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N.p.: N.p., 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film, both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers," about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le… Read more about this item

Berlin: N.p., 1921. Vintage borderless double weight publicity photograph from the lost 1921 German film, showing actress Ursel Renate Hirt slouched in a chair. Insignia of photographer Alexander Binder from the negative at the bottom right corner the recto, with Binder's stamp and a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Noted portrait and film photographer Alexander Binder… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1983 film, showing actress Michelle Pfeiffer. Provenance labels affixed to the verso. Reviled upon its release by some, and perhaps the only picture to have ever been nominated for three Golden Globes along with a Razzie award, "Scarface" is today generally considered a classic genre film (and a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film. Seeking money for drugs, an African American man breaks into an ER surgeon's apartment, leading her to kill him in self-defense. The man's grieving brother seeks revenge for what he sees as his brother's unwarranted, racially motivated death, beginning a bitter cycle of violence and retribution. Set… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1968. Draft script for the 1970 film, seen here under the working title "The Scene." Copy belonging to director William Rowland, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and two revision pages, and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout, noting deletions, scene locations, and revisions to dialogue. A psychiatrist details her most… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: The Producers Group, 1984. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the inside rear wrapper, noting a name and phone number. Loosely based on the 1982 "Life" magazine article "To Die in Lima: a Cocaine Tragedy, the Tale of an American Who Got Mixed Up in the Drug… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Actueel Film NV, 1973. Two vintage oversize photographs from the 1973 film. Both with the stamp of Actueel Film on the versos. A group of Interpol agents investigate the seemingly random killings of drug and pornography traffickers. Director Romain Gary was married to the film's star, Jean Seberg, at the time of production. Shot on… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Jacmac Film, 1989. Draft script for the 1991 film. Mario Van Peebles' directorial debut, about a rising drug lord in Harlem during the crack epidemic of the late 1980s. Loosely based on a 1987 article, "Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young," written by former "Village Voice" investigative reporter Barry Michael Cooper. Set… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder, containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope, and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Olympic International Films, 1965. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1965 Japanese film. A wealthy businessman hires two detectives to find his missing daughter, uncovering a violent drug and sex trafficking ring in the process. An early use of the word "hentai" in the US. 11 x 17 inches. Bifold. Near… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a small handwritten note, addressing the script to casting agent Paul Kohner and noting the name of screenwriter Chris Strongo. A wild cautionary tale against teen drinking and drug use, following young Terri as she runs away from her broken home after being… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Graybill Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting the name and telephone number of talent agent and producer Bill Shiffrin. A thrill-seeking sadist arrives in town intending to ride broncos, soon teaming up with a local prostitute and an American Indian alcoholic. The trio… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1979. Vintage xerographically duplicated manuscript for the 1979 Western novel, housed in a lightweight beige cardboard box. With manuscript ink annotations to the box noting the title of the novel and the name of author Peter Gentry, and extensive copied annotations to the script throughout, noting substantive and editorial revisions. The author's third book, ultimately published… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two letters to agent Walter Kohner, dated December 29, 1982, and January 24, 1983, respectively-the first introducing the script and the second from an agency reader, critiquing the script. The brother of a horse breeder is in a successful country western band. When one… Read more about this item

N.p.: Fred Baker Films, 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. At 25 x 38 inches, a bit smaller than the standard one sheet poster size of 27 x 41 inches.. The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966, though the first, "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' (1967), was basically… Read more about this item

N.p.: Pot Heads Experimental Films, 1967. Vintage fluorescent one-sheet poster for a double bill of the 1967 film with the 1967 documentary short "Wild Hippie Orgy." Both semi-documentary sexploitation films were released by Pot Heads Experimental Films, with the directors and screenwriters uncredited, in an attempt at both appealing to the counterculture and exploiting it to attract the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Premiere Pictures, 1987. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Single manuscript ink annotation on the title page, noting copy No. 40. A young American is held in a brutal prison in Mexico after being mistaken for a powerful drug baron, while his family struggles to fight the government for his release. Set in… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1949. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir. A career criminal agrees to help the federal agent who put him behind bars in infiltrating a drug smuggling syndicate. An early film appearance as a mute, murderous henchman by Tony Curtis, here credited as "Anthony Curtis." Partially shot on location in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1986. Shooting Revision script for the 1988 action film. Bound in, preceding the script, are three pages of interior and exterior set lists and cast lists. Jimmy Stathis stars as DEA Agent John Temple, working undercover in Mexico to nail drug kingpin Victor Lazzaro, played by Aldo Ray, who killed his partner. Shot on location… Read more about this item

Buenos Aires: Aries Film International, 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 film, here under the working title "The Fine White Line," with manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the rectos and/or versos of 36 pages regarding dialogue and character motivation, with three pages with annotated post-its regarding wardrobe attached to the versos. Script preceded by a two page… Read more about this item