The Thin Red Line (Original screenplay for the 1998 film)
by Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly (starring); Terrence Malick (director, screenwriter); James Jones (novel)
Los Angeles: Briarpatch Film, 1996. Draft script for the 1998 film. Adapted from James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel about a group of US infantrymen during the World War II Guadalcanal campaign. Director Terrence Malick's highly lauded, star-studded, and predictably epic return to directing after 20 years. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay,... Read More
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The Indian Runner (Original screenplay for the 1991 film)
by Sean Penn (director, screenwriter); Viggo Mortensen, David Morse, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Charles Bronson (starring); Bruce Springsteen (song)
N.p.: Clyde is Hungry Productions, 1990. Shooting script for the 1991 film. Noted as Shooting Script and copy No. 20 in manuscript ink on the title page. Incomplete, script ending on page 117. Sean Penn's directorial debut, based on the 1982 Bruce Springsteen song "Highway Patrolman," about two brothers on opposite sides of the law. The final film... Read More
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The New Kids (Original photograph from the 1985 film)
by Sean S. Cunningham (director); Stephen Gyllenhaal, Brian Taggert (screenwriters); Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1985. Vintage reference photograph from the 1985 film, showing actors Lori Laughlin and a worse-for-wear Shannon Presby sitting at a diner. After the death of their parents in a car accident, a brother and sister are sent to live with relatives in a small Florida town, where they must contend with a... Read More
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The Art of Marriage (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Sean S. Cunningham (director, screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso and blank labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. Early film by Sean S. Cunningham, creator-director of the "Friday the 13th" franchise. A "white coater" film, which utilized a doctor dressed in a white coat to introduce the graphic content... Read More
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Original poster for a performance by Vivi Section [ViviSection] at the Artists' Television Access, October 13, 1988
by [San Francisco] [Flyers] Vivi Section
San Francisco: Artists' Television Access, 1988. Vintage poster for a performance by Vivi Section at the A.T.A. (Artists' Television Acess), October 13, 1988. Formed in 1986, the ATA is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit, which promotes underground and experimental art, as well as providing a screening venue for independent films, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and events. 11... Read More
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Storm Fear (First Edition)
by Clinton Seeley
New York: Henry Holt, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1956 film noir written for the screen by Horton Foote and starring Cornel Wilde (who also directed), Jean Wallace and Dan Duryea. Near Fine in a Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Jacket is bright, with a bit of foxing to the verso, a... Read More
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Eleana (Original photograph from the 1970 film)
by Seemore Doules (director, screenwriter); Casey Donovan, Athena Prezaki, Lisa Vern (starring)
N.p.: Rond, Inc, 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film, with a provenance stamp on the verso and two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. An innocent girl has her sexual awakening over a wild weekend. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
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Where the Sun Never Sets (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Segal, Jeff and Lorzeno Semple, Jr. (screenwriters)
N.p.: Self published, 1983. Fifth Final Draft script for an unproduced film called "Where the Sun Never Sets," written by Jeff Segal and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., based on an original story by Segal, about a Catholic priest who leads an adventurous search for the Holy Grail. Semple's notable film credits include "Batman: The Movie" (1966), "Fathom" (1967), "Papillon" (1973),... Read More
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Everything Goes Wrong (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Seiji Hoshikawa, Akira Ichijo (screenwriters); Tamio Kawaji, Yoshiko Nezu, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Shinako Nakagawa (starring)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. Obsessed with the teenage trends of the time including going to the beach, jazz music and progressive attitudes toward sex, this film features a gang of high school students having fun at an amusement park, including one harrassing a young woman. He then returns home... Read More
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Fighting Elegy (Original screenplay for the 1966 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Kaneto Shindo (screenwriter); Takashi Suzuki (novel); Hideki Takahashi, Junko Asano, Yusuke Kawazu, Chikako Miyagi (starring)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1966. Draft script for the 1966 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Takashi Suzuki, a repressed, Catholic young man living in a boardinghouse is infatuated with the landlady's daughter and when he cannot express his feelings, he turns to violence. He joins a gang and begins a fighting routine, exploiting the weakness... Read More
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Take Aim at the Police Van (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Kazuo Shimada (screenwriters); Michitaro Mizushima, Mari Shiraki, Misako Watanabe, Shinsuke Ashida (starring)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. Two inmates are killed when a police truck is assaulted and the driver is held responsible for negligence. He takes it upon himself to find the bandits who attacked the van. Pink titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 118 leaves, with last page... Read More
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Underworld Beauty (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Susumu Saji (screenwriter); Michitaro Mizushima, Mari Shiraki, Shinsuke Ashida, Toru Abe (starring)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. The first film to be credited to Suzuki by his assumed name, a man released from prison needs money and goes to retrieve diamonds sought after by fellow yakuza members. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 107 leaves, with last page of... Read More
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![Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase [Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab] (Original screenplay for the 1961 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/430/695/988695430.0.m.jpg)
Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase [Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab] (Original screenplay for the 1961 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Yasutaro Yagi (screenwriter); Koji Wada, Misako Watanabe, Nobuo Kaneko, Keisuke Noro (starring)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1961. Treatment script for the 1961 film. Text in Japanese. A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who might be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 39 leaves, with last page of text numbered 38. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus.... Read More
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Yumeji (Original screenplay for the 1991 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Yozo Tanaka (screenwriter); Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Mariya, Masumi Miyazaki, Tamasaburo Bando (starring)
N.p.: Genjiro Amato, 1991. Draft script for the 1991 film. Text in Japanese. A semi-fictional account of Japanese artists Yumeji Takehisa, who falls in love with a widow and then becomes a rival with the ghost of her dead husband, and her husband's murderer. Purple titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves, with last... Read More
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (Original screenplay for the 1977 film)
by Seijun Suzuki (director); Ikki Kajwara (screenwriter); Kyoko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada, Shuji Sano (starring)
Burbank, CA: Cinema Epoch, 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Text in Japanese. A female golfer tries to perform to the very best of her abilities but must contend with the men in her life, her neighbors, her family and a stalker who will not leave her alone. Pink titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page... Read More
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Dragonfly Squadron (Original photograph of John Hodiak from the 1954 film)
by Selander (director); John C. Champion (screenwriter); John Hodiak, Barbara Britton, Bruce Bennett (starring)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1954. Vintage photograph from the 1954 film. Promotional headshot of John Hodiak. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War, an American Air Force instructor Major Matt Brady (Hodiak) is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting... Read More
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The Bright Lights: A Theatre Life (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
by Marian Seldes
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "It makes me so happy to think of my book in your house, dear Norman / Thank you for all your kindness / Love / Marian / December 28, 1978." A memoir by Tony Award-winning actress Marian... Read More
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Female Psycho Ward!!! (First Edition)
by Con Sellers
Chicago: Novel Book, 1961. First Edition. No. 5060. First Edition, a paperback original. Near Fine in wrappers. Holroyd, p. 390.
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Photography and Photographers to 1900: An Annotated Bibliography (First Edition)
by Robert S. Sennett
New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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![Hurlements de plaisir [Screams of Pleasure] (Seven original photographs from the 1976 adult film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/764/1547764053.0.m.jpg)
Hurlements de plaisir [Screams of Pleasure] (Seven original photographs from the 1976 adult film)
by Serge Korber as John Thomas (director); Michel Vocoret as Franck Barte (screenwriter); Sylvia Bourdon, Alain Saury, Bob Asklöf, Claude Janna (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 adult film. After being kidnapped, a doctor and his lover plan to shoot the pornographic film of their dreams at a remote French chateau. Four photographs 9.5 x 7 inches, three photographs 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus, lightly age toned. Bier... Read More
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L'etoile de Valencia (Two oversize photographs from the 1933 film)
by Serge de Poligny (director); Jean Galtier-Boissiere, Axel Rudolf, Friedrich Zeckendorf (screenwriter); Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Brigitte Helm (starring)
Munich / Paris: UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne, 1933. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the original French release of the 1933 film. With the UFA logo at the lower left corner of each. Each still mounted on UFA / ACE boards as issued, with credit for both studios and text in French. A late attempt by... Read More
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![Exces [Jeanne et Paul] (Five original photographs from the 1976 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/079/533/1291533079.0.m.jpg)
Exces [Jeanne et Paul] (Five original photographs from the 1976 film)
by Serge Korber (director); Emmanuelle Pareze, Bob Asklof, Pascale Duchatel (starring)
N.p.: Distribuidores Reunidos, 1976. Five vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1976 film. French adult film released as "Jeanne et Paul" in France and directed by Serge Korber under the pseudonym John Thomas, starring Emmanuelle Pareze and Bob Asklof. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine, light curling and minor edgewear.
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Excès (Collection of 19 original photographs from the 1976 French adult film)
by Serge as John Thomas Korber (director); Emmanuelle Pareze, Bob Asklof, Pascale Duchatel, Erika Cool, Gabriel Pontello(starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Collection of 19 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 French hardcore film. Included are four photographs showing cast and crew members on the set, between takes. A long-married couple seeks a remedy for their absence of shared sexual desire. Nine photographs 7 x 9.5 inches, ten photographs 7 x 5 inches.... Read More
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![Hard Love [La vie secréte de Walter Petit] (Six original photographs from the 1975 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/412/1464412904.0.m.jpg)
Hard Love [La vie secréte de Walter Petit] (Six original photographs from the 1975 film)
by Serge Korber (director, screenwriter); Richard Darbois, Anne Libert, Marcel Dalio, Véra Valmont (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1975. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 French sexploitation film, including two photographs taken on location. A sexually frustrated executive assistant goes to see a psychologist and recovers his prowess, proceeding to embark on a number of erotic adventures with the secretaries at his office. Shot on location in Calvados, France.... Read More
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![Je t'aime moi non plus [I Love You, I Don't] (Four original oversize photographs from the 1976 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/460/056/1587056460.0.m.jpg)
Je t'aime moi non plus [I Love You, I Don't] (Four original oversize photographs from the 1976 film)
by Serge Gainsbourg (director, screenwriter); Jane Birkin, Joe Dallesandro (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Four vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs from the 1976 film. Gold labels specific to the film's French release affixed to the rectos, as issued. A tomboyish waitress at a truck stop develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver, and in spite of all odds they begin a relationship. Serge... Read More
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