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1949147911Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of Jennifer Jones and Van Heflin from the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and "Silver Screen Archives" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Gustave Flaubert's 1856 novel and the fourth adaptation for the screen.<br/><br/>Vincente Minnelli dodged the Hays Code in his remarkable film version by adding a prologue and epilogue in which James Mason plays Flaubert defending his inflammatory novel before a French jury assuring them that the story is strictly a work of fiction. Fortunately for Joseph Breen Madame Bovary commits suicide at the end and justice for her faithlessness is served. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing in margins. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Godard "Histoires du Cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957132558London: National Screen Service / MGM 1957. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1957 UK release of the 1957 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>A lighthearted comedy about a sports writer and a fashion designer who get married in a hurry but realize they have nothing in common upon returning to New York. The sportswriter gets involved with the mob and pretends to be covering baseball games on the road to avoid death. Screenwriter Wells won an Academy Award for his story. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with several short creases overall and pinholes at the extremities. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1960139743Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 film. Pictured is actor Fred Clark who plays Larry Hastings in the film. <br/><br/>Judy Holliday reprises her Broadway role as Elle a young telephone operator who cannot help but get involved in her customers' lives. This was the last screen role for Holiday who passed away at age 43 from breast cancer. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location in New York and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light wear to the top margin and two stamps to the verso one denoting the details of the film and the other cinema archives. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 370. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960145461Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage photograph of director Vincent Minnelli and actor Dean Martin with various members from the cast on the set of the 1960 film. With a mimeo snipe and studio stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Judy Holliday reprises her Broadway role as Elle a young telephone operator who cannot help but get involved in her customers' lives. This was the last screen role for Holiday who passed away at age 43 from breast cancer. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location in New York and California.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1971132615Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of 7 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1971 UK release of the 1970 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos 2 are lacking with distributor rubber-stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>Based on the play by Alan Jay Lerner about Daisy Gamble Streisand a woman who hears phones before they ring. In order to quit smoking to please her fiance she undergoes hypnosis but multiple personalities and past lives emerge one particularly alluring to the doctor Montand. <br/><br/>4 stills 8 x 10 inches 3 stills 7 x 9.5 inches all with no borders as issued. Very Good plus 2 stills moderately toned. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1983142156Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1983. Third Draft script for the 1983 television film originally broadcast on CBS. <br/><br/>An American investigator is sent to Manila in order to negotiate the release of a hostage. <br/><br/>Set in Manila. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers notated copy No. 22 and production No. 89. Title page present dated January 6 1983 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Wendell Mayes. 68 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1960145157Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1960. Vintage double weight photograph from the set of the 1960 film. Holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. A story about two rival settlers on Alaska's frontier after World War I. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Petersburg Alaska. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969139645Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1969. Revised First Draft script for the classic 1971 Disney film "The Million Dollar Duck" here under the working title "Mr. Webfoot Waddle." <br/><br/>Based on a story by Ted Key notable writer who created the famous time-traveling duo Mr. Peabody and Sherman both regular characters on the cult classic television series "The Bullwinkle Show" 1960-1964. Professor Albert Dooley Jones brings home an American Pekin duck from his lab as a gift for his son unaware that the duck lays golden eggs. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Revised First Draft Screenplay on the front wrapper production No. 7286 dated November 19 1969 with credits for story writer Key and screenwriter Rogers. Title page present dated November 19 1969 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Rogers. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Newar Fine bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1968130703Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1968. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1970 television movie. <br/><br/>A marshal returns home to find his town has been nearly wiped out by Mexican bandits and with the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother seeks to hunt them down. <br/><br/>Set in New Mexico territory shot on location in Utah. <br/><br/>Rust colored titled wrappers noted as Third Revised Final Draft on the front wrapperdated September 24 1968 with credit for screenwriter Savage. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with blue white yellow pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-30-68 and 10-24-68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1970147366N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Norwegian film. With holograph annotations in ink and pencil throughout. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. <br/><br/>Set in Brazil. <br/><br/>White titled self-wrappers. Title page present noted as Version 3 with credits for screenwriter VILGOT SJOMAN. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Good partially bound with one paper clip. N.p. unknown books
1967150508N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for the 1967 Swedish film translated into English photocopied for internal distribution. With copied holograph annotations to virtually every page. <br/><br/>Vilgot Sjoman's controversial erotic drama utilizing both dramatic and documentary filmmaking techniques starring Sjoman's lover at the time actress Lena Nyman as a young theater student examining the social and political mores of 1960s Sweden and her own sexuality. Seized by customs upon entry to the US and banned from numerous US cities for sexually explicit scenes it was found in 1969 not to be obscene by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit opening the door to more frank and explicit subject matter in American film. The companion to Sjoman's 1968 film "I Am Curious Blue."<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Stockholm. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper undated with credits for director Vilgot Sjoman and translation credits to Martin Minow and Jenny Bohman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple. N.p. unknown books
1969148773New York: Grove Press 1969. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 US release of the 1967 Swedish film. <br/><br/>Vilgot Sjoman's controversial erotic drama utilizing both dramatic and documentary filmmaking techniques stars Sjoman's then lover actress Lena Nyman as a young theater student examining the social and political mores of 1960s Sweden and her own sexuality. Parallel is the plot of the actors and filmmakers reacting as themselves to the film they are in the process of making.<br/><br/>Seized by customs upon entry to the US and banned from numerous US cities for sexually explicit scenes it was found in 1969 not to be obscene by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit opening the door to more frank and explicit subject matter in American film. <br/><br/>The companion to Sjoman's 1968 film "I Am Curious Blue" which was initially intended to be combined with "I Am Curious Yellow" as one three and a half hour film.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine most with very slight even fading. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 180. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Grove Press unknown books
1953WRCLIT40376Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1953. 81144 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Occasional pencil annotationssee below ink name on wrapper long crease to lower corner affecting all pages but a good copy. A "Final Master Script" of Jerome Stuart's adaptation of Alfred de Vigny's story prepared as 32B of the MY FAVORITE STORY series. This copy belonged to production supervisor Leon Benson who has signed the upper wrapper and bears his occasional pencil annotations. Inserted in the front is a copy of the shooting schedule and cast calls. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
1953WRCLIT40375Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1953. 144 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. With very extensive annotations throughout and on wrappers in pencil and colored pencils see below moderate use to wrappers but near very good. A "Final Master Script" of Jerome Stuart's adaptation of Alfred de Vigny's story prepared as 32B of the MY FAVORITE STORY series. This copy was the property of script supervisor Larry Lund and bears his extensive annotations relating to camera angles revisions in dialogue and stage directions etc. The versos of the majority of the leaves bear annotations pertaining to camera p.o.v. and similar data keyed to the facing recto. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
1983WRCLIT75515Brittany 1983. iii83 leaves. Quarto A4. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in hald-lettered stiff wrappers. A couple of creases and finger smudges to wrappers otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "3rd Draft" of this screenplay based in part on Vidal's treatment of the subject in A SEARCH FOR THE KING 1950. Robert Dornheim is noted as the prospective director for the film. Dornheim and musician/actor/writer O'Brien had worked together on the 1983 television film DIGITAL DREAMS featuring bassist Bill Wyman. Among O'Brien's considerable list of accomplishments is THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW writer and actor. Evidently unproduced and not directly related to the 1983 Rice and Olivier musical of similar subject and title. unknown books
1958WRCLIT68605Sydney;: MGM 1958. Vintage color lithographed daybill poster 30 x 13.25" 76 x 34cm. Folded as issued a couple of short closed tears in left margin one penetrating slightly into the color background a few mild creases along left margin but a very good bright copy. A striking daybill poster for the Australian release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed in company with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM unknown books
1957WRCLIT69198Culver City: MGM / Loews 1957. Original color half-sheet 22 x 28"; 56 x 71 cm. Formerly folded in quarters display tack holes in each corner some small nicks at folds filing annotations on verso but a very good bright example. A graphically striking half-sheet poster for the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed in company with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown books
1958WRCLIT69864Culver City: MGM / Loews 1958. 8pp. Folio 43 x 31 cm. Pictorial self-wrappers. Black and white illustrations considerable amount of text very good. The studio pressbook produced for the purposes of advertising publicity and exploitation for the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed the film with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown books
1957WRCLIT76367Culver City: MGM / Loews 1957. Eight 11 x 14" color pictorial lobby cards. A few small tack or staple holes from being displayed distributor's stamps and annotations on verso card 7 has a coffee spill on verso mirrored faintly on recto remaining cards very good to about fine. A complete set of the lobby cards issued to promote the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed in company with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown books
1946130828Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin with his holograph signature to the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage in Victor Saville's 1946 film. Starring Lana Turner Van Heflin and Donna Reed and winner of one Academy Award. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Complete on the front wrapper copy No. 93 dated 8-20-46 with credit for producer Wilson. 158 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1948146108Culver City CA: MGM 1948. Composite script for the 1949 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Based on the 1949 Red Scare novel wherein a young American newlywed learns her husband is a spy for the Soviet Union and forces him to choose between their love and his dedication to the Communist cause. Elizabeth Taylor's first adult role and one that many of the film's detractors argued was too mature for the then-sixteen year-old star who played opposite a 37 year-old Robert Taylor. The film's release was initially delayed due to MGM's fear that it would cause diplomatic problems with the Soviet bloc and indeed "Conspirator" was banned outright in Finland and New Delhi India for similar reasons.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London and Wales.<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with an extra light blue wrapper from the final draft script bound in rubber-stamped VAULT COPY and COMPOSITE SCRIPT / COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 24 and production No. 5304 dated 8-26-48 with credits for screenwriter Sally Benson. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 256 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeographed rectos only with leaves dated variously between 8-27-48 and 10-1-48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. MGM unknown books
1981147355N.p.: N.p. 1981. Second Draft script for the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology series "American Playhouse" which originally aired on April 21 1986 on PBS. With a few small holograph ink and pencil annotations to the front wrapper and page I-3-25.<br/><br/>A local reporter receives a hefty bribe by a corrupt county commissioner to ignore an eco-activism group's protests against a new development but soon finds himself conflicted over the brutal tactics the commissioner uses to silence the activists.<br/><br/>Set and shot in Fort Myers Florida<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Nunez and director John D. MacDonald. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-4-130. Dot matrix duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with a plastic prong. N.p. unknown books
1932137137Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. <br/><br/>Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1948135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. <br/><br/>Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. <br/><br/>Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1924137171Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1924 film showing star John Gilbert relaxing with a book at his home. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 Russian play by Leonid Andreyev first published in English in 1922. <br/><br/>The first film put into production under the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the first to feature Leo the Lion although it was not the first film released by the studio. The second film directed by Sjostrom known as "the father of Swedish cinema" after his move to Hollywood at the behest of Louis B. Mayer and a breakthrough picture for him as well as stars Chaney Shearer and Gilbert. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
