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1980141208Hollywood: F and F Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to producer Sam Wiesenthal with his name and address on the title page in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> An American tourist on vacation in South America finds himself stranded in a small town with his blind cat after his car breaks down. When a prominent citizen is shot everyone begins to suspect the tourist with the mob soon getting involved. <br /> <br /> Set in South America. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter James Edward Grant. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. F and F Productions unknown
1946140969Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Collection of three vintage studio still photographs from the Realart re-release of the 1946 film. <br/><br/>Directed by Roy William Neill based on the 1943 novel by Cornell Woolrich written for the screen by Roy Chanslor and starring Dan Duryea June Vincent Broderick Crawford and Peter Lorre. "Black Angel" was director Roy William Neill's last directorial effort and one of the best and most faithful of the many Woolrich noir adaptations pulling Dan Duryea from his usual supporting cast status into a leading role working his way through a dark alcoholic maze of murder and mayhem. Adapted to the screen by noted Western novelist Roy Chanslor author of "Johnny Guyitar."<br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph graphite notation to the verso of one image. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Grand Classic Noir. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1993158525Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. First Draft script and Revised First Draft script for the 1994 film. First Draft script dated April 12 1993 and Revised First Draft script dated July 30 1993.<br /> <br /> Based on Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel about the eponymous black horse and his varied experiences in England in the 1800s. The fifth film adaptation of Sewell's novel.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in London Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire and Hampshire England.<br /> <br /> First Draft:<br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 12 1993 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads.<br /> <br /> Revised First Draft:<br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 30 1993 noted as REVISED / FIRST DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 16 and September 13 1993. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong. Warner Brothers unknown
1974150708Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>Based on Jeff Jacks' 1971 novel "Murder on the Wild Side." A former police officer turned private eye investigates a silent film star's death which is linked to a mysterious religious cult moonlighting as a drug ring.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location throughout California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972150707Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. <br /> <br /> Based on J.E. Franklin's 1969 play. The youngest daughter in a working-class African American family dreams of becoming a dancer and is determined to avoid the fate of her mother and two older sisters who married and had children at a young age and who express dissatisfaction and frustration with their stagnant lives. One of the few blaxsploitation films of the 1970s to depict the everyday lives and dreams of blue collar Black women.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Los Angeles.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 97-98. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1972150705Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Based on J.E. Franklin's 1969 play. The youngest daughter in a working-class African American family dreams of becoming a dancer and is determined to avoid the fate of her mother and two older sisters who married and had children at a young age and who express dissatisfaction and frustration with their stagnant lives. One of the few Blaxsploitation films of the 1970s to depict the everyday lives and dreams of blue collar black women.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1972150707Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Based on J.E. Franklin's 1969 play. The youngest daughter in a working-class African American family dreams of becoming a dancer and is determined to avoid the fate of her mother and two older sisters who married and had children at a young age and who express dissatisfaction and frustration with their stagnant lives. One of the few Blaxsploitation films of the 1970s to depict the everyday lives and dreams of blue collar Black women.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1972145314Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Collection of 10 vintage lobby cards from the 1972 film. Also included is a lobby card which has been trimmed by 50% and SIGNED by the film's star Jim Brown. <br/><br/>Two images shown. Please inquire to see others.<br/><br/>British director Robert Hartford-Davis originally conceived of the story for the film based on the black power movement in contemporary Britain and hired Robert Shearer to write the screenplay. First American feature-length film for Hartford-Davis and the film debuts of American baseball star Vida Blue and NFL football player Gene Washington. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Signed card trimmed to 5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill Black Action Films 27. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970142979Culver City CA: Champion Production Company / Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage double weight photograph of famed blaxploitation actor Jim Brown and noted British director Robert Hartford-Davis conferring on the set of the 1972 film. With a bold production company stamp on the verso crediting Brown Hartford-Davis and producers John Heyman and Norman Priggen. <br/><br/>British director Robert Hartford-Davis originally conceived of the story for the film based on the black power movement in contemporary Britain and hired Robert Shearer to write the screenplay. First American feature-length film for Hartford-Davis and the film debuts of American baseball star Vida Blue and NFL football player Gene Washington. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Champion Production Company / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972148406N.p.: N.p. 1972. Revised Version Draft script for the 1972 film belonging to actor Martin Landau with his holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout most in reference to his character Capelli including action and dialogue changes. Also included are a 21-page shooting schedule and call sheet with the name of uncredited crew member Jim O'Roarke in holograph ink on the shooting schedule and holograph annotations to both. <br/><br/>From the estate of Martin Landau.<br/><br/>British director Robert Hartford-Davis originally conceived of the story for the film based on the Black Power movement in contemporary Britain and hired Robert Shearer to write the screenplay. The first American feature-length film for Hartford-Davis and the film debuts of baseball star Vida Blue and football player Gene Washington. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Version Screenplay with credits for story by Robert Hartford-Davis and screenwriter Franklin Coen. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Shooting Schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light creasing at corners.<br/><br/>Call Sheet 8.5 x 13 Near Fine with a single fold. N.p. unknown books
1974161544N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. Also released as "Street Sisters."<br /> <br /> Based on the 1969 play "Don't Leave Go My Hand" by director and screenwriter Arthur Roberson. A mixed-race boy raised on a farm by his grandmother attempts to reconnect with his mother a Black prostitute. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Long Beach and Stockton California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Parish and Hill Black Action Films. N.p. unknown
1968148700N.p.: Plaza Pictures 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1968 Italian film.<br /> <br /> Woody Strode began his career as an American decathlete and football star and went on to become a film actor working in American and international films. <br /> <br /> Both a modern Marxist re-imagining of the Christ story and a poetic and allegorical depiction of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba the film was to debut at the Cannes Film Festival but did not screen due to the festival being canceled in support of the May 1968 Paris uprising. <br /> <br /> 26.75 x 38 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with closed tears to top corners two chips to bottom corners and pinholes. Plaza Pictures unknown
1968143231Tokyo: Shochiku Company 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout.<br /> <br /> Based on Yukio Mishima's 1961 stage adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's 1934 novel. A cunning lady thief known as the Black Lizard tries to kidnap a wealthy jeweler's daughter as part of a plot to steal her father's priceless Star of Egypt diamond. <br /> <br /> Set in Tokyo. <br /> <br /> White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1968.6.17. 126 pages with last page of text numbered d-34. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed overall. Shochiku Company unknown
1972158416New York: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Collection of 10 vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original envelope stamped "Savage Sisters / 10 Stills / Story in Tens" with the original three-page press release of descriptions for all ten photographs. <br /> <br /> Pam Grier and Margaret Markov escape from a remote women's prison aided in part by Markov's revolutionary boyfriend. What follows is an almost comical series of bloody shootouts pitting revolutionaries and drug dealers and the authorities all against each other. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in the Philippines. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Arrow Films. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1973134889Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Original Pressbook for the 1973 blaxploitation film. <br/><br/>Pam Grier and Margaret Markov escape from a remote women's prison aided in part by Markov's revolutionary boyfriend. What follows is an almost comical series of bloody shootouts pitting revolutionaries and drug dealers and the authorities all against each other. Set in an unknown tropical country and shot in the Philippines. <br/><br/>16 pages saddle stapled 8.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1975162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French film. <br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. <br /> <br /> 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International unknown
1972164079N.p.: Camelot Entertainment 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 Blaxploitation film.<br /> <br /> Two enslaved African-American brothers-one albino one non-albino-discover a treasure map on their enslaver's plantation and decide to run away to hunt for the treasure. Director and actor Chris Robinson is best remembered today for his roles in soap operas in the later half of the twentieth century including "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "General Hospital." <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Hobe Sound Florida. <br /> <br /> 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly toned along the creases. Camelot Entertainment unknown
1989160721London: Goldcrest Films 1989. Final Draft script for the 1989 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Gerry Fisher with 13 pages of production materials laid in including revision pages manuscript leaves and production memos dated variously between October 26 and November 19 1988. Several of the laid-in pages bear Fisher's name on the top margins in manuscript pencil and ink. <br /> <br /> A medium finds herself the target of a corporate hitman after she foretells the death of a factory whistleblower. Although well received by critics the film's distributors fell into financial difficulties resulting in it never receiving a full cinema release. <br /> <br /> Shot in Rock Hill South Carolina and Charlotte North Carolina. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers undated noted as FINAL DRAFT 3 with credit for screenwriter and director Mike Hodges. Title page present undated noted as FINAL DRAFT 3 with credit for screenwriter and director Mike Hodges. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Goldcrest Films unknown
1989139531Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1989 film with a 35mm color slide laid in. <br/><br/>Two New York City cops arrest a member of the Yakuza and escort him during his extradition to Japan. "Black Rain" marks the first collaboration between Ridley Scott and Hans Zimmerman the two would later work together on "Hannibal." <br/><br/>Set in New York and Japan shot on location in California New York and Japan. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1972150709Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 documentary film. <br /> <br /> A documentary capturing the first performance of an all-Black rodeo in Harlem and the varied audience reactions to seeing African Americans participating in what was widely considered a white sport. Featuring appearances by Muhammad Ali who rides a horse down 125th Street and noted Western actor Woody Strode. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Harlem. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1972150709Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 documentary film. <br/><br/>A documentary capturing the first performance of an all-black rodeo in Harlem and the varied audience reactions to seeing African Americans participating in what was widely considered a white sport. Featuring appearances by Muhammad Ali who rides a horse down 125th Street and noted Western actor Woody Strode. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Harlem. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1987169169Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Vintage film program for the 1987 film. Bi-fold with a two color front panel and full credits in the interior spread.<br /> <br /> Theresa Russell stars as the deadly "black widow" Catherine who marries lone millionaires and kills them changing her appearance and identity with each murder. Debra Winger stars as Alex a data analyst for the Justice Department who stumbles upon the pattern of deaths and becomes obsessed with pursuing the killer and bringing her to justice.<br /> <br /> Set in New York Texas and Washington shot on location in Hawaii Washington New York and Washington DC.<br /> <br /> 9 x 11.5 inch Bi-fold. Very Good with light overall rubbing and creasing to the extremities.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir: The Complete List. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer Neo-Noir. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1996155767Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1996. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film copy belonging to Master Lead Painter Charlie Palazzo with the annotations in manuscript ink of "Charli P. / Print Dept." and copy number "301" on the front wrapper. "Blue Rev.1" script on blue paper dated 12/11/96 with copy number "707" in manuscript ink on the top right corner of the title page.<br /> <br /> Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Followed by two sequels "Blade II" 2002 directed by Guillermo del Toro and "Blade: Trinity" 2004 directed by screenwriter David S. Goyer all starring Wesley Snipes. Snipes stars as the Dhampir Blade a half-man half-vampire protecting the human race from evil vampires.<br /> <br /> The beginning of Marvel Comic's success in film adaptations which still continues unabatedly two and a half decades later.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Long Beach Death Valley and Los Angeles California and London Moscow and Vancouver. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrappers noted as Production Draft on the front wrapper dated 9/19/96 with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. Title page present dated 12/11/96 noted as "Blue Rev. 1" with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. New Line Cinema unknown
1983152549N.p.: N.p. 1983. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film here under the working title "Tin Soldiers." With a single manuscript annotation to the verso of the final leaf noting No. 88.<br /> <br /> After the death of his mother a straitlaced cadet is taken out of his military academy by his alleged father a wild-spirited rock star. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona and California. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 27 1983 noted as TAFT REVISION with credits for screenwriters Gene Taft and Len Jenkin and story credits to Jenkin and Michael Philip Jagger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly foxed on the first and last leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1993169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages.<br /> <br /> After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown
