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1931003116Berlin: Nero-Film A. G. 1931. Original vintage German publicity photo of PETER LORRE in the legendary film classic "M" directed by Fritz Lang. Berlin: Nero-Film A. G. 1931. This stunning image shows Lorre as the murderer confronted by the blind balloon seller who recognizes his distinctive whistle thus setting Lorre's capture in motion. Exceedingly rare photo recently found in an old untouched US archive having originated as an oversized German negative which was re-purposed for use in Denmark as evidenced by the Danish Film Censor's mark "statens" at the bottom which is baked into the negative and then presumably arrived here as a collector's rarity . Glossy single-weight roughly 8" x 10" gelatin silver print. It shows overall wear from handling and it has many faint creases plus stains on reversewhich do not bleed through to the front yet retains eye appeal. "M" remains one of the most famous films of world cinema. It provided the initial blueprint for the entire genre now labeled psychological thriller. "M" original posters sell from $15000 to $50000. Here's a chance to own a piece of the same cinema history at a small fraction of the cost. . First Thus. Very Good. Photograph. Nero-Film A. G. books
1961WRCLIT80921Culver City: Selznick International 1961. 182 leaves. Narrow large quarto 36 x 21.5 cm. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only stapled at top with coversheet. Some creasing and short tears in left margin early and late but a very good copy. The original 1938 release was directed by Norman Taurog with uncredited retakes by George Cukor and others and starred Tommy Kelly Jackie Moran May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory et al. This continuity was prepared for a 1961 16mm re-release. This was at least the fourth adaptation of the novel to the screen the earliest having appeared in 1907. Selznick International unknown books
1945WRCLIT85228Culver City: Vanguard Films Inc. 1945. 1168 leaves altered by scores of dated revises on colored paper and lettered inserts. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound but without title- leaf and upper wrapper. The preliminary leaf with script number and receipt coupon is intact and unclipped. Modest use otherwise very good to near fine. A heavily revised rainbow script with a primary date the same as one of the early forms of the "final shooting script" but substantially altered over more than five months by dated revises and inserts. David O. Selznick's adaptation to the screen of Busch's 1944 novel directed by King Vidor starring Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Gregory Peck Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Butterfly McQueen and Harry Carey. Eventually the film won the award for the Best Overall Production at the Venice Film Festival but had something of a bumpy road in development. Although Busch was himself a productive screenwriter for three decades with a dozen credited screenplays and uncredited work on others and he was responsible for a full treatment and collaborative early draft of the screenplay his final screen credit for the film consisted solely of "Suggested by a Novel by ." The present draft credits the script to Oliver Garrett solo. In fact an actual final shooting script would turn out to be nearly 11 months away with Ben Hecht doing some uncredited script doctoring and several uncredited directors including Josef von Sternberg stepping in to help out. Many changes were required to accommodate the various protectors of public morality and an analysis of the evolution of the film through the succession of widely disparate scripts would be informative. By the time an as yet further revised "final shooting script" dated 12 January 1946 rolled around David O. Selznick was the sole credit for screenwriter printed on the 208pp script and the Vanguard Films association was dropped entirely for Selznick International. Vanguard Films Inc. unknown books
1993WRCLIT66775Np: Metro Goldwyn Mayer / UA Communications 1993. 1137 leaves plus many lettered inserts. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in diecut studio wrappers. Title land- lettered on spine faint use to wrappers otherwise about fine. A late draft of Guare's own screen adaptation of his play incorporating revisions spanning 25 January - 27 April formerly color coded but now here run on regular stock with dated key to those revisions. The 1993 film was directed by Fred Schepisi starring Stockard Channing Will Smith Donald Sutherland Ian McKellen Mary Beth Hurt and Heather Graham. Metro Goldwyn Mayer / UA Communications unknown books
1973133026London: Amicus Productions 1973. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film based on the novel "Fengriffen" by David Case. <br/><br/>The ghost and severed hand of a 18th century servant terrorizes the descendant of the nobleman who maimed him along with the descendant's new wife. A darker and more serious film than the typical Amicus horror films of the era. <br/><br/>A story shot on location in the UK. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Photos slightly wavy Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Amicus Productions unknown books
1937WRCLIT67662London 1937. 441 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil-printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit creased and nicked but very good. A summary and treatment of Welsh novelist Wilkins' then forthcoming historical novel prepared for consideration of optioning by David O. Selznick for a screen adaptation. No film eventuated. unknown books
1937135949Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1937. Treatment script for an unproduced film dated April 20 1937. Based on the 1937 novel by William Vaughan Wilkins subsequently published by Jonathan Cape on May 3 1937. <br/><br/>A romantic adventure story set in the 19th century involving a poor girl who falls in love with a boy descended from royalty resulting in the usual problems. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers title page noting a date of April 20 1937 for the treatment submission and also noting the publication date of May 3 1937 for Wilkins' novel. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1961WRCLIT58029Np: Universal International 1961. 158 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound at top edge. Near fine. A dialogue continuity script for Dalton Trumbo's screen adaptation of Howard Rigsby's novel SUNDOWN AT CRAZY HORSE. The 1961 release was directed by Robert Aldrich and starred Rock Hudson Kirk Douglas Dorothy Malone and Joseph Cotton in a cattle and gunfight driven melodrama set on the Texas- Mexico border. Trumbo had emerged from the shadow of the Blacklist the previous year with his credits for EXODUS and SPARTACUS due in part to Douglas's advocacy. An uncommon script even in this format. Universal International 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
1974142572Beverly Hills CA: EK / United Artists 1974. Early Draft British script for the 1974 British heist film. Based on Gerald Browne's 1972 novel adapted by Charles Grodin. <br/><br/>Howard Chesser Grodin is a diamond merchant supervising the cutting of a large and rare diamond. When the diamond is stolen he is blackmailed and pulled into a jewel heist at 11 Harrowhouse. <br/><br/>Set in London shot there on location and in Warwickshire England. <br/><br/>Burnt orange titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Bloom. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Lee The Heist Film. EK / United Artists unknown books
1959130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. <br/><br/>An expertly shot low-budget space exploration film about a cozy spaceship carrying scientists engineers and researchers from all over the world with the moon as their destination. Captain John Anderson Clark juggles a crew with a variety of nationalities dealing in particular with conflicts between the German and Israeli crew members over Holocaust issues. Once on the moon the crew discovers an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. <br/><br/>Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1963150651Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Stamped production No. 63-213 on the verso. <br/><br/>Several teenage daughters of diplomats help an intelligence agent uncover an international plot to sabotage the US. <br/><br/>Set in Switzerland shot on location in San Bernardino California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned to the edges and one with a light crease to the center of the photograph. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1936150762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1936146032Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1936. Continuity and Dialogue script pre-production for the 1936 film here under the working title "Twenty Hours by Air." With faint holograph pencil annotations throughout. Typescript in black and red type.<br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers rubber-stamped Paramount Production No. 1801. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kenyon Nicholson. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Black and red typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with yapping to the front wrapper's right edge bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961WRCLIT67386Hollywood: Rosser's Film Continuity Service 1961. 199 leaves. Folio legal format. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Stapled at top margin. Minor use at top edge else near fine. A late Combined Continuity script of the 1936 Selznick Studio production based on Walpole's adaptation of Burnett's novel starring Freddie Bartholomew Dolores Costello and C. Aubrey Smith and directed by John Cromwell. This was one of Selznick Studio's first films. In 1961 the then owners of the rights for various Selznick films many had passed through several hands to United Artists commissioned new 16mm combined continuity scripts for many of the titles rationale unknown to posterity. This is such an example and preserves a literal record of the film. Duplicate from the Selznick archive. Rosser's Film Continuity Service unknown books
1976147447Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1976. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1976 film showing director Bernardo Bertolucci giving instructions to actors Robert De Niro Gerard Depardieu and Romolo Valli. <br/><br/>Director Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film was a gargantuan undertaking requiring the resources of three European countries and a trio of American movie studios. Set in the small town of Parma the film follows two best friends born in 1901 whose lives diverge drastically as a result of their class differences and the rise of Fascism in Italy.<br/><br/>Set in Parma Italy shot on location in Rome Lombardia and Campagnia Italy. <br/><br/>6 x 4 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Eureka 135. Olive Films 345. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971137953Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film. The still depicts composer/screenwriter Frank Zappa conducting and singing. <br/><br/>In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." <br/><br/>The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists 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
1968135016Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white set design photograph from the 1968 film. Shown is a sample interior from the space station featured near the beginning of the film the "Hilton" sign marking Kubrick's groundbreaking use of ordinary commerce in a futuristic context. <br/><br/>The director's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. The film's high scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. <br/><br/>Set variously in the desert in space in deep space and on the astral plane. Shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
140754N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Former Korean War vet and baseball player and current junkie has been completely out of his son's life as a father and only involved later on as a "friend" who happens to meet him on the street. His son is pursuing his dream of being a filmmaker while his father struggles to get clean and be a role model for his son. <br/><br/>Set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Richard Grand and Laurie Post. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1999149053Beverly Hills CA: Imagine Entertainment 1999. Final Draft script for the 2000 television pilot which originally aired on NBC on February 14. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by members of the cast and crew including screenwriter Noah Baumbach and actors Joanna Going Sabrina Grdevich Carlos Jacott Heidi Schanz and Eric Stoltz. <br/><br/>From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.<br/><br/>An early darkly comic screenwriting effort from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach best known for "Kicking and Screaming" 1995 "The Squid and the Whale" 2005 and "Marriage Story" 2019 following a group of friends struggling to adapt to life as adults. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 4/29/99 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach and director Thomas Schlamme. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with one white revision page dated 4/23/99. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Imagine Entertainment unknown books
1962147889N.p.: Screen Gems Inc 1962. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film struck for 1962 re-release. <br/><br/>Based on Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story "Three-Ten to Yuma."<br/><br/>One of the first revisionist Westerns with a classicism that stands up to "High Noon" but an cynical attitude toward good and evil that was years ahead of its time. Glenn Ford's ambivalent character from "Gilda" is transplanted to a Western setting placed against Van Heflin's warmer but still hard boiled persona with unforgettable results. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some faint creasing in margins. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 657. Screen Gems Inc unknown books
1963151297Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film showing actors Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. With cropping annotations in holograph pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp.<br/><br/>Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1973140783N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. <br/><br/>Set in Hollywood. <br/><br/>Title page present with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between January 3 1973 and November 21 1973. Pages Near Fine bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board. N.p. unknown books
1974132296Poland: ZRF 1974. Original Polish A2 poster circa 1974 for the 1973 US film. <br/><br/>Artwork by Jerzy Flisak. <br/><br/>15.75 x 23.25 inches. Near Fine. ZRF unknown books
