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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
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
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
1941126195Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. <br/><br/>The 1941 version of "The Black Cat" is neither a remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1934 Karloff-Lugosi film of the same name nor does it bear much relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story though in fairness neither did the 1934 version. It is more of a horror-comedy affair than its predecessor with Broderick Crawford and Hugh Herbert in the lead Bela Lugosi reappearing now in the more minor role of "Eduardo" and Basil Rathbone ably handling the part of the shady Mr. Hartley. Shot by the legendary Stanley Cortez of "Magnificent Ambersons" fame. Hal Erickson Rovi<br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as FILE COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 6856 dated January 29 1941. 91 leaves mimeograph duplication dated variously between 5/23/40 and 6/1/40. <br/><br/>Pages Near Fine. Wrappers Very Good plus or better with slight toning and a few short creases and tears at the extremities a small faint stain on the front wrapper and a professionally repaired vertical tear at the rear wrapper bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1965130588Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Revised Final script for the 1966 film. Actor Van Heflin's working copy with his annotations throughout. 1960s remake of the 1939 John Ford Western. <br/><br/>Studio self-wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated June 15 1965 with credits for screenwriter Landon. 130 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/18/65 and 8/31/65. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1953130748Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Includes a 10-page shooting schedule. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the St. Albans Raid the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. The film took great liberties changing both the time and motivation for the raid. In the film a group of Confederate POWs escape across the US-Canada border to plan an attack on St. Albans Vermont. They send ahead of them a spy who begins to question the ethics of their mission. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Revised Shooting Final on the front wrapper dated December 10 1953. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated December 10 1953 noted as Revised Shooting Final with credit for screenwriter Boehm. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-12-53 and 1-6-54. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Shooting Schedule: 10 leaves with annotations. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1940146331Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in holograph purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in holograph pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed.<br/><br/>A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough Warner Baxter called away from his honeymoon with Ellen Andrea Leeds for business in Paris only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds Lynn Bari sent the telegram. Linda rejected by Nick shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff Henry Wilcoxon is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace.<br/><br/>Set in Paris and Switzerland. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884 dated January 12 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 12 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeographed rectos only with Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40 with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971126562Paris: Albina Productions 1971. Original French theatrical release poster for the first of three films made by Robert Bresson in the 1970s. "Quatre nuits d'un reveur" is based on a short story by Dostoevsky titled "White Nights" originally published in the magazine "Annals of the Fatherland" in 1846. <br/><br/>A typically precise stylized and carefully choreographed outing by Bresson rarely screened. The story concerns a four-day or four-evening relationship between a young artist and a young woman one that begins with the man saving the woman as she contemplates jumping from a bridge. <br/><br/>24 x 32 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Fine. Albina Productions unknown books
1967132226Beverly Hills CA: Walter Wagner / United Artists 1967. Original late 1960s Polish R61 poster for the Polish re-release of the 1939 US film designed by Jerzy Treutler. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>John Ford's smash hit and enduring masterpiece "Stagecoach" revolutionized the Western elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances "Stagecoach" features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor John Carradine and Thomas Mitchell. And of course John Wayne in his first starring role for Ford as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited "Stagecoach" Ford's first trip to what would become his beloved Monument Valley is Hollywood storytelling at its finest. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches non-archivally mounted on board. Light rubbing and soil pulling slightly from one corner. Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/>Shipping billed at cost. Item can only be shipped within the US. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 515. Walter Wagner / United Artists unknown books
19451341395New York: Dell Publishin 1945. First Edition first printing. Other. Four-color comic book; Slabbed and professionally graded at 5.5; RH Consignment; Shelved case 4. 1341395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Dell Publishin unknown books
1963147455N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless press photograph of director Alfred Hitchcock and actor Tippi Hedren attending Cannes in 1963 with Hitchcock making a bird gesture. With a stamp for photographer Luc Fournol on the verso noting the date 14 Mai 1963.<br/><br/>Loosely based on a 1952 short story by Daphne du Maurier. Often regarded as Hitchcock's last great film made all the more terrifying by the lack of motivation or explanation given to the violence. The first film screened at a prestigious invitational showing at Cannes in 1963 attended by both Hitchcock and Hedren.<br/><br/>11 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light curling and a diagonal crease to the lower left corner. N.p. unknown books
1971148532London: ITC 1971. First Draft script for the 1972 British television film which aired on ABC on January 15 1972 and was theatrically released in Europe. Copy number "29" in holograph marker on title page.<br/><br/>This early First Draft was written by screenwriter Philip Levene best known for his screenwriting and consultant work on the television series "The Avengers" from 1965 to 1968. Levene did not receive screen credit on the 1972 release. <br/><br/>Bette Davis is Madame Sin a sinister villain hiding in a Scottish castle intent on world domination who kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence played by Robert Wagner forcing him to help her hijack a Polaris submarine to attain a secret nuclear weapon. One of many films cashing on the popularity of the then-new James Bond films originally intended as a television pilot but released as a feature film.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Berkshire and Piccadilly in London and Argyll and Bute in Scotland.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Philip Levene and creator Lou Morheim. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. ITC unknown books
1977135322Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1977. Final Draft script for the November 7 1977 television episode "The Crypt" season 1 episode 7 of the science fiction series "Logan's Run." This episode is based on an original story by Harlan Ellison. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member named Chuck Sereci with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Logan Harrison and his partner Jessica Menzies-Urich discover an underground room a crypt with six cryogenically frozen survivors of the nuclear holocaust. Logan and Jessican attempt to rescue them in the midst of a series of earthquakes. <br/><br/>"Logan's Run" 1977-1978 was a short-lived but notable sci-fi television series based on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Logan a rebellious law enforcement agent and his partner Jessica the series main characters are nearing the age of 30. In their futuristic society the age of 30 is considered one's deathbed so the two go on the run to find sanctuary and freedom from the dystopian society. <br/> <br/>Harlan Ellison had been writing for television since 1963 "Ripcord" and wrote for several notable series including "The Outer Limits" "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." "Star Trek" "The Twilight Zone" and "Babylon 5" and its many spin-offs. The story "The Crypt" was finally published in the 2013 collection "Brain Movies: The Original Teleplays of Harlan Ellison Volume 5."<br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 3304 dated September 2 1977 with credits for story writer Ellison and screenwriter Hayes. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965148379Hollywood: Berkshire Productions 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker script containing a few copied annotations striking dialogue and altering actions. <br/><br/>From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel.<br/><br/>When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli Vittorio De Sica he sides with his kidnappers Robert Wagner Raquel Welch and offers to help them pull off a huge heist even bringing in criminal mastermind Professor Samuels Edward G. Robinson to help run the operation.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in France and Italy. <br/><br/>Green hand titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Sy Salkowitz and author Josef Shaftel. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with fading at edges wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and light foxing on lower outer edge bound with prong binding. Berkshire Productions unknown books
1969151541London: United Artists 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on the set of the 1968 film from the 1969 UK release of the film. British United Artists snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso.<br/><br/>Edwards' most outrageous collaboration with Sellers the only one that wasn't a "Pink Panther" film. Sellers in a role that today would be considered racially insensitive plays Hrundi V. Bakshi an Indian actor who inadvertently and ever-so courteously causes chaos and mayhem at a Hollywood party. Sellers' legendary and hilariously painful performance is assisted by an increasingly drunk waiter a wonderful performance by Steve Franken an adorable psychedelic-painted baby elephant and much more. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Faint creasing else Near Fine.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown books
1957141710N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. <br/><br/>Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River."<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1959150777N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica on the set of the 1959 film. Italian "Tele Foto" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the semi-autobiographical 1950 Italian novel "Il generale Della Rovere" by Indro Montanelli. Petty con man Victorio Bardone De Sica is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a dead Resistance leader to extract information from his fellow inmates and identify another Resistance leader.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.<br/><br/>Set in Genoa Italy shot on location in Rome Italy. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Very small crease in lower left corner else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 463. N.p. unknown books
19381341488New York: Dell Publishing 1938. Saddle-stitched. Comic Book; VG/FN. Wear to cover creasing wrinkling and edge wear with ½" triangle-shaped tear and missing piece; minor soiling possible water damage to bottom of front cover; back cover has two small partial tears: ¼" tear adjacent to spine and ½" tear of lower corner; date stamp back cover; wear and stress marks to spine; pages show age toning with ¾" tears along edges of pp. 3 and 5. RH consign; shelve case 8 1/4. 1341488. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Dell Publishing unknown books
