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1937130740Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film. Copy belonging to Van Heflin with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A romantic drama set to the back drop of the Annapolis Naval Academy. Bill Martin a young midshipman must chose between his love for Julia and his commitment to the navy in this 1937 film. <br/><br/>Mint green titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Revised Final script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 dated May 18 1937 with credits for writers Cabanne and Twist. Distribution page present with receipt removed. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1977140868N.p.: Rollins-Joffe Productions 1977. Vintage studio still compiling 6 portrait photographs from the 1977 film. <br/><br/>Woody Allen's iconic romantic comedy explores the strange relationship between a neurotic comedian Alvy Allen and his quirky girlfriend Annie Keaton. Despite deep feelings for one another the duo is unable to resolves the problems in their relationship. The director's most important film marking a permanent shift from a director of satirical comedies to auteur status. Winner of 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Allen Best Screenplay Allen Best Actress Diane Keaton and Best Actor Allen. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California and new York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Rollins-Joffe Productions unknown books
1982147630Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. <br/><br/>Based on the popular Broadway musical which was based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" with music by Charles Stouse lyrics by Martin Charnin and book by Thomas Meehan.<br/><br/>Directed by John Huston the only musical in his 40-year directing career and featuring a blockbuster cast including Albert Finney Carol Burnett Tim Curry Bernadette Peters Edward Hermann and Ann Reinking "Annie" received mixed reviews and only grossed $57 million on a $50 million budget.<br/><br/>A television sequel "Annie: A Royal Adventure!" was released in 1995 Disney and Columbia Pictures made a television version in 1999 and Columbia would release another film adaptation in 2014.<br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1942129351Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Story synopsis basis for the 1943 film "Claudia" based on a story by Franken that appeared in Redbook magazine between July 1941 and October 1942. <br/><br/>McGuire and Young are memorable in their portrayal of a young innocent couple struggling to break from the ties of their respective families as well as the pressure of distant relocation. Followed by a sequel "Claudia and David" in 1946 and basis for a radio play. <br/><br/>Sky blue titled wrappers with credit for writer Franken. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 18 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1947146204Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1948 film here under the working title "Destiny of a Woman" on the front wrapper. With a few faint holograph pencil annotations.<br/><br/>Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South.<br/><br/>Set in Alabama. <br/><br/>Yellow untitled wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE / MASTER COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 115125. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top edge with two gold brads. Universal-International unknown books
1947145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint holograph pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout.<br/><br/>Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South.<br/><br/>Set in Alabama. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1983132869London: Cinegate / Channel Four Films 1983. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1983 UK film. <br/><br/>In Scotland during World War II Janie is married to a man 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program the couple welcome three Italian POW's to work on their farm and one of them captures Janie's interest. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in Scotland. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint corner creases else Near Fine. Cinegate / Channel Four Films unknown books
1947144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With holograph annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1989140682Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Final Draft script for Episode 1 from Season 1 of the 1989 television series. <br/><br/>Pilot episode of a sitcom which ran for four seasons beginning in 1989 featuring two co-workers who must keep their attraction to each other under control and their business on strictly friendly terms. Following a rough breakup with her boyfriend Hannah Miller Curtis quits her teaching job to move home to Chicago. On the flight home she meets Marty Gold Lewis who has a great fear of flying but also knows of a journalist position opening at the Chicago Monthly where he works. She aces her first assignment and snags the job and a desk directly across from Gold and the two become attracted to each other but must consider their careers first. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated February 2 1989. Title page present dated February 3 1989 with credits for screenwriters Koenig and Kout. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographically duplicated first generation photocopy with no copied punch holes with yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between Febraury 2 1989 and February 3 1989. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965130702Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Two men attacked by Apaches try to warn nearby settlers of an imminent Apache attack but are rebutted by unbelievers and a group of stagecoach robbers. When the stagecoach then suffers an Apache attacked mid-robbery the two men must attempt to survive the attack themselves. <br/><br/>Pale green titled wrappers rubber stamped as copy No. 27 and noted as production No. 20039 dated May 25 1965 with credits for writers Lamb and Sanford. Front wrapper integral with the title page as issued. 109 leaves on pale green stock mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
WRCLIT67922Los Angeles: The Author nd. 11411 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Title hand lettered on spine a few stray marks to wrappers very good. An unidentified draft of this evidently unproduced screenplay combining themes of political and diplomatic intrigue. On the front wrapper this is denoted as copy #10. The Author unknown books
1979148449Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Original pressbook for the 1979 film. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. Winner of two Academy Awards and nominated for six others including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or.<br/><br/>Shot on grueling location in the Philippines. <br/><br/>Six pages 7 x 11 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Ebert I. United Artists unknown books
1953132118London: British Lion Film Corporation 1953. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 UK film. Printed with the original title "Appointment in London." <br/><br/>A retiring bomber pilot intends to keep the new recruits focused by banning women from the base. Then he meets smiling officer Eve Canyon <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with an ink notation on the verso two tiny chips and light toning. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1976130063Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1976. Final and Revised Final drafts for four episodes the 1976 season and two episodes 1977 season of the NBC television series "Gibbsville" based on characters in John O'Hara's 1934 novel "Appointment in Samarra." Gibbsville is the name of the town central to the novel's plot a fictionalized version of O'Hara's hometown Pottsville Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>Each script has green and white titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT or REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated between July 26 1976 and October 17 1976 with credits for the screenwriter of each episode. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT or REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrappers dated between July 26 1976 and October 17 1976 with credits for the screenwriter of each episode. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Full pagination available upon request. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1951132524London: British Film-Makers 1951. Vintage black-and-white candid still photograph from the 1951 UK film. Features David Niven with the Dame of Sark Sibyl Mary Hathaway on the shores of the Channel Islands. Hathaway was Seigneur of the Channel Islands when the Germans invaded 1940-1945. <br/><br/>Based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel about British soldiers during WWII on the Channel Islands attempting to save a prized cow from the capture of the Nazis. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Some toning with an ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. British Film-Makers unknown books
1958132726London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Collection of 7 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. <br/><br/>Based on George Agnew Chamberlain's 1941 novel "The Phantom Filly" about a juvenile delinquent and his stay at a run down Kentucky ranch. Eventually he gains an interest in all things mechanical including the hot sports car owned by a neighboring young woman. <br/><br/>A story set and shot in Kentucky. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960144162N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced film. Synopses in English are laid into the front wrapper for "That Boy Named Jesus" "Young Jesus" and "Don Quixote Goes West." Text in English.<br/><br/>An imagining of the infancy youth and adolescence of Jesus Christ.<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Pages Fine wrapper Fine clip binding. N.p. unknown books
1948146150N.p.: Enterprise Productions 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the 1948 film. Holograph annotations in ink on bottom border of recto. Crop annotations in holograph pencil and stamp on the verso obscured by holograph marker. <br/><br/>Based on the 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. A complex romantic film noir in which Dr. Ravic Boyer is a refugee doctor practicing illegally in Paris under a false name. He saves Joan Madou Bergman from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover and helps her land a job singing in a nightclub. The two fall in love but he is deported. Joan finds herself another man's mistress while Dr. Ravic seeks revenge by hunting for the Nazi officer Ivon Haake Laughton. <br/><br/>Set in Paris shot on location in New York and Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and 2 small tears on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso. <br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Olive Films #809. Enterprise Productions unknown books
1974133114Burbank CA: Aries Films / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1974. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1971 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated February 4 1974 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Heyes and novelist Macdonald. 118 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good or better with a vertical dampstain to the front wrapper. Bound internally with two gold brads. Aries Films / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1928140906Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue who starred in the film. <br/><br/>Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script here under the working title "Southern Skies" four vintage photographs each with a mimeo snipe on the verso one with a press stamp as well and a later 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film signed and dated by Blue with his bookplate on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack comprised of music and sound effects including most notably the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie" as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. <br/><br/>Set on a Polynesian Island shot on location in Tahiti at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders using many of them as extras in the film. <br/><br/>Carbon typescript draft:<br/><br/>Cream colored titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338 dated November 29 1927 with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated November 161927 with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:"<br/><br/>Early The Century edition from 1921 first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good lacking jacket. Front hinge split with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1952140247Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1952. Four Draft scripts for three Pete Smith production shorts "The Camera Caught It" 1954 "Bandage Bait" 1951 and "Bargain Madness" 1951 seen here under the title "Dollar Day." <br/><br/>Collection of scripts for three of Pete Smith's later short productions: "The Camera Caught It" "Bandage Bait" and "Bargain Madness." "Bargain Madness" features a passive aggressive fight between two neighboring housewives who attempt to shop at the same department store sale "Bandage Bait" a barrage of idiotic ways to injure oneself in various places and "The Camera Caught It" a humorously-narrated series of unusual acts caught on camera. <br/><br/>Smith produced and narrated over 150 shorts between the 1930s and 1955 beginning his career at MGM as a publicist and moving on to narration when others noticed his knack for comedy. His unmistakable sharp tenor and nasal tone unwittingly became the analog the voice we expect to hear in all shorts and news reels of the era and he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1953 for his work. <br/><br/>The Camera Caught It copy No. 38:<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 38 dated 7-9-52 with credits for producer Pete Smith and screenwriter Joe Ansen. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued dated 7-9-50. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Mimeograh. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>The Camera Caught It copy No. 6:<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 6 dated 7-9-52 with credits for producer Pete Smith and screenwriter Joe Ansen. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued present dated 7-9-50. 23 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph duplication with white revision pages dated 7-18-52. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Bandage Bait:<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated 6-6-50 with credits for screenwriters David Barclay and Julian Harmon. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued dated 4-18-50. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 35. Mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated 4-18-50. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Dollar Day:<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 53 dated 4-27-50 with credits for producer Pete Smith and screenwriters Julian Harmon and David Barclay. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued dated 5-18-50. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered "26-27." Mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-18-50 and 6-19-50. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1935WRCLIT62273Los Angeles: The Author 1935. Six volumes. Quarto. Chiefly carbon typescript but also original typescript the latter with extensive manuscript revisions and notations. Each unit bradbound or stapled into typescript wrappers. Some use wrappers a bit frayed at edges and chipped at spines last wrapper separated at spine but typescripts in generally very good order consistent with use. A fine contiguous sequence of scripts tracing the development of this film from its earliest stages through the final working draft of Cole's screenplay and the intercession of another writer. The 1935 film directed by D. Ross Lederman was released under the title TOO TOUGH TO KILL and starred Victor Jory Sally O'Neill Ward Bond et al. The film as conceived by Cole is a depiction of an investigation into labor strife at a tunnel and aqueduct construction site near Morongo California. The film as finally released was co-credited to Cole and Jay Griffin based on a story by Robert Speers. However with the exception of the last item the material in this archive is credited throughout solely to Lester Cole and includes the following: a Treatment 122 leaves carbon typescript; b First Draft Screenplay 22 July 191 leaves carbon typescript with scattered revisions and annotations in pencil; c Second Draft Screenplay 30 July 110 leaves carbon typescript with scattered pencil queries comments and alterations; d Third Draft Screenplay 2 August 1104 leaves carbon typescript; e Fourth Draft Screenplay 5 August 1104 leaves carbon typescript; and f Fourth Draft Screenplay altered in manuscript to read "Final Working Copy" 5 August ca. 104 leaves plus lettered inserts and other variations largely original typescript but some carbon very heavily revised throughout in pencil in at least two hands. The first four items are designated in manuscript with the name of Ben Pivar the production supervisor of record for the film. The last bears the ownership signature of J. Griffin Jay and would obviously appear to be the copy of Cole's draft Jay utilized for the start if not the bulk of the revisions and rewrites that earned him co-credit. Cole was one of the cofounders of the Screen Writers Guild and in 1934 joined the CPA. Like his other colleagues known as the "Hollywood Ten" Cole refused to cooperate with the HUAC in 1947 was sentenced to a year in prison and a fine and was placed on the Blacklist. He continued to work sporadically under pennames and his last major film BORN FREE was so credited. Jay had his own substantial list of screenwriting credits chiefly in the genres of adventure science fiction and horror films. A fine coherent and contiguous archive the sort seldom preserved intact over the passage of more than 75 years. The Author] unknown books
1932137089Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph with snipe printed on the verso identifying director Harry Beaumont on the set with actresses Anita Page and Joan Marsh in the 1932 film based on the 1932 J.P. McEvoy novel of the same name. With an additional stamp on the verso reading "Country of origin USA." <br/><br/>Left jobless and about to be kicked out of his apartment by the Great Depression a former radio writer accidentally kills his wife. Going on the run with his mistress he comes on a radio show hosted by his former boss to protest his innocence and lead a manhunt for the "killer."<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with some light creasing to the corners and light soil. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] 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
