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1959131673Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Collection of 12 vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines."<br/><br/>Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967134381Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by Marvin H. Albert based on the 1960 Geoffrey Household novel about an ex-military man with a dark past that comes back to haunt him. "Frances Richardson" in holograph pencil on the front wrapper but this person's role in the film is undetermined. An interesting script with several "storyboard" pages throughout detailing scenery. <br/><br/>A story set in Middleburg Virginia circa 1869 just after the defeat of the Confederate Army and nearing the end of the Civil War. <br/><br/>Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper copy No. 120 dated January 19 1967. Title page present dated January 19 1967 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Albert and novelist Household. 148 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock with 5 storyboard leaves on white stock. Toning to the wrapper and storyboard leaves and a few light creases to the wrapper else pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1943140944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Collection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot single weight of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. <br/><br/>Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960143859N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of 30 vintage press photographs and contact sheets from promotional events for the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Terrain vague." All photographs housed in a large brown folder with the French title in holograph ink on the flap. <br/><br/>Based on Hal Ellson's groundbreaking 1950 cult novel "Tomboy." Dan Gaubert is a tough gang leader who dresses and fights like a man. She and two others including Babar Bras are ostracized due to their behavior and she falls in love with Lucky Cafarelli while Babar commits suicide. A late entry for film noir regular and poetic realist Carné whose notable credits include "Port of Shadows" 1938 "The Devil's Envoys" 1942 and "Children of Paradise" 1945. <br/><br/>Set in Paris. <br/><br/>Photos range in size from 4.75 x 6.75 inches to 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus overall foxing to versos light curling and rubbing. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1973WRCLIT47713Np: Paramount Television 1973. 4114 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers with die-cut window. Light use at edges very good or better. "First draft" of this evidently unproduced original teleplay set in the year 2039 and dealing with a conflict between the Earth Federation and the invading Endorians. Playdon has a considerable body of produced television work to his credit but we find no record of the evolution of this project beyond the script stage. Paramount Television unknown books
1965139761Rome: Italian International Film 1965. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 Italian film. <br/><br/>One of Buster Keaton's last roles in which he plays an incompetent German general stationed in Italy. Two American POWs plan to steal the Nazi offensive strategy and in a comic mixup for the Germans who are wise to the plan from the beginning they actually succeed. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Italian International Film unknown books
1983139860Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1983. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1983 US film. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>A film steeped in Cold War anxiety. Teenage hacker David Lightman Matthew Broderick is in search of an amusing video game when he stumbles across a supercomputer that is programed to predict and react to possible nuclear war scenarios. Believing the program to be a game David inadvertently launches a simulated attack on the United States which the computer misinterprets as an actual attack. When he realizes what has happened David and the military scramble to stop the impending disaster. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Colorado Washington and California. <br/><br/>27 x 41 in folded. Fine. United Artists unknown books
1964143046Moscow: Mosfilm 1964. Two vintage photographs from the four-fim series released between 1966 and 1967 showing director Sergey Bondarchuk on a large outdoor battle set. With Italian mimeo snipes and stamps of a magazine archive dated August 19 1964 on the verso. <br/><br/>An epic production based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel at the time the most expensive film ever made in the Soviet Union. Filmed over six years with the photographs offered here from the midpoint of the production and released in four parts in 1966 and 1967 running a totla of just over seven hours. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. <br/><br/>Photographs 9 x 5.25 and 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Mosfilm unknown books
1956141250N.p.: Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica 1956. Two vintage reference studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name. <br/><br/>An Italian-American war film directed by King Vidor and starring Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda and Mel Ferrer. The film contains a condensed plot compared to its lengthy source material. <br/><br/>Set in Russia shot on location in Rome Mantua and Piedmont Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica unknown books
1966138830Moscow: Mosfilm 1966. Collection of three vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the 1966 French release of the 1964 film. With the archival stamp of the noted cinema historian Maurice Bessy on the verso of each photo. <br/><br/>A stunning set of battle scene photos including one three-part panoramic shot demonstrating the massive scale of the film shot on location in Dorogobuzh a region in the Smolensk province of Russia. <br/><br/>An epic film over seven hours long and slavishly faithful to Tolstoy's novel that was for many years the most expensive European movie every made. The lengthy graphic battle scenes which killed a number of horses led to the film being boycotted in many American cities. <br/><br/>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mosfilm unknown books
1975137576Paris: Cite Films 1975. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph for the 1975 film as known as "Scar Tissue." With the label of the Paul Kohner agency on the verso. <br/><br/>Maria Schneider stars as a young woman who must protect the son of her ex-lover when they are kidnapped while she is babysitting him. The final directorial effort of Rene Clement's long illustrious career. <br/><br/>9.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown books
2007146585Hollywood: Apatow Productions 2007. Producer's archive for the 2007 comedy including extensive production schedules props lists and set and wardrobe files. Also included is a final cast crew and contacts list dated May 18 2007 bound separately with black coil binding.<br/><br/>A childhood tragedy leads musician Dewey Cox up the ladder to stardom cycling through nearly every musical genre imaginable on the way up. A parody of 20th century music biopics stretching from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan to Brian Wilson. <br/><br/>Set in Alabama and California. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers with credits for production coordinator Barrett Leigh. Title page present dated May 10th 2007 with credits for screenwriters Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-6-2007 and 5-10-2007. Pages Near Fine housed in a Very Good plus three ring binder. Apatow Productions unknown books
1959129183Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film. <br/><br/>Due to a clerical error Gus Brubaker is drafted for a second time following his first stint in the Korean War. This time he is sent to a tiny Japanese island full of bored natives and airmen to which Brubacker responds by resolving to build a hotel based around the hot springs on the island. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 4002 and production No. 843 dated November 11 1959. Title page present dated November 11 1959 with credit for screenwriter Breen. 156 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1975132366Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1975 film starring Burt Reynolds. <br/><br/>A happy-go-lucky crook who makes his living robbing gas stations crosses paths with the Dixie Dancekings when he forces them to help him rob a bank. The band is hesitant at first then they help voluntarily in order to finance their big break. The crook W. W. begins to warm to them and uses his natural charm to help them achieve stardom. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light faint creasing an ink notation on the verso with a faint smudge else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971152121London: Connoisseur Films 1971. Vintage reference photograph of director Dusan Makavejev and actress Milena Dravic on the set of the 1971 film. With a printed label specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Noted Yugoslav filmmaker Makavejev's fourth film a surreal political satire banned in his home country upon release and for the next 16 years exploring the relationship between communism and sexuality with a focus on the work of Austrian-American psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. <br/><br/>8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 389. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Connoisseur Films unknown books
1976145403Universal City: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage photograph of director Arthur Hiller and actor Rod Steiger on the set of the 1976 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the latter part of the famous showman's life. Based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti Fields' partner during the last fourteen years of his life. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1963132513London: British Film Institute BFI 1963. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1963 UK release of the 1963 Czechoslovakian film. Distributors rubber-stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Stanislaw Lem's novel "Oblok Magellana" 1955 "The Magellanic Cloud" about a spaceship carrying colonists to a new planet and the journey that includes encounters with abandoned alien craft. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches with no borders as issued. Very Good plus with an ink notation on the verso light rubbing and faint pin-sized indentations nearly imperceptible. British Film Institute [BFI] unknown books
1963137843Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced film called "Voyage Out Voyage Home" written by Sidney Buchman based on stories by Irwin Shaw. Buchman's film credits include "Lost Horizon" 1937 "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" 1939 and "Cleopatra" 1963. <br/><br/>A story about Christine who returns to her father in New York after a bad romance only to flee to Switzerland where she has more romance. Similar to Robert Parrish's film "In the French Style" 1963 with Shaw credited as screenwriter. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated September 9 1963. Title page present dated September 9 1963 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter Buchman and writer Shaw. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages dated 9/30/63. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979149429Burbank CA: Tisch-Davidson Productions 1979. First Draft script for the 1979 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member Robert Harrison with his ownership name in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A young Italian American man with dreams of becoming a famous singer takes the rap for his father's arson charge and goes to prison where he is forced to navigate an enclosed world of segregation and rampant sexual violence. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New Jersey.<br/><br/>Goldenrod MGM titled wrappers dated October 27 1977 with credits for screenwriter John Herzfeld producer Joe Wizean and director Robert Markowitz rubber stamped copy No. 60. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter John Herzfeld. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tisch-Davidson Productions unknown books
1978WRCLIT69211Culver City: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1978. 134 leaves altered by revisions and inserts. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of white salmon yellow blue green and goldenrod stock. Bradbound in studio wrappers. Ink name see below wrappers dust spotted and a bit used light foxing at edges but a good copy internally very good. A heavily revised draft of this original screenplay Herzfeld's first studio screenwriting credit. Robert Markowitz directed the March 1979 release starring Michael Ontkean Amy Irving Alex Rocco et al. Herzfeld's later career has spanned both television and screen writing among the latter 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY and 15 MINUTES. With the ownership signature of Les Lazarowitz credited sound man for the production. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown books
1958145124Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1958. Two original vintage linen backed keybook photographs one of director Harry Keller producer Gordon Kay and cinematographer William Daniels the other of Harry Keller and actress Julie London on the set of the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of each. <br/><br/>One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other.<br/><br/>Jim Burton Richard Egan has become a heavy alcoholic since his young daughter died. His wife Ellen Julie London has to take care of him and his doctor has warned him that his drinking and depression could lead to severe mental illness. He meets William Tobin Arthur O'Connell also an alcoholic and the two of them find that they help themselves by helping each other eventually they form a group like Alcoholics Anonymous . <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1968139327California: Eve Productions 1968. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1968 film. Seen in the stills is Erica Gavin Vixen and Jon Evans Judd and a split image with Erica Gavin and Harrison Page Niles the duo responsible for the film's thick racial tensions. <br/><br/>"Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. <br/><br/>Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One still with a faint tape ghost and two short tears else Near Fine overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Eve Productions unknown books
1969139328Middlesex England: Eve Productions Cinecenta 1969. Vintage black-and-white double weight British still photograph from the 1968 US film. Rubber stamp on the verso of COLTMAN DISPLAYS LTD a distributor in Middlesex England. <br/><br/>"Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. <br/><br/>Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with edge creasing and a single short tear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Eve Productions Cinecenta unknown books
1962144425Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1962. Collection of four vintage borderless photographs from the 1962 film. With holograph annotations and rubber stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>Based in part on the nonfiction study "Ou en est la prostitution" by Marcel Sacotte who also contributed to the screenplay. Godard's least "intellectual" film is also one of his finest a touching drama about a college-educated woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world to tragic consequences. The third of the seven highly influential films directed by Godard between 1960 and 1965 starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown books
1958139035Paris: Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema 1958. Original French petite small poster for the 1958 film. Nice pinup artwork by the prolific Pierre-Laurent Brenot. <br/><br/>Romantic romp about two car mechanics on vacation but their vacation takes a turn for the worse when they are stranded on a yacht. <br/><br/>16 x 27 inches folded once as issued. Very Good with edge tears and creases and one central tear. Uncommon. Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema unknown books
