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Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Production assistant Cynthia Jessen's copy, with her name in manuscript ink on the title page, numerous lines throughout the script circled, and several dog-eared pages. Not to be confused with the 1994 film directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman. A young woman who is tired of her life falls for a man in a traveling Shakespeare troupe. Shot on location in Prescott and Sedona, AZ. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated February 19, 1986, noted as Revised Draft, with credits for screenwriter Beth Henley. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated March 3, 1986. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. …

Vintage black-and-white satin-finish reference photograph of cinematographer Sven Nykvist shooting a carousel scene from the ground up on the set of the 1983 film. With the stamp of still photographer Stephen Vaughan on the verso. Based on Teresa Carpenter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate," which traced the unusual circumstances of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten's death at the hands of her narcissistic husband and manager, Paul Snider, in 1980. Director Bob Fosse's final film, released a few years before his death in 1987. Set and shot on location in Vancouver, B.C., New York, and Los Angeles. Image 7 x 5 inches, measuring 10 x 8 inches total, with wide margins. Near Fine.…

Four vintage photographs from the 1933 film, one double weight and sepia, one double weight and black-and-white, and two single-weight and sepia. Based on William Faulkner's 1931 literary potboiler "Sanctuary," about a wealthy southern belle who goes to trial for murdering the violent bootlegger who abducted her and forced her into prostitution. Every bit as controversial as the source material, the film's depiction of sexual violence was graphic and shocking even among films of the era, and, along with the same year's equally sensational "Baby Face," was directly responsible for the stricter enforcement of the Production Code in 1934, bringing the pre-Code era to a close. George Raft, then under contract to Paramount, was assigned the role of the bootlegger, but found the part repulsive and went to battle with the studio in a suit that nearly cost him his career. Unavailable for decades outside of 16mm bootlegs, the film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011 and screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival, but still awaits a commercial release. Photographs between 9.75 x 7.5 and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US.…