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1959144588Paris: Ulysse Production / Cinedis 1959. Collection of 370 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French film consisting of two unique and complimentary pieces one being a studio film still keybook with 97 contact prints of small format transparencies most with 12 images per print amounting to over 1000 images captured nearly all images with series number etched in the original film negative before development and credits at the top for photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Ulysse film title and photographer Apoteker housed in an oblong 2-ring paper binder with printed French titles on the front. Laid in is a small piece of graph paper addressed "Cher Christian" presumably filmmaker Christian-Jaque with brief slightly illegible note in French in holograph ink. The remaining 273 photographs are single photos with similar etched series numbers mounted with cello tape on thick stock in two quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrapper printed French titles affixed to the front wrapper of one. Small "x" annotations in holograph ink on several pages. <br/><br/>All three keybooks capture the film and photographer Apoteker's sense of desperation in composed and candid moments. Michele Morgan and Gil Vidal dominate the imagery hamming for the camera and in action scenes with Vidal emerging from a car crash and rarely without a glass in-hand and stunning images of Morgan hula-hooping off-set and in several placid studio portraits. <br/><br/>Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. <br/><br/>Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. <br/><br/>Notebook photos 3.75 x 5 inches most pages with four mounted photos keybook photos to 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with light foxing and curling and rubbing to the studio keybook a few photos with small edge tears. Ulysse Production / Cinedis unknown books
1959142889Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan and a few show other actors including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member possibly costume designer Tanine Autré and eleven still photographs with Morgan and Blanche at a bar even an image of kids gathered in a junkyard. On the versos of the three on-the-set are French film title and "M. Morgan" in holograph ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in holograph pencil on the versos of the still photographs. Housed in a French Kodak photo box with French film title label on the lid. <br/><br/>Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. <br/><br/>Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. <br/><br/>Photos range from 3.75 x 5.25 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches most stills with a 2-inch border at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Box Very Good overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation upon request. Cinedis unknown books
1961151262N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director John Cassavetes in conversation with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens on the set of the 1961 film. With holograph pencil cropping annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Struggling jazz musician John "Ghost" Wakefield Bobby Darin pursues a romantic relationship with beautiful singer Jess Polanski Stella Stevens to the detriment of both parties' careers. John Cassavetes' second directorial effort following "Shadows" 1958 and his first film made for a Hollywood studio.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a few nicks to the top left corner. <br/><br/>Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1961141022Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. <br/><br/>A struggling jazz musician pursues a beautiful singer to the detriment of his career. The duo prove toxic to one another and the film follows the dissolution of their relationship and their band. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with two annotations to the verso one in red holograph pencil and the other in purple holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Olive Signature 391. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958146435Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Final Shooting script for the first half of the 1958 film thus incomplete as issued dated April 9 1958. With lead actor Sal Mineo's name in holograph ink on two revision leaves and his character's name in pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Laid in is a small leaf with holograph ink notations including the name of director Lou Foster actors Fess Parker and Jerome Courtland and characters White Bull and Captain Keogh. Parker was originally hired for the role of Keogh but refused second billing and was replaced by Philip Carey. Jerome Courtland played the role of Lieutenant Henry Nowlan in the film.<br/><br/>Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. <br/><br/>Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon.<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 112 and production No. 5812 dated APRIL 9 1958 with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. Title page present dated April 9 1958 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/10/58 and 5/15/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1935149372Marseille: Les Films Marcel Pagnol 1935. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Jean Renoir and actors Charles Blavette and Celia Montalvan on location during filming of the 1935 film. With the stamps of photographer Roger Corbeau and Cinemonde to the verso.<br/><br/>Renoir's seventh sound film and an early example of the director's influence on both the French Left Bank and Italian neorealist movements. Renoir cast primarily non-professional actors and shot on location to craft the story of a group of immigrants working in a small town in Provence. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in the south of France.<br/><br/>9 x 7 inches. Near Fine lightly and evenly toned. Les Films Marcel Pagnol unknown books
1967WRCLIT67149Universal City: Universal Studios 1967. 3133 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in studio wrappers. Near fine. A "first draft" of this adaptation to television predating its 1973 broadcast by over five years. Universal Studios unknown books
1963149483London: Woodfall Film Productions 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of cinematographer Walter Lassally filming a scene on a handheld camera with actor Hugh Griffith on location for the 1963 British film. With holograph pencil and ink annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on Henry Fielding's popular 1749 novel wherein a young good-natured man of questionable origins is turned loose on the world and more to the point the world's women. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning four including Best Picture and Best Director.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in England.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
1963141400London: Woodfall Film Productions 1963. Collection of six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Paper snipes affixed to the versos of each. Based on Henry Fielding's 1749 novel "The History of Tom Jones a Foundling." <br/><br/>An exceptionally popular adaptation of Fielding's classic novel and winner of four Academy Awards including best picture. Tom is a feisty good natured fellow of questionable origins who is turned loose on the world after his devious rival spreads ill-conceived fabrications to his father. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
1979146514Rome: Compagnia Europea Cinematografica 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film here under its Italian title "Amo Non Amo." Text in English. <br/><br/>A young divorcee moves to a resort town on the outskirts of Rome and attempts to start a new life with her son with a new career and a new boyfriend but finds that her life has not particularly improved. Director Armenia Balducci's film debut.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome. <br/><br/>Yellow textured untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Armenia BALDUCCI and screenwriter Ennio De CONCINI. 217 leaves with last page of text numbered 215. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining to the front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Compagnia Europea Cinematografica unknown books
1965128722Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1965. First Draft script for the 1967 film. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk Libya. <br/><br/>Lime green titled wrappers noted as First Draft Screenplay and production No. 00737 on the front wrapper dated May 5 1965. Title page present dated May 5 1965 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Gordon. 134 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 5-10-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1941149234Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>A bratty naval recruit is transformed into a battle-wise soldier several days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in San Diego California.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 37 and production No. 701 dated OCTOBER 29 1941. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 29 1941 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1939WRCLIT60008Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures Inc 1939. 219 leaves. One leaf octavo remainder quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Some corner creasing and mild occasional marginal nicks and chips terminal leaf detached from staple but very good. An interesting artifact being a mimeo of Trumbo's story accompanied by a reader's abstract and recommendation for consideration memo by William Koenig. The story was accepted for production and Trumbo went on to write the screenplay. The 1940 release appeared as WE WHO ARE YOUNG directed by Harold Bucquet starring Lana Turner John Shelton and Gene Lockhart. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc unknown books
1962141379Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>The iconic film set to the backdrop of small-town Alabama explores the complexity of race and childhood in the deep south. Winner of three Academy Awards based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alabama and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive blue and black holograph ink annotations to the verso. <br/><br/><br/>Penzler 101. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962135663Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1962. Original Pacific Title hand painted artwork for the original trailer advertising the classic 1962 film. In the final trailer Gregory Peck's name as the lead actor preceded this card making this a slightly alternate draft of the design. <br/><br/>14 x 20 inches. White gouache on stiff black illustration board. Very Good plus overall with mounting pinholes at the corners and brief tape remnants on edges. Minor edge bumping and creasing on the lower edge not affecting the artwork. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962003115Burbank California: Universal 1962. Original 1963 CANDID Universal Studios publicity photo on-the-set for "To Kill A Mockingbird" Burbank CA: Universal Studios 1962 A remarkable image of director Robert Mulligan discussing with star GREGORY PECK how best to perform the very first scene of the film. Roughly 8" x 10 1/8" single weight glossy very good to fine a beauty. Reverse with studio promo info. . Universal books
1955140958Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1955. Vintage borderless photograph showing director Alfred Hitchcock and star Cary Grant conferring on location during the shooting of the 1955 film. With the stamp of photographer "Paul-Louis / Studio Starlet" holograph description in French and annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 novel by David Dodge. Hitchcock's final film with Grace Kelly winner of an Academy Award for Cinematography and nominated for two others. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1941150534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1941. Vintage wide reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch playing piano on the set of the 1942 film. <br/><br/>Remade in 1983 directed by Alan Johnson starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Carol Lombard's final film having died in an airplane accident during post-production.<br/><br/>Jack Benny and Carole Lombard star as Joseph and Maria Tura husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who inadvertently become part of the Resistance and must utilize every acting trick in the book to retrieve a list of Polish Resistance fighters from a German spy. <br/><br/>Set in Warsaw immediately before and during the 1939 German invasion. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches image 4.5 x 3.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 670. United Artists unknown books
1942131997Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Single lobby card for the 1942 film. Based on Raymond Chandler's 1942 novel "The High Window" here re-imagined as the seventh and final entry in Twentieth Century-Fox's series of films featuring detective Michael Shayne created by Brett Halliday. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with two pinholes to the center of the card a tiny closed tear to the top edge and a small chip to the lower left corner. <br/><br/>Grant p. 651. Spicer p 420. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1938149233Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1938. Final Draft script for the 1938 film here under the working title "Meridian." Laid in with the script are two copies of a set of two carbon typescript pages of notes on the film.<br/><br/>A newspaper reporter and photographer investigate a murder in order to exonerate the main suspect a bank runner accused of killing his client. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 48 dated MAY 12 1938. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated May 12 1938 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Jerry Cady. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980141899Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Holograph ink notation 108 on title page. <br/><br/>Bar-Yotam is an Israeli actor and screenwriter who is best known for his roles in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" 2008 and "Moon Over Parador" 1988 along with several television appearances dating from 1981-2016 on programs such as "Seinfeld" " Murder She Wrote" "Shameless" and "MacGyver."<br/><br/>An angry renegade Irish police officer who plays by his own rules to come out on top in the end. <br/><br/>Set in Southern California. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Reuven Bar-Yotam. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures unknown books
1933131380Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Second Script for the 1933 film. Rubber-stamped on the front wrapper "FILE COPY / RETURN TO SCRIPT DEPT. / PARAMOUNT STUDIO - HOLLYWOOD" and "1837 / MASTER FILE." The film's original title "Don't Call Me Madam" is present on the front wrapper crossed through with the new title "Tillie and Gus" written in holograph ink above it. <br/><br/>Based on a short story entitled "Don't Call Me Madame" by Rupert Hughes about Tillie and Gus Winterbottom Alisone Skipworth and W. C. Fields and their tribulations involving a deceased family member's inheritance. Even with the ensuing events including a riverboat race and a baby-toting bathtub that floats downstream reminiscent of Moses in a basket the film is remembered as one of Fields' "sleepers" one less punchy than others. "Tillie and Gus" was one of three pairings of Skipworth and Fields the others being "Six of a Kind" 1934 and "If I Had a Million" 1932. <br/><br/>Tall side stapled salmon self wrappers noted as SECOND SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy production No. 1837 dated March 10 1933 with credits for screenwriters Jones McNutt and Harris. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on salmon colored stock. Pages about Near Fine rear wrapper detached but present else wrappers Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1944128726Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1944 film. Based on the play by Alfred Maury. <br/><br/>Ray Milland stars as an American combat pilot forced to crash-land in occupied France. He is sheltered by nun Barbara Britton who finds herself attracted to the brash flyboy. Britton poses as Milland's wife when the twosome becomes involved with the activities of the French underground. <br/><br/>White side-stapled titled wrappers dated May 3 1944 noting 9 reels and a footage of 7905 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962132390London: Rank Organisation 1962. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1962 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on the Geoffre Cotterell novel about a sophisticated partner in a brokerage firm trying to smuggle censored goods into London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall else Near Fine. Rank Organisation unknown books
1971134494Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage black-and-white oversize double weight still photograph from the 1971 film. Shown are George Lucas and an assistant setting up a shot of Robert DuVall with Lucas placing calipers on DuVall's head. With the Warner Brothers studio stamp on the verso along with a notation regarding the shot and its reference number. <br/><br/>Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. <br/><br/>Written by Lucas and Walter Murch the film set a standard for dystopian stories that would inform dozens of films in its wake. Oddly Lucas did not continue down the pessimistic path choosing instead to engage in the broader appeal of "Star Wars."<br/><br/>14 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown books
