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1969149633Paris: Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 French film showing director Henri Verneuil actor Alain Delon and other members of the cast and crew on a constructed set used for the airplane flight sequence in the film. With two provenance stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commissioner. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome New York and Paris.<br/><br/>9 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased throughout.<br/><br/>Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Fox Europa unknown books
1978135473London: Recorded Picture Company 1978. Two vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1978 film. <br/><br/>One photo 8 x 10 inches the other 7.25 x 9 inches with one white border trimmed. Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Recorded Picture Company unknown books
1938140293Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Based on the short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana Burnet and published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on September 14 1918. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with holograph pencil annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Jimmy Stewart plays an idealistic soldier who convinces a Broadway star Margaret Sullavan to pretend they're dating in order to impress his other soldier friends. Meanwhile Sullivan's manager Walter Pidgeon has always been in love with her and objects to the pair's closeness even as they decide to get married before Stewart is shipped out to France. Stewart and Sullivan pull off surprisingly believable roles for a plot of such sickly sweetness in this their second on-screen pairing. <br/><br/>The third film based on Burnet's "Saturday Evening Post" story the first two being the 1919 George Melford silent film "Pettigrew's Girl" and Richard Wallace's part-talkie "The Shopworn Angel" 1928 starring Gary Cooper. Set in New York. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2268 and production No. 25077 dated 3/16/38 with credits for producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Waldo Salt. Distribution receipt laid into the script. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965138323Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Re-release herald for the 1965 Czechoslovakia film "The Shop on Main Street" with four image from the film and text in both Czech and English. <br/><br/>Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman and one of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film with an additional nomination for Ida Kraminska for Best Actress. <br/><br/>A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. <br/><br/>6.5 x 4.5 inches accordion folded opens to 37.5 x 4.5 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 130. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
1980132517London: Inner Circle Films 1980. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1980 UK film. <br/><br/>A British drama about a pop musician and his wife who seek a quieter life when big city gets to be overwhelming and their involvement with the off-key big band in their small town. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches one still slightly smaller with no borders as issued. An ink notation on the verso of one still else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Inner Circle Films unknown books
1962146393New York London: Louis De Rochemont Associates / Grand Prize Films 1962. Draft script for an unproduced film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1909 one-act play. Blanco Posnet a drunkard in a small Western town faces hanging for stealing the sheriff's horse but the situation grows complicated when the jury learns that Posnet gave the horse to a woman carrying her dying child to the doctor in spite of the knowledge that he would be more easily caught on foot. The play was banned in its day for its blasphemous discussion of the subjectivity of good and evil and adapted decades later by prolific screenwriter and lyricist Henry Myers who was known for "Destry Rides Again" 1939 and "Hey Rookie" 1944.<br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated October 15 1962 with credits for screenwriter Henry Myers and playwright G. Bernard Shaw. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Louis De Rochemont Associates / Grand Prize Films unknown books
1961128815London: Merton Park Studios 1961. Final Shooting Script for the 1962 UK film. The 18th film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that showed as 1-hour second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper dated October 1961 with credits for screenwriter Mackie and writer Wallace. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 64 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1975141945Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "The Shaggy D.A." seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones who played the role of Policeman #2 with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. The sequel to the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog" based on the 1923 Felix Salten novel "The Hound of Florence." <br/><br/>An attempt to followup "The Shaggy Dog" Disney's most profitable film to date "The Shaggy D.A." utilizes their successful "gimmick comedy" formula in which elements of the supernatural intrude into everyday suburban life. In this case that means Dean Jones and Susan Pleshette are back and Jones must again contend with turning into a large dog this time while running for office and having to prove that his political rival is connected to organized crime. Director Robert Stevenson's final film. <br/> <br/>Set in the fictional town of Medfield. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers noted as production No. 0144 dated May 14 1975 with credits for story writer Joe McEveety and screenplay writers Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued dated 6/24/75. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/2/75 and 7/15/75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1957125414Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized helps lead her husband and the police to find her. <br/><br/>Eight pages saddle stapled 12 x 16 inches. Near Fine with a holograph ink notation to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960148524London: Hammer Film Productions 1960. Draft script for the 1961 Hammer film with name of editor John Pomeroy written in holograph ink and struck over with holograph pencil with copy No. 51 noted in holograph pencil all at the top margin of the front wrapper. Three pages of the script have annotations in holograph ink highlighting a section of dialogue and action.<br/><br/>House cat Tabitha witnesses the brutal murder of her mistress and becomes a ferocious killer seeking revenge.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads.<br/><br/>Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 203-205. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1970139032Paris: Florida Films 1970. Original French moyenne medium poster for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>Little known sexploitation about a wine producer who asks a friend to essentially seduce a cover girl who is in a lesbian affair. The friend does his job so well that the lesbian counterpart seeks to revenge her relationship with the cover girl. <br/><br/>22.75 x 30.75 inches folded two times as issued. Very Good plus with brief edgewear a few central tears and creases. Uncommon. Florida Films unknown books
1965149476Chicago: Esquire 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With the stamp of R.I.C. Productions in Brussels on the verso.<br/><br/>A so-called modeling agency in New York City secretly operates as an undercover prostitution ring.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and edgeworn. Esquire unknown books
1965149469New York: Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>Three theatre bigwigs discuss their most recent project prominently featuring aspiring actress Liz Adams who has slept her way to the top of the Broadway money chain.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn to the bottom right corner. Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown books
1958132326N.p.: N.p. 1958. Draft script for a play based on the classic 1957 film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Actress Mary Henry's copy profusely annotated throughout. Ms. Henry played one of three "phantoms" in the play who do not speak but who are generally present. Nothing is known about the production of this play the playwright or the actors involved but the nature of the mimeograph would place the production in the late 1950s or early 1960s. <br/><br/>Tan side-stapled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Bergman and playwright Vinciguerra in typescript at the upper center of the front wrapper. 27 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lacking rear wrapper side stapled. N.p. unknown books
1982138021N.p.: Self published 1982. Early Draft script for the 1993 film "The Seventh Coin" here under the working title "King Herod's Children" dated a full decade before the film's release. Credited on the title page to Kikuo Kawasaki for an original concept. <br/><br/>An Arab boy Chowdhry meets a beautiful American tourist Powers in modern-day Jerusalem. By accident the two are entrusted to guard a valuable coin dating back to King Herod but they must defend themselves and the coin from a no-good villain O'Toole. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Delman and Soref and concept person Kawasaki. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1956132407Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. <br/><br/>A musical romp about a solo Vaudeville entertainer who marries an Italian ballerina and the seven children they have together. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light toning else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
142268N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A man awakens in a hospital and finds out he has been in a coma for two weeks due to an assassination attempt on his life. He begins searching for clues as to why someone would want him dead. <br/><br/>Bloom is a screenwriter and director best known for his science fiction horror style particularly in the films "Flowers in the Attic" 1987 "Blood Beach" 1980 and "Nightmares" 1983. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jeffrey Bloom. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1963151273N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film noir. A wonderful fourth wall version of the film's most classic shot only this one including cinematographer Douglas Slocombe director Joseph Losey actor James Fox not in the original scene and a guy adjusting the chandelier all in the reverse mirror image.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>The first of director Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a familiar servant-becomes-master tale but surpasses mediocrity through a journey into the psyche of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners.<br/><br/>Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1963146913N.p.: Estree Distributors 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Sarah Miles and Joseph Losey on the set of the 1963 film. Crop annotations in holograph marker on recto crop annotations in holograph pencil and "Theo Cowan LTD" and "Paris-Presse" stamps and 1 1/4" mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in London. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus some faint creasing. Estree Distributors unknown books
1965132145Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Estimating script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>The story of a small contingent of militant mercenaries who attempt to stir up a conflict between Cuba and the United States by piloting a hostile decoy Navy ship into enemy waters off Key West only to be thwarted by the actual Navy and a few well-meaning American citizens taken hostage. No doubt mirroring some of the public's concerns at the time given the tenuous peace established by the Cuban Missile Crisis the film remained unproduced perhaps considered too sensationalist or close to home. Screenwriter Dozier would go on to write largely for television including episodes of "Batman" and "Harry O."<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as ESTIMATING on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 23 dated April 2 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 4/1/65 with credits for screenwriter Dozier. 136 leaves mimeograph on yellow stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1979145979N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A pacifist professor of physics at a southern university is convicted of manslaughter and incarcerated. Screenwriter James Dickey was best known for his prolific work as a poet as well as for the 1970 novel "Deliverance" and its subsequent adaptation for the 1972 film.<br/><br/>"The Sentence" was inspired by Dickey's 1975 arrest after crashing into a utility pole. Novelist Ben Greer who at the time worked as a prison guard and studied creative writing under Dickey at the University of South Carolina also acted as an uncredited consultant to the script.<br/><br/>Tan wrappers with a generic name-and-address logo for Charles Fries Productions. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Dickey. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979139904Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1979. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1979 US film. <br/><br/>A politician struggles with his morality and ideals amid the corrupt system. He is dually unsettled by his attraction to a woman other than his wife leading to an affair that could jeopardize his career. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Maryland. <br/><br/>27 x 41 in folded. Very Good plus with a stamp and small tape repair to the verso. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962150652N.p.: N.p. 1962. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>A woman begins to receive blackmail threats after killing someone in a nighttime hit-and-run and begins to struggle with her sanity after the accident. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Westchester County New York. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1965148068Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of Shirley Jones Honor Blackman and Lionel Jeffries from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Arthur Tate 's James Booth career takes an astounding leap from lowly constable to the ruler of a Banana Republic in South America thanks to his mother Amy Dalby and three women: dressmaker Violet Lawson Stella Stevens Lily the Baroness von Kukenberg Honor Blackman and movie producer Marigold Marado Shirley Jones. Featuring Lionel Jeffries in four separate roles. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in England and Portugal. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965132061Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still British front-of-house cards from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Something of an antecedent to Hal Ashby's "Being There" 1981 in which a bumbling idiot inherits a fortune and becomes a high-ranking government official<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases to most else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
