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1946143467Los Angeles: Selznick International 1946. Final Draft script for an unproduced film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1892 novel adapted for the screen by Allan Scott for Selznick International. <br/><br/>David O. Selznick held the movie rights to Hardy's story for many years with Jennifer Jones in mind for Tess. Selznick's two greatest dreams had been to film "Gone With the Wind" and "Tess of the D'Urber villes." He never fulfilled his second dream; at his death the rights to the novel remained in his estate. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with "Screenplay" and copy number and credit for screenwriter Alan Scott on the front wrapper. 254 pages with last page numbered 253. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. Selznick International unknown books
1970146785N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German.<br/><br/>Based on the 1978 novel by John Godey wherein a deadly black mamba is accidentally released into Central Park and hunted down by a rogue herpetologist.<br/><br/>Set in New York City.<br/><br/>Lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter THOMAS GSPANDL and novelist JOHN GODEY. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Early Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a tear running horizontal to the final leaf with gold prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1979140079N.p.: N.p. 1979. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two additional half sheets of paper. Copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with his name on label tape adhered to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on Raymond Radiguet's novel "Le Diable au corps" this unpublished novel features a young married woman with a husband away fighting a war and her affair with a sixteen year old boy. Published in France it was incredibly scandalous especially as it was published after France had exited World War I and the novel was proven later to be partly autobiographical. Two movies one in 1947 and another in 1986 were produced based on this book and despite being written this screenplay was never adapted for full production. <br/><br/>Thomas Thompson was a screenwriter best known for his extensive work writing and producing episodes of the television series "Bonanza" which ran from 1959 until 1969. <br/><br/>Set in France. <br/><br/>Brown untitled vinyl three-ring binder with logo of the Von-Young Agency printed on the front board. Title page present dated May 2 1979 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Thompson and novelist Raymond Radiguet. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1962143073Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1962. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film. With holograph annotations and a sticker noting the photograph is from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1822 novel by Thomas De Quincey the film transposes the setting to San Francisco's Chinatown and involves Price in mystery set in the criminal underworld. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Allied Artists unknown books
1978152815Miami FL: Worldfilm 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a newspaper advertisement for the screenplay dated December 4 1978. <br/><br/>A handsome secret agent named Thomas Corrigan is sent to Miami to stop an influx of drugs from Cuba smuggled in by a mysterious unknown drug baron with World War II connections. <br/><br/>Gray titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Thomas Conners. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 205. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the first ten leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Worldfilm unknown books
1983132515Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1983. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1983 US film. Mimeograph snipe detached from verso previously affixed but present. <br/><br/>The two burn-outs host a dope-a-thon to raise funds for a bankrupt film festival in Amstderam. <br/><br/>8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1953139615Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1953. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1953 film. <br/><br/>A cowgirl tries to steal a gang of bandits' ill-gotten gains. All are pursed by the sheriff. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Allied Artists unknown books
1954139626Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1954 film. <br/><br/>Bill Elliott stars as Sam Nelson a California based federal agent hunting for his friend's murderers. Virginia Grey pictured in the stills makes a cameo as the wife of one of the fugitive killers. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall to one of the images and light creasing to the recto of both. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Allied Artists unknown books
1949144415Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Final Draft script for the 1950 film. With a "New York Legal Department" rubber stamp to the front wrapper and extensive holograph pencil annotations throughout likely by a professional reader regarding differences between the source novel by Thomas B. Costain and the script. <br/><br/>Based on Costain's 1945 novel and partially conceived as a sequel to the 1949 film "Prince of Foxes" in order to reunite Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. "The Black Rose" features Power as a Saxon youth who runs away from England during the Crusades. Somehow he and his North African warlord friend Orson Welles make it to China where they get involved with the court of Kubla Kahn. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set in England and the Far East shot on location in England and Morocco. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 19 and production No. 125 dated May 4 1949. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 4 1949. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/17/49 and 7/5/49. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1939WRCLIT73482Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1939. Pictorial window card 22 x 14" printed in black and white with lurid green titling on recto only of stiff card stock. Uniform tanning along edges otherwise very good or better unused. A promotional window card for this low budget crime thriller based on an original story and screenplay by Robert A. Andrews with contributions by Ben Markson. Barton MacLane Beverley Roberts and Clarence Kolb starred. Aubrey Scotto directed. Andrews was a prolific screenwriter who in addition to potboilers such as this adapted to the screen works by Eugene O'Neill and A. Conan Doyle. Republic Pictures unknown books
1939147689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in holograph pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. <br/><br/>Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. <br/><br/>Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970139895N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. With an American International Pictures stamp to the verso alongside a cello-taped mimeograph snipe. Featuring a "black militant" being forcibly removed from the room by actor Larry Hagman while Harlene Jones and Judy Pace look on. <br/><br/>A lighthearted comedy in which a man Wes Stern who fails out of college attempts suicide only to be saved against his will by the university president Larry Hagman who flunked him. In grumpy retaliation Stern decides to bed the three women most important to the president: his mistress his wife and his daughter. Set against the backdrop of Civil Rights campus upheaval. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1972143600New York: Cannon Films 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film here under the working title "Zora." <br/><br/>Something of an arthouse predecessor to what became a cavalcade of holiday slasher and horror films. The film's cult status was helped by featuring Warhol superstars Mary Woronov Candy Darling and Ondine experimental film icon Jack Smith and artist Susan Rothenberg as well as its being in the public domain which released it for frequent late night airings on local television. <br/><br/>Set in Massachusetts shot on location on Long Island. <br/><br/>Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriters Theodore Gershuny Jeffrey Konvitz Ira Teller and Ami Artzi. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Thrower Nightmare USA. Cannon Films unknown books
1991142140Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1991. Vintage press kit for the 1991 film. Press kit includes six black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. <br/><br/>Oliver Stone a self-professed Doors fan directs this star studded over-the-top biopic whose production struggled through over ten years of negotiations with the families and surviving band members depicted in the film. Val Kilmer delivers a convincing portrayal of Jim Morrison with Kevin Dillon Kyle MacLachla and Meg Ryan in supporting roles. <br/><br/>Photos 10 x 8 inches. Production pamphlet 29 pages saddle stapled housed in a 9 x 12 inch folder. Photos and production pamphlet Fine in a Near Fine folder. TriStar Pictures unknown books
1981WRCLIT67328New York & Universal City: Universal Studios 1981. Quarto. Eleven 8x10" b&w still accompanied by six stapled press releases several leaves each in lightly worn studio folder. Trace of rust to staples else very good. A studio presskit for this quintessential example of the Texas commercial film-making renaissance of the 1970s - 80s based on an original screenplay by Wittliff starring Willie Nelson Gary Busey Gilbert Roland and Isela Vega and directed by Fred Schepisi. Locations included Terlingua Brackettville and the Big Bend. Though the film was released in Feb. 1982 this presskit includes material dated the previous December. Universal Studios unknown books
1983WRCLIT69361Np: 20th Century-Fox. 1983. 1042 leaves plus many lettered inserts. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of an array of colored paper. Bradbound in repurposed studio wrappers with title in ms on upper wrapper. Ink name and a few relevant annotations otherwise very good. A heavily revised 'rainbow' script of this original screenplay by the award-winning screenwriter of NASHVILLE and other titles. The 1984 release was directed by John Avildsen and starred Lesley Ann Warren and Christopher Atkins. Regarded variously as either a total misfire or as ahead of its time the film earned its male lead the Razzie for its year. With the ownership signature and annotations of the sound mixer for the production. 20th Century-Fox. unknown books
1964131051Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Draft script for the 1965 film based on the 1948 novel by Evelyn Waugh legendarily co-written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood. Deluxe working script belonging to uncredited crew member William Todd Mason with his name and phone number in holograph ink on the title page and some brief penciled annotations on three pages. Laid in is a corner stapled three page Staff and Crew list with two name additions in holograph red ink on the second page. <br/><br/>Included is a vintage studio still photograph from the film. <br/><br/>An early draft issued nearly two years prior to the film's October 1965 release with substantial differences from the finished film. <br/><br/>The sister film to "Dr. Strangelove" and in the eyes of many just as much a masterpiece of exquisitely wrought black humor. Made in the US but in a dense British-American style. Ostensibly a satire on the funeral business in which a young British poet winds up in a Hollywood cemetery as part of an inheritance arrangement-but in reality a satire of Hollywood itself as well as the Western malaise of the mid 1960s. <br/><br/>Script: Self wrappers presumably as this draft was issued. Title page present rubber stamped copy No. 70 dated July 21 1964 with credits for screenwriters Southern and Isherwood. 158 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-22-64. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Staff and Crew listing: two leaves slightly worn with annotations on the second page. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968135902Paris: Le Spectacle du Monde 1968. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the film in Rome. Pictured are director Christian Marquand whose faux-grim countenance is in nice contrast to the attractive innocence of the film's lead actress Ewa Aulin. With the stamp of French magazine Le Spectacle du Monde twice on the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10.5 inches. Fine. Le Spectacle du Monde unknown books
1968135672London: Grand Films 1968. Complete set of vintage double weight color still photographs from the 1968 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grand Films unknown books
1986140590Atlanta GA: New World Pictures 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. With a few annotations in holograph pencil throughout. <br/><br/>Gunnery Sergeant Burns Dryer is sent to the Middle East where he acts as a guard at the local US Embassy. However due to the pacific nature of the ambassador the marine corps detachment is severely limited in their ability to protect the base thus allowing terrorists to take over and take everyone hostage except Burns. Now Burns must act as an army of one to defeat the terrorists and save the Americans. <br/><br/>Set in the Middle East. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as Revised Draft on the front wrapper dated February 24 1986 with credits for screenwriter John Gatliff. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Photographically reprodcued with revision pages dated between February 18 1986 and February 24 1986. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1985144247Universal City: Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph of director Terry Gilliam on the set of the 1985 film. With holograph annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 51. Universal Pictures unknown books
1985140818Universal City CA: Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1985 film showing director Gilliam and crew during a quiet moment between takes. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 51. Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures unknown books
1977123502London: Cinema 5 1977. Early Draft British script for the 1977 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam based on the poem by Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking Glass" 1871. <br/><br/>Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after co-directing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Terry Jones. A comedy in the Python style-and with much of the Python cast-owing much to "The Holy Grail" but with evidence of Gilliam's unique touch which would come into full bloom with "Time Bandits" 1981 and ultimately "Brazil" 1985. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with die-cut front wrapper in the British style. Title page present with credits for writers Alverson and Gilliam holograph ink parenthetical markings to the left and right of their names. Noted as "A Revisedish Sort of Finalish Draft February 10 1976" at the bottom right. 147 leaves roneograph. Pages Near Fine wrappers Good to Very Good with creasing at the corners and some staining. Holograph annotations and pencil sketches in an unknown hand on the verso of 8 leaves apparently unrelated to the script or the production. Small ink scrawl on the rear panel. Internally bound with two silver brads. Cinema 5 unknown books
1953142336London: Jack Parsons 1953. Draft script for the 1962 film. With a few annotations in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>A manager at a razor factory grows a beard after developing a rash due to shaving. His superiors are displeased. The manager then decides to organize a strike in order to get his point across. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers dated May 1953 with credits for screenwriters John O'Gorman and George Moore. Title page present dated May 1953 with credits for screenwriters John O'Gorman and George Moore. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Jack Parsons unknown books
1980137980Hollywood: Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions 1980. Original "pre-production package and script" for an unproduced film called "Yaqui Fox and Mose" including a separate synopsis. <br/><br/>Included in the "pre-production package" is character information: Fox half Choctaw Indian half Irish a loner in total control of his destiny; Yaqui an Indian at the end of his rope looking for redemption; and Mose half Black half Indian on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Also included: letters from various productions companies regarding possible crew members like director Ted Post cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Will Sampson as "Yaqui" Philip Michael Thomas as "Mose" producers Richard Kaye Jay Lovins and Carol Hughes music by Carlos Santana technical personnel stunt coordinator Bill Hart letter signed by Hart wrangle Dick Lundin letter signed by Lundin special effect director Johnny James letter signed by James. Letters are dated 1979 or 1980. Various photocopied advertisements images of scenery and animals to be used production data a shooting schedule budget detail promotional ideas and weather information where the film was to be shot is also present. <br/><br/>Overall preproduction for the film went as far as it possibly could but for unknown reasons the film was never produced or released. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers. Synopsis page with a credit for screenwriter Terri Crane. Xerographic duplication with a few full-color pages detailing scenes from the opening titles. Last leaf of text numbered 80. Very Good plus bound with a brown Vello binding. Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions unknown books
