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1990150407Universal City: Universal Studios 1990. Early First Draft script for the 2008 film dated 1990 from screenwriter Robin Swicord. Swicord who received a joint Story credit with screenwriter Eric Roth in the film's final release was first hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt Fitzgerald's short story as early as 1985 by 1989 the project moved to Universal Studios with producer Ray Stark holding the rights who is credited on this draft. It wasn't until 2003 that credited screenwriter Eric Roth would be brought on to adapt Swicord's screenplay with Gary Ross reported to direct . Paramount who developed a joint co-production with Universal for the project in 1999 announced David Fincher as director in 2005. Between 1990 and 2003 various directors screenwriters and actors were reported attached to the project including Frank Oz Martin Short Agnieszka Holland Daniel Day-Lewis Phil Alden Robinson Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise Spike Jonze Charlie Kaufman and Ron Howard.<br/><br/>Based on the 1922 short story by F. Scott Fizgerald.<br/><br/>David Fincher's melancholic and surprisingly heart-warming saga of the life of a man Brad Pitt who is born old and ages in reverse and the woman who he was always destined to love Daisy Cate Blanchett. Featuring remarkable visual effects deftly executed by Fincher.<br/><br/>Winner of three Academy Awards nominated for ten others including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1990 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Robin Swicord and author F. Scott Fitzgerald. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 476. Universal Studios unknown books
1962139686Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage oversize double weight borderless photograph from the set of the 1962 film showing Leo McCarey directing William Holden from behind the camera with legendary script supervisor Connie Willis to his right while actor France Nuyen waits just offstage. With a mimeo snipe tipped on the verso crediting photographer Lawrence Schiller and stamps of the Holmes-Lebel and Camera Press agencies on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on an originally work "The China Story" by Pearl S. Buck which was subsequently developed into the 1962 novel titled "Satan Never Sleeps" published concurrently with the film. <br/><br/>8.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1938136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown are director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben Paramount and an exclusivity notice. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956142890N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for a 1956 student film. Front wrapper title in decorative holograph black ink presumably by the screenwriter. Based on the 1890 story by Ambrose Bierce. 22 pages of storyboards corresponding with the script that follows all bound together. Decorative cast and crew invite to premiere and wrap party laid in. <br/><br/>The second filmed version of Bierce's short story the first one titled "The Bridge" was made by Charles Vidor in 1929 virtually unknown preceding both the well known 1959 version filmed for the fifth season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and the French version made in 1962 by Robert Enrico. <br/><br/>According to the 1956-57 Film Review of Student Productions presented by Department of Cinema and Delta Kappa Alpha at the University of Southern California USC the film was part of the Productions of the Graduate Workshop in the fall of 1956. Laid in is an invitation to premiere screening held at CineManor where USC's California National Honorary Cinema Fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha hosted screenings and social events. Douglas W. Gallez served as President of the Alpha USC Chapter at the time. Not in IMDB. <br/><br/>Presumably shot in Southern California. Set in Civil War era Alabama. <br/><br/>Pale untitled wrapper with credits for screenwriter. Title page present with credits for story writer Ambrose Bierce and screenwriter Douglas W. Gallez. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph both storyboards and script. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1953130749Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. <br/><br/>Safari guide Van Heflin is hired to hunt murderer Abel McCracken in the wilds of Africa though the guides motives may go beyond his assigned task. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated September 24 1953. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 147 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow carbon typescript revision pages collected at the end dated variously between 10-3-53 and 10-10-53. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1976148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. <br/><br/>American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York.<br/><br/>Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town.<br/><br/>Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
193318555Mount Vernon: Old Colony Press 1933. First Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Caldwell and illustrator Alfred Morang. Slim octavo 17cm; light brown stapled wrappers with titles printed in black on front cover; 4 11 1pp; illus. A few faint stress creases else a Fine copy of this scarce and fragile chapbook. A single story written as an elegy to a man's lost lover. Old Colony Press unknown books
1939148444Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1939. Vintage double weight photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe stamp crediting photographer Al Schafer and very faint "Approved" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Controversial among the political American establishment at the time for its accurate then and now depiction of the Senate as a group of dysfunctional shallow egotists the film was also banned in fascist countries Germany Italy Spain and the USSR and later Nazi occupied France. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint diagonal crease to lower right. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960142951New York: Music Theatre Inc 1960. Draft script for the 1965 play. Revival run at New York City Center April 28 to May 9 1965 for a total of 15 performances. Props and costume plot bound in. <br/><br/>Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" two short stories by Damon Runyon. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Won five Tony Awards in 1951 including Best Musical. 1965 production starred Alan King as Nathan Detroit Sheila MacRae as Adelaide Jerry Orbach as Sky and Anita Gillette as Sarah. <br/><br/>Set in Broadway Save-a-Soul Mission Havana Cuba and The Hot Box Club. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for story writer Damon Runyon music and lyricist Frank Loesser book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-7-50. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Music Theatre, Inc unknown books
1956146325Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1957 film noir here under the working title "Night Target." A strike through the printed title and "Footsteps in the Night" and "1956" written in holograph ink on the wrapper with the name of an uncredited crew member written in holograph pencil on upper right of wrapper.<br/><br/>The final of five Los Angeles-set police thrillers starring Bill Elliott as a L.A.sheriff's department detective following "Dial Red O" 1955 "Sudden Danger" 1955 "Calling Homicide" 1956 and "Chain of Evidence" 1957. <br/><br/>Two detectives investigate the strangulation death of well-liked card player. A gambling addicted neighbor is suspected but something doesn't quite add up. "Wild" Bill Elliott's final film retiring from acting in 1957.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral to the distribution page present with receipt removed dated March 14 1956 with credits for screenwriter Albert Band. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Spicer US. Lyons p. 91. Grant US. Selby US. Allied Artists Productions unknown books
1978144673N.p.: Recorded Picture Company 1978. Revised Draft British script for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>Winner of the Prix de Jury at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Based on the short story by Robert Graves. Soundtrack by Michael Rutherford and Tony Banks of the progressive rock band Genesis.<br/><br/>A quiet chilling horror film with experimental leanings. Shot on location along the North Devon coastline specifically Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows. Producer Jeremy Thomas later noted: "Because I had a great director and a quality piece of literature I managed to get a wonderful cast such as John Hurt and Alan Bates. Skolimowski had a sense of shooting style then this was the second director who I had worked closely with and it was fascinating watching him work. He came from a Polish tradition the Wajda Film School he had a different background to other directors I had been working with in the cutting rooms or elsewhere. And it made the film much more creative to me. I saw it more as an artistic endeavour by him."<br/><br/>Beige titled die-cut wrappers in the British style. Title page present dated June 15 1977 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Michael Austin story writer novelist Robert Graves and RECORDED PICTURE COMPANY LTD along with their address in London. Copy No. 54 annotated in blue ink at the bottom right corner. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver flat brads. Recorded Picture Company unknown books
1943147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in holograph pencil on the top outer corner of verso. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. They are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. <br/><br/>Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1943148845Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Louise Allbritton from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe and "Photofest" label obscuring a "Carlos Clarens Collection" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The third Dracula film from the Universal Classic Monster series preceded by "Dracula" 1931 directed by Tod Browning starring Bela Lugosi and "Dracula's Daughter" 1936 directed by Lambert Hillyer starring Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden. <br/><br/>Count Dracula's son Count Alucard is invited to the Louisiana swamps by the young heiress where they secretly marry much to the dismay of her long time lover. Lon Chaney Jr.'s first and only time portraying a vampire.<br/><br/>Set in the swamps of Louisiana. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with closed tear on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso slightly wavy. <br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1935WRCLIT50762Vienna Palma de Majorca & New York 1935. Whole numbers 5 9 12-14 16-23 25 27-29 31 32 36 and 37. Twenty-one issues. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Lower wrapper and crown of spine of #5 chipped some sunning and occasional light soiling a few spines have nicks but generally very good. Edited by Martha Foley and Whit Burnett. Published initially bimonthly then monthly then bimonthly again as one of the most popular venues for new as well as established writers of short fiction. The early expatriate issues are uncommon. "When STORY celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1941 it had published over a thousand stories about 90 per cent of which were considered distinctive by short story anthologist O'Brien." - Hoffman et al. Contributors to these issues include Caldwell B.C. Brown Zugsmith Faulkner Saroyan the first appearance of "The Daring Young Man." Fante Boyle Aiken Bates Hurston Coppard Algren Bessie Stein Anderson Vorse March Jolas Bunin R. Fisher Creekmore Appel Lanham Callaghan Laughlin De Vries Levin Wilhelm et al. HOFFMAN et al pp.160-1 and 303. unknown books
1947125339Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1947. Original Pressbook for the 1947 film noir. <br/><br/>A little-seen noir with an interesting history. Based on the 1940 film "The Letter" which is in turn an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1926 short story of the same title first collected in "The Casuarina Tree". Written for the screen by David Goodis and James Gunn. The film infamously failed to give credit to Maugham's story though the fact that it was so studiously reworked probably has much to do with the author's lack of interest in making a legal matter of it. <br/><br/>Ann Sheridan plays a woman in distress accused of lying about her connection with a murdered man is eventually acquitted in court. Her character presents a unique picture of the noir female being neither afraid for her sanity or her life and yet a victim of postwar instability and infidelity in the context of being a military wife Silver et al. <br/><br/>16 pages saddle stapled folded once 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus with slight separation at the spine a few tiny closed tears and light stressing to the fold. <br/><br/>Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1973149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster from the 1973 erotic film. <br/><br/>Borowczyk's fourth feature length film an anthology film of four erotic tales set in different historical eras. Incest bloodlust masturbation and loss of virginity are among the film's themes featuring characters ranging from a nineteenth-century country girl fantasizing about Jesus to the bloodthirsty exploits of sixteenth-century Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer Elizabeth Bathory.<br/><br/>47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown books
1957118260Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1957. Early Draft script for the 1957 film "The Beginning of the End" directed by Bert I. Gordon based on a story by Gordon indicated here though not credited in the film written for the screen by Fred Freiberger and Lester Gorn and starring Peter Graves and Peggie Castle. <br/><br/>One of two Republic features produced by AB-PT or American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres "The Beginning of the End" is one of the more famous monster cheapies in which Department of Agriculture functionary Graves and photojournalist Castle discover huge grasshoppers that are part of a gone-awry experiment in radioactivity. The US Army finds out too late and the first target is Chicago. <br/><br/>White card wrappers with the stamp of the Sunset Script Service in red on the inside rear wrapper and the film title in black on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for director Gordon original story and screenwriters Freiberger and Gorn with Gordon's name address and phone number at the bottom right corner. 101 leaves mimegraph rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with foxing and some tears at the punch-holes bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Martin 43. Republic Pictures unknown books
1958148889N.p.: N.p. 1958. Three vintage contact sheets from the 1958 film each containing twelve images. Two contact sheets with cropping annotations in blue holograph wax pencil to five images.<br/><br/>Based on the unpublished story "Queen of the Universe" by Ben Hecht. Sci-fi comedy portraying an epic battle of the sexes. Talleah Zsa Zsa Gabor is from the planet Venus assigned to destroy four Earth men at the behest of her queen Yilana Laurie Mitchell who secretly yearns for interstellar peace. Sets costumes and special effects borrowed from "Forbidden Planet" 1956 "Flight to Mars" 1951 and "World Without End" 1956. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1978145671Los Angeles: George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to writer George Barris with his name in holograph ink on the title page holograph annotations and paper clip page markers throughout. With a cast that includes Fabian Barris and Casey Kasem.<br/><br/>A sleazy nightclub owner tries to help the comeback of a young disco star.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Gold titled wrappers. Title page present dated 6/4/78 with credits for writer George Barris and screenwriter John Arnoldy. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production unknown books
1960143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Holograph ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with holograph underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. <br/><br/>The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. <br/><br/>A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. <br/><br/>Set in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1952148479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph of Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel and young actor Tommy Rettig from the 1953 film.<br/><br/>The only feature film written by Geisel Dr. Seuss who wrote the story co-wrote the screenplay and the lyrics to songs. <br/><br/>A Technicolor musical fantasy about a boy Rettig who dreams he is a world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher Dr. Terwilliker Hans Conried forever enslaving children and forcing them to play a piano so immense it takes 500 children to play it.<br/><br/>Nominated for one Academy Award.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1942148848Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1942. Collection of seven vintage keybook photographs from the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe and "Approved Advertising Advisory Council Apr 21 1942 Hollywood" stamp on verso of each. <br/><br/>Political activist Leopold Dilg Cary Grant is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison he hides out in former schoolmate and sweetheart Nora Shelley's Jean Arthur house currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap Ronald Coleman. <br/><br/>Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in fictional Lochester New England. <br/><br/>8 x 11 inches images 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967148841Universal City: Universal Pictures 1967. Collection of ten vintage photographs including eight borderless reference photographs one borderless promotional photograph of Paul Jones and Jean Shrimpton and one promotional studio still photographof the same from the 1967 film. Nine of these with a mimeo snipe on verso one with additional "David Lasceller" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Peter Watkin's outrageous and paranoiac dystopian satire of the world's most famous and beloved pop star who is controlled by a totalitarian British government.<br/><br/>Patti Smith covered one of the film's songs "Set Me Free" as "Privilege Set Me Free" on her 1978 album "Easter."<br/><br/>Set in a near-future England shot on location in London and Birmingham England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light edge and corner wear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI Flipside 7.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1938135920Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Revised White script for the 1939 film seen here with the title "I Robbed a Bank" which has been stricken through on the title page. <br/><br/>A gang attempts a bank robbery only to find that one of the gang member's sisters works there. The gang abducts her and a truck driver while attempting their getaway and the hostages must secretly try to help the cops find the fugitives. <br/><br/>Written by well loved humorist S.J. Perelman and his wife Laura Perelman "Ambush" marks a significant but entertaining departure from their best-known works such as their co-writing work on Marx Brothers films "Monkey Business" and "Horse Feathers." <br/><br/>White side-stapled titled wrappers dated December 13 1938 noted as production No. 1198 and copy No. 0038. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 115 eaves with last page numbered D-28. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated between 10-10-38 and 10-21-38. Very Good plus lacking rear wrapper. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1832707461832. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown 1832. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown 1832. Story on Bailments First Edition Story Joseph 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments With Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown 1832. xxxiv 411 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing and a shallow scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities a few small chips to head of spine corners lightly bumped early owner signature of Edwin Conant to front free endpaper and head of title page and p. 25. Moderate toning to text browning to a few leaves light foxing in a few places. A nice copy. $950. First edition. "Whatever was to be found in the English and American decisions whatever Roman and Continental jurisprudence afforded on illustration of the law of bailments Joseph Story collected and combined with surprising industry and wonderful learning.Story's Bailments affords one of the best examples in modern times of the illustration which our laws are susceptible of by the aid of foreign jurisprudence"Marvin. Conant 1810-1891 was a prominent Worcester Massachusetts lawyer businessman and philanthropist. Marvin Legal Bibliography 668-669. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2451. unknown books
