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1967141440Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1967. Draft script for the 1967 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>An experimental absurdist pop art satire of yakuza films and film noir Suzuki's film was a failure on release leading him to be fired and then blackballed by the studio for making films that made neither sense nor profit. <br/><br/>The film rightly became a cult classic with its international video release in the 1980s and would influence filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch John Woo Chan-wook Park Wong Kar-wai Johnnie To Takeshi Kitano and Quentin Tarantino. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant Japan. Criterion Collection 38. Nikkatsu unknown books
1977141442Burbank CA: Cinema Epoch 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A female golfer tries to perform to the very best of her abilities but must contend with the men in her life her neighbors her family and a stalker who will not leave her alone. <br/><br/>Pink titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Cinema Epoch unknown books
1963141423Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A metaphor for the Twentieth Century Japanese experience particularly through World War II told through the perspective of a woman named Tome born into a lower class family. She finds herself in a cycle of self-defeat repeating the same mistakes that have always plagued her. <br/><br/>Yellow titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 29. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 473. Eureka 22. Nikkatsu unknown books
1980142611Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Archive of seven scripts for the 1982 film. Included is a first draft third draft and five undated drafts one of which appears under the working title "Carlotta: A Haunted Lady." Two scripts with holograph annotations present. From the estate of Frank De Felitta. <br/><br/>De Felitta was a screenwriter and novelist best known for his 1975 occult horror novel Audrey Rose which he also adapted into the screenplay for the 1977 film directed by Robert Wise and starring Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins.<br/><br/>Based on the 1978 novel by De Felitta about a real case of an alleged haunting in which a woman claimed the ghosts of three men were sexually assaulting her. De Felitta was present during the initial investigation by two parapsychologists one of whom also who served as a technical advisor on the film. Critics of the time dismissed the film but it has since become a well-regarded cult classic. <br/><br/>1st Draft Screenplay:<br/>Blue untitled wrappers with holograph pencil notation. Title page present dated September 25 1978 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Frank DeFelitta. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>3rd Draft:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present holograph pencil notation dated March 1980 noted as 3rd Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank DeFelitta. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 1:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank De Felitta. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 2:<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank DeFelitta The Paul Kohner Michael Levy Agency producers Joe Wizan and Joyce Lukon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 3:<br/>Orange untitled wrappers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Entity Undated 4 Bound Internally<br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank De Felitta. Holograph notation type over. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Carlotta: A Haunted Lady:<br/>Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank De Felitta and producers Joe Wizan and Joyce Lukon. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Scorsese The Dark Eleven. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1925149842Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. First Draft script for the 1925 film. <br/><br/>A roguish Eastern European woman is hired to help con a young heiress out of her wealth by holding fake seances with the heiress' long-dead father. Director Tod Browning was best known for his controversial masterpiece "Freaks" 1932 a quintessential film from both the perspective of horror and pre-Code film history revered by 20th century surrealists and given homage by Luis Bunuel in his film "Viridiana" 1961.<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 1520 dated 3/28/25. Title page integral with the first page of text dated March 28 1925 noted as First draft of continuity with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Approximately 120 leaves without page numbers. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1978152405N.p.: The Clockworks Company 1978. First Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1978 by screenwriter Stephen Geller who had previously adapted Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel "Slaughterhouse-Five" for George Roy Hill's acclaimed 1972 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. <br/><br/>Based on 1976 novel by Tom Robbins. The history behind Geller's ambitious and massive 182 pages screenplay is unclear. Entertainment Weekly reported in 1994 that Robert Wusch producer of George Roy Hill's 1977 "Slap Shot" was attached in 1977 his options having run out in 1978 and in 1978 the New York Times reported Phoebe Larmore Robbin's literary agent was attached as Producer both with Geller as screenwriter.<br/><br/>In 1993 Gus Van Sant made a film version with his own screenplay starring Uma Thurman and Lorraine Bracco which was largely panned upon release and has since garnered a cult following.<br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Stephen Geller and author Tom Robiins. 183 leaves with last page of text numbered 182. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with prong binding. The Clockworks Company unknown books
1933131380Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Second Script for the 1933 film. Rubber-stamped on the front wrapper "FILE COPY / RETURN TO SCRIPT DEPT. / PARAMOUNT STUDIO - HOLLYWOOD" and "1837 / MASTER FILE." The film's original title "Don't Call Me Madam" is present on the front wrapper crossed through with the new title "Tillie and Gus" written in holograph ink above it. <br/><br/>Based on a short story entitled "Don't Call Me Madame" by Rupert Hughes about Tillie and Gus Winterbottom Alisone Skipworth and W. C. Fields and their tribulations involving a deceased family member's inheritance. Even with the ensuing events including a riverboat race and a baby-toting bathtub that floats downstream reminiscent of Moses in a basket the film is remembered as one of Fields' "sleepers" one less punchy than others. "Tillie and Gus" was one of three pairings of Skipworth and Fields the others being "Six of a Kind" 1934 and "If I Had a Million" 1932. <br/><br/>Tall side stapled salmon self wrappers noted as SECOND SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy production No. 1837 dated March 10 1933 with credits for screenwriters Jones McNutt and Harris. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on salmon colored stock. Pages about Near Fine rear wrapper detached but present else wrappers Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
137936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. Produced for use on location in New York City in March and April 1971 when shooting for the film commenced there. <br /> <br /> William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's 1969 nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking and its impact on New York City undercover police officers. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. <br /> <br /> The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers noted as FRIEDKIN DRAFT and REVISED on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil dated 3/23/71 and 4/26/71 in manuscript pencil. Title page not present. Last leaf of text unnumbered. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes and a few revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/71 and 3/23/71. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Grant US. Penzler 101. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1971137936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. Produced for use on location in New York City in March and April 1971 when shooting for the film commenced there. <br/><br/>William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's 1969 nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking and its impact on New York City undercover police officers. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. <br/><br/>The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as FRIEDKIN DRAFT and REVISED on the front wrapper in holograph pencil dated 3/23/71 and 4/26/71 in holograph pencil. Title page not present. Last leaf of text unnumbered. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes and a few revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/71 and 3/23/71. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Penzler 101. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980143208Yokohama Kanagawa: Kurosawa Production Co 1980. Draft script for the 1980 Japanese film. Holograph pencil annotations throughout regarding casting including the use of professional or amateur actors as well as a notation regarding lead actor Katsu Shintaro who was fired on the first day of shooting. <br/><br/>The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. <br/><br/>When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola convinced 20th Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights receving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. <br/><br/>Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 267. Kurosawa Production Co unknown books
1969167422Los Angeles: Paragon Pictures 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film.<br /> <br /> Count Dracula and his wife are alive or undead and well in modern-day Arizona where they use their hunchbacked butler to capture and kill young girls allowing them to drink their victims' blood in martini glasses as Bloody Marys. A humorously campy entry in the Dracula canon produced by noted exploitation studio Crown International Pictures.<br /> <br /> Set in Arizona shot on location in Lancaster California. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Good moderately soiled and dampstained on the left and right sides bound with two gold brads. Paragon Pictures unknown
1957154178N.p.: N.p. 1957. Revised Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Viking Women." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Dick Miller with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and manuscript pencil annotations throughout underlining lines for Ottar although the role was played by actor Jonathan Haze. <br /> <br /> A group of Viking women-warriors go on a sea voyage to recover the missing men from their village but an encounter with a massive dragon-serpent forces them to take shelter on a mysterious island. <br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers noted as Revised on the front wrapper. Title page present dated undated noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Louis Goldman and story credits to Irving Block. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
155619Hollywood: Rosenberg-Gelfman Productions 1977. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film here under the working title "The I. M. M.!" Script with copy number "13" in manuscript ink on the title page and annotations in manuscript pencil throughout calling out and detailing the actions of the lead character Steve West here referred to as "the ghoul."<br /> <br /> After a space flight to the rings of Saturn an astronaut awakens on Earth to find he has mutated into a horribly disfigured melting man compelled to absorb the flesh of others. A seminal body horror film and cult classic with spectacular special make-up effects from Rick Baker. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Mount Lee Los Angeles and San Fernando California. <br /> <br /> Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Final shooting script with credits for screenwriter William Sachs. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with a damp stain to the top right corner wrapper Very Good plus with some light soiling and splashes bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Arrow 940. Thrower Nightmare USA. Rosenberg-Gelfman Productions unknown
160904N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early First Draft script for the seminal 1980 film here under the working title "California Girls." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Jim Brown no relation to the actor we suspect with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. <br /> <br /> A bleak seminal coming-of-age drama about four teenage girls grappling with their families drugs and relationships in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Adrian Lyne's directorial debut.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in San Fernando Hollywood and Los Angeles California. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Nov. 28 1977 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Gerald Ayres. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographiic duplication with the exception of the title page which is a carbon typescript copy rectos onl. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. N.p. unknown
150024Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Archive of three screenplays for the classic 1989 film including one Shooting script one Re-shoot script and one Final Draft script. Shooting script with several manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting editorial revisions. Bound in after the Shooting script is a 34-page xerographically duplicated Re-shoot script dated November 4 1988. <br /> <br /> Cameron Crowe's directorial debut following the romance that develops between an awkward but noble army brat and the beautiful class valedictorian after graduation. One of the defining high school films of the 1980s and a breakthrough role for actor John Cusack.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Los Angeles and Seattle. <br /> <br /> Shooting script:<br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated February 29 1988 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Reshoot script:<br /> <br /> Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 8 1988 noted as RESHOOT SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Final Draft script:<br /> <br /> Lacking front wrapper but retaining its manila rear wrapper. Title page present dated November 10 1987 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Full provenance available.<br /> <br /> McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1944161403N.p.: N.p. 1944. Final script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 14 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 /> Two Army sergeants spend a three-day holiday pass in Pasadena where they fall for two young women working in a parachute factory.<br /> <br /> Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 3/2/44 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director Delmer Daves and screenwriter Alvah Bessie. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/44 and 4/10/44. Pages about Near Fine binding Poor with front and rear boards detached from the hinges. N.p. unknown
1936144161Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1936. Treatment script for the 1937 film. Almost certainly the earliest draft associated with the film a typescript prose synopsis. <br/><br/>A ballet star Astaire falls in love with a young tap dancer Rogers on a trans-Atlantic voyage but rumors of their relationship precede them to their destination. The seventh of ten films Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers would make together and the fourth of five directed by Mark Sandrich. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped PLEASE RETURN TO RKO STORY FILES and production No. 808 dated October 16 1936 and with a credit for screenwriter Mark Sandrich. Title page integral with the first page of text. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 26. Typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few tiny chips at the extremities bound with two gold brads with washers.<br/><br/>Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1965133391London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1965. Draft script for the 1965 BBC television movie "Tea Party" adapted by Pinter from his 1963 short story. The film first aired live on March 25 1965 on the BBC program "The Largest Theatre in the World." INSCRIBED by screenwriter Pinter on that day: "March 25th 1965 / To Peter Colin Holder / Congratulations on being born! / Hooray! / Lots of Love / Harold Pinter." <br /> <br /> The story of an industrial tycoon who comes to believe that his new secretary second wife and brother-in-law are all conspiring against him to the point where his health is affected by the conviction. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers lacking the rear wrapper. Front wrapper present but detached with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. Title page present also with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. 59 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine side stapled front wrapper Very Good. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown
1940131332Los Angeles: Self published 1940. First Draft script for an unproduced film titled "And Now Goodbye" an adaptation of the 1931 novel by James Hilton adapted by the author. Included are three typed letters signed by Hilton. Included with the script are three typed letters signed by Hilton addressed to producer Lester Cowan and variously written on Warner Brothers Columbia Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures letterhead dated October 24 1939 May 14 1940 and May 22 1940 respectively.<br /> <br /> In the letters Hilton discusses his negotiations with Laurence Olivier about the project having lunch with Mrs. Hitchcock and giving her the script hoping she'd impress her husband with it how the war has affected show business his book writing and his transfer from Columbia to RKO.<br /> <br /> Hilton began writing the script 15 days after the release of "Lights Out in Europe" a short war documentary with which he was involved released six months before Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" which also featured dialogue written by Hilton.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 29 1940 with credits for screenwriter Hamilton. Title page present dated April 29 1940 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Hamilton. 128 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Good plus wrapper Poor now encapsulated in archival mylar bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown
1965135614Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1965. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard behind the camera on the set of the 1965 film. Shot by photographer Georges Dudognon in the summer of 1965 with his stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 9 x 12 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 421. Godard Histoires de cinema. Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown
153820N.p.: Roger Corman Productions 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film seen here under the working title "Canyons." Copy belonging to character actor and longtime Roger Corman collaborator Dick Miller with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations to pages 48 and 50A as well as copied annotations on nearly every page.<br /> <br /> From the estate of Dick Miller.<br /> <br /> The third film in Corman's "nurses" film cycle preceded by "The Student Nurses" 1971 and "Private Duty Nurses" 1971 and followed by "The Young Nurses" 1973 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1975. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled card wrappers with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper noting copy No. 22. Title page present dated Feb. 22 1972 noted as Rewrite. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing on the front wrapper and first three leaves bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown
1950141467Tokyo: Shintoho Film 1950. Two Draft scripts for the 1950 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>Based on a novel by Selichi Funabashi . A young servant girl Hamako has recently begun working for her hero Madame Yuki who quickly disillusioned her to her dream when she is presented with a list of the Madame's personal problems. <br/><br/>First draft:<br/><br/>White illustrated titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Second draft:<br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Shintoho Film unknown books
1956141466Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. With annotations on a few pages in holograph ink. <br/><br/>Based on the novel "Susaki No Onna" by Yoshiko Shibaki. The last film of Mizoguchi this film is a vivid portrayal of prostitution in 1950s Japan shot before the Japanese government's anti-prostitution bill told through the perspective of several different women who work in the business for various reasons. <br/> <br/>Set in Tokyo and shot on location there. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection Eclipse 13. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Daiei Studios unknown books
1929150433Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1929 film. Mimeo snipes on verso of both one with annotations in manuscript pencil and Culver Picture stamp on verso and one with "Menningen" and graphic stamps on verso. <br /> <br /> The first Black musical and one of the first all-Black films by a major Hollywood studio with arguably more depth than its predecessor Paul Sloane's "Hearts in Dixie" the first all-black Hollywood film released earlier the same year. <br /> <br /> King Vidor's first talkie written by screenwriter Wanda Tuchock who started in the silent era and went on to become one of the first women to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film. <br /> <br /> Although King Vidor had expressed his intent of an honest depiction of rural southern African American life the film still clearly advanced racial stereotypes of the era. "Hallelujah" had however authentically represented African American spiritual music from the period which no other film achieved.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Memphis Tennessee and Arkansas.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and waviness one with a chip in the bottom left margin one with faint tape shadows on recto and paper tape on verso. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1929150433Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1929 film. Mimeo snipes on verso of both one with annotations in holograph pencil and Culver Picture stamp on verso and one with "Menningen" and graphic stamps on verso. <br/><br/>The first Black musical and one of the first all-Black films by a major Hollywood studio with arguably more depth than its predecessor Paul Sloane's "Hearts in Dixie" the first all-black Hollywood film released earlier the same year. <br/><br/>King Vidor's first talkie written by screenwriter Wanda Tuchock who started in the silent era and went on to become one of the first women to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film. <br/><br/>Although King Vidor had expressed his intent of an honest depiction of rural southern African American life the film still clearly advanced racial stereotypes of the era. "Hallelujah" had however authentically represented African American spiritual music from the period which no other film achieved.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Tennessee and Arkansas.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and waviness one with a chip in the bottom left margin one with faint tape shadows on recto and paper tape on verso. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
