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1970134464Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft British script for the 1971 UK film. Working copy belonging to actress Billie Whitelaw SIGNED by Whitelaw on the front wrapper with her holograph annotations throughout in pencil and red and blue ink. Included are four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the film. <br/><br/>Director Stephen Frear's debut feature film and the first film to feature an original musical score by Andrew Lloyd Weber. <br/><br/>A whodunit verging on spoof Albert Finney plays a standup comedian and aspiring private detective. When he advertises his detective services in the local newspaper he may actually have to solve a real mystery. Set in Liverpool and London and shot there on location. <br/><br/>Tall orange studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1st October 1970 with credits for screenwriter Neville Smith. 123 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Good bound internally with three silver brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Indicator 37. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1933140939Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Collection of five vintage photographs from the 1933 film.<br/><br/>Based on William Faulkner's 1931 controversial literary potboiler "Sanctuary." The story concerns a wealthy and neurotic Southern belle who falls in with a violent bootlegger who rapes her and forces her into prostitution. Every bit as controversial as the source material the film's depiction of the assault was graphic and shocking even among films of the era and along with the same year's equally sensational "Baby Face" was directly responsible for the stricter enforcement of the Production Code beginning the next year bringing the pre-Code era to a close. <br/><br/>George Raft then under contract to Paramount was assigned the role of the bootlegger but found the part repulsive and went to battle with the studio in a suit that nearly cost him his career. <br/><br/>Unavailable for decades outside of 16mm bootlegs the film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011 and screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival but still awaits a commercial release. <br/><br/>Photographs between 9.75 x 7.5 and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966140950N.p.: N.p. 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. <br/><br/>Based on the short story "The Skedule" by Helen H. Wilson about a prim and proper English woman and an Aussie traveling together through the Outback where an African Queen-esque romance soon develops. A pet project of Australian actor Rod Taylor who struggled from 1964 until 1974 to get this film made though he was ultimately unsuccessful. <br/><br/>Set in Australia. <br/><br/>Green blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1966 with credits for screenwriter Ted Willis and author Helen H. Wilson. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mechanical duplication with pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1967 and September 26 1967. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964134845Various cities: Various studios 1964. Collection of 49 vintage still photographs from various film adaptations of Tennessee Williams plays. <br/><br/>All stills are black and white and US issue unless otherwise noted. Included are:<br/><br/>A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 Elia Kazan<br/><br/>1 press photograph of Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter with TCF stamp and press annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>THE ROSE TATTOO 1955 Daniel Mann. <br/><br/>14 US studio photographs<br/><br/>THE LONG HOT SUMMER 1958 Martin Ritt<br/><br/>Collection of 8 British front of house cards. Front-of-house cards are the equivalent of US lobby cards but the same size as US color stills and typically have images that do not appear on US lobby cards and stills. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very minor wear at the extremities about Near Fine overall. <br/><br/>A film based on several literary sources including William Faulkner's "The Hamlet" Faulkner short stories "Barn Burning" and "Spotted Horses" as well as Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."<br/><br/>SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz<br/><br/>1 press photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift with press annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>6 British front of house cards with the rating of "X" then in use in Great Britain. <br/><br/>SUMMER AND SMOKE 1961 Peter Glenville<br/><br/>12 studio still photographs 2 with press annotations on the verso and 1 on the recto at the margin. <br/><br/>SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH 1962 Richard Brooks. <br/><br/>1 still photograph of Paul Newman and Geraldine Page with a mimeo ditto-style snipe describing the scene printed on the verso. <br/><br/>NIGHT OF THE IGUANA 1964 John Huston<br/><br/>1 still photograph of Richard Burton grabbing a long blade. Various studios unknown books
1973149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster from the 1973 erotic film. <br/><br/>Borowczyk's fourth feature length film an anthology film of four erotic tales set in different historical eras. Incest bloodlust masturbation and loss of virginity are among the film's themes featuring characters ranging from a nineteenth-century country girl fantasizing about Jesus to the bloodthirsty exploits of sixteenth-century Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer Elizabeth Bathory.<br/><br/>47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown books
1929149227Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1929. Final Continuity script for the 1929 film. Copy belonging to assistant director H. Bruce Humberstone with his holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper and several pages mostly regarding sequencing for scenes. The film was released in silent and sound versions and included with the script are ten sets of dialogue intended for use in the sound release housed in a tan card folder.<br/><br/>Based on Blair Niles' 1928 novel "Condemned to Devil's Island." A gentleman bank robber is sent to a prison nicknamed Devil's Island where he begins an affair with the wife of the head warden. Actor Ronald Colman's second talking film following "Bulldog Drummond" 1929.<br/><br/>Shot on location at Catalina Island California.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped on the front wrapper as copy No. 11. Distribution page present with receipt removed noted as SOUND VERSION and rubber-stamped copy No. 11. Title page present noted as FINAL CONTINUITY. Credits for screenwriter Sidney Howard and novel credits for Blair Niles integral with the first leaf of text. Approximately 130 leaves without page numbers. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light soil to the front wrapper side stapled with two staples. The Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
1974152517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Collection of 74 vintage photographs from the 1974 British film 44 studio still photographs and 30 reference and promotional photographs including one on set photograph of Clive Donner David Niven and Linda Hayden all housed in archival sleeves and bound in a red leather three-ring binder. The vast collection includes photographs of David Niven Teresa Graves Peter Bayliss Jennie Linden Nicky Henson Linda Hayden Bernard Bresslaw Cathie Shirriff Andrea Allan Minah Bird and Luan Peters among others.<br/><br/>Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful black woman in a delightful performance from Graves.<br/><br/>The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and the two were frequently shown as a double bill.<br/><br/>Shot on location in London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall.<br/><br/>Binder 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1938136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown are director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben Paramount and an exclusivity notice. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1981146360Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Final draft script for the 1982 film with annotations in holograph ink striking dialogue on three pages.<br/><br/>A cocaine fueled spoof of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" that could have only been made in the early 1980s. With tag lines like "They told Dr. Jekyll to take his amazing scientific discovery and shove it up his nose. So he did." and "The comedy that examines modern living through chemistry" one has a good idea what to expect. The film allows Mark Blankfield of the sketch comedy television show "Fridays" free range for a completely over-the-top performance as the shy timid Dr. Jekyll and the mustachioed gold-toothed hairy chested party-animal Mr. Hyde and aptly closes with a shot of Robert Louis Stevenson spinning in his grave.<br/><br/>Tan titled Paramount wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 31 1981. Title page present dated March 31 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Jerry Belson Michael Leeson Monica Johnson and Harvey Miller with a "DUPLICATED BY PARAMOUNT PRINT SHOP" stamp on lower right corner. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films #1263. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947145851Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Holograph annotations on first few leaves indicating the names of the actors playing the lead roles.<br/><br/>Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel this film follows the adventures of English hero Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men.<br/><br/>Set in the UK. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as Revised Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 887 dated April 23 1947. Title page present dated April 23 1947 with credits for novelist Alexander Dumas sic and screenwriters Charles H. Schneer and Maurice Tombragel. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeographed rectos only with yellow and white revision pages throughout dated April 25th 1947. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961148730New York: Janus Films 1961. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1958 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1948 novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski.<br/><br/>The last film in the "war" trilogy that began Polish director Wajda's career as a director preceded by "Pokolenie" 1955 and "Kanal" 1957. A strong anti-war statement framed in the personae of two men given orders - from the part of the resistance that opposes the new Communist regime and on the last day of World War II in Poland - to murder a leading communist. One of Wajda's favorite performers and a friend Zbigniew Cybulski plays the man who eventually pulls the trigger and kills the communist leader with unexpected results.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 282. Janus Films unknown books
1974142572Beverly Hills CA: EK / United Artists 1974. Early Draft British script for the 1974 British heist film. Based on Gerald Browne's 1972 novel adapted by Charles Grodin. <br/><br/>Howard Chesser Grodin is a diamond merchant supervising the cutting of a large and rare diamond. When the diamond is stolen he is blackmailed and pulled into a jewel heist at 11 Harrowhouse. <br/><br/>Set in London shot there on location and in Warwickshire England. <br/><br/>Burnt orange titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Bloom. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Lee The Heist Film. EK / United Artists unknown books
1943130860Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 film. Screenwriter Hartmann's final submission for the master mimeo with profuse holograph corrections typeovers attached text and pasted-in text throughout. <br/><br/>The second of Universal's Technicolor fantasy adventures after "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "White Savage" 1943 loosely based on the classic Arabian Nights tales with a fitting score by Edward Ward to match Lubin's directorial flair. A fun but often overlooked desert romp. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as copy No. 110 and rubber-stamped production No. 7142 dated May 25 1943 with credit for screenwriter Hartmann. 149 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-1-43 and 7-24-43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. Wrapper encapsulated in mylar. <br/><br/>Weaver p. 565. Universal Pictures unknown books
1980138127New York: Filmways Pictures 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Included is a second script a revised draft in wrappers containing the latest revisions and two shooting schedules one detailing shooting dates beginning Week Three and one detailing dates beginning about Week Nine. Notations throughout both scripts in holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Tesich's own coming-of-age in Indiana in the 1960s. Danilo Wason Georgia Thelen David Huddleston and Tom Metzler are four friends growing up in a 1960s industrial town. Told through a series of vignettes in the eyes of Danilo the film chronicles each friend as they come to accept that their lives may have become something they never thought possible. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Indiana Illinois and Pennsylvania. One of director Penn's final and lesser known films after "The Missouri Breaks" 1976 and before "Target" 1985. <br/><br/>First script without wrappers or title page a rainbow copy with several sets of revision pages pink yellow goldenrod blue gray green dated variously between 7/7/80 and 8/29/80. Second script in blue Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with no title page a revised draft dated 8/29/80 throughout. Shooting schedules corner-stapled. All items Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. Filmways Pictures unknown books
1981148585Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. <br/><br/>A coming-of-age tale set in 1959 following a group of four friends in their early twenties struggling to adapt to life as adults.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Baltimore. <br/><br/>In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers dated January 12 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT rubber-stamped copy No. 186 with credits for director-screenwriter Barry Levinson. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Barry Levinson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil pen marks and a partial ring stain to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1990150407Universal City: Universal Studios 1990. Early First Draft script for the 2008 film dated 1990 from screenwriter Robin Swicord. Swicord who received a joint Story credit with screenwriter Eric Roth in the film's final release was first hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt Fitzgerald's short story as early as 1985 by 1989 the project moved to Universal Studios with producer Ray Stark holding the rights who is credited on this draft. It wasn't until 2003 that credited screenwriter Eric Roth would be brought on to adapt Swicord's screenplay with Gary Ross reported to direct . Paramount who developed a joint co-production with Universal for the project in 1999 announced David Fincher as director in 2005. Between 1990 and 2003 various directors screenwriters and actors were reported attached to the project including Frank Oz Martin Short Agnieszka Holland Daniel Day-Lewis Phil Alden Robinson Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise Spike Jonze Charlie Kaufman and Ron Howard.<br/><br/>Based on the 1922 short story by F. Scott Fizgerald.<br/><br/>David Fincher's melancholic and surprisingly heart-warming saga of the life of a man Brad Pitt who is born old and ages in reverse and the woman who he was always destined to love Daisy Cate Blanchett. Featuring remarkable visual effects deftly executed by Fincher.<br/><br/>Winner of three Academy Awards nominated for ten others including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1990 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Robin Swicord and author F. Scott Fitzgerald. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 476. Universal Studios unknown books
1958140666N.p.: Regal Films 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film Laura. <br/><br/>A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which when accidentally mixed with human blood turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget $12500 with $25000 for the screenwriters and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Red untitled wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated March 7 1958 with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads. Regal Films unknown books
1955151466N.p.: N.p. 1955. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1955 Italian film. With the stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso and one with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's French release affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. <br/><br/>Set in the countryside. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1961148846New York: Bill Doll and Company 1961. Two vintage borderless studio still photographs from the US release of the 1961 Italian film. Large Astor Release snipe on verso one with "R.R. Stuart Collection" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Fellini's most pivotal film if not his finest. Unlike the more sentimental and abstract films that would follow "La Dolce Vita" is an unflinching 7-day journey through 1960s Rome with Mastroianni a jaded journalist at the center of the story constantly surrounded by revelry beautiful women and a beautiful city but no semblance of happiness or love.<br/><br/>Winner of one Academy Award and nominated for three others including Best Director and Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or<br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome and Vatican City Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/> <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 733. Ebert I. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Bill Doll and Company unknown books
1981150807San Francisco: Zoetrope 1981. Final Draft script for the 1981 musical film. Copy belonging to actress Lainie Kazan with her name to the title page in holograph ink and her holograph pencil annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a single xerographically duplicated revision page with Kazan's holograph pencil and ink annotations and an envelope for the Paradise Travel Agency covered with ink annotations regarding line changes containing a flight coupon signed by Kazan. <br/><br/>Dreamy flaky Frannie leaves her down-to-earth unfaithful boyfriend Hank on their fifth anniversary. Over the course of 24 hours both have affairs with their "dream partners" but eventually realize their paramours can't hold a candle to their love for each other. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios.<br/><br/>Red Zoetrope Studios wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 032 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 1 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director Francis Coppola sic and screenwriter Armyan Bernstein and music credits to Tom Waits. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Zoetrope unknown books
1933140139Los Angeles: Fox Film 1933. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1933 film. <br/><br/>Based on the Broadway play by John L. Balderston an American Howard sails to England to marry his cousin follow the American victory in the war of independence. 149 years later his descendent with the same name also played by Howardinherits his house in England and finds his diary which magically transports him back to his forebear's era where he must adapt to an earlier period with its own customs. This film was believed lost until it was rediscovered in the 1970s. Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Actor. <br/><br/>Set in England. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Revised Shooting Final on the front wrapper dated April 11 1933. Title page present noted as Final Revised Shooting Script with credits for playwright John L. Balderston screenwriters Sonya Levien and John L. Balderston chief camerman Ernest Palmer sound engineer Joseph E. Aiken art director William Darling dialogue director George Hadden wardrobe William Lambert film editor Margaret Clancy technical advisor Lance Baxter assistant director William Tummel and director Frank Lloyd. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Fox Film unknown books
1959147169N.p.: Avon Productions 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his name and character's name to the front wrapper in holograph pencil. Included with the script are two film programs and a set of laid-in revision pages.<br/><br/>A black comedy based on the 1958 play by Alec Coppel about a television writer who shoots and kills a would-be blackmailer and buries him under a gazebo in his family's backyard-but soon discovers he has murdered the wrong man. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers dated 6-18-59 rubber-stamped copy No. 109 with credits for director George Marshall and screenwriter George Wells. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-10-59 and 7-17-59. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and dampstained to the rear wrapper bound with three gold brads. Avon Productions unknown books
1983140449Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1983. Shooting script for the 1984 film. With a few holograph annotations in ink and pencil throughout. <br/><br/>A teenager moves to a rural town and comes into conflict with the local preacher and his "no dancing" ordinance. The film's soundtrack reached number 1 on the Billboard charts and featured six Top 40 hits including three Top 10 hits two of which reached all the way to number 1. Additionally two songs "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and the title track were nominated for Best Original Song Oscars. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 13 1983 noted as Shooting script with credits for screenwriter Pitchford director Ross and producers Lewis J. Rachmil Crag Zadan and Daniel Melnick. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication with white pink green blue orange and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/13 and 6/10. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with internally with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1939150476N.p.: N.p. 1939. Collection of four vintage keybook set design photographs from the 1939 film with keybook tab extension removed at the left margin but with linen tape remaining on the verso of same.<br/><br/>A strange and underappreciated adventure story set at a remote sea trading port sort of a South American version of "Casablanca"-but rather than World War II the conflict is the nasty flying weather.<br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards.<br/><br/>Set in the fictional South American port town of Barranca in the Andes Mountains. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Some very light creasing else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 806. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1948142958New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Holograph ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. <br/><br/>Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." <br/><br/>Set in 1840s France. <br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
