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130855Hollywood: Paramount Pictures. Final Draft script for the 1955 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with his name on the front wrapper and his manuscript annotations throughout. Based on the novel "Jovanka e le altre" by Urgo Pirro.<br /> <br /> Once branded himself by the House Un-American Activities Committee award-winning director Martin Ritt focuses on the cruel branding of five women in this wartime drama. Some of his better-known films The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Norma Rae also deal with the question of social and ethical choices in the face of pressure. In this story the savagery of the Yugoslav partisans as they fight off Nazi occupation forces is also vented on five women accused of Nazi sympathies because of their sexual association with one German officer. The women played by Silvana Mangano Vera Miles Barbara Bel Geddes Jeanne Moreau and Carla Gravina have their heads shaved in order to brand them as traitors. Eleanor Mannikka AllMovie<br /> <br /> Filmed on location in Italy and Austria. <br /> <br /> Orange untitled wrappers with the Dino De Laurentiis stamp and numerous annotations. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Michael and Achilles for screenwriter Pirro and for director Ritt. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1995149323Universal City: Universal Pictures 1995. Two truly striking vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film. With holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and the printed label of the film's still photographer Phillip V. Caruso to the verso. Shown in the two photographs are Scorsese working with actors and crew on the expansive casino floor set. Also shown are Robert De Niro Don Rickles Billy Crystal and others. <br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi's 1995 nonfiction book "Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas." Martin Scorsese's fifteenth film one of his finest a fast-paced bloody tale following a low-level mobster and gambling expert who climbs to power at the Mafia-run Tangiers Casino in the 1970s.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Las Vegas with casino scenes shot at the Riviera.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1981144553New York: New Regency Films 1981. Collection of three vintage photographs from the shooting of the 1982 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one photograph and holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso of each.<br/><br/>Perhaps Scorsese's most underrated film "The King of Comedy" is a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture by way of an exploratory journey into the mind of Rupert Pupkin a man totally lacking in self-awareness driven only by obsession. The titular character is played by Robert De Niro cast completely against type in furious pursuit of his idol Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis along with the genius addition of Sandra Bernhard as De Niro's crazed groupie assistant. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New Regency Films unknown books
1962126547Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. First Draft script for the 1963 film. <br/><br/>A nuanced "invasion from Mars" film that borrows cleverly from both "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" aliens use human beings as physical hosts and Val Lewton threat of a creature but creature is only implied not shown. An unusually heavy emphasis on dread atmosphere and characterization makes this one of the most overlooked "adult" science fiction films of the 1960s. <br/><br/>Black three-ring binder noted as "DAY MARS INVADED EARTH" on the front wrapper with a credit for screenwriter Spalding as "Spaulding". Title page present with the title "SPACERAID 63" with a credit for screenwriter Spalding production No. 6277 dated June 22 1962. 96 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6/28/62. Pages Near Fine with a few small creases binder wrapper Near Fine with a bit of wrinkling to the front title label. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1969129421Troy MI: Anchor Bay Entertainment 1969. First Draft script for the 1971 film. With several annotations in holograph pencil and ink throughout. Here under the working title "Somewhere in the Mountains There is a Last Valley." Based on the 1959 novel by J.B. Pick. <br/><br/>Cited often by actor Michael Caine as his favorite of all his many acting roles. During the Thirty Years' War in Germany Vogel Sharif a teacher is being pursued by a band of mercenaries fighting for the highest bidder regardless of religious affiliation lead by "The Captain" Caine. Vogel comes upon a village in a mountain valley yet untouched by the war and horror that has gripped most of continental Europe. The Captain soon comes upon the valley and decides to spend winter there and Vogel ends up acting as intermediary between the villagers and the soldiers. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 13 1969 noted as 1st Draft Screenplay with credit for screenwriter Clavell. 167 leaves with last page numbered 161. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good with some discoloration wrapper Very Good with some staining bound internally with three gold brads. Anchor Bay Entertainment unknown books
1989147144N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film here under its working title "Vac-U-Sapien." With extensive manuscript pencil and ink annotations on virtually every page. Bound in after the script are two handwritten pages of notes and four typed pages of effects and sets for the film.<br /> <br /> Michael Paul Girard's first directorial effort wherein aliens return to Earth for the first time in ten million years to see what has become of their "human experiment." After declaring the experiment a failure the aliens decide that due to humans' untidiness crossbreeding vacuum cleaners and humans will produce a better race of beings to inhabit the planet. They subsequently create a sentient vacuum cleaner which is programmed to reproduce with earthlings. A splendid Z-budget effort considered by some to be the worst movie ever made. And yet a script for it exists.<br /> <br /> Titled self wrappers with title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957143131Paris: Cinedis 1957. Collection of 130 vintage black-and-white still photographs and 3 medium-format negatives for the 1957 French-Italian film. The collection consists of two unique but complimentary pieces one being a set housed in the original paper box with "Crumiere / Paris" paper label and annotations on the box top in holograph ink noting French film title and "B. Bardot" the other being nearly 100 smaller photographs elegantly presented mounted on thick stock in a "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper and an affixed paper title label featuring the film's poster art of Bardot. Several photographs with series number on the verso in holograph pencil a few with rubber-stamps crediting film title and starring actors and photos in notebook numbered at the edges prior to being printed. <br/><br/>Bardot is amply represented in the collection and seen in nearly every image highlighting an array of hairstyles and costumes scenes in the pilot's cockpit snacking between takes dancing being curious at galas. Contact sheets glamour portraits of Madeleine Lebeau action sequences of bar fights and on-the-set images are equally prominent. Negatives show costume design illustrations for men in military uniforms. <br/><br/>Boisrond's fourth directorial credit is a comedy starring Bardot as the flirtatious daughter of the prime minister of France who marries a member of the cabinet Vidal who happens to be a womanizer. Taking control of the situation she has an weekend affair with a prince Boyer and ultimately reunites with her husband after somewhat passive apologies. <br/><br/>Photographs in large quarto notebook 4 x 5 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches mounted on thick stock. Boxed photographs 4.75 x 7 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches with 3 medium-format negatives 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Photographs Near Fine overall light curling a handful with short creases negatives Very Good notebook Very Good plus box Very Good. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Cinedis unknown books
1957144104Paris: Cinedis 1957. Collection of 150 vintage black-and-white keybook contact sheet photographs and 8 loose photographs for the 1957 French-Italian film. The film is represented in test shots set design shots and many candid moments from the set including dramatic high-contrast images of starring actors Bardot amply represented in the collection and seen in nearly every image off-camera with the cast and crew spinning records on a portable player and traveling by plane and train. <br/><br/>Most keybook photos with 12 images per sheet and a few have been trimmed to only a few images per sheet amounting to over 1700 images captured. Nearly all images with series number bordering the image but unlike similar examples from France all sheets lack credits for the photo laboratory film studio film title and often the photographer. A few with cropping annotations in holograph pencil on the image a few with brief annotations on the verso in holograph ink and two loose photographs with ditto-style mimeo snipes on the verso crediting original title Boyer Vidal Bardot and Boisrond. Housed in a blue paper 2-ring binder with French title mounted on the front with cello tape. <br/><br/>Boisrond's fourth directorial credit is a comedy starring Bardot as the flirtatious daughter of the prime minister of France who marries a member of the cabinet Vidal who happens to be a womanizer. Taking control of the situation she has an weekend affair with a prince Boyer and ultimately reunites with her husband after somewhat passive apologies. <br/><br/>Most keybook contact sheets and 3 loose photos 7 x 9.25 inches binder slightly larger and 5 loose photos 5 x 7 inches. A few contact sheets are cropped slightly smaller and all are 2-hole punched. Very Good Plus overall keybook photos rubbed.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Cinedis unknown books
1957163764N.p.: N.p. 1957. Collection of six vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1957 Soviet film including four oversize prints. Two photos with provenance blindstamps at the corners and distributor stamps on the versos. <br /> <br /> Based on the classic novel published in 1605 and 1615 by Miguel de Cervantes. The first adaptation of Cervantes' novel to be filmed in widescreen and color. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Crimea. <br /> <br /> Four photographs 12 x 9.5 inches. Two photographs 4.5 x 6.75 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1961143198Tokyo: Toho Company 1961. Second Final Draft script for the 1961 Japanese film. <br /> <br /> Manuscript ink notation on rear wrapper and manuscript ink and rubber-stamped name Takahishi Toshihiro not credited in the final film on the top and bottom page edges with the same initials in Arabic lettering "T.T." near the spine. Manuscript annotations on preliminary page 4 noting the entire proposed cast lining up pretty closely with the final cast and a note in manuscript ink on the rear wrapper about an unrelated play titled Minamioka. <br /> <br /> A psychological drama that a love triangle unraveling a family in the process. <br /> <br /> Set in Japan. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-30." Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some foxing due to age. Toho Company unknown
1972151500Budapest: Hungarofilm 1972. Six vintage photographs from the 1972 film including four studio still photographs and two borderless reference photographs. <br /> <br /> A dramatization of an 1890 Hungarian peasants' strike. As with many of director Miklos Janczo's films a slow enigmatic meditation on morality and violence composed of only 26 shots over 87 minutes.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Hungary.<br /> <br /> Approximately 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Hungarofilm unknown
1960143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Manuscript ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with manuscript underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. <br /> <br /> The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. <br /> <br /> A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. <br /> <br /> Set in Japan. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown
1986163842N.p.: N.p. 1986. Archive of three scripts for the 1987 prison film including two very early internally duplicated development scripts dated April 14 1980 and July 21 1980 and a Draft script dated July 16 1986. <br /> <br /> A suicidal inmate at San Quentin State Prison attends a production of "Waiting for Godot" and regains both his inspiration and his will to live ultimately organizing his own successful acting troupe in the prison. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Wilmington Lillington and Durham North Carolina.<br /> <br /> Script dated April 14 1980:<br /> <br /> Yellow wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a label with credits for director and screenwriter John Hancock and actor Robert De Niro although the latter did not appear in the film. Title page present dated April 14 1980 with credits for Hancock and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Script dated July 21 1980:<br /> <br /> Blue front wrapper with a die-cut title window lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 21 1980 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Script dated July 16 1986:<br /> <br /> Lacking front wrapper with brown rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 16 1986 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980162972N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1989 German film for which Nigel Kneale was an uncredited screenwriter. Title and credits in manuscript ink on the front wrapper with the label of American producer Wilbur Stark at the bottom right corner. Stark is best known as executive producer for "The Thing" 1982 and "Vampire Circus" 1972. At the stage of development represented by this script Nigel Kneale was the screenwriter though Stark eventually produced the film for Common Film in Germany using German screenwriters to write a new adaptation.<br /> <br /> A virtually unknown adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1965 novel "A Suspension of Mercy" published in the US under the title "The Story-Teller" about an American novelist who is suspected of murdering his wife during a trial separation. <br /> <br /> Noted Manx screenwriter Nigel Kneale is today best remembered for his work in television particularly for the successful science fiction "Quatermass" series as well as the well-regarded folk horror BBC television film "The Stone Tape." He was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay and also penned several collections of short stories one of which won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1950. <br /> <br /> Blue-gray wrappers with annotations in manuscript ink crediting screenwriter Nigel Kneale novelist Patricia Highsmith and producer Wilbur Stark. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographic duplication on slick thermal paper stock made from a UK master copy and then likely transmitted by wire from the UK to the US. Rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good moderately faded with a few splashes and light wear on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973148383Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Final Draft script for the 1794 film. INSCRIBED by star Art Carney on the front wrapper: "To Becky - / All good wishes / from Art Carney." <br/><br/>Also included are a complete set of eight lobby cards for the film and a 33-1/3 rpm record containing four 30-second radio advertisements for the film featuring Gene Shalit Rex Reed and Pauline Kael and Carney and Kael. <br/><br/>When his apartment building in New York is torn down an elderly man takes a cross-country road trip with his cat Tonto. Carney who worn heavy makeup to appear as the much older Harry won a Best Actor Oscar for his role beating a murders' row of performances that included Albert Finney "Murder on the Orient Express" Dustin Hoffman "Lenny" Jack Nicholson "Chinatown" and Al Pacino "Godfather II". The film was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay losing to "Chinatown." Tonto playing himself won a PATSY Award for Best Animal Performer in a Feature Film. <br/><br/>Blue illustrated wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated AUG 3 1973 with credits for screenwriters Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfield. Title page present. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/18/73 and 10/31/73. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Lobby cards: 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Record: Appears Fine with no visible scratches in a Near Fine untitled sleeve. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968160762Universal City: Universal Studios 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Jules Brenner with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> A successful race car driver dreams of winning the Indy 500 and stops at nothing to achieve his goal sacrificing his relationships with his wife and stepson in the progress.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin and Indianapolis Indiana. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled Universal Studios wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper noted as production No. 02017 dated April 16 1968. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final Screenplay with credit for screenwriter Howard Rodman. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/68 and 5/14/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately soiled with a dampstain on the fore-edges bound with three gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1947145051Culver City CA: Edward Small Productions 1947. Archive of production material for the 1952 film noir consisting of the following: breakdown set list wardrobe plot shooting schedule and a summary of detail budget. With a type written letter outlining the contents of the archive from producer Edward Small to Dan O'Shea signed by Edward Small in manuscript ink and dated October 7 1947. <br /> <br /> Based on Samuel Fuller's 1944 novel "The Dark Page." The editor of an exploitative magazine murders his wife then has one of his journalists investigate the matter in order to divert attention from himself. <br /> <br /> Breakdown: <br /> <br /> Title page present dated September 17 1947. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Typescript on production form rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Set List:<br /> <br /> 2 leaves with last page of text numbered 2. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple in top left corner.<br /> <br /> Wardrobe Plot:<br /> <br /> Title page present dated September 17 1947. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Shooting Schedule:<br /> <br /> Dated 9/19/47. 6 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Summary of Detail Budget: <br /> <br /> Dated September 29 1947. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 26. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two staples in the top left corner.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Edward Small Productions unknown
1970135317Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Draft script for the 1972 film. An early example of the film's script still slated to be a Twentieth Century-Fox production with their imprint on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> The fourth 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 /> Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. <br /> <br /> Set in New York. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 3 1970 with credits for screenwriter Lehman and novelist Roth. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962143832Paris: Filmsonor 1962. Collection of 67 original single weight borderless film stills for the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Cartouche." Action sequences men in military regalia and romantically charged images of Belmondo and Cardinale with most representing Belmondo either charming people or dueling with swords. Housed in original brown envelope noted as "CARTOUCHE" on the flap. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Also included are a few leaves of French press material on stationery from the film's distributor Cinedis. <br /> <br /> A riveting Peplum sword-and-sandal swashbuckler set in 1700s France where a gang member named Cartouche Belmondo forms his own band of knaves deciding his former gang to be too unethical. He steals from the rich to give to the poor enlists in the army to escape capture and meets Venus Cardinale a gypsy prisoner who joins his new gang. Venus' love proves fatal and Cartouche rolls her into a lake in a stolen carriage vowing revenge knowing it will likely lead him to the gallows. <br /> <br /> Belmondo and Cardinale's interaction is palpable but they would star in only two other films together Mauro Balognini's "La viaccia" 1961 and José Giovanni's "Scoumoune" 1972. <br /> <br /> Photos 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall with light curling a few short creases and a few slightly discolored. Press material corner-stapled and paper-clipped Very Good plus overall. <br /> <br /> Complete collation upon request. Filmsonor unknown
1969151548N.p.: San Marco 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas on the set of the 1969 film. Photographer "Mario Tursi" stamps on versos. <br/><br/>Based on the ancient Greek myth and loosely on the 431 BC play by Euripides wherein the titular character famously kills her sons as revenge against an unfaithful husband. The sole feature film appearance of noted opera legend Maria Callas one in which she curiously does not sing. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Turkey Italy and Syria. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1088. San Marco unknown books
1939146098N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers.<br /> <br /> One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s-leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March-Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film.<br /> <br /> Set in Spain.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown
1980148840Paris: C. Darmon 1980. Collection of 16 vintage color French lobby cards from the 1980 French theatrical release of the 1980 US television miniseries. First broadcast in three parts on NBC on January 27 through 29 1980 in the US released theatrically in France.<br/> <br/>Based on the 1950 novel by Ray Bradbury. A three-episode miniseries which imagines a future world punctuated by catastrophes wherein humans land on Mars encounter a race of Martians whom they attempt to colonize unwittingly begin a global nuclear war on Earth and ultimately cause the mass devastation of life on both planets.<br/><br/>Set on Earth and Mars shot on location in the US Spain and the UK. <br/><br/>8.5 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. C. Darmon unknown books
1980146709N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script and Second Rough Draft for an unproduced English-language film circa 1960s and 1980s about the life of St. Martin de Porres. Laid in one of the scripts is a typed note identifying Martin as the subject of the script and noting the date of his canonization. <br /> <br /> Although the scripts appear to have been written at different times and there are significant differences between them there are also enough textual similarities to confidently suggest they were both written by Raymond Ferrante despite the early script containing no credits. <br /> <br /> The titular character was born to a Spanish father and a woman of African and Native American Heritage He is the patron saint of mixed-race peoples and those seeking racial harmony as well as barbers innkeepers and public health workers. He was canonized by Pope John XXIII in 1962 roughly corresponding with the first script on offer. <br /> <br /> First script: Yellow titled wrappers. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a dampstain to the rear wrapper and about half the pages bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Second script: Red titled wrappers noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Raymond Ferrante. Title page present noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT with credits for Ferrante. 175 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 174. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1989146487Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Shooting script for the 1990 film. With rainbow revision pages throughout.<br/><br/>Sequel to the 1988 action thriller based on the unrelated 1987 novel "58 Minutes" by Walter Wager. Two years after the Nakatomi Tower incident hard-nosed cop John McClane returns to save Dulles International Airport from grenade-wielding ex-military mercenaries. <br/><br/>Set in Washington DC and shot on location in Colorado California and Michigan. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers dated SEPTEMBER 26 1989. Title page present dated November 16 1989 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Doug Richardson and revision credits to Steven E. de Souza. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/25/89 and 3/20/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1921143526US: Metro Pictures Corporation 1921. Vintage photograph from the 1921 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1916 anti-war novel by Vincent Basco Ibanez about a French and German family on both sides of World War I. Along with "The Sheik" later the same year the film the catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and helped create his "Great Lover" image. The film also launched the career of director Rex Ingram made screenwriter June Mathis one of the most powerful woman in Hollywood inspired a tango craze and was the first to gross over $1000000 at the box office. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a partial and faint studio stamp on the recto light soil and edgewear. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Metro Pictures Corporation unknown books
