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1970137695Los Angeles: Grenadier Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Man Who Was Alive and Well" written by Shimon Wincelberg produced for circulation at Grenadier Productions in Los Angeles for purposes of script development. Wincelberg's notable film credits include "Fighter Attack" 1953 "The Legend of Custer" 1968 and "Cold Sweat" 1970 as well as several television series episodes. <br/><br/>Set in 1960s South America where Peter an apparent fugitive meets a young Indian woman named Felisa and the two fall in love and bear a child. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with a credit for screenwriter Wincelberg. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grenadier Productions unknown books
1954139856Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Based on Paul W. Fairman's 1953 short story "Deadly City." <br/><br/>Nora King Cathleen Crowley wakes up after a suicide attempt to find the city of Chicago deserted. As she wanders around she bumps into three more stragglers and together they learn that the city was evacuated due to a hostile automated alien ostensibly from Venus. The quartet tries to survive as the government attempts to disarm the deadly invader. The film was one of the first to explore the genre of alien invasion following the notable science fiction classic "War of the Worlds." <br/><br/>Set in Chicago shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a chip and light creasing to the right margin. Allied Artists unknown books
1985WRCLIT77089Np: Cannon Films 1985. Ten 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills with studio captions. Fine. A representative set of stills issued to promote Shephard's own adaptation to the screen of his 1983 Pulitzer short-listed play in which he starred alongside Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid et al under the direction of maestro Robert Altman. Cannon Films unknown books
2004111812Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 2004. Revised script for the 2004 film "Mr. 3000" directed by Charles Stone III written for the screen by Ron Shelton Scott Frank and Calli Khouri and starring Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers machine stamped with the number 034544 with credits for all three screenwriters with several revision dates noted between 10/14/96 and 2/11/98 thus a screenplay that had its origins nearly a decade prior to the film's release. 127 pages all white and clearly photocopied from an original master but also clearly this the manner in which copies were issued. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1938WRCLIT77073Culver City: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1938. 16pp. Sixteen original 8 x 10" b & w stills. One has reproduction scaling notes on verso and in margin as well as signs of mounting tabs and an agency stamp a few others bear pencil annotations on versos but otherwise very good to near fine. An unusually large and representative collection of the publicity stills released to promote the US release of the 1938 British film adaptation of Shaw's play starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller directed by Howard and Anthony Asquith. All but one have a printed descriptive squib either printed or mounted on the verso and the exception has lost its former squib. Shaw participated in the writing of the scenario which resulted in his receipt of an Oscar and his controversial response. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown books
2011WRCLIT75521Np: The Weinstein Company 2011. 1107 leaves. Octavo. Stiff printed wrappers. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. A few minor smudges to the white wrapper else about fine. A studio generated copy of a final shooting script for Logan's cinematic recasting of Shakespeare's play prepared for submission for voting for the year's awards. Ralph Fiennes starred and directed in company with Gerard Butler Brian Cox Vanessa Redgrave Lubna Azabal and many others. The film was the recipient of a number of award nominations in various categories. The Weinstein Company unknown books
1969WRCLIT67674Madrid: Royal Films 1969. 2173 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stiff wrappers with diecut window. Light use to wrappers a bit of rust to brads sunning to title-leaf through diecut window but very good. An unspecified draft of Yordan's adaptation to the screen of Shaffer's 1964 play. Irving Lerner directed and Robert Shaw Christopher Plummer and Nigel Davenport starred as Pizarro Atahulapa and de Soto. Royal Films unknown books
1977WRCLIT68335Los Angeles: United Artists 1977. A complete set of vintage 11 x 14" full color lobby cards. Fine and unused. A good visual representation of Shaffer's own adaptation to film of his play directed by Sidney Lumet starring Richard Burton Peter Firth Colin Blakely Joan Plowright Eileen Atkins and Jenny Agutter. The film garnered nominations for Academy Awards for Burton Firth and Shaffer. Burton and Firth won Golden Globes for their performances and Jenny Agutter won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. United Artists unknown books
1978WRCLIT67886Np 1978. 2152 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in handlettered wrappers with title written on spine. Very good. An unspecified draft of the script for the 1978 production directed by Anthony Page starring Richard Burton Dominic Guard David Bradley Billy Connolly et al. This is clearly at least a second generation photocopy. unknown books
1979WRCLIT84721Universal City: Universal City Studios / Martin Poll Productions 1979. 1121 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrapper. very good or better. Slight tanning to edges of the textblock canary yellow wrapper a bit tanned with a bit of soiling and a few splash marks otherwise very good. Denoted a "Revised Final Draft" of this original screenplay eventually produced and released as NIGHTHAWKS. Bruce Malmouth directed the 1981 release starring Rutger Hauer Sylvester Stallone Billy Dee Williams Lindsay Wagner et al. In earlier drafts the main terrorist character was named "Santos" which subsequently was changed to "Wolfgang" and finally to 'Wulfgar' as played by Hauer and the working title altered from "A.T.A.C. Anti- Terrorist-Action-Command" to ATTACK then to DRAGONS and finally to NIGHTHAWKS for release. Dramatist / screenwriter Shaber was active as both writer and producer with Broadway and off-Broadway productions of note to his credit and in the decade after this film taught advanced screenwriting at Columbia. Among his screenplay credits is the 1979 urban New York classic THE WARRIORS. Universal City Studios / Martin Poll Productions unknown books
1980WRCLIT69212New York: Universal Studios 1980. 5121 leaves plus lettered revised inserts. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of white blue and salmon stock. Boltbound in Studio Duplicating Service binder. Ink name and annotations see below. binder somewhat used upper corner of terminal leaf torn away costing a few words some creases; a good but obviously production-used copy. Denoted the "Final Draft" but with a significant number of inserted revises dated over a span of the months above as well as a few sections of substantive manuscript revisions. Bruce Malmouth directed the 1981 release starring Rutger Hauer Sylvester Stallone Billy Dee Williams Lindsay Wagner et al. With the ownership signature and annotations of credited sound mixer Les Lazarowitz. Dramatist / screenwriter Shaber was active as both writer and producer with Broadway and off-Broadway productions of note to his credit and in the decade after this film taught advanced screenwriting at Columbia. Among his screenplay credits is the 1979 urban New York classic THE WARRIORS. The first four leaves are a 29 January 1980 memo outlining revisions the working title was then THE ATTACK. Universal Studios unknown books
1944130765Culver City CA: Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit 1944. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 military training film. Although not indicated on the script copy belonging to actor Van Heflin who appears in an uncredited role in the film. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper and production No. 88 with credit for screenwriter Sgt. Gomberg. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 46 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit unknown books
1953145084Los Angeles: Esskay Pictures Corporation 1953. Vintage photograph of actors Denise Darcel and Patric Knowles producer Sam Katzman and production manager Bert Leonard on the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe and an rubber studio stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Set in 1765 in India. Calcutta's King Amir Khasid Gregory Gaye is ousted from his position by Prince Jehan George Keymas. Amir's forces led by Suzanne Roget also known as "The Flame" Denise Darcel continue the fight. Suzanne Roget is secretly engaged to a British captain though they must stay apart until the political conflict is resolved and Amir returns to the throne. <br/><br/>Set in India shot on location in Simi Valley CA. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Esskay Pictures Corporation unknown books
1985139365London: Commies From Mars / Initial Pictures 1985. Third Draft script for the 1986 film "Sid and Nancy" here under the working title "Love Kills." INSCRIBED by Kate Simon in holograph ink on the verso of the last page of text. <br/><br/>Simon was "a friend of Alex Cox's and she helped him vis a vis the fine details of the 'time of the Sex Pistols' in London in 1976 / To that end she showed him in London the pub where we hung out took sulphate the Roebuck and she also tried to set up a meeting with him and Johnny Thunders / Finally she is thanked at the end of 'Sid and Nancy' and she photographed him as he was writing the script there at the room in the Chelsea Hotel where Sid and Nancy lived / Kate Simon / 4-8-09." <br/><br/>Brilliant but gritty biographical look at Sid Vicious Oldman bassist for the British punk band Sex Pistols and his girlfriend Nancy Webb. Their relationship is sprinkled with guilt sympathy and copious drug use implying Nancy introduced Sid to heroin when she traveled to London to have sex with the Sex Pistols. The two fall in love commit to a suicide pact and try to start a new solo career in New York after the breakup of the band. One night in a drug-induced stupor Sid announces his intention to quit heroin and move back to London prompting a suicidal Nancy to beg him to kill her. Perhaps unintentionally perhaps not Sid stabs Nancy and she dies in the bathroom. <br/><br/>Set in London and New York shot there on location and in New Jersey California and France. The soundtrack boasts songs by Dan Wool The Pogues John Cale KC & The Sunshine Band and several Sex Pistols songs with the title track "Love Kills" by Joe Strummer. <br/><br/>Illustrated titled self wrappers noted as 3RD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 1985 with credits for screenwriters Cox and Wool. Title page integral with front wrapper. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mechanical duplication. Very Good plus bound with three green twist ties in true punk fashion. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 20. Commies From Mars / Initial Pictures unknown books
1953WRCLIT68496Culver City: Columbia Pictures 1953. Vintage pictorial color lithographed three- sheet 40.5 x 78" in two folded panels as issued. Usual title stamp on verso faintly ghosted to recto with NSS blindstamp in extreme lower blank margin; a few very minor breaks at intersections of folds otherwise an unusually nice example near fine. A superb three-sheet for the sole feature film written by Dr. Seuss including the song lyrics at the time something of a critical and financial failure but revered by subsequent generations of film viewers as a remarkable melding of almost surreal sensibility and imagery and an exceptional undertaking in set design. The film was directed by Roy Rowland with contributions by producer Stanley Kramer and Allan Scott received co-credit for the screenplay. Peter Lynd Hayes Mary Healy Hans Conried and Tommy Rettig starred. Geisel was disappointed with the end product never undertook another piece of original feature film work and omitted mention of this project from his Random House bio. The studio marketed the film as the first production in "Wonderama" - pure marketing hype applied to an already established format/aspect ratio. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975128129New York: Independent-International Pictures 1975. Original Pressbook for the 1976 film first released in Italy 1974. A hint of "Lolita" releases under a few different titles and an eager young face on the celluloid scene Player helped propel this film to its mediocre status both in Italy and the United States. <br/><br/>4 pages plus an ad supplement sheet folded 11 x 17 inches. Black-and-white interior color exterior. A horizontal fold at the middle and a single tiny closed tear else Near Fine. Independent-International Pictures unknown books
1978138440Italy: Dania Film 1978. Draft script for the 1979 Italian film "L'isola degli uomini pesce" Island of the Fishmen here under the working title "Volcano Island." Rereleased in America in 1980 as "Something Waits in the Dark" and again in 1981 as "Screamers" by Roger Corman's New World Pictures and in 2009 under its directly translated title "Island of the Fishmen" by MYA Communication. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Brief notation in holograph ink on one page. <br/><br/>Set in the year 1891 where Claude de Ross Claudio Casssinelli has survived two shipwrecks and washed ashore an uncharted Caribbean island along with some convicts. One by one the convicts meet their fate at the fins of mysterious "fishmen" and Claude just may meet his at the hands of a sadistic inhabitant Edmond Richard Johnson and his wife Bach. <br/><br/>Voodoo the lost city of Atlantis and the manuipulation of human genetics all figure in to this exploitation masterpiece. Director Martino would return with a sequel "Queen of the Fishmen" 1995. <br/><br/>Untitled green wrappers. Title page present undated. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>MYA Communication 19. Dania Film unknown books
1984137587Hollywood: The Ladd Company 1984. Original press kit for the 1984 Italian-American film. Included in the press kit are 24 black-and-white still photographs including one photograph of director Sergio Leone biographies of select cast and crew final credits production information and insight into Leone's process. <br/><br/>Based on Harry Grey's 1952 novel "The Hoods." David Aaronson De Niro is a former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster who after thirty years of absence returns to Manhattan where he confronts the foibles of his past and the painful truth of his life to date. <br/><br/>Actress Jennifer Connelly's film debut and director Leone's final film a film that like his similarly titled 1968 classic "One Upon a Time in the West" remains one of his few American productions. <br/><br/>Film stills various sizes. Biographies credits and production information printed on 8 x 10 leaves corner-stapled rectos only. Stills and printed leaves Near Fine house in a Very Good plus full-color 9 x 12 studio single-pocket folder. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. The Ladd Company unknown books
1970152813London: Virgin Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in English. Director Sergio Corbucci and screenwriter Massimo Franciosa collaborated on 7 films between 1972-1989 all comedies.<br/><br/>Based on the 1973 novel by Philip Evans about a former secret agent turned bodyguard tasked with protecting a Sardinian football player. Film rights to Evans' novel were acquired by Virgin Films in the year of publication with noted Italian director Sergio Corbucci slated to direct and talk of George Best as the footballer but the film was ultimately never made. <br/><br/>Corbucci rose to prominence in 1966 with his cult Spaghetti Western film "Django" a release considered to have set a new standard of violence in the genre. Corbucci is remembered one of Italy's most prolific exploitation directors creating stylish hyper-violent films in what is today known as the Euro Western and "poliziotteschi" genres usually following lone antiheroes seeking retribution for past wrongs as in "Navajo Joe" 1966 "Ringo and His Golden Pistol" 1966 and "The Cruel Ones" 1967 or left-leaning proletarian protagonists as in "The Mercenary" 1968 "The Specialists" 1969 and "Companeros" 1970. <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Philip Evans screenwriters Sergio Corbucci and Massimo Franciosa and translation credits to Bernie Cooper and Francis Megahy. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with a light dampstain to the bottom corners of the rear wrapper and first and last leaves bound internally with two silver brads. Virgin Films unknown books
147346N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few small holograph ink annotations throughout. Text in English. <br/><br/>A peaceful man lives a secret double life as a hired killer for a shadowy organization with murderous international dealings.<br/><br/>Roman-born screenwriter Sergio Corbucci rose to prominence in 1966 with his cult Spaghetti Western film "Django" a release considered to have set a new standard of violence in the genre. Corbucci is remembered one of Italy's most prolific exploitation directors creating stylish hyper-violent films in what is today known as the Euro Western and "poliziotteschi" genres usually following lone antiheroes seeking retribution for past wrongs as in "Navajo Joe" 1966 "Ringo and His Golden Pistol" 1966 and "The Cruel Ones" 1967 or left-leaning proletarian protagonists as in "The Mercenary" 1968 "The Specialists" 1969 and "Companeros" 1970. <br/><br/>Set in Paris and Rome.<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters BRUNO CORBUCCI MARIO AMENDOLA and SERGIO CORBUCCI. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1962141463Rome: Titanus 1962. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>The film follows the son of Sparticus a young soldier in the Roman army. While on an expedition Randus and a young slave girl are lost at sea and the couple must find their way back to civilization. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Egypt. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Titanus unknown books
1981138988Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1981. Original British quad double-bill VHS release poster for the 1980 and 1977 films. Presumably used in British grindhouse cinemas and for publicity use in VHS retail stores. <br/><br/>"Supersnooper" Super Fuzz 1980: Dave Speed Hill is a policeman with super powers after a nuclear explosion but his powers are useless when he sees anything red in color. He is framed for murder and unsuccessfully executed in different ways. <br/><br/>"Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" 1977: Sinbad Wayne is tasked with delivering a condemned prince to a mysterious island all under the watchful eye of an evil witch. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Brief notation on the verso else about Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969152344N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 Western film one showing director Sergio Corbucci actors Johnny Hallyday and Gastone Moschin and various crew members between shots the other showing Corbucci and Hallyday inspecting a gun. <br/><br/>A lone stranger named Hud arrives in a small western town in hopes of avenging his brother who was hanged after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank. The third and final film in Corbucci's "Mud and Blood" trilogy preceded by "Django" and "The Great Silence" in 1968. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy in the Venetian Prealps the Dolomites and the outskirts of Rome. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960132177Beverly Hills CA: National Screen Service / United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1960 US release of the 1957 Soviet Union film. <br/><br/>Base on the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov about the life of a villager in southern Russia between 1912 and 1922. The director's cut was 6 hours long. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / United Artists unknown books
1966138830Moscow: Mosfilm 1966. Collection of three vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the 1966 French release of the 1964 film. With the archival stamp of the noted cinema historian Maurice Bessy on the verso of each photo. <br/><br/>A stunning set of battle scene photos including one three-part panoramic shot demonstrating the massive scale of the film shot on location in Dorogobuzh a region in the Smolensk province of Russia. <br/><br/>An epic film over seven hours long and slavishly faithful to Tolstoy's novel that was for many years the most expensive European movie every made. The lengthy graphic battle scenes which killed a number of horses led to the film being boycotted in many American cities. <br/><br/>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mosfilm unknown books
