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1981144586Paris: Sara Films 1981. Two vintage contact sheets from the 1981 French film. With two holes punched into the left margin of each. <br/><br/>Noel Yves Montand a retired gangster living on a large estate outside Paris with his wife Nicole Catherine Deneuve is met by two fugitives one is Serge Pierre Forget an old accomplice who is dying from a recent gun wound the other is Mickey Gerard Depardieu an unstable maniac. Mickey's paranoia and violent outburst pulls Noel into the conflict as the police are on his tail. A high stress series of shoot-outs ensues.<br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Sara Films unknown books
1983139755Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1983. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1983 film. Based on Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name. <br/> <br/>Director John Carpenter was originally not interested in directing this film which he felt lacked significant horror for the genre. As in the novel the film follows a daemonic car whose owners inevitably become fatally obsessed with her. <br/><br/>Shot on location in various locations around California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954149976N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless photograph of Cosetta Greco from the 1954 film. Annotation in holograph ink on bottom left margin "Georges Sadoul" and "Foto Civirani" stamps on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the acclaimed 1947 Italian novel by Vasco Pratolini.<br/><br/>Carlo Lizzani's Neo-Realist portrait of Fascist Italy wherein young typographer Mario Gabriele Tinti after moving to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend and befriending his anti-fascist landlord Maciste Marcello Mastroianni is beaten by the fascists.<br/><br/>Set in Via del Corno Florence Italy shot on location in Tuscany Italy. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and small closed tear on right. N.p. unknown books
1966144563Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1966. Shooting Script for the 1967 Western film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1961 novel by Richard Jessup who also wrote the screenplay. A US army fort is under siege by Arapaho warriors. Chuka Rod Taylor a wandering gunman shows up to aid the those inside each facing their troubled pasts in this moment of desperation. <br/><br/>Green wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present dated September 6 1966 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for novelist Richard Jessup and screenwriter Richard Fielder production number 066. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 103A. mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1941129168N.p.: N.p. 1941. Story Outline for an unproduced film called "CinCUS" written for screen by Lieutenants Victor F. Blakeslee and Hartley E. How and Welbourn Kelley who was a witness in the Pearl Harbor Attack investigations 1945-1946. <br/><br/>A story about the CinCUS a naval term for Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet. Admiral Todd Emery leads his Navy crew to battle "somewhere in the Atlantic" his story told in flashback of his days as a boy in Illinois in 1899 his journey to the Naval Academy in Maryland and his time spent as a soldier in WWI. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Story Outline on the front wrapper dated October 6 1941 with credits for screenwriters Blakeslee Howe and Kelley. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two small gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1974138494Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage one-sheet poster for the 1973 film. <br/><br/>Based on Ponicsan's 1973 novel. John Caan is a US Naval sailor who meets a prostitute named Maggie Mason and her biracial son Doug Calloway while the Navy searches for his lost personal files. When Maggie flees to New Orleans John has a close friend Wallach trade places with him in the Navy so he can be a father to Doug. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Seattle. Nominated for three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Very Good plus with pinholes and a few short tears. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960136112Hollywood: Jerry Lewis Productions / Paramount Pictures 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1960 film. Shown are Jerry Lewis with Maurice Chevalier and director Frank Tashlin on the set. <br/><br/>Jerry Lewis' answer to the classic Cinderella story. When his father dies poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a treasure Fella's father has supposedly hidden on the estate. Meanwhile hoping to restore her dwindling fortunes the stepmother plans a fancy ball in honor of the visiting Princess Charmein whom she hopes will marry Rupert. Eventually Fella's Fairy Godfather shows up to convince him that he has a shot at winning the Princess himself. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jerry Lewis Productions / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1960144279Hollywood: Jerry Lewis Productions 1960. Vintage photograph of Jerry Lewis and jazz impresario Count Basie on the set of the 1960 film in which Basie stars as himself. With holograph annotations in pencil on the verso. <br/><br/>Jerry Lewis' answer to the classic Cinderella story. When his father dies poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a treasure Fella's father has supposedly hidden on the estate. Meanwhile hoping to restore her dwindling fortunes the stepmother plans a fancy ball in honor of the visiting Princess Charmein whom she hopes will marry Rupert. Eventually Fella's Fairy Godfather shows up to convince him that he has a shot at winning the Princess himself. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jerry Lewis Productions unknown books
1960152388London: Lynx Films / American International Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film showing actors Vanda Hudson and Jack Carson. <br/><br/>A deranged plastic surgeon becomes the owner of a traveling circus specializing in a "Temple of Beauty" transforming disfigured women into the glamorous stars of his show. Their beauty however comes at a price and any attempts to leave the circus end in their gory demise. The third film in Anglo-Amalgamated's "Sadian trilogy" preceded by "Horrors of the Black Museum" and "Peeping Tom" the previous year. <br/><br/>Set in England and France shot on location in England. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. Lynx Films / American International Pictures unknown books
1985146542Starnberg: Macropus Film 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. <br/><br/>Violent conflict between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka forces a young boy to hide in a traveling circus run by his mother a mysteriously youthful concentration camp survivor.<br/><br/>Set in Sri Lanka.<br/><br/>Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriters Imre Gyongyossy Katalin Petenyi Rodrigez Orell and director Barna Kabay. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. Macropus Film unknown books
1985146800Starnberg: Macropus Film 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. <br/><br/>Violent conflict between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka forces a young boy to hide in a traveling circus which is run by his mother a mysteriously youthful concentration camp survivor.<br/><br/>Set in Sri Lanka.<br/><br/>White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for directors IMRE GYONGYOSSY and BARNA KABAY and screenwriter KATALIN PETENYI. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly soiled bound with three gold brads. Macropus Film unknown books
1941134897Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills linen backed as issued one still with a mimeo snipe on the verso the other with the RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles smoking a pipe and smiing signing his "declaration" with advisors Jedediah Leland Joseph Cotten and Mr. Bernstein Everett Sloane. The second still shows Kane as an old man looking on as his young bride Dorothy Comingore completes a giant jigsaw puzzle at a table. <br/><br/>Both stills 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1941134898Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills with annotations on the verso one with an RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp. <br/><br/>The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles at a celebration for the inauguration of his newspaper "The Inquirer." The second still shows Kane as an older man reviewing finances with his advisors. <br/><br/>Stills are 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1993140239Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1993. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1993 film. <br/><br/>Jackie Chan is a goofy self-indulgent private investigator in Wong Jing's 1993 film based on a Japanese manga of the same name. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong. <br/><br/>20 x 30 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
1975140794Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>An unproduced English-language version of "Mina Drommars Stad" or "City of My Dreams" a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingvar Skogsberg based upon a novel by Per Anders Fogelstrom. Young Henning and his three friends struggle to survive with their freedom intact in 19th century Stockholm. Based on the life of Fogelstrom. This was the Swedish entry to the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but it was not selected as a nominee. <br/><br/>Set in Stockholm shot on location there. <br/><br/>White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1975 noted as Scenario Version with credits for author Per Anders Fogelstrom screenwriter Ingvar Skogsberg and translator Alan Blair. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a white velo binding. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1980143088Rome: Dania Film 1980. Collection of 10 vintage borderless color photographs from the 1980 film. Most with brief holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>A reporter and a psychic try to close the gates of Hell after a priest's suicide on holy ground causes the dead to rise from the "godfather of gore" Fulci. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow 1459. Blue Underground. Dania Film unknown books
1953125507Sherman Oaks CA: Republic Pictures 1953. Original pressbook for the 1953 film noir. Screenplay by noted screenwriter Steve Fisher. <br/><br/>One sheet folded once as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. <br/><br/>Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Lyons US. Martin 121. Selby US. 71. Spicer US. Republic Pictures unknown books
1970141083Paris: Les Films du Losange 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Director Eric Rohmer's first color film in which mountainous backdrops and varying tones play a significant visual role. In a notedly minimal narrative a newly married diplomat becomes infatuated with a lovely young acquaintance specifically with the girl's knee. His desire to touch her knee becomes the driving force behind the film. <br/><br/>Two pages 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to the corners. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 347. Les Films du Losange unknown books
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 books
1931140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. <br/><br/>An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. <br/><br/>Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1952135098Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Collection of 3 vintage borderless black-and-white still photographs from the 1952 film noir. One of the photos is a candid shot of a young Marilyn Monroe leaning against a camera track and talking to her male counterpart lead Keith Andes. The candid photo has a mimeo snipe describing the shot indicating clearly that Ms. Monroe was well on her way to being a superstar. The other two borderless shots are of Monroe and Andes in a romantic embrace and Robert Ryan and Barbara Stanwyck in an even more romantic embrace. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1964147667Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1964. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film here seen under the title for its release in the US "Escape by Night." Not to be confused with Fritz Lang's 1952 film "Clash by Night."<br/><br/>A bus transporting a convicted gang leader to prison is overtaken by the gang who seek to free their leader. The gang locks the remainder of the passengers who are mostly innocent civilians in a gas-soaked barn and threaten to set the barn on fire in order to hold off the police.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Some photographs faintly toned at the border else Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1981142567Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford 1981. Final Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. British script for the US-UK co-production with the address of UK production company Peerford on the title page. <br/><br/>The final film to feature creature design and visual effects by pioneering stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen a fitting send off to both him and the special effects techniques that stretch back through film history to "King Kong" 1933 "The Lost World" 1925 and beyond but had already been eclipsed in the public imagination by the digital effects of "Star Wars" four years earlier. Based loosely on the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda. Remade in 2010 without any of the charm of the original. <br/><br/>Set in Ancient Greece shot on location in the UK Spain Italy and Malta. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers with title window die-cut in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beverly Cross. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford unknown books
1972135115Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Revised Final script for the 1973 film. Laid in are two full-color studio stills from the film. <br/><br/>Director Paul Bogart's sequel to Robert Mulligan's 1971 film "Summer of '42." Hermie Grimes Oscy Houser and Benjie Conant graduate from high school in the waning months of World War II and go separate ways. Benjie joins the Marines while Hermie and Oscy take on the daunting task of entering college. Hermie falls for beautiful college freshman Julie Winters and a fraternity president William Atherton supervises hazing rituals. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York New Jersey Princeton University and Canada. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REV. FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 72 dated May 22 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated May 22 1972 with a credit for screenwriter Raucher. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Film stills with tiny corner creases else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960144439France: Mondex Films 1960. Vintage borderless single weight still photograph from the 1960 French-Italian film. Charming Belmondo and stoic Milo in a candid moment. Cropping annotations on the verso in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>One of the great French noirs from the classic period based on Giovanni's 1958 novel about his experience in prison and the gangsters he met there. Fugitive gang leader Abel Davos Ventura sneaks back to Paris with his children despite a death sentence hanging over his head. He tries to evade hitman Eric Stark Belmondo while navigating the new underground of crime in France. <br/><br/>Set in Italy and France shot there on location. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches Very Good Plus. <br/><br/>BFI 1185. Criterion Collection 434. <br/><br/>Lee US. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Mondex Films unknown books
