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1947139681Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. 34 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Printed snipes on the versos. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Timothy Haslam in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. <br /> <br /> Based on Goudge's 1944 novel "Green Dolphin Country." Love interest upon love interest gathers in the English Channel and New Zealand in the 19th century with Donna Reed Lana Turner Edmund Gwenn and Richard Hart "having a go of it." Van Heflin plays a carpenter who kills a man for love's sake and flees. <br /> <br /> Winner of an Academy Award. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches some slightly varied in size. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1946130828Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin with his manuscript signature on 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
1975141214N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced play. <br /> <br /> An account of the spread of the Protestant Reformation and subsequent struggle against Catholic rule in France.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for playwright Victor Rosen. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a navy Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1977149787N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced play.<br /> <br /> A light chamber comedy about an aging gay director whose attempts to maintain creative control over his newest production are thwarted by a ham-fisted millionaire who wants his nephew to be cast in the lead role in exchange for financial backing. <br /> <br /> Clear plastic and green titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1977 with credits for screenwriter Victor Rosen. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered III-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with a red Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1979153158Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. First Draft script for an unproduced film.<br /> <br /> A working-class Italian-American cobbler with dreams of becoming a classical singer falls in love with an upper-crust cellist. <br /> <br /> Set in Boston.<br /> <br /> Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated February 9 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Pisano. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970162059N.p.: MFD Productions 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. <br /> <br /> Obscure 1970 sexploitation film by prolific exploitation director Victor Petrashevic. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and one with a wax pencil annotation along the bottom edge. MFD Productions unknown
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 manuscript ink and pencil annotations on 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
1934162225Paris: Pathe-Natan Pathe Consortium Cinema 1934. Four vintage reference Pathé-Natan photographs of Charles Vanel Oranes Demazis and others from the 1934 French film. Three photos with Pathé-Natan stamps on the verso and all four with annotations in manuscript pencil to same. <br /> <br /> Based on the classic 1862 novel by Victor Hugo. Considered by many to be the greatest adaptation of the novel.<br /> <br /> Shot in Biot Alpes-Maritimes and in Nice and Paris. <br /> <br /> One photograph 9.25 x 7 inches two photographs 6.5 x 9.25 inches one photograph 6.75 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus one with two pinholes and faint discoloration on the center top edge and one with pinholes at the corners. <br /> <br /> Criterion Eclipse Series 4. Eureka Masters of Cinema 106. Pathe-Natan [Pathe Consortium Cinema] unknown
1984146436N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an apparently unproduced episode of "Magnum P.I."<br /> <br /> Jonathan Higgins asks private investigator Thomas Magnum to help clear the name of an old army friend with the help of the friend's son-who looks talks and acts exactly like Higgins. "Magnum P.I." ran for eight seasons and won actors Tom Selleck and John Hillerman Emmys for their portrayals of Magnum and Higgins respectively.<br /> <br /> Set on the island of Oahu Hawaii.<br /> <br /> Navy untitled faux leather wrappers. Title page present dated 1984 with credit for screenwriter Victor H. Royer. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with navy Velo binding. N.p. unknown
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
1932156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner.<br /> <br /> Set in French Indochina. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
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
1967162083N.p.: Leo-Todd Productions 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of each.<br /> <br /> An obscure and likely lost sexploitation film from 1967. A wife searches for her missing husband experiencing the city's seedy underbelly. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Leo-Todd Productions unknown
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
1988151216Sherman Oaks CA: The New Ingot Company 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 television film which originally aired on April 24 on Turner Network Television.<br /> <br /> A dramatization of the life of noted twentieth century photographer Margaret Bourke-White best remembered as the first Western photographer permitted to take photographs of Soviet industry in the 1930s.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Lafourche Parish Louisiana. <br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 9 1988 noted as Revised Turner Preproduction Draft with credits for screenwriters Marjorie David and Vicki Goldberg. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The New Ingot Company unknown
1972144513Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. With actor Betty Anne Rees' first name and phone number in manuscript ink on the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> Karen Claudia Jennings quits her job at a cannery and joins a roller derby team. She quickly clashes with Mickey Betty Anne Rees the star skater and stirs jealousy amongst the whole team as she dominates the rink. Following in the wake of the successful roller derby film "Kansas City Bomber" released earlier the same year starring Raquel Welch. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Howard R. Cohen and Vernon Zimmerman. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 9/17. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1953146323N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four partially-bound identical sets of carbon typescript pages listing prospective filming locations and camerawork and two smaller unbound leaves one blank and one with manuscript ink annotations to the recto.<br /> <br /> Screenwriter Vera Caspary was best known for her 1942 novel "Laura" the basis for the classic 1944 film noir and the project that most strongly established her presence among Hollywood studios as a desirable writer for film. Years later however in the midst of the HUAC investigations Caspary became persona non grata as she had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and never fully shed her proletarian leanings. In order to avoid prosecution and the potential destruction of her career Caspary moved to Europe and spent several years searching for studio financing and writing film treatments including the never-produced "Street Song." The project tells the story of an acclaimed but vain opera singer who falls in with a group of street musicians and learns humility and ultimately love.<br /> <br /> Tall orange titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 14th April 1953 noted as Copy No. 15 with credits for screenwriter Vera Caspary. Title page present dated 14th April 1953 noted as Treatment with credits for Caspary. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some rust to the first few leaves and light foxing wrapper Very Good plus bound with green string. N.p. unknown
1965158640N.p.: Unknown 1965. Vintage press kit for the 1965 film. Pictorial white envelope containing seven studio still photographs and two matte-finish reference photographs and one newspaper clipping with an advertisement for the film. <br /> <br /> A European-style sexploitation film about a love triangle between one woman and two jealous men during a sailing trip to Catalina Island. <br /> <br /> Set in location in Los Angeles Catalina Island and Malibu. <br /> <br /> Envelope photographs and clipping Very Good plus with light offsetting on the envelope. Unknown unknown
1962135621Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. <br /> <br /> Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. <br /> <br /> Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown
1981159605N.p.: N.p. 1981. Three vintage color reference photographs from the 1981 French film all showing actress Valérie Kaprisky in various states of undress. One borderless two with borders. <br /> <br /> An exploration into the lives of five wealthy women leading glamorous lives alongside their powerful husbands and companions. <br /> <br /> Borderless photograph 7 x 10.5 inches bordered photographs 7 x 9 and 7 x 7.5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1980162962N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1975-1984 television series. <br /> <br /> The series followed a divorced career woman and single mother as she tried to raise her two teenage daughters in an apartment building in Indianapolis with frequent visits from the building's nosy superintendent. In this installment the eldest daughter wants to move out into her own apartment to her mother's dismay. <br /> <br /> Set in Indianapolis. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 35. Xerographic duplication rectos only with one white revision page undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1986153892N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1986 television film which originally aired on January 12 1986 on CBS. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1981 novel by screenwriter Laird Koenig. With the help of a tabloid journalist a recently divorced woman searches for her two-year-old son who has been stolen by a black market child selling ring. <br /> <br /> Set in New York. <br /> <br /> Red untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter and novelist Laird Koenig. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1963132981London: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation 1963. Collection of 91 vintage black-and-white and 1 double weight still photographs from the 1963 UK film. Daily Express rubber stamp on the verso of the double weight still. Includes several candid shots on the set. <br /> <br /> Richard Johnson stars as a doctor who arrives in the city of Bath where a smallpox epidemic has begun. Dealing with the virus would be more than enough but he also finds himself contending with a failing marriage. <br /> <br /> Story set in Somerset England shot on location. <br /> <br /> 7.5 x 9.5 inches some slightly smaller or larger with no borders as issued. About Near Fine. J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation unknown
1958166167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Draft script for the 1958 British comedy copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with the annotation of his name along the top edge of the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on four pages.<br /> <br /> George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films.<br /> <br /> Sequel to the 1958 British film "Up the Creek" also directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson and Peter Sellers. Sellers was unable to appear in the sequel because of scheduling conflicts with another film. When the Navy frigate the "Aristotle" is sold to a fictitious Middle Eastern power the ship's bosun played by Frankie Howerd sells tickets for the voyage as a luxury cruise unbeknownst to the Captain.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Portland Harbour England. <br /> <br /> Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Val Guest John Warren and Len Heath. 199 leaves with last page of text numbered 195. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
1960150233N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage candid reference photograph from the 1960 film featuring members of "The Crazy Gang" director Val Guest Shirley Eaton circus impresario Billy Smart and wife and guests.<br /> <br /> "The Crazy Gang" were a much-loved British comedy troupe who performed for over three decades. Formed in the early 1930s they performed largely at the London Palladium as well as numerous Royal Command performances and made five feature films "Life is a Circus" being their last. Core members were Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen Jimmy Nervo Teddy Knox Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold.<br /> <br /> Billy Smart was a popular British showman and founder of Billy Smart's New World Circus. The circus was featured in two 1960 films "Life is a Circus" and Anglo-Amalgamated's "Circus of Horrors" directed by Sidney Hayers.<br /> <br /> "The Crazy Gang" save the struggling Joe Winter's Monster Circus with an Aladdin's magic lantern. <br /> <br /> 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
