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1950147881Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1950. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 Western film one of actor Howard Da Silva.<br/><br/>In 1869 the government hires a former boxer as an undercover agent to infiltrate and stop the gangs that have been terrorizing the railroad mail service.<br/><br/>Set in Wyoming.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Pitts 5036. Universal Pictures unknown books
1937149222N.p.: N.p. 1937. Treatment script here called a "Suggested Screen Treatment" for the 1939 film by British playwright and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. Annotation in holograph pencil on upper left of front wrapper partially lost because of chipping. <br/><br/>Shairp during his brief three year run as a screenwriter worked previously with producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1935 on "The Dark Angel" directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Fredric March and Merle Oberon.<br/><br/>Based on the 1847 novel by Emily Bronte.<br/><br/>While "Wuthering Heights" proved to be a difficult production following a difficult casting Goldwyn insisted for years that it was the best film he ever created-and it is certainly one of his finest. After a prolonged dispute with director William Wyler about the film's grim tone Goldwyn went over Wyler's head to shoot a final scene suggesting that Heathcliffe Laurence Olivier and Cathy Merle Oberon were together in the afterlife strongly departing from the source work and creating a rift between Goldwyn and Wyler that would never heal even as the film went on to be both critically and publicly lauded. <br/><br/>Olivier would later attribute much of his film acting technique to Wyler who was known for forcing actors to repeat scenes ad nauseum in this instance forcing Olivier to tone down sequences of overacting that were better suited for the stage. <br/><br/>Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as Suggested Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for author Emily Bronte and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. Title page integral with first page with credits for author Emily Bronte and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Fair with the very dry and brittle front wrapper separated closed tears and chipping at extremities of front and rear wrapper. bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1929151442Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. <br/><br/>Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent but issued with synchronized music and sound effects to theatres equipped for sound. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light curling and the occasional light crease. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. <br/><br/>A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. <br/><br/>Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. <br/><br/>Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1979132250New York: New Yorker Films 1979. Original US promotional window poster for the 1979 German film issued in small numbers by New Yorker Films who distributed Herzog's film in the US. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>11 x 17 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. New Yorker Films unknown books
1999142242Malibu CA: Word of Mouth Productions 1999. Draft script for the 1999 film. Laid in are a collection of documents two autographed letters from screenwriter and director Tom Lazarus to Jack Murphy dated February 26 March 5 and March 29 1991 urging him to please read and consider producing his film. Also included is an autographed note from Morgan Paull of the BDP & Associates Talent Agency to Jack Murphy simply asking him to "let him know." Finally there is a typed biography of Lazarus with his phone number sans area code in holograph ink. <br/><br/>Torri Larranga is a prostitute at the top of her game charging high prices for exquisite services. Her reputation precedes her as a documentarian approaches her asking to film a feature look into her life. <br/><br/>The first directorial effort of Tom Lazarus who later went to on to direct "Stigmata" 1999 and write "Just You and Me Kid" 1979. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tom Lazarus. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Word of Mouth Productions unknown books
1997138625Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1975132508Hollywood: National Screen Service Corporation / Paramount Pictures 1975. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1976Â US film. <br/><br/>A family friendly comedy set in the 1920s about a young woman who goes to Hollywood to become an actress but a dog that follows her becomes the real star. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a diagonal corner crease. National Screen Service Corporation / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969149514Beverly Hills CA: Brandywine Productions 1969. Collection of 9 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos.<br/><br/>Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London England and Kanton Wallis Switzerland.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation available on request. Brandywine Productions unknown books
1954130751Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. <br/><br/>Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates hoping to tease out useful information and character traits via their choice of spouses. <br/><br/>Lacking studio wrappers as used by Van Heflin. Title page present dated April 20 1954 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Lindsay Crouse and Binyon. 128 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-22-54 and 5-11-54. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Fox Cinema Archives. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959132457London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. <br/><br/>Based on the John Mantley novel "The Snow Birch" 1958 about hardships faced by a widow and her eight-year-old son on a rugged Canadian ranch. Helping on the ranch is a handsome handyman whom the woman's son resents. A natural disaster changes the family's relationships and gives them a chance start anew. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases and light rubbing overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964140078Japan: Toho Company 1964. Original Japanese B2 poster for the 1964 film. <br/><br/>A masterpiece of 1960s Japanese cinema based on the novel by Kobo Abe which Roger Ebert described as a modern turn on the myth of Sisyphus. A schoolteacher on an expedition to collect insects that inhabit sand dunes becomes trapped with a widow in a hut inexplicably built at the bottom of a sand quarry. <br/><br/>Winner of the Cannes Prix du jury. <br/><br/>20 x 28.5 inches. Moderate edgewear light creasing overall. Very Good or better overall. <br/><br/>BFI 645. Criterion Collection 394. Ebert I. Toho Company unknown books
1963134888Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Revised Final White script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to a crew member presumed with annotations in holograph ink and pencil on both sides of the first page. <br/><br/>Based on a screenplay by Jacqueline "Jay" Presson Allen a romantic comedy about unsuccessful writer Bill Austin Johnson who lives in New York with his wife Bertie Leigh. Their lives change dramatically when Bill's first novel becomes a bestseller and he persuades Bertie to quit her job and move to the suburbs. Bill begins working long hours on Broadway adapting his novel for the theater and he spends more and more time with his attractive agent Lucinda Ford Hyer. Bertie is suspicious and begins courting actor Gar Aldrich Jeremy Slate. <br/> <br/>Set in New York shot on location in California. Edith Head was nominated for an Oscar for her costume designs. <br/><br/>Playwright and screenwriter Jay Allen was living in New York when she wrote the screenplay performing on radio and in cabaret both of which she loathed so much that she tried to get fired from nearly every production. After a long period of writer's block she started writing again and sold some of her work to live television programs like "The Philco Television Playhouse." When she married Lewis M. Allen in 1955 they moved to the countryside where Allen had a baby and spent two and a half "absolutely wonderful years in the country."<br/><br/>Eventually the couple came back to the city to work. Allen drew on her married life and wrote "The First Wife" a witty script about a suburban working couple. When Allen read Muriel Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" she instantly saw the books potential for stage adaptation. After undergoing hypnotherapy to alleviate another bout of writer's block Allen produced a draft of the play in three days. <br/><br/>Allen's notable film credits as screenwriter include "Marnie" 1964 "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" 1969 "Cabaret" 1972 "A Star Is Born" 1976 "Deathtrap" and "The Verdict" both 1982 and "Lord of the Flies" 1990. <br/><br/>Self wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 107 and production No. 10228 dated February 1 1963 with a credit for screenwriter Anhalt. Title page integral with front wrapper. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock dated 2/1/63 and 2/4/63. Pages Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1950142371N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of screenplays for an unproduced films all by the same screenwriter from the screenwriter's estate. <br/><br/>Collection of unproduced screenplays by screenwriter G.E. Moore including "The Wittering Alp" "Portrait of Catherine" "The Trojan Story" "The Nine Days' Wonder" and "The Choice Spirit." <br/><br/>Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mixed ribbon copy typescript carbon typescript and mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus housed in a black spring binder. Binder is Good only significantly dampstained but has done its job and the internal leaves are unaffected. N.p. unknown books
1946150460Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Claudette Colbert on location for the 1946 film. <br/><br/>Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets a Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. Featuring an abundance of Hollywood cameos including Jack Benny Dolores Moran Cary Grant and Louella Parsons.<br/><br/>10 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing in corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1946146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. <br/><br/>Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself.<br/><br/>8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1948139884Rome Roma: Lux Film 1948. Two vintage French borderless still photographs from the 1948 Italian film. Both images depict African American actor John Kitzmiller. Foto Franci rubber stamp to the verso alongside various holograph annotations in pencil and red felt ink. <br/><br/>At the close of World War II an African American sergeant struggles with the temptation to sell ex-military supplies to the black market finally caving to pressure in order to save a woman with whom he has fallen in love. Though released in the US a year after its Italian debut it would quickly be banned there and in British-occupied Germany. In part the censorship was due to the film's depiction of interracial romance less offensive in Europe than in the US though moreso for its sociopolitical assertion about the state of race relations in the United States: after World War II scores of African American GIs chose to go AWOL rather than return to discrimination. <br/><br/>Set in Northern Italy shot on location in Tuscany Italy. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus condition. Lux Film unknown books
1970144149N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Marisa immigrates to Los Angeles from Guatemala to go to a university for the deaf. <br/>She struggles to find work without a green card and as she is forced into increasingly precarious situations she must defend herself from violent and predatory men. <br/><br/>Set in Guatemala and Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Larry Davis. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970137186New York: Grove Press International Film Festival 1970. Original 1970 US half sheet poster for the 1970 French-Hungarian film. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>The film that ended a prolific and important decade for director Jancso about a group of Croat anarchists in the 1930s who plot to assassinate King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. <br/><br/>22.25 x 31.25 inches rolled. About Near Fine with two-inch closed tear at right edge of lower margin. Grove Press International Film Festival unknown books
1937146040Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1937 film. With a single holograph pencil notation.<br/><br/>A young woman relocates with her Navy pilot husband to his base in Honolulu Hawaii and tries to adapt to the challenges of military life. An early appearance by breakthrough African American actor Louise Beavers known for her extensive portrayals of Black domestic servants then known as "mammy" roles as in "Imitation of Life" and the 1940s television series "Beulah."<br/><br/>Set in Honolulu Hawaii. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as production No. 871 with credits for director H.C. Potter and actors Wendy Barrie Ray Milland Kent Taylor William Gargan and Polly Rowles. Title page integral to the first page of text noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE with credits for director H.C. Potter. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL EIGHT PAGE 22. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good with tidemarks to the lower edges and light foxing throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953148513Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage photograph of director Budd Boetticher and Julie Adams relaxing in a tree from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>An early Technicolor Western from seminal American director Budd Boetticher. Gringo miner Gallager Van Heflin is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-1911 when corrupt administrator Ruiz George Dolenz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel Adams then finds there's a price on his head.<br/><br/>Set in Mexico shot on location in the Simi Hills and the Ray Corrigan Ranch Simi Valley California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near the edges. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
146415N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a holograph ink annotation to the title page presumably to a prospective actor from screenwriter Darin Mercado and lines for the character "Billy" marked with holograph pencil. Possibly incomplete.<br/><br/>After being dumped by a long-term girlfriend once again a serial monogamist heads to a bar determined to have a one-night-stand.<br/><br/>White self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Darin Mercado. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 24. Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with three staples at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1971151252Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and the stamp of Paramount Pictures and two with the stamps of Israel Film Archive on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Roald Dahl's 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with a screenplay also written by Dahl. A poor but cheerful young boy finds one of the prized five golden tickets which grants access to chocolatier Willy Wonka's mysterious factory. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Munich.<br/><br/>Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958132592London: N.p. 1958. Black-and-white still photograph from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 Swedish film. Photo reproduced from the original Swedish still for distribution in the UK. <br/><br/>Bergman's symbolic take on personal rejuvenation and awakening. A widowed doctor becomes a hermit until his daughter comes for a visit and the two take a memorable trip back to her home. The many stops on their journey help the doctor vanquish his cold demeanor and invigorates his drive for life. Considered among the Swedish director's finest films. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. An ink notation on the verso and slight faint creases else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
