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1985141111N.p.: N.p. 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman who played the character of Lewis in this production with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in holograph ink. <br/><br/>The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." <br/><br/>Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist playwright and screenwriter who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. <br/><br/>Set in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967150623Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Collection of 35 vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with images of director Andrew Marton actors and crew on the set. <br /> <br /> A British rancher hires two American cowboys to oversee his Kenyan estate. Basis for the American television show "Cowboy in Africa" starring Chuck Connors which ran on ABC during the 1967-1968 season. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Kenya. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1999150042N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. <br /> <br /> A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with a former crime photographer to find the murderer. The third of four film appearances of singer and occasional actor John Mellencamp. <br /> <br /> Shot in Rochester New York.<br /> <br /> Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 6-9-99 noted as Rev. with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Manganelli. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1970137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. <br /> <br /> Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. <br /> <br /> Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown
1970137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. <br/><br/>Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. <br/><br/>Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown books
1994166459Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film by noted television and film director Joss Whedon. Annotations in manuscript ink throughout indicating locations of scenes. <br /> <br /> A government scientist dies only to wake up in an entirely different body: that of a serial killer named Snowman. Although the script never progressed to production Whedon used several of the themes of "Afterlife" in his 2009 television series "Dollhouse." <br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present with credit for Whedon dated September 16 1994. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970141409N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A barfly witnesses a bank robbery and getaway making him the inadvertent target of the gang members responsible for the crime.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as original treatment with credit for screenwriter Michael Sloan. 49 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1970129692New York: Delia Productions 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. <br /> <br /> A verse play retelling of the Greek myth in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. <br /> <br /> Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Delia Productions unknown
1970129692New York: Delia Productions 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. <br/><br/>A verse play retelling of the Greek myth in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. <br/><br/>Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Delia Productions unknown books
1959141457Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Small-time deliquent criminals greatly enjoy robbing other people but fall into big trouble when they accidentally rob the Yakuza. <br/><br/>Brown titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1972140003Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Herzog's film is notorious for both its style and its eventful production in which Kinski fired a gun accidentally injuring a crew member and Herzog ostensibly stole a group of monkeys due to ship to the US to use in the famous monkey scene. Despite the chaotic and often contentious production period the film immediately achieved cult status upon its release. Visually striking with minimal narrative and dialogue it follows deranged Spanish soldier Lope se Aguirre's search for the legendary gold city El Dorado. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Peru. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches folded. Small holograph notation to the verso else Near Fine. A vivid bright poster. <br/><br/>Newman Kim Nightmare Movies: Horror On Screen Since the 1960s US. <br/><br/>BFI. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1977141292N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. <br /> <br /> In the winter of 1934 a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times ultimately forcing all three to reveal their true identities. <br /> <br /> Set in France. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
1984159116N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 20. <br /> <br /> An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer of "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975 winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and co-writer of "Cool Hand Luke" 1967 "Cat Ballou" 1965 and "A Star is Born" 1976 among many others. Pierson served as the President of the Writers Guild of America West for two terms in the 1980s and 1990s and was also associated with the American Film Institute the Academy of American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Sundance Film Festival. <br /> <br /> Considered by many to be one of the best unproduced still-unfilmed screenplays written in the wake of an April 1984 "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" magazine article about the spate of films about American milltowns.<br /> <br /> Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1984 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Frank Pierson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light offsetting on the last page of the script. Bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1950146066Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Treatment script for the 1951 film. Copy belonging to Universal-International film executive Leo Spitz with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers noted as TREATMENT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7718 dated March 21 1950. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Robert W. Soderberg. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/50 and 3/18/50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top left corner with one gold brad. Universal International Pictures unknown
1951146074Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1951. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1951 film. <br /> <br /> A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1653 dated JANUARY 31 1951 with credits for actors Stephen McNally Gail Russell Alex Nicol and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL TEN PAGE 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some fading to the top left and right edges bound with two gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown
1995166472Santa Monica: Beacon Communications 1995. Draft script for the 1997 film.<br /> <br /> Communists hijack Air Force One with the First Lady and her daughter onboard forcing the president to decide whether he will break his vow never to capitulate to terrorist demands or sacrifice the lives of his family. Nominated for two Academy Awards.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Washington DC throughout California and in Cleveland and Mansfield Ohio in the US and in Moscow Russia. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present dated August 22 1995 with credit for screenwriter Andrew W. Marlowe. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Beacon Communications unknown
1954146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details.<br /> <br /> A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors.<br /> <br /> Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown
1993167529Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Draft script for the 1994 film copy with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "#40" on the title page. <br /> <br /> Brendan Fraser Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler are "The Lone Rangers" a desperate hard rock band who end up hijacking a Los Angeles radio 117.station with plastic water pistols in an attempt to get their demo aired. An unavoidable cult classic with an impressive cast including Chris Farley Michael McKean Judd Nelson David Arquette Michael Richards Joe Mantegna and others.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers dated April 23 1993. Title page present dated April 23 1993 with credits for screenwriter Rich Wilkes. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974161278Universal City: Universal Studios 1974. Final Shooting script for the 1974 film copy belonging to character actor J. Edward McKinley with manuscript marker annotations of "J. Edw. McKinley" and "Passenger" along the top edge of the front wrapper. The script printed on pink leaves is preceded by a "Cast" and a "Sets" leaves. Laid in are two two-page Shooting Call sheets dating May 20 and 21 1974.<br /> <br /> Sequel to the 1969 hit "Airport" based in turn on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel "Airport." After a midair collision wipes out the crew of a Boeing 707 ground control must find a way to guide the disabled plane to safety. This midair disaster film inspired the 1980 parody "Airplane" directed by Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in California Utah Washington DC and Virginia. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 26 1974. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Don Ingalls. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with one blue revision page undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1974139457Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>Sequel to the 1969 hit "Airport" which clinched 9 Academy Award nominations and received one for best actress. After a midair collision wipes out the crew of a Boeing 707 ground control must find a way to guide the disabled plane to safety. This midair disaster film inspired the 1980 parody "Airplane" starring Leslie Nielsen. <br/><br/>Set in DC and California shot on location in California Utah DC and Virginia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970139848Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1970 film. <br/><br/>The harbringer of what would be a decade full of disaster films packed with Hollywood actors metaphorically in search of a way to revive their careers in the wake of a crumbling studio system. Nonetheless and perhaps by accident a film that is as entertaining today as it was when it was released. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography and winner of one Best Actress going to Helen Hayes. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Minnesota and California. <br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956141458Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>A yakuza boss and his right hand man escape from prison and examine their relationship both matters of loyalty and betrayal as well as the scams and crimes they pull in their criminal history. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1969133199N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize double weight candid photograph of Alan Arkin Art Garfunkel and Martin Sheen on the set of Mike Nichols' "Catch-22" in 1969. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. The photographer has written at the top of the verso in manuscript pencil: "Candid during rehearsal / The boys break up in briefing room scene / Art Garfunkel Alan Arkin Martin Sheen." Also with Willoughby's ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. <br /> <br /> After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. <br /> <br /> In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 13.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1969133199N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize double weight candid photograph of Alan Arkin Art Garfunkel and Martin Sheen on the set of Mike Nichols' "Catch-22" in 1969. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. The photographer has written at the top of the verso in holograph pencil: "Candid during rehearsal / The boys break up in briefing room scene / Art Garfunkel Alan Arkin Martin Sheen." Also with Willoughby's ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. <br/><br/>In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 13.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1961160411N.p.: Europ-Films 1961. Vintage French poster for the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cignognes s'envolent a l'aube." <br /> <br /> Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. A man recalls through flashback the parting words of a woman "I'll Come Back." Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival 1961. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Hungary. <br /> <br /> 22.5 x 30 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Europ-Films unknown
