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2000149207N.p.: N.p. 2000. Draft script for the 2002 film printed on all red leaves with annotations in holograph pencil on three pages referring to location and sound effects e.g. "gas hissing". <br/><br/>Loosely inspired by Terence Young's 1967 film "Wait Until Dark" starring Audrey Hepburn Alan Arkin Richard Crenna and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.<br/><br/>Recently divorced Meg Altman Jodi Foster and her diabetic daughter Sara Kristen Stewart spending their first night in a newly-purchased brownstone awaken to find three burglars Forest Whitaker Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto have broken in and seek refuge in the house's panic room where a floor safe containing three million in bonds reside which the burglars are seeking.<br/><br/>Set in the Upper West Side New York City. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers dated June 22 2000 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with rough tear on last leaf integral with back wrapper bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1990150407Universal City: Universal Studios 1990. Early First Draft script for the 2008 film dated 1990 from screenwriter Robin Swicord. Swicord who received a joint Story credit with screenwriter Eric Roth in the film's final release was first hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt Fitzgerald's short story as early as 1985 by 1989 the project moved to Universal Studios with producer Ray Stark holding the rights who is credited on this draft. It wasn't until 2003 that credited screenwriter Eric Roth would be brought on to adapt Swicord's screenplay with Gary Ross reported to direct . Paramount who developed a joint co-production with Universal for the project in 1999 announced David Fincher as director in 2005. Between 1990 and 2003 various directors screenwriters and actors were reported attached to the project including Frank Oz Martin Short Agnieszka Holland Daniel Day-Lewis Phil Alden Robinson Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise Spike Jonze Charlie Kaufman and Ron Howard.<br/><br/>Based on the 1922 short story by F. Scott Fizgerald.<br/><br/>David Fincher's melancholic and surprisingly heart-warming saga of the life of a man Brad Pitt who is born old and ages in reverse and the woman who he was always destined to love Daisy Cate Blanchett. Featuring remarkable visual effects deftly executed by Fincher.<br/><br/>Winner of three Academy Awards nominated for ten others including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1990 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Robin Swicord and author F. Scott Fitzgerald. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 476. Universal Studios unknown books
1983147362N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. With a single holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper noting the number 76. <br/><br/>Seven American teenagers are captured by ransom-seeking terrorists while vacationing in Central America and find themselves forced to fight with the help of a mercenary to defend their lives.<br/><br/>Set in Central America shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 15 1983 with credits for screenwriter David Fisher. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969150225N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight satin-finish black and white photograph from the 1969 film one showing actors Robert Stephens Geraldine McEwan and Laurence Olivier the other showing Olivier alone. With a photographer's stamp on the verso noted only as "Dominic" along with a library stamp. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>A filmed version of the National Theatre Company play originally directed by Glen Byam Shaw which was based in turn on the 1900 play by August Strindberg. In their isolated home on the coast of Sweden an aging mentally ill ex-military captain engages in vicious battles of will with his wife a former actress whose marriage ended her career.<br/><br/>Set in Sweden.<br/><br/>One photograph 8 x 9.5 inches one photograph 7.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969150206London: Camera Press 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 television serial showing actors John Westbrook Roger Mutton and John Rapley. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>A one-season television series which dramatized the lives of John Churchill the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah. The show originally aired in the UK on BBC on September 27 1969 and was aired two years later in the US on PBS' long-running Masterpiece Classic series. <br/><br/>9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Camera Press unknown books
1972135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. <br/><br/>Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. <br/><br/>Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973140022Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1973. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1973 film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A modern retelling of the gospels of the Bible set in modern New York and a junkyard where Jesus is crucified. Based on Tebelak's 1971 book and the 1973 Broadway play and noted for its controversial costuming of religions figures in "hippie garb."<br/><br/>Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a few central pinholes and light toning. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971148532London: ITC 1971. First Draft script for the 1972 British television film which aired on ABC on January 15 1972 and was theatrically released in Europe. Copy number "29" in holograph marker on title page.<br/><br/>This early First Draft was written by screenwriter Philip Levene best known for his screenwriting and consultant work on the television series "The Avengers" from 1965 to 1968. Levene did not receive screen credit on the 1972 release. <br/><br/>Bette Davis is Madame Sin a sinister villain hiding in a Scottish castle intent on world domination who kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence played by Robert Wagner forcing him to help her hijack a Polaris submarine to attain a secret nuclear weapon. One of many films cashing on the popularity of the then-new James Bond films originally intended as a television pilot but released as a feature film.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Berkshire and Piccadilly in London and Argyll and Bute in Scotland.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Philip Levene and creator Lou Morheim. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. ITC unknown books
1981139598Santa Monica: David Greene Productions 1981. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1981 television movie. <br/><br/>A young woman becomes pregnant and must decide whether or not to keep the child. She consults her mother who once found herself in a similar situation. <br/><br/>9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. David Greene Productions unknown books
1962140839Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Police receive a call on a scorcher of an early morning that someone in a apartment building will be killing themselves. They arrive on the scene to find the caller with a gun and shooting wildly at anyone who begins to walk up the steps to him. A sick boy is trapped on the same floor as him as well as an adulterous couple and an old couple content to die. The boy is revealed to have a bottle of nitroglycerine and plans to take out the whole building at 5:30 am on July 16th to make the occasion of the first atomic bomb leaving the police in a race against time to figure out how to diffuse the situation. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David Harmon. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1962 and September 25 1962. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown books
1962140748Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. With one page Typed Letter Signed to agent Paul Kohner laid in. <br/><br/>Police receive a call early on a hot summer morning from someone in an apartment building is trying to commit suicide. They arrive on the scene to find the caller with a gun and shooting wildly at anyone who begins to walk up the steps toward him. A sick boy is trapped on the same floor as the shooter as well as an adulterous couple and an old couple content to die. The shooter is revealed to have a bottle of nitroglycerine and plans to take out the whole building at 5:30 am on July 16th to commemorate the occasion of the first atomic bomb test leaving the police in a race against time to figure out how to defuse the situation. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David Harmon. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1962 and September 25 1962. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown books
1988129772N.p.: N.p. 1988. Two Draft scripts from 1987 and 1988 for an unproduced film. Both drafts SIGNED by screenwriter David Henderson in holograph ink on the title page in 1992 and each has a lengthy inscription about the development of the script noting "Michael L. Parker" and his investment in the film the script's general plot and characters a proposed directorial role for Robert N. Zagone "San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog" 1970 television movie and revisions Henderson made in order to "make the film roughly a page a minute." <br/><br/>A cursory look at the script leads us to believe the story is set in a desolate perhaps post-apocalyptic Southwest landscape and the overall theme seems to have crime/thriller elements i.e. murder guns swords. <br/><br/>1987 draft:<br/><br/>Blue stiff titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1987 with credits for screenwriters Henderson and Zagone. 138 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally prong binding. <br/><br/>1988 draft:<br/><br/>Light blue stiff titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1988 with credits for screenwriters Henderson and Zagone. 111 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1987140708Culver City CA: Brooksfilms 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 film. <br/><br/>Two antiquarian booksellers strike up a long distance friendship during the late years of WWII. Starring Anne Bancroft Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Brooksfilms unknown books
1946151468N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films and one of the finest adaptations of a Dickens novel to date. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 31. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1946149877N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer J. Arthur Rank on the set of the 1946 British film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1861 novel. A happy-go-lucky orphan discovers that an unknown benefactor is offering to finance his education and introduction into high society. Lean's first Dickens adaptation followed by "Oliver Twist" 1948 and the film which many consider to be the finest in his oeuvre. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning two.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London and Kent UK.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with some faint soil to the recto. N.p. unknown books
1954150786N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage narrow margin double weight reference photograph of David Lean on the set of the 1954 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1916 play by Harold Brighouse. Previously made as a silent film in 1920 directed by Percy Nash and starring Arthur Pitt and Joan Ritz and in 1931 directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt and Joan Maude.<br/><br/>Victorian bootmaker stingy widow and a man of great thirst Henry Hobson an exceptionally brilliant Charles Laughton insists there will be no marriages of his three daughters to avoid the costly settlements but the independent-minded eldest Brenda de Banzie has her sights set on Hobson's prize bootmaker Will Mossop John Mills. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Manchester England. <br/><br/>9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine with black paper affixed to verso. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 461. N.p. unknown books
1962150467Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Alec Guinness Sam Spiegel Jack Hawkins and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence.<br/><br/>An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. <br/><br/>Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture.<br/><br/>Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. <br/><br/>11 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962148579Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1962 film shot on location in the Moroccan desert. Mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence.<br/><br/>An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. <br/><br/>Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1991. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light curling edgewear and creasing at corners but no loss or tears. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Ebert I. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962150547N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Peter O'Toole Gamil Ratib and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence.<br/><br/>An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. <br/><br/>Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture.<br/><br/>Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Some edge and corner wear else Near Fine.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1970150783N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of David Lean Sarah Miles Trevor Howard and John Mills on the set of the 1970 film. Two mimeo snipes and photographer "Ken Danvers" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. <br/><br/>The year after the suppressed 1916 Easter Rising a young Irish woman is caught between a British officer she loves and the nationalists from her own home town. <br/><br/>Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Cinematogray and Best Supporting Actor for John Mills nominated for two more. <br/><br/>Set in an isolated village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry Ireland shot on location in County Kerry and County Clare Ireland and Cape Town South Africa. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970137367Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage deluxe press kit for the epic 1970 film including two oversize photos and six reference photographs. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. Winner of two Academy Awards for cinematographer Freddie Young and supporting actor John Mills. Nominated for two more as well as ten BAFTA awards. <br/><br/>The press kit contains:<br/><br/>Ten loose sheets of heavy weight paper each folded to 11 x 14 inches printing on rectos only. The first sheet with a press release regarding the film the other nine with a description from Bolt's screenplay in English French Spanish German Italian and Japanese on the outside and the corresponding full color printed image from the film inside. <br/><br/>Two 11 x 14 sheets of photographic paper each containing two images one of David Lean on the set the second of the same scene from the film. With descriptions of the scenes printed on the verso of each photograph. <br/><br/>Six 10 x 8 reference photographs one showing Lean and crew filming on the coast of Ireland the rest depicting scenes from the film. Each with captions printed on the verso. <br/><br/>One biography of David Lean three pages printed on rectos only. 8.5 x 11 inches bound with a single staple. <br/><br/>All items housed in a studio clamshell box as issued. <br/><br/>Clamshell box: About Near Fine with light fading and a few small bruises. Press materials Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970137424Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage press kit for the epic 1970 film. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. Winner of two Academy Awards for cinematographer Freddie Young and supporting actor John Mills. Nominated for two more as well as ten BAFTA awards. <br/><br/>Press kit "introducing" director David Lean containing a biography an additional anecdote related to filming a detailed production guide press clippings and six black and white reference photographs of the subject along with a caption sheet. Housed in a tri-fold studio folder specific to the subject. <br/><br/>Folder about Near Fine. Press material Near Fine or better. Photographs Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970132641London: National Screen Service / MGM 1970. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1970 UK film. <br/><br/>Set during WWI in Ireland where a young woman is caught between the man she loves an English officer and revolutionaries from her own home town. John Mills won an Academy Award for his supporting role. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and a faint corner crease else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1977142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. <br/><br/>Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1966139824Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1966. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Snipe printed on the verso of one image. <br/><br/>Based on the stage play by Alexandre Bisson popularized in novel form by J.W. McConaughy and the seventh film version. Holly Parker Turner is married to respected diplomat Clay Anderson Forsythe but they rarely get to see each other leading Holly to pursue other men notably carefree playboy Phil Benton Montalban. Phil soon dies in an accident and Holly panicked flees to Mexico leaving behind her young son. Addicted to drugs and making a living as a prostitute in a cheap hotel in Mexico she meets Dan Sullivan Meredith a criminal who tries to involve Holly in a blackmail scheme. When she discovers her husband Clay is the target she kills Sullivan. Unable to afford a lawyer she is assigned a dedicated young public defender whom she soon recognizes as her son. Keeping her identity secret so as not to tarnish her son's image of her Holly is tried as "Madame X." <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light toning and light edgewear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
