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1965WRCLIT33768Np: Columbia Pictures 1965. Three volumes. Quarto. Bradbound in production company or studio wrappers. Three drafts of the novelist's adaptation to the screen of Schisgal's play released in 1967 starring Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk directed by Cliv Donner as follow: a Second draft. 1134 leaves reproduced on rectos only in early photocopying process. In plain wrappers bearing only the stylized title design. Dated 24 January 1966; b First "estimating" draft. 1134 leaves mimeographed typescript. In Columbia Pictures wrappers. Dated 27 May 1966; and c Final draft. 1130 leaves plus many lettered inserts. Mimeographed typescript. In Columbia Pictures wrappers. Dated 4 August 1966 but with many inserted colored revises variously dated as late as 13 October. All very good or better and through the succession of three drafts a valuable opportunity to observe the revision process. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966WRCLIT70587Burbank: Warner Bros. 1966. Five full color pictorial lobby cards 11 x 14". Numbers 1 2 4 5 and 8. Slight offsetting to left margins of 5 & 8 else near fine. A partial set of the lobby cards issued to promote the film adaptation by Baker of his own 1964 first novel. The 1966 release was directed by Irvin Kershner and starred Sean Connery Joanne Woodward Jean Seberg Patrick O'Neal and Colleen Dewhurst. Warner Bros. unknown books
1966WRCLIT70586Burbank: Warner Bros. 1966. Complete set of color pictorial lobby cards 11 x 14". Some smudging at upper and lower margins of card #1 and a crease to lower right margin scattered occasional pinholes and offsetting to versos else very good. A complete set of the lobby cards issued to promote the film adaptation by Baker of his own 1964 first novel. The 1966 release was directed by Irvin Kershner and starred Sean Connery Joanne Woodward Jean Seberg Patrick O'Neal and Colleen Dewhurst. Warner Bros. unknown books
1946WRCLIT67660Culver City: Vanguard Films 1946. 1180 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Upper wrapper chipped at brads and detached otherwise very good. An unspecified draft of this fully developed adaptation to the screen of Baker's 1940 supernatural fantasy. Baker wrote his own adaptation for a 1950 BBC television broadcast starring Margaret Rutherford which was in turn translated to performance at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London. However we find no record of an actual film adaptation. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples including THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE WINDOW. BLEILER SUPERNATURAL 77. Vanguard Films unknown books
1947WRCLIT67669Culver City: Vanguard Films 1947. 1180 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers with rubber-stamped script number. About fine. A rerun from original stencils of an unspecified draft dated 15 May 1946 of this fully developed adaptation to the screen of Baker's 1940 supernatural fantasy. Baker wrote his own adaptation for a 1950 BBC television broadcast starring Margaret Rutherford which was in turn translated to performance at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London. However we find no record of an actual film adaptation. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples including THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE WINDOW. BLEILER SUPERNATURAL 77. Vanguard Films unknown books
1946WRCLIT67668Culver City: Vanguard Films 1946. 1180 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Upper wrapper chipped at brads and detached with several tears at edges else very good. An unspecified draft of this fully developed adaptation to the screen of Baker's 1940 supernatural fantasy. Baker wrote his own adaptation for a 1950 BBC television broadcast starring Margaret Rutherford which was in turn translated to performance at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London. However we find no record of an actual film adaptation. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples including THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE WINDOW. BLEILER SUPERNATURAL 77. Vanguard Films unknown books
1953WRCLIT40372Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1953. 552 leaves with many revises on colored papers. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Very extensively annotated in pencil and colored pencils see below light soiling and wear wrappers else very good. A "Final Master Script" though evidencing a blizzard of revisions of Robert Yale Libott's adaptation of Honore de Balzac's story prepared as #21B of the MY FAVORITE STORY series. Evidently the former property of one of the show's script supervisors bearing very very extensive annotations relating to camera angles revisions in dialogue and stage directions etc. The versos of the majority of the leaves bear annotations pertaining to camera p.o.v. and similar data keyed to the facing recto. Uncommon thus. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
1963WRCLIT69372Sydney: British Lion Films 1963. Folio. Vintage brilliant color lithographed daybill poster 30 X 13.25" 76 X 34cm. Folded as issued slight wrinkle at one edge a few dust marks on blank verso otherwise about fine. An original daybill poster for the Australian release of the 1962 British film adaptation of Banks's first novel based on a screenplay and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Leslie Caron Anthony Booth Avis Bunnage et al. Caron was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe as well as a BAFTA award. The film premiered in the UK in Nov. 1962 but distribution elsewhere appears to have waited until 1963 or later. Lithographed by Robert Burton PTY Ltd. of Sydney. British Lion Films unknown books
1980142520Los Angeles: Triune Films 1980. First Draft script for the 1980 horror film. Accompanying the script is a bi-fold two-color card program issued to the press upon the film's release. <br/><br/>One of the strangest American horror films of 1980 largely unseen until a pair of restorations brought it back to light in the late 2010s. Featuring actress Barbara Bach during the relatively prolific period that came after her star-making role as a Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. <br/><br/>Shot in Santa Paula Altadena and Piru California. <br/><br/>Tall pale blue untitled wrappers noted as "The Unseen" in blue holograph ink at the top edge of the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as SECOND DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter-director Danny Steinmann. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication bound with an internal silver prong binding. <br/><br/>Thrower Nightmare USA. RE/SEARCH Incredibly Strange Films. Scorpion Releasing. Triune Films unknown books
1964132482London: Rank Film Distributors / Hammer Film Productions 1964. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1964 Hammer film. <br/><br/>Set during WWII in Malaya where US soldiers have been captured by the Japanese and a woman secret agent gets shot down near the prison camp. The prisoners try to keep the woman from the Japanese but they are threatened with torture and their resistance wanes. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few light creases else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors / Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1941WRCLIT67659Culver City: Selznick International Pictures 1941. 142 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Routing page coupon intact about fine. A substantial treatment for an evidently unproduced film set in large part during the 1940 battle and evacuation of Dunkirk. Had it reached production this would have been a timely undertaking for Selznick involving one of his best screenwriters. Garrett's many credits include sole or collaborative work on the scripts for A FAREWELL TO ARMS 1932 version NIGHT FLIGHT THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE GONE WITH THE WIND MANHATTAN MELODRAMA for which he shared an Oscar and many others. Selznick International Pictures unknown books
1970147286London: Winkast Film Productions 1970. Two scripts a first draft script and a draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in holograph pencil on two pages one with what appears to be a question mark and another with a question mark and a strike.<br/><br/>From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br/><br/>English novelist and playwright Barry England is best known for his first novel the 1968 thriller "Figures in a Landscape" made into the 1970 Joseph Losey film of the same name starring Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell.<br/><br/>1900 in the Arizona border town of Berwick a group of thieves and entertainers are hatching a plan to break into the vault at the bank. The sheriff and mayor are on guard and everyone is suspicious of the weathered inscrutable old Jed Bounty.<br/><br/>First draft screenplay:<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Barry England. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Draft screenplay:<br/><br/>Orange untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry England. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Winkast Film Productions 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
141931N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>After her father loses his grip on reality and murders his wife Annie is picked up and taken in by her aunt and soon falls for a pony rider in the local fair. Their love last years and despite whatever distance may be between them. <br/><br/>Set in the American Southeast. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry Schneider. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1972150797Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Collection of seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film including five mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card. <br/><br/>Based on the 1970 novel by Wally Ferris. A highlight of the blaxploitation era following two New York City cops who become involved in a bloody struggle between the Italian mob the Harlem mob and two small-time crooks who have stolen thousands of dollars from both groups. <br/><br/>Set in Harlem shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>Cards 10 x 8 inches. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches. Color studio still photographs and presentation cards Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant US. Parish and Hill 3. Spicer US Neo-Noir. United Artists unknown books
1935147721Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1935. Draft script for the 1935 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period.<br/><br/>Based on F. Britten Austin's 1923 short story "The Drum."<br/><br/>During WWI British Officer Michael Andrews Cary Grant is captured and awaiting execution when local Turkish commander helps him escape revealing he is British intelligence officer John Stevenson Claude Rains. Convalescing in Cairo Andrews falls in love with his nurse Rosemary Haydon Gertrude Michael who reveals she's secretly married to a man she'd briefly known a few years before John Stevenson.<br/><br/>Tall white self wrappers in the 1930s Paramount style. Title page dated May 15 1935 rubber-stamped production No. 967. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered C-52. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with three staples. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962145348United Kingdom: Pinewood Studios / American International Pictures AIP 1962. Shooting script for the 1963 film. Copy from the StudioCanal archives with a letter of provenance laid in. <br/><br/>Based on the simultaneously-published novel "The Mindbenders" by screenwriter James Kennaway about a professor brainwashes himself to stop loving his wife in an attempt to clear the name of a colleague suspected to be a Russian double agent who killed himself after undergoing similar experiments. Released in the US as a double feature with "Operation Bikini."<br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>Tall blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT dated March 1962. Title page present dated 26.3.62 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter James Kennaway. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine internal prong binding. Pinewood Studios / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1996WRCLIT69348New York: Miramax 1996. Folio 27" x 41" 69 x 102 cm. Very good to near fine. A visually striking one sheet for the film biography of Basquiat adapted from stories by L.J. Majewski and John Bowe and directed by Julian Schnabel. The ensemble cast included Jeffrey Wright in the title role as Jean Michel Basquiat David Bowie Dennis Hopper Gary Oldman Michael Wincott Benicio Del Toro Claire Forlani Courtney Love Parker Posey and Christopher Walken. The film won Special Recognition from the National Board of Review and Schnabel was nominated for a Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Shipped rolled. Miramax unknown books
1996WRCLIT69347New York: Miramax 1996. Folio 27" x 39 3/4" 69 x 101 cm. Very good to near fine. A striking teaser one sheet "Basquiat is Coming" for the then forthcoming film biography of Basquiat adapted from stories by L.J. Majewski and John Bowe and directed by Julian Schnabel. The ensemble cast included Jeffrey Wright in the title role as Jean Michel Basquiat David Bowie Dennis Hopper Gary Oldman Michael Wincott Benicio Del Toro Claire Forlani Courtney Love Parker Posey and Christopher Walken. The film won Special Recognition from the National Board of Review and Schnabel was nominated for a Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Shipped rolled. Miramax unknown books
1990147428Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1990. Second Draft script for the 1992 film. <br/><br/>A recently widowed Jewish woman finds love in her autumn years with a charming Italian playboy but faces criticism from her two unhappy daughters who believe she is moving forward too quickly.<br/><br/>Set in Queens New York.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers dated MARCH 2 1990. Title page present dated 3/2/90 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Todd Graff. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981149812Budapest: Csoma Bela - MOKEP 1981. Vintage Hungarian A2 poster from the 1981 Hungarian film here under its Hungarian title "Szabadgyalog." <br/><br/>A talented but destructive alcoholic and apathetic violinist Andras Andras Szabo who also composed music for the film destroys his marriage is kicked out of music school and devolves from creating music to becoming a disc jockey in Tarr's metaphoric commentary on Hungarian cinema and politics. Bela Tarr's second feature film following his 1979 debut "Family Nest." <br/><br/>15.25 x 22.25 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Csoma Bela - MOKEP unknown books
1977149814N.p.: MOKEP 1977. Vintage Hungarian A2 poster from the 1977 Hungarian film here under its Hungarian title "Csaladi Tuzfeszek." <br/><br/>Bela Tarr's debut feature film shot in six days a dark and desperate portrayal of a couple forced to live in a cramped tiny flat with the husband's parents suffocating under the rule of a dominating father reflecting the national hopelessness and slow collapse of late 1970s communist Hungary. <br/><br/>16.25 x 22.25 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. MOKEP unknown books
1987WRCLIT70286Np: Belisarius Productions 1987. 1128 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Photo-mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of blue prink and yellow stock. Bradbound. Ink name on title-leaf some corner creasing coffee- ring mark on title-leaf; good. A revised fourth draft of this original screenplay released in the US in late 1988 under the title LAST RITES starring Tom Berenger Daphne Zuniga et al. With the ownership signature of production sound mixer Les Lazarowitz. Belisarius Productions unknown books
1957133039N.p.: N.p. 1957. Oversize double weight photograph of screenwriter Ben Hecht standing with his boss producer and mogul extraordinaire David O. Selznick on a snow covered set in the Italian Alps during the 1957 filming of Selznick's "A Farewell to Arms." <br/><br/>Based on the 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. The second time the novel was filmed following the 1932 version directed by Frank Borzage and preceding a three part British television miniseries in 1966.<br/><br/>11 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine with a small corner crease at the bottom right. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. N.p. unknown books
1954129941Los Angeles and Burbank: American Broadcasting Company ABC / Columbia Broadcasting System CBS / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1954. Draft script for the short segment from the film "Light's Diamond Jubilee" a variety program developed by all three major television networks to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Edison's invention of the light bulb. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 042 dated 9/14/54. 9 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] / Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
