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1976142770Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1976. Two vintage promotional photographs from the 1976 film. Rubber stamp to the verso of one photo. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. <br/><br/>Effectively a tribute to early cinema in which Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set in Hollywood and shot there on location. <br/><br/>One photo 7.25 x 9.75 inches and one photo 8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1972133021San Diego CA: Legend Films 1972. Draft British script for the 1973 film. <br/><br/>Alec Guinness plays here against type imbuing his Adolf Hitler with an introverted solemnity. Set almost entirely inside Hitler's Berlin bunker the film chronicles the dying days of the Third Reich as the Allied armies close in on Berlin. Guinness' Hitler is an enclosed depressive who sinks slowly into madness depression and ultimately suicide as his 1000-Year Reich collapses around him. <br/><br/>A co-production between Italy and the UK made by Ennio De Concini better known for his many exploitation films of the 1970s. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 10th July 1972 with credits for screenwriter-director De Concini screenwriters Fusco and Reinhardt and English adaptation writer Moffat. 128 leaves roneograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Legend Films unknown books
1983145810Culver City CA: Chartoff-Winkler Productions 1983. Early draft script for the original never completed 1983 version of the film which would eventually be rewritten reshot and released in 1988. Laid in typed letter signed attesting to the vintage and provenance of the script from David Ehrenstein author of "The Scorsese Picture: The Art and Life of Martin Scorsese" describing his acquisition of the script original studio Paramount's abandonment of the film and Universal Pictures reviving the project five years later at which time screenwriter Paul Schrader and director Martin Scorcese altered the script significantly.<br/><br/>Based on the controversial novel by Nikos Kazantazkis Schrader's script departs from the Gospels' depiction of Jesus Christ and explores human temptations incurring outrage at the time from some Christian groups. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. <br/><br/>Set in Ancient Judea shot on location in Morocco. <br/><br/>Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 12 1983 noted as Third Revision with credits for screenwriter Paul Schrader and author Nikos Kazantzakis. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 70. Chartoff-Winkler Productions unknown books
1960150186Universal City: Universal Pictures 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Rock Hudson signing autographs on the set of the 1961 Western film here under the working title "The Day of the Gun." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Shirley Clarke not to be confused with the filmmaker of the same name.<br/><br/>Based on the 1957 novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" by Howard Rigsby under the pseudonym Vechel Howard. While on the run from the law a cowboy travels to visit an old lover in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk.<br/><br/>Set in Texas and Mexico and shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the edges. <br/><br/>Pitts 2237. Universal Pictures unknown books
1961144217Universal City: Universal Pictures 1961. Vintage photograph of Robert Aldrich and Kirk Douglas on the set of the 1961 film. With holograph annotations on the verso in green and brown ink and pencil. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 novel by Howard Rigsby under the pseudonym Vechel Howard about a cowboy who on the run from the law travels to visit an old lover in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Mexico. <br/> <br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1961132742London: Unviersal International Pictures 1961. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 US film. <br/><br/>Based on Howard Rigsby's novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" about a cowboy who on the lam from the law travels to visit an old flame in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1953139792Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 film. <br/><br/>Co-written by husband and wife team Connie and Seymour Bennett. An exhausted posse returns without their loot and explain through flashbacks the mishaps that befell their mission. <br/><br/>Set in New Mexico shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1935147721Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1935. Draft script for the 1935 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period.<br/><br/>Based on F. Britten Austin's 1923 short story "The Drum."<br/><br/>During WWI British Officer Michael Andrews Cary Grant is captured and awaiting execution when local Turkish commander helps him escape revealing he is British intelligence officer John Stevenson Claude Rains. Convalescing in Cairo Andrews falls in love with his nurse Rosemary Haydon Gertrude Michael who reveals she's secretly married to a man she'd briefly known a few years before John Stevenson.<br/><br/>Tall white self wrappers in the 1930s Paramount style. Title page dated May 15 1935 rubber-stamped production No. 967. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered C-52. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with three staples. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1946WRCLIT67658Culver City: Vanguard Films / Selznick 1946. 43 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound with stencil printed upper wrapper. Upper wrapper a bit sunned and fragile with small nicks and tears at edges otherwise very good. A treatment for an unproduced science fiction film project by the man who served as director of advertising and publicity for David O. Selznick in the 1940s. It follows the familiar theme of the situation of the last man and woman on earth the consequence of the intervention of an extra-terrestrial "Universe Master." Vanguard Films / Selznick] unknown books
1946135972Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Treatment script for an unproduced film science fiction film. Developed for David O. Selznick by Paul MacNamara who worked as a publicity director on several Selznick projects including "Duel in the Sun" 1946 "The Paradine Case" 1947 and "Portrait of Jennie" 1948. <br/><br/>A story about a New York City reporter who finds himself the only man left in town in the aftermath of a major storm. His investigations lead him to find one other survivor a woman with whom he falls in love then finally a team of mathematicians who are at work on a "God machine" five stories tall that appears to run the entire universe. <br/><br/>Green studio front wrapper rear wrapper missing perhaps as issued rubber-stamped copy number dated May 7 1946 with a credit for screenwriter MacNamara. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1979148558N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film likely a first draft. <br/><br/>Based on James Crumley's 1978 gritty masterwork of crime fiction featuring Crumley's recurring detective C.W. Sughrue scouring America's sleazy underbelly in search of a girl gone missing from Haight-Ashbury a decade earlier.<br/><br/>After Walter Hill's critical and commercial success with "Warriors" 1979 and the critical success of "The Long Riders" 1980 he focused his energies on adapting "The Last Good Kiss" in which he was hoping to cast Nick Nolte. Unfortunately the project was shelved and Hill went on to make "Southern Comfort" a critical success but commercial failure. Hill continued to shop "The Last Good Kiss" over the next decade without success. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Walter Hill author James Crumley and producer Sidney Beckerman. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimograph duplicaton rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with faint creasing bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975146429N.p.: N.p. 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman.<br/><br/>Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The French Connection" 1971 and was also known for writing both the John Shaft novel series and the screenplay for the 1971 film.<br/><br/>Set in and above Japan.<br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1975 noted as "first draft" with credits for screenwriter Tidyman and novelist Martin Caidin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with tape reinforcements to its silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1955139627North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1955. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1955 film. <br/><br/>A biopic about Jim Bowie the fall of the Alamo and the Texas War of Independence. John Wayne was originally attached to the film as director and producer. However the studio wanted him to star instead and he subsequently left to form his own production company. <br/><br/>Set in Texas shot on location in Texas and California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Good with two pin holes and tape repairs to the top and bottom margins of the verso. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Republic Pictures unknown books
1971130851Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1971. Draft script for the 1971 television movie here under the working title "The Day They Took the Babies Away." Actor Van Heflin's working copy with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A film produced for ABC's now-legendary "Movie of the Week" series. A pregnant woman goes on the run in a dystopian future where having children is outlawed due to overpopulation. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated 2-1-71. Title page present dated January 26 1971 with credit for screenwriter Fischer. 122 leaves on green stock mimeograph duplication with goldenrod light orange yellow and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1-29-71 and 2-12-71. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1967149453Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Thorpe and actors Angie Dickinson and Glenn Ford looking over a script on the set of the 1967 Western film. With a printed mimeo snipe noting the film's original title "The Pistolero of Red River" which has been crossed out and retitled "The Last Challenge" in holograph ink annotation affixed to the verso along with holograph ink and pencil annotations and a mimeo snipe.<br/><br/>Based on John Sherry's 1966 novel "Pistolero's Progress." A young gunslinger heads into a small western town with the intention of dueling the local sheriff who is famed for his skill and speed with a gun. Thorpe's final film concluding a decades-long affiliation with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California and Arizona.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases to the top right corner. <br/><br/>Pitts 2185. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967145422Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1967 film. Mimeo snipe and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1966 novel "Pistolero's Progress" by John Sherry. The young gunslinging outlaw Lot McGuire Chad Everett travels to a small Southwestern town to challenge the famous outlaw-turned-marshal Glenn Ford to a duel. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1982139018London: Golan-Globus 1982. Original British quad poster for the 1982 US film. Printed in England by Broomhead featuring artwork far more risque than its US variant. <br/><br/>Remaking his own film "Lemon Popsicle" 1978 director Davidson brings his Israeli tale to the streets of Los Angeles. Gary Monoson and his friends Antin Rubbo are high school students who stumble through life trying to score dolls and drugs. Karen Franklin a transfer student and a virgin inevitably comes between the friends and they are determined to deflower. Karen is impregnated and Gary helps her get an abortion and the two share a seemingly unbreakable romance. <br/><br/>The soundtrack boasts popular bands of the late 1970s including Devo The Police Oingo Boingo U2 The Cars Blondie and more. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Near Fine with a few light edge creases. <br/><br/>Arrow 843. Golan-Globus unknown books
1962132237Dusseldorf Germany: Alfried Holle / Atlas Films 1962. Original German A1 poster for a circa 1962 re-release of the 1955 UK film. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>Music professor Alec Guinness rents a London flat from sweet old lady Katie Johnson. He tells her that from time to time several other musicians will visit in order to rehearse. In truth Guinness can't play a note nor can his visitors-he's a criminal mastermind holding court over a gang of thieves including the likes of punkish Peter Sellers homicidal Herbert Lom and punchdrunk Danny Green. The gang uses Guinness' flat as headquarters as they conceive a daring 60000 pound robbery. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award Best Screenplay and a BFA award for veteran character actress Johnson. <br/><br/>23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Very Good or better overall. Alfried Holle / Atlas Films unknown books
1957130948Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1958 film. <br/><br/>White brad-bound titled wrappers dated December 16 1957 noting 11 reels. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1967132144Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. First Draft screenplay for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>The sequel to director Gordon Douglas' Tony Rome im which Sinatra's nonchalant private detective is out to solve the murder of a woman found off the coast of Miami her feet encased in cement. <br/><br/>Set in Miami shot on location in Miami and North Bay Village Florida. <br/><br/>Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper marked production No. 150 dated December 15 1967. Title page present dated December 15 1967 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Albert. 159 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1947140757Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Three vintage photographs of Orson Welles from the 1947 film. Photographer's rubber stamp to all three photos with mimeograph snipe to the verso of two photos as well. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Featuring photos of actor/director Orson Welles. <br/><br/>Surreal and visually stunning "The Lady from Shanghai" tells a quintessential film noir tale of moral chaos reaching its climax with a shootout in an abandoned hall of mirrors. Robert Coburn who photographed one of the images in this collection was one of the most influential portrait photographers employed by movie studios from the 1930s to 1960s with his most famous portraits immortalizing Hollywood's greatest icons and helping to define the era as the Golden Age of Cinema. In 1940 Coburn began a twenty-year career with Columbia Pictures as the head of the still production department and the studio's chief portrait photographer for many landmark films including "Picnic" "Gilda" and "The Big Heat."<br/><br/>Set in California New York and Mexico and shot there on location. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. <br/><br/>Grant US Classic Noir. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver & Ward Classic Noir. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1947150230N.p.: N.p. 1947. Collection of three vintage slightly oversize borderless double weight photographs from the 1947 film taken during production in Acapulco Mexico two showing a large parrot perched on the camera and one showing several unknown gaffers standing near large floodlights used during filming. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a PIX stamp crediting an unknown photographer noted in holograph pencil annotation as "Hatch" and a library stamp. <br/><br/>From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" following an Irish drifter who finds himself caught between a mysterious woman and her disabled tycoon husband. A lavishly photographed surreal production now considered a hallmark of film noir. <br/><br/>Set in San Francisco and New York shot on location throughout New York City Guerrero Mexico and San Francisco Sausalito and San Luis Obispo California. And on Erroll Flynn's yacht "Zaca" in the waters near Acapulco.<br/><br/>Two 8.5 x 11 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. N.p. unknown books
1947135591Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage press photograph of Rita Hayworth Orson Welles and the film's still photographer Robert Coburn on the set of 1947 film noir. Mimeograph snipe on the verso notes that here Welles and Coburn are discussing the Jean Louis clothing designs for the film with Ms. Hayworth. Shot by Van Pelt with his stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. In an archival mat. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1947134869Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of Rita Hayworth taken for the 1947 film by Columbia Pictures special photographer Robert Coburn. With Coburn's stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Robert Coburn was one of the most influential portrait photographers working in the major Hollywood movie studios from the 1930s to 1960s. His star subjects included Hayworth Joan Crawford Kim Novak Carole Lombard William Holden Glenn Ford and Orson Welles. Coburn's most famous portraits immortalized Hollywood's greatest icons and helped to define this era as the Golden Age of Cinema. In 1940 Coburn began a twenty-year career with Columbia Pictures as the head of the still production department and the studio's chief portrait photographer for many landmark films including "Picnic" "Gilda" and "The Big Heat". <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1948145927Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1948. Vintage studio photograph from the 1948 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Photo By Cronenweth stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Publicity still of Rita Hayworth her wardrobe woman Roselle Novello and hairdresser Flora Jaynes between takes during the filming of Welles' classic film noir "The Lady from Shanghai."<br/><br/>8.25 x 10 inches. Very Good Plus some light creasiing. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Welon 1996. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Grant US. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Columbia Pictures unknown books
