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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. Holograph 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. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1981164253Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1981. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1981 neo-noir film both showing actress Kathleen Turner. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. <br /> <br /> A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Florida. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. <br /> <br /> Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown
1981170739N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage color publicity photograph from the 1981 neo-noir film showing a scantily clad Kathleen Turner. Stamp of Cine-Street on the verso. <br /> <br /> A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Florida. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. <br /> <br /> Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1980163765Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1980. Collection of 32 vintage color slides from the 1981 film as well as one vintage studio still photograph showing actress Kathleen Turner. Three slides with annotations in manuscript ink on their cardboard sleeves. <br /> <br /> A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Florida. <br /> <br /> Photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown
1992163845N.p.: N.p. 1992. Third Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Actor Charles Hallahan's copy with his lines highlighted in yellow on pages 44 through 46. McCurdy plays the role of the doctor who examines the corpse of what appears to be Madonna's first unfortunate victim.<br /> <br /> Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington.<br /> <br /> White titled front self-wrapper yellow rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brad Mirman. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1993167749N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage color photograph from the 1993 film showing a topless Madonna. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. <br /> <br /> Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1948167637Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Treatment script for the key 1948 film noir. In Jaffe Agency wrappers stamped "FILE COPY" and "JAFFE AGENCY" at the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> Robert Altman's first screenwriting credit he would not direct his first feature film for another 20 years and Richard Fleischer's first directorial effort a tight noir second feature. Altman is credited here alongside another first-time screenwriter George W. George who would go on to be a prolific screenwriter with credits for such films as "The Woman on Pier 13" 1949 and "Big House USA" 1955. <br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles and an early example of a noir film with a large amount of location shooting throughout the Los Angeles area. <br /> <br /> Tan agency wrappers "The Jaffe Agency" printed at the bottom of the front wrapper and with their diamond TJA logo at the center Title page present with credits for screenwriters Altman and George. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Near Fine with a small chip at the bottom right corner of the title page wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1962141261Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Police receive a suicide call and head to the scene only to find the caller shooting wildly at anyone who tries to approach him. To make matters worse police discover one of the building's other inhabitants has declared that he plans to use his homemade bomb to destroy the building and everyone in it.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credit for screenwriter David P. Harmon. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown
1962140748Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. With one page Typed Letter Signed to agent Paul Kohner laid in. <br /> <br /> Police receive a call early on a hot summer morning from someone in an apartment building is trying to commit suicide. They arrive on the scene to find the caller with a gun and shooting wildly at anyone who begins to walk up the steps toward him. A sick boy is trapped on the same floor as the shooter as well as an adulterous couple and an old couple content to die. The shooter is revealed to have a bottle of nitroglycerine and plans to take out the whole building at 5:30 am on July 16th to commemorate the occasion of the first atomic bomb test leaving the police in a race against time to figure out how to defuse the situation. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David Harmon. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1962 and September 25 1962. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown
1962140839Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Police receive a call on a scorcher of an early morning that someone in a apartment building will be killing themselves. They arrive on the scene to find the caller with a gun and shooting wildly at anyone who begins to walk up the steps to him. A sick boy is trapped on the same floor as him as well as an adulterous couple and an old couple content to die. The boy is revealed to have a bottle of nitroglycerine and plans to take out the whole building at 5:30 am on July 16th to make the occasion of the first atomic bomb leaving the police in a race against time to figure out how to diffuse the situation. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David Harmon. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1962 and September 25 1962. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown
1962140839Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Police receive a call on a scorcher of an early morning that someone in a apartment building will be killing themselves. They arrive on the scene to find the caller with a gun and shooting wildly at anyone who begins to walk up the steps to him. A sick boy is trapped on the same floor as him as well as an adulterous couple and an old couple content to die. The boy is revealed to have a bottle of nitroglycerine and plans to take out the whole building at 5:30 am on July 16th to make the occasion of the first atomic bomb leaving the police in a race against time to figure out how to diffuse the situation. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David Harmon. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1962 and September 25 1962. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown books
1962140748Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. With one page Typed Letter Signed to agent Paul Kohner laid in. <br/><br/>Police receive a call early on a hot summer morning from someone in an apartment building is trying to commit suicide. They arrive on the scene to find the caller with a gun and shooting wildly at anyone who begins to walk up the steps toward him. A sick boy is trapped on the same floor as the shooter as well as an adulterous couple and an old couple content to die. The shooter is revealed to have a bottle of nitroglycerine and plans to take out the whole building at 5:30 am on July 16th to commemorate the occasion of the first atomic bomb test leaving the police in a race against time to figure out how to defuse the situation. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David Harmon. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1962 and September 25 1962. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown books
1963161557N.p.: Box Office Spectaculars 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Al and Bob are two businessmen who decide they could make there own "nudie cutie" movie better than the ones they've seen until everything goes wrong. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Barrington Illinois. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear one with a crease to the far right corner and one with faint creasing in the right margins. Box Office Spectaculars unknown
1984165396N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. Copy belonging to costume designer Jane Hamilton with her annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the first 13 leaves all relating to costuming. Included with the script are multiple gatherings of manuscript and xerographically duplicated leaves relating to costuming including measurements of actors and extras in the film details for specific scenes and lists of props and period costumes needed. <br /> <br /> In the 1920s a young woman embarks on a worldwide journey of sexual exploration determining to lose her virginity and ultimately find her ideal lover. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Andalucía Spain and in Hampshire England. <br /> <br /> Housed in a three-ring green binder. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1961131821London: Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures 1961. Draft British script for the 1961 film "Bomb in the High Street" seen here as "Bomb in High Street."<br /> <br /> An elaborate and highly entertaining British thriller in which a Nazi-era bomb is found in an English town. A bomb squad is called in but the men in the squad are not who they seem and the ultimate goal is revealed to be a bank heist. <br /> <br /> Tall red titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Simcoe. 68 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures unknown
1961131821London: Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures 1961. Draft British script for the 1961 film "Bomb in the High Street" seen here as "Bomb in High Street."<br/><br/>An elaborate and highly entertaining British thriller in which a Nazi-era bomb is found in an English town. A bomb squad is called in but the men in the squad are not who they seem and the ultimate goal is revealed to be a bank heist. <br/><br/>Tall red titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Simcoe. 68 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures unknown books
1993132847London: Incorporated Television Company ITC 1993. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1993 UK release of the 1993 US film. <br/><br/>Steve Buscemi stars as a man with mommy issues even though his mother has been dead for a while and when a strange person appears and tells him she can be brought back to life he agrees without hesitation. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Incorporated Television Company [ITC] unknown books
1989135643Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Two original screenplays for the 1990 film one being a First Draft 1988 and the other a Second Revised Draft 1989. Brief annotations in manuscript ink on the title page of the second script. <br /> <br /> Director De Palma's unfortunate box-office flop based on Tom Wolfe's first novel. Sherman McCoy Hanks the "master of the universe" is a shallow Wall Street investor who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin Griffith. One day the two find themselves in the South Bronx where Maria sees a black youth approaching so frightened she guns the engine and runs him over killing him. The two drive away and decide not to report the accident to the police. Alcoholic journalist Peter Fallow Willis anxious for a story hears about the incident through a local black community activist. Once the story is out the end is inevitable for Sherman. <br /> <br /> Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br /> <br /> De Palma would return to independent filmmaking with his next effort the creepy horror film "Raising Cain" 1992 starring John Lithgow. <br /> <br /> First Draft script:<br /> <br /> White wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1988 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Cristofer and novelist Wolfe.163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br /> <br /> Second Revised Draft script;<br /> <br /> Yellow wrappers. Title page present dated October 12 1989 December 15 1989 in manuscript ink just above the printed date noted as SECOND REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Cristofer and novelist Wolfe. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographic duplication with pink blue green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/17/89 and 10/27/89. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1990WRCLIT68949Burbank: Warner Bros. Inc. 1990. 11381 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced studio generated typescript printed on rectos only of salmon stock. Punched and secured with brads. Modest creasing at corners and light use ink name see below and script number #23 on title leaf two small tape mends around upper brad of top leaf otherwise a very good copy. Denoted the "Third Draft" of this critically controversial adaptation to the screen of Wolfe's novel. This copy bears the ownership signature of a party credited with the set decoration. The December 1990 release was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Hanks Melanie Griffith Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman et al. The difficult adaptation and production are treated in detail in THE DEVIL'S CANDY THE ANATOMY OF A HOLLYWOOD FIASCO Revised 2002 by Julie Salamon. Warner Bros. Inc. unknown books
1990WRCLIT67156Burbank: Warner Bros. Inc. 1990. 11381 leaves plus many lettered inserts. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced studio generated typescript printed on rectos only of a rainbow of different colored stocks. Punched and bradbound in stiff wrappers. Modest creasing at corners and light use ink name see below modest soiling and normal use to wrappers else very good internally fine. Denoted the "Third Draft" of this critically controversial adaptation to the screen of Wolfe's novel but in actuality a very heavily revised version of that draft with dated revises on various colored stocks constituting the majority of the text. This copy bears the ownership signature of Les Lazarowitz who was involved as sound mixer in the production. The December 1990 release was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Hanks Melanie Griffith Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman et al. The difficult adaptation and production are treated in detail in THE DEVIL'S CANDY THE ANATOMY OF A HOLLYWOOD FIASCO Revised 2002 by Julie Salamon. Warner Bros. Inc. unknown books
1989135643Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Two original screenplays for the 1990 film one being a First Draft 1988 and the other a Second Revised Draft 1989. Brief annotations in holograph ink on the title page of the second script. <br/><br/>Director De Palma's unfortunate box-office flop based on Tom Wolfe's first novel. Sherman McCoy Hanks the "master of the universe" is a shallow Wall Street investor who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin Griffith. One day the two find themselves in the South Bronx where Maria sees a black youth approaching so frightened she guns the engine and runs him over killing him. The two drive away and decide not to report the accident to the police. Alcoholic journalist Peter Fallow Willis anxious for a story hears about the incident through a local black community activist. Once the story is out the end is inevitable for Sherman. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>De Palma would return to independent filmmaking with his next effort the creepy horror film "Raising Cain" 1992 starring John Lithgow. <br/><br/>First Draft script:<br/><br/>White wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1988 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Cristofer and novelist Wolfe.163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Second Revised Draft script;<br/><br/>Yellow wrappers. Title page present dated October 12 1989 December 15 1989 in holograph ink just above the printed date noted as SECOND REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Cristofer and novelist Wolfe. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographic duplication with pink blue green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/17/89 and 10/27/89. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1957138551Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph of Jean Seberg from the 1957 film. An image we have never seen. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1958162537N.p.: N.p. 1958. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1958 film one showing a car scene with actress Jean Seberg and a camera crew the other showing Seberg in shorts and a button-down shirt examining several books and what appears to be a script. One photograph with the stamp of photographer Michel Brodsky on the verso the other with the stamp of Columbia International. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez France. <br /> <br /> One photograph 8.25 x 5 inches the other photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus smaller photograph wavy along the top edge larger photograph lightly faded and edgeworn. <br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Twilight Time. N.p. unknown
1958153860Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1958 film showing a car scene with actors Mylene Demongeot David Niven and Jean Seberg while a camera crew captures the shot in the foreground. With a provenance stamp to the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez France. <br /> <br /> 7.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Twilight Time. Columbia Pictures unknown
1958139533Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1958 film of a stone faced David Niven and smiling Deborah Kerr water skiiing on a break from filming on the French Riviera. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with his ASMP rubber stamp and a lengthily manuscript description of the scene on the verso. 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 /> 14 x 9.5. Near Fine with light edgewear. Columbia Pictures unknown
