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1950128821Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Revised Composite script for the 1951 film. Two front wrappers present one with the script department receipt intact both noting changes dated 5-12-50 to the script. <br/><br/>Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and California. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with two front wrappers present as issued both rubber stamped COMPOSITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper and copy No. 173 on the white studio label dated 5-2-50 with "changes of 5-12-50" and credits for director Donen producer Freed and screenwriter Lerner. Distribution receipt present on the second goldenrod wrapper. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-2-50 and 8-2-50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1929151442Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. <br/><br/>Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent but issued with synchronized music and sound effects to theatres equipped for sound. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light curling and the occasional light crease. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1930151436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1930 comedy short film. Notable as the first short by the duo where Hardy says to Laurel "Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"<br/><br/>A parody of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary" with Stan and Ollie spending the night in a mansion of a deceased relative of Stan's only to be embroiled in suspected foul play.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. One photograph with a brief stray ink annotation to the recto else About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1927151470Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1927 silent comedy short film. <br/><br/>Stan and Ollie help a wealthy oil tycoon escape a trio of blackmailers after his money. One the last films released prior to the duo becoming officially billed as Laurel and Hardy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a scratch to the negative filled in with holograph black marker else about Near Fine with light curling and some minor edgewear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970132049Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / EMI 1970. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1970 US film. Features Stacey Keach. <br/><br/>Keach is a traveling executioner with a portable electric chair and receives one-hundred dollars for each execution. Arguably one of the actor's best performances. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creasing to the corners else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / EMI unknown books
1942147908Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Vintage studio still photograph of Van Heflin with Patricia Dane and Virginia Grey from the 1942 film. <br/><br/>Based on Sue MacVeigh's 1939 novel.<br/><br/>Broadway starlet Mida King Dane is found murdered at Grand Central Station and Inspector Gunther Sam Levene gathers an ecclectic group of suspects with enough evidence to accuse them all.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967132098Los Angeles: Max E. Youngstein 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>The story of two of brothers a prospector and an oceanographer who drill for oil on a offshore drilling rig in the Caribbean. Screenwriter Schweitzer would go on to work predominantly in television including writing for "The Bold Ones" "The Senator" "Mod Squad" and "Baretta" among others. <br/><br/>Lavender titled wrappers dated July 10 1967 with credits for screenwriter Schweitzer and producer Youngstein. Title page not present. 130 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Max E. Youngstein unknown books
1971WRCLIT40398Los Angeles 1971. 1129 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in stiff paper wrappers. With many highlights deletions and ink notes in an unknown hand. Very good. A "final shooting script" of Claudia Fraser's screenplay adapted from Stephen Spielberg's original story about barnstormers. The film directed by John Erman was released in 1973 and featured Cliff Robertson Eric Shea Bernadette Peters and Ariana Chase. unknown books
1964WRCLIT71253Moscow: Mosfilm Cinema 1964. Original Soviet Union film poster. Oblong folio. 25¾ x 40½"; 65 x 103 cm. Folded minor paper discoloration in margin and tiny closed tear at lower left margin else very good or better. This 1964 Soviet film was directed by Vladimir Monakhov and starred Ivan Lapikov Yuri Nazrov Roman Homyatov among others. Gregory Perkel is credited with the design of at least one of the posters for this film. Mosfilm Cinema unknown books
1970WRCLIT67585Los Angeles.: Commonwealth United 1970. Eight 8 x 10" color pictorial mini lobby cards. About fine. A complete set of the mini lobby cards released to promote the US distribution of Southern and Joseph McGrath's embellished film adaptation of Southern's third novel. McGrath directed the British production starring Peter Sellers Ringo Starr Richard Attenborough Laurence Harvey Christopher Lee Spike Milligan Raquel Welch et al. The film was released in the UK on 12 December 1969 with the US opening following on 11 February 1970. Peter Sellers John Cleese and Graham Chapman contributed additional material to the script. Accompanied by a two page single sheet synopsis issued by National Telefilms when it distributed the film in later years. Commonwealth United unknown books
1968WRCLIT77060London: Paramount Pictures 1968. Six 8 x 10" color front of house stills with captions. Some mild use and occasional creases at corners; a good - very good lot. A representative lot of the front of house color stills issued to promote the UK release of Terry Southern's film adaptation of Jean- Claude Forrest's comic. Roger Vadim directed Jane Fonda David Hemmings Anita Pallenberg Milo O'Shea and Marcel Marceau in a camp classic quite redolent of its era for good and bad. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958150167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Sophia Loren on the set of the 1958 film. With a Photoplay Library stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Bill Avery and holograph pencil annotations regarding layout. <br/><br/>Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play. A greedy New England farmer marries for a third time after working his first two wives to death. Trouble ensues when his new wife a headstrong Italian woman begins an affair with his youngest son.<br/><br/>Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1933138407Germany: Kinematrade 1933. Vintage US poster for the 1932 German communist propaganda film "Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehort die Welt" The subtitle is seen here under the English translation "Whither Germany." Circa 1933 as identified by the name of the Philadelphia theatre on the poster. <br/><br/>The last and arguably most important communist film of the Weimar era "Kuhle Wampe oder" is according to screenwriter Brecht a "Collective Presentation" that tells the tale of a family in early 1930s Berlin. After the son is prolongedly unemployed he commits suicide and the family is forced to relocate to a shantytown known as "Kuhle Wampe" or "Empty Stomach." Created under severely limited material conditions with filming constantly being broken up by the Weimar government's paramilitary SA agency the film attempts to depict archetypes of the times including an intellectual clash on a subway between members of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. <br/><br/>Banned first by the failing Weimar Republic and subsequently by the Nazi Reich the film was believed to have been lost until it reappeared over 20 years later in East Germany in 1958. This poster likely originates from screenings held in November 1933 by an unknown pro-communist organization in Philadelphia at the short lived left-leaning Philkino theater. A US screening of this film dating before the film's disappearance and only just after the very beginnings of Hitler's rise to power makes this poster not only very scarce but one of significant historical value. <br/><br/>The poster touting "Kuhle Wampe" as "The Film Hitler Burned" features an image of a man with a hammer and sickle attacking two snakes that form the Nazi swastika and touts the involvement of members of the "Labor Sports Union" in the film. <br/><br/>9.5 x 13 inches letterpress on pale faded pink stock. Very Good condition with a couple of tiny chips at the extremities and moderate creasing. Kinematrade unknown books
1938135920Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Revised White script for the 1939 film seen here with the title "I Robbed a Bank" which has been stricken through on the title page. <br/><br/>A gang attempts a bank robbery only to find that one of the gang member's sisters works there. The gang abducts her and a truck driver while attempting their getaway and the hostages must secretly try to help the cops find the fugitives. <br/><br/>Written by well loved humorist S.J. Perelman and his wife Laura Perelman "Ambush" marks a significant but entertaining departure from their best-known works such as their co-writing work on Marx Brothers films "Monkey Business" and "Horse Feathers." <br/><br/>White side-stapled titled wrappers dated December 13 1938 noted as production No. 1198 and copy No. 0038. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 115 eaves with last page numbered D-28. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated between 10-10-38 and 10-21-38. Very Good plus lacking rear wrapper. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1977WRCLIT47707Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. 2118 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Photoduplicated typescript printed on rectos only of various colored papers. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine else near fine. A "final" draft of Simon's own adaptation of his 1973 novel to the screen subjected to extensive revisions over the span above on various dated colored leaves. Richard Dreyfuss starred as Moses Wine under the direction of Jeremy Kagan. Universal Studios unknown books
1991WRCLIT59875Beverly Hills: Permut Presentations 1991. 312637 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only with dated revises on a rainbow of colored papers. Bradbound in stiff wrappers with typed label. Wrappers a bit smudged title lettered on spine but very good. A late revised draft of this original screenplay by Simon exhibiting a storm of revisions through the span of days noted above. Most notably the supplement of 37 lettered leaves all dated in January corresponds to sequences to be reshot. The film directed by Jerry Rees and starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin was released in 1991. An uncommon form of the script allowing analysis of the revisions between the originals and the retakes. Permut Presentations unknown books
1980WRCLIT65140Np: Twentieth Century-Fox. 1980. 1132 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of cream stock. Bradbound in printed red studio wrappers. Near fine. Denoted the "first draft" of Simon's own adaptation to the screen of his 1981 play. The film directed by Herbert Ross appeared in 1982 and starred Walter Matthau and Ann- Margret et al. Twentieth Century-Fox. unknown books
1980WRCLIT59867Np: Twentieth Century-Fox. 1980. 1139 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of cream stock. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine small ink name effaced on upper wrapper otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "first draft" of Simon's own adaptation to the screen of his 1981 play. The film directed by Herbert Ross appeared in 1982 and starred Walter Matthau and Ann- Margret et al. Twentieth Century-Fox. unknown books
1981WRCLIT59866Np: Twentieth Century-Fox. 1981. 1130 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of green tinted stock. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Near fine. "Final" draft of Simon's own adaptation to the screen of his 1981 play but we have handled copies of the script in which additional revisions were incorporated beyond the stage represented by the draft in hand. The film directed by Herbert Ross appeared in 1982 and starred Walter Matthau and Ann- Margret et al. Twentieth Century-Fox. unknown books
1995WRCLIT59921New York & Los Angeles: RHI Entertainment 1995. 1101 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in production company wrappers. About fine. Denoted the "second draft" of this adaptation for television by Simon of his 1988 play. The production was directed by Glenn Jordan and starred Alan Alda and Anne Archer. It was first broadcast on 3 March 1996. There are a number of scattered deletions revisions and additions in an unidentifiable hand reproduced in the script which are of a nature to have likely enjoyed authorial authority. RHI Entertainment unknown books
1973WRCLIT59914Burbank: Warner Bros. Inc. 1973. 2128 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Photomechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of white and colored stock marking revises. Bradbound in printed wrappers. Title lettered on spine studio stamps on upper wrapper very good. "Final" draft of Simon's own adaptation to the screen of his play but including many revised leaves on pink and blue paper pushing development even further. The film directed by Melvin Frank appeared in 1975 and starred Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft. A revised cast and credits leaf dated 24 Feb. 1975 has been inserted after the title-leaf in this copy. Warner Bros., Inc. unknown books
1981WRCLIT59902Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox 1981. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in light green printed studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine brad penetration to lower wrapper otherwise a very good copy. Denoted the "third draft" of this original screenplay by Simon. The 1983 film directed by Herbert Ross starred Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Mathew Broderick Kiefer Sutherland et al. There was no contemporary publication or novelization of Simon's script. 20th Century-Fox unknown books
1981WRCLIT59903Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox 1981. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in light green printed studio wrappers. A few small creases and smudges to wrappers otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "third draft" of this original screenplay by Simon. The 1983 film directed by Herbert Ross starred Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Mathew Broderick Kiefer Sutherland et al. There was no contemporary publication or novelization of Simon's script. 20th Century-Fox unknown books
1981WRCLIT59904Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox 1981. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in light green printed studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine upper wrapper shows splashmark around lower brad otherwise very good. Denoted the "third draft" of this original screenplay by Simon. The 1983 film directed by Herbert Ross starred Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Mathew Broderick Kiefer Sutherland et al. There was no contemporary publication or novelization of Simon's script. 20th Century-Fox unknown books
1982WRCLIT59906Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox 1982. 1131 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of white stock. Bradbound in printed brown studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "revised final" draft of this original screenplay by Simon. The 1983 film directed by Herbert Ross starred Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Mathew Broderick Kiefer Sutherland et al. There was no contemporary publication or novelization of Simon's script. 20th Century-Fox unknown books
