James Poe (screenwriter)Biblio.com
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1974141550Los Angeles: Kranze/Birdt Productions 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Note laid in from producer Marvin Birdt to screenwriter Jim Poe dated 9/30/74 simply stating "When you calm down - call me." <br /> <br /> A former US Marine is called out of retirement by an old friend who takes him to a rich man in Florida who wants to employ the Marine to destroy a ham radio and recover a wall hanging. <br /> <br /> Set in Florida and Cuba. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Kranze/Birdt Productions unknown
1966161875N.p.: Times Films 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 Brazilian film. Provenance stamp on a label on the verso obscuring a previous provenance stamp. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1960 novel "Asfalto Selvagem" by Nelson Rodrigues. Since childhood Lollipop has been in love with her orphaned cousin Silvio who was raised as a member of her family. When Silvio announces his engagement to Lollipop's cousin Leticia Lollipop decides to seduce Silvio at his engagement party.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with several pinholes to the margins and a faint crease to the bottom right corner. Times Films unknown
1972132630California: National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates 1972. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the US release of the 1970 French-Italian-German film. Title layovers affixed to the rectos over the original titles. <br /> <br /> Based on a novel by French writer Francis Ryck aka Yves Delville about a woman who kills her husband under the suspicion of infidelity when in reality the man was a secret agent. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates unknown
1951148360N.p.: N.p. 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs with narrow margins from the 1951 film. All with "Archives Maurice Bessy" labels two with provenance stampa of film historian "Maurice Bessy" and one with Italian mimeo snipe on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1946 novel by Rumer Godden who adapted it for the screen with Renoir. The film's crew included Satyajit Ray who worked as an assistant director on the film after meeting Renoir. Ray's longtime cinematographer Subrata Mitra also worked on the film and the two would come to international attention four years later with "Pather Panchali."<br /> <br /> "The River" an international co-production distributed by United Artists concerns three young girls two British one Indian in Bengal who become infatuated with an ex-soldier who comes into their lives. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in India. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1965149469New York: Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Three theatre bigwigs discuss their most recent project prominently featuring aspiring actress Liz Adams who has slept her way to the top of the Broadway money chain.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in New York. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn to the bottom right corner. Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown
1964137635Hollywood: Paul Kohner Inc 1964. Draft agency script for the an uproduced film called "A Thousand Several Tongues" written by Jeremy Fey whose film credits include three episodes of the 1976-1977 television series "ABC Afterschool Specials" his job being Productions Assistant. Agency copy with the address imprint and label present from the Paul Kohner Inc. agency in Hollywood. Copy belonging to agency representative Ilse Lahn with her name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and on the address label on the title page. Lahn's other film credits include "The Man from Planet X" 1951 "The Neanderthal Man" 1953 "Murder Is My Beat" 1955 and "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll" 1957 all credits as Associate Producer. <br /> <br /> A story set in Hollywood involving an elderly thief his granddaughter gambling and a jolt of hard-boiled language. <br /> <br /> Yellow wrappers. Title page present undated with a credit for screenwriter Fey. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown
1974141118N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Letter stapled to the front wrapper from a publicity agent addressed to Paul Kohner agent Arnold Stiefel urging him to enlist Jan Troell as director for the film. <br /> <br /> An unconventional young woman moves west from Boston becoming a successful prostitute on the frontier.<br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Jerome C. Small. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jerome C. Small. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1965146545N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for the 1965 Yugoslavian made-for-television film first aired on November 15 1965. With a few manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting deletions and grammatical revisions. Text in English. <br /> <br /> An aging actor recalls his experiences twenty years earlier during World War II in particular remembering an older artist nicknamed "Maestro" who encouraged him to pursue his dream of acting.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Warsaw.<br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Jerzy Antczak and story credits to Zdzislaw Skowronski. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rusting on the front wrapper likely from a paper clip bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1985143917N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A depiction of the struggles of two US soldiers after returning home from the Vietnam War. <br /> <br /> Copper untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Jesse Wolf. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1963132730London: Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited 1963. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1963 UK film. <br /> <br /> Noted director Joan Littlewood's first film credit after more than 15 years working at the Theatre Workshop an avant garde theatre she co-founded. This film centers around Charlie who returns home to find it demolished and his wife shacked up with a local bus driver. A scathing but poignant look at the real life in the East End. <br /> <br /> A story shot on location in and around London. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited unknown
1975147070Venice CA: Capricorn Productions 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script and another on the first page of text noting an editorial revision. <br /> <br /> The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in 1944 and must convince the wary townspeople that he is Chinese in order to avoid persecution.<br /> <br /> Set in the American Midwest. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for screenwriter Joe Ravetz. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Capricorn Productions unknown
1997146408Los Angeles: The Producers Entertainment Group 1997. Draft script for the 1998 television film which originally aired August 30 1998 on Showtime.<br /> <br /> Based on the novel "Sorrow Floats" the second book in Tim Sandlin's GroVont series. A suicidal alcoholic woman decides to leave her small Wyoming hometown to help two bumbling men move a trailer full of illegal beer across the country.<br /> <br /> Set in Wyoming shot on location in Vancouver BC. <br /> <br /> White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 19 1997 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Tim Sandlin. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Producers Entertainment Group unknown
1974147278St. Albans: Tillman Trevone Productions 1974. Final draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> John Briley Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" adapts his 1968 Vietnam War novel "The Traitors" released in England in 1971 as "How Sleep the Brave."<br /> <br /> Five soldiers ambushed by the Vietcong are taken to a camp where they are indoctrinated by an American defector who persuades two of the soldiers that America's cause is immoral and unjust. Not to be confused with the 1981 film by Lindsay Shonteff. <br /> <br /> Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 1974 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and novelist John Briley. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Tillman Trevone Productions unknown
1970147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. <br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world."<br /> <br /> Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
1966131621Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 film. Both are reference photographs featuring director Frankenheimer on the set: one from a scene at the beach with his shooting crew the other in a social setting with the film's star Rock Hudson. <br /> <br /> Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1971161644N.p.: Cambist Films 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1968 novel "Lie a Little Die a Little" by Michael Brett. The misadventures of a slobbish private detective hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder who gets mixed up in sex and blackmail.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown
1974161912N.p.: Premier Releasing Organization 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Gloria Grahame stars as Mama a black widow who with the aid of her conniving daughters marries for money and leaves the husbands pushing up daisies.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Premier Releasing Organization unknown
1963145423Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1963 film. <br /> <br /> Based on Philip MacDonald's 1959 novel. A star-studded film about a former intelligence officer who receives a list of eleven names all people who have died under mysterious circumstances. <br /> <br /> Set in London shot on location in Ireland and England. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1972140774Madrid Spain: The Monovox Company 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead her friends become concerned with who killed her and who is stalking them. <br /> <br /> Set in Madrid. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Melson and author Ryan Anderson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound in a spring binder. The Monovox Company unknown
1957137347Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Original Pressbook for the 1957 film based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novel. <br /> <br /> 13 x 16.5 inches. 16 pages saddle stapled. About Near Fine. Horizontal fold as issued with some light soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969163550Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actor Gregory Peck. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on Martin Caidin's 1964 novel. A crew of three astronauts are stranded in space with only 42 hours of oxygen remaining. On Earth NASA officials propose a rescue mission using an experimental untested spacecraft. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one. <br /> <br /> Shot on location at Cape Canaveral in Florida. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970141189N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A young woman dreams of being a painter but is forced by her controlling mother into being a concert pianist. She begins to break down when her mother decides to be a matchmaker bringing home prospective suitors for her daughter. <br /> <br /> Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Tarangelo. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1983141284N.p.: N.p. 1983. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are three pages of cast lists. <br /> <br /> After a young girl witnesses the death of her father at the hands of assassins she is taken in by her uncle who aids her in tracking down the assassins. He also gives her a magic ring that allows her to wield the power of the Fist of Lightning.<br /> <br /> Set in Vietnam. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated March 1983 noted as Second Draft with credit for screenwriter Jon Wokuluk. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1972141420New York: Theatre Guild Productions 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A washed-up musician and music publisher travels around Europe meeting and unsuccessfully pursuing women.<br /> <br /> Set in Europe. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jonothan Moses. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Theatre Guild Productions unknown
1971148885Hong Kong: Hong Hwa Film 1971. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. <br /> <br /> A young girl finds an injured warrior who is being hunted by seven devils. He begins training her in a secret form of "evil karate" and once she grows up they set out to defeat the seven devils and their master. <br /> <br /> 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a shallow vertical crease. Light toning to one side of the flyer. Hong Hwa Film unknown
