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1986129247Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1986. First Draft script for the 1986 television movie. One of two "C.A.T. Squad" films made in the mid-1980s both directed for television by noted director William Friedkin. An early draft possibly constructed as a television episode that grew into a feature-length project. <br/><br/>A special government trio is formed to combat terrorism known as the C.A.T. squad an acronym for the "Clandestine Attack Team." <br/><br/>Filmed on location in Mexico and Canada. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 25 1986. Title page present dated April 25 1986 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Petivich. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1971145512Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage press photograph of director William Friedkin on the set of the 1971 film. Holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's non-fiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Director. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970144038Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. SIGNED by director William Friedkin on the title page. <br/><br/>Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's non-fiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 6 1970 with credits for screenwriter Tidyman director Friedkin and producer Phil D'Antoni. 95 leaves mechanical duplication last leaf numbered 93. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy BFI Companion to Crime. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971137936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. Produced for use on location in New York City in March and April 1971 when shooting for the film commenced there. <br/><br/>William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's 1969 nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking and its impact on New York City undercover police officers. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. <br/><br/>The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor Hackman along with three additional nominations. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as FRIEDKIN DRAFT and REVISED on the front wrapper in holograph pencil dated 3/23/71 and 4/26/71 in holograph pencil. Title page not present. Last leaf of text unnumbered. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes and a few revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/71 and 3/23/71. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Penzler 101. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972145005Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Original maquette demonstrating an early poster design for the 1973 film featuring a vintage silver gelatin photograph of the legendary streetlit scene of Father Merrin's first arrival to Georgetown in the film mounted to the poster.<br/><br/>A minimal design without the credits information seen in the completed original "purple style" poster variant and with a proposed but ultimately unrealized release date of Christmas Day shown at the bottom margin. This maquette compares both to the "purple style" poster in its use of said purple text but also to the original black and white "special poster" design both in size and compositional austerity. The "special poster" measured 25 x 19 inches as opposed to the standard 27 x 41 inches for the one sheet and stated nothing but the film's title and the stark photo of Father Merrin. <br/><br/>Based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty and written for the screen by Blatty. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction was that it walked away with two Oscars including Best Screenplay for Blatty along with eight nominations including Best Picture a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. <br/><br/>Set in Washington DC and shot on location in Washington DC notably Georgetown University New York City and Mosul Iraq. <br/><br/>18 x 12.5 inches mounted on a 30 x 20 inch mat. Black with the vintage black and white photo of Father Merrin affixed at the center and a hand painted release date. Title letters are hand cut from purple paper and affixed in place. Good condition with water damage to the bottom three inches of the mat and with soil and loss of glue adhesion to the white mat. Archivally matted and framed in a museum-quality frame with UV glass.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Clover "Men Women and Chainsaws. Warner Brothers unknown books
1961141152N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." <br/><br/>A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown books
1949147634Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and archival stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on and closely following William Faulkner's 1948 novel MGM's "Intruder in the Dust" tells the story of an African American man Lucas Beauchamp Juano Hernandez wrongly accused of murder in a southern town. A remarkable and stand-out performance from Hernandez in a surprisingly realistic and somber depiction of racism in the American South.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Mississippi. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint creasing and minor edge wear. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1953150545N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of Rita Hayworth and Stewart Granger with director William Dieterle and crew from the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>Columbia Pictures highly fictionalized and flamboyant Technicolor Biblical epic now considered a camp classic wherein Princess Salome Hayworth daughter of King Herod a deliciously lecherous Charles Laughton returns home from banishment and falls in love with Roman Commander Claudius Granger but is maliciously used by her evil mother Queen Herodias Judith Anderson to insure the execution of her critic John the Baptist Alan Badel.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Israel. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and two small closed tears to right margin. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1929151068N.p.: N.p. 1929. Collection of seven vintage oversize double weight reference photographs four of William Dieterle and Lien Deyers two of Dieterle and one of Dieterle and Nikolai Malikoff from the 1929 German silent film. <br/><br/>Viola von Birkenfeld Deyers falls madly in love with the young Friedrich von Bornim Dieterle while he cares for her grandfather after an accident. Upon finding out Friedrich is married her grandfather seeks retribution for breaking his granddaughter's heart. <br/><br/>15.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1918143521US: Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company 1918. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying holograph notation on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd about a young socialite and a millionaire who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand respectively. No known prints of the film survive and it is considered lost. <br/><br/>8.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus. Diagonal crease to the top corner with a short closed horizontal tear to one edge. Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company unknown books
1963150651Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Stamped production No. 63-213 on the verso. <br/><br/>Several teenage daughters of diplomats help an intelligence agent uncover an international plot to sabotage the US. <br/><br/>Set in Switzerland shot on location in San Bernardino California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned to the edges and one with a light crease to the center of the photograph. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1951139726Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1951. Collection of four vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1951 film. <br/><br/>The story centers around a long unsolved murder case from the silent movie era. A young producer decides to make a film about the case and subsequently becomes tangled up in the once dormant mystery. <br/><br/>Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small closed tear to the top margin of image 1660-26AD. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1950138527Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage US insert poster for the 1950 film. Copy No. 50/306 rubber-stamped in red on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Alex Raymond and Don Moore's 1934 comic strip and fourth in the series. The first three films featuring "Jim" are "Jungle Jim" 1948 "The Lost Tribe" 1949 and "Mark of the Gorilla 1950 all starring Weismuller who would go on to star in 12 more films of the series. <br/><br/>Jungle Jim Weissmuller fights a treasure hunter and a witch doctor while trying to save the lovely Joan Lhoest who has a pet tiger. <br/><br/>14 x 36 inches folded. Very Good with holograph pencil annotations on the verso pinholes a few tiny edge tears and two non-issue horizontal folds. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1925140352Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1925. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1925 silent film. <br/><br/>Bumbling newspaper clerk Henry Baxter is helplessly in love with a coworker in this silent-era comedy. The subject of his longing barely acknowledges his existence. His unrequited love coupled with his manager's devious daily taunts makes work tortuous for the poor clerk. He begins to day dream about a better life and a less cowardly self. Footage from William Beaudine's 1925 film is believed to be lost. In the still we see a wide shot of the newspaper office in which Baxter works. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes toning overall and two holograph pencil annotations to the verso. Warner Brothers unknown books
1953138531California: Elliott-Shelton Films 1953. Vintage US one-sheet poster for the 1953 film. <br/><br/>A young boy Courtney is befriended by a horse trainer Woods who has the boy train a new horse for an upcoming albeit fixed race. <br/><br/>Written for screen by Adele Buffington a major proponent of using original screenplays during the silent film era whose credits extend to over 100 Hollywood films. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. A tiny tear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 470. Elliott-Shelton Films unknown books
1957125414Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized helps lead her husband and the police to find her. <br/><br/>Eight pages saddle stapled 12 x 16 inches. Near Fine with a holograph ink notation to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962151288Beverly Hills CA: Chrislaw Productions 1962. Archive of two Draft scripts one unbound a partial "last half of script" an 83-page "Scene Breakdown" four collections of revision pages two of which have annotations and a contact sheet of eleven images from the 1963 film. <br/><br/>The bound script is undated and without revisions likely a first draft. The unbound script largely yellow and blue revision pages dated 7/16 through 8/3 1962 is predominantly a carbon typescript with several ribbon typescript pages both on onionskin and 27 mimeograph duplication pages with a single dialogue annotation on page 26-A and page and scene number annotations on all mimeograph pages in holograph ink. The partial script dated 8/7 through 8/14 is a carbon typescript on on pink onionskin with a typed note "Last Half of Script sent to uncredited producer or crewmember Joe Wiseman" attached to the first page by a clip.<br/><br/>The "Scene Breakdown" is an undated 83 page carbon typescript on onionskin with a single dialogue annotation in holograph pencil likely screenwriter Joseph Landon's initial but extensive treatment. <br/><br/>The collections of revision pages include an eight page carbon typescript "Giordano Mountain Meeting" scene dated 7-18-62 on yellow onionskin. Three copies of a four page carbon typescript on pink onionskin "Notes on Five Victims" dated 8/7 with a handwritten note on purple paper attached by paper clip of "8/7 - Notes on Five Victims Third Rewrite." 46 pages of revisions ranging from page 3 through page 47-A dated 8/17 all on pink paper except for one mimeographed white page 28 of which are on pink onionskin with 36 pages carbon typescript nine ribbon typescript with annotations regarding dialogue motivation plot and strikes in holograph pencil and ink on 17 of the pages. The last collection of revision pages are 29 pink pages all but one are mimeograph duplication dated 10/10/62 five of which are page 124-A including the first page which is carbon typescript on onionskin noted as "Added Scene" by director "Bill Asher" with annotations in holograph pencil and ink the remainder are eight copies of pages 124 125 and 125A. <br/><br/>Lastly is a contact sheet of eleven images with top left image removed five of director William Asher on set three with Henry Silva with the remaining six of a bearded and heavily made-up Silva on the set.<br/><br/>Based on the 1959 Gold Medal paperback crime novel "The Kingdom of Johnny Cool" by John McPartland about an exiled American mobster who sends an Italian outlaw to the US to assassinate his enemies. <br/><br/>Set in Italy New York City and Hollywood shot on location in Southern California. <br/><br/>Bound Script:<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph Landon. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>8/3/62 Script:<br/><br/>Self-wrappers untitled with latest revisions dated 8/3/62 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Largely carbon typescript duplication with several ribbon typescript pages and several mimeograph duplication pages rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-16-62 and 8/3/62. Pages Near Fine overall with first page Very Good with chipping creasing and closed tears to right edge unbound<br/><br/>8/14/62 Partial Script:<br/><br/>Self-wrappers untitled with latest revisions dated 8/14/62. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 187. Carbon typescript duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/7 and 8/14. Pages Near Fine overall with first page Very Good plus with chipping creasing and closed tears to right edge bound with metal clip to top left corner.<br/><br/>Revision Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine with some light edgewear.<br/><br/>Contact Sheet 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Selby Master List US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Chrislaw Productions unknown books
1970129692New York: Delia Productions 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. <br/><br/>A verse play retelling of the Greek myth in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. <br/><br/>Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Delia Productions unknown books
1938146054Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper. Included with the script are four pages of mimeographed notes regarding main title billing for the film.<br/><br/>Two aviators' friendship is tested when a love triangle forms between them and their shared childhood sweetheart. Another tribute to the glories of aviation by director and former WWI fighter pilot William A. Wellman best known for "Wings" 1927 the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.<br/><br/>White titled self wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 1156 and marked as production No. 1172 dated February 15 1938. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeographed rectos only with white and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-14-38 and 6-21-38. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1948149732N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1948 film showing actors Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. <br/><br/>Based on the real experiences of Ivor Gouzenko a Communist code-breaker assigned to the Soviet Embassy in wartime Canada who defected from the USSR after the war. Subject to controversy upon release with liberals protesting the film's depiction of the Soviet cause and conservatives protesting the liberal picketers. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Ottawa Ontario Canada.<br/><br/>10 x 12.75 inches. Very Good lightly creased to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1933136691Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film. <br/><br/>Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place a radical element even in a pre-Code film. <br/><br/>A film that has held up well in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers male and female were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film Dorothy Coonan who would go on to marry the film's director William A. Wellman. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. First National Pictures unknown books
1950144959Paris: Milton H. Bren and William A. Seiter Productions 1950. Vintage photograph of actress Claire Trevor and various members of the crew on the set of the 1950 film noir. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>U.S. Police officer Madeleine Haley Claire Trevor goes undercover to get close to Pete Ritchie Raymond Burr the leader of a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico. Just as she meets Ritchie she is kidnapped by Johnny Macklin Fred MacMurray who unbeknownst to her is an undercover federal agent. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Southern California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with three holes punched in the left margin. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Milton H. Bren and William A. Seiter Productions unknown books
1976147460Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1976. Two Revised draft scripts Part I and Part II comprising the complete script for the 1977 television film which was broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 13 and 14 1977.<br/><br/>First script titled "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" on front wrapper and titled "'Howard The Amazing Mr. Hughes' Part I" on first page of script has several annotations on front wrapper. In holograph ink on top left is written "Prod Thur 11/18/76" center right is the name "Tommy Lee Jones" with phone number below not in Jones' hand and an "I" immediately following title as well as a "9" in holograph pencil on upper right corner. Script contains two title pages of two revisions first yellow page has the underlined name "Norma" preceded by an asterisk as well as two underlines below the text "REVISED" on lower left in red holograph ink. The second pink title page has "33" on the upper left and a "Part I" on top center left in holograph pencil. Four pages contain strikes in holograph ink. Script contains a few copied annotations on the first 3 pages of script revision date some action changes and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Second script "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" has "33" on upper left of title page and "Part II" top center in holograph pencil. Three pages contain copied annotations revision date character direction and dialogue and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Based upon the 1972 Howard Hughes biography "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" by Hughes' long-time associate Noah Dietrich and AP Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas. The first of several film depictions of Howard Hughes as an young obsessive perfectionist and an elderly hypochondriac. An early break through role for Tommy Lee Jones.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" script:<br/>Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one dated November 26 1976 the other dated November 16 1976 both noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12-20-76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" script:<br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 16 1976 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 117A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12/20/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown books
1961143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. <br/><br/>A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. <br/><br/>Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1984132525Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1984. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1984 US film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso and folded to the recto. <br/><br/>Based on Robert Grossbach's 1975 novel "Easy and Hard Ways Out" about<br/>a lazy engineer whose employer is on the verge of bankruptcy until a mysterious disk from another engineer who suddenly dies helps save his job and his life. <br/><br/>8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
