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1962142324Universal City London: K.N.P. Productions / Universal 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page stapled cast list dated December 21 1962 as well as a three page stapled cast and unit list dated December 21 1962. Here under the working title "It's All Happening." <br/><br/>A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical" this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. <br/><br/>Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 29 1962. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. K.N.P. Productions / Universal unknown books
1960151341N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs taken during filming on location for the 1960 film one showing actor Elvis Presley on a horse waiting between takes with a camera crew to his left the other showing actress Dolores Del Rio in costume flanked by two unknown crew members with director Don Siegel in the background to the right. With holograph pencil and ink annotations on the verso regarding cropping.<br/><br/>The mixed-race son of a rancher finds his loyalties divided when members of a nearby Kiowa tribe begin raiding neighboring white farms. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Utah and Los Angeles. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 1371. N.p. unknown books
1974132853Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1974 UK film. Cropping annotations to the versos of 3 stills and the rectos of 2 stills with a mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso of 1 still. <br/><br/>Based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel "Seven Days to a Killing" about the kidnapping of a British agent's son and the quest for revenge by the agent. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and in Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Very Good plus with corner creases and light stains. Universal Pictures unknown books
1954146075Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions 1954. Draft script for the 1955 film here under the working title "The Annapolis Story." With small holograph ink annotations throughout mostly noting the scene entrances of different characters throughout the script. <br/><br/>Two sibling cadets at the Annapolis Naval Academy fall for the same girl creating a love triangle that can only be resolved by one brother's sacrifice for the other in the Korean War in the tradition of "Wings" 1927. Director Don Siegel's first film starring Kevin McCarthy followed by the sci-fi horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1956 which was considered to be a breakthrough picture for both. <br/><br/>Set in Annapolis Maryland.<br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral to the distribution page with credits for screenwriter Dan Ullman dated January 6 1954. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the wrappers and the right and lower edges of the leaves bound with two gold brads. Allied Artists Productions unknown books
1981140538N.p.: Marble Arch Productions 1981. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1981 television movie. <br/><br/>An Air Force movie resembling the content and tone of "Top Gun." Two fighter pilots who shared experiences in the Vietnam war find themselves at an elite Air Force Weapons School a decade later. One man an instructor one a student their friendship is tested by their new situation. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Marble Arch Productions unknown books
1963132885London: Warner-Pathe Distributors 1963. Collection of 3 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1963 UK release of the 1963 US film. <br/><br/>Based on Ira Levin's 1961 play starring Bob Hope as a New York theater critic and Lucille Ball as his wife playwrights that may or may not be very good. This is the final pairing of Hope and Ball after appearing in three previous films together. <br/><br/>A story set in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A moderate crease to each still else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors unknown books
1972135458Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Collection of five vintage black-and-white double reference studio still photographs from 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake. Featuring images of Robert Redford George Segal Ron Leibman and more. <br/><br/>One of the most engaging and hilarious crime films of the early 1970s a cat-and-mouse heist film in which Redfield played the foil to Redford. A bright gathering of the New Hollywood Cinema's finest including Robert Redford director Peter Yates novelist Donald Westlake and screenwriter William Goldman. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Picture. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972139958England: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Original British quad poster for the 1972 American film "The Hot Rock" here under the British release title "How to Steal a Diamond." Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. Distributor notation in holograph ink on the verso. <br/><br/>New Hollywood director Yates' adaptation of Westlake's 1970 novel "The Hot Rock." Dortmunder Redford and Kelp Segal are jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a few pinholes faint stains to verso. Scarce. <br/><br/>Lee p. 118. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972127443Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Based on the 1963 Parker novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. Copy belonging to uncredited actor Norman Kaplan. <br/><br/>One of the great crime films of the early 1970s today a cult classic with understated performances from Robert Duvall Karen Black and Joe Don Baker as well as a who's-who of character actors playing out a violent story that takes place mostly in a beautifully ordinary rural setting. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 182 dated December 18 1972 with credits for producer Carter De haven and director/screenwriter Flynn. 132 leaves xerographically duplicated with the last leaf of text numbered 128. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with a few tiny corner creases throughout bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy BFI Companion to Crime. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Stephens US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980147439Los Angeles: D.H. Wolfe and Associates 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film.<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/>Lulu is an intrepid astute young cellist studying at Julliard. While at home in Connecticut playing in the shelter of the family's beach gazebo a naked and dirty young man Lulu names Peter comes sprinting out past an outcrop of rocks. Startled Peter retreats up the beach as a curious but unfazed Lulu looks on. Lulu determines to find Peter but when she does he's entirely uncommunicative and skittish. Upon seeing him walking along the road as her parents are driving her to the train station to go back to New York she tells her parents that he's a fellow student corrals him into the car and takes the dazed Peter with her back to New York determined to find out who he is and what happened.<br/><br/>Set in New York and Connecticut.<br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald H. Wolfe. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with comb binding. D.H. Wolfe and Associates unknown books
1972140001Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Draft script for the 1974 heist film. Art Director Al Brenner's working copy with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout and on the rear wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1972 novel by Donald Westlake. One of the more creative caper comedies from the rich vein of crime films made in the 1970s wherein a bank temporarily being housed in a mobile home begins to look appealing to a crew of ex-cons. Very much a sister film to the 1972 adaptation of Westlake's "The Hot Rock." <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped No. 40 showing the film's title and "Landers/Roberts Productions on the front wrapper. Title page present dated August 27 1973 with a credit for screenwriter Wendell Mayes. 115 pages principal pages on white stock with pink revision pages throughout all dated 9/6/73. Pages and wrapper Very Good or better bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Lee p. 116. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1995150012Santa Monica CA: Steven Bochco Productions 1995. Draft script for the twelfth episode of season three of the 1993-2005 television series which originally aired on February 6 1996 on ABC. With a printed label affixed to the front wrapper reading "EDITORS / 2." <br/><br/>A detective's family is struck by tragedy when her father is found dead with all evidence pointing to her young brother as the culprit. Meanwhile a mysterious woman arrives at the precinct with information regarding a cold case disappearance. The popular television series ran for 12 seasons and followed the detective squad of Manhattan's fictional 15th precinct. <br/><br/>Set in Manhattan.<br/><br/>White titled pictorial wrappers noted as copy No. 12 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated Dec. 06 1995 noted as copy No. 12 with credits for director Donna Deitch screenwriter Theresa Rebeck and other crew members. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Full provenance available. Steven Bochco Productions unknown books
1966152763Universal City: Universal City Studios 1966. Revised Final Draft script for the 1968 film here under the working title "The Epic of Josie" with annotations in holograph red ink of start and finish shooting dates and flourish on front wrapper. Annotations in holograph red ink throughout underlining props and sets.<br/><br/>Josie Doris Day is a widowed sheep farmer in a cattle-farming town and her independence and strong ethics lead to disruption of the town's misogynist leaders when she convinces the local women to band together. An entertaining B-movie that with a strong women's liberation theme. <br/><br/>Set in the fictional Arapahoe County Wyoming shot on location in Thousand Oaks Agoura Hills and Triunfo California. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated December 30 1966. Title page present noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY with credits for screenwriter Harold Swanton. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered "120 and 121." Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 1/10/67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1949111169Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Original pressbook for the 1949 film noir. <br/><br/>A crooked detective Dan Duryea attempts to steal jewels using information supplied by his girlfriend Dorothy Lamour a secretary in a psychologist's office. Told in the style of a tabloid newspaper with Dan Duryea at his lady-killing best. <br/><br/>20 pages saddle stapled 12.25 x 15 inches. About Near Fine condition with light soiling overall and minute amount of splitting at the center of the hinge fold but almost no other visible wear. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. <br/><br/>Grant US. Lyons US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1926152276Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1926. Vintage program for the 1926 silent film. Included with the program is a seven-page booklet credited to story writer "Elton Thomas" the nom de plume of actor Douglas Fairbanks summarizing the plot of the film. <br/><br/>After the death of his father at the hands of a bloody pirate gang a nobleman infiltrates the gang and becomes a buccaneer himself quietly seeking revenge. The third feature to be filmed in early two-tone Technicolor first introduced in "The Toll of the Sea" 1922. <br/><br/>9 x 12 inches. Four leaves side stapled with illustrated wrappers. Very Good moderately toned and edgeworn with leaves split from the binding.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. United Artists unknown books
1973133028London: Harbour Productions / Cineman Films 1973. Collection of six vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film. <br/><br/>In a film tailor made for his unique screen presence Price plays a Shakespearean actor who exacts bloody revenge on the critics who denied him an acting award using scenes from the Bard's plays as inspiration for each murder. An undeniably appealing cult crossover between high literature and lowbrow horror-comedy. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Harbour Productions / Cineman Films unknown books
1956142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. 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/>Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody"<br/><br/>Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. <br/><br/>Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Mimeograph duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1958150084London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Erich Maria Remarque on the set of the 1958 film. Cropping annotations in holograph pencil on verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1954 novel by Erich Maria Remarque who played the role of Professor Pohlmann in the film.<br/><br/>German soldier Ernst Graeber John Gavin sent home from the Russian front finds his home bombed and struggles for sanity and survival with the help of the daughter Liselotte Pulver of a political prisoner. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Set on the Russian front and in Germany during World War II shot on location in Berlin. <br/><br/>7 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and edgewear. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1958132741London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the UK country of origin release of the 1958 film. <br/><br/>Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel about a company of German soldiers on the Russian front during WWII. One of the soldiers is sent home where finding his home bombed he struggles for his sanity and survival with the help of the daughter of a political prisoner. <br/><br/>Set on the Russian front and in Germany during World War II shot on location in Berlin. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Masters of Cinema 65. Davenport p. 358. Hyams p. 129. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1956140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. <br/><br/>Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. <br/><br/>A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. <br/><br/>Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1949133084Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of director Douglas Sirk working on the set of the 1949 film noir. <br/><br/>A wonderful photograph of the entire crew shooting a scene where Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight are parting at an airport. Sirk is standing on a crane support at the left and cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. is seated just below. A key American noir from an original screenplay by Samuel Fuller. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Los Angeles and notably in the Bradbury Building on Broadway now an architectural landmark originally built in 1893 by Los Angeles mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by George Wyman. <br/><br/>In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 7 x 9 inches borderless with a studio stamp and a mimeograph snipe on the verso. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1955132894London: Unviersal International Pictures 1955. Vintage hand-tinted still photograph from the 1955 UK release of the 1955 US film. <br/><br/>Based on W. R. Burnett's little-known 1954 novel about a member of an Irish revolutionary society forced to become an outlaw. In Dublin he meets a famous rebel named "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command "Lightfoot." <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in Ireland. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Two tiny bruises else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1944003239Los Angeles: Universal Studios 1944. A. Conan Doyle Bertram Millhauser screenwriter. THE PEARL OF DEATH. Los Angeles: Universal Studios 1944. Complete original studio-mimeographed brad-bound shooting script consisting of 112pp on studio-issued white and blue revision pages dated March 28th 1944 with production number 7189 stamped on the cover. Penciled ownership signature of Marian Pecht Universal Studios employee who appears to have been in charge of file copies. There are no other annotations. The card covers are brittle and chipped as usual but contents are fine. With: A complete original studio-mimeographed self-wrapper final post-production dialogue continuity script dated July 19th 1944 bound with two brads at the top. In Very Good condition. THE PEARL OF DEATH was loosely adapted from Doyle's "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" originally published in THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES in 1904 and featured the signature device of "The Borgia Pearl" hidden within one of six identical plaster busts of Napoleon but also in Universal Studios fashion the screenplay added a killer known as the "Creeper" who is probably the best-drawn villain in the series after Professor Moriarty. The film opened in New York on August 25th 1944 to both popular and critical acclaim. Screenwriter Millhauser also wrote four other Universal Sherlock screenplays: THE WOMAN IN GREEN SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH and THE SPIDER WOMAN. Signed. Original Manuscript. Original Wraps. Very Good. Script. Universal Studios Paperback books
1945003238Burbank California: Universal Studios 1945. Doyle A. Conan Frank Gruber screenwriter. TERROR BY NIGHT. Burbank: Universal Studios 1945-6. This unique film studio screenplay archive consists of THREE studio scripts: two original writer's draft manuscripts and the final dialogue and continuity script. In short a treasure trove of primary material relating to one of the most endearing and enduring film series of the 1940s. The twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by Universal Pictures during the years 1942-1946 are legend; they are surely the best known screen-adapted adventures of English Literature's most iconic character and Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are still cherished as the definitive Holmes and Watson. 1. Dated July 2nd 1945 Frank Gruber's complete 113pp original typed carbon copy manuscript labeled "File Copy" accomplished on onion-skin paper brad-bound and housed in original drab brown studio covers production number 7322 with each leaf rubber-stamped "Contract File Copy" in red block letters. The cover is edge-worn but the contents are Very Good indeed. This copy belonged to Tom McKnight penciled signature so stating who served as the Universal Studios Sherlock Holmes technical adviser throughout the entire run of the series. 2. Dated September 29th 1945 Frank Gruber's complete 93pp corrected carbon copy manuscript cover-titled in pencil which includes brad-bound and laid in at the rear two studio-mimeographed sets of extensive screenwriter-corrected white revision pages dated 10/4/1945 and 10/8/1945. Overall Very Good. 3. Dated January 14th 1946 the complete original studio-mimeographed self-wrapper final post-production dialogue continuity script bound with two brads at the top. In Very Good condition. Although this film was inspired by Conan Doyle's "Adventure of the Empty House" in its characterization of Colonel Sebastian Moran and the use of an air gun as a murder weapon screenwriter Frank Gruber created what essentially was an original story and screenplay. Gruber's prior film credits included "Northern Pursuit" 1943 with Errol Flynn and "Johnny Angel" the 1945 Crime Noir starring George Raft. He was also one of the most prolific pulp magazine short story writers of the era. The producer of TERROR BY NIGHT was Howard Benedict from RKO's Saint and Falcon series. The director and executive producer was Roy William Neill who was inarguably the guiding force behind the last nine films in the series. TERROR BY NIGHT unapologetically borrowed from both of Alfred Hitchcock's train-set thrillers "The 39 Steps" 1936 and "The Lady Vanishes" 1938 and Roy William Neill's interpretation of these classics perhaps was the reason TERROR BY NIGHT is one of the best films in the series. TERROR BY NIGHT opened on February 8th 1946 to excellent reviews and the favorable reaction by a thrilled public. A unique archive a unique opportunity for the collector. . Signed. Original Manuscript. Original Wraps. Very Good. Script. Universal Studios Paperback books
