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1956143240Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. First Draft script for the 1956 film. Title in English on rear wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on a 1946 children's novel by Michio Takeyama about a conscience-driven Japanese soldier who adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk after he fails to get his countrymen to surrender to an overwhelming force. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set in Burma during WWll shot on location in Burma and near the Izu Peninsula in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with some toning due to age wrapper Very Good with mild foxing and light water damage near spine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 379. Eureka Masters of Cinema 12. Nikkatsu unknown books
1944129114Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Revised Draft script for the 1945 film. Carbon typescript with brief annotations throughout in holograph pencil. Noted as "Cockle Script" on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Leslie Charteris wrote the original screen story but not the screenplay for this film and subsequently published the story as a novel in conjunction with the film's release. <br/><br/>A light mystery with a terrific Woolrich-esque plot wherein a young girl Deanna Durbin sees a man being murdered from her train car window. Known for her addiction to mystery novels she is not taken seriously by the police and begins her own investigation. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriters Beloin and O'Brien. 200 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock with revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/17/44 and 2/22/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good now encapsulated in mylar bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant p. 363. Spicer p. 413. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945152844N.p.: N.p. 1945. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1946 film in maroon leather owner's binding belonging to actor William Bendix with his name in gilt on front board and title in gilt on spine. <br /> <br /> William Bendix was an American stage film radio and television actor who is best remembered as one of television's archetypal patriarchs the blundering Chester A. Riley in "The Life of Riley" first on the 1944-1951 ABC and NBC radio serial then in the 1949 film directed by Irving Brecher then finally in the 1953-1958 NBC television series. Bendix was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for his supporting role in the WWII drama "Wake Island" directed by John Farrow.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1945 story serialized in "Good Housekeeping" magazine by Leo Rosten about a private detective just released from prison after being framed by his ex-partner and now finding himself framed for murder with only the help of his quick-witted secretary to clear his name. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> Maroon three quarter leather binding over brown leather boards with title in gilt on spine and William Bendix in gilt on lower right of front board with endpapers crediting BooKraft Hollywood. Title page present dated October 31 1945 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Jay Dratler. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine leather binding Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby Canon US. Selby Masterwork US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1939135595Paris: Productions Sigma 1939. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1939 film. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Raymond Voinquel with his name in tiny print at the bottom left corner of the image and the film title at the bottom right. <br/><br/>A striking image shot from the top of a tall tenement stairwell looking straight down as all the tenants looking up. A significant image as well as it is pulled from a location that is at the heart of the story where Jean Gabin-pursued by the police-has barricaded himself in a room at the top of the building after shooting and killing a fellow foundry working in an argument. <br/><br/>8.5 x 11. 25 inches. In a museum quality frame. Four small discolorations at the corners of the verso from an old non-archival mounting else about Fine. Productions Sigma unknown books
1950131050Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Revised First Draft Continuity script for the 1951 film. Included is an index to the script breakdown detailing various scenes and script page numbers with revisions. Copy belonging to Dane Anderson an uncredited member of the crew with his name on the front wrapper of the script breakdown and annotations throughout in holograph pencil. File copy rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on Weidman's 1937 novel and Vera Caspary's loose adaptation. Harriet Boyd Hayward is a fashion designer who partners with Teddy Dailey whom she loves and Sam Jaffe and starts a new business dedicated to selling affordable women's dresses. A rival fashion company lead by Noble Sanders momentarily distracts Harriet but at the last minute she realizes her true devotion to Teddy and Sam. <br/><br/>Screenwriter Polonsky was blacklisted shortly after the film's release refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers rubber-stamped as REVISED FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper copy No. 3 and production No. 2446.8 dated August 4 1950. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated August 4 1950 noted as Revised 1st Draft Continuity with a credit for screenwriter Polonsky. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 168. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Script Breakdown: self wrappers as issued. 88 leaves dated 10/2/50 mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1946118614London: The Archers / Eagle-Lion 1946. Original UK Program for the 1946 film released in the US as "Stairway to Heaven." SIGNED by director Michael Powell on page 12 just above the photo next to his biographical sketch. <br/><br/>While it is certainly arguable that the greatest Powell-Pressburger film is a 10-way tie for first place "A Matter of Life and Death" is probably the most philosophically ambitious of their masterpieces. David Niven is a British wartime aviator who unwittingly cheats death and must ultimately argue for his continued existence before a celestial court. In between these two events is a wildly imaginative and surreal tale told first in Technicolor on earth then in Dye-Monochrome black-and-white in heaven. <br/><br/>This oversize program book evokes the spirit of the film beautifully with clever use of two-color processes mostly pink and blue throughout. Includes biographies and large photos of the principal actors reviews an essay about the techniques used to shoot the film and credits for the cast and crew. The credits and promotion are specific to the UK rather than international or US distribution of the film through Eagle-Lion and General Distributors. <br/><br/>Self-wrappers 14.5 x 11.5 inches saddle-stapled. Very Good plus condition with fine shallow creasing at the wrapper extremities. The Archers / Eagle-Lion unknown books
19401355Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation 1940. Letter 295 x 230mm pp. Title 1 2-186 mimeographed duplication rectos only. First draft continuity script for the 1941 film. Orange titled continuous card wrapper rubber stamped internal three brass brad binding. Noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper production number 559 copy number 29 dated October 7 1940. Title page present also dated October 7 1940 and noted as 1st Draft Continuity. Pages very good but for a bit of toning and worming to the upper left corner of the final 15 pages cover soiled worn and with some splits to the extremities good. Ex-Howard Barnes; Richard Manney; Gene Hackman. Custom cloth box. Inscribed on the title page by screenwriter Dudley Nichols to film critic Howard Barnes; "Critic par excellence in memory of our old days on The World when neither of us dreamed of working in this fascinating medium of the film Affectionately Dudley Nichols July 15 1941". Referencing the time they both spent as journalists for the New York World. There is a postscript that reads: "This was my first draft done in three weeks. Many things happened to it afterwards as your keen eye will note. D.N". <br /> <br /> A British big-game hunter is captured after stalking Hitler as a sporting challenge then escapes to England only to be relentlessly pursued by Nazi agents whose campaign of terror claims the life of the young woman who sheltered him. After a harrowing confrontation with his nemesis he acknowledges his true intent and parachutes back into Germany now committed to carrying out the assassination he once denied contemplating.<br /> <br /> Set in 1939 Bavaria and London shot on set at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation unknown
170404Beverly Hills CA: Lawrence Turman Films 1970. Revised Draft script for the classic 1976 horror film. Early draft predating Robert Marasco's 1973 novel noted in manuscript pencil on the title page as dating from "Summer 1970" with Bob Fosse's name as a directorial credit in addition to Marasco's screenwriter credit on the title page. <br /> <br /> In the late 1960s Marasco-at that time best known as a playwright-wrote a screenplay entitled "Burnt Offerings." In 1969 Fosse was announced as being attached to the project as a director with Turman Films and Cinema Center Films slated to produce. This iteration of the film failed to materialize and Marasco would adapt his screenplay into a novel published in 1973 by Delacorte Press. The novel would eventually be successfully adapted for the screen by screenwriter William F. Nolan and director Dan Curtis. <br /> <br /> A family from the big city are preyed upon by evil forces inhabiting their rented summer estate. A key entry in the supernatural horror boom of the 1970s.<br /> <br /> Shot on location at Dunsmuir House in Oakland California. Dunsmuir itself carried its own unlucky history: its original owners both died within a year of the house's construction. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED with credits for Marasco and Fosse. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Lawrence Turman Films unknown
170200N.p.: Sovereign Pictures 1990. Vintage international one-sheet poster for the 1990 film designed by Bob Peak. Rare.<br /> <br /> Based on Ian McEwan's 1981 novel adapted for the screen by acclaimed playwright Harold Pinter and directed by Paul Schrader. A dark thriller about a husband and wife vacationing in Venice who are gradually pulled into the clutches of a strange wealthy local couple. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in London and Venice. <br /> <br /> 27 x 41 inches in an archival frame with UV plexiglass. Fine.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 1041. Sovereign Pictures unknown
1963146394Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1964 film. With a few holograph pencil annotations throughout mostly relating to line revisions and props. <br/><br/>Based on the 1959 French play by Jean Anouilh. King Henry II's malcontent relationship with the Church leads to the appointment of his close friend Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry does not anticipate however how seriously Becket will take the vocation leading to the dissolution of their friendship in the face of Becket's rising political power. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in England and France.<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated 12th February 1963 noted as REVISED. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeographed on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some rusting near the binding bound internally with three silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961144660Paris: Cinedis 1961. Archive of 749 vintage keybook photographs from the 1961 French-Italian film. Over 200 are loose the remainder being affixed with cello tape on thick stock in two folio sized spiral bound notebooks with one title label present. Each photograph is numbered in holograph pencil on the versos 13 photographs credit photographer Water Limot 18 with his name stamped on the verso and each notebook page with corresponding numerical annotations in holograph pencil. Also included is a vintage Cinedis manila mailing envelope.<br/><br/>Limot's action photographs are poignantly interlaced with on-the-set images including tender exchanged between actors Bourvil Annie Fratellini and Colette Castel herself seen in striking authority behind a handheld camera. A few feature Black musicians <br/><br/>in the background surrounded by paparazzi and a few photos are slightly more candid with subjects hamming for the camera. <br/><br/>A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. <br/><br/>747 photos are 3.5 x 4.5 inches or slightly smaller with small white borders at the foot and 2 photos are 5 x 7 inches. Light curling and most with tape ghosts and discoloration else Near Fine. Envelope and notebooks Very Good overall. Cinedis unknown books
1955144602Paris: Cinedis 1955. Collection of 867 original keybook still photographs from the 1955 French film pasted on thick stock in three large quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper and a paper title label affixed to the front wrapper. Nearly all photos numbered in holograph ink inside a small white border on the recto and all numbered in mimeograph on the verso. One notebook full of photos crediting photographer Beauvarlet on the rectos. <br/><br/>Director Rene's first color film based largely on his childhood experiences. Winner of two important French film awards the Prix Louis-Delluc and the Prix Melies. Screened out-of-competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. Still photographer Beauvarlet remains uncredited for the film perhaps overshadowed by the film's prolific cinematographer Robert Lefebvre. Beauvarlet stuck close to Bardot throughout her career snapping stills in "Her Bridal Night" 1956 "Naughty Girl" 1956 "La Parisienne" 1957 and "The Night Heaven Fell" 1958. His quick-draw style is amply captured here in candid images of the cast and crew a jovial celebrity signing and softer posed studio portraits. <br/><br/>Armand Philipe is a lieutenant in the French cavalry just before WWI a notorious womanizer and gambler who bets that he can seduce a woman in time for his company to being its summer maneuvers. The woman is Marie-Louise Morgan a divorcee who runs a milliner's shop and who is also being courted by Victor Desailly. A subplot involving Armand's friend Felix Yves Robert and Lucie Bardot a photographer's daughter. <br/><br/>Photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Very Good overall several with bruises from offsetting paste several are loose. Cinedis unknown books
1965132451Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. First Draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 laid in and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65" As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. <br/><br/>One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers noted as 2ND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 6th. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Heller and novelist Trevor. 178 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/15/65 and 4/27/65. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine with a small fingernail-size bruise at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964145375Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1964. Revised Final script for Season 1 Episode 31 of the 1964-1966 television show "The Outer Limits" originally aired April 27 1964 on ABC. <br/><br/>Robert Duvall plays a disaffected CIA agent sent to infiltrate an alien flying saucer that has crash landed. He finds that the genetic material used to alter his appearance has overridden his human nature and he ultimately chooses to return to the home planet of the benevolent aliens and leave humanity and its violence behind. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 52 and production No. SF# 30 dated March 3 1964 with credits for screenwriter Robert Towne. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Towne. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
153819N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout.<br /> <br /> From the estate of Dick Miller. Directed by noted 1970s filmmaker Barbara Peeters during her tutelage period with Roger Corman. A well received film both upon its release and in retrospect that while exploitative of course has a notably feminist bent with strong and decisive female characters.<br /> <br /> Yellow untitled wrappers with a small manuscript pencil annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper noting copy No. 26. Title page present dated March 4 1975 with credits for director and screenwriter Barbara Peeters. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1941143897Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Temporary Draft script for the 1941 film. Copy belonging to producer Daryl F. Zanuck with his bold annotations in holograph pencil throughout. <br/><br/>Similar to the Italian Peplum sword-and-sandal epics the film follows the rise and fall of an illiterate peasant played by Tyrone Powell who becomes a renowned bullfighter and who manages to catch the eye of Rita Hayworth along the way. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and nominated for one other. <br/><br/>Set in Spain shot on location in Mexico City. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 614 and production No. 2093 dated Jan 6 1941. Distribution page present with receipt removed rubber-stamped copy No. 1. Title page present dated January 6 1941 noted as Temporary Script with credits for screenwriter Jo Swerling and novelist Vincente Blasco Ibanez. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 269. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967141440Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1967. Draft script for the 1967 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>An experimental absurdist pop art satire of yakuza films and film noir Suzuki's film was a failure on release leading him to be fired and then blackballed by the studio for making films that made neither sense nor profit. <br/><br/>The film rightly became a cult classic with its international video release in the 1980s and would influence filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch John Woo Chan-wook Park Wong Kar-wai Johnnie To Takeshi Kitano and Quentin Tarantino. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant Japan. Criterion Collection 38. Nikkatsu unknown books
1977141442Burbank CA: Cinema Epoch 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A female golfer tries to perform to the very best of her abilities but must contend with the men in her life her neighbors her family and a stalker who will not leave her alone. <br/><br/>Pink titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Cinema Epoch unknown books
1963141423Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A metaphor for the Twentieth Century Japanese experience particularly through World War II told through the perspective of a woman named Tome born into a lower class family. She finds herself in a cycle of self-defeat repeating the same mistakes that have always plagued her. <br/><br/>Yellow titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 29. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 473. Eureka 22. Nikkatsu unknown books
194353656Paris: Bureau Central de Presse 1943. First edition. Softcover. vg- to near fine. Small folio. 12 x 10 1/2". Unpaginated. 48 double-sided leaves approx. 100 pages. Illustrated lithographic cover with photo-montage and text in black and yellow. <br /> <br /> A French right-wing collaborationist and anti-Communist publication issued during the Nazi-occupation. This massive publication was quite lavishly produced for a piece of propaganda and is profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of striking images some full-page including b/w and cyan tinted photogravure as well as drawings photo collage photo-montage reproductions of original documents and artwork and political caricatures. Also included are a few charts and statistical tables.<br /> <br /> The text is divided into more than 20 different sections or articles written by a large number of prominent French collaborationist and right-wing political figures journalists and writers of the period. These include Maurice-Ivan Sicard 1910-2000 also the director/ editor Maurice Laporte 1901-1987 Émile Bougère 1903-1964 Lt. Colonel Paul Gamory-Dubourdeau 1889-1963 Jacques Ploncard d'Assac 1910-2005 Armand Bernardini 1895-1972 artist and cartoonist Ralph Soupault 1904-1962 Cardinal Alfred Baudrillart 1859-1942 and others. Many contributors to this publication were involved in the infamous right-wing and anti-Semitic periodical Le Cahier Jaune 1941-1943 published by André Chaumet. The content throughout include tirades against the Soviets International Communism Jews and many other entities. Numerous specific figures of the Soviet State are singled for direct attack. There are constant praises for the Nazis Fascism and the Franco regime as well as discussions of the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War among other related topics. Notable sections include a detailed analysis of prominent Jewish communists and Jewish Soviet figures including photo portraits and an analysis of so-called "Bolshevik Art" which in a similar way to the Nazi concept of "Degenerate art" labels works of the modern art and the 20th century avant-garde as being instruments of International Communism and the plots of nefarious Jewish art dealers to steal patrons' money. Shown are photogravure reporductions of works by Picasso Leger and others no credits.<br /> <br /> The text of the title refers to the infamous Katyn Massacre 1940 in which more than 20000 members of the Polish military and intelligentsia where executed by the soviet NKVD under the orders of Stalin. The dead were then buried in mass graves in the Katyn forest and later uncovered by the Nazis in 1943. News of the discovery was effectively used by the Germans as anti-Soviet propaganda in publications such as this warning against the dangers of Bolshevism. The final section of this publication addresses the massacre specifically and includes images of the mass graves. <br /> <br /> The back cover is a striking photographic image showing crosses in silhouette accompanied by a quote from French poet and essayist Charles Peguy. The interior front cover contains a full-page visual diagram showing the organization of the International Communist party inside France.<br /> <br /> Text throughout in French.<br /> <br /> Wrappers with some light rubbing creasing and chipping to extremities. Small residue from tape along the spine. Wrappers overall quite clean and vibrant. Save for the most minor age toning to the edges of the pages the interior is clean and vibrant throughout. Wrappers in very good- inteiror in near fine condition overall. Quite scarce. Protected in modern mylar. Bureau Central de Presse unknown
1980142611Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Archive of seven scripts for the 1982 film. Included is a first draft third draft and five undated drafts one of which appears under the working title "Carlotta: A Haunted Lady." Two scripts with holograph annotations present. From the estate of Frank De Felitta. <br/><br/>De Felitta was a screenwriter and novelist best known for his 1975 occult horror novel Audrey Rose which he also adapted into the screenplay for the 1977 film directed by Robert Wise and starring Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins.<br/><br/>Based on the 1978 novel by De Felitta about a real case of an alleged haunting in which a woman claimed the ghosts of three men were sexually assaulting her. De Felitta was present during the initial investigation by two parapsychologists one of whom also who served as a technical advisor on the film. Critics of the time dismissed the film but it has since become a well-regarded cult classic. <br/><br/>1st Draft Screenplay:<br/>Blue untitled wrappers with holograph pencil notation. Title page present dated September 25 1978 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Frank DeFelitta. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>3rd Draft:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present holograph pencil notation dated March 1980 noted as 3rd Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank DeFelitta. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 1:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank De Felitta. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 2:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank DeFelitta The Paul Kohner Michael Levy Agency producers Joe Wizan and Joyce Lukon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 3:<br/>Orange untitled wrappers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 4 Bound Internally<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank De Felitta. Holograph notation type over. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Carlotta: A Haunted Lady:<br/>Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank De Felitta and producers Joe Wizan and Joyce Lukon. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Scorsese The Dark Eleven. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19441356Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation 1944. Letter 292 x 232mm pp. distribution page title 1 2-198 mimeographed duplication rectos only. Final draft script for the 1945 film. Blue titled continuous card wrapper rubber stamped internal two brass brad binding though punched for three typed spine label. Noted as FINAL on the front wrapper copy number 190 dated April 5 1944. Perforated distribution page stamped copy number 190 bottom receipt removed. Title page present also dated April 5 1944 and noted as Final Script production number 944 and contribution credit to Anita Loos who was left uncredited for the film. Pages very good with a few pencil annotations throughout damp-staining to the bottom right not touching text wrappers with some splits and creasing.<br /> <br /> AND<br /> <br /> Letter 292 x 232mm pp. distribution page title 1 2-178 mimeographed duplication rectos only. Shooting final script for the 1945 film. Repurposed wartime conservation efforts decorative beige titled continuous card wrapper rubber stamped on a label covering a stamp for "The Purple Heart" internal two brass brad binding though punched for three. Noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper second revised final crossed out production number 944 copy number 121 dated May 1 1944. Perforated distribution page stamped copy number 121 bottom receipt removed. Title page present also dated May 1 1944 and noted as Shooting Final production number 944 and contribution credit to Anita Loos who was left uncredited for the film. Pages near fine with only the slightest toning wrapper with creasing short tears pencil marks and staining to the spine else very good. Ex-Richard Manney; Gene Hackman. Custom double cloth box for both scripts. Based on the classic coming of age novel by Betty Smith in early twentieth-century Brooklyn a bright book-loving girl navigates poverty and family hardship alongside her pragmatic mother and her charming but alcoholic father whose death forces the family to confront both grief and the sacrifices required for survival. Through resilience and reconciliation the family endures with the young heroine emerging stronger; symbolized by the tenement courtyard tree that as her father once promised refuses to die.<br /> <br /> Set in Brooklyn shot on set at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation unknown
1925149842Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. First Draft script for the 1925 film. <br/><br/>A roguish Eastern European woman is hired to help con a young heiress out of her wealth by holding fake seances with the heiress' long-dead father. Director Tod Browning was best known for his controversial masterpiece "Freaks" 1932 a quintessential film from both the perspective of horror and pre-Code film history revered by 20th century surrealists and given homage by Luis Bunuel in his film "Viridiana" 1961.<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 1520 dated 3/28/25. Title page integral with the first page of text dated March 28 1925 noted as First draft of continuity with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Approximately 120 leaves without page numbers. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1936149211Los Angeles: Hollywood Studio 1936. Final Shooting script for the 1936 film here under the working title "Murder in the Opera." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Based on the detective novel series created in 1925 by author Earl Derr Biggers. The 13th film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series to feature actor Warner Oland as the eponymous Honolulu detective. Widely considered to be the strongest entry in the series due to the casting of Boris Karloff as an amnesiac opera star involuntarily committed to a mental institution.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1936 with credits for screenwriters Scott Darling and Chas. S. Belden story credits to Bess Meredyth and novel credits to Earl Derr Biggers. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with one blue revision page dated 9/3/36. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Hollywood Studio unknown books
1933131380Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Second Script for the 1933 film. Rubber-stamped on the front wrapper "FILE COPY / RETURN TO SCRIPT DEPT. / PARAMOUNT STUDIO - HOLLYWOOD" and "1837 / MASTER FILE." The film's original title "Don't Call Me Madam" is present on the front wrapper crossed through with the new title "Tillie and Gus" written in holograph ink above it. <br/><br/>Based on a short story entitled "Don't Call Me Madame" by Rupert Hughes about Tillie and Gus Winterbottom Alisone Skipworth and W. C. Fields and their tribulations involving a deceased family member's inheritance. Even with the ensuing events including a riverboat race and a baby-toting bathtub that floats downstream reminiscent of Moses in a basket the film is remembered as one of Fields' "sleepers" one less punchy than others. "Tillie and Gus" was one of three pairings of Skipworth and Fields the others being "Six of a Kind" 1934 and "If I Had a Million" 1932. <br/><br/>Tall side stapled salmon self wrappers noted as SECOND SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy production No. 1837 dated March 10 1933 with credits for screenwriters Jones McNutt and Harris. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on salmon colored stock. Pages about Near Fine rear wrapper detached but present else wrappers Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
