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1962159693Various cities: Stafford 1962. Vintage British quad poster for the 1962 American film. <br /> <br /> Based on Jules Verne's 1868 novel "Captain Grant's Children" about a search for a missing shipwrecked captain. The third of six Disney films to star child actress Hayley Mills. <br /> <br /> 40 x 30 inches folded. About Fine. Stafford unknown
141945Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 Disney comedy film "No Deposit No Return" seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones who played the role of Policeman #2 with his name on the front wrapper in black ink. <br /> <br /> A heist film Inspired by two O. Henry short stories "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "A Retrieved Reformation."<br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles.<br /> <br /> Pink titled wrappers noted as production No. 0144 dated May 14 1975 with credits for story writer Joe McEveety and screenplay writers Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued dated 6/24/75. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/2/75 and 7/15/75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1959143090Paris: Harcourt Studios 1959. Collection of 6 original black-and-white single weight press photographs from a dog show at Harcourt portrait studios in France presumed upon the 1959 French release of the 1957 US film "Old Yeller" the French title being "Le Fidele Vagabond." Housed in the original brown paper envelope with with annotations on the front in manuscript pencil and ink noting photographer M. Dole. Three photographs with Gravaert watermark and five with brief manuscript pencil on the versos. <br /> <br /> Among the photographs are two fascinating images behind the scenes of an animal pageant: in one a mildly bemused audience spotted with various styles of contemporary women's hat fashion in the other a representative from the youth organization holding a sign reading "Nous cherchons un Maître" We are looking for a Master. A few pageant officials also seen a presenter in horn-rimmed glasses and two dog handlers one resembling noted Hollywood trainer Rudd Weatherwax who trained the original Old Yeller with his brother Frank. Hanging portraits are also seen all having Harcourt Studios imprint. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Harcourt Studios unknown
1940159223Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso and blind stamp at the bottom right corner relating to its censure in Denmark.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. A man takes a new job as a headmaster at Rugby School where the students are notoriously difficult. <br /> <br /> Set in England. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Good with pin holes at the corners and one photograph with a small chip missing from the bottom left corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1948170987Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Eleven vintage photographs including ten studio still photographs and one borderless reference photograph from the 1948 film noir with one photograph under the working title "Martin Rome." <br /> <br /> Three photographs with mimeo snipes two with provenance stamps and two with a provenance label on the verso rear. One photograph with cropping annotations in the margins of the recto. Several with title corrections at the bottom margin the film was retitled from "Martin Rome" and "The Law and Martin Rome" to "Cry of the City" during post-production<br /> <br /> Based on the 1947 novel "The Chair for Martin Rome" by Henry Edward Helseth. Richard Conte stars as hardened criminal and jewel thief Marty Rome wounded and in the hospital following a shoot out which left a police officer dead when he is implicated in another murder and jewelry heist by a sleazy lawyer. Following Rome's partial recovery and escape in an attempt to recover the jewels and flee he's pursued by his childhood friend a conflicted hard-nosed New York detective played by Victor Mature.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in New York City.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall.<br /> <br /> BFI BD-25. Grant US. Selby Cannon Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1944156251Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Several photographs with provenance stamps and stickers on the verso and two with the printed label of Palace Theatre affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good with light toning and edgewear. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944170938Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film including a photograph of a mockup of the Tower edition of the Cornell Woolrich William Irish novel released the same year.<br /> <br /> Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. <br /> <br /> Set in Manhattan.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944149853Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1942 novel by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. A man is arrested for murdering his wife only he was not home at the time of the murder but no one will confirm his alibi. His secretary who is secretly in love with him attempts to prove his innocence. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first woman executive. <br /> <br /> Set in Manhattan New York. <br /> <br /> White titled self-wrappers noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper production No. 1346 dated January 5 1944 with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small closed tear at the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1949170969Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1949. Nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. Two photographs with provenance stickers on the versos and three photographs with an erratum paste-up to the title in the bottom margin of the recto.<br /> <br /> A dark and morally conflicted film by Siodmak here at the top of his considerable directorial skills and a powerful performance by Stanwyck who invests her character Thelma with more ambiguity and sympathy than is found in the stereotypical femme fatale.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Culver City California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Olive Films. Selby Canon. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1945170951Universal City: Universal Pictures 1945. Collection of 13 vintage photographs including three publicity photographs of George Sanders and Ella Raines one borderless two reference photographs and eight film still photographs from the 1945 film here under the working title "Uncle Harry." Five photographs with mimeo snipes four with provenance stickers and one with a news clipping on the versos. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1942 Broadway play "Uncle Harry" by Thomas Job about a middle aged man whose two sisters try to sabotage his engagement to a young co-worker leading to murder and deceit. <br /> <br /> 1 7.25 x 9 inches 12 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light creasing and edgewear and one with an emulsion irregularity on the recto. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Olive Films 962. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1945143451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1944 film noir showing director Robert Siodmak conferring with star Stanley Ridges while some extras relax behind them. With a mimeo snipe and date stamp of "12 Apr 1945" on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1939 novel "This Way Out" by James Ronald about an unhappily married man who falls in love with a younger woman only to be investigated by a Scotland Yard detective when his wife dies in what appears to be an accident. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light diagonal creasing to the corners and a slight curl. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1944130926Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Post-Production script for the 1944 film. Script incomplete lacking the first page. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1939 novel by James Ronald. A man begins having an affair with a woman he met through work. His wife discovers the affair and forces him to break off all ties to the woman. Unfortunately his wife dies falling down the stairs in what may or may not have been an accident. One detective is determined to prove foul play.<br /> <br /> Set in London.<br /> <br /> White self-wrappers. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two rusted gold brads along the top edge.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1980137693Los Angeles: Self published 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Nobody's Child" written by Robert Ryder produced for circulation at Paramount for purposes of script development with a "Paramount Print Shop" duplication rubber stamp on the title page. Ryder's name and telephone numbers present on the front wrapper verso in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> Set in Rhode Island with central characters being Anthony an elder painter and musician and younger friends Matt a depressed father and his children Meesh and Luke the focus of plot being a narrative voice over by Anthony of Matt and his love triangle. <br /> <br /> Yellow wrappers. Title page present undated noted as Registered WGAw No. 215094 with a credit for screenwriter Ryder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown
1947157481N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film noir. <br /> <br /> An amateur prizefighter's desire for fortune and fame leads him to join a corrupt boxing syndicate led by an unethical promoter. Widely considered one of the finest boxing films ever made with a strong screenplay by noted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky who would later face blacklisting in Hollywood as a result of the HUAC trials.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Olive Films 452. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1947145154Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of cinematographer James Wong Howe actress Lilli Palmer and members of the crew on the set of the 1947 film noir. Manuscript annotations on the verso. <br /> <br /> Considered by many to be amongst the best boxing films of all time as well as one of the great 1940s noirs. "Body and Soul" tells the story of a man who became a successful boxer to support himself and his mother after his father is killed but who realizes that he has slowly lost his integrity somewhere along the way. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two others. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
1964144226Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph of actors Peter Fonda Jean Seberg and Warren Beatty from the 1964 film. With manuscript annotations in pencil on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on J. R. Salamanca's 1961 novel of the same name. Vincent Warren Beatty a recent Korean War veteran is in training at a mental institution as an occupational therapist where he becomes obsessed with Lilith Arthur Jean Seberg a schizophrenic patient whose seductive behavior stirs the order of the mental institution and destabilizes Vincent's own sense of reality. <br /> <br /> Set in Rockville Maryland. Shot on location in Virginia Long Island and Maryland. <br /> <br /> 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1974158791Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Six double weight reference photographs from the 1974 film. In an unusual size format for 1974 as well as being in black-and-white-but clearly vintage nonetheless.<br /> <br /> Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. While the film received a mixed reception from critics it was nevertheless praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Winner of two Academy Awards. <br /> <br /> Set in New York shot on location in New York Rhode Island and in England. <br /> <br /> 9 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956132370Los Angeles: Bischoff-Diamond 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A story set aboard the USS. Missouri "The Mighty Mo" during WWII. <br /> <br /> Presnell would also write screenplays for "Screaming Eagles" 1956 also produced by Bischoff-Diamond "Legend of the Lost" 1957 "Conspiracy of Hearts" 1960 and "The Third Day" 1965. <br /> <br /> Light blue titled wrappers noted as copy No. 47 dated January 26 1956 with a credit for screenwriter Presnell Jr. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Presnell Jr. 129 leaves mechanical duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 128. Pages Near Fine wrapper lightly toned and creased else Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Bischoff-Diamond unknown
1973163693Los Angeles: Wolper Productions 1973. Treatment script for the 1974 television movie seen here under the working title "Trial By Fire." Originally aired on January 20 1974 on ABC.<br /> <br /> A dramatization of the struggle for power between President Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan focusing on the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation. <br /> <br /> Gray untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated July 6 1973 with credit for screenwriter Theodore Strauss. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine lightly faded on the fore-edges with a black Velo binding. Wolper Productions unknown
1957143086Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1957 film one showing actors Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon relaxing between takes the other showing Hayworth and actor Robert Mitchum waiting while the camera crew sets up on a boat. Mimeo snipe to the verso of the second photograph. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island. <br /> <br /> Photographs 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 inches. Light curling and faint diagonal creasing to the corners. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1989167376Burbank CA: NBC Productions 1989. Draft script for the first episode of the 1989-90 NBC television series which aired on September 21 1989. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played Heavy #1 with his stamp on the top of the title page and manuscript ink annotations on the cast page listing the actors next to their characters and noting director David Hemmings. Laid in is a Call Sheet dated 5/15/89.<br /> <br /> Not to be confused with the 2001 film directed by Brian Robbins starring Keanu Reeves the 1994 Fox television series about a fictional American League baseball team or the 2019 Australian children's television series.<br /> <br /> Created by Robert Plam the series about a veteran plainclothes detective Charles Battles John Ashton who is about to be reassigned to a desk job or forced into retirement and is forced to partner with a young unconventional detective Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski Richard Tyson with whom he is constantly at odds aired for one season of 18 episodes before ending on June 29 1980.<br /> <br /> In the premiere episode Battles finds out he's about to be reassigned to desk job and is partnered with the young hotshot "Kaz" before being quickly assigned to protect a key witness the wife of a mobster and an old girlfriend of Battles who is about to testify against her husband.<br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page dated April 24 1989 with credits for screenwriter Frank Lupo. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 4/26/89. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing to the outer leaves and fore-edge bound with two gold brads. NBC Productions unknown
1977149823Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1976 coming-of-age novel. A young man from a working class Italian background struggles to balance the blue collar desires of his volatile family with his own dream of becoming a teacher. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set in the Bronx New York.<br /> <br /> Goldenrod titled Warner Brothers wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 14 1977. Title page present dated March 14 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Walter Newman and novelist Richard Price. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/28/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1987130708Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Fourth Draft script for the 1988 film. Based on the 1985 novel by Joseph Olshan. <br /> <br /> A family is in crisis following the death of their child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The mother takes a trip to Jamaica where she meets Clara Mayfield Goldberg who helps her overcome her grief with her no-nonsense straight talk. The mother invites her back to Baltimore to raise their young son Harris and Clara is eventually compelled to reveal dark secrets about her past. <br /> <br /> Pink titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 8 1987 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter Medoff and writer Olshan. 128 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine with some mild sunning bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1965144183Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Vintage photograph of star Natalie Wood in bed and surrounded by members of the crew on the set of the 1965 film. A superb example of what lies beyond the fourth wall mixing the intimate with the technical. Mimeo snipe and manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on a 1963 novel of the same name by Gavin Lambert. Daisy Clover is a young girl seen as a tomboy who lives with her mother in Santa Monica. She submits an audition tape to a Hollywood studio and is picked up and made a star at the cost of the dramatic life of Hollywood fame. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Manuscript ink annotations in the margins and light creasing in the bottom corner. Warner Brothers unknown
1963151421Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph taken during filming on location for the 1963 film showing a camera crew set up in the center of West 34th Street in Manhattan with hundreds of onlookers surrounding the filmmakers. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician and seeks him out in order to raise money for an abortion. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Paramount Pictures unknown
