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143182Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC. Final script for the two-hour October 24 1954 television special an anthology of stories commemorating the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison. An ambitious undertaking with adaptations and original stories by G.K. Chesterton Arthur Gordon Irwin Shaw Max Shulman John Steinbeck and Mark Twain. Much of the script doctoring and story continuity was handled by Ben Hecht. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper copy No. 60 dated October 24 1954 with credit for screenwriter Selznick. 114 leaves with last page numbered 149. Mimeograph duplication with white green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated between 10-15-54 and 10-22-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good to Very Good with offsetting and some closed tears at the extremities bound with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1954128635Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1954. Final script for the 1954 television special an anthology of stories commemorating the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison. An ambitious undertaking with adaptations and original stories by G.K. Chesterton Arthur Gordon Irwin Shaw Max Shulman John Steinbeck and Mark Twain. Much of the script doctoring and story continuity was handled by Ben Hecht. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper copy No. 64 dated October 24 1954 with credit for screenwriter Selznick. 110 leaves mimeograph duplication with white green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated between 10-15-54 and 10-22-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good to Very Good with offsetting and some closed tears at the extremities bound with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
2007145581Universal City: Dreamworks 2007. Draft rainbow revision script for the 2008 film. Copy belonging to Second Unit Clearance Coordinator Ashley Kravitz her name in holograph pencil on an included one line schedule. Included are eight revision pages differing from those in script two different one line schedules and other ephemera relating to production. <br/><br/>One of the best comedies of the 2000s about a group of narcissistic actors filming a Vietnam War movie unaware that they are in real danger from a drug gang they think are extras in the film. Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Oscar seeking method actor Kirk Lazarus which along with his franchise-starting turn in "Iron Man" the same year resurrected his career. <br/><br/>Title page present dated 11/04/2007 noted as 2nd Buff Revision with credits for screenwriters Etan Cohen Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux and revisions by Stiller and Theroux. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only rainbow revision with pages dated variously between 7/03/2007 and 11/04/2007. Pages Fine no wrappers housed in a generic white ring binder with printed label. Dreamworks unknown books
1922151342N.p.: N.p. 1922. Collection of 15 vintage reference photographs from the 1922 Scandinavian silent film.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. <br/><br/>A documentary-style horror anthology film charting the history of witchcraft in the Middle Ages through to the early twentieth century intersected with dramatized horror segments loosely based on the Malleus Maleficarum a fifteenth century German guide for religious inquisitors. The most expensive Scandinavian silent film ever made banned in the US and heavily censored in other countries for its graphic sexual and violent content. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 134. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1943136398Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 film "Bermuda Mystery" here under the working title "Murder in Bermuda." <br/><br/>A comedic mystery based on a story by John Larkin. Constance Martin Rutherford is convinced that her uncle's death in Bermuda was a murder. The authorities in Bermuda declare he died of natural causes so Connie travels to New York to inform her uncles WWI buddies who have all cashed in their collective "death pool." In New York Connie hires Steve Carramond Foster to help her investigate the death despite the fact he's set to get married the next day. <br/><br/>Set briefly in Bermuda mostly in New York. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 8 and production No. 997 dated Dec. 16 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 16 1943 noted as Final Script with a credit for screenwriter Darling. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/17/43. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1947WRCLIT67382Culver City: Vanguard Films Inc. 1947. 1109 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in typed wrappers with Vanguard property leaf. Trace of rust from brads to inside of wrappers script number stamped on upper wrapper else near fine. A first draft of this adaptation of Bentley's 1913 novel evidently unproduced in this version. It was realized on the screen for the third time in 1952 but based on a script by Pamela Bower. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples. His screen credit just prior to this project was THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE. Vanguard Films, Inc. unknown books
1960WRCLIT41890Np 1960. 1149 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Some spots and marks to wrappers else very good. An unidentified draft of this original screenplay to the best of our knowledge unproduced at least under this title. From the papers of George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst with Scott's notation of writer/director Leonardo Bercovici's address and phone number in the corner of the front wrapper. unknown books
1969138986Paris: Libra Films 1969. Vintage Moyenne medium poster for the 1969 French-German-Italian film. <br/><br/>Based on Juliette Benzoni's 1963 novel "Il suffit d'un amour" the first of her "Catherine" series. Set in the Middle Ages Catherine Georges-Picot is a Joan of Arc-style heroine. <br/><br/>Director Borderie wanted the "Catherine" film to mark a new series of historic heroine films like his previous "Angelique" films 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 but the project never fully developed. Actress Georges-Picot jumped to her death in 1997. <br/><br/>22.5 x 30 inches folded. Very Good plus with edge creases and short tears and a tiny tear to the center. Libra Films unknown books
1957146703N.p.: Bryna Productions 1957. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Marshal Tate Rory Calhoun finds himself caught in a conflict between a bigoted town led by the racist and cowardly Cavalryman Cpt. George Lloyd Bridges and Cheyenne out for revenge when one of Cpt. George's men kill Chief Yellow Wolf Frank DeKova. <br/><br/>Featuring Joanne Gilbert as Pretty Willow Chief Yellow Wolf's daughter and Tate's love interest and Gloria Grahame as Amy Porter a widow in love with Tate.<br/><br/>Set in the Dakotas shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. 1 Near Fine others Very Good to Very Good plus mostly light creasing 3 with open tears at corners 4 with uniform fading. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 3432. Bryna Productions unknown books
1969132475London: Warner-Pathe Distributors 1969. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1968 Spanish-American film. <br/><br/>Set in the Mexican jungle about a soldier who involuntarily steals a bevy of diamonds and the ensuing chase across the country with the syndicate police a gangster and a scheming girl complicating his escape to the border. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Some stills with a few light creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner-Pathe Distributors unknown books
1970150833N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With holograph pencil annotations to the title page. <br/><br/>In a small majority Black bayou community in Louisiana a white priest suffers a psychotic break which convinces him that he has been called by God to violently purge the community of all evildoers. <br/><br/>Set in Louisiana. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Bernard H. Rollins. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Bernard H. Rollins. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1971127423France: Lira Films / European Trash Cinema 1971. Original Program for the 1971 French film. A French detective thriller with noirish overtones and Boisset's trademark violence. He would have his heyday in the 1970s with "The Assassination" 1972 "The Common Man" 1975 and "The Purple Taxi" 1977. <br/><br/>4 pages folded once 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Very Good plus with light rubbing and a tiny bruise and a few pin holes at the corners. Lira Films / European Trash Cinema unknown books
1970151976Rome: Mars Film 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli from the 1970 film. Stamp of photographer Angelo Novi on verso. <br/><br/>An intricate and incisive examination of the psychological tribulations of a man who will do anything to be "normal." Marcello Clerici Trintignant a young and upper-middle class Italian joins Mussolini's Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism and his first assignment is to assassinate his former teacher a political dissident now residing in France with his attractive young wife. Under the guise of taking his new bride Gulia on a honeymoon Marcello travels to France to complete his mission. <br/><br/>Lauded for its fantastic cinematography and expressionistic style often compared stylistically to early German Expressionist works such as Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will" or Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."<br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow Academy 709. Schrader's Canon Fodder 14. Grant Italy. Mars Film unknown books
1976147447Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1976. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1976 film showing director Bernardo Bertolucci giving instructions to actors Robert De Niro Gerard Depardieu and Romolo Valli. <br/><br/>Director Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film was a gargantuan undertaking requiring the resources of three European countries and a trio of American movie studios. Set in the small town of Parma the film follows two best friends born in 1901 whose lives diverge drastically as a result of their class differences and the rise of Fascism in Italy.<br/><br/>Set in Parma Italy shot on location in Rome Lombardia and Campagnia Italy. <br/><br/>6 x 4 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Eureka 135. Olive Films 345. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1979144986Italy / US: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Jill Clayburgh and director Bernardo Bertolucci on the set of the 1979 film. <br/><br/>The son of a famous opera singer falls into heroin addiction and his mother begins an incestuous relationship with him to help him kick the habit. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979143077Italy / US: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage borderless photograph showing actor Jill Clayburgh and director Bernardo Bertolucci in a pensive moment during on outdoor shoot from the set of the 1979 film. With the stamp of US co-producer Twentieth Century-Fox and identifying holograph notation on the verso. <br/><br/>The son of a famous opera singer falls into heroin addiction and his mother begins an incestuous relationship with him to help him kick the habit. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984149779Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1984. Draft script for the first episode of the four-episode television miniseries "Vater und Sohne: Eine deutsche Tragodie" Father and Son: A German Tragedy which first aired November 12 1986 on Radiotelevisione Italiana here under the working title "Joint Venture." Text in English.<br/><br/>The story of two wealthy German families-one family Jewish bankers the other founders of a chemical corporation-before during and after World War II. Although initially filmed in English the miniseries was first broadcast in its full eight hours on Italian and German television in 1986 and 1987 before being drastically edited to four hours for its 1988 debut on American television.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Germany.<br/><br/>Tall clear untitled plastic front wrapper and purple rear wrapper i.e. generic report folder. Title page present dated March 14 1984 with credits for director Bernhard Sinkel. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a white prong binding. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1984144030Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1984. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1986 series titled here under the working title "Joint Venture: Part III: Politics- 1932-1939." <br/> <br/>Set in Germany a few years into the global economic crisis. The Nazis rise to power and work deals with the IG Group to shed their dependence on oil imports and develop warfare technologies. <br/><br/>Clear plastic front wrapper and blue plastic back wrapper. Title page present dated March 14 1984 with credits for screenwriter Bernhard Sinkel. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1964145415Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1964. Collection of six vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1964 internationally produced film here under the US title "The Visit." Included are two film credits sheets from publicity manager Mort Segal referring to actress Demick as she visits Tunisia smokes a hookah and shops locally.<br/><br/>One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for others.<br/><br/>Based on Durrenmatt's 1956 play "Der Besuch der alten Dame." Karla Bergman is disgraced as an unwed mother and banished from her hometown. She later returns a fabulously wealthy woman ready to confront the child's father Serge Quinn who denied paternity and seek revenge. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and for an Academy Award in 1965.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches small white borders. Very Good plus with brief marginal creasing light curling and toning. <br/><br/>Grant Worldwide. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965151334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando Janet Margolin and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox.<br/><br/>Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber a product in short supply for both sides. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965141952Moore Park Australia: Embassy Pictures 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film. Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones who played the role of Chuck with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. With 19 pages of deleted scenes laid in. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1904 H.G. Wells novel "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth." Another of director Bert I. Gordon's "big" films in which some element or character grows to monstrous size only this time he had the novel idea to combine the sci-fi trope with a teenage beach film with "Village of the Giants" as the laughably campy result. A group of teenagers including Beau Bridges accidentally stumbles upon a way to grow themselves to unusually large size and terrorizes a small town until a young Ron Howard the nerdy "Genius" character figures out how to turn them small again. <br/><br/>Set in the small fictional town of Hainesville California shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>White titled front self wrapper and blue rear wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 13 1965 with credits for screenwriter Alan Caillou and story writer Bert I. Gordon. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 4-19-65 and 4-27-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1976148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. <br/><br/>American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York.<br/><br/>Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town.<br/><br/>Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1958145977Los Angeles: American-International Pictures 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film here under the working title "The Spider." SIGNED by director Bert I. Gordon. With holograph pencil annotations throughout. Fodder for for an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Season 4 Episode 13 Sept 14 1991 where Gordon was resurrected as a master of bad taste.<br/><br/>Small-town teenagers and their high school science teacher fight a gigantic mutant spider. The last of the "giant creature" films directed by Gordon from the 1950s. In an attempt to ride on the success of "The Fly" which debuted a few months earlier in 1958 the film's working title "The Spider" replaced "Earth vs. the Spider" on most of its promotional materials. The screen title however was never officially changed.<br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 48. Title page integral to the distribution page with receipt intact dated April 29 1958 with credits for screenwriters Laszlo Gorog and George Worthing Yates and story credit to Bert I. Gordon. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/9/58. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with some edgewear and faint tidemarks to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. American-International Pictures unknown books
141935N.p.: N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a resume laid in for actor Sharon Hawn including holograph ink notation correcting her phone number possibly due to her being considered for a role in this unproduced feature. <br/><br/>Based on the autobiography "With Two Wheels and a Camera" by still photographer Bert Kopperl who was a war correspondent and photographer during World War II in the Pacific Theater where he sustained injuries that left him without the use of any of his limbs. He trained his arms back to working order and met Humphrey Bogart who began to take him around Hollywood parties. His photographic style and eye was highly praised and he worked both in Hollywood productions such as "Command Decision" 1948 as a professional portrait photographer and for magazines such as "Life." <br/><br/>Set in Philippines and Hollywood. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Bert Kopperl and screenwriter Vince Diaz. 35 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 28. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1974150135N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1972 novel "Les Valseuses" by Bertrand Blier which translates literally as "The Waltzers" which translates in French as vulgar slang for "testicles."<br/><br/>Two sleazy small-time hoods traipse through the French countryside stealing and bedding whatever and whomever they can. <br/><br/>Considered one of the more controversial films in French cinema due to its vulgarity and moral ambiguity frequently labeled misogynistic.<br/><br/>Remade as "The Jesus Rolls" in 2020 directed written by and starring John Turturro incorporating and reprising his iconic character Jesus from the 1998 Joel and Ethan Coen cult favorite "The Big Lebowski."<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Ardeche Calvados Cote-d'or Drome Hautes-Alpes Normandie and Pas-de-Calais France. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to top right corner and light edgewear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
