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1937WRCLIT67662London 1937. 441 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil-printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit creased and nicked but very good. A summary and treatment of Welsh novelist Wilkins' then forthcoming historical novel prepared for consideration of optioning by David O. Selznick for a screen adaptation. No film eventuated. unknown books
1958WRCLIT70859Los Angeles: Paramount Films 1958. Vintage original 41 x 27" 104 x 69" one sheet poster. Stapleholes from display closed tear at right edge leading to a snag in the printed area otherwise very good. A pictorial one sheet promoting this screen adaptation by John Michael Hayes of Thornton Wilder's 1955 play itself a rewrite of his earlier MERCHANT OF YONKERS. Directed by Joseph Anthony the film starred Shirley Booth Anthony Perkins Shirley MacLaine Paul Ford and Robert Morse et al. This property attracted wider public attention when translated into the musical HELLO DOLLY! Paramount Films unknown books
WRCLIT67560Culver City: Selznick International Picture / Vanguard Films. 22pp. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with photographs. Wrappers a trifle rubbed but a good copy. The theatre souvenir program for Selznick's 1944 multi-award nominated film adaptation of and elaboration on Wilder's epistolary novel about the Home Front SINCE YOU WENT AWAY: LETTERS TO A SOLDIER FROM HIS WIFE. The film was directed by John Cromwell and Selznick and starred Claudette Colbert Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Shirley Temple Monty Woolley Lionel Barrymore and an enormous supporting cast. At the time the film was the longest and most expensive Selznick production since GWTW a project that he took as a personal contribution to the war effort. Selznick International Picture / Vanguard Films unknown books
1949WRCLIT67555Culver City: Selznick International Picture / Vanguard Films 1949. Nine volumes. Quarto. Eight items mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only one item pictorial wrappers. Modest use to a few wrappers a bit of rust to a few brads but generally very good to near fine. An interesting lot of material relating to Selznick's 1944 multi-award nominated film adaptation of and elaboration on Wilder's epistolary novel about the Home Front SINCE YOU WENT AWAY: LETTERS TO A SOLDIER FROM HIS WIFE. The film was directed by John Cromwell and Selznick and starred Claudette Colbert Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Shirley Temple Monty Woolley Lionel Barrymore and an enormous supporting cast. As originally released in 1944 the film had a running time of 172 minutes; it was recut and re-released in 1949 with a running time of 130 minutes. This archive traces both the original version and the abbreviated version and includes the following items: a SINCE YOU WENT AWAY PART II. 9 April 1943 82 leaves a portion of an abstract or synopsis of the book evidently for use by the writer; b a "Narrative Synopsis of Screenplay" 7 September 1943 158 leaves; c a doorstop of a "Final Shooting Script" 9 September 1943 - January 1944 credited to Jeffrey Daniel - a nome de plume for Selznick which he finally rejected in favor of "By the Producer" - an astonishing 2290 leaves plus lettered inserts and exhibiting a rainbow of mimeo carbon and original typescript dated revises on colored stocks at a virtual 1:1 ratio to unrevised leaves; d 28 leaves of "Retakes / Added Scenes / Wild Lines" 12 April 1944; e & f "Cutting Continuity" and "Dialogue Continuity" for "Foreign Version both 20 September 1946 foliated in reel format; g a "Dialogue & Cutting Continuity" March 1949 clearly the recut version; h a "Spotting List for Recut Version" 22 August 1949 262 leaves; and finally i a copy of the illustrated souvenir program for the original release. At the time the film was the longest and most expensive Selznick production since GWTW a project that he took on as a personal contribution to the war effort. Selznick International Picture / Vanguard Films unknown books
1947WRCLIT68402Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox 1947. Six highly colorful 11 x 14" lobby cards. One card with wedge-shaped closed tear in upper right margin the remaining five a bit dusty at margins some soft creases else very good or better. A good representation of the lobby cards issued to promote the U.S. release of Lajos Biró's screen adaptation of Wilde's 1895 satirical play regarding politics character finances and perception. Alexander Korda directed and Paulette Goddard Michael Wilding Diana Wynyard Hugh Williams played the leads. Cecil Beaton designed the costumes for the Technicolor production. Thea von Harbou wrote the screenplay for the previous 1935 German language adaptation starring Brigitte Helm which was released in the U.S. a decade earlier. After a long career as screenwriter for top market costume pictures Biró died in 1947. 20th Century Fox unknown books
1944WRCLIT60346Culver City: Loew's Incorporated / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1944. 135 leaves amended by lettered and spanning leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only of white and pink stock. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers paper label. Some mild creasing label chipped along lower edge some relevant pencil and colored pencil annotations and notes on wrappers "Hold for Legal Research" lower wrapper torn and chipped but a good copy internally very good. An unspecified but very heavily revised pre- production draft of this screenplay loosely based on Oscar Wilde's 1887 story with a portion of the narrative transposed to a contemporary WWII setting. More than half of the text in this draft is on pink paper as dated revises spanning the five month period noted above and it differs markedly from the earlier drafts offered above. The film was directed by Jules Dassin starred Charles Laughton Robert Young and Margaret O'Brien and was released in July of 1944. The wrapper bears stamps indicating this is a "Complete" draft retained as a "File Copy" as well as the characteristic wartime conservation directives. Loew's Incorporated / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures unknown books
1943WRCLIT60345Culver City: Loew's Incorporated / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1943. 135 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers paper label. Some mild creasing label chipped along lower edge some relevant pencil and colored pencil annotations and notes on wrappers "Hold for Legal Research" but a good copy internally very good. Department routing slip paper-clipped to upper wrapper. An unspecified but early revised pre- production draft of this screenplay loosely based on Oscar Wilde's 1887 story with a portion of the narrative transposed to a contemporary WWII setting. The film was directed by Jules Dassin starred Charles Laughton Robert Young and Margaret O'Brien and was released in July of 1944. The wrapper bears stamps indicating this is a "Temporary Complete" draft retained as a "File Copy" as well as the characteristic wartime conservation directives. The script went through further revisions well into the third quarter of 1943 and likely beyond. Loew's Incorporated / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures unknown books
1943WRCLIT60344Culver City: Loew's Incorporated / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1943. 105 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers paper label. Some mild creasing label chipped along lower edge some relevant pencil and colored pencil annotations and notes on wrappers but a good copy internally very good. An unspecified but early revised pre- production draft of this screenplay loosely based on Oscar Wilde's 1887 story with a portion of the narrative transposed to a contemporary WWII setting. The film was directed by Jules Dassin starred Charles Laughton Robert Young and Margaret O'Brien and was released in July of 1944. The wrapper bears stamps indicating this is a "Temporary Complete" draft retained as a "File Copy" as well as the characteristic wartime conservation directives. The script went through further revisions well into the third quarter of 1943 and likely beyond. Loew's Incorporated / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures unknown books
1965WRCLIT68179Los Angeles: A David L. Wolper Production 1965. 1551 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bound up in cloth upper cover titled and captioned in gilt. Faint surface scratch to lower board otherwise about fine. A pre-production script for this Emmy-winning documentary first publicly broadcast by CBS on 13 December 1966. White is himself credited for the script as he was for the 1960 iteration both of them based of course on his own books. That for 1968 was adapted from his book by another party. Uncommon. A David L. Wolper Production hardcover books
1961WRCLIT67563Hollywood: Rosser's Film Continuity Service for Selznick / RKO 1961. 85 leaves. Legal format. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Stapled at top with stencil printed coversheet on green paper. Soft crease to lower corner of first few leaves but very good or better. A late Combined Continuity script of the 1945 RKO/Selznick production directed by Robert Siodmak starring Dorothy McGuire George Brent Ethel Barrymore nominated for an Oscar Rhonda Fleming Elsa Lanchester et al. The screenplay adaptation of White's novel was by Mel Dinelli. In 1961 the then owners of the rights for various Selznick films many had passed through several hands to United Artists commissioned new 16mm combined continuity scripts for many of the titles rationale unknown to posterity. This is such an example and preserves a literal record of the film. Duplicate from the Selznick archive. Rosser's Film Continuity Service for] Selznick / RKO unknown books
1961WRCLIT67564Hollywood: Rosser's Film Continuity Service for Selznick / RKO 1961. 85 leaves. Legal format. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectors only. Stapled at top with stencil printed coversheet on green paper. Last leaf neatly detached from staples but very good or better. A late Combined Continuity script of the 1945 RKO/Selznick production directed by Robert Siodmak starring Dorothy McGuire George Brent Ethel Barrymore nominated for an Oscar Rhonda Fleming Elsa Lanchester et al. The screenplay adaptation of White's novel was by Mel Dinelli. In 1961 the then owners of the rights for various Selznick films many had passed through several hands to United Artists commissioned new 16mm combined continuity scripts for many of the titles rationale unknown to posterity. This is such an example and preserves a literal record of the film. Duplicate from the Selznick archive. Rosser's Film Continuity Service for] Selznick / RKO unknown books
1997WRCLIT61383Np 1997. 1100 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of white pink and blue stock. Bradbound in plain red wrappers. Some corners creased and a few passages highlighted title leaf wrinkled with name effaced in lower fore-corner title lettered on spine otherwise a good copy. A revised draft of this screen adaptation of Westlake's 1963 pseudonymously published novel. The film was released in 1999 under the title PAYBACK starring Mel Gibson and Gregg Henry and was directed by Helgeland. THE HUNTER saw an earlier adaptation in 1967 under the title POINT BLANK directed by John Boorman. unknown books
1963WRCLIT81006Los Angeles: Filmaster Inc. 1963. 235leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on recto only of white and blue stock bradbound in stencil printed studio wrapper. Some slight stains along top edges of front and rear wrapper and a few leaves good. Episode aired 21 April 1964. Dated revises on blue paper are inserted. This episode focuses on Stephen F. Austin as the principal character. Filmaster, Inc. unknown books
1963WRCLIT81005Los Angeles: Filmaster Inc. 1963. 21-58-36 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on recto only of white and blue stock bradbound in stencil printed studio wrapper. Some slight stains along top edges of front and rear wrapper two leaves absent; good. Episode aired 29 October 1963. Dated revises on blue paper are inserted in one case leaves 5-8 without including 6 and 7. Filmaster, Inc. unknown books
1974WRCLIT69390Np: Paramount Studios 1974. Seven original 11 x 14" color promotional lobby cards. Fine. Seven of the eight lobby cards lacking #7 issued to promote the US release of the film adaptation of West's novel based on a screenplay by Waldo Salt directed by John Schlesinger and starring Donald Sutherland Karen Black Burgess Meredith William Atherton Geraldine Page et al. Paramount Studios unknown books
1940WRCLIT68839Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. 112pp. Folio. Pictorial self-wrappers. Heavily illustrated throughout. Horizontal fold with a bit of wear to upper wrapper along fold some minor dust marking pencil booking date erased from white area of upper wrapper otherwise an unusually good visually striking example. A vintage campaign pressbook for the 1940 RKO production based on an original script by Nathanael West produced by Howard Benedict directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Richard Dix Wendy Barrie Kent Taylor et al. West is given prominent full credit for the screenplay on the pressbook and the publicity paper for the film -- status he by no means enjoyed for all of the films he scripted. The upper wrapper is a variant on the poster art for the film with images of the lead players filling the bottom half of the sheet; the upper portion is filled with a spectacular image of a man wing-walking and making a leap to another plane with the title emblazoned diagonally just below. A great example of a classic-style American film pressbook with images of all the paper a synopsis and substantial text. WHITE p.42 ref. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1940150548N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photographs of director Wesley Ruggles on the set of the 1940 film by photographer Irving Lippman. Mimeo snipe and photographer "Irving Lippman" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1919 play by W. Somerset Maugham which was based on the 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson.<br/><br/>Soon after presumed window Vicky Jean Arthur marries her late husband's friend and business partner Henry Melvyn Douglas her first presumed dead husband Bill Fred MacMurray shows back up and now she's got one too many.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1929149227Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1929. Final Continuity script for the 1929 film. Copy belonging to assistant director H. Bruce Humberstone with his holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper and several pages mostly regarding sequencing for scenes. The film was released in silent and sound versions and included with the script are ten sets of dialogue intended for use in the sound release housed in a tan card folder.<br/><br/>Based on Blair Niles' 1928 novel "Condemned to Devil's Island." A gentleman bank robber is sent to a prison nicknamed Devil's Island where he begins an affair with the wife of the head warden. Actor Ronald Colman's second talking film following "Bulldog Drummond" 1929.<br/><br/>Shot on location at Catalina Island California.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped on the front wrapper as copy No. 11. Distribution page present with receipt removed noted as SOUND VERSION and rubber-stamped copy No. 11. Title page present noted as FINAL CONTINUITY. Credits for screenwriter Sidney Howard and novel credits for Blair Niles integral with the first leaf of text. Approximately 130 leaves without page numbers. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light soil to the front wrapper side stapled with two staples. The Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
1936144877Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1936 film. With a printed description and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Barry Benefield. After being run out of small southern town Carrie Snyder Gladys George takes in two children who are estranged from their families and starts a successful dry-cleaning business in New York to support them. Eventually her past comes back to haunt her. Gladys George was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961WRCLIT81023Np: Association of Cinema Technicians A.C.T. 1961. Ten. original b&w stills one with production cutline. Tiny marginal discoloration and ink note to the still with the cutline otherwise very good to fine. A substantial group of stills likely for US distribution of the 1961 screen adaptation of Wesker's 1959 play about pressures on and stresses among the cooking staff of a London restaurant starring Carl Möhner Mary Yeomans Brian Phelan et al under the direction of James Hill. One of the last of the films produced under the umbrella of the UK trade union A.C.T. Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.) unknown books
1972140003Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Herzog's film is notorious for both its style and its eventful production in which Kinski fired a gun accidentally injuring a crew member and Herzog ostensibly stole a group of monkeys due to ship to the US to use in the famous monkey scene. Despite the chaotic and often contentious production period the film immediately achieved cult status upon its release. Visually striking with minimal narrative and dialogue it follows deranged Spanish soldier Lope se Aguirre's search for the legendary gold city El Dorado. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Peru. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches folded. Small holograph notation to the verso else Near Fine. A vivid bright poster. <br/><br/>Newman Kim Nightmare Movies: Horror On Screen Since the 1960s US. <br/><br/>BFI. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1982152423N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Werner Herzog with actors Klaus Kinski Grande Otelo and Miguel Angel Fuentes on the set of the 1982 film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Early twentieth century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald the ever-manic Kinski funds his dream to build an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon by hauling a huge river boat laden with rubber across a mountain. Werner Herzog's astonishing outrageous and downright insane masterpiece the subject of Les Blank's remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Peru and Brazil. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 2032. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
1982146134Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1982. Vintage borderless studio photograph of Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale on the set of the 1982 film. Francois Frederic stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Herzog's brilliant bold and audacious "Fitzcarraldo" the story of the early 20th century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald the ever manic Kinski intent on building an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon and on transporting a 320 ton steamer over a mountain to access a rich rubber territory. Herzog's production being every bit as unrestrained and preposterous as the story he was filming. An astonishing and insane masterpiece whose outrageous production was documented by director Les Blank in his remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982.<br/><br/>Winner of Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.<br/><br/>Set in Peru shot on location in Peru and Brazil. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Ebert III. BFI 2032. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1979139657Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1979. Vintage borderless reference still from the 1979 German film showing director Werner Herzog and actor Bruno Ganz along with some extras on the set between takes. <br/><br/>Herzog's highly interpretive remake of F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent classic "Nosferatu" and the second of five films Herzog made with actor Klaus Kinski. <br/><br/>9.25 x 7 inches. Fine. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1979132250New York: New Yorker Films 1979. Original US promotional window poster for the 1979 German film issued in small numbers by New Yorker Films who distributed Herzog's film in the US. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>11 x 17 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. New Yorker Films unknown books