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1976138189Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1976. Vintage press kit for the 1976 film. Included in the kit are 18 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs and 58 pages of promotional and production information. <br/><br/>Based on the 1964 novel "Le locataire chimerique" by Roland Topor. The third final film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy" following "Repulsion" and "Rosemary's Baby" in which Polanski plays the role of a man who finds out that the previous tenant of his Parisian apartment attempted suicide by jumping out the window. Slowly the man becomes obsessed with the tenant taking on more and more of her habits ultimately including her attempts at self destruction. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>Set in Paris and shot there on location. <br/><br/>Photographs 8 x 10 inches. 18 pages of production information saddle stapled 8.5 x 11 inches with an additional 40 pages of corner stapled production information. All materials about Fine housed in a Very Good plus studio folder. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1923144857Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage photograph of Cecil B. Demille Jeanie Macpherson and Jack Holt on the set of the 1923 film. With holograph annotations and rubber stamp of noted collector Gene Ringgold on the verso.<br/><br/>Filmed in two parts first is the story of Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt to the Promised Land receiving the tablets and worshiping the golden calf. The second part of the film is set in modern times and follows two brothers and their mother's contrasting relationships to the Ten Commandments. <br/><br/>Shot on location in various locations around California. <br/><br/>5.5 x 8 inches irregularly trimmed. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1974144137N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film with blue holograph ink annotations on the title page. <br/><br/>A US moon expedition discovers large glyph covered stones that closely resemble Mayan artifacts. Russia's sudden interest in The Maya civilization after their moon expedition years prior becomes highly suspicious. <br/><br/>Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for screenwriter David A. Lown. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter David A. Lown. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
145326Early Draft script though noted as a "Final Draft screenplay" for the 1971 film dated two years prior to its release. The number "243" is annotated in faded holograph ink at the top right corner of the title page.<br/><br/>An important slightly experimental X-rated comedy that is ground zero in the history early 1970s sexual climate in America predicting the more conventional porn chic that would land with the release of "Deep Throat" the following year. The of a young woman who sets out to connect with the man behind an obscene phone call encountering all manner of perversions along the way. The film featured an early role for Sarah Kennedy Warholstars Ultra Violet Ondine and Geri Miller and a young Jill Clayburgh.<br/><br/>Notably as with films directed by John Cassavetes much of the dialogue in the film that feels quite improvised turns out to have been written word for word in the script.<br/><br/>Set in New York City and shot on location there. <br/><br/>Maroon titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated June 25 1969 noted as FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY copy No. 283 written in holograph ink at the top right corner and with a credit for screenwriter Nelson Lyon as well as producer Merwyn Block with a New York address for Rosebud Films Inc. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated 10/8/69 over 3 months after the script was completed. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some soil bound with two gold screw brads.<br/><br/>Vinegar Syndrome 7. unknown books
1956141560Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. <br/><br/>Marlon Brando was cast to portray a Japanese native and underwent an extensive makeover to try and look the part. The film follows a misfit captain sent to westernize the Japanese village of Tobiki on Okinawa. Brando stars as Sakini a rowdy local who becomes the captain's translator and ambassador. <br/><br/>Set in Okinawa shot on location in Japan and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957149863Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1957 film. <br/><br/>A dark tale about Nick Hoak a corrupt sheriff in a small Nevada town whose principal concerns are the maintenance and upkeep of all illegal activity. A lawyer and his lascivious wife stumble into Hoak's territory and conflict ensues. One of the seedier late noirs with a tawdry quality that transcended its big studio trappings. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as production No. 1840 dated JANUARY 18 1957 with credits for director Jack Arnold and actors Jeff Chandler Jeanne Crain Jack Carson and others. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with light toning to the left edge of the first leaf bound with two gold brads at the top edge.<br/><br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970146525N.p.: N.p. 1970. Eight-page Treatment script for an unproduced film. Attached to the front wrapper is a handwritten note from producer Anthony Unger to casting agent Paul Kohner on Academy Players Directory letterhead introducing the script. <br/><br/>A veteran posts an ad in the newspaper offering to perform any service-especially seeking out risky and problematic endeavors-for $107941.72 which he intends to give to the family of a friend killed in the war. According to the final page of the script based on a real ad posted in the International Herald Tribune in February 1970.<br/><br/>Set in Southeast Asia and London.<br/><br/>Navy titled card label wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ted Strauss. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1967141304Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1967 film. <br/><br/>Based on William Shakespeare's classic play and starring a feisty Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina. The film was marketed with a notably misogynistic tag-line: "A motion picture for every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved. and for every woman who deserved it. Which takes in a lot of people!" Nonetheless it was positively received and received wide praise as a witty little picture. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Lazio Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973131474London: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1973. Draft script for the 1974 film. From the collection of still photographer Bob Willoughby. Rainbow copy with blue pink and white leaves. Included are six vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the film. <br/><br/>Bob Willoughby 1927-2009 studied with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles worked as a photographer for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" and as a set photographer for every major studio documenting some of most important films of the era and creating intimate portraits of some of Hollywood's greatest celebrities. <br/><br/>Willoughby moved his family to County Cork Ireland in 1972 working on only a handful of films through the late 1970s and early 1980s this was one of his final films though he would continue to photograph exhibit and publish books for the remainder of his life. <br/><br/>Based on Evelyn Anthony's 1971 novel about a woman on holiday in the Caribbean who meets a handsome Russian. Judith Farrow Andrews meets Feodor Sverdlov Sharif and together they visit all the beautiful spots on the island but Judith's ties to the British government and Feodor's to the Russian government cause problems for their romance. An underrated but serious look at espionage in the Cold War. <br/><br/>Set in Barbardos and shot on location there and in London and Paris. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers marked copy No. 122. Title page present dated April 1973 with credits for screenwriter Edwards. 127 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. Stills Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1974139505Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1974. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1974 film based on the 1971 novel by Evelyn Anthony. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with holograph notation on the verso in his hand. 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/>11 x 14 inchescm. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1999WRCLIT39005Los Angeles: Paramount/Miramax 1999. 92 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript on rectos only bradbound in glossy printed studio wrappers. Near fine. A studio-generated copy of the final version of Anthony Minghella's screenplay adapted from the Highsmith novel given out to members of the Academy for consideration for the award for screenplay adaptation from another medium. Directed by Minghella starring Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Cate Blanchett RIPLEY was well received by many critics but failed to garner any Oscars. Paramount/Miramax unknown books
1964132348London: British Lion 1964. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1964 UK film.m mimeograph snipes affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>A group of young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. The leader of the group aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do family but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with ink annotations on the verso and light creasing. British Lion unknown books
1952132396London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1952 UK release of the 1951 US film. <br/><br/>In 1858 France Emperor Napoleon sends military officers to Normandy in search of a group of rebels. They encounter a masked cavalier and his companions including an heiress to the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and a hint of rubbing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1953147668Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1953. Three vintage keybook studio still photographs from the 1953 film. Two with mimeo snipes on the verso and a small check in holograph ink on the lower right margin. <br/><br/>Based on Charles Major's 1898 novel "When Knighthood was in Flower" which had been adapted to film twice before in the silent era once in 1908 a D.W. Griffith production directed by Wallace McCutcheon titled either the same as the novel or "When Knights were Bold" now lost and once in 1922 by William Randolph Hearst's company Cosmopolitan Productions as a vehicle for Hearst's mistress Marion Davies directed by Robert Vignola.<br/><br/>Released in England under the same title as the book and in the US as "The Sword and the Rose" this was Disney's third British production following "Treasure Island" 1950 and "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" 1952.<br/><br/>The story of Mary Tudor Glynis Johns sister of King Henry VIII James Robertson Justice and her struggle not to married off to the French King Louis XII Jean Mercure.<br/><br/>Broadcast in 1955 on the Disneyland television show in two parts under the title "When Knighthood was in Flower."<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with uniform fading. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1960139430Burbank CA: Walt Disney Pictures 1960. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the American release of the 1960 film. <br/><br/>A Family en route to New Guinea is ambushed by pirates and shipwrecked on an uninhabited tropical island. The survivors come across a young woman who subsequently becomes the love interest of the two brothers. Together the family transforms the island into a small paradise living harmoniously with its numerous exotic species and fending off pirates when necessary. A version of the film was produced by RKO Pictures in the 1940s which attracted the interest of Walt Disney and Bill Anderson who later produced the 1960 remake. Various filming locations were considered before the team decided on the Trinidadian island of Tobago. <br/><br/>Set in a tropical Island shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Walt Disney Pictures unknown books
1975150745N.p.: Premiere Releasing 1975. Collection of six vintage studio issued still photographs from the 1975 film. <br/><br/>A cop pursues a serial killer responsible for a string of murders of cocktail waitresses at a popular club. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Premiere Releasing unknown books
1977148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda.<br/><br/>Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California and Texas. <br/><br/>Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1970128362N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. <br/><br/>Despite the subject matter a tame release from director Ford who would move into more explicit pornographic films in the late 1970s. Posters for the film are not often seen at auction. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of pinholes and tiny closed tears and a few faint tape ghosts to the verso. Trans American Films unknown books
130926Universal City CA: Universal Pictures. Post-production Draft script for the 1944 film noir. Based on the 1939 novel "This Way Out" by James Ronald. Complete representing nine reels of film. <br/><br/>One of the great noirs of the early 1940s a high point for actor Charles Laughton and the third of a trilogy of masterpieces by Robert Siodmak beginning with "Phantom Lady" and "Christmas Holiday" all made unbelievably in 1944. <br/><br/>Brad-bound self wrappers. Mimeograph duplication. Pages supple Very Good to Very Good plus with the top leaf having sustained a bit more wear though complete. Brads and a single paper clip are rusted. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945143451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1944 film noir showing director Robert Siodmak conferring with star Stanley Ridges while some extras relax behind them. With a mimeo snipe and date stamp of "12 Apr 1945" on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1939 novel "This Way Out" by James Ronald about an unhappily married man who falls in love with a younger woman only to be investigated by a Scotland Yard detective when his wife dies in what appears to be an accident. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light diagonal creasing to the corners and a slight curl. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1982143742Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Revised Draft script for the 1983 film. Copy belonging to uncredited production designer Bogdan Kostrynski with annotations in holograph ink on the front wrapper: PLEASE RETURN TO SCENIC DEPT and a working title "Survivors" as well as a few penciled annotations throughout<br/><br/>Donald Williams is fired from his upper management position in a nondescript company and Sonny Matthau a Korean war veteran with a recently exploded gas station. The two meet and become friends at the unemployment office. Later at a diner a masked gunman Reed attempts a robbery fails and flees but not before Sonny recognizes him. A series of events leaves Donald in a state of survivalism leaving him on a collision course with his new partner.<br/><br/>Notable earlier directorial efforts by Ritchie include "Downhill Racer" 1969 "Prime Cut" 1972 and "The Candidate" 1972. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California New York and Vermont. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers undated title page not present presumably as issued. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered "97-B." Xerographically duplicated on pink and yellow stock with pink revision pages dated variously between 11/12/82 and 11/16/82 . Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong brad. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960147919Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1960. Vintage studio still photograph of Peter Ustinov and Glynis Johns from the 1960 film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1952 John Cleary novel and shot in Technicolor.<br/><br/>Paddy Carmody Robert Mitchum and his wife Ida Deborah Kerr live with their son Sean Michael Anderson Jr. as impoverished nomads in the Australian outback. Ida and Sean want to settle down but Paddy never wants to stay in one place for too long.<br/><br/>Nominated for five Academy Awards Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Australia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books
1957141568Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Collection of four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1957 film. <br/><br/>The story of a motley assortment of expatriates who travel to Pamplona to attend the running of the bulls it reflected Hemingway's own abiding fascination with bullfighting. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic hard-drinking burned-out Mike Campbell.in other words himself. Though considered one of the most honest "big" film adaptations of its era due mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel the author is said to have walked out only 25 minutes into the premier. Zanuck's first independent production after his departure from Fox. The snipe on this photograph's verso suggests that Zanuck also had a hand in directing certain Parisian scenes as is depicted here. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France Mexico and Spain. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962135645Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1962. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph from the French release of the 1962 film. With stamp on the verso noting reference number 582. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
1962144544Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1962. Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1962 French comedy film. With holograph annotations on the verso of each. <br/><br/>Pierre Pierre Etaix follows his parents wishes to get married but rather than romancing Laurence Laurence Lignieres the upbeat woman next door who has taken a liking to him he yearns for Stella France Arnel a famous singer he knows only through television. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near fine. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
