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1972128339N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Original US one sheet poster a variant size in a variant yellow color scheme for the 1972 Italian film. <br/><br/>An early role for Vonetta McGee who would star in television shows like "L.A. Law" and "Bustin' Loose" and several other blaxploitation films in the 1970s. The film poster here is the yellow variant also known to have been printed in red.<br/><br/>23 x 34.25 inches folded. Studio label on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of short closed tears and a couple of light stains. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill 14. New World Pictures unknown books
1961141289Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1961. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1961 film. <br/><br/>A religious film following the life of Barabbas the prisoner spared by Pontius Pilot in place of Jesus. Notable for its soundtrack which was composed by Mario Nascimbene and conducted by Franco Ferrara. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph graphite notation to the verso. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971141514Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the disturbing non fiction account by journalist Ludovic Kennedy about the British serial killer John Christie. <br/><br/>Shot on location in United Kingdom. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970139880Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1970 US-Japanese film. The film won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.Several screenwriters were employed to write the script including Larry Forrester and Mitchell Lindemann for the American scenes and Hideo Oguni Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa for the Japanese scenes. Kurosawa was excited to direct the Japanese scenes once he heard that David Lean "Great Expectations" 1946 "The Bridge on the River Kwai" 1957 and "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 was going to direct the American scenes. Lean was never a involved to begin with and Kurosawa successfully left the project and received no screenwriting or directorial credit. <br/><br/>Based on a nonfiction piece by Gordon Prange first published under the same name in Reader's Digest and later expanded into a book titled "At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story Of Pearl Harbor." <br/><br/>Notable primarily for the enormous price tag attached to its production the film recreated the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor. American and Japanese filmmakers collaborated on the World War two picture which was far more successful in Japan than in the US. Notorious director Akira Kurosawa was involved in the screenwriting process although he was uncredited in the final version. <br/><br/>Set in Pearl Harbor shot on location in Hawaii Japan California Washington DC <br/><br/>27 x 41 in folded. A small stain and light toning else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954146173Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1954. Final Shooting Script for the 1954 film with blue yellow and green revisions throughout. <br/><br/>Based on the 1870 novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. Walt Disney's "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" was one of the most expensive and ambitious productions of its time. A 200 foot submarine a 225 pound diving suit a specially built soundstage with a 90 x 165 foot tank and a giant squid which weighed two tons and required a crew of 28 to operate were just some of the monumental challenges of the production. Disney's first CinemaScope motion picture "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" was a resounding success and went on to be considered one of greatest live-action adventure movies ever made.<br/><br/>In 1868 off the coast of San Francisco Professor Aronnax Paul Lukas his assistant Conseil Peter Lorre and master harpooner Ned Land Kirk Douglas set sail upon a armed frigate to investigate a spate of sinkings rumored to be caused by a sea monster. After months of searching the "monster" is spotted sinking a merchant vessel and the frigate attacks only to be sunk themselves. Adrift in the ocean the three come upon a strange metal vessel and realize the "monster" is a "submerging boat." The trio are captured by Captain Nemo James Mason and taken aboard the submarine the Nautilus and journey on a voyage of adventure and discovery under the sea.<br/><br/>Nominated for three Academy Awards winning two for Art Direction and Special Effects.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California Jamaica and the Bahamas. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with affixed Walt Disney Productions label as called for with Disney scripts from this era noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Earl Felton. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Earl Felton. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeographed rectos only with blue yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/30/54 and 3/1/54. Pages Near Fine plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1972135445Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Collection of seven vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Joseph Wambaugh. <br/><br/>A law student begins working at the LAPD only to have police work become ever more important in his life. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974141584N.p.: Mirisch Corporation 1974. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film. Snipe affixed to the verso of each image. <br/><br/>An American action film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charles Bronson Al Lettieri and Linda Cristal. Bronson stars as a melon farmer who battles crime and dodges a vindictive hit man. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Colorado. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Occasional holograph pencil annotations to the versos and red holograph annotations to the margins. Mirisch Corporation unknown books
1958123633Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Final script for the 1959 Western film dated May 22 1958. Signed by lead actor Don Murray on the title page. <br/><br/>Based on the 1956 novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author A.B. Guthrie Jr. the third installment in his sextet about the Old West. An unusual Western with touches of the darkness characteristic of film noir a character study of a cowboy who aspires to ascend the ranks of the burgeoning Wyoming society. He borrows the life savings of a saloon girl to start his ranch and then marries into a higher rank. Though at first he distances himself from the saloon girl in order to run for US Senator Murray must then come to her aid when a rancher has beaten her. <br/><br/>An ambitious film from director Fleischer in which we are asked to question the value of financial success and the labels of "good" and "evil." Some beautiful cinematic moments with Lee Remick giving a standout performance as Callie the saloon girl. Set in Wyoming. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 181 and production No. 740 dated May 22 1958. Title page present noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Hayes. 114 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between May 26 1958 and June 2 1958 Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Pitts 4333. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979132907Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1979 UK release of the 1979 French film. <br/><br/>Based on Alberto Vasquez-Figueroa's novel "Ebano" starring Michael Caine as Dr. Linderby whose wife is kidnapped on a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. <br/><br/>A story set in Africa shot on location in Israel Italy and Kenya. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Ink annotations on the versos and rectos else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1983137667N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film "Dangerous Moves" here under the working title "The Fool's Gambit." Script translated by Hilary Sandison credited on the last leaf of text. <br/><br/>Akiva Piccoli is a Soviet Jew chess master ensconced in Communism and in declining health. His rival Pavius Arbatt is a young defector tired of Communist ways and the two face each other at the World Chess Championship. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. <br/><br/>White wrappers with clear plastic front wrapper. Title page present dated June 1983. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine overall bound with a black plastic comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1960125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. <br/><br/>Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. <br/><br/>One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown books
1974142679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue holograph ink on the title page and with a holograph note in the same blue ink paper-clipped to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alabama. <br/><br/>Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971140230Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Final Shooting script for the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based loosely on the 1818-20 Missouri Expedition John Huston stars as Captain Henry a fictionalized Major Andrew Henry of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. John Huston joined the production as an actor a few days after he had quit as director for the film "The Last Run" due to arguments on the set with George C. Scott. Set in American West shot on location in Arizona USA Mexico and Spain. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 4 1971 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for star Richard Harris screenwriter Jack Dewitt and director Richard Sarafian. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internallywith two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972140225Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Jay Grobart Reynolds kills a man who raped and murdered his wife Cat Dancing. He is arrested but soon after is released and goes on a crime spree. He then meets Catherine Miles who is escaping her abusive husband and finds an unlikely mate.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona and Utah USA. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated October 31 1972 with credits for screenwriter Eleanor Perry and novelist Marilyn Durham. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographically duplicated with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 6 1972 and November 7 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1978132658Los Angeles: National Screen Service / April Fools Productions 1978. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white and 5 full-color still photographs from the 1978 US film. Distributor Canada rubber-stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>Stella Johnson Barbara Eden is a single mother living Harper Valley where its inhabitants see her as too liberal so they are make life for her and her daughter as unbearable as they can. She decides to get revenge by exposing all their dirty secrets and by an assortment of pranks. Woody Harrelson makes his film debut as an extra 7 years before his role on "Cheers" 1985. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches color 8 x 9.25 inches black-and-white. Very Good plus with several pinholes large tape-removal bruises on a few versos black-and-white and a few small corner chips. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / April Fools Productions unknown books
1965144688Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director Richard Brooks and actor Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>After being labeled a coward Lord Jim seeks redemption through an exceptionally dangerous mission. In its wake he finds himself faced again with the choice of self preservation or honor. The Technicolor film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Cambodia China Malaysia and England. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967146012Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Robert Blake and Scott Wilson from the 1967 film. Crop annotations in holograph pencil and the stamp of photographer Michel Ciment stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America.<br/><br/>Nominated for four Academy Awards.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus some light creasing and edgewear.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967144377Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage photograph of Mary Linda Rapelye on the set of the 1967 film. Holograph annotations in pencil and press agency stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 781. Ebert II. Penzler 101. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962149573Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actors Paul Newman and Shirley Knight examining film negatives with cinematographer Milton R. Krasner looking on. With a mimeo snipe on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley.<br/><br/>Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1962151424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks cinematographer Milton Krasner and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and holograph pencil and ink annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley.<br/><br/>Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. N.p. unknown books
1960142077Beverly Hills CA: Elmer Gantry Productions / United Artists 1960. Vintage double weight photograph from the set of the 1960 film. Director Richard Brooks gets up close to direct Burt Lancaster as Lancaster holds Jean Simmons. <br/><br/>Based on the 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis. Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture winning for Best Actor Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Elmer Gantry Productions / United Artists unknown books
1967150244N.p.: N.p. 1967. Collection of five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1967 film. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer James Johnson. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Truman Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Most Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a tear to the top right corner repaired with cello tape on the verso. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1966144953Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 Western showing director Richard Brooks and crew getting ready to shoot a close up of actor Lee Marvin letting loose with a machine gun. <br/><br/>Based on the 1964 novel "A Mule for the Marquesa" by Frank O'Rourke about four men hired to by a wealthy Texan to rescue his wife from a Mexican revolutionary only to discover the job in not exactly what it seems. A sometimes overlooked and underrated entry into the Western canon despite being nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in Mexico and Texas shot on location in Mexico Arizona Nevada and California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1984139873N.p.: Jaffe-Lansing 1984. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1984 US film. <br/><br/>In one of his earliest rolls actor Sean Penn costars with Nicolas Cage in this World War II era drama. Two teenage boys are shipping out to train as Marines in six weeks and the film follows their last days of civilian life. The boys weather romantic drama and confusion in their final weeks at home their experiences ranging from betrayal to unintended pregnancy. Penn gave a commendable performance and while the film was not a major box office success it faired much better than expected. <br/><br/>Set in Mendocino California shot on location in California. <br/><br/>27 x 41 in folded. Very Good plus. Jaffe-Lansing unknown books
1981146181Beverly Hills CA: MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1981 film.<br/><br/>Richard Benjamin's directorial debut. A junior comedy writer for a network variety show is assigned the formidable task of watching over a drunken badly-behaved and mostly washed-up matinee idol who is slated to appear as a guest on the show at the end of the week. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Lead Actor for Peter O'Toole.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York.<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 133 dated August 3 1981 with credits for director Richard Benjamin and screenwriter Norman Steinberg. Title page present dated August 3 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Norman Steinberg. 119 leaves xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine with some mild staining to the right edges wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. MGM unknown books
