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1967130313Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1964 Broadway play by Murray Schisgal and with a score by jazz saxophone legend Gerry Mulligan. <br/><br/>Three friends play a game of musical chairs with their relationships in this quirky comedy based on the hit play by Murray Schisgal. Harry Berlin Jack Lemmon is a deeply depressed man who is convinced his life is going nowhere-so much so that he has decided to kill himself by jumping off a bridge. Just before he makes his big leap Harry is interrupted by Milt Manville Peter Falk an old friend in high school who has struck it rich as a combination stock broker and salvage dealer. Milt is not-very-happily married to wildly neurotic Ellen Elaine May and is having an affair on the side with Linda Nina Wayne a buxom gym teacher. Score by jazz saxophone legend Gerry Mulligan. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 8801 dated August 4 1966. Title page present dated August 2 1966 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Baker and playwright Schisgal. 136 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-17-66 and 10-13-66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966130449Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. First Estimating script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1965 play by Murray Schisgal. <br/><br/>Three friends play a game of musical chairs with their relationships in this quirky comedy based on the hit play by Murray Schisgal. Harry Berlin Jack Lemmon is a deeply depressed man who is convinced his life is going nowhere-so much so that he has decided to kill himself by jumping off a bridge. Just before he makes his big leap Harry is interrupted by Milt Manville Peter Falk an old friend in high school who has struck it rich as a combination stock broker and salvage dealer. Milt is not-very-happily married to wildly neurotic Ellen Elaine May and is having an affair on the side with Linda Nina Wayne a buxom gym teacher. Score by jazz saxophone legend Gerry Mulligan. <br/><br/>Pale blue titled wrappers noted as First Estimating Draft on the front wrapper dated May 27 1966. Title page present dated May 25 1966 noted as FIRST ESTIMATING DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Baker and playright Schisgal. 136 leaves eye rest green stock mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures 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
1964132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Collection of 8 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. <br/><br/>Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1964132434London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. <br/><br/>Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1970147269N.p.: N.p. 1970. First draft screenplay for an unproduced film from British director Clive Donner circa early 1970s. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin with two small annotations one on page 16 of the word "ice" written into the dialogue in holograph marker and the page number "100" underlined in holograph ink at the top margin of that page.<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/>Based on the 1971 novel by Donald MacKenzie the third entry in his Henry Chalice Mystery series preceded by "Salute from a Dead Man" 1966 and "Death is a Friend" 1967. <br/><br/>Jewel thief Paul Henderson has had a run of bad luck when he is offered a job on a big heist from a career criminal he's worked with before but when he arrives in Switzerland for the crime he faces a double cross and a kidnapping.<br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Clive Donner and novelist Donald Mackenzie misspelled. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin rectos only. Tall Pages 8.5 x 11.75 inches with standard size wrappers 8.5 x 11 inches. Pages Very Good plus title page trimed about 1 1/4" from bottom wrapper Very Good plus two closed tears at top of die-cut window bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1973143737Burbank CA: Universal Television / American Broadcasting Company ABC 1973. Draft script for the 1974 television movie "The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd" seen here under the title "The Daltons: Outlaws." <br/><br/>As the script's title indicates a story originally intended to be about the Dalton Gang. For reasons unknown presumably legal the script was haphazardly rewritten in the same year to become a sympathetic portrait of Depression-era bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. The completed film retains some of the Dalton-like elements seen in this draft including a trio of brothers as main characters. The resulting film starred real-life brothers Martin Sheen and Joe Estevez with Estevez in his first role. <br/><br/>Set in Oklahoma. <br/><br/>Olive green titled wrappers noted as production No. 39108 dated November 30 1973. Title page present dated November 30 1973 with credits for screenwriter Clyde Ware and producers Roy Huggins and Jo Swerling Jr. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Television / American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1946WRCLIT67433Culver City: Vanguard Pictures 1946. 2A-C213 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in typescript wrappers with studio checkout leaf. Script number stamped on upper wrappes a bit of use at brads else near fine. A "second draft" treatment and story for this unproduced film project. Cockrell had gotten her footing as a screenwriter with the 1944 André de Toth noir thriller DARK WATERS based on a story she co-wrote with her husband Frank Cockrell and for its novelization. Unfortunately Marian Cockrell wrote no other films that reached production but was active as a television writer Perry Mason Alfred Hitchcock Presents Batman Suspicion for another quarter century. Vanguard Pictures unknown books
1946WRCLIT67434Culver City: Vanguard Pictures 1946. 2A-C213 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in typescript wrappers with studio checkout leaf. Script number stamped on upper wrappers upper wrapper detached and creased else very good. A "second draft" treatment and story for this unproduced film project. Cockrell had gotten her footing as a screenwriter with the 1944 André de Toth noir thriller DARK WATERS based on a story she co-wrote with her husband Frank Cockrell and for its novelization. Unfortunately Marian Cockrell wrote no other films that reached production but was active as a television writer Perry Mason Alfred Hitchcock Presents Batman Suspicion for another quarter century. Vanguard Pictures unknown books
1947WRCLIT67428Culver City: Vanguard Pictures 1947. Two volumes. 2150; 2131 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in typescript wrappers with studio checkout leaf. Script number stamped on upper wrappers a bit of use at brads else near fine. Both a "second draft" script and a "final shooting" script for this unproduced film. Cockrell had gotten her footing as a screenwriter with the 1944 André de Toth noir thriller DARK WATERS based on a story she co-wrote with her husband Frank Cockrell and for its novelization. That this project got as far as a final shooting script is evidence of Selznick's confidence in its merit. Unfortunately Marian Cockrell wrote no other films that reached production but was active as a television writer Perry Mason Alfred Hitchcock Presents Batman Suspicion for another quarter century. Vanguard Pictures unknown books
1935WRCLIT62273Los Angeles: The Author 1935. Six volumes. Quarto. Chiefly carbon typescript but also original typescript the latter with extensive manuscript revisions and notations. Each unit bradbound or stapled into typescript wrappers. Some use wrappers a bit frayed at edges and chipped at spines last wrapper separated at spine but typescripts in generally very good order consistent with use. A fine contiguous sequence of scripts tracing the development of this film from its earliest stages through the final working draft of Cole's screenplay and the intercession of another writer. The 1935 film directed by D. Ross Lederman was released under the title TOO TOUGH TO KILL and starred Victor Jory Sally O'Neill Ward Bond et al. The film as conceived by Cole is a depiction of an investigation into labor strife at a tunnel and aqueduct construction site near Morongo California. The film as finally released was co-credited to Cole and Jay Griffin based on a story by Robert Speers. However with the exception of the last item the material in this archive is credited throughout solely to Lester Cole and includes the following: a Treatment 122 leaves carbon typescript; b First Draft Screenplay 22 July 191 leaves carbon typescript with scattered revisions and annotations in pencil; c Second Draft Screenplay 30 July 110 leaves carbon typescript with scattered pencil queries comments and alterations; d Third Draft Screenplay 2 August 1104 leaves carbon typescript; e Fourth Draft Screenplay 5 August 1104 leaves carbon typescript; and f Fourth Draft Screenplay altered in manuscript to read "Final Working Copy" 5 August ca. 104 leaves plus lettered inserts and other variations largely original typescript but some carbon very heavily revised throughout in pencil in at least two hands. The first four items are designated in manuscript with the name of Ben Pivar the production supervisor of record for the film. The last bears the ownership signature of J. Griffin Jay and would obviously appear to be the copy of Cole's draft Jay utilized for the start if not the bulk of the revisions and rewrites that earned him co-credit. Cole was one of the cofounders of the Screen Writers Guild and in 1934 joined the CPA. Like his other colleagues known as the "Hollywood Ten" Cole refused to cooperate with the HUAC in 1947 was sentenced to a year in prison and a fine and was placed on the Blacklist. He continued to work sporadically under pennames and his last major film BORN FREE was so credited. Jay had his own substantial list of screenwriting credits chiefly in the genres of adventure science fiction and horror films. A fine coherent and contiguous archive the sort seldom preserved intact over the passage of more than 75 years. The Author] unknown books
1948WRCLIT68405Los Angeles: Warner Bros. 1948. 191pp. Printed and pictorial self-wrappers. Vintage folio pressbook 28 x 43.5 cm. Extensively illustrated. Accompanied by three original 8 x 10" b&w stills. Pressbook with horizontal fold short split at spine fold at toe otherwise near fine; two stills with ink identification annotations on verso tiny bump to one corner otherwise near fine. A substantial pressbook promoting the third adaptation of Collins's novel to the screen based on a screenplay by Avery directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Eleanor Parker Alexis Smith Sydney Greenstreet Gig Young and Agnes Moorehead. The pressbook includes the usual range of half-tones for advert reproductions advert copy about the production stars and sourcework promotional schemes and reproductions of all the publicity paper. The stills include a portrait shot of Alexis Smith a scene featuring Parker and Young and another of Greenstreet looking out from between two curtains. Warner Bros. unknown books
1934WRCLIT68406New York & Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1934. 8pp. Pictorial self wrappers. Vintage folio pressbook 31 x 46.5 cm. Illustrated. Pressbook has horizontal fold else near fine. One still has a diagonal crease another has tack holes and mends to margins with small chip at blank corner the third has ownership stamps and captions on verso. A visually beautiful pressbook promoting the first sound adaptation of Collins's novel to the screen based on a screenplay by Adele Buffngton directed by Reginald Barker and starring David Manners Phyllis Barry Gustav von Seyffertitz at al. The outer bifolium treats the superbly atmospheric publicity paper for the film and the special photoplay edition of the novel while the insert bifolium includes the promotional copy and advert halftones. The stills are obviously less than stunning but included as reference. Monogram Pictures unknown books
1940WRCLIT67847Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1940. 11314121114131211 leaves. Narrow quarto legal format. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only stapled at left margin. Title-leaf dusty at edges with chips at lower forecorner and around staples pencil filing notes otherwise very good. A release dialogue script of the third and most faithful English language film adaptation of Conrad's novel directed by John Cromwell and starring Frederic March Betty Field Cedric Hardwicke at al. The film was released on 21 December. Previous English language versions appeared in 1919 silent and 1930. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966144543Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage photograph from the 1966 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Rooks' first film a semi-autobiographical account of a man who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. With cameos by a virtual who's-who of counterculture figures of the time including Allen Ginsberg as "Messiah" William S. Burroughs as "Opium Jones" Ravi Shankar as "Sun God" Moondog as "The Prophet" and Ornette Coleman as a peyote eater. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1978WRCLIT63902Los Angeles: Bing Crosby Productions 1978. 11341 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in plain wrappers. Wrappers lightly sunned title lettered on spine a few isolated smudges and pen strikes else near fine. A "Revised Final Draft" of this adaptation of the screen of Conroy's 1976 novel. Carlino directed the 1979 release starring Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe et al. Duvall and O'Keefe were both nominated for Oscars for their roles. Bing Crosby Productions unknown books
1977WRCLIT63901Los Angeles: Bing Crosby Productions 1977. 1143 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in production company wrappers with diecut window. Wrappers lightly sunned title lettered on spine near fine. A "Final Draft" of this adaptation to the screen of Conroy's 1976 novel. Carlino directed the 1979 release starring Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe et al. Duvall and O'Keefe were both nominated for Oscars for their roles. This "final" draft was subject to even further revisions in coming months. Bing Crosby Productions unknown books
1977WRCLIT63899Los Angeles: Bing Crosby Productions 1977. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in plain wrappers. Lower corners toward end bumped a few corners turned otherwise very good. A "First Draft" of this adaptation of the screen of Conroy's 1976 novel but with a span of dated revises on salmon paper dated in August. Carlino directed the 1979 release starring Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe et al. Duvall and O'Keefe were both nominated for Oscars for their roles. While we have handled several copies of late drafts over the years this is the only copy of the first draft we recall. Bing Crosby Productions unknown books
1944148958Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage photograph of the Tower reader's edition of Cornell Woolrich's crime novel written under the pseudonym William Irish made as publicity the 1944 film adaptation. <br/><br/>Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1972WRCLIT47693Np 1972. 2124 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only of a variety of colored papers. Bradbound in stenciled wrappers with title revision in manuscript and title lettered on spine. A "Second revised draft" of this very early original screenplay by Crichton incorporating many leaves of revises spanning the period noted above. The film was released in 1973 as EXTREME CLOSE UP under the direction of Jeannot Szwarc but garnered little notice even under the alternate rerelease title SEX THROUGH A WINDOW. This film was released in the same year as WESTWORLD the other film with a claim to being the first based on a Crichton script; precedence is unknown to this cataloguer. A little known undertaking from early in Crichton's Hollywood career and a much less common script than that for its better known contemporary. unknown books
1978WRCLIT47079Los Angeles: Frank Yablans Presentations Inc / 20th Century-Fox 1978. 1151 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically printed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Revised title lettered on upper wrapper and spine else about fine. "First Draft" of this original screenplay eventually brought to the screen in very substantially altered form as LOOKER in 1981 directed by Crichton and starring Albert Finney James Coburn and Susan Day. Frank Yablans Presentations, Inc / 20th Century-Fox unknown books
1983WRCLIT69213Hollywood & New York: Paramount Pictures / Marvin Worth Productions 1983. 1128 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in Studio Duplicating Services binder. Ink name see below small smudge on upper wrapper otherwise near fine. A revised first draft of this original screenplay. Ulu Grosbard directed the 1984 release starring Robert De Niro Meryl Streep Harvey Keitel et al. This was Cristofer's first screenplay to see production following his own 1980 adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play THE SHADOW BOX. This copy bears the ownership signature of Les Lazarowitz credited sound mixer for the production. Paramount Pictures / Marvin Worth Productions unknown books
2000WRCLIT40393Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures 2000. 110 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript bradbound in studio wrappers. Fine. A studio-generated copy of the final version of Cameron Crowe's screenplay given out to members of the Academy for consideration for the award for Best Original Screenplay which it won. Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures unknown books
1945129936Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Carbon typescript studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a studio script in small numbers for internal distribution the studio would not go on to produce a film from the story. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as copy No. 3 on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
1945129935Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution the studio would not go on to produce a film from the story. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
