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160816N.p.: Crossbow Productions 1980. Three vintage oversize printed set illustrations and one original graphite set illustration from the 1981 film. Two printed illustrations stamped with a Crossbow Productions title block crediting production designer Harold Michelson and art director Norm Newberry on the bottom right corners of the rectos.<br /> <br /> The oversize printed illustrations depict two grand designs for the Roman Empire sequence and one for the French Revolution sequence while the graphite illustration depicts a design for the Temple of Eros sequence. <br /> <br /> An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and "Jacques le gar on de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space."<br /> <br /> Printed illustrations: 42.5 x 26 inches to 44.25 x 28.25 inches. Folded horizontally and vertically. About Near Fine overall.<br /> <br /> Graphite illustration: 16.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with a chip at the top left corner.<br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Crossbow Productions unknown
1985143638US: Cannon Films 1985. Draft script and archive for the 1986 film belonging to actor Lainie Kazan who played Sylvia in the film with her holograph annotations throughout and various other ephemera including call sheets cast and crew lists two thumbnail sized photographs of her in character and 16 additional revised script pages with occasional handwritten annotations. <br/><br/>Most significantly included is a handwritten notebook containing Kazan's notes on her character's background motivation reactions and relationships to other characters. While we occasionally to see working scripts such as the one offered here with actor's annotations this kind of separate in-depth character work is rare. <br/><br/>Lainie Kazan is an Emmy and Tony Award nominated actor and singer perhaps best known to mainstream audiences for playing Nia Vardalos' mother is the surprise 2002 hit "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." <br/><br/>In a decade of big loud jingoistic action films B-movie impressarios Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus made if certainly not the biggest and loudest then perhaps the most jingoistic one of the era. Chuck Norris in a role that would define his pre-"Walker Texas Ranger" career plays the leader of an elite counter-terrorism strike force based on the eponymous real-life US military unit tasked with rescuing hostages and eliminating the Islamist terrorists who have hijacked an Israeli airline. Loosely "inspired" by the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 the previous year. The great Lee Marvin's last film and the basis for one theatrical sequel starring Chuck and a second direct-to-video sequel starring his son Mike Norris. <br/><br/>Set in Greece Lebanon Algeria and Israel shot on location in Israel with the assistance of the Israeli military who provided the planes and vehicles. <br/><br/>Script: Title page present dated August 15 1985 with credits for screenwriters Jim Bruner and Menahem Golan. 252 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rainbow script with revision pages throughout dated variously between 18/8/85 and 15 SEPT/85. Pages Near Fine lacking the wrappers. <br/><br/>Notebook: 25 pages of handwritten annotations in a generic spiral bound notebook with card wrappers. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Call sheets and other material: Near Fine to Very Good plus. <br/><br/>All material housed in a generic blue two pocket three ring binder. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow 921. Cannon Films unknown books
1954142898Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's presentation copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br/><br/>An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." <br/><br/>Set in France in the year 1461. <br/><br/>Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957142897Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Second Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Director Michael Curtiz's presentation copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br/><br/>A highly fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of Prohibition era torch singer/actress Helen Morgan. This film marked Curtiz's return to Warner Bros since leaving in 1954 due to a salary dispute. Ever since Morgan's death Warner Bros wanted to make a film biography though struggled to find an actress and continuously in development. Working titles included "Why Was I Born" "Both Ends of the Candle" and as printed in this copy "The Jazz Age." Many female actresses auditioned including Doris Day who rejected due to her squeaky clean image. Blyth was chosen for her dramatic ability even though her singing voice was akin to Morgan's. Gogi Grant would supply the singing voice dubbed over Blyth. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location in Burbank CA. <br/><br/>Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 1/29/57 with credits for screenwriter Nelson Gidding. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/57 and 3/8/57. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
170262Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film. Second generation Xerographic copy internally produced with MGM card wrappers and blue revision pages.<br /> <br /> Based on William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson's 1967 novel. A key science fiction film reinvigorating the genre on screen and paving the way for "Star Wars" the following year. Winner of the Academy Award for Special Achievement and nominated for two others including Best Cinematography. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Dallas Fort Worth and Houston Texas.<br /> <br /> White titled MGM wrappers dated March 3 1975 with credits for director Michael Anderson and screenwriter David Zelag Goodman. Title page present dated March 3 1975 with credits for Anderson and Goodman. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 12 and 13 1975. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1974149870France: Les Films du Jeudi / Gaumont 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs one double weight of Jane Birkin from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>A liquor salesman Jean Carmet makes up stories to obscure his pathetic life in order to succeed at both business and with women until he meets Jane Birkin. <br/><br/>12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and wear at the extremities. Les Films du Jeudi / Gaumont unknown books
1949161369N.p.: N.p. 1949. Draft script for the 1949 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Five 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 /> An unsuccessful comedian falls for an aspiring showgirl and-in an attempt to impress her parents-tells everyone that he has been cast as the lead in a major Broadway show. <br /> <br /> Set in New York.<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 undated with credits for screenwriters Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/21/49 and 9/19/49. Pages Very Good plus binding Good with light offsetting on the endpapers moderate foxing on the boards and spine toned and chipped. N.p. unknown
1968147160Unknown: Unknown 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution and a rare for its time discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic Koreans in Japanese society. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 035. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered h-8. Mimeographed rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 798. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Unknown unknown books
163896Hollywood: Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2003 film. Working copy belonging to director and producer Neil LaBute annotated throughout bound in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including handwritten shot sequences color photos contact sheets shooting and post-production schedules and location and vendor lists. <br /> <br /> Laid in with the binder are three borderless wardrobe test photographs of actor Paul Rudd in costume an additional white set of revision pages a manuscript shot breakdown in LaBute's hand and three xerographically duplicated images of Rudd with a prosthetic neck. Laid into the front of the binder is a full-page newspaper advertisement for LaBute's play.<br /> <br /> Based on the 2001 play written by LaBute. A pitch-black comedy about a frumpy literature major whose personality and appearance begins to change as he is wooed by a beautiful graduate art student. <br /> <br /> Title page present dated December 12 2001 with credit for LaBute. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between January 21 and February 8 2002. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures unknown
1969145326N.p.: n.p. 1969. Early Draft script though noted as a "Final Draft screenplay" for the 1971 film dated two years prior to its release. The number "283" is annotated in faded manuscript ink at the top right corner of the title page.<br /> <br /> A young woman receives an obscene phone call and becomes obsessed with the anonymous caller trying to track him down. An important slightly experimental X-rated comedy that is ground zero in the history early 1970s sexual climate in America predicting the more conventional porn chic that would land with the release of "Deep Throat" the following year.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> Maroon titled studio duplicating leather wrappers. Title page present dated June 25 1969 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Nelson Lyon. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated 10/8/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some soil bound with two gold screws.<br /> <br /> Vinegar Syndrome 7. n.p. unknown
1967118801Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation 1967. First Draft script for the 1968 film here under its working title "The Crown Caper." INSCRIBED on the title page by director and producer Norman Jewison: "To - / With regards / Norman Jewison." Written for the screen by Alan R. Trustman and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. <br/><br/>At or near the top of a distinguished and polished pile of heist films from the late 1960s that combined humor style and suspense and the film that was the first to employ split-screen imagery a technique devised by the film's editor Hal Ashby who would soon become a prominent director. This particular heist film is of the variety where the heist is loaded up front with the majority of the film devoted to its aftermath. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song "The Windmills of Your Mind" by composer Michel Legrand Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and nominated for Best Original Score. <br/><br/>Yellow wrappers with no titles on the front wrapper. Title page present with a date of March 10 1967 stated "2nd DRAFT SCREENPLAY" and with credits for screenwriter Trustman and producer-director Jewison. 94 leaves mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a quarter-leather custom clamshell box.<br/><br/>Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation unknown books
1988146526Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. Lined revised final draft script for the 1989 film in leather presentation binding belonging to editor Louis Lombardo with name in gilt on front board title in gilt on front board and spine. Signed on upper right of wrapper by editor Tony Gibbs in holograph red ink. Copious holograph annotations on nearly every page regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Two page ribbon copy memo signed from director Norman Jewison to Lombardo dated June 26/89 following the final page of the script in which Jewison breaks down six key scenes he feels need reediting after previewing the film.<br/><br/>Jewison and Lombardo previously worked together on 1987's hugely successful multiple Academy Award winning "Moonstruck" and 1989's "The January Man." They would work together again on 1991's "Other People's Money."<br/><br/>From the estate of Lou Lombardo. Provenance available upon request.<br/><br/>Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Bobbie Ann Mason about the effect of the Vietnam War on a small Kentucky town centering on a teenager whose father was killed in the war and who seeks to find out more about his life. Bruce Willis plays her guardian and seemingly laid-back uncle a Vietnam vet suffering from PTSD.<br/><br/>Set in the fictional town of Hopewell Kentucky and shot on location in Kentucky Lexington Mayfield Paducah and in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Black leather binding with title in gilt on front board and spine and Louis Lombardo in gilt on lower right of front board with glossy black endpapers and label crediting California Bookbinding of Hollywood. Blue titled front wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated June 16 1988 with credits for screenwriter Frank Pierson and novelist Bobbie Ann Mason. Approximately 320 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos with blue pink yellow green and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/10/88 and 10/2/88. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good plus memo ribbon copy Near Fine leather binding Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1947140755Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Archive of seven vintage single and double weight fashion publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Mimeograph snipe on the verso of a few photos notes the Jean Louis clothing designs for the film. Photographers' rubber stamp also to the versos. <br/><br/>Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Surreal and visually stunning The Lady from Shanghai tells a quintessential film noir tale of moral chaos reaching its climax with a shootout in an abandoned hall of mirrors. <br/><br/>The collection features photographs of leading lady Rita Hayworth in various stylish outfits and sporting the controversial short blonde hairstyle that soon-to-be ex-husband Orson Welles forced her to accept for the role. <br/><br/>Robert Coburn who photographed all but one of the images in this collection was one of the most influential portrait photographers employed by movie studios from the 1930s to 1960s with his most famous portraits immortalizing Hollywood's greatest icons and helping to define the era as the Golden Age of Cinema. In 1940 Coburn began a twenty-year career with Columbia Pictures as the head of the still production department and the studio's chief portrait photographer for many landmark films including "Picnic" "Gilda" and "The Big Heat."<br/><br/>Set in California New York and Mexico and shot there on location. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. <br/><br/>Grant US Classic Noir. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver & Ward Classic Noir. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1941134897Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills linen backed as issued one still with a mimeo snipe on the verso the other with the RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles smoking a pipe and smiing signing his "declaration" with advisors Jedediah Leland Joseph Cotten and Mr. Bernstein Everett Sloane. The second still shows Kane as an old man looking on as his young bride Dorothy Comingore completes a giant jigsaw puzzle at a table. <br/><br/>Both stills 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1935161402N.p.: N.p. 1935. Final script for the 1935 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board and his annotations in manuscript ink on the distribution page identifying actors. <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 depressed musical promoter discovers a porter with a talent for singing and signs the man to a contract with success following shortly thereafter. Choreography by Busby Berkeley and Bobby Connolly. <br /> <br /> Bound in full maroon cloth with gilt titles on the front board and spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 8/7/35 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director William Keighley and screenwriters Jerry Wald and Julius Epstein. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/16/35 and 9/4/35. Pages Near Fine binding about Near Fine with a small scuff on the front board. N.p. unknown
1986141419Beverly Hills CA: Orion 1986. Fourth Draft script for the 1987 film. Copying belonging to actor Stephen Berrier who played Roosevelt one of the scientists responsible for transforming police officer Alex Murphy into The Future of Law Enforcement. With Berrier's name character name and signature in holograph ink on the title page and holograph annotations relating to his scenes throughout. Also included are nine call sheets dated between 8/12/86 and 9/19/86 for Berrier's scenes an invitation to a cast and crew screening to the film and a color film still photograph featuring Berrier in a scene from the film. <br/><br/>One of the best action films of the 1980s "Robocop" also functions as a pitch black satire on consumer culture corporate greed and cinematic violence. Director Verhoeven's first major success in Hollywood followed three years later by the equally great "Total Recall." Nominated for two Academy Awards. Followed by two sequels in 1990 and 1993 and a 2014 remake. <br/><br/>Set in future Detroit shot in present day Dallas. <br/><br/>Included with the script are several "Robocop" collectibles from the very 1980s attempt to market a gratuitously violent R-rated film property to children which spawned comic books action figures video games and an animated series. Included here is a copy of issue #1 of Marvel Comics 1990-1992 "Robocop" series two unopened "Robocop and the Ultra Police" Robocop action figures with "rapid repeat cap firing" and two unopened packets of eight Robocop "Thank You" cards playing on the film character's famed line "Thank you for your cooperation."<br/><br/>Finally included is a 24 x 12 inch movie poster printed on foam core standee-style for use in a movie theatre. <br/><br/>Script: Blue untitled wrappers with the title in holograph marker on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 10 1986 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriters Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner producers Jon Davidson and Anre Schmidt and director Paul Verhoeven. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication with yellow pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/11/86 and 8/19/86. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Comic has a small bit of cello tape to the front wrapper else Near Fine. Collectibles Near Fine. Poster Very Good plus with slight curl and light edgewear. <br/><br/>Carlson and Connlly "Destroy All Movies." Clover "Men Women and Chainsaws." Criterion Collection 23. Grant US. Orion unknown books
1991150368Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1991. Revised Draft script for the classic 1991 film comedy with rainbow revisions. <br/><br/>Two metalhead best friends who run a no-budget public cable television show find their lives turned around when a sleazy producer purchases the rights to their show for his prime time network. Based on a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch originated by Mike Myers the film proved a critical and commercial success shaping the slang of the 1990s and perhaps even more importantly creating the most beloved lip-syncing scene of the twentieth century. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location throughout Chicago and the Chicago suburbs including Cicero Aurora Berwyn and Covina and in San Francisco Inglewood Cerritos West Covina and Los Angeles California and Scottsdale and Mesa Arizona.<br/><br/>Gray pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 05 1991 noted as Rev. with credits for screenwriters Mike Myers Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 31 1991 and August 05 1991. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a faint partial ring stain on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
165397Universal City: Universal Studios / Mirisch 1979. Archive of material from the 1979 film including a final script and a wealth of production documents. Archive belonging to uncredited costuming crew member Jane Hamilton with her name in manuscript ink on several leaves.<br /> <br /> Archive includes a map additional revision pages shooting schedules contact sheets transport and lodging information and call sheets as well as Hamilton's extensive manuscript material relating to costuming fittings and actor measurements.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope. The sixth adaptation of Hope's classic story with Peter Sellers starring in a triple role as the king of Ruritania the king's father and the cab driver enlisted to stand in for the king during the coronation. Soundtrack by Henry Mancini. <br /> <br /> Set in the fictional land of Ruritania and shot on location in Austria. <br /> <br /> Script and production documents housed together in a black three-ring binder. Brown untitled front wrapper with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Screenplay and production No. 02106 undated with credits for screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between August 3 and July 25 1978. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Universal Studios / Mirisch unknown
1971144452London: Hammer Films 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 British horror film here under the working title "Blood Will Have Blood." With holograph annotations throughout that include additions to description and changes in dialogue. <br/><br/>A classic from the Hammer canon and the last film Hammer made in conjunction with Anglo-EMI about a widowed aristocrat who keeps his two teenage children captive fearing that they may have inherited a curse from their mother who recently killed herself. Complete with blood letting incest demonic possession and a series of mysterious murders in the nearby woods.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire and East Sussex England. <br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present noted as Copy No. 47 in black holograph ink dated "Revised 12th July 1971" with a credit for screenwriter Christopher Wicking. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout some with a type font different from the standard Roneograph style dated variously between 21.7.71 and 23.8.71. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Hammer Films unknown books
1967171326Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Noted as copy No. 24 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper with additional annotations in manuscript pencil noting "basis of final." <br /> <br /> Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. <br /> <br /> Black wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with a Warner Brothers - Seven Arts Story Department stamp dated March 30 1967 with credits for Haase director Richard Lester and screenwriter Larry Marcus. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1919137299Jacksonville FL: Norman Film Studios 1919. Original US one sheet poster for the 1919 silent film like all of the Norman Studio films featuring an all-African American cast and marketed to African-American movie theaters. <br/><br/>Norman Studios produced eight silent films between 1915 and 1928 one of over 30 film studios that operated in Jacksonville Florida during this era. All but one of the Norman Studio films including "The Green-Eyed Monster" are now lost with the sole exception being "The Flying Ace" 1926. The advent of sound as well as the increasing centralization of filmmaking in Hollywood led to the studio ceasing production after "Black Gold" in 1928. The studio's facilities in Jacksonville were restored and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016. <br/><br/>The film's story centers on a passionate love triangle intercut with a vicious competition between two train companies to land a high-dollar mail contract. As with this poster Norman went to great lengths to advertise the expense of the film's action sequences including a rescue from burning car fist fights a pistol duel an abduction a locomotive chase and a violent train wreck that purportedly cost $80000. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Rolled Very Good only. Norman Film Studios unknown books
158138Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Archive of three draft scripts for the 1981 film including a First Draft script a Final Draft script and a "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script for the 1981 film dated between June 29 1979 and February 13 1981. The first two drafts are under the working title "Family Dream." Two of the three scripts show an annotation in manuscript ink amending the film's title on title page. <br /> <br /> A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life.<br /> <br /> Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington.<br /> <br /> First Draft:<br /> <br /> Under the title "Family Dream." Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated June 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Final Draft:<br /> <br /> Under the title "Family Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated September 21 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Roger L. Simon and Lonne Elder III. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script:<br /> <br /> Under the working title "Richard Pryor's New Movie Formerly: Family Dream." Salmon titled wrappers noted as Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes on the front wrapper dated February 13 1981. Title page present dated February 13 1981 noted as Second Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story by Richard Pryor. With pink and blue revision leaves throughout. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 2/13/81 and 2/18/81. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1955133197Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak in conference with director Otto Preminger on the set of "The Man with the Golden Arm" in the fall of 1955. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. SIGNED by Willoughby on the verso along his ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. <br /> <br /> After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. <br /> <br /> In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Selby US. United Artists unknown
1959159781Los Angeles: Meridian Productions 1959. Four draft screenplays for the 1959-1960 television series. Copies belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper of two scripts. All four episodes directed by Robert Altman then only just beginning his directorial career. Rare.<br /> <br /> Collection includes one Final Draft script for episode two one Final Draft script for episode four one Revised Final Draft script for episode 17 and one Final Draft script for episode 22. Laid in with the screenplay for episode two is a master shooting schedule laying out filming locations from May 21 to May 25 1959. <br /> <br /> "The Troubleshooters" followed a construction team as they traveled the world for different jobs headed by two engineers-one older gruff and grizzled the other young well-educated and soft-spoken. The series was canceled after a single season with 26 episodes produced in total. <br /> <br /> Episode two script "Disaster" here under the working title "The Law and the Profits":<br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 107 dated May 5 1959 with credits for director Robert Altman producer Allen Rivkin and screenwriters William Kendall Clarke and Paul Gangelin. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 23 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated May 5. Pages Fine wrapper About Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Episode four script "The Lower Depths":<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 121 dated May 18 1959 with credits for director Robert Altman producer Allen Rivkin and screenwriter Ward Wood. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/22. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Episode 17 script "Harry Maru":<br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 112 dated May 26 1959 with credits for director Robert Altman producer Allen Rivkin and screenwriter Jack Natteford. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 29 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 6/4. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Episode 22 script "The Town That Wouldn't Die": <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 112 dated May 26 1959 with credits for director Robert Altman producer and screenwriter Allen Rivkin and screenwriter Robert Presnell Sr. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Meridian Productions unknown
170654Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures / American Zoetrope 1993. First Revised Draft and Second Revised Draft for the 1994 film. Both scripts with printed drawings taken from Berni Wrightson's illustrated edition of Shelley's novel published by Dodd Mead in 1983 interspersed throughout. Second Revised Draft with annotations in manuscript ink on two leaves denoting page numbers. <br /> <br /> Widely considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Mary Shelley's classic 1818 novel featuring director Kenneth Branagh as Victor Frankenstein and Robert De Niro as his creation. <br /> <br /> First Revised Draft:<br /> <br /> Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 18 1993 noted as 1ST REVISED DRAFT with credits for Shelley and screenwriters Steph Lady and Frank Darabont. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Second Revised Draft:<br /> <br /> Blue generic TriStar wrappers. Title page present dated February 8 1993 noted as 2nd Revised Draft with credits for Shelley and screenwriters Steph Lady and Frank Darabont. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures / American Zoetrope unknown
