1967. Archive of eight vintage borderless photographs, three typescript essays, and a carbon typescript of the first essay and first page of the second, by photographer Jerry Bauer, circa 1967, with the photographs corresponding to the topics of the essays. Bauer was an American photographer best known for his photographic portraits of writers, with his portraits of Samuel Beckett being.....

Italy / US: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Jill Clayburgh and director Bernardo Bertolucci on the set of the 1979 film. The son of a famous opera singer falls into heroin addiction, and his mother begins an incestuous relationship with him to help him kick the habit. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine...

London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 BBC television special "Chicago in the Roaring Twenties," seen here under the working title "The Bootleggers." Based on British broadcaster and naturalist Kenneth Allsop's 1961 book "The Bootleggers." A BBC special in which the infamous gangster Al Capone's Chicago mafia reign is illustrated in song and dance, directed.....

Los Angeles: George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production, 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to writer George Barris, with his name in holograph ink on the title page, holograph annotations and paper clip page markers throughout. With a cast that includes Fabian, Barris, and Casey Kasem.A sleazy nightclub owner tries to help the comeback of a......

London: Island Records, 1972. Collection of three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film.Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging, who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician James "Jimmy" Cliff's film debut, in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to.....

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 199. Early Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script is a five page production document pertaining to casting, with holograph ink annotations to the verso of the final page, noting a to-do list and brief timetable.Based on Edwin Torres' 1975 novel "Carlito's Way" and its 1979 sequel "After Hours," following a Puerto.....

N.p. Four Leaf Productions, 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film, from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel, presumably his working copy, with "Camera" written in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper, and annotations throughout in holograph ink, primarily noting locations and which shots are to be done in post-production. Bound in behind back wrapper.....

N.p. N.p., 1994. Collection of 17 reference photographs from the set of the 1995 film featuring Abel Ferrara, Lili Taylor, cinematographer Ken Kelsch, screenwriter Nicholas St. John, and other cast members, photographed in a single evening around Manhattan's Puck Building and Keith Haring's Pop Shop, by writer, editor, and filmmaker Shade Rupe. Struck in 2020 from Rupe's original negatives, these.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing actress Valerie Perrine in costume, or arguably lack thereof, as Lenny Bruce's wife, stripper Honey Bruce. With holograph annotations in ink and pencil on the verso regarding layout.Based on Julian Barry's 1971 play, which followed the career, decline, and death by morphine overdose of controversial comedian.....

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975. Original British quad poster for the 1975 US film. Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew, featuring cool high-contrast design. Sequel to William Friedkin's 1971 classic, "The French Connection." This time, Hackman and Rey both reprising their roles, the action goes down in Marseilles. More drugs, more shootouts, and Doyle is forced into heroin addiction. 30.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Nick (Williams) is a federal agent tracking down a heroin ring, with the help of a few recruits he's trained, and seeking revenge for his deceased daughter. Prostitution, Vietnam War vets, and a Jewish ex-con make the nearly three-hour hit an explosive dose of action. Set in France, shot on.....

London: Eon Productions, 1972. Shooting script for the 1973 film. With a holograph ink annotation on the title page, noting copy No. 56. Roger Moore's first turn as 007, and the eighth film in the franchise overall. Based on the 1954 novel by Ian Fleming, which sees Bond go up against a Caribbean dictator moonlighting as a Harlem drug lord.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf, with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. About as close to the very start of the New Hollywood era as can be imagined. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut.....

Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1958. Two original vintage linen backed keybook photographs, one of director Harry Keller, producer Gordon Kay, and cinematographer William Daniels, the other of Harry Keller and actress Julie London on the set of the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other.Jim Burton (Richard Egan).....

Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1980. Collection of five lobby cards for the 1980 film. Based Carolyn Cassady's 1976 book, about the lives of and relationships between Neal Cassady, Carolyn, and Jack Kerouac, with some focus on Kerouac's writing his novel "On the Road." One of the earliest feature films about central Beat figures. Shot on location in San Francisco.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Draft script for the 1975 play, which premiered on April 7 at the John Golden Theatre. Copy No. 67 notated in holograph ink on the title page. After coming home to find a muscular Italian burglar in the process of robbing his apartment, a depressed young actor ties the burglar to his kitchen sink and attempts.....

Los Angeles: Sonny Amusement Enterprises / S.A.C.L., 1950. Collection of 15 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1950 Spanish-Argentine film. The financial success of the 1949 exploitation film "She Shoulda Said No," a morality tale involving the use of marijuana, prompted distributors to import this film from Argentina for distribution in the US. It was a success on the exploitation.....

Los Angeles: Cinema Shares International, 1978. Vintage borderless matte reference photograph from the 1977 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso, along with a provenance stamp.An exploitative horror film, late on the coattails of cautionary drug movies of the 1960s, about a string of violent murders in Los Angeles linked to a dangerous LSD strain called "Blue Sunshine."Set.....

Los Angeles: DDF Films, 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 television series, which debuted in the UK on Channel 4 in 1993, and in the US on PBS in January, 1994. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis, with her holograph ink and pencil annotations to several pages. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.Based on Armistead Maupin's.....

N.p. N.p., 1973. Draft script for the 1973 play, which debuted at the Circle Repertory Company in New York on November 4. Basis for the 1979 film directed by Milton Katselas. A small town's slow way of life is disrupted by the arrival of a unstable, drug-trafficking Vietnam veteran whose car has broken down en route to Mexico. Set in.....

Universal City: Universal Studios, 1976. First Draft script for the 1977 film, here under the working title "Bandit."One of the most successful films of 1976, and a capper for Burt Reynold's impressive 1970s run as a roving badass. Bo "Bandit" Darville is a race car driver and part-time bootlegger hired to transport 400 cases of illegally obtained Coors beer from.....

N.p. Entertainment Artists Inc., 1983. Draft script for the 1983 film "The Vals," here under the WGA registered title, "Valley Girls." Sam, Trish, Beth, and Annie are Valley Girls bored with their daily routine, so they befriend some boys at a local orphanage run by Mr. Stanton (John Carradine). Annie (Calabrese) is a snow-loving sexpot, whose father (Connors) loves snow.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1986. Original US one sheet poster for the 1986 film. A semi-autobiographical account of Pryor's life in which, after attempting suicide by setting himself on fire, a popular standup comedian falls into a coma and must reexamine his difficult past. The impetus for this self reflection closely resembles an event in Pryor's own past in.....

Culver City, CA: RKO, Circa 1939. Original menu from the "Famous RKO Grill" in San Francisco, California, circa 1939. The massive and varied menu includes food for all three meals of the day, including Italian dishes, Mexican dishes, and Kosher sandwiches and boasts "we never close," in what is clearly a precursor to the anything-you-could want all-night diner. The menu.....

N.p. N.p., 1971. Draft script for an unproduced musical. With a single copied annotation to page 1-P-1.The mishaps and adventures of a teenage runaway who leaves his relatively peaceful home in Massachusetts to join the wacky, drug-fueled world of 1970s New York.Set in Massachusetts and New York.Navy titled wrappers. Title page present, dated January 1971, with credits for playwright Kingsley.....

Burbank, CA: NBC, 2002. Production Draft script for Season 1, Episode 6 of the 2003 television miniseries "Kingpin," which first aired on February 18, 2003 on NBC. Influenced by "The Sopranos" and "The Godfather," the six-episode series follows a Mexican drug cartel leader as he attempts to balance work and family life.Set in Mexico. Blue titled self wrappers, noted as.....

Gadd Productions, 1971. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1971 film.Al Pacino's first starring feature role. Schatzberg's bleak and stark portrayal of heroin addiction on the streets of New York City is told through the love story between Bobby (Pacino), an addict and drug dealer and Helen (Winn), who is drawn into heroin use through her relationship with Bobby. Nominated for.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Original promotional flyer, featuring eleven songs from "The Drunkard Singing School," to promote the circa 1940s revival of the temperance stage melodrama "The Drunkard." The play was first performed in 1844, among the first of the American temperance plays, and was wildly popular. In the 20th century the play was more frequently performed satirically, with directors.....

Budapest: Csoma Bela - MOKEP, 1981. Vintage Hungarian A2 poster from the 1981 Hungarian film, here under its Hungarian title "Szabadgyalog." A talented but destructive, alcoholic, and apathetic violinist Andras (Andras Szabo, who also composed music for the film), destroys his marriage, is kicked out of music school, and devolves from creating music to becoming a disc jockey in Tarr's.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1967. Vintage borderless, double weight, oversize press photograph of writer Alice B. Toklas used to promote the 1968 film starring Peter Sellers. With credit stamps for Warner Brothers, as well as Pictorial Press and Gamma press agencies on the verso. Sellers plays a thirtysomething attorney who, dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage.....

London: Metro Tartan, Circa 1982. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. Aliens seeking heroin land their UFO on top of a New York apartment building, where they witness the antics of bisexual, androgynous fashion model Margaret and her cocaine-addled friends. A bizarre new wave science fiction film produced on a shoestring budget, now considered a......

Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures, 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film, and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s, appropriately released at the.....

New York: Telecom Entertainment, 1982. Shooting script for the 1983 television film, which originally aired on March 7 on NBC. Copy belonging to editor Nancy Kanter, with her first name in holograph ink annotation to the title page.A dramatization of the life of musician Hank Williams Jr., based on Williams' own experiences in country music while attempting to escape his.....

Switzerland: Intermovie, Circa 1970. First Draft script for the 1970 film "Cold Sweat," here under the working title, "The Visitors of the Night." Brief annotations in holograph ink on a few pages. Based on Richard Matheson's 1959 novel, "Ride the Nightmare." Joe (Bronson) is a US Army sergeant imprisoned in Germany during the Korean War. During his prison stay, he.....