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THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
PAPER EPHEMERA

BK-M1 NOTES on reading the (Michael Wilson) script, from David Lean to Sam Spiegel, January 31 1956, 11 pgs, xerox, (see BK-S1)

BK-M2 CONTRACT between Horizon Pictures and David Lean re: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, April 6 1956

BK-M3 LETTER from David Lean to Bill Graf, September 4 1956, xerox

BK-M4 LETTER, from David Lean to Mrs. John Kerrison re funeral of Johnnie Kerrison, December 8 1956, from E-Bay

BK-M5 LETTER from David Lean to Bill Graf, December 25 1956, xerox

BK-M6 LETTER from David Lean to Mike Frankovitch, October 16 1957, xerox

BK-M7 LETTER from David Lean to Mike Frankovitch, November 21 1957, xerox

BK-M8. PRESSBOOK, pre-Academy Awards, 6 pgs + insert, 4 pgs, 1957, USA

BK-M9. PRESSBOOK, general release, 1958, 6 pgs, USA

BK-M10. PRESSBOOK, KWAI wins Academy Award, 1958, 6 pgs, USA

BK-M11 AD MAT, USA

BK-M12 PRESSBOOK, re-release, 1964, 12 pgs, USA

BK-M13. PROMOTION PACKAGE, 1964 pressbook, original 1957 film reviews, USA

BK-M14. SOUVENIR BOOK, dull gold cover, 20 pgs, USA

BK-M15. SOUVENIR BOOK, shiny gold cover, 20 pgs, USA

BK-M16. SHEET MUSIC, “Colonel Bogey”, easy piano solo, USA

BK-M17. SHEET MUSIC, “The River Kwai March”, piano solo, USA

BK-M18. MUSIC FOLIO, 7 piano arrangements, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 24 pgs, USA

BK-M19. DRAWING of Alec Guiness as Col. Nicholson by Volpe, USA

BK-M20 LETTER from Lederle Laboratories to doctors citing the Bridge on the River Kwai, 1982, USA

BK-M21. CAMPAIGN SHEET, 8 pgs, BLC Films, UK

BK-M22. CAMPAIGN BOOK, 4 pgs, Columbia, UK

BK-M23. FLYER, small, UK

BK-M24a M24b M24c  PREMIERE SOUVENIR BOOK, 18 PGS, UK, includes replica plaque (see BK-G12) (2)

BK-M25. SOUVENIR BOOK, 20 pgs, UK

BK-M26. SHEET MUSIC, “Colonel Bogey March”, piano solo, Boosey & Hawkes, UK

BK-M27. SHEET MUSIC, “The River Kwai March”, piano solo, Campbell, Connelly & Co., UK

BK-M79. STICKER BOOK, 32 pages, Spain

BK-M28. MAGAZINE, COMPLETE BESTSELLERS, novel in magazine form, 64 pgs, UK

BK-M29 LETTER from F.T.Lane to Kevin Brownlow concerning filming of Kwai, January 13 1997, xerox, UK

BK-M30 LIST of 7 production sketches donated to BFI by Don Ashton, Art Director/Prod Designer

BK-M31 TICKET STUB, Barbican Cinema 1, November 2 1997, UK

BK-M32 BSC Newsletter, December 2005; Peter Newbrook talks about David Lean, UK

BK-M33 FAX from Gene Phillips to Kevin Brownlow re Pierre Boulle

BK-M34 BSC NEWSLETTER, March 2007, photo of Jack Hildyard, Peter Newbrook, et al, UK

BK-M35 WEB PAGE, bfi.org.uk, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, notes by Janet Moat, March 2007

BK-M36 WEB PAGE, bfi.org.uk, catalogue of holdings, 1 pg

BK-M37 WEB PAGE, bfi.org.uk, database search results

BK-M38 CATALOGUE EXTRACT, BFI London Film Festival, October 13-28 2010, UK

BK-M39. SHEET MUSIC, “The River Kwai March”, piano solo, J.Albert & Son, AUSTRALIA

BK-M40. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, No 973, green, 4 pgs, AUSTRIA

BK-M41. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, No 973, pink, 4 PGS, AUSTRIA

BK-M42. HANDBILL, small, “Le Pont De La Riviere Kwai”, BELGIUM

BK-M43. HANDBILL, large, BELGIUM

BK-M44 HANDBILL, large, different back, BELGIUM

BK-M45 HANDOUT, Ontario Film Institute, review, “Society for Education in Film and TV”, January 28 1987, CANADA

BK-M46a M46b  CHRISTMAS CARD, Horizon Pictures, CEYLON 1956

BK-M47. POSTCARD, b/w photo, Bridge On The River Kwai, Kitulgala, CEYLON, 1957

BK-M48. POSTCARD, b/w photo, Bridge On The River Kwai, Kitulgala, CEYLON, from Bill Graf to his son, 1957

BK-M49 POSTCARD, Mount Lavinia Hotel, CEYLON

BK-M50. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, small, 12 PGS, DENMARK

BK-M51. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, “Broen Over Floden Kwai”, 12 pgs, DENMARK

BK-M52. PRESSBOOK, small, 4 pgs, FRANCE

BK-M53. PRESSBOOK, lavish, 4 b/w stills, 12 pgs, FRANCE

BK-M54. HANDBILL, large, poster repro, re-release, FRANCE

BK-M55. SHEET MUSIC, “Vieux Frere”, 4 pgs, FRANCE

BK-M56 PUBLICITY, for documentary Kwai: The True Story, directed by Serge Viallet, see BK-V13, FRANCE

BK-M57. COLLECTORS CARD, FRANCE

BK-M58. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, colour, 8 pgs, GERMANY

BK-M59. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, No 4182, 4 pgs, GERMANY

BK-M60. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, No 6368, 1973, 4 pgs, GERMANY

BK-M61. POSTER IMAGE, small, “Die Bruke Am Kwai”, GERMANY

BK-M62. PRESSBOOK, re-release, GERMANY

BK-M63. SOUVENIR BOOK, 24 pgs, JAPAN

BK-M64. SOUVENIR BOOK, 12 pgs, re-release, JAPAN

BK-M65. SOUVENIR BOOK, 24 pgs, JAPAN

BK-M66. PROGRAMME BOOKLET, 8 pgs, NETHERLANDS

BK-M67. SHEET MUSIC, “The River Kwai March”, NETHERLANDS

BK-M68 FOLDER, cover, 3 blank pages, NETHERLANDS

BK-M69 E-MAIL from Jan-Hein Bal, Nederlands Filmmuseum, August 12 2008, invitation to attend The Bridge On The River Kwai screening April 26 2009, NETHERLANDS

BK-M70 AD CARD, filmmuseum Amsterdam, screening April 26 2009, NETHERLANDS

BK-M71 ADDRESS before screening by Jan-Hein Bal, Tuschinski Theatre, April 26 2009, NETHERLANDS

BK-M72. PRESSBOOK, 4 pgs, SPAIN

BK-M73. HANDBILL, small, “Ël Puente Sobre El Rio Kwai”, SPAIN

BK-M74. HANDBILL, large, poster art, SPAIN

BK-M75. PHOTOMAGAZINE, Peliculas Famosas, 16 pgs, SPAIN

BK-M76. SHEET MUSIC, “Coronel Bogey”, SPAIN

BK-M77 POSTCARD, Showing Modern Bridge, THAILAND

BK-M78a M78b  PROGRAMME BOOKLET, 24 PGS, YUGOSLAVIA

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