689Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Linda Blair in front of the National Theatre in Westwood California where crowds have lined up to see "The Exorcist." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1973154955Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film showing director William Friedkin in conversation with young actress Linda Blair between takes. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with light creasing at the corners. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1973150408Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film one showing director William Friedkin and one showing Friedkin and screenwriter William Peter Blatty. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. <br /> <br /> One 9.75 x 8 inches one 9.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1972135017Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the 1972 film. An amazing image showing Max von Sydow looming above-and seemingly beyond-a very possessed young Linda Blair. <br /> <br /> One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by Burstyn and Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction of "The Exorcist" was that it walked away with 2 Oscars including Best Screenplay for Blatty along with 8 nominations including Best Picture a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. <br /> <br /> 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1971165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1971171024N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing William Friedkin behind the camera during filming on location in Georgetown with an unidentified crew member at the right. <br /> <br /> William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
137936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. Produced for use on location in New York City in March and April 1971 when shooting for the film commenced there. <br /> <br /> William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's 1969 nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking and its impact on New York City undercover police officers. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. <br /> <br /> The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers noted as FRIEDKIN DRAFT and REVISED on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil dated 3/23/71 and 4/26/71 in manuscript pencil. Title page not present. Last leaf of text unnumbered. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes and a few revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/71 and 3/23/71. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Grant US. Penzler 101. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
2001164034N.p.: N.p. 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film including a six page "Alternate Ending" preceded by a memo notice that both "endings will be shot." Laid in are three gatherings of revisions each with a label on their title page for credited crew member "Brian Markey / Construction Coordinator." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher.<br /> <br /> The three gatherings of revisions are: Eight pages of "White Revised Pages" dated 12/06/01. Seven pages of "Pink4" revision pages dated 12/12/01. And two pages of "Goldenrod4" revision pages dated 01/16/02.<br /> <br /> Tommy Lee Jones stars as a former military instructor tasked with tracking down his former student Benicio del Toro who has "gone rogue" and has been tracking and viciously murder hunters in the wilderness of British Columbia. <br /> <br /> Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Oregon and Washington. <br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page with last revisions dated 06/06/01 with credits for screenwriter Art Monterastelli. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> The three gatherings of revision pages are each attached by one or two staples to the top left. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1961141152N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." <br /> <br /> A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown
1964152455Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1964. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1965-1966 television series which originally aired on September 16 1965 on ABC. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. <br /> <br /> Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 7 1964. Title page present dated October 7 1964 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Earl Hamner film screenwriters Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. and story and novel credits to William Faulkner. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue pink green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/3/64 and 12/21/64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1966152456Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1966. Revised Final Draft script for the 21st episode of season one of the 1965-1966 television series which originally aired on February 16 1966 on ABC. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. <br /> <br /> Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated January 11 1966. Title page present dated January 11 1966 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Mike Zagor. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1919152865N.p.: N.p. 1919. Vintage album housing 49 vintage reference photographs from the 1919 silent film most showing noted early film star William Farnum. Of particular note in the album is a photograph of Farnum on the set with actors Lamar Johnstone and Charles Clary holding bouquets of flowers ostensibly at the end of the shoot. <br /> <br /> Laid in with the album is a small newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Evening Herald showing a photograph of Farnum with his wife and stepson and noting Farnum's adoption of his stepson with a small manuscript ink annotation presumably made by Farnum at the top of the clipping: "It was raining I wore all my old duds-darn it I wasn't ready."<br /> <br /> A wealthy married mining engineer suffers amnesia after being injured in a mining explosion planned by his business rivals and is forced to seek shelter with a Chilean shepherd and the shepherd's daughter with whom he falls in love. Now considered a lost film. <br /> <br /> At the peak of his success Farnum was one of the highest-paid actors of the silent film age but was forced into an early semi-retirement after being injured on the set of the 1924 film "The Man Who Fights Alone." He appeared sporadically in character roles throughout the late 1920s 1930s and 1940s and enjoyed a successful career on Broadway.<br /> <br /> Photographs generally 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Album 12 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled and creased. N.p. unknown
1929151068N.p.: N.p. 1929. Seven vintage oversize double weight reference photographs four of William Dieterle and Lien Deyers two of Dieterle and one of Dieterle and Nikolai Malikoff from the 1929 German silent film-made prior to Dieterle fleeing Germany.<br /> <br /> Viola von Birkenfeld Deyers falls madly in love with the young Friedrich von Bornim Dieterle while he cares for her grandfather after an accident. Upon finding out Friedrich is married her grandfather seeks retribution for breaking his granddaughter's heart. <br /> <br /> 15.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1953150545N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of Rita Hayworth and Stewart Granger with director William Dieterle and crew from the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br /> <br /> Columbia Pictures highly fictionalized and flamboyant Technicolor Biblical epic now considered a camp classic wherein Princess Salome Hayworth daughter of King Herod a deliciously lecherous Charles Laughton returns home from banishment and falls in love with Roman Commander Claudius Granger but is maliciously used by her evil mother Queen Herodias Judith Anderson to insure the execution of her critic John the Baptist Alan Badel.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Israel. <br /> <br /> 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and two small closed tears to right margin. N.p. unknown
1918143521US: Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company 1918. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying manuscript notation on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd about a young socialite and a millionaire who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand respectively. No known prints of the film survive and it is considered lost. <br /> <br /> 8.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus. Diagonal crease to the top corner with a short closed horizontal tear to one edge. Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company unknown
1961161215N.p.: William Castle Productions 1961. Vintage 40 x 60 inch poster for the 1961 film. Rare in this size format.<br /> <br /> A mysterious woman offers a bellboy $2000 to marry her only to brutally murder the justice of the peace during the ceremony before fleeing. Widely regarded as one of the best films of director and B-movie maestro William Castle and undeniably influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" released the year prior. Castle well known for his utilization of promotional gimmicks implemented a "Fright Break" for "Homicidal;" a 45-second timer which overlays the impending climax with Castle's voice-over advising the audience they could leave the theater and receive a full refund if they were too frightened to see the ending of the film audience members who chose to leave however would have to wait in a yellow cardboard booth entitled the "Coward's Corner" manned by a nurse with a blood pressure cuff.<br /> <br /> 40 x 60 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and minor edgewear else bright and unfaded. See image. William Castle Productions unknown
1949146230Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir.<br /> <br /> A career criminal agrees to help the federal agent who put him behind bars in infiltrating a drug smuggling syndicate. An early film appearance as a mute murderous henchman by Tony Curtis here credited as "Anthony Curtis."<br /> <br /> Partially shot on location in California Arizona and Sonora Mexico. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper production No. 1606 dated JUNE 28 1949 with credits for director William Castle actors Howard Duff Shelley Winters Dan Duryea and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soiling on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads at the top edge.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1966164220Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage banner poster for the 1966 film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Rare in this format.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1963 novel by Rohan O'Grady pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. Director and producer William Castle's black comedy wherein a twelve-year-old boy inherits a fortune and is trapped on an island with his ex-British Intelligence uncle who uses hypnotism sharks fire and poisonous mushrooms to try and kill the boy.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Bermuda.<br /> <br /> 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and rubbing. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color cannot be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter than what is depicted in the image. Universal Pictures unknown
1957163596N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and two leaves regarding lighting. <br /> <br /> Based on Theo Durant's 1951 novel "The Marble Forest." A small-town doctor must race to find his daughter after she is kidnapped and buried alive with only hours to go until she suffocates. Director William Castle known for his promotional gimmicks provided each member of the audience with an official life certificate to insure them for $1000 against death by fright. Despite the superficial hijinks a key film in the classic string of films made by the director in the 1940s and 1950s.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 28 1957 with credit for screenwriter Robb White. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980153888N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink annotations to the title page and page 82. <br /> <br /> A teen comedy about a serious young girl who moves with her widowed father from Toronto to California where she quickly becomes immersed in her high school classmates' hijinks. <br /> <br /> Set in Toronto and California. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter William Byron Hillman. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first leaf separated from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1965158305N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film here under the working title "Billy." Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page amending the title to "Original Dracula Meets Billy the Kid." Copy likely belonging to screenwriter Carl K. Hittleman with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on virtually every page amending dialogue and scene numbers with two unnumbered pages bound in created on a different typewriter.<br /> <br /> Dracula travels to the American West intent on making the fiancée of the now reformed Billy the Kid his next victim. One of director William Beaudine's final films originally released on a double bill with Beaudine's other Western horror picture "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter." <br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Carl K. Hittleman. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine with cello tape repair and reinforcement to final page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1925140352Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1925. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1925 silent film. <br /> <br /> Bumbling newspaper clerk Henry Baxter is helplessly in love with a coworker in this silent-era comedy. The subject of his longing barely acknowledges his existence. His unrequited love coupled with his manager's devious daily taunts makes work tortuous for the poor clerk. He begins to day dream about a better life and a less cowardly self. Footage from William Beaudine's 1925 film is believed to be lost. In the still we see a wide shot of the newspaper office in which Baxter works. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes toning overall and two manuscript pencil annotations to the verso. Warner Brothers unknown
1949160941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film. <br /> <br /> Troubled young adolescent Johnny Holiday is sent to a reform school in Indiana where he must choose between his criminally minded friends and the caring tutelage of Sgt. Walker played by William Bendix.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Indiana.<br /> <br /> 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. United Artists unknown
