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1986126713New York: Cannon Films 1986. First Draft script for the 1988 film. Seen here under the film's working title "Missing in Action III" with "Braddock" added above in holograph pencil on the title page. <br/><br/>Colonel James Braddock Norris is told that his wife and son are still alive in Communist Vietnam so he mounts a one-man assault to free them. He fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen kidnapped children while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer. <br/><br/>The third and final installment in Cannon Films' "Missing in Action" trilogy following "Missing in Action" 1984 and "Missing in Action 2: The Beginning" 1985.<br/><br/>Shot on location in the Philippines. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Norris and Bruner and for director Aaron Norris dated 11/15/86. 128 leaves xerographically duplicated with the last leaf of text numbered 127. Rubbing to the wrapper else pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Cannon Films unknown books
1949137414Hollywood: Monogram Pictures 1949. Revised Draft script for the 1949 film. "Brand of Fear" here under the working title "Range Rogues." Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who played "Cal Derringer" in the film with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink and annotations throughout in holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>One of Wakely's final films at Monogram Pictures where he became a popular musical Western actor under his own name beginning with "Springtime in Texas" 1945 and ending with "Lawless Code" 1949. This time Wakely and his partner Cannonball Taylor escort a school teacher Davis to Oreville where she is accosted by two outlaws. The local marshal London wrangles with one of the outlaws who informs his cohort that the marshal is actually wanted by the law himself and they attempt to blackmail him. Wakely and Cannonball show up to help the marshal who in reality is the school teacher's father and nab the outlaws. <br/><br/>Wakely eventually had his own comic book series published by DC Comics 1949-1952 and he was also inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Western Music Association Hall of Fame. <br/><br/>Shot on location at Melody Ranch and Walker Ranch in Newhall California. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a credit for Wakely. Distribution page present with receipt removed rubber-stamped copy No. 221 with credits for Wakely and screenwriter Dickey noted as production No. 4905. Title page integral with distribution. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 20 twentieth page of a shooting schedule. Mimeograph duplication with blue undated revision pages. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hardy p. 390. Pitts 492. Monogram Pictures unknown books
1967141440Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1967. Draft script for the 1967 film. Text in Japanese. <br/><br/>An experimental absurdist pop art satire of yakuza films and film noir Suzuki's film was a failure on release leading him to be fired and then blackballed by the studio for making films that made neither sense nor profit. <br/><br/>The film rightly became a cult classic with its international video release in the 1980s and would influence filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch John Woo Chan-wook Park Wong Kar-wai Johnnie To Takeshi Kitano and Quentin Tarantino. <br/><br/>White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant Japan. Criterion Collection 38. Nikkatsu unknown books
1978133348Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1978 film. <br/><br/>Based on Nolan's 1974 novel "The Algonquin Project" about a heisted shipment of German gold and General Patton's ploy to retrieve it starring George Kennedy as Patton . <br/><br/>Shot on location in Germany and Switzerland. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. And faint corner creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1994144358Hollywood: Icon Entertainment 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film. An early draft produced prior to the film having an association with Mel Gibson's production company Icon Entertainment International. <br/><br/>Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for another five including Best Original Screenplay. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers production No. 53 dated March 24 1994 with credits for screenwriter Randall Wallace. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only dated 31-Mar-94. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some tears and folding at the extremities silver prong binding. Icon Entertainment unknown books
1985144247Universal City: Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph of director Terry Gilliam on the set of the 1985 film. With holograph annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 51. Universal Pictures unknown books
1985140818Universal City CA: Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1985 film showing director Gilliam and crew during a quiet moment between takes. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 51. Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures unknown books
1955132989London: Waterlow and Sons / Hammer Film Productions 1955. Vintage hand-tinted still photograph from the 1955 UK film. <br/><br/>One of several British films given American distribution by 20th Century-Fox. Forrest Tucker stars as an American soldier hired by a German millionaire Marius Goring to smuggle a Polish scientist out of East Germany and into England. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Germany and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with an ink notation on the verso tiny corner creases and a faint pencil notation on the recto. Waterlow and Sons / Hammer Film Productions unknown books
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
1980152392N.p.: Warner Columbia Film 1980. Archive of material from the screening of the 1980 British film at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival including three borderless reference photographs one pressbook and one xerographically reproduced competition sheet. All text in French. <br/><br/>A young punk singer from London rises to stardom but discovers that fame comes at the expense of her friends and integrity. The directorial debut of Brian Gibson who would go on to direct a plethora of films focusing on rock musicians most notably "What's Love Got to Do with It" 1993 and "Still Crazy" 1998. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London. <br/><br/>Photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Pressbook 8.25 x 11.5 inches 15 leaves. All materials Near Fine. <br/><br/>Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films 309. Warner Columbia Film unknown books
1989WRCLIT78702Los Angeles: Act III Productions 1989. 1112 leaves. Quarto. Photoduplicated typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in plain wrappers. Script number on upper wrapper light use title lettered on spine very good. An unspecified draft of this original screenplay by the frequently brilliant director / screenwriter / novelist. In this case the 1989 film was directed by Bill Forsyth and starred Burt Reynolds et al. Act III Productions unknown books
1989145989Los Angeles: Act III Productions 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film. With two holograph ink annotations marking revision pages of note.<br/><br/>A old New York safecracker takes on a bumbling young crook as his lookout and apprentice. The American directorial debut of Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Portland Oregon. <br/><br/>Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Sayles. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout undated. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Act III Productions unknown books
1993WRCLIT61818Np: Signboard Hill Productions 1993. 1116 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed production company wrappers. Pencil notes re: casting on upper wrapper else very good. A "first draft" of this adaptation of Tyler's 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for television. The February 1994 broadcast was directed by John Erman and starred James Garner Joanne Woodward. et al. Signboard Hill Productions unknown books
1981141480N.p.: N.p. 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>David a constant disappointment is floundering coming up with new ways to make money. A doctor friend of his asks him to donate some sperm for an artificial insemination experiment and the First Lady is destined to give birth to his child. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1981 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael K. Lange. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a black binder. N.p. unknown books
141240N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are six copies of the same page of dialogue. With a single notation in holograph ink. <br/><br/>Nat Perrin was a television and film comedy writer known for working with the Marx Brothers and his films "The Great Morgan" 1945 and "Song of the Thin Man" 1947. <br/>The heat comes down on a bookie when he pisses off his handler a police officer who pays his mortgage a fact the gambler uses against the cop by bringing the issue to the newspaper who run the story much to the scorn of police officers across the city. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Nat Perrin. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1987WRCLIT68957New York: Mirage Productions 1987. 1144 leaves plus lettered revised inserts and three copies of the six leaf staff & crew list bound in back. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of white blue and salmon stock. Bradbound in plain wrappers. Ink name see below upper wrapper and title leaf a bit dusty and frayed some inking to the spine but otherwise a very good copy. Denoted the "First Draft New Version" but in fact heavily revised by an array of inserted dated revises on variously colored stocks. This new version is the script credited to McInerney for the adaptation of his first novel undertaken for director Jim Bridges. An earlier draft attributed to Tom Cole appears to have been superseded by this new version when Bridges assumed the position of director. This is copy #42 of the script designated for sound mixer Les Lazarowitz and was utilized by him in the production. The 1988 release starred Michael J. Fox Kiefer Sutherland and Phoebe Cates. Mirage Productions unknown books
1953134790Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Set of 4 original lobby cards for the 1953 film "Bright Road" based on the Christopher Award winning story "See How They Run" written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman and first published in 1951 in the Ladies' Home Journal. <br/><br/>Notable for its nearly all-black cast "Bright Road" stars Dorothy Dandridge as an Alabama schoolteacher intent on motivating one of her more lackluster students. Dandridge is said to have accepted the role because of the film's lack of racial tension as a central theme. As a result she hoped that young women of all colors could identify with her character. Harry Belafonte's debut feature film. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Both lobby cards quite clean with no pinholes about Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1998143700Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1998. Draft script for Season one episode 11 of the 1998-1999 television series which originally aired January 29 1999 on FOX. Copy belonging to actor Brian O'Sullivan who played Brian Reed in the episode with his name and character on a label tipped onto the front wrapper. <br/><br/>A deceased cop is sent back to earth from hell to hunt down escaped demons. In this episode he meets a young boy who was abused by his step father and seeks revenge. <br/><br/>Cherry titled self-wrappers noted as production draft on the front wrapper and production number 467461 dated January 5 199 with credits for screenwriter Fred Golan and director Larry Carroll. Title page integral to front wrapper. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication with goldenrod salmon and cherry revision pages throughout dated variously between December 23 1998 and January 5 1999. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown books
1938148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. <br/><br/>One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937.<br/><br/>Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1970WRCLIT68505Np.: Leonard Ripley & Co. Ltd. 1970. Vintage original 30 x 40" 75 x 100 cm. British quad offset litho poster. Fractional tanning at edges and two internal folds closed breaks at two center folds else near fine. Directed by Christopher Miles starring Joanna Shimkus Franco Nero Honor Blackman et al. Based on the posthumously published novella by D. H. Lawrence it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival but not entered into competition. Leonard Ripley & Co., Ltd. unknown books
1977WRCLIT69487London: CLC / Paramount Pictures 1977. British quad offset litho poster 30 x 40" 75 x 100 cm. Folded as issued a tad rumpled closer to edges one small nick at lower edge else very good. A quad poster for the British release of this admirable adaptation of Hemingway's novel. The 1977 film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred George C. Scott David Hemmings Claire Bloom et al. CLC / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1937148516Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1938 film musical showing actor Buddy Ebsen dressed as a jockey astride a horse. With an ink stamp to the verso identifying the film by its working title "Broadway Melody of 1937" along with the reference number 988-14B.<br/><br/>A backstage musical revue most notable for featuring a young Judy Garland in an unexpectedly popular singing role which would eventually lead to her casting in "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939.<br/><br/>Set in New York.<br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980149081Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Vintage vernacular photo album and scrapbook by Ray Abraham a high school art teacher in Athens OH who also appeared as an extra in the film. Containing 17 predominantly color photographs of actors or crew members on location or interacting with the nearby community as well as clippings from local papers about the film signed letters addressed to Abraham from actors Robert Redford and Konrad Sheehan and other ephemera. <br/><br/>The film which was shot on location at the recently closed Junction City Prison in Ohio used locals as extras for the prison scenes and based on the newspaper clippings was a major source of excitement for the nearby towns. This extended to Abraham who apparently invited the stars of the film to attend an exhibition of his students' art work at Athens High School. While Redford declined local actor and apparent Redford look-alike James Linton caused quite the sensation among the teenagers. Altogether a detailed and charming look at the effects of a major Hollywood production on a community during location shooting. <br/><br/>Inspired by the 1969 nonfiction book "Accomplices to the Crime" by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams about abuse and corruption in the Arkansas prison system. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. <br/><br/>Scrapbook Good only with many interior pages loose or plastic sheets no longer attached. <br/><br/>Photographs variously sized most 3.5 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. <br/><br/>Other material Very Good plus or better. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984140170Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1984. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1984 Hong Kong film. Golden Harvest created this documentary tribute to the legendary Bruce Lee featuring archival footage of Lee as well as costars and contemporaries such as Jackie Chan Sammo Hung Jim Kelly and Chuck Norris. <br/><br/>26 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
1962132151Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1962. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1962 US film. <br/><br/>A relatively unknown low-budget jungle film the only film credit for director Jack Warner Jr. son of the then-head of Warner Bros. Studios. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one with pinholes at the corners one with a short closed tear. Paramount Pictures unknown books
