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Vintage studio still photograph of actress Madeline Kahn from the 1980 film. Under a fictional presidential administration, the United States must negotiate a deal with a fictional African country when the president's daughter is kidnapped. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine.

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1978 UK release of the 1978 US film. Features a smirking Glenda Jackson. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso, with a mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. A widowed surgeon (Walter Matthau) trades woman like playing cards, until he meets Ann (Glenda Jackson). The two film star would combine talents again, 2 years later, in "Hopscotch." 8 x 10 inches, with no borders as issued. Near Fine.

Revised Sixth Draft script for the 1990 film. A police officer working in a rich suburb of Philadelphia pulls over a wealthy business owner and messed with the wrong guy, as he is reassigned to downtown Philadelphia. Everyone is sure he will get himself and his partner killed so Sergeant Curren (Whitaker) is assigned to babysit him. He flails until his best friend, fellow officer, is killed investigating a stolen car. After that, the rule book goes out the window. Set in Philadelphia, shot on location there, as well as Claremont and Los Angeles, CA. Red titled wrappers, dated March 13, 1989. Title page present, dated June 28, 1989, noted as Revised Sixth Draft, with credits for screenwriter Mauldin. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographically duplicated, first generation photocopy, with no copied punch holes, with yellow, blue, green, pink, and goldenrod revision pages throughout, dated variously between March 28, 1989 and June 28, 1989. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 television special. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso advertising the special's broadcast on Tuesday, July 17, 1979. Based on the 1970 film by director Carl Reiner. A continuation of the story from the 1970 film, where a man tries to get rid of his overbearing mother. 9 x 7 inches. Fine.

Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Based on Joseph Heller's searing 1961 antiwar novel, about a US Air Force bombardier seeking an escape from the endless, senseless brutality of World War II. Director Mike Nichol's third feature film, released the same year as Robert Altman's "MASH." Set in the Mediterranean, shot on location in Sonora, Mexico and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Post-production script for the 1972 film. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. A young man sits in a session with his psychoanalyst as he recounts his childhood, his family and his problems with women. Set in New York City, shot on location in Dorset, Vermont, Lazio, Italy, Athens, Greece, Tel Aviv, Isreal, and Manhattan, New York. Tall white self-wrappers, dated July 12, 1972. 168 leaves, with last page of text numbered 168. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound a silver prong along the top edge.

Vintage borderless reference photograph, with bottom margin, of director Ernest Lehman, Richard Benjamin, and cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop (back to camera) on the set of the 1972 film. Provenance stamp of collector, historian, and author "Frank Driggs" on verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1972) to be adapted for the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"). Alexander Portnoy (Benjamin), sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing and edgewear.

FOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT.

Draft script for the 1975 US production of the 1973 play. The final play in "The Norman Conquests" trilogy, preceded by "Table Manners" and "Living Together," a series of comic melodramas set in different parts of the same countryside house. The play made its US debut at the Morosco Theatre on December 7, and was first staged in the UK at the Library Theatre in Scarborough on July 2. Green titled card wrappers. Title page present, with credits for playwright Alan Ayckbourn. 106 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-2-103. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Three vintage studio still photographs and two advertising mockups from the 1979 film. Both the photographs and the advertising mockups have been hand-retouched, adhered to a backing board, and prepared for use in advertising. A stark black comedy in which a man who is caretaker for his intellectually disabled mother becomes increasingly frustrated with his inability to have a love life due to her interference. The first of Carl Reiner's later directorial efforts intended to push the envelope, the film includes a naked male bottom (heavily represented in the advertising materials), an ending that hints on the incestuous, and graphic descriptions of a US general's genocidal acts against the Vietnamese. Set in New York. Photos 8 x 10 inches on mat board sized variously between 10 x 12 inches and 10 x 15 inches. Good to Near Fine condition, with one photo loose from its backing.

Pas de couverture. Condizione: Très bon. Authentic signed large photo. Size : 20x26 cm. Provenance : Judy & Jason Stahl collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Draft script for the 1988 film. Dated December 24, 1986, only five days before the commencement of production on December 29, according to the AFI Catalog. Sydney Poitier stars as an FBI agent working to uncover Soviet sleeper agents posing as an all-American family living in San Diego, and develops a friendship with their unsuspecting son, played by River Phoenix. Shot on location in San Diego, San Ysidro, Monrovia, and La Mesa, California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 24, 1986, with credits for screenwriter Bo Goldman. 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Draft script for the 1972 film. An early example of the film's script, still slated to be a Twentieth Century-Fox production, with their imprint on the front wrapper. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1972) to be adapted to the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"). Alexander Portnoy (Benjamin), sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 3, 1970, with credits for screenwriter Lehman and novelist Roth. 150 leaves, with last page of text numbered 149. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.

Original pressbook for the 1969 film, based on the 1959 novella by Philip Roth. Arnold Schulman received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay. Ali McGraw's film debut. 12.25 x 15 inches. 14 pages, saddle stapled, with a fold out to the rear wrapper. Very Good. Horizontal fold as issued, with a chip to the lower rear corner and light soil and rubbing overall.

GROSSFOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT.

Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release, with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus") to be adapted for the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"). The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus, lightly creased on the bottom edges.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Frank Perry talking with actors Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Based on Sue Kaufman's 1967 novel, about a New York housewife in an abusive relationship who begins an affair with a sadistic but successful writer, who treats her as cruelly as her husband. Adapted for the screen by Eleanor Perry, who worked almost exclusively with her husband, Frank Perry. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Fine.