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1988146526Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. Lined revised final draft script for the 1989 film in leather presentation binding belonging to editor Louis Lombardo with name in gilt on front board title in gilt on front board and spine. Signed on upper right of wrapper by editor Tony Gibbs in holograph red ink. Copious holograph annotations on nearly every page regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Two page ribbon copy memo signed from director Norman Jewison to Lombardo dated June 26/89 following the final page of the script in which Jewison breaks down six key scenes he feels need reediting after previewing the film.<br/><br/>Jewison and Lombardo previously worked together on 1987's hugely successful multiple Academy Award winning "Moonstruck" and 1989's "The January Man." They would work together again on 1991's "Other People's Money."<br/><br/>From the estate of Lou Lombardo. Provenance available upon request.<br/><br/>Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Bobbie Ann Mason about the effect of the Vietnam War on a small Kentucky town centering on a teenager whose father was killed in the war and who seeks to find out more about his life. Bruce Willis plays her guardian and seemingly laid-back uncle a Vietnam vet suffering from PTSD.<br/><br/>Set in the fictional town of Hopewell Kentucky and shot on location in Kentucky Lexington Mayfield Paducah and in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Black leather binding with title in gilt on front board and spine and Louis Lombardo in gilt on lower right of front board with glossy black endpapers and label crediting California Bookbinding of Hollywood. Blue titled front wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated June 16 1988 with credits for screenwriter Frank Pierson and novelist Bobbie Ann Mason. Approximately 320 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos with blue pink yellow green and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/10/88 and 10/2/88. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good plus memo ribbon copy Near Fine leather binding Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1947140755Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Archive of seven vintage single and double weight fashion publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Mimeograph snipe on the verso of a few photos notes the Jean Louis clothing designs for the film. Photographers' rubber stamp also to the versos. <br/><br/>Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Surreal and visually stunning The Lady from Shanghai tells a quintessential film noir tale of moral chaos reaching its climax with a shootout in an abandoned hall of mirrors. <br/><br/>The collection features photographs of leading lady Rita Hayworth in various stylish outfits and sporting the controversial short blonde hairstyle that soon-to-be ex-husband Orson Welles forced her to accept for the role. <br/><br/>Robert Coburn who photographed all but one of the images in this collection was one of the most influential portrait photographers employed by movie studios from the 1930s to 1960s with his most famous portraits immortalizing Hollywood's greatest icons and helping to define the era as the Golden Age of Cinema. In 1940 Coburn began a twenty-year career with Columbia Pictures as the head of the still production department and the studio's chief portrait photographer for many landmark films including "Picnic" "Gilda" and "The Big Heat."<br/><br/>Set in California New York and Mexico and shot there on location. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. <br/><br/>Grant US Classic Noir. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver & Ward Classic Noir. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1941134897Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills linen backed as issued one still with a mimeo snipe on the verso the other with the RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles smoking a pipe and smiing signing his "declaration" with advisors Jedediah Leland Joseph Cotten and Mr. Bernstein Everett Sloane. The second still shows Kane as an old man looking on as his young bride Dorothy Comingore completes a giant jigsaw puzzle at a table. <br/><br/>Both stills 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
158369N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting a phone number.<br /> <br /> Based on Paul Bowles' 1952 novel about an American living in Tangiers whose attempts to explore the city's dangerous underbelly lead to his own downfall. Screenwriter Gary Conklin directed and produced a documentary about Bowles "Paul Bowles in Morocco" 1970.<br /> <br /> Set in Tangiers Morocco. <br /> <br /> OCLC and AMPAS locate no holdings.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Paul Bowles and screenwriter Gary Conklin. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few splashes throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973149800Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Collection of 12 vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs from the 1973 film. Eight photographs with the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe on the verso one photograph additionally SIGNED by the photographer. Five with holograph annotations on the verso identifying either the film the subjects or location of the photograph one bearing the annotated date "1972." <br/><br/>Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years covering a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. <br/><br/>A high-powered divorce attorney struggles with the end of his own marriage after he is caught having an affair only to discover his still in love with his ex-wife. <br/><br/>Photographs variously sized between 11.75 x 9.25 and 13 x 10 inches with most being 13.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1991150368Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1991. Revised Draft script for the classic 1991 film comedy with rainbow revisions. <br/><br/>Two metalhead best friends who run a no-budget public cable television show find their lives turned around when a sleazy producer purchases the rights to their show for his prime time network. Based on a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch originated by Mike Myers the film proved a critical and commercial success shaping the slang of the 1990s and perhaps even more importantly creating the most beloved lip-syncing scene of the twentieth century. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location throughout Chicago and the Chicago suburbs including Cicero Aurora Berwyn and Covina and in San Francisco Inglewood Cerritos West Covina and Los Angeles California and Scottsdale and Mesa Arizona.<br/><br/>Gray pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 05 1991 noted as Rev. with credits for screenwriters Mike Myers Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 31 1991 and August 05 1991. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a faint partial ring stain on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971144452London: Hammer Films 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 British horror film here under the working title "Blood Will Have Blood." With holograph annotations throughout that include additions to description and changes in dialogue. <br/><br/>A classic from the Hammer canon and the last film Hammer made in conjunction with Anglo-EMI about a widowed aristocrat who keeps his two teenage children captive fearing that they may have inherited a curse from their mother who recently killed herself. Complete with blood letting incest demonic possession and a series of mysterious murders in the nearby woods.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire and East Sussex England. <br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present noted as Copy No. 47 in black holograph ink dated "Revised 12th July 1971" with a credit for screenwriter Christopher Wicking. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout some with a type font different from the standard Roneograph style dated variously between 21.7.71 and 23.8.71. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Hammer Films unknown books
1970114644Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Early Draft script for the 1972 film "Portnoy's Complaint" based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth written for the screen and directed by Ernest Lehman and starring Richard Benjamin Karen Black and Lee Grant. Cinematographer Philip Lathrop's working copy with his holograph name at the top of the title page. <br/><br/>A planning script likely used well prior to shooting with very neat holograph annotations by Lanthrop on virtually every page regarding sets locations day/night shoots etc. and with three tabs manually appended at the page fore-edge to indicate the three principal shooting locations: Vermont Italy and Athens. At the rear are 8 pages of detailed equipment orders all relating to photographic hardware and associated shipping charges to various locations. The second Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted to the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers with credits on the front wrapper for Warner Brothers and the Chenault Productions. Title page present with a date of August 3 1970 and credits for Lehman as screenwriter and Roth as novelist. 149 leaves mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with lightly yapped edges. In a customer quarter leather clamshell box. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967171326Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Noted as copy No. 24 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper with additional annotations in manuscript pencil noting "basis of final." <br /> <br /> Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. <br /> <br /> Black wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with a Warner Brothers - Seven Arts Story Department stamp dated March 30 1967 with credits for Haase director Richard Lester and screenwriter Larry Marcus. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
158138Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Archive of three draft scripts for the 1981 film including a First Draft script a Final Draft script and a "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script for the 1981 film dated between June 29 1979 and February 13 1981. The first two drafts are under the working title "Family Dream." Two of the three scripts show an annotation in manuscript ink amending the film's title on title page. <br /> <br /> A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life.<br /> <br /> Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington.<br /> <br /> First Draft:<br /> <br /> Under the title "Family Dream." Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated June 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Final Draft:<br /> <br /> Under the title "Family Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated September 21 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Roger L. Simon and Lonne Elder III. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script:<br /> <br /> Under the working title "Richard Pryor's New Movie Formerly: Family Dream." Salmon titled wrappers noted as Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes on the front wrapper dated February 13 1981. Title page present dated February 13 1981 noted as Second Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story by Richard Pryor. With pink and blue revision leaves throughout. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 2/13/81 and 2/18/81. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue.<br /> <br /> A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary.<br /> <br /> Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. 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
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
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
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
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
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
1944131507Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1944. Second Revised Final script for the 1946 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Alexis Smith with her initials in decorative gilt on the front board bound in full calf. Throughout the script are 5 black-and-white film stills on tipped-in leaves all featuring Smith and costar Paul Henreid. <br/><br/>Based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel about a forlorn artist in France who gives up the trade to become a doctor. Philip Cary Henreid the artist meets Mildred Rogers Eleanor Parker a waitress and becomes dreadfully infatuated in spite of the waitress' complete disregard for him. Eventually the waitress' charms wane and Cary reconnects with a beautiful young writer Nora Nesbitt Smith and their romance flourishes-until Mildred Rogers returns pregnant and in need. <br/><br/>First adapted to film in 1934 directed by John Cromwell and starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis the novel was also adaptated in 1964 by Ken Hughes starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey and has been adapted several times for television. <br/><br/>Brown full sheepskin boards with gilt titles. Distribution page present receipt intact. Title page present dated 6/22/44 with credits for screenwriter Turney. 179 leaves including black and white publicity photos bound in mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 8/12/44 and 8/29/44. Very Good. Warner Brothers 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
