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1961143276Tokyo: Takarazuka Productions 1961. First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. <br/><br/>Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film about a widower and his daughters who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3. Takarazuka Productions unknown books
1962149373Tokyo: Shochiku 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Shima Iwashita from the 1962 Japanese film. With the stamps of Tele-Magazine and manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout on the verso.<br /> <br /> An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. Director Yasujiro Ozu's final film a farewell to his mother whom he had lived with and cared for his entire life with the title drawn from a poem he wrote upon returning from her funeral. Ozu became ill shortly thereafter and died from cancer at age 60 in 1963.<br /> <br /> 9.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Shochiku unknown
1956152463Tokyo: Shochiku 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus and one of the last of his marriage-related films. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Tokyo Okayama Shiga and Kanagawa. <br /> <br /> 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown
1958151339Tokyo: Shochiku 1958. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. With the stamp of Shochiku Co. on the verso along with a mimeo snipe noting the film's Japanese title "Higanbana." <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on Ton Satomi's 1957 novel. A businessman hopes to arrange a marriage for his headstrong youngest daughter who has fallen in love with a musician. Director Yasujiro Ozu's first color film. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Tokyo. <br /> <br /> 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> BFI 1071. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown
19591599671959. Vintage screenplay for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. Annotations in manuscript pencil on several leaves noting revisions and amendments. <br /> <br /> A remake of the 1934 silent film "A Story of Floating Weeds" also directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The leader of a traveling theatre troupe goes to visit his former mistress and their son who is unaware that the man is his father. Meanwhile the man's current lover jealous of his attentions to his former mistress schemes to shame him by convincing a young actress in the troupe to seduce his son. One of the final films the prolific Japanese director made before his death in 1963.<br /> <br /> Set on the Japanese coast.<br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered e-22. Mimeograph duplication rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 232. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 41. unknown
1959149872Tokyo: Shochiku 1959. Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. <br /> <br /> Angered by their parents' refusal to buy them a television set two young brothers decide to go on a silence strike against all adults leading to a number of comic misunderstandings in their tight-knit community. <br /> <br /> Set in a suburb of Tokyo.<br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly foxed with some wear to the binding with perfect binding.<br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 84. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Shochiku unknown
1961143276Tokyo: Takarazuka Productions 1961. First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. <br /> <br /> Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film about a widower and his daughters who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3. Takarazuka Productions unknown
130318N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A fantasy about some bandits of a secret society who live in the woods near the mythic Ibari. From Tony Award winning playwright Yasmina Reza this script was written in Europe and remains unproduced. <br/><br/>Red-orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Reza and Martiny. 186 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound. N.p. unknown books
130318N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A fantasy about some bandits of a secret society who live in the woods near the mythic Ibari. From Tony Award winning playwright Yasmina Reza this script was written in Europe and remains unproduced. <br /> <br /> Red-orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Reza and Martiny. 186 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound. N.p. unknown
1976158745Tokyo: Haruki Kadokawa Films Inc 1976. Second Draft script for the 1977 film. <br /> <br /> A young African American is killed upon his arrival in Tokyo. The Japanese detective in charge of his case teams up with a New York City detective to try to solve the murder. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in New York City and Tokyo.<br /> <br /> Red untitled wrappers. Title page present. Noted as Draft #2 on the first page of text. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver clasp binding. Haruki Kadokawa Films Inc unknown
WRCLIT67914Np nd. 1113 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound without wrappers. Title lettered on spine top leaf a bit torn and mended around brads else good. An unspecified draft of this unproduced screenplay by the novelist / screenwriter set in the context of New Orleans professional basketball. unknown books
1937143347Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage photographs of director W.S. Van Dyke instructing a bleacher full of young women including stars Eleanor Powell and Ilona Massey on the set of the 1937 musical film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1928 Broadway musical about a West Point cadet who falls for a Vasser student who just happens to be a princess in disguise with most of the original songs by George and Ira Gershwin replaced with new material by Cole Porter including the classic "In the Still of the Night." <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1954139966Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1954. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1954 re-release of the 1932 film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The first of Weissmuller's twelve Tarzan films and the first appearance of Cheeta Tarzan's chimpanzee friend. In this variation of the much-adapted Burroughs tale Tarzan and Jane fall in love and although Jane desires to take him back to England when Jane's father James Parker dies on the expedition Jane remains behind in the jungle instead. <br/><br/>Set in Africa shot on location in California and Florida. <br/><br/>26.5 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with pinholes and a few tiny tears brief smudging. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1931134294Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Draft script for the 1932 film based loosely on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel "Tarzan of the Apes." Two black and white reference photographs for the film also laid in. <br/><br/>The first of Weissmuller's twelve Tarzan films and the first appearance of Cheeta Tarzan's chimpanzee friend. In this variation of the much-adapted Burroughs tale Tarzan and Jane fall in love and although Jane desires to take him back to England when Jane's father James Parker dies on the expedition Jane remains behind in the jungle instead. <br/><br/>Set in Africa shot on location in California and Florida. <br/><br/>Pale yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped VAULT COPY and FILE COPY on the front wrapper and rubber-stamped copy No. 1871 and production No. 4608 dated Dec. 11/31 with credits for screenwriter Novello. Title page not present as issued. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-20-31 and 12-16-31. Pages Near Fine. Front wrapper detached else wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. Photos both 8.25 x 10 inches Fine condition. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1937139843Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film. Based on George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg's 1928 musical of the same name. <br/><br/>A young princess and a West Point cadet fall in love. Although the play on which the film is based was also a musical an entirely new score was written for the film. Gershwin was originally suppose to compose the score for the film as well but Cole Porter eventually completed the task. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California and New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1941130830Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. <br/><br/>A delightful comedy about a man who does not believe in jealousy much to the annoyance of his lovely wife who constantly finds herself accosted by other men. <br/><br/>Lacking front wrapper rear wrapper is goldenrod as used by Van Heflin. 138 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-25-41 and 7-8-41. Pages Near Fine rear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1928140906Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue who starred in the film. <br/><br/>Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script here under the working title "Southern Skies" four vintage photographs each with a mimeo snipe on the verso one with a press stamp as well and a later 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film signed and dated by Blue with his bookplate on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack comprised of music and sound effects including most notably the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie" as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. <br/><br/>Set on a Polynesian Island shot on location in Tahiti at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders using many of them as extras in the film. <br/><br/>Carbon typescript draft:<br/><br/>Cream colored titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338 dated November 29 1927 with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated November 161927 with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:"<br/><br/>Early The Century edition from 1921 first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good lacking jacket. Front hinge split with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1928140906Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue who starred in the film. <br /> <br /> Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script here under the working title "Southern Skies" four vintage photographs each with a mimeo snipe on the verso one with a press stamp as well and a later 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film signed and dated by Blue with his bookplate on the front pastedown. <br /> <br /> MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack comprised of music and sound effects including most notably the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie" as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. <br /> <br /> Set on a Polynesian Island shot on location in Tahiti at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders using many of them as extras in the film. <br /> <br /> Carbon typescript draft:<br /> <br /> Cream colored titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338 dated November 29 1927 with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated November 161927 with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. <br /> <br /> 1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:"<br /> <br /> Early The Century edition from 1921 first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good lacking jacket. Front hinge split with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1937143347Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage photographs of director W.S. Van Dyke instructing a bleacher full of young women including stars Eleanor Powell and Ilona Massey on the set of the 1937 musical film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1928 Broadway musical about a West Point cadet who falls for a Vasser student who just happens to be a princess in disguise with most of the original songs by George and Ira Gershwin replaced with new material by Cole Porter including the classic "In the Still of the Night." <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1953169939New York: Kagran Corporation 1953. Revised script for Season 2 Episode 2 of the 1953-1954 ABC television series. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith's working copy with his substantive annotations in manuscript ink throughout marking deletions editorial notes and revisions.<br /> <br /> The "Johnny Jupiter" program appeared in two iterations throughout 1953 and 1954: the first aired on the DuMont Television Network from March to June of 1953 and the second aired on ABC and aired between September 5 1953 and May 29 1954. Both series featured 30-minute episodes blended hand puppetry and live action and featured a shop employee interacting with aliens through a magical television set but the second series was geared toward adults while the first was geared toward children. <br /> <br /> The ABC series followed a young television shop employee as he fielded interactions with his human colleagues his boss and his boss' daughter and the Jovian aliens from Jupiter the titular Johnny Jupiter and two robots. In this episode the Frisby general store is paid a visit by the chief scoutmaster of the Frontier Scouts of America throwing Duckweather Horatio and Katherine into a tizzy and causing the Jovians to intervene in an unwanted attempt to help. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present with credit for series writer Jerome Coopersmith noted as "Script #1" and "'Frontier Scout Story'". 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus first and last leaves detached from the binding partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Kagran Corporation unknown
1986WRCLIT70696New York: American Playhouse / Cinecom 1986. Vintage original 41 x 27" 105 x 68 cm. stylized pictorial one sheet poster. Small closed tear on the top center with small cellotape mend on verso pinholes at corners from display use; formerly folded now rolled with a few small wrinkles or creases else very good. A one sheet issued to promote the second film adaptation of Wright's novel based on a script by Richard Wesley. Jerrold Freedman directed Victor Love Matt Dillon Elizabeth McGovern Geraldine Page and Oprah Winfrey among others. American Playhouse / Cinecom unknown books
1943135060Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Two vintage still photographs from the 1943 US film. One still is a black-and-white reference still and the other is a full-color studio still. <br/><br/>Based on a story by W.R. Burnett. Lieutenant Ward Stewart Power is made executive officer of the submarine USS Corsair. Before sailing he meets schoolteacher Jean Hewlett Baxter and seduces her unaware that she's the sweetheart of Lieutenant Dewey Connors Andrews his newly appointed commander. At sea the men bond unaware of their shared love interest. <br/><br/>Winner of an Academy Award for Best Effects. <br/><br/>Both stills 8 x 10 inches. Slight light edge creases. Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/><br/>Davenport p. 81. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981WRCLIT81026Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Ten 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills six bearing two images. Slight variations in trim affecting size otherwise fine. A selection of the stills distributed to promote the US release of Weir's multi-award winning 1981 portrayal of the parts played by members of the ANZAC infantry in the blood- drenched battle for Gallipoli. Mel Gibson and Mark Lee played the leads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1948WRCLIT84749Hollywood: Monogram Pictures 1948. Original 8 x 10" glossy b&w publicity still with printed cutline in lower border. Slight bump to lower tip otherwise fine. A striking character portrait of Regis Toomey in the role of Police Inspector Clint Judd in Fisher's adaptation to film of Woolrich's 1943 short story directed by William Nigh and starring Don Castle Elyse Know Regis Toomey et al. The image features Toomey in a fedora half-smoked cigarette in his left hand looking suspiciously to his left while the upper left foreground of the image is taken up by a hangman's noose. Monogram Pictures unknown books
1948WRCLIT69276Sydney;: Monogram Pictures 1948. Vintage brilliant color lithographed daybill poster 13 1/4 x 30" 34 x 76cm. Folded as issued a couple small chips at blank edges one short closed tear faint splashmark visible in left margin on recto some more and larger splashmarks and pencil squiggles on blank verso that only faintly show through to and slightly affect the recto in the area of the "For General Exhibition" logo; overall good. A striking daybill poster for the Australian release of Fisher's adaptation to film of Woolrich's 1943 short story referred to on the poster as a novel directed by William Nigh and starring Don Castle Elyse Know Regis Toomey et al. The brilliant stone lithography is by W.E. Smith of Sydney. Fragile and uncommon. Monogram Pictures unknown books
