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1931154507N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film showing actors Will Rogers and Fifi D'Orsay. <br /> <br /> A French singer helps an older serious-minded businessman loosen up but his sons decide to intervene afraid that she is taking advantage of his largesse. <br /> <br /> Set in Chicago. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1931135170Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1931. Post-production Screen Continuity script for the 1931 film. Based on the 1908 play "Father and the Boys" by George Ade. <br /> <br /> A comedy of errors in which a wealthy meatpacking company owner in Chicago has two sons both who treat their father's company as a means to their own extravagant ends. When he turns the tables evading his work responsibilities and traveling around with a French singer they fear that the singer is out to blackmail him. <br /> <br /> Pale blue studio wrappers dated April 27 1931 noting footage of 7000 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus condition. Fox Film Corporation unknown
1950149951N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on Walter D. Edmonds' 1942 novel which follows a young man who moves to New York in the early 19th century where he seeks employment in an importing/exporting business. Screenwriter Leonard Lee was best known for his espionage crime and action films in the 1940s and 1950s including "Whispering City" 1947 "Spy Hunt" and "Wyoming Mail" 1950 "Smuggler's Island" 1951 and "The Glass Web" 1953.<br /> <br /> Green textured faux-leather wrappers with a label affixed on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Leonard Lee and novelist Walter D. Edmonds. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Leonard Lee and novelist Walter D. Edmonds. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1936143033New York: Gaumont British Picture Corporation 1936. Draft script for the 1937 film. Presentation copy bound in green cloth with title in gilt. <br/><br/>An American gangster joins the British Army in order to evade the police. Released in Great Britain under the title O.H.M.S. which signifies "On His Majesty's Service." Military propaganda from Britain's War Office made with full Army Council cooperation. American director Raoul Walsh was chosen after his success with "What Price Glory" in 1926 which helped boost recruiting for the US Marine Corps. <br/><br/>Set in New York and London shot on location in London. <br/><br/>Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles with stamped production No. 69 in gilt. Title page present dated 31st July 1936 noted as screenplay. 116 leaves. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with dampstaining on open edge binding Very Good plus. Gaumont British Picture Corporation unknown books
1936143033New York: Gaumont British Picture Corporation 1936. Draft script for the 1937 film. Specially bound copy bound in green cloth with title in gilt. <br /> <br /> An American gangster joins the British Army in order to evade the police. Released in Great Britain under the title O.H.M.S. which signifies "On His Majesty's Service." Military propaganda from Britain's War Office made with full Army Council cooperation. American director Raoul Walsh was chosen after his success with "What Price Glory" in 1926 which helped boost recruiting for the US Marine Corps. <br /> <br /> Set in New York and London shot on location in London. <br /> <br /> Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles with stamped production No. 69 in gilt. Title page present dated 31st July 1936 noted as screenplay. 116 leaves. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with dampstaining on open edge binding Very Good plus. Gaumont British Picture Corporation unknown
1940150156N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre.<br/><br/>A popular band takes on a job performing at a wealthy heiress' birthday bash in her large haunted mansion. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light adhesive residue and wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1940150156N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre.<br /> <br /> A popular band takes on a job performing at a wealthy heiress' birthday bash in her large haunted mansion. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light adhesive residue and wear to the corners. N.p. unknown
1937159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1937158246Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. <br /> <br /> One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1937148240Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. <br /> <br /> One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
155122New York: Deathtrap Films 1986. Vintage portrait photograph of actress Lung Leg from the 1985 short film. INSCRIBED on the verso in director Richard Kern's hand "Lung Leg / in / "You Killed Me First" / A R. Kern Movie / copyright 1986 / Photo copyright R Kern" with two "R. Kern Photographs" stamps and a "Deathtrap Films" stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> A landmark work in the Cinema of Transgression. Conceived by Kern and artist David Wojnarowicz as both a film and a multi-media art installation the film was shot unscripted over two days and was largely based on Wojnarowicz's childhood specifically the scenes concerning the terrifying and abusive father played by Wojnarowicz. Performance artist Karen Finley starred as the subservient mother and the young East Village model Leg who would go on to star in several more of Kern's films and music videos starred as the lead daughter Elisabeth/Cassandra. The film premiered at Wojnarowicz's "You Killed Me First Installation #8" at the Ground Zero Gallery in December 1985. <br /> <br /> A seemingly normal family sits down for Thanksgiving dinner and after a series of disturbing flashbacks revealing previous family traumas the daughter shoots her family at the dinner table angrily proclaiming "You killed me first!" A scathing and darkly humorous indictment of petit-bourgeois conservatism and religiosity.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Deathtrap Films unknown
1961148075Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage studio still photograph of Craig Hill Elaine Edwards and Willis Bouchey from the 1961 film. <br/><br/>Dr. Frank Harlow Hill flees to another town and changes his name after witnessing a murder of a detective taking up lodging in a remote home of the wheelchair boound Colonel Maitland Bouchey and his daughter Laurie Edwards. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Small circle in holograph ink over the name of Craig Hill on text in margin otherwise Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1970142976Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>One of the more notable scripts from character actor and writer Leo Gordon whose Hollywood career began after his dishonorable discharge during WWll for robbing patrons at a bar. Throughout his 40 years as an actor art imitated life as the burly Gordon typically played an outlaw typecast predominately in Westerns. <br/><br/>Peter Collinson fresh off "The Italian Job" was reportedly a brute force in addition to excruciating temperatures on a set that was 200 miles outside of Istanbul. The pairing of the leads was lauded as Charles Bronson was at the height of European fame alongside a well-established Tony Curtis. <br/><br/><br/>Set in 1922 Greco-Turkish War shot on location in Turkey. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Leo V. Gordon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1938148755N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage borderless double weight sepia photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1938 film. <br/><br/>Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about an eccentric family living in a large house in New York City including their daughter who falls in love with a banker a decent and goodhearted man despite his snobbish elitist family. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for five more. Frank Capra's third Academy Award for Best Director in just five years.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1972132503London: National Screen Service / London Screen Distributors 1972. Two vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1971 US film. <br/><br/>A young American soldier wants to lose his virginity before he's shipped off to Vietnam and luck would have it as he meets a young woman with a dark secret who appears willing to help out. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / London Screen Distributors unknown books
1937144987Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph of various members of the cast and crew including script supervisor on the set of the 1937 film. Identifying holograph annotations on the recto helpfully naming each person and holograph annotations and studio stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Jimmy Hughes Preston Foster a wealthy and eccentric lawyer loses a bet and has to work a day digging a ditch in his suit. While on the job Trudy Olson Joan Fontaine the daughter of the mayor who is up for reelection stops by to campaign. Being the smarmy talker that he is they strike up a conversation. As they fall into disagreement Trudy suggests that Jimmy run himself and in an empty threat he says he will. The newspaper picks up the story and Jimmy is swept up into politics and drawn close to Trudy striking up an unlikely romance. <br/><br/>8 x 9.5 inches. One inch tear in the bottom of the left margin otherwise Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1970142976Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br /> <br /> One of the more notable scripts from character actor and writer Leo Gordon whose Hollywood career began after his dishonorable discharge during WWll for robbing patrons at a bar. Throughout his 40 years as an actor art imitated life as the burly Gordon typically played an outlaw typecast predominately in Westerns. <br /> <br /> Peter Collinson fresh off "The Italian Job" was reportedly a brute force in addition to excruciating temperatures on a set that was 200 miles outside of Istanbul. The pairing of the leads was lauded as Charles Bronson was at the height of European fame alongside a well-established Tony Curtis. <br /> <br /> <br /> Set in 1922 Greco-Turkish War shot on location in Turkey. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Leo V. Gordon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1938148755N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage borderless double weight sepia photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1938 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about an eccentric family living in a large house in New York City including their daughter who falls in love with a banker a decent and goodhearted man despite his snobbish elitist family. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for five more. Frank Capra's third Academy Award for Best Director in just five years.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1999160097Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1999. For Your Consideration script for the 2000 film. <br /> <br /> Kenneth Lonergan's directorial debut about the complicated relationship between two orphaned adult siblings. Nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actress for Laura Linney and Best Screenplay for Lonergan. <br /> <br /> Set in the fictional Catskill towns of Scottsville and Auburn shot on location in Margaretville and Phoenicia New York.<br /> <br /> White titled Paramount Pictures wrappers undated with credit for director-screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. Title page present dated 1999 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for Lonergan. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with moderate dampstains affecting the top right corners and fore-edges bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodd's who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. <br/><br/>Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1938136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown are director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben Paramount and an exclusivity notice. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1938144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodds who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. <br /> <br /> Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. <br /> <br /> 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. <br /> <br /> Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 noir antecedent showing director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben and Paramount along with an exclusivity notice. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Spicer US Precursor. Paramount Pictures unknown
1960143066Tokyo: Kurosawa Production Company 1960. Shooting script for the legendary 1961 Japanese film. Working copy belonging to Omura Senkichi who played a small role as a traveling servant in the film with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Though not credited as such based thematically on Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel "Red Harvest" and subsequently the basis for many other films including "A Fistful of Dollars" Sergio Leone 1964 "Django" Sergio Corbucci 1966 and "Last Man Standing" Walter Hill 1996. Director Kurosawa has been quoted as saying that many plot elements from another Hammett novel "The Glass Key" make up the film. <br/><br/>All titles and text in Japanese. <br/><br/>White perfect bound wrappers with purple and black titles. 164 pages printed on recto and verso right to left in the Japanese style with last page numbered "d-33." Mechanical duplication. Light foxing and age toning to both pages and wrapper else Very Good condition. <br/><br/>BFI 505. Criterion Collection 52. Ebert III. Grant Japan. Kurosawa Production Company unknown books
1956142592United Kingdom: Associated British Picture Corporation 1956. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1956 film showing director Thompson adjusting a camera as he looks off screen. With the stamp of Associated British Picture and a mimeo snipe on the verso detailing the film's inclusion in the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival. <br/><br/>Based on the 1954 novel by Joan Henry about a woman who kills her true love's mistress after he proves himself just the latest in a long line of abusive philanderers. Released as "Blonde Sinner" in the US. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good with a diagonal crease to the upper right corner and nicking to the bottom left corner. <br/><br/>Grant UK. Lyons. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown books
