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1954152838Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Script supervisor's copy with their manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the front wrapper and virtually every page. <br /> <br /> A farm girl hides her brother from the police when he is framed for murder. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 13 1954 with credits for screenwriter Leonard St. Clair and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4/26/54. Wrapper and pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown
1954152836Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Copy belonging to script supervisor Helen McCaffrey with her manuscript pencil annotations on virtually every page and many versos and her name in manuscript ink annotation on the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> A dramatization of the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg based on a short story by Stephen Crane. <br /> <br /> Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 12 1954 with credits for screenwriter Ellis Marcus and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4-14-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown
1968161637N.p.: Distribpix / A.F.P.I. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Rare.<br /> <br /> The exploits of "college girls" who'll do anything for a good grade. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches.Very Good plus one with a bruise to the center of the photograph. Distribpix / A.F.P.I. unknown
1968162049N.p.: A.F.P.I. Productions 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. <br /> <br /> Marsha Jordan stars as a secretary at a computer dating service who unwittingly dates her boss his wife and their two sons. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Maryland. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some pinholes to the margins. A.F.P.I. Productions unknown
1988163947Los Angeles: AckermanBenson 1988. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Not to be confused with the 2015 film directed by Emily Lapisardi starring Maria Olsen and Bill Townsend.<br /> <br /> Screenwriter Stephen Bonds previously made a low budget independent film under this title in 1980 the Second Draft script found here dates from 1988 and is an apparent attempt at getting a feature film made of the story. <br /> <br /> Based on the Northern Ohio urban myth regarding the ruins of Swift Mansion later the Light of Hope Orphanage which alleges a fire was set killing many children and a woman all who now haunt the ruins.<br /> <br /> Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018.<br /> <br /> Set in Vermilion Ohio. <br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 20 1988 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stephen Bonds. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. AckermanBenson unknown
1974168123N.p.: Golden Films 1974. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film seen here under the working title "Evil in the Deep." <br /> <br /> A crew of maritime adventurers search for a long-lost sunken Spanish Galleon carrying a massive amount of treasure. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Golden Films unknown
1983166582Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1975 novel by Stephen Becker about a former Marine turned alcoholic drifter forced to fend his way out of Peking after nearly killing an American brigadier in a bar fight. <br /> <br /> Generic white Embassy Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 4th April 1983 with credits for Becker and screenwriter Barry Spikings. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Embassy Pictures unknown
1973152055Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1973. Vintage pressbook for the 1973 film. <br /> <br /> A small offshore island houses a number of first-degree murderers after the abolition of the death penalty. <br /> <br /> One leaf folded twice. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Dimension Pictures unknown
1970141804Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1970. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1970 film. <br /> <br /> The first film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quintet" followed by "Private Duty Nurses" 1971 "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. The second film released by Corman's later legendary New World Picutres. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Torrance California. <br /> <br /> 27 x 41. Folded. Very Good plus with some light toning and a bump to the upper portion of the poster. New World Pictures unknown
1962150468N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film showing actress Mylene Demongeot playfully sunbathing in a bikini. With a stamp noting the film's title on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping. <br /> <br /> A light Italian comedy set and shot on location in Brazil following three loosely intersecting stories of pleasure adventure and love during Carnival. <br /> <br /> 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with faint soil on the recto. N.p. unknown
1967140996N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film.<br /> <br /> A man must secretly transport the body of his newly deceased mother-in-law knowing that her will stipulates that she must die at home in order for him to receive the inheritance. <br /> <br /> Originally slated to have been produced by CKF Productions for release by United Artists in 1968.<br /> <br /> Set in Paris. <br /> <br /> Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stella Linden. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960141769N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1922 novella by the same author of the same title. The protagonist a doctor who has moved to India from Germany to practice medicine is overcome by an obsession which eventually leads to his committing suicide. "Amok" is an Indonesian word of Malay origin referring to people caught up in a blind rage who try to kill their enemy and do not care about whoever else gets killed in their way. From this novella and the word's meaning originates the term "running amok." <br /> <br /> Set in India. <br /> <br /> Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Stefan Zweig. 65 leaves with last leaf of text number 65. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1968161694Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick talking with actors Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea on the set of the 1968 film. <br /> <br /> Kubrick's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. The film's high scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. <br /> <br /> Set variously in the desert in space in deep space and on the astral plane. Shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Ebert I. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 24. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Weldon 1983. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1971152002Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Collection of ten vintage double weight oversize photographs from the French release of the 1971 film. Each with gold foil promotional label at the bottom right corner of the recto as issued.<br /> <br /> Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge who forcibly undergoes experimental treatment developed by the government to cure him of his affinity for violence. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in London.<br /> <br /> 15.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled and toned with tiny punch holes at the corners as issued.<br /> <br /> Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Warner Brothers unknown
1971158017N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing a hospital scene with a camera crew on the far right capturing the shot. <br /> <br /> Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge who is forced to undergo an experimental treatment developed by the government to cure him of his affinity for violence. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in London.<br /> <br /> 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1968137925Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Archive including 20 vintage linen-backed production photographs a trade advertisement a film program and a souvenir booklet from the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey." From the collection of NASA scientific consultant Frederick I. Ordway III with images prominently featuring Ordway production designer Harry Lange Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick and others. One photograph has Ordway's name written on the recto in silver marker. All photographs mounted on matte board as issued. <br /> <br /> Ordway and Clarke began working together on matters of science fact in 1951 and Clarke personally invited him to be the factual advisor on the film. <br /> <br /> Kubrick's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. Along with "Blade Runner" Kubrick's masterpiece forever altered the standard for visual and conceptual sophistication in science fiction and genre films. The pre-production for the film set standards as well as Kubrick hired one of the greatest science fiction authors of the 1960s Arthur C. Clarke to be his screenwriter and hired over 20 scientists like Ordway to consult on every detail of the film. The film's high degree of scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. The development of the film was kept strictly under wraps and behind-the-scenes material of any kind is rare. <br /> <br /> Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. Set in space shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. <br /> <br /> Photographs 8 x 10 inches mounted on 11 x 14 inch matte board. Trade advertisement 9 x 12 inches full-color creased. Souvenir booklet 7.25 x 16 inches full-color 12 leaves saddle stapled folded. Program 5.5 x 8.5 inches black and white saddle stapled single leaf. Very Good to Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1975150736Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Collection of ten vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso along with anotherxtx stamp noting production No. 75-218.<br /> <br /> Director Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking period drama based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" charting the astronomic rise and fall of an opportunistic Irishman in eighteenth century Europe. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning four. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location throughout England Ireland and Germany.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 897. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown
1987161007New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1987. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by screenwriter Michael Herr to noted bookseller Ken Hubner: "18 February / For Ken Hubner / Best / Michael Herr." <br /> <br /> A hint of toning overall else about Fine in illustrated wrappers. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1962149451Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick and cinematographer Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso regarding layout.<br /> <br /> A stunning image of both Kubrick and legendary cinematographer Morris. Morris' achievements apart from "Lolita" include "Oliver Twist 1948 "Moulin Rouge" 1952 "Moby Dick" 1956 "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965 "Fiddler on the Roof" 1971 and "The Man Who Would Be King" 1975.<br /> <br /> Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 masterpiece about a man's all-consuming and destructive romantic desire for a prepubescent girl. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Albany and the Adirondacks in New York Newport and Westerly in Rhode Island and Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire in England.<br /> <br /> 14 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and a shallow crease along the right edge.<br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1957162245Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Eight vintage photographs from the 1957 film including one reference photograph and seven studio still photographs. <br /> <br /> One of the great antiwar films based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb about a group of French soldiers who are charged with cowardice after refusing to complete a suicidal attack during World War I.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Good with moderate fading and cracking to the finish throughout and several with chips and bruises at the edges.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 538. United Artists unknown
1959144687Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage press photograph of director Stanley Kramer and actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1959 film. With brief manuscript annotations on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on Nevil Shute's 1957 post-apocalyptic novel set in 1964 about a nuclear submarine that survives the Third World War. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers Peck confirms that the world has been destroyed and the nuclear dust is coming to Australia. He befriends the free-spirited Moira Gardner and together with his men determine to return to San Diego following faint radio signals. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Australia and California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1958139877N.p.: Curtleigh Productions 1958. Vintage US three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. The film won two Academy Awards for best writing and cinematography and was nominated for another seven. <br /> <br /> Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier were lauded for their performances in this Academy Award winning drama in which two prisoners from a chain-gang escape. One white one African American the men originally cooperate out of necessity as they are chained to one another. However as they grow familiar with one another a deep bond and mutual respect develops between the men. <br /> <br /> "The Defiant Ones" was shot on a closed set due to the then-provocative subject matter. Special screenings were orchestrated in the southern United States for integrated audiences a relatively uncommon occurrence at the time. Montgomery Alabama however chose to cancel an integrated screening when the White Citizen's Committee Council protested the film claiming it gave rise to "moral support and financial gain to subversive propagandists" AFI catalogue. <br /> <br /> Set in the American South shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> 41 x 81 inches folded. Very Good with numerous pin holes moderate edgewear and extensive tape reinforcements to the verso. Manuscript annotations to the verso and a stamp indicating three-sheet poster. <br /> <br /> Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Curtleigh Productions unknown
1978138126Beverly Hills CA: Mel Simon Productions 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 film. <br /> <br /> Father Brian Dyke is a priest in a depressing mining town until one day a new Sister Rita Quinlan joins his parish and changes his perception of life. She is trusting and kind and listens to Father Brian but their relationship takes a turn for the worse landing Father Brian in the role of suspect. <br /> <br /> Blue production company Mel Simon Productions wrappers. Title page present dated May 10 1978 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Stitt and director Kramer. Last leaf of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Mel Simon Productions unknown
1965166115London: Gibraltar Productions 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British horror film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written in ink on the top of the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations and paste-ups of clippings of goldenrod revision pages throughout here under the working title "The Obi." Laid in is a rough pencil sketch of settings and a set.<br /> <br /> George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films.<br /> <br /> Based on the BBC-TV play "The Obi" by Jon Manchip White. At an interracial college in a small British town small glass bottles filled with graveyard dirt and feathers obis sent as Obeah voodoo curses to students and faculty precede a series of voodoo killings on campus. Re-released in 1973 as the television movie "Exorcism at Midnight" following the success of "The Exorcist" with new color sequences with an American cast which re-framed the original black and white film as a flashback. <br /> <br /> Tall tan untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 28.5.1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Stanley Goulder and playwright Jon Manchip White. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated goldenrod revision clippings and pages pasted in throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a black plastic comb-binding. Gibraltar Productions unknown
1970147367London: Winkast Programming 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Stanley Ellin's screen adaptation of his 1970 novel.<br /> <br /> Film rights for Ellin's novel had been bought in 1969 prior to its publication by producer Phil Waxman wanting Robert Redford in the lead. It would not be made into a motion picture until 1979 when Richard C. Sarafian filmed a loosely based comedic adaptation entitled "Sunburn" written by James Booth John Daly and Stephen Oliver and starring Farrah Fawcett-Majors Charles Grodin and Art Carney.<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 /> Jake Deker is a Miami Beach insurance investigator looking into possible insurance fraud in the death of Walter Thoren uncovering false identities blackmail and organized crime.<br /> <br /> Set in Miami Beach Florida. <br /> <br /> Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for novelist and screenwriter Stanley Ellin. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. Winkast Programming unknown
