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140651N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single ink notation in on the title page. <br/><br/>Ted Halverson is a precious metals dealer who receives an offer for something incredible precious for $250000 in Switzerland. He responds to the call bringing the money and not even knowing what he is buying. A great mystery unfolds involving a beautiful con artist political dissidents disguised as dancers a professor of geology a bickering Russian couple a man who loves junk more than anything else and an assassin disguised as a cop hunting them all. <br/><br/>Lawrence Roman is a writer best known for his work writing the play and screenplay for the film "Under the Yum Yum Tree" 1963 and "Red Sun" 1971." <br/><br/>Set in Zurich Switzerland. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Roman. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. 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
1972150797Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Collection of seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film including five mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card. <br/><br/>Based on the 1970 novel by Wally Ferris. A highlight of the blaxploitation era following two New York City cops who become involved in a bloody struggle between the Italian mob the Harlem mob and two small-time crooks who have stolen thousands of dollars from both groups. <br/><br/>Set in Harlem shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>Cards 10 x 8 inches. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches. Color studio still photographs and presentation cards Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant US. Parish and Hill 3. Spicer US Neo-Noir. United Artists unknown books
1972120967Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Complete set of 8 lobby cards for the 1972 crime film "Across 110th Street." Because it is set in Harlem this very underrated crime drama is often lumped with "blaxploitation" pictures of the same era. In truth it belongs to the great pantheon of gritty violent police procedurals of the early 1970s-something of a New York City companion to Don Siegel's "Dirty Harry" released the year before. A few faint scratches to a couple of the cards and a faint dampstain to the bottom edge of a few others; a bright clean set overall. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill 3. United Artists unknown books
1957130511London: The Rank Organization 1957. Original British quad poster for the 1957 British film noir<br/><br/>A low budget British film noir that brought Rod Steiger across the ocean in order to put his formidable character acting skills into what became a critically praised film. Shot in Spain but represented as Mexico "Across the Bridge" expands on Graham Greene's short story bringing more specifics to the author's intentionally empirical outline. Steiger plays a crooked businessman on the run who steals a man's passport in order to hide out in Mexico only to discover that the passport belongs to a wanted political assassin. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Phillips US. Spicer US. The Rank Organization unknown books
1980147323N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film based on Ernest Hemingway's final novel.<br/><br/>A middle-aged man dying of a heart disease takes a duck hunting trip in Trieste Italy reminiscing on his past experiences as a military officer and recent romance with an 18 year old girl. <br/><br/>Set in Italy.<br/><br/>White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alan Scott and novelist Ernest Hemingway. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1953140577N.p.: Benagoss Productions 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Based on Alfred Hayes' novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia."<br/><br/>A romantic drama set in south France during WWII. An American soldier begins a doomed romance with a French peasant woman. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning and a chip to the top margin. Benagoss Productions unknown books
1970140640London: John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid 1970. Draft script for an unproduced British film called "Act of Treason" written by Guy Elmes based on Lillian Hellman's adaptation of Emmanuel Robles' 1948 play "Montserrat." Screenwriter Elmes also wrote for films like "Bad Blonde" 1953 "Across the Bridge" 1957 "Pontius Pilate" 1962 "the Invincible Six" 1970 and "White Fang" 1973. <br/><br/>Robles' play opened in Paris in 1948 a story about the civil war in Venezuela during the early 1800s where a Spanish officer commits treason and joins the Venezuelan revolutionaries. <br/><br/>Guy Elmes is a screenwriter primarily known for his work in writing the original story and screenplay for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" 1979. <br/><br/>Gray blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Guy Elmes playwright Lillian Hellman and producer Ben Arbeid. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid unknown books
1985143995Toronto: Telepix Canada 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. <br/><br/>Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. <br/><br/>Set in Pittsburgh PA and environs shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada. <br/><br/>Self-wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper dated August 8 1985 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Spencer. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/85 and 8/22/85. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Telepix Canada unknown books
1962149464N.p.: Desert 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 sexploitation film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso identifying the film's title.<br/><br/>A gold prospector lost in the desert encounters an oasis with several women wandering around in the nude.<br/><br/>One photograph 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Desert unknown books
1949149090Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn lounging on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and Advertising Code "Approved" stamp dated "Sep 9 1949" on verso.<br/><br/>For many this sixth entry in the Hepburn-Tracy canon was the peak for the duo a non-stop brainy battle-of-the-sexes gabfest that epitomized the two at their very best. Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin the same writing team who produced "Pat and Mike" the following year. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York City and Newtown Connecticut. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to right edge and tiny chip at the bottom right margin.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973WRCLIT38739Np but UK: United Artists 1973. 1105 leaves. Narrow quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only clasp-bound at top in plain wrappers paper label. Wrappers lightly used at extended overlap edges but a very good or better copy. Spike Milligan played his own father in this 1972 film version of his novel a fictional account of his war-time experiences. Directed by Norman Cohen starring Jim Dale as the young Spike with Arthur Lowe Billy Maynard and Pat Coombs. United Artists unknown books
1960144084Rome: Zebra Films / Cineriz 1960. Collection of 64 vintage borderless single weight film still photographs for the 1960 Italian film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni and in stunning group images with her female costars. Numerical annotations in holograph pencil on the versos five with Contino's rubberstamp and two are dupes made by the original developer. <br/><br/>Based on an original screenplay about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua Signoret and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero Mastroianni but her landlord's excessive rent finally vanquishes her hopes for a brighter future. She holds her ground against the man but no moral deed is without consequences in the underworld and she is last seen as her destitute former self. <br/><br/>Petrangeli also directed "She Wolf" 1953 Visconti's "Ossessione" 1943 assistant director and screenwriter and Rossellini's "Europe '51" 1952 second assistant director; he was a prolific filmmaker in the Commedia all'italiana and died while shooting his last film "How When and with Whom" 1969. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches some slightly smaller. Very Good plus overall with curling and a few scattered creases. Zebra Films / Cineriz unknown books
1960144085Paris: Zebra Films / Cineriz 1960. Original oversize program for the 1960 Italian here under the original title. Illustrated in red with black-and-white stills from the film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni and in stunning group images with her female costars. Also included is an original press packet detailing film credits a synopsis and brief star biographies. <br/><br/>Based on an original screenplay about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua Signoret and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero Mastroianni but her landlord's excessive rent finally vanquishes her hopes for a brighter future. She holds her ground against the man but no moral deed is without consequences in the underworld and she is last seen as her destitute former self. <br/><br/>Petrangeli also directed "She Wolf" 1953 Visconti's "Ossessione" 1943 assistant director and screenwriter and Rossellini's "Europe '51" 1952 second assistant director; he was a prolific filmmaker in the Commedia all'italiana and died while shooting his last film "How When and with Whom" 1969. <br/><br/>Program 12.5 x 13.5 inches saddle-stapled 4 card stock leaves. Very Good with a heavy vertical crease and foxing. Press packet mimeograph on white stock corner-stapled 7 leaves Very Good plus. Zebra Films / Cineriz unknown books
1954140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show which originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations on nearly every page. <br/><br/>Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown books
1962150717Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Stamped production No. 63-83 on the verso and on the bottom right corner of the recto.<br/><br/>Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda about how American government functions in a free society.<br/><br/>Set in Washington DC and shot on location there. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with a short closed tear to the left edge.<br/><br/>Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1985141111N.p.: N.p. 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman who played the character of Lewis in this production with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in holograph ink. <br/><br/>The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." <br/><br/>Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist playwright and screenwriter who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. <br/><br/>Set in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. <br/><br/>Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. <br/><br/>Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown books
1970129692New York: Delia Productions 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. <br/><br/>A verse play retelling of the Greek myth in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. <br/><br/>Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Delia Productions unknown books
1959141457Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Small-time deliquent criminals greatly enjoy robbing other people but fall into big trouble when they accidentally rob the Yakuza. <br/><br/>Brown titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1972140003Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Herzog's film is notorious for both its style and its eventful production in which Kinski fired a gun accidentally injuring a crew member and Herzog ostensibly stole a group of monkeys due to ship to the US to use in the famous monkey scene. Despite the chaotic and often contentious production period the film immediately achieved cult status upon its release. Visually striking with minimal narrative and dialogue it follows deranged Spanish soldier Lope se Aguirre's search for the legendary gold city El Dorado. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Peru. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches folded. Small holograph notation to the verso else Near Fine. A vivid bright poster. <br/><br/>Newman Kim Nightmare Movies: Horror On Screen Since the 1960s US. <br/><br/>BFI. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1974139457Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>Sequel to the 1969 hit "Airport" which clinched 9 Academy Award nominations and received one for best actress. After a midair collision wipes out the crew of a Boeing 707 ground control must find a way to guide the disabled plane to safety. This midair disaster film inspired the 1980 parody "Airplane" starring Leslie Nielsen. <br/><br/>Set in DC and California shot on location in California Utah DC and Virginia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970139848Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1970 film. <br/><br/>The harbringer of what would be a decade full of disaster films packed with Hollywood actors metaphorically in search of a way to revive their careers in the wake of a crumbling studio system. Nonetheless and perhaps by accident a film that is as entertaining today as it was when it was released. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography and winner of one Best Actress going to Helen Hayes. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Minnesota and California. <br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956141458Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A yakuza boss and his right hand man escape from prison and examine their relationship both matters of loyalty and betrayal as well as the scams and crimes they pull in their criminal history. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1969133199N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize double weight candid photograph of Alan Arkin Art Garfunkel and Martin Sheen on the set of Mike Nichols' "Catch-22" in 1969. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. The photographer has written at the top of the verso in holograph pencil: "Candid during rehearsal / The boys break up in briefing room scene / Art Garfunkel Alan Arkin Martin Sheen." Also with Willoughby's ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. <br/><br/>In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 13.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books