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1970149980Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1971 film printed in a striking blue and fluorescent pink.<br/><br/>Half-Navajo Vietnam veteran Green Beret and hapkido master Billy Jack defends the peace-loving free-thinking Freedom School from intolerant and bigoted locals. Originally unable to find distribution director screenwriter and star Tom Laughlin booked the film into theatres himself and the film's mixture of radical politics and action struck a chord with viewers eventually becoming the second highest grossing film of the year. The second of four "Billy Jack" films preceded by "The Born Losers" 1967 and followed by "The Trial of Billy Jack" 1974 and "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" 1976 all directed by and starring Laughlin and co-written and co-starring his wife Delores Taylor. <br/><br/>Set in Arizona shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and California. <br/><br/>82 x 24 inches. Rolled. About Near Fine with no restoration some rubbing and light scratches and some very light soiling on margins otherwise quite bright and unfaded. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971160619N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> The second film in the Billy Jack series following "The Born Losers" 1967 and preceding "The Trial of Billy Jack" 1974. Although a critical failure the Billy Jack movies were enormously popular and largely successful at the box office. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1965162623N.p.: Laurel Films 1965. Vintage portrait photograph of a young Stefanie Powers from the 1965 re-release of the 1961 film under the title "The Young Sinner." Provenance stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> The second film written and directed by Tom Laughlin who would later go on to great success with the "Billy Jack" film series. Powers would go on to have a prolific career best known as the better half of "Hart to Hart" 1979-1984.<br /> <br /> Shot in 1960 the film received a limited release in 1961 under the original title "Like Father Like Son" and would not receive a wide release until 1965 under the title "The Young Sinner" as well as "Among the Thorns" and "We Are All Christ" as a double feature with the 1965 film "A Swingin' Summer." <br /> <br /> Told in flashbacks often in a confessional a small-town high school football star is expelled after being caught in bed with the daughter of a wealthy and influential family.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Milwaukee Wisconsin. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing overall and light soiling to the bottom right. Laurel Films unknown
145087N.p.: Billy Jack Enterprises. Two vintage press photographs from the set of the 1975 film. With an studio stamp on the verso of one. Riding high on his fame from "Billy Jack" probably this was Tom Laughlin's most ambitious effort as a director-star.<br /> <br /> One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other.<br /> <br /> A remake of the 1969 Japanese film "Goyokin" although anchored in an historical massacre that occurred in the early 1800s. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Billy Jack Enterprises unknown
147142N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A middle-aged state legislator newly out of a job decides to run for president. <br/><br/>Set in Washington DC.<br/><br/>Non-standard untitled Tommy's Productions wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter TOM HARTLAND. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper partially detached from the binding side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown books
147142N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A middle-aged state legislator newly out of a job decides to run for president. <br /> <br /> Set in Washington DC.<br /> <br /> Non-standard untitled Tommy's Productions wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter TOM HARTLAND. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper partially detached from the binding side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown
1976132931Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1976 UK release of the 1975 US film. Mimeograph snipe and cropping annotations on the verso and cropping annotations on the recto. <br/><br/>Based on Alistair MacLean's 1974 novel starring Charles Bronson as John Deaken a prisoner on a train with medical supplies and small US Army unit heading through Rocky mountains. <br/><br/>A story set in the Rocky Mountains shot on location in Idaho. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1969170767N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the set of 1969 Western film all three showing Jim Brown on horseback during filming on location in Almeria Spain. Provenance stamps on the versos. <br /> <br /> A Native American man robs a bank in the US in order to buy guns for his people who are being repressed by the government. A lawman quickly sets out into Mexico to capture him but the two eventually create an alliance. <br /> <br /> Set in Sonora Mexico shot on location in Spain. <br /> <br /> 8.75 x 13 inches. Very Good plus. <br /> <br /> Pitts 2903. N.p. unknown
1969153882N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph of Jim Brown and Raquel Welch between takes on the set of the 1969 film. <br /> <br /> A Native American man robs a bank in the US in order to buy guns for his people who are being repressed by the government. A lawman quickly sets out into Mexico to capture him but the two eventually create an alliance. <br /> <br /> Set in Mexico shot on location in Spain. <br /> <br /> 11.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Pitts 2903. N.p. unknown
1980166469N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1983 film seen here under the working title "Tijuana!". <br /> <br /> In the summer of 1965 four teenage boys drive from Los Angeles to Tijuana in hopes of losing their virginities and getting into trouble. They find their plans waylaid however by an unexpected companion: a heartbroken woman determined to get a quickie divorce in Mexico. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Los Angeles and Calexico California.<br /> <br /> Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 1980 noted as copy No. 14 in manuscript ink with credits for screenwriter B.W.L. Norton and story writer Bryan Gindoff. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1991153730N.p.: N.p. 1991. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated design for the film title and a typed list of editorial notes on the script dated 7/24/91 with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner noting "Viacom's list."<br /> <br /> Loosely based on the nonfiction writings of Tom Clancy about the members of a special deep cover military unit as they attempt to manage a volatile hostage situation.<br /> <br /> Set in Tampa Florida and Washington DC. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/91 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ahnemann. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
2002156814Universal City: Focus Features 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Laid in with the script is a letter on Focus Features letterhead presenting the script in consideration for Best Screenplay. <br /> <br /> Noted filmmaker Todd Haynes' homage to Douglas Sirk about a wealthy suburban housewife in the 1950s whose seemingly perfect life begins to unravel as she discovers her husband is a closeted gay man. Nominated for four Academy Awards.<br /> <br /> Set in Hartford Connecticut and shot on location throughout New Jersey. <br /> <br /> Salmon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/5/01 with credits for director and screenwriter Todd Haynes. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Focus Features unknown
1924137520Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Continuity Draft script for the 1925 film. Studio File Copy rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. Brief notation on one page in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Based on Tod Robbins' 1917 novel a classic of horror fiction about a trio of circus freaks who escape captivity in the circus open a curiosity shop and use it as a base from which to launch a devastating crime wave. Robbins would see another of his short stories "Spurs" adapted by Browning as the classic 1932 film "Freaks."<br/><br/>This is the first of two adaptations being a silent starring Lon Chaney as Professor Echo the ventriloquist Victor McLaglen as Hercules the strongman and Harry Earles as Tweedledee the dwarf. The second version was directed by Jack Conway in 1930 as a talkie with Chaney and Earles reprising their roles and Ivan Linow as Hercules. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as copy No. 2 in holograph ink and production No. 1505 dated 12/20/24 with credits for screenwriter Young. Title page present undated with credits for writer Robbins and screenwriter Young. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Multilith reproduction. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1928140436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. <br/><br/>Lon Chaney plays a heavily-scarred wild animal trapper whose daughter's upcoming marriage is threatened by the return of her femme fatale mother. The mother harbors bitterness to Chaney and seeks revenge on him by attempting to woo her daughter's fiance thwarted by a gorilla Chaney releases from a cage that gruesomely attacks her. Lon Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. The film was released with a Movietone music and effects soundtrack that could be played alongside the film. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10751 and production No. 415 dated Dec. 31 1928 with credits for producer Irving Thalberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for story writers Tod Browning and Harry Sinclair Drago and screenwriter Waldemar Young. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1925149842Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. First Draft script for the 1925 film. <br/><br/>A roguish Eastern European woman is hired to help con a young heiress out of her wealth by holding fake seances with the heiress' long-dead father. Director Tod Browning was best known for his controversial masterpiece "Freaks" 1932 a quintessential film from both the perspective of horror and pre-Code film history revered by 20th century surrealists and given homage by Luis Bunuel in his film "Viridiana" 1961.<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 1520 dated 3/28/25. Title page integral with the first page of text dated March 28 1925 noted as First draft of continuity with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Approximately 120 leaves without page numbers. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1928148190Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout.<br /> <br /> A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife seeks to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is their offspring. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his. One of Browning and Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. <br /> <br /> Set in Zanzibar. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light toning. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1928158521Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a provenance stamp.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover a bitter magician vows to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is his rival's daughter. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his own. One of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. <br /> <br /> Set in Zanzibar. <br /> <br /> 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1986133416Los Angeles: Cannon Films 1986. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1986 film. Featured are Dennis Hopper Caroline Williams and Tobe Hooper on the set. <br/><br/>Nearly a decade after the first installment now a slasher classic Tobe Hooper revisits his chainsaw-toting prodigy "Leatherface" but to the dismay of most critics. This feature with the great Dennis Hopper as a creepy sheriff has achieved cult status in light of its being underrated since its release. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cannon Films unknown books
1975149362Austin Texas: Vortex 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing director Tobe Hooper coaching actress Marilyn Burns in between shots with cinematographer Daniel Pearl adjusting the camera in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Thrower Nightmare USA. Vortex unknown books
1974163782N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actor Gunnar Hansen in costume as Leatherface. Provenance labels on the verso.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas.<br /> <br /> 5 x 7 inches. Fine.<br /> <br /> Thrower Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1974170361N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1974 film showing the Sawyer family as played by John Dugan Gunnar Hansen Edwin Neal and Jim Siedow. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br /> <br /> Thrower Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1986150254N.p.: Cannon Films 1986. Vintage studio still photograph of director Tobe Hooper with Dennis Hopper and Caroline Williams on the set of the 1986 film. <br /> <br /> Nearly a decade after the first installment now a slasher classic Tobe Hooper revisits his chainsaw-toting prodigy "Leatherface" but to the dismay of most critics. This feature with the great Dennis Hopper as a creepy sheriff has achieved cult status in light of its being underrated since its release. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Bastrop Prarie Dell and Austin Texas. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Arrow 1494. Glover Men Women and Chainsaws. Cannon Films unknown
1987WRCLIT84919Np 1987. 197 leaves. Quarto. Photoduplicated typescript printed on rectos only punched and bradbound. Title lettered on spine ink name on title leaf see below otherwise very good. An unspecified draft of this screenplay for the 1987 film starring Robert Downey Jr. Molly Ringwald Harvey Keitel Dennis Hopper Robert Towne Polly Draper et al. This copy bears the ownership signature of Les Lazarowitz the sound editor for the production. unknown books
1970141657N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> An Arabic treatment of the tale of "Romeo and Juliet." <br /> <br /> Set in the Middle East. <br /> <br /> Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 7 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 6. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper bound with three staples. N.p. unknown
1982153893N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script and treatment script for an unproduced film. Draft script incomplete as issued. <br /> <br /> A fantasy adventure about a middle-aged white man who is chosen by Hopi American Indians to ascend to interdimensional safety during a solar eclipse which will create a fourth "World Age" term used in script on Earth. <br /> <br /> Draft script:<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white comb binding. <br /> <br /> Treatment script:<br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with a small splash to the top left corner of the title page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown