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1970146883N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A jaded safari guide is coerced into hunting a wily killer elephant gradually realizing he feels more at home among the wild animals in the bush than the changing realities of life in Africa.<br /> <br /> Set in Africa.<br /> <br /> Mustard titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Boris. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Robert Boris. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
169036Los Angeles: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film written by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. <br /> <br /> Based on Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson's "Hoka" comedy science fiction stories first compiled in the 1957 collection "Earthman's Burden" about a race of aliens who resemble teddy bears. <br /> <br /> Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Navy Tri-Star Pictures wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown
1960163885Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 20 of the 1959-1961 television series. The episode originally aired on February 4 1961 in syndication. <br /> <br /> "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this installment Maris heads west to investigate a mining scam in Nevada. <br /> <br /> Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers dated 20 October 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown
1959163884Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1959. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 28 of the 1959-1961 television series. The episode originally aired on April 2 1960 in syndication. <br /> <br /> "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this installment an oil millionaire suspects his business partner of murdering a woman.<br /> <br /> Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers dated 14 December 1959 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown
1960163883Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 5 of the 1959-1961 television series. The episode originally aired on October 22 1960 in syndication. <br /> <br /> "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this installment the owner of an archery range is charged with killing his psychologist after the latter is found murdered with an arrow sticking out of his chest. <br /> <br /> Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers dated 29 July 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown
1966163889Universal City: Universal Television 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series which originally aired on April 11 1966 on NBC. <br /> <br /> The series followed Paul Bryan who after being told he has only months left to live embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode Bryan searches for a mysterious nun and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia.<br /> <br /> Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/25/66 with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Universal Television unknown
1962147773Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs two borderless from the 1962 film. <br /> <br /> Jane Lindstom's Glynis Johns car breaks down and she seeks assistance at the home of a man named Caligari Dan O'Herlihy where she soon finds herself prisoner and none of the other residents seem willing to help. Not a remake of the classic 1920 Robert Wiene film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" despite the similarity of the title though it does contain a similar plot twist. <br /> <br /> 7 - 8 x 10 inches 2 - 9.25 x 7 . Near Fine some faint creasing in margins and light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962167556Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of Grant Williams from the 1962 film.<br /> <br /> A violent ex-con embarks on a murder spree using his court-ordered weekly therapy sessions as his alibi. Actor Onslow Stevens' final film appearance. Screenplay by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1966163888Culver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Arena Productions 1966. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 20 of the 1966-1967 television series which originally aired on February 7 1967 on NBC. <br /> <br /> A follow-up to the successful "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." 1964-1968 series "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." followed the international adventures of American secret agent April Dancer. In this installment Dancer and her British partner Mark Slate investigate a blackmail arrangement linked to an aging baroness. <br /> <br /> Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Goldenrod titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer front wrapper lacking rear wrapper noted as production No. 8605 and copy No. 124 on the front wrapper dated December 12 1966 with credits for screenwriters Robert Bloch and Richard DeRoy. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Arena Productions unknown
163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue.<br /> <br /> A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary.<br /> <br /> Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. <br /> <br /> Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown
1978157015N.p.: N.p. 1978. Revised Fourth Draft script for the 1979 film. Copy belonging to noted New York Times theatre critic and cultural writer Mel Gussow with his name in manuscript ink on the title page along with a notation indicating copy No. 47. <br /> <br /> Based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel about a divorced couple fighting a custody battle for their son. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning five including Best Picture Best Screenplay Best Actor and Best Actress. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York. <br /> <br /> Goldenrod self wrappers lacking rear wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised Fourth Draft on the front wrapper dated September 5 1978 with credits for director Robert Benton and novelist Avery Corman. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1983162428N.p.: N.p. 1983. Third Draft script for the 1984 film seen here under the working title "The Texas Picture." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 39.<br /> <br /> During the Great Depression a recently widowed mother fights to defend her family farm from repossession. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two including Best Actress for Sally Field and Best Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set in Waxahachie Texas and shot on location in Waxahachie and Five Points Texas. <br /> <br /> Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 12 1983 noted as Third Draft with credit for screenwriter Robert Benton. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown
1938159686Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film. With mimeo snipe on the verso. <br /> <br /> A young woman attending the Paris School of Drama is often late to class because she also has to work a factory job to support herself. She lies to her classmates about her life and that she has a a wonderful famous boyfriend. <br /> <br /> Set in Paris. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a crease at the bottom left of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1969147106N.p.: N.p. 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on Eve Brown's 1967 novel. A group of wealthy socialites and celebrities staying at the Plaza Hotel are taken hostage for an enormous ransom soon realizing that their time is limited by a scant 18-hour supply of food water and light.<br /> <br /> Set in Manhattan.<br /> <br /> Black titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt intact noting copy No. 87. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT B. ALDRICH. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 73. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly rusted near the binding bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980143986Burbank CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Western featuring Lazarus a fugitive cowboy who cant keep out of trouble. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Avard Miller composer George Leonard and producer A. Ronald Lubin. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Martin Ransohoff Productions unknown
1970158055N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A woman is exiled from her family due to a tragic misunderstanding with her sister returning years later after her sister's death. She becomes the foster guardian of her orphaned niece a young girl with a cruel streak. <br /> <br /> Transparent front wrapper white rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Robert Anthony Foster. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1985147081N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. <br /> <br /> An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas determined to confront his former business partner a power-hungry cattleman.<br /> <br /> Set in Texas near the Mexican border. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrappers with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Robert Henderson. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall partially bound with one staple. N.p. unknown
1970163450Hollywood: Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures 1970. Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the title page and three leaves of the script.<br /> <br /> While waiting for the results from a pregnancy test a precocious high school senior decides to leave her family older lover and boyfriend behind and hitchhike to Big Sur California with her best friend.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers noted as copy No. 23 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Revised Final Draft with credit for screenwriter David Allen Dixon. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures unknown
1977155775N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Janet Rule and Shelley Duvall from the 1977 film. One photograph with a British stamp on the verso and both photographs with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on the versos. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 230. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1977158792N.p.: Lions Gate Films 1977. Three vintage studio still photographs of actress Janice Rule from the 1977 film. <br /> <br /> Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lions Gate Films unknown
1979135438Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Nine vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1979 film. <br /> <br /> A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings the role was recast with Sheila Shea. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978150021N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs shot on the set of the 1978 film one showing Robert Altman behind the camera and one showing Altman and Carol Burnett in conversation.<br /> <br /> In a style that Altman invented and had by this time more than mastered a mishmash of overlapping stories all centering around a middle-class wedding in the American South told over the course of a single day. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1948167637Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Treatment script for the key 1948 film noir. In Jaffe Agency wrappers stamped "FILE COPY" and "JAFFE AGENCY" at the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> Robert Altman's first screenwriting credit he would not direct his first feature film for another 20 years and Richard Fleischer's first directorial effort a tight noir second feature. Altman is credited here alongside another first-time screenwriter George W. George who would go on to be a prolific screenwriter with credits for such films as "The Woman on Pier 13" 1949 and "Big House USA" 1955. <br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles and an early example of a noir film with a large amount of location shooting throughout the Los Angeles area. <br /> <br /> Tan agency wrappers "The Jaffe Agency" printed at the bottom of the front wrapper and with their diamond TJA logo at the center Title page present with credits for screenwriters Altman and George. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Near Fine with a small chip at the bottom right corner of the title page wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1976150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Alberta Canada. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Pitts 554. United Artists unknown
156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. <br /> <br /> Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown
