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29267Tokyo: JICC 1983. Staple-bound booklet in illustrated wrappers in fine condition as is audio cassette. The plastic folder/enclosure has a split to the seam of the back panel else near fine. This copy with the original obi. Scarce with single OCLC record located Cornell. First Edition. Octavo-sized booklet 60 pp. and audio cassette in plastic housing. Promotional publication—and sub-cultural primer—issued to coincide with the Japanese release of the 1983 hip-hop film Wild Style and the accompanying tour of the film's director and cast. With the four elements of hip-hop—break dance scratch rap graffiti—clearly articulated to the front cover and represented throughout the booklet in full-bleed color photography. Original design by Kazu Kuzui and the film's director Charlie Ahearn; the latter supplying a brief text in English also printed in Japanese translation. Accompanied by an audio cassette reproducing the film's soundtrack with Fred Braithwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy credited as Musical Director; featuring two M.C. battles and tracks from the likes of Grandmaster Caz Cold Crush Brothers and Rammellzee. Tokyo: JICC unknown
148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. <br /> <br /> Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lens sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes.<br /> <br /> Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Tokyo.<br /> <br /> Script:<br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding.<br /> <br /> Schedule:<br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples.<br /> <br /> Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown
157439Yokohama Kanagawa: Kurosawa Production Co 1980. Draft script for the 1980 Japanese film. <br /> <br /> The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. <br /> <br /> When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights recieving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. <br /> <br /> Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. <br /> <br /> White perfect-bound wrappers. Rubber stamped copy No. 74 at the top right corner of the front wrapper. 166 leaves with last page of text numbered "146." Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with light toning wrapper Very Good with foxing overall and age toning to the page edges. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 267. Kurosawa Production Co unknown
1970148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. <br/><br/>Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lense sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes.<br/><br/>Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Tokyo.<br/><br/>Script:<br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding.<br/><br/>Schedule:<br/><br/>White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples.<br/><br/>Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown books
1947136527Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Based on the 1946 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Mary Jane Ward. <br /> <br /> The story of a woman who suffers a psychological breakdown and who we then follow through her long recovery at a mental institution. Filming was preceded by three months of intense research by director Litvak in an attempt to accurately portray practices used by mental institutions of the day including hydrotherapy and electric shock treatments. The film had such an effect on audiences that it is said to have led to psychiatric facility reforms in many states. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording and nominated for five others including Best Picture. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 8 and production No. 155 dated July 1 1947. Title page present dated July 1 1947 noted as Final Script. 160 leaves with last page numbered 159 mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947144380Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. First Draft Continuity script pre-production for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to art director Joseph C. Wright with his name in holograph ink to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1946 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Mary Jane Ward about a woman who suffers a psychological breakdown and her long recovery at a mental institution. Filming was preceded by three months of intense research by director Anatole Litvak in an attempt to accurately portray practices used by mental institutions of the day including hydrotherapy and electric shock treatments. The film had such an effect on audiences that it is said to have led to psychiatric facility reforms in many states. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for five others including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actress of Olivia de Havilland. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 80 and production No. 155 dated May 5 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 5 1947 noted as 1ST DRAFT CONTINUITY with credits for screenwriters Frank Partos and Millen Brand. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine encapsulated wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1931144520Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1931. First White script for the 1931 Pre-Code film. An early starring performance for Carole Lombard made prior to her 1934 star breakthrough in Howard Hawks' "Twentieth Century." Included is a studio still photograph of Lombard and Lilyan Tashman from the film with the unusual feature of having an associated quote from the scene added to the negative at the bottom margin.<br/><br/>In this romance an aspiring writer encounters a wealthy publisher who gives him an advance on the first two chapters of his book. Meanwhile his wife helps out by becoming a chorus girl in a nightclub revue. <br/><br/>Tall white studio self wrappers noted as TALL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1794 dated February 24th 1931 with credits for playwrights Hackett and Goodrich screenwriters Kober and Unsell director Sutherland and producer Sheldon. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 2-25-31. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957161357N.p.: N.p. 1957. Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages.<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 /> Based on the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war instead drinking dancing and seducing local women.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in San Francisco.<br /> <br /> Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated April 5 1957 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein director Stanley Donen novelist Frederic Wakeman and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1951151291Culver City CA: Loew's Incorporated 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. Script department copy stamped as COMPLETE and RERUN JAN 3 1952. With 94 small borderless reference photographs tipped on the versos of script pages and 23 additional photographs of the cast and crew on the set tipped on blank pages inserted after the end of the script dated between March 27 and May 12 1952. Also bound in is a 25 page appendix detailing historical information about the pilgrims their ship and voyage. <br/><br/>Based on the 1950 novel "The Voyage of the Mayflower" by Ernest Gebler a fictionalized account of the journey of the Mayflower from England to North America. Winner of an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 68 and production No. 1552 dated 12/18/51 with credits for director Clarence Brown and screenwriter Helen Deutsch. Distribution label present on the front wrapper with receipt removed. 187 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 10-9-50 and 4-16-52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Reference photographs between 2.25 x 2.25 and 4.5 x 3.5 inches on the set photographs 5 x 4 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine. Loew's Incorporated unknown books
148623Paramount Pictures Corporation. Theatrical release poster for John Grisham’s classic legal thriller The Firm basis for the classic film. Framed with a half-title page from Grisham's novel of the same name and boldly signed by Tom Cruise Jeanne Tripplehorn Sydney Pollack and John Grisham. Double matted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 34 inches by 44 inches. Rare and desirable. Grisham's first bestseller The Firm has sold more than seven million copies since publication in 1991. In 1993 after selling 1.5 million copies it was adapted into the blockbuster film starring Tom Cruise Gene Hackman and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Released at the height of Grisham's popularity the film opened on June 30 1993 in 2393 theatres and landed at #1 at the box office grossing $25.4 million over the 4th of July weekend. It was the largest grossing R-rated movie of 1993 and of any film based on a Grisham novel. Paramount Pictures Corporation unknown
151627N.p.: N.p. 1983. Collection of 16 vintage oversize borderless matte-finish reference photographs of David Bowie on the set of the 1983 film including six of Bowie with Catherine Deneuve. With a provenance stamp on the verso of each. <br /> <br /> Based on Whitley Strieber's 1981 novel. A vampire seeks the aid of a gerontologist in hopes of reversing the physical effects of aging that his eternal life cannot prevent. An atmospheric gothic cult classic.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in New York and London. <br /> <br /> 15 x 10 inches. With a hint of wear to the top corners else Fine. <br /> <br /> Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1938161416N.p.: N.p. 1938. Final Draft script for the 1938 film with manuscript pencil annotations on page 2 striking two shots. 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 /> Based on the 1920 Broadway play "The Hottentot" by Victor Mapes and William Collier Sr. Previously made as a silent film in 1922 and in 1929 as an early talkie both under the title "The Hottentot." A sports store salesman poses as a famous jockey to advertise a line of riding clothes only to become entangled in his lies when two gamblers try to fix him up with a wild horse named Jeepers Creepers. <br /> <br /> Bound in maroon leather with gilt titles on the front board and spine. Distribution page integral with the title page with receipt intact dated 7/28/38 noted as FINAL. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 8/4/38. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with light rubbing at the extremities. N.p. unknown
1959161414N.p.: N.p. 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1959 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 23 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages.<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 /> Based on screenwriter Fred Gipson's 1947 novel "Circle Round the Wagon" about two young brothers go on a hunting trip with an older friend. Fabian's film debut. Gipson's second published novel preceding his better-known 1956 novel "Old Yeller."<br /> <br /> Shot on location in San Bernardino.<br /> <br /> Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated July 9 1959 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter-novelist Fred Gipson and screenwriter Winston Miller. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/13/59 and 7/22/59. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus front board slightly warped. N.p. unknown
1924139464Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA 1924. Vintage program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14 1924. Contains a brief essay by von Harbou and three additional short essays on the making of the film. Photo illustrated throughout with stills of characters from the films. <br /> <br /> Also included is a supplemental program for UFA theaters featuring another brief essay on the film by starring actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge information and photographs relating to UFA theaters and advertisements. Text of both items in German. <br /> <br /> Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied."<br /> <br /> Program: Near Fine in heavy paper wrappers and string binding. Elegant owner name on the front wrapper with a light diagonal crease to same and light fading to the edges. <br /> <br /> Supplement program: Very Good in saddle stapled self wrappers top right corner clipped. Splitting to the spine with a light vertical fold crease and a couple of small chips. <br /> <br /> Rossler Filmfieber p. 51. Masters of Cinema 46. Decla-Bioscop / UFA unknown
153062N.p.: N.p. 1977. Collection of 25 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film including 23 matte-finish and 2 glossy. Several with manuscript pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title in French "La Guerre des Etoiles". <br /> <br /> The film that became a multibillion dollar media empire pun intended now including eleven additional live action films animated shows novels comic books video games and countless tons of officially licensed merchandise with no signs of slowing down. Winner of six Academy Awards and nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness. <br /> <br /> Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away shot on location in California Arizona Mexico Guatemala Tunisia and the UK. <br /> <br /> Three photographs 10 x 8 inches 22 photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
160216Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page noting copy No. 209. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. <br /> <br /> Blue titled PanArts/Warner Brothers wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with soil on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good slightly yapped at the edges and lightly soiled bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1930151357Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1930. Archive of 68 vernacular photographs housed in a contemporary photo album each photo with descriptions in silver manuscript ink just below it and distributed in three sections as follows: 1 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" Howard Hawks 1930 an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With manuscript annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; 2 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" Roy Del Ruth 1930 and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17 1930 taken from the nearby SS Ventura.<br /> <br /> The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher and he appears four times in the album twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section and twice in "The Life of the Party" section in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film.<br /> <br /> Photographs variously sized generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches Very Good plus. Photo album Good only with several pages detached a few loose photographs. First National Pictures unknown
1930151357Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1930. Archive of 68 vernacular photographs housed in a contemporary photo album each photo with descriptions in silver holograph ink just below it and distributed in three sections as follows: 1 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" Howard Hawks 1930 an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With holograph annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; 2 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" Roy Del Ruth 1930 and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17 1930 taken from the nearby SS Ventura.<br/><br/>The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher and he appears four times in the album twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section and twice in "The Life of the Party" section in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film.<br/><br/>Photographs variously sized generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches Very Good plus. Photo album Good only with several pages detached a few loose photographs. First National Pictures unknown books
1940161386N.p.: N.p. 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board and his name in manuscript pencil on the title page. <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 fruit company executive hires his former enemy to stop the South American revolutionaries from vandalizing his company's banana plantation. <br /> <br /> Bound in red cloth with red quarter-leather binding and five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated February 1 1940 with credits for director William Keighley and screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. 166 leaves with last page of text numbered 159. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/10/40 and 2/28/40. <br /> <br /> Pages about Near Fine with light offsetting on the page edges binding lightly toned else about Near Fine. N.p. unknown
160121Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1985. Final script for the 1986 film. <br /> <br /> A rare example of a sequel wherein the sequel is not only as well received as the original film but stands on its own as a separate work. A turning point in director James Cameron's career his first big budget effort after the wildly successful "Terminator" in 1984. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Actress for Weaver. <br /> <br /> Set in outer space shot on location in the United Kingdom. <br /> <br /> Green titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 23 1985. Title page present dated September 23 1985 noted as FINAL with credits for director-screenwriter James Cameron. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine lightly creased front wrapper see images bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1939148582Hollywood: Technicolor Motion Picture 1939. Vintage oversize double weight publicity photograph of the Joad family from the 1940 film with the ironic Christmas message etched onto the negative along bottom "The Joad Family wish you a Merry Christmas and hope to see you soon." "Donn G Wescott Technicolor Motion Picture Corp" stamp and "E.S. Blake Dec 15 1939" stamp with the annotation "ESB" to right of stamp and "From Sallisaw Okla. 13/11/39" at bottom in holograph pencil all on verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Steinbeck.<br/><br/>The now-famed story of a suffering sharecropper family forced to relocate John Ford's film adaptation stays true to the tone of Steinbeck's original which was published only three months before producer Darryl F. Zanuck acquired the rights. Though Steinbeck purportedly threatened to sue the studio using the money he made from the sale if they changed the story's intent to bring attention to the conditions of migrant workers he was quite pleased with both Nunnally Johnson's screenplay and the film itself. The ending to the film varies significantly from that of the book with Steinbeck's acknowledgment of the need for such a change.<br/><br/>Winner of two Academy Awards and nominated for five others including Best Picture. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1989. <br/><br/>Set in Oklahoma and en route to California shot on location in California New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good with creasing at top and corners four small closed tears and chip to top right corner. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Technicolor Motion Picture unknown books
1945161348N.p.: N.p. 1945. Draft script for the 1945 film seen here under the working title "This Love of Ours." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. <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 /> Based on Roger Butterfield's 1944 book detailing the heroic actions of US Marine Al Schmid during World War II and his rehabilitation after being blinded in battle. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Philadelphia and San Diego.<br /> <br /> Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present undated with credits for Wald director Delmer Daves screenwriter Albert Maltz and biographer Roger Butterfield. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 159. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/8/44 and 2/21/45. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with moderate wear on the leather and front board lightly soiled. N.p. unknown
1929131052Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1929. Final White Draft script for the 1930 film. Studio file copy rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel "Victory" the second of ten feature adaptations preceded by Maurice Tourneur's 1919 film. <br/><br/>Heyst Arlen is a hermit on an island who offers shelter to a redhead named Alma Carroll and the two live somewhat harmoniously. That is until Mr. Jones Seyffertitz shows up looking for buried treasure. <br/><br/>White self wrappers noted as Final White Script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 370 FILE COPY and MASTER FILE dated September 11 1929 with credits for writer Conrad director Wellman and screenwriters McNutt and Jones. 91 leaves mimeograph duplication. Near Fine overall side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956160921Kanagawa: Daiei Studios 1956. Draft script for the 1955 film. <br /> <br /> After World War II Kenzo Mizoguchi directed a number of jidaigeki or period dramas remaking stories from Japanese folklore or history aided by long-time screenwriter and collaborator Yoshikata Yoda. One of his only color films from this period "Princess Yang Kwei-Fei" is a fairy tale about a widowed emperor and his imperial concubine. Remade in 1962 as "The Magnificent Concubine." <br /> <br /> Set in eighth century China shot on location in Japan. <br /> <br /> White perfect-bound titled wrappers. Approximately 68 leaves with last page of text numbered e-20. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages lightly age toned else Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some foxing. <br /> <br /> Eureka Masters of Cinema 12. Daiei Studios unknown
1953161289Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1953. Draft script for the 1953 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on six leaves of the script and on the rear wrapper. <br /> <br /> Based on two stories from Ueda Akinari's 1776 story collection. A classic of the jidaigeki period drama genre and a masterpiece of Japanese cinema about an impoverished potter who is seduced by a mysterious wealthy spirit causing him to forget his wife and child. <br /> <br /> Set in the rural farming village Nakanog in the 16th century.<br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. Title page present. Approximately 90 leaves with last page of text numbered c-16. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with small splashes on the left edge of the front wrapper lightly foxed overall and a small chip at the heel. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 309. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 36. Rosenbaum 1000. Daiei Studios unknown
