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1963120562London: Tekli Film Productions / Animated Motion Pictures 1963. Final draft script for the 1963 film seen here under both the final title and the working title "The Yellow Golliwog." Director Robert Hartford-Davis' working copy with his manuscript ink and penciled annotations deletions and drawings throughout. Call sheet bound behind the back wrapper dated Friday 5th April 1963. <br /> <br /> A group of English school girls begin wearing yellow teddy bear pins on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Though instantly packaged at the time as a sexploitation film "The Yellow Teddybears" is very much a pre-Swinging London message picture. <br /> <br /> Set in England shot on location in London and Surrey England. <br /> <br /> Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated February 1963 noted as Final with credits for screenwriters Donald and Derek Ford. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 85. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound in a custom tall green titled spring-back binder. Tekli Film Productions / Animated Motion Pictures unknown
1975141945Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "The Shaggy D.A." seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones who played the role of Policeman #2 with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. The sequel to the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog" based on the 1923 Felix Salten novel "The Hound of Florence." <br/><br/>An attempt to followup "The Shaggy Dog" Disney's most profitable film to date "The Shaggy D.A." utilizes their successful "gimmick comedy" formula in which elements of the supernatural intrude into everyday suburban life. In this case that means Dean Jones and Susan Pleshette are back and Jones must again contend with turning into a large dog this time while running for office and having to prove that his political rival is connected to organized crime. Director Robert Stevenson's final film. <br/> <br/>Set in the fictional town of Medfield. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers noted as production No. 0144 dated May 14 1975 with credits for story writer Joe McEveety and screenplay writers Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued dated 6/24/75. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/2/75 and 7/15/75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1958161391N.p.: N.p. 1958. Shooting Final script for the 1958 film. 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 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 Anton Myrer's 1957 novel "The Big War" about three Marines on shore leave in San Francisco each faced with their own relationships and heartaches. <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 June 16 1958 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Edward Anhalt and novelist Anton Myrer. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/18/58 and 7/31/58 with twelve additional pink and blue revision pages bound in at the rear of the text. Faint foxing on the photograph edges else pages Near Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text.<br /> <br /> Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity.<br /> <br /> Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Seattle. <br /> <br /> Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown
168793N.p.: N.p. 1987. Archive of three original early Draft scripts for the 1989 film all three dated eleven to thirteen months prior to the commencement of the production in October of 1988.<br /> <br /> An internally duplicated Third Draft script dated September 1 1989 with the annotations of the title and an unknown crew member's illegible initials on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil annotations on eight pages one on the verso. Bound in following the script is a title page for a previous Third Draft script dated July 28 1987 with a copied "Received / Sep 2 1987 / Story Library" stamp on the bottom of the page.<br /> <br /> An internally duplicated Draft script dated September 25 1987 with the annotations of the title and date on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on nine pages including many of the same notes as on the previous draft. <br /> <br /> And an internally duplicated Third Draft script housed in a two-ring binder dated November 10 1987 with manuscript ink annotations on three pages. <br /> <br /> All three scripts with screenwriting credits for "RJ" Roland Joffé.<br /> <br /> Director and screenwriter Roland Joffé's epic historical war drama about the Manhattan Project and the development of the first atomic bomb starring Paul Newman as General Leslie Groves who directed the Manhattan Project and Dwight Schultz as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Mexico and San Francisco.<br /> <br /> Third Draft September 1 1987:<br /> Black untitled wrappers with the annotation of the title in white ink. Title page present dated September 1 1987 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter "RJ" Roland Joffé. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a prong binding.<br /> <br /> September 25 1987 Draft script:<br /> Blue untitled wrappers with the annotations of the title and September 25 1987 in black ink. Title page present dated September 25 1987 with credits for screenwriter "RJ" Roland Joffé. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a prong binding.<br /> <br /> Third Draft November 10 1987:<br /> Housed in a generic black untitled two-ring binder. Title page present dated November 10 1987 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter "RJ" Roland Joffé. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1938161373N.p.: N.p. 1938. Revised Draft script for the 1938 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board and with manuscript maker and color pencil annotations on 17 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 1936 play by John Monks Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe. Three cadets become friends at the Virginia Military Institute where they lightheartedly play pranks and break rules. Actor Eddie Albert's debut feature film and the set on which future husband and wife Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman would meet. <br /> <br /> Set at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington Virginia and shot there on location. <br /> <br /> Bound in maroon leather with gilt title on the front board and spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 5/9/38 with credits for playwrights John Monks Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoff and screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macauley. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with rear hinge starting. N.p. unknown
1949161389N.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 and his annotations in manuscript ink on the cast pages identifying actors. Ten 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 Norman Krasna's 1947 play. A returning GI marries his best friend's English girlfriend in order to get her into the US intending to divorce her shortly afterwards to allow her to marry his friend. He discovers soon afterwards however that his friend is already married leaving him stuck with his new bride.<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 playwright Norman Krasna and screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/29/48 and 2/23/48. Pages Near Fine binding Good moderately worn and toned on the leather. N.p. unknown
1978147155N.p.: N.p. 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Number." Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his extensive holograph pencil and ink annotations throughout.<br/><br/>Realizing that his family faces eviction due to a corrupt real estate deal a desperate inventor takes a police officer hostage in the hopes that news coverage of the event will allow him to expose the fraud. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Richmond Virginia. <br/><br/>Black untitled Suncrest Cinema wrappers. Title page present dated 7-7-78 noted as revised with credits for screenwriters Michael C. Varhol and Gregory P. Smith. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/16/78 and 8/1/78. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1949131899Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures 1949. Oversize vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph of director Samuel Fuller with the cast and crew of the 1949 film dated Nov. 24 1948. <br/><br/>Fuller's auspicious directorial debut one of three films he made for independent producer Robert Lippert before moving to Hollywood studios. An intense portrait of guilt and psychological torment the film based on the life of Robert Ford displays many of the hallmarks of the iconoclastic director's subsequent career. <br/><br/>20 x 15 inches. Very Good plus with a couple of small closed tears to the bottom edge. <br/><br/>Criterion Eclipse 5. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1960141435Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. <br /> <br /> Obsessed with the teenage trends of the time including going to the beach jazz music and progressive attitudes toward sex this film features a gang of high school students having fun at an amusement park including one harrassing a young woman. He then returns home to his single mother and contemplates his attitudes towards women and his relationships with them. <br /> <br /> Set in Zushi shot on location in Tokyo. <br /> <br /> White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Nikkatsu unknown
1968168099N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage oversize double weight satin-finish photographs of director Sergio Leone on the set of the 1968 Western film. Stamp of photographer Angelo Novi on the versos.<br /> <br /> The first installment in Leone's "Once Upon a Time" trilogy and a classic of the Western genre. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Mexico Spain Italy and in Arizona and Utah. <br /> <br /> 8.25 x 10.75 inches one with a wide left margin. Very Good plus slightly wavy.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Pitts 2898. Schrader 49. N.p. unknown
1961143580Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Caralan Productions 1961. Draft script for the 1961 British horror film here under the working title "The Lady is a Snake" with the release title in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Though made in the UK the film was a US co-production and this is a US draft of the script noting the US production company Playstar Productions on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> A doctor injects his pregnant wife with snake venom causing her to give birth to a snake woman who grows up to terrorize the local town. <br /> <br /> Set in Victorian England. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Orville H. Hampton. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph Pages Fine. Front wrapper detached. Now encapsulated in mylar else Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. United Artists / Caralan Productions unknown
1962149451Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick and cinematographer Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film. With holograph annotations on the verso regarding layout.<br/><br/>A stunning photo of both Kubrick and legendary cinematographer Morris the latter whose achievements apart from "Lolita" include "Oliver Twist 1948 "Moulin Rouge" 1952 "Moby Dick" 1956 "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965 "Fiddler on the Roof" 1971 and "The Man Who Would Be King" 1975.<br/><br/>Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 masterpiece about a man's all-consuming and destructive romantic desire for a prepubescent girl. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Albany and the Adirondacks in New York Newport and Westerly in Rhode Island and Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire in England.<br/><br/>14 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and a shallow crease along the right edge.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
158230Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1988. Second Draft script for the 1989 film.<br /> <br /> Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. A languid provocative chamber piece exploring intimacy and desire revolving around a husband John his wife Ann Ann's sister Cynthia and John's old drifter friend Graham who use Graham's own peculiar fetish videotape to mediate their feelings. <br /> <br /> Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. <br /> <br /> White untitled Outlaw Production wrappers. Title page present dated 21 FEB 88 noted as second draft with credits for screenwriter Steven Soderberg. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. Leading Artists Inc unknown
133217New York: Warner Brothers 1996. First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film boldly signed by Oliver Stone based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber which was in turn based on Rice and Webber's 1976 concept album following the brief life of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron from her impoverished illegitimate beginnings to her later idolatry. The film went through many iterations of production passing between studios and directors with Parker returning to direct in 1994 after having initially rejected the opportunity in 1979. Warner Brothers unknown
163356N.p.: N.p. 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script are three blue pages dated February 14 1992 noted as "Casting."<br /> <br /> Based on John Grisham's 1991 novel about a promising young lawyer who begins to untangle a web of violence and secrecy at his new law firm. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Memphis Tennessee in Cambridge and Boston Massachusetts in Mt. Baker Washington in Marion Arkansas in Washington DC and in the Cayman Islands.<br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present dated November 2 1992 with credits for novelist Grisham and screenwriters Robert Towne and David Rayfiel. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/92 and 2/14/93. Pages Very Good plus lightly toned on the fore-edges bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
167216New York: Golden Eagle Productions 1977. Revised script for the 1977 Broadway play which premiered on May 11 1977 at the St. James Theater. Inscribed by an unidentified owner on the title page: "To Alex / For the celebration of his rescue and life / Love / Justin / 7/10/81." <br /> <br /> A semi-autobiographical play set in the 1930s in a run-down boarding house in New Orleans' French Quarter where a troubled gay writer struggles to find fulfillment in his relationships with his eccentric fellow boarders. Although the short-lived play closed after a mere five performances it has since been restaged numerous times. <br /> <br /> Beige titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present dated 3/18/77 noted as REV. with credit for Tennessee Williams. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three staples. Golden Eagle Productions unknown
1969141454Tokyo: Toei 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Text in Japanese. With annotations throughout in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>High demand for tattooed geishas by foreigners leads to a formidable production line of ladies receiving tattoos in order to please European men. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Toei unknown books
1922141774Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1922. Draft script for the 1922 film. The film is now considered lost. <br/><br/>Tess Wanda Hawley is a social climber who is neglected by her hardworking husband David Edward Hearn. She decides to go on a date with ex-suitor Arthur Sinclair Casson Ferguson to a casino which is robbed while they are there. Her rings are taken and she lies to her husband but looks like a fool when the rings turn up at the police station. She writes a letter to Sinclair explaining everything but the letter falls into the hands of her housekeeper who sells it to the gang leader who robbed the casino who blackmails Tess for $15000. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers with credits for screenwriters Will Payne and Percy Heath. Title page integral with front wrapper. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970149980Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1971 film printed in a striking blue and fluorescent pink.<br/><br/>Half-Navajo Vietnam veteran Green Beret and hapkido master Billy Jack defends the peace-loving free-thinking Freedom School from intolerant and bigoted locals. Originally unable to find distribution director screenwriter and star Tom Laughlin booked the film into theatres himself and the film's mixture of radical politics and action struck a chord with viewers eventually becoming the second highest grossing film of the year. The second of four "Billy Jack" films preceded by "The Born Losers" 1967 and followed by "The Trial of Billy Jack" 1974 and "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" 1976 all directed by and starring Laughlin and co-written and co-starring his wife Delores Taylor. <br/><br/>Set in Arizona shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and California. <br/><br/>82 x 24 inches. Rolled. About Near Fine with no restoration some rubbing and light scratches and some very light soiling on margins otherwise quite bright and unfaded. Warner Brothers unknown books
1959143239Tokyo: Toho Company 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film crediting Masahiro Makino as the director who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi originally released in 1937 as two parts <br/>"Saga of the Vagabonds Part One Tiger Wolf" and "Saga of the Vagabonds Part Two Forward at Dawn." Toshiro Mifune plays a feudal bandit accused of stealing money he was entrusted and assembles a revenge party to storm the family castle and attack his brother who betrayed him. Kurosawa would serve as 3rd assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa for both films and go on to write the latter screenplay previously penned by Sadao Yamanaka. <br/><br/>Set in Japan's Edo period. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered f-16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on paper edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Toho Company unknown books
140948777Rangeley ME: Transnational Network for Appropriate / Alternative Technologies 1988. Very Good. Collection of 40 issues spanning ten years of the quarterly newsletter directory "of by and for those individuals and groups around the world who are actively developing Appropriate/Alternative Technologies." Each issue approx 8-16 pp printed in black or red-brown. Quarto unbound layered broadside sheets folded in half. Overall Very Good with toning light wear and mailing label to each issue. Subscription creases and/or staple marks or tape to most issues. Letter soliciting subscriptions in original envelope laid in. Includes issues nos. 7-11 13-32 40-50 and 52-55.<br /> <br /> <p>William Ellis ended his career as a science policy consultant for UNESCO and the World Bank in order to promote economic and scientific innovations that would reduce global inequality. He was part of a growing movement that rejected the autocratic international development tactics of wealthy countries and pivoted toward community land trusts peer lending and green growth. Participants from around the world wanted a way to stay in touch that steered clear of UN-style centralized bureaucracy. Ellis later wrote:<br /> <br /> <p>"So I agreed that if people would send me their information I would abstract it in a newsletter-directory just saying so-and-so had built a windmill with such-and-such characteristics. I would include the name and address and contact information so that anyone could get in touch directly with the person who developed the technology for details and assistance."<br /> <br /> <p>The Transnational Network for Appropriate / Alternative Technologies ran from 1976 to 1999 by which time online message boards and emails had rendered the printed newsletter superfluous. The subscriber to these issues was Bill Hill on behalf of the Library for Social and Technological Alternatives the materials collection of the Berkeley-based nonprofit Village Design. These forty newsletters are a fascinating compendium of ideas experiments and successes from thousands of organizations working for social and environment justice. Transnational Network for Appropriate / Alternative Technologies unknown
1948135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. <br/><br/>Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. <br/><br/>Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1901142546Wisconsin: Walter Barnsdale 1901. Vintage US one sheet lithographic poster for the 1901 documentary film short. <br /> <br /> One of the earliest silent documentary film shorts created by early Wisconsin film pioneer Walter Barnsdale who traveled around the state screening some of the first films ever made including "Prison Bars" a film featuring the Wright Brothers and a Western starring sharpshooter Buffalo Bill. Touring with an electronic lamp house and a portable gasoline-powered electric power supply of his own invention he found great success with his traveling show until stationery theaters made his business model obsolete in 1917. From a nearly-forgotten era of film history his name innovations and films have largely been lost. <br /> <br /> Set in Wisconsin's Waupun Prison and shot there on location where Barnsdale had arranged to film the lives of inmates in exchange for screening entertainment for the them. An especially bright attractive copy of this piece of early film history and an uncommonly detailed artifact from the height of stone lithography poster advertisements. One of the earliest documentary motion picture ads we have ever seen in remarkable condition. Created by the US Lithograph Company Russel-Morgan Print. <br /> <br /> 42 x 28 inches rolled. Two light creases else Fine. Walter Barnsdale unknown
1938161395N.p.: N.p. 1938. Final script for the 1939 film seen on the title page under its working title "Broadway Cavalier." Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> A fight promoter cons a country bumpkin into the boxing ring by telling the young man that the increased exposure will help him find his long-lost mother. Based on a story by Dalton Trumbo.<br /> <br /> Bound in red cloth with red quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 11/14/38 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay and director Lou Seiler. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/25/38 and 12/17/38. Pages about Fine binding Very Good with front hinge starting. N.p. unknown
