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1959166066London: Beaconsfield Films 1959. Draft script for the 1959 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil annotations in Provis' hand on six pages. Laid in are over 50 pages of notes prop requirements and original set drawings as well as a three-page Unit List three carbon-typescript copy pages listing props and a 1959 typed letter signed to Provis from J. Crichton Slagg of Anglo-Scottish Pictures Limited regarding matte painting for the film. <br /> <br /> Provenance available upon request.<br /> <br /> George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1944 play "Pick-Up Girl" by Elsa Shelley. A New York juvenile court judge Thomas MItchell hears a case of a 15 year-old girl Pauline Hehn caught with a 47 year-old man and reveals in flashback the girl's neglectful parents and her life's downward-spiral which lead to prostitution and abortion. A rather troubling time capsule of victim blaming and the social and sexual politics of the 1950s wherein the casualty of pedophelia is on trial with nary a accusation leveled at of the perpetrator of the crime. More so disturbing as the film was directed and co-written by a woman Muriel Box and based on a play by a woman Elsa Shelley.<br /> <br /> Tall maroon untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present with credits for playwright Elsa Shelley. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads.<br /> <br /> Script and laid-in materials Near Fine overall. Beaconsfield Films unknown
1962162514N.p.: Rialto International Film Releasing 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of Brenda Denaut from the 1962 film. With a subhead reading "Starring the City of New York and a cast of New Faces from its stages." Notable for starring a young Taylor Mead.<br /> <br /> Director screenwriter and star Raymond Phelan best known as cinematographer for sexploitation impresario Doris Wishman originally began making "Too Young Too Immoral!" in 1957 about a brother reflecting on the tragically short life of his murdered addict brother. This early version was titled "Rebels Die Young." <br /> <br /> Unable to find distribution Phelan added what turned out to be some of the earliest known sexploitation scenes filmed in the US. It starred Brenda Denaut subject of this photograph the mother of Roseanne Patricia David and Alexis Arquette. as well as Andy Warhol mainstay Taylor Mead in his first film role. <br /> <br /> It wouldn't be until five years later after sexploitation films began to gain traction with US distributors that Phelan was able to get the film booked at the Rialto Theatre on Broadway. It played for four months there before getting limited US distribution. It re-emerged in 2017 when it was screened at the Anthology Film Archives in New York. Featuring some of the most striking footage of New York City found in the late 1950s.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rialto International Film Releasing unknown
1940150548N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photographs of director Wesley Ruggles on the set of the 1940 film by photographer Irving Lippman. Mimeo snipe and photographer "Irving Lippman" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1919 play by W. Somerset Maugham which was based on the 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson.<br/><br/>Soon after presumed window Vicky Jean Arthur marries her late husband's friend and business partner Henry Melvyn Douglas her first presumed dead husband Bill Fred MacMurray shows back up and now she's got one too many.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1940150548N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photographs of director Wesley Ruggles on the set of the 1940 film by photographer Irving Lippman. Mimeo snipe and photographer "Irving Lippman" stamp on verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1919 play by W. Somerset Maugham which was based on the 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson.<br /> <br /> Soon after presumed window Vicky Jean Arthur marries her late husband's friend and business partner Henry Melvyn Douglas her first presumed dead husband Bill Fred MacMurray shows back up and now she's got one too many.<br /> <br /> Nominated for an Academy Award.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
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
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 manuscript 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 on the front wrapper of one. Small "x" annotations in manuscript 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
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 manuscript ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in manuscript 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
1959160052Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont / Ulysse Productions 1959. Four items including three vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. <br /> <br /> A small-town reporter helps a lawyer incriminate a wine-selling company revealing how the merchants target poor people and youth in their advertising campaigns. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Paris and Yvelines France. <br /> <br /> One photograph 9.5 x 7.25 two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 5.25 x 4 inches. Very good plus with some curling at the edges and one photograph with some foxing on the verso. Gaumont / Ulysse Productions unknown
1948159336Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film. With a blindstamp for the National Screen Service on the bottom right corner. <br /> <br /> A suitcase full of money is thrown into the back seat of a moving car owned by a married couple. The couple fights about if they should keep the money or not while being pursued by its intended recipient <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Flicker Alley 46. Grant US. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
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
1961163761N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director John Cassavetes working with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso.<br /> <br /> A struggling jazz musician pursues a romantic relationship with a beautiful singer to the detriment of both parties' careers. 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 /> 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
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 manuscript pencil layout 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 overall with a few nicks to the top left corner. <br /> <br /> Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
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
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 manuscript 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 manuscript 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. Mimeograph duplication 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
1966170545N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 British documentary film showing actress Julie Christie stretching out in a rattan chair. Provenance label on the verso.<br /> <br /> Considered by many to be the definitive portrayal of Swinging London at its peak incorporating concert footage street scenes art events film premieres and more. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
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
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
1975153977London: Hemdale International Films 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pete Townshend Keith Moon and John Entwistle performing onstage in the 1975 film. Printed mimeo label affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1969 rock opera written by The Who about a deaf dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball and subsequently becomes the idol of a religious cult. The cast included among others every member of The Who Jack Nicholson Tina Turner and Eric Clapton.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Cumbria Buckinghamshire and Hampshire England. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Hemdale International Films unknown
1958153075Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film showing actress June Thorburn in conversation with a tiny Russ Tamblyn. With a printed label specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 17th-century fairy tales "Thumbling" and "Thumbling's Travels" by the Brothers Grimm about the adventures of a miniature youth.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Hollywood and London. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and toned to the edges. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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
1940159223Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso and blind stamp at the bottom right corner relating to its censure in Denmark.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. A man takes a new job as a headmaster at Rugby School where the students are notoriously difficult. <br /> <br /> Set in England. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Good with pin holes at the corners and one photograph with a small chip missing from the bottom left corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
