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1935142717Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1935. Treatment script for the 1936 film. Seen under the early working title "The Shining Spectre." <br/><br/>Boris Karloff plays scientist Janos Rukh who discovers a radioactive meteor in Africa that in turn causes him to become radioactive as well. His colleague Dr. Felix Benet Bela Lugosi develops a serum that holds the toxin at bay if taken regularly though the romantic relationship budding between his wife Diana Rukh played by Frances Drake and Ronald Drake Frank Lawton causes Rukh to go mad faking his own death in order to go on a vengeful killing spree before a final confrontation with his mother halts him. <br/><br/>The last of Universal's three Karloff / Lugosi team uos of the mid-1930s. In this treatment draft Karloff's character here named Josef Koh perhaps too close a moniker to the actor they had in mind for the part does go on his mad killing spree though he and Diana are reunited in a final kiss where he realizes his madness and she her enduring love for him just before she is then vaporized by his radioactivity. <br/><br/>While many of the film sets from the film were recycled from Universal's serial "Flash Gordon" which was being filmed simultaneously and various stock footage was utilized as well "The Invisible Ray" still managed to spend more than $50000 over budget. <br/><br/>Tall brown titled wrappers noted as DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped Screen Writers Guild file No. 6450 with credits for story writers Howard Higgin and Douglas Hodges. Title page present dated Aug. 17 '35 with credits for story writers Howard Higgin and Douglas Hodges. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 23. Typescript with first and last leaves on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971139346Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1971. Script archive built around the Revised First Draft script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to Burt Bluestein with his name on the title page in holograph pencil and annotations throughout in holograph pencil and ink. Bluestein although not credited at the film's release was presumably involved with production design as indicated by the annotations concerning camera angles and props and his film credits as both assistant director and production manager. The script is accompanied by various interoffice pages like cast and crew lists emergency contact lists shooting schedules and interoffice memos including one discussing the film's hiatus and the possibility of Ron Talsky costume designer working with Otto Preminger during the hiatus. Between this script and the film's release dates Talsky did work for Preminger on his film "Such Good Friends" 1971. <br/><br/>Based on Knowles' 1959 best-selling first novel. Two young teens Finny Heyl and Gene Stevenson consider the draft if it should happen and make their way through school during WWII. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Actor Heyl's only film credit. <br/><br/>Title page present dated 1971 noted as FIRST DRAFT Revised with credits for novelist Knowles and screenwriter Segal. 163 leaves with last leaf of text being the tenth page of a shooting schedule. Various printing methods with a few manuscript and typed pages and yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated May 1971 yellow and two pages dated Jan 1971 pink. Pages Very Good plus overall bound in a black three-ring binder. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1978148341London: Lord Grade 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film here under the working title "Titoli di Testa." Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive holograph annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Text in Italian.<br/><br/>In 1920s Sicily a capitalist and a socialist vie for the affections of a grief-stricken woman whose husband was killed by a fascist mafioso. The follow-up to director Lina Wertmuller's Oscar-nominated 1976 film "Seven Beauties" and a lyrical formidable film in its own right. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Sicily. <br/><br/>Script:<br/><br/>Black faux-leather untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Lina Wertmuller. 326 leaves with last page of text numbered 301. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good with some revision pages lightly worn and toned to the edges wrapper Very Good lightly edgeworn with several tape repairs to the spine with perfect binding.<br/><br/>List of scenes:<br/><br/>10 leaves with last page numbered 10. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Lord Grade unknown books
1952121979Mexico City: Ultramar Films 1952. Draft script for the 1954 Mexican film. Also included are seven film still photographs from the film.<br /> <br /> A rare pre-production script from Luis Buñuel's first color film one of the key productions from his Mexican period written with Hugo Butler who was at the time living in self-imposed exile in Mexico with Dalton Trumbo both blacklisted by the HUAC and writing under various pseudonyms. Single substantive manuscript pencil correction toward the end of the text. <br /> <br /> One of Buñuel's more straightforward narratives quite faithful to the source material but with a whopping dream sequence as bizarre as anything one might find in the director's later work. <br /> <br /> Tall side-stapled self-wrappers dated "Mexico / 1952" with credits for director-screenwriter Buñuel screenwriter Butler under the Roll pseudonym and producers Oscar Dancigers and Henry F. Ehrlich. 95 leaves mimeograph duplication. Very Good condition toned at the edges some offsetting on the front wrapper and a 1-inch tear at the left margin. Ultramar Films unknown
1960143342Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and holograph ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese.<br/><br/>A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. <br/><br/>Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding.<br/><br/>BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown books
1965133149Wengen Switzerland: Alpine Films 1965. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Orson Welles and John Gielgud on location in Spain for the shooting of "Chimes at Midnight" in 1965. Shot and struck by noted photographer Nicolas Tikhomoroff with his rubber stamp and the stamp of his Parisian agency V.I.P. on the verso. <br /> <br /> "Chimes at Midnight" Welles' third of three legendary Shakespearean adaptations and last masterpiece is based on his early play "Five Kings" which condensed Shakespeare's War of the Roses cycle into one story. Welles produced the play in New York in 1939 but the opening night during which Part 1 was performed was a disaster and Part 2 was never staged. He revamped the show and revisited it in 1960 again without success. The later production became the basis for this film in which Welles plays Falstaff. <br /> <br /> "Chimes at Midnight" as with nearly all of Welles' efforts as a director was plagued by financial and logistical problems shot with nearly no budget and received no promotion and a very limited release. Vintage photographs from the set are rare. <br /> <br /> Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of two other awards at Cannes in 1966. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 13.75 inches. Near Fine. In a lovely museum-quality frame with archival UV glass. Alpine Films unknown
1940138843Prague: Elektafilm 1940. Collection of 44 vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1940 film based on the 1897 novel by Vilem Mrstik. The photographs have been tipped into a contemporary photo album with a title page executed in manuscript paint and tissue paper between each page. <br /> <br /> The sweet and shy Helen daughter of a game warden lives with her father in a hunting lodge in the beautiful Moravian countryside. She meets a worldly ambitious young man who is studying law in Prague and in the course of their romance she becomes less innocent and he less cynical. <br /> <br /> Filmed once prior to this adaptation in 1926 by Karl Anton under the auspices of the company Elektajournal which in 1933 became Elektafilm in the wake of its international success with Gustav Machaty's "Ecstasy."<br /> <br /> Shot on location in and around the city of Dobris in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. <br /> <br /> Photographs 11 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Photo album 15 x 11 inches bound with a string binding. Fraying to the edges else Near Fine. Elektafilm unknown
1966160717Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Jalem Productions 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Gordon Carroll bound in full blue leather with Carroll's name in gilt on the bottom right corner of the front board.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1965 novel by Donn Pearce who co-wrote the screenplay about the experiences of a hard-nosed Vietnam veteran after he is sentenced to two years on a chain gang in a prison camp. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for George Kennedy and nominated for three others including Best Adapted Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set in Florida.<br /> <br /> Title page present dated 9/29/66 with credits for screenwriters Frank R. Pierson and Hal Dresner and novelist Donn Pearce. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 143A. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/23/66 and 2/9/67. Pages Near Fine.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Ebert III. Warner Brothers / Jalem Productions unknown
1948137021Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Revised Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited member of the film cast or crew with that person's name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Notations in holograph pencil on the title page noting members of the cast and on a few pages. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. From the Richard Manney collection of film noir. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 24 dated February 10 1948. Title page present dated February 10 1948 noted as Revised Final with a credit for screenwriter Sturges. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Mimeograph duplication dated variously betwee 2/10/48 and 2/13/48 with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/16/48 and 3/4/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 292. Selby US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963169610Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Harry Sundby with his name in manuscript pencil to the front wrapper and his annotations on seven pages of the script. <br /> <br /> A scientist tests experimental vision-enhancing eye drops on himself only to experience increasingly uncontrollable shifts in his eyesight ultimately leading to his disgrace and downfall. A breakaway success originally released on a double bill with Francis Ford Coppola's "Dementia 13" today considered one of the most thought-provoking science fiction films of the 1960s.<br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers. Title integral with the first page of text. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/6/63 and 2/12/63. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a tide mark affecting the bottom edges of the last five pages of text and the rear wrapper. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1936161358N.p.: N.p. 1936. Final script for the 1937 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board.<br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> A musical comedy about two songwriters seeking to cast a British star in their latest theatrical production. Best remembered for its legendary dance sequence on an oversized typewriter for the film's finale. <br /> <br /> Ruby Keeler's last film with Warner Brothers and the final screen appearance of Ross Alexander who committed suicide shortly before the film's completion.<br /> <br /> Bound in full red leather with gilt titles on the spine and front board. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with the distribution page dated 9/1/36 noted as FINAL. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1938145605Hollywood: Jed Buell Productions / Columbia Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Copy belonging to actor Joseph Herbst with his last name in holograph pencil to the front wrapper. Herbst played the part of the sheriff in the film and a year later would also go on to act as a Munchkin villager in The Wizard of Oz.<br/><br/>The only known all-little person western musical film an otherwise relatively conventional Western about good guys against cattle thieves that never-the-less featured a plethora of height-based gags including cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors and cattle ranchers riding Shetland ponies. Panned by critics and beloved by audiences produced Jed Buell stated that he had two sequels in the works with the cast though they never materialized leaving this the only oddity of its kind.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Tall blue titled wrappers noted as copy No. 12. Title page present with credits for producer Jed Buell and associate producers Abe Meyer and Bert Sternbach. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Carbon copy rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Fair loose leaves. Jed Buell Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966141453Tokyo: Toho Company 1966. Draft script for the 1966 film. Text in Japanese. <br /> <br /> A pornographer is keeping a low profile to keep out of the way of the mob while also is trying to keep the various people in his life happy including his stepdaughter stepson mistress and wife who believes her first husband was reincarnated as a carp. <br /> <br /> White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 207. Toho Company unknown
141452Tokyo: Imamura Productions 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> Based on Ryuzo Saki's novel about real-life con man thief and multiple murderer Akira Nishiguchi changed to Iwao Enokizu in the film told in multiple flashbacks as he awaits execution for his crimes. <br /> <br /> Black titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 169 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 384. Ebert III. Grant Japan. Imamura Productions unknown
1950128821Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Revised Composite script for the 1951 film. Two front wrappers present one with the script department receipt intact both noting changes dated 5-12-50 to the script. <br/><br/>Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and California. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with two front wrappers present as issued both rubber stamped COMPOSITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper and copy No. 173 on the white studio label dated 5-2-50 with "changes of 5-12-50" and credits for director Donen producer Freed and screenwriter Lerner. Distribution receipt present on the second goldenrod wrapper. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-2-50 and 8-2-50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968137925Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Archive including 20 vintage linen-backed production photographs a trade advertisement a film program and a souvenir booklet from the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey." From the collection of NASA scientific consultant Frederick I. Ordway III with images prominently featuring Ordway production designer Harry Lange Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick and others. One photograph has Ordway's name written on the recto in silver marker. All photographs mounted on matte board as issued. <br /> <br /> Ordway and Clarke began working together on matters of science fact in 1951 and Clarke personally invited him to be the factual advisor on the film. <br /> <br /> Kubrick's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. Along with "Blade Runner" Kubrick's masterpiece forever altered the standard for visual and conceptual sophistication in science fiction and genre films. The pre-production for the film set standards as well as Kubrick hired one of the greatest science fiction authors of the 1960s Arthur C. Clarke to be his screenwriter and hired over 20 scientists like Ordway to consult on every detail of the film. The film's high degree of scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. The development of the film was kept strictly under wraps and behind-the-scenes material of any kind is rare. <br /> <br /> Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. Set in space shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. <br /> <br /> Photographs 8 x 10 inches mounted on 11 x 14 inch matte board. Trade advertisement 9 x 12 inches full-color creased. Souvenir booklet 7.25 x 16 inches full-color 12 leaves saddle stapled folded. Program 5.5 x 8.5 inches black and white saddle stapled single leaf. Very Good to Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
2003149182N.p.: N.p. 2003. Archive of material from the 2003 musical including three rehearsal scripts dated 7/29/03 3/31/03 and 10/23/03 with various production materials bound in including sheet music production schedules and cast and crew contact information. Two scripts noted as belonging to uncredited cast member Walter O'Neil with his holograph pencil and ink annotations throughout noting blocking and staging directions. <br/><br/>Based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel a revisionist imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" from the perspective of Elphaba the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West. A wildly successful musical which made its Broadway debut at the Gershwin Theatre on October 30 2003 named one of the highest-grossing Broadway productions and running for 6836 performances to date. Nominated for ten Tony Awards and winning three including Best Actress in a Musical for Idina Menzel.<br/><br/>Set in the magical land of Oz.<br/><br/>7/29/02 script:<br/><br/>Housed in a blue three-ring binder. Title integral with the first page of the script dated 7/29/02 noted as Workshop script. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 147. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine.<br/><br/>3/31/03 script:<br/><br/>Housed in a black three-ring binder with an illustrated flyer for the musical tucked into the front wrapper. Title page present dated 3/31/03 noted as Rehearsal Draft. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered II-9-146. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/03/03 and 6/20/03. Pages Near Fine.<br/><br/>10/23/03 script:<br/><br/>Housed in a black three-ring binder. Title page present dated 10/23/03 noted as New York Rehearsal Script. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered II-8-123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1928140436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. <br/><br/>Lon Chaney plays a heavily-scarred wild animal trapper whose daughter's upcoming marriage is threatened by the return of her femme fatale mother. The mother harbors bitterness to Chaney and seeks revenge on him by attempting to woo her daughter's fiance thwarted by a gorilla Chaney releases from a cage that gruesomely attacks her. Lon Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. The film was released with a Movietone music and effects soundtrack that could be played alongside the film. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10751 and production No. 415 dated Dec. 31 1928 with credits for producer Irving Thalberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for story writers Tod Browning and Harry Sinclair Drago and screenwriter Waldemar Young. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976145332New York: Ethel Barrymore Theatre 1976. Draft script for the 1977 Broadway play dated 1976 which premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 6 1977 then moved to the Belasco Theatre on April 12 1977 and closed on June 11 1977 for a total of 122 performances. Copy belonging to actor Jim Staskel who was a stand-in for Kenneth McMillan's character Donny with his copious holograph annotations throughout.<br/><br/>A gruff junk shop owner sells a buffalo nickel to a customer but when he comes to believe it has value he and his friends hatch a plot to steal it back. Playwright David Mamet's Broadway debut after first premiering at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in 1975 and off-Broadway at the St. Clement's Theatre in 1976. Nominated for two Tony Awards including Best Direction of a Play for Ulu Grosbard. Basis for the 1996 film directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman and revived twice on Broadway in 1983 and 2008.<br/><br/>Orange titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for playwright David Mamet. Title page present dated 1976 with credits for playwright Mamet. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-57. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Fair bound with two gold brads. Ethel Barrymore Theatre unknown books
1941134492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1941. Complete script for the 1943 film. The fourth Steinbeck script to be adapted in as many years. Not as well known today as "The Grapes of Wrath" or "Of Mice and Men" but still a wonderful warm adaptation of what is perhaps Steinbeck's lightest and most anecdotal novel with expert interplay among Spencer Tracy John Garfield and the great Frank Morgan. <br/><br/>John Garfield plays a Mexican-American named Danny whose grandfather leaves him two houses as inheritance. Unfortunately Danny's friends quickly move in to Danny's newfound homes and Danny must struggle to find employment and get the girl. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Set in Northern California. <br/><br/>Goldenrod studio wrappers noted as COMPLETE rubber-stamped copy No. 139 and production No. 4852 dated 7/16/41 with credits for screenwriter Mahin and producer Zimbalist. Title page present dated 7/16/41. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated 7-18-41. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968147232Paris: Les Films Marceau 1968. Three Draft scripts for the 1969 film by three different screenwriters. <br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> The first script is an undated draft script by screenwriter George Bluestone who previously adapted Winston Graham's 1967 novel "The Walking Stick" for the 1968 Eric Till film with copied annotations throughout striking adding and adjusting dialogue.<br /> <br /> The second is a Second draft script dated 1st April 1968 by novelist playwright and screenwriter Derek Marlow with copied annotations striking scenes or pages on nearly every page. Marlow said in an interview that he was asked by director Tony Richardson which book he'd like to adapt for a screenplay and Marlow suggested Nabakov's "Laughter in the Dark." Two or three months afterward Marlow received a call from Richardson asking him to write the adaptation. <br /> <br /> At the time Richard Burton was to star alongside Marianne Faithfull. Marlow then went to the US to promote his 1968 novel "Memoirs of a Venus Lackey" and upon his return to the UK found out a new screenplay by Edward Bond had been written and Burton and Faithfull had been replaced.<br /> <br /> The third is a draft script dated 24th June 1968 by Edward Bond. IMDB shows the filming date as starting June 1968 thus likely a draft used early in the production. The first half of the script to page 66 is on pink paper with the remainder on green paper with no revision date change.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1932 novel by Vladimir Nabokov updating the original 1930s Berlin setting to 1960s swinging London about a wealthy art dealer who is seduced and swindled out of his fortune by a young woman and her lover.<br /> <br /> Set in London and the Riviera shot on location in Spain France and the United Kingdom. <br /> <br /> George Bluestone script:<br /> <br /> Wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter George Bluestone and author Vladimir Nabokov. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Derek Marlowe script:<br /> <br /> Black wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1st April 1968 obscured but visible through Winkast sticker noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Derek Marlowe and author Vladimir Nabokov. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads<br /> <br /> Edward Bond script:<br /> <br /> Black wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 24th June 1968 with credits for screenwriter Edward Bond and author Vladimir Nabokov. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Les Films Marceau unknown
1929162195Culver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Draft script for the 1930 film seen here under the working title "The Circle." Stamped "FILE COPY" on the front wrapper and noted as "TALKING VERSION." Partial unsigned distribution receipt laid in. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1921 play by W. Somerset Maugham about a young woman who decides to leave her dull aristocratic husband behind for an elopement with a Canadian. <br /> <br /> Cream titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wrappers dated Dec. 27 1929 on the front wrapper with credits for playwright Somerset Maugham sic and screenwriters Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus moderately yapped and edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970144038Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. SIGNED by director William Friedkin on the title page. <br/><br/>Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's non-fiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 6 1970 with credits for screenwriter Tidyman director Friedkin and producer Phil D'Antoni. 95 leaves mechanical duplication last leaf numbered 93. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy BFI Companion to Crime. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1969137209Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1969. Collection of 217 individually numbered contact sheets amounting to 2650 images from the 1969 film. Housed in two original three-ring binders from the film's publicity department. The occasional frame is circled or crossed through in red marker. A robust collection that documents nearly every facet of the film's production including numerous candid images of the cast and crew at work. <br /> <br /> Woody Allen's first film as a director one of the great American comedies the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. A massive archive documenting the birth of an utterly new and unique voice in cinema one that would become something even bigger in 1979. <br /> <br /> Set and shot in San Francisco and inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. <br /> <br /> Sheets 8 x 10 inches most in three-hole mylar sleeves some with holes punched directly in left margin others laid in. Very Good overall few frames excised general modest edgewear. Binders with signs of use as expected one spine label missing other partially lacking but with titles intact. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1960141447Tokyo: Shockiku Ofuna 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A young woman is hitchhiking when the driver who picks her up attempts to molest her. A young gangster comes to her aid and then leads her on a wild relationship through the Japanese underground towards the eventual destruction of both of them. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Shockiku Ofuna unknown books
