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1975117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. An unproduced British Draft script for the "Vile Bodies" based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh and written for the screen by John Wells. Assembled mostly from mechanically-reproduced leaves with two leaves pp. 138-139 being ribbon copies. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. <br/><br/>Pink wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present with a date of September 1975 and credits for novelist Waugh and screenwriter Wells. 167 leaves. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light wear and yapping at the edges prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1975117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. <br /> <br /> Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. <br /> <br /> Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1976146803N.p.: The Corman Company 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. <br/><br/>A Vietnam vet is hired to deal with a group of rowdy oil workers causing trouble in a small town and decides to occupy the town with his mercenary buddies in order to provide a solution. A low budget action film shot in just 30 days after producer Gene Corman came up with the title and nothing else. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Corman Company unknown books
1976146803N.p.: The Corman Company 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. <br /> <br /> A Vietnam vet is hired to deal with a group of rowdy oil workers causing trouble in a small town and decides to occupy the town with his mercenary buddies in order to provide a solution. A low budget action film shot in just 30 days after producer Gene Corman came up with the title and nothing else. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Corman Company unknown
1976149663N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph of actress Miou-Miou from the 1976 Italian film. With two stamps on the verso one for La Excelsior Films N.V. and the other a large capital "F."<br/><br/>A young college graduate with staunch anti-military beliefs finds himself unwittingly enlisted in the Italian army where he begins a relationship with his cruel captain's beautiful wife.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome.<br/><br/>11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976149663N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph of actress Miou-Miou from the 1976 Italian film. With two stamps on the verso one for La Excelsior Films N.V. and the other a large capital "F."<br /> <br /> A young college graduate with staunch anti-military beliefs finds himself unwittingly enlisted in the Italian army where he begins a relationship with his cruel captain's beautiful wife.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Rome.<br /> <br /> 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1940WRCLIT67847Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1940. 11314121114131211 leaves. Narrow quarto legal format. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only stapled at left margin. Title-leaf dusty at edges with chips at lower forecorner and around staples pencil filing notes otherwise very good. A release dialogue script of the third and most faithful English language film adaptation of Conrad's novel directed by John Cromwell and starring Frederic March Betty Field Cedric Hardwicke at al. The film was released on 21 December. Previous English language versions appeared in 1919 silent and 1930. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1978161000Lille: Transunivers-Films 1978. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1978 French film. Stamps of Transunivers-Film on the versos. <br /> <br /> A vice squad pursues a drug and prostitution ring culminating in a takedown of a sadomasochistic club frequented by high-ranking government officials.<br /> <br /> 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Very Good with pinholes at the corners.<br /> <br /> Bier 201. Transunivers-Films unknown
1978164326N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless oversize color reference photograph from the 1978 French sexploitation film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. <br /> <br /> A vice squad determines to take down a drug and prostitution ring. Director Jacques Scandelari helmed a number of gay pornographic films under the pseudonym Marvin Merkins the most notable being the 1978 feature "New York City Inferno." <br /> <br /> 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Bier 201. N.p. unknown
1968162560N.p.: Nordisk Tonefilm 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp.<br /> <br /> One of a number of international films in the 1960s produced by Radley Metzger as noted on these photographs that today show no credit for him.<br /> <br /> Originally released in Sweden as Lejonsommar the film was released world-wide under the title "Summer of the Lion" and in the US as "Vibration."<br /> <br /> Sven-Bertil Taube stars as a frustrated writer who travels to an island off the coast of Sweden and becomes involved with Essy Persson as a sexy young temptress. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Gotlands län Sweden. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a wax pencil annotation on the top right else Near Fine. Nordisk Tonefilm unknown
1981142842N.p.: N.p. 1981. Handmade vernacular conceptual journal documenting the shooting of Robert Frank's 1981 film "Energy and How to Get It" circa 1980-1981. <br/><br/>Includes tipped in ephemera drawings business cards and 46 Polaroids of Wurlitzer Robert Frank June Leaf and "Lightning" Bob. Annotations and captions throughout by Wurlitzer. Also included are 4 reference photos all likely unique from the shooting of the film: two showing both Wurlitzer and Frank one showing Wurlitzer and one of the "Enola Gay" aircraft in the film. <br/><br/>Mead Memo notebook spiral bound. Green wrappers. 4.25 x 6 inches Very Good overall tipped in photos Near Fine. Reference photos 8 x 10 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
142842N.p.: N.p. 1981. Handmade vernacular conceptual journal documenting the shooting of Robert Frank's 1981 film "Energy and How to Get It" circa 1980-1981. <br /> <br /> Includes tipped in ephemera drawings business cards and 46 Polaroids of Wurlitzer Robert Frank June Leaf and "Lightning" Bob. Annotations and captions throughout by Wurlitzer. Also included are 4 reference photos all likely unique from the shooting of the film: two showing both Wurlitzer and Frank one showing Wurlitzer and one of the "Enola Gay" aircraft in the film. <br /> <br /> Mead Memo notebook spiral bound. Green wrappers. 4.25 x 6 inches Very Good overall tipped in photos Near Fine. Reference photos 8 x 10 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980166551New York: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1980. Not to be confused with the 1978 television movie starring Sissy Spacek and William Hurt.<br /> <br /> Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. Title page present undated with credits for Shaber and story writer Paul Gallico. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown
1929150991Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1929. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of actors Constance Talmadge and Andre Roanne from the 1929 silent film.<br /> <br /> Based on Jean Vignaud's 1928 novel. <br /> <br /> Talmadge sister of actresses Norma and Natalie starred in her first major role in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" 1916. Unlike her sisters Constance preferred to appear in light romantic comedies such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 1918 "Wedding Bells" 1921 and "The Primitive Lover" 1922. Although many of her films are now considered lost Talmadge is now best remembered for originating the tradition of preserving footprints in concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre after accidentally stepping into wet concrete in front of the theatre in 1927. As with many silent film stars her career faded with the advent of sound film and by the 1930s she and her sisters had retired from the screen. <br /> <br /> 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown
1970163716London: Commonwealth United Entertainment 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 Italian film one showing Maria Rohm having her ankle caressed by Dennis Price the other showing Rohm standing alone. Not to be confused with the Massimo Dallamano film from the same year.<br /> <br /> A jazz trumpeter discovers a beautiful corpse washed up on a beach. Hours later a woman who looks exactly like the corpse arrives at the door of his apartment. The original Italian release was heavily edited by distributors at American International and due to censors in Italy seizing the original prints the American cut is most often seen today. <br /> <br /> Set in Istanbul.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Commonwealth United Entertainment unknown
1979157906London: Morison Film Group 1979. Third draft for the 1981 UK horror film. Second generation duplication made internally by the filmmakers during production and in original wrappers. Vintage as issued.<br /> <br /> Two terrorists accidentally unleash a deathly venomous snake into the home where they have trapped a number of hostages. <br /> <br /> Set in London and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire England. <br /> <br /> Grey titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 31 1979 noted as third draft with credits for Robert Carrington and Alan Scholefield. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerox duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with faint soil on page edges and a faint tide mark along the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads.<br /> <br /> Blue Underground 7070. Morison Film Group unknown
1983160523New York: Horizon Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sandy McLeod shot by and credited at the right margin to Nan Goldin from the 1983 film. Shown is actress Sandy McLeod in seeming triplicate. Goldin also has a brief role in the film. A striking image.<br /> <br /> An aspiring writer takes a job as a ticket-taker at an adult film theatre in Times Square soon finding herself drawn into the seedy world of the theatre's customers. The film drew together a veritable who's who of New York underground regulars with a screenplay by Kathy Acker music by John Lurie cinematography by frequent Jarmusch collaborator Tom de Cillo and still photography by Nan Goldin. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in New York.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Horizon Films unknown
1972158075N.p.: N.p. 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A blood-drinking woman named Vampula attempts to become a silent screen star in the vein of Theda Bara with the help of a clueless casting agent. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Barry Gaines. Title page present dated Oct. 22 '72 with credit for screenwriter Barry Gaines. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with title page detached and a tide mark on the title page fore-edge wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1970146369N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film circa early 1970s. With holograph ink annotations to the front wrapper and title page noting the name "Ilse Lahn" an agent and story editor for the Paul Kohner agency.<br/><br/>A former Eastern European silver screen star turned vampire vixen tries to recruit undead minions through one-on-one acting lessons.<br/><br/>Set in Hollywood.<br/><br/>Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner Agency wrappers. Title page present noted as Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Early Xerox duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1972149905N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. <br/><br/>A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films a stylish grotesque fairy tale romp. <br/><br/>Set in Serbia. <br/><br/>Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1972149905N.p.: N.p. 1972. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. <br /> <br /> A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films a stylish grotesque fairy tale romp. <br /> <br /> Set in Serbia. <br /> <br /> Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1974152517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Collection of 74 vintage photographs from the 1974 British film 44 studio still photographs and 30 reference and promotional photographs including one on set photograph of Clive Donner David Niven and Linda Hayden all housed in archival sleeves and bound in a red leather three-ring binder. The vast collection includes photographs of David Niven Teresa Graves Peter Bayliss Jennie Linden Nicky Henson Linda Hayden Bernard Bresslaw Cathie Shirriff Andrea Allan Minah Bird and Luan Peters among others.<br/><br/>Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful black woman in a delightful performance from Graves.<br/><br/>The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and the two were frequently shown as a double bill.<br/><br/>Shot on location in London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall.<br/><br/>Binder 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974152517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Collection of 69 vintage photographs from the 1974 British comedy/horror film a mix of studio still photographs and reference and promotional photographs. Included is a photograph of director Clive Donner David Niven and Linda Hayden on the set. <br /> <br /> All photos housed in archival sleeves and bound in a red leather three-ring binder. The vast collection includes photographs of Niven Hayden Teresa Graves Peter Bayliss Jennie Linden Nicky Henson Bernard Bresslaw Cathie Shirriff Andrea Allan Minah Bird and Luan Peters among others.<br /> <br /> Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and the two were frequently shown as a double bill.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in London. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall.<br /> <br /> Binder 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine.<br /> Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Columbia Pictures unknown
1974152646Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Vintage studio still photograph featuring Teresa Graves and Peter Bayliss from the 1974 British film.<br /> <br /> Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful Black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and were frequently shown as a double bill.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in London. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Vinegar Syndrome 322. Columbia Pictures unknown
1953144741Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Temporary Complete script for the 1954 film. File copy with rubber stamp to the front wrapper. Loosely based on a chapter from the 1949 book "Gods Graves and Scholars" by C.W. Ceram. <br/><br/>Robert Taylor plays a rough and tumble archaeologist who is convinced by another archaeologist's daughter Eleanor Parker to go searching for evidence of the life of the Biblical Joseph. A difficult production plagued the film including harsh purportedly underfunded filming conditions. One of only five directorial efforts from Robert Pirosh. <br/><br/>Set in Egypt shot on location in Egypt and Libya. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 96 and production No. 5576 dated 5/14/53 with credits for screenwriters R. Pirosh and K. Tunberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated 5-16-53. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-16-53 and 8-27-53. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
