Jack Lewis (screenwriter)Biblio.com
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1956147226N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for the ninth episode of the third season of the anthology series "Matinee Theatre" which originally aired on September 12 1957 on NBC. With two manuscript pencil annotations to the title page.<br /> <br /> During the Korean War a young Korean boy whose family has been killed in a recent bombing is informally adopted by a US military outfit. When an important map goes missing the commanding officers jump at the chance to blame the boy forcing the soldiers to debate whether his ethnicity alone is enough to condemn him. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" 1960 and for his prolific work in Western films such as "Outlaw Gold" 1950 "Whistling Hills" 1951 and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" 1965.<br /> <br /> Set in Korea. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960141013N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter from the Paul Kohner Agency. <br /> <br /> A travel group's Indian guide dies at the campfire and his companions discover among his possessions several photographs of a Spanish Galleon in the desert. A search begins for the ship and the treasure that it presumably holds.<br /> <br /> Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Ten leaves with last page of text numbered nine. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961141016N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter from a producer expressing regret about not working on the production. Single annotation on the title page noting the address and signature of Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency. <br /> <br /> A charter boat accepts a contract to go hunting for sharks while also transporting scientific equipment. They head to the island of Tonga where the indigenous inhabitants worship the Great White. <br /> <br /> Set on Tonga. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960141009N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Signature of reader Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency on title page in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> A desert prospector strikes it rich but is promptly robbed by two masked gunmen. The local lawman decides to investigate.<br /> <br /> Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered seven. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a staple. N.p. unknown
1960141010N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A local entertainer sues a traveling medicine man claiming that his product caused her hair to fall out. The medicine man protests that his daughter has been using the solution since her birth and has beautiful hair. It is revealed the entertainer has always been bald and simply wanted to con a scam artist. <br /> <br /> Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Eleven leaves with last page of text numbered eleven. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1960140889N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. <br /> <br /> A new school for native children has been built on the reservation but no parents want to send their children distrusting the white establishment. An old scout seeks out a chief who is an old friend to convince him to send his children to the school.<br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present noted as television Outline with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 12 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 11. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960147254N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Incomplete as issued noted as part one of two. <br /> <br /> Engaged Czechoslovakian immigrants Bogdan and Shari are promptly separated on their first day in New York City. Luckily Shari befriends Harold a young architect who with the help of his world-wise mother and spacious modern apartment! cares for Shari. Meanwhile Bogdan searches frantically for his fiancee but eventually must leave New York to seek employment in Texas. Prolific French screenwriter Jacques Deval was best known for "Tovarich" 1937 and "Tuesday's Guest" 1950.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City.<br /> <br /> Dark green untitled card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jacques Deval. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1943135506Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1943. Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the 1943 film noir. Based on the 1942 novel "Black Alibi" by Cornell Woolrich. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good condition with edge creasing and a few closed tears and with two cello tape repairs to the verso. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
146978Barcelona: Tibidabo Films Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Heavily annotated throughout in manuscript ink and pencil mostly noting grammatical revisions and deletions with a few additions. Text in English.<br /> <br /> A woman trapped in a loveless marriage finds pleasure in an affair with a young orchestra conductor. Spanish screenwriter Jaime Camino was best known for his wartime family dramas including the 1976 film "Long Vacations of 36" and the 1992 film "The Long Winter."<br /> <br /> Clear mylar front wrapper with a burgundy rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters JAIME CAMINO and ROSA REGAS. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mix of mimeograph and carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a gold prong. Tibidabo Films unknown
1981138137Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1981. Final Draft script for "Daniel's First Love" an episode Season 1 Episode 9 of the 1981-1982 television comedy Western series "Best of the West." <br /> <br /> The sitcom aired on ABC September 1981 to August 1982 as an Old West spoof featuring Sam Best Higgins a Civil War veteran who becomes a bumbling gunfighter named the Calico Kid. He has a wife named Elvira Watkins and a son named Daniel Peluce. The series was canceled after one season due to Joel Higgins leaving to star in "Silver Spoons" on NBC. Notable guests included Andy Griffith Al Lewis Christopher Lloyd Slim Pickens and the great Betty White. <br /> <br /> "Daniel's First Love" features Daniel meeting his first love a romance starting with a few kisses and ending with a shotgun wedding. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 60171-003 dated January 9 1981. Title page present dated January 9 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter-creator-developer Pomerantz. #PAGES leaves with last leaf of text being a xerographically duplicated Script Requisition dated 1/8/81. Mechanical duplication on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
146871N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. <br /> <br /> A former sheriff turned bounty hunter takes on the formidable task of capturing and collecting the bounty on an old friend an outlaw who has killed six men.<br /> <br /> Set in Mexico.<br /> <br /> Black titled wrappers with the title on the rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters James Byrnes and Joseph De Reda. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first leaf separated from the binding wrapper Very Good plus slightly rusted at the binding bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1959131673Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Collection of 12 vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines."<br /> <br /> Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1980141208Hollywood: F and F Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to producer Sam Wiesenthal with his name and address on the title page in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> An American tourist on vacation in South America finds himself stranded in a small town with his blind cat after his car breaks down. When a prominent citizen is shot everyone begins to suspect the tourist with the mob soon getting involved. <br /> <br /> Set in South America. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter James Edward Grant. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. F and F Productions unknown
2000143686West Hollywood: N.p. 2000. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Dedication on the front wrapper to "Eric Olsen and all the firefighter's who died in 9/11" <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as First Draft on the front wrapper. Title page integral to front wrapper with credits for screen writer James Kevin Fenwick. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
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
