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1981145696Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Shooting Script for the 1981 film.<br/><br/>Based on a play by French playwright Francis Veber and on the 1973 French-Italian film "L'emmerdeur." A professional killer going by the name of Trabucco Matthau on his way to "take care of" a gangster bumps into a forlorn man named Victor Clooney Lemmon. Clooney's wife has left him for the head of a sex clinic Dr. Zuckerbrot Kinski. Trabucco sets up his rifle in a hotel room ready to make the hit but is interrupted by Clooney trying to hang himself in the adjoining room. Trabucco briefly stops Clooney from hanging but he gets away and climbs onto the ledge of the hotel window. When Victor finds out that his wife is filing for divorce he again attempts suicide the doctor and his wife following. They try to stop Victor with a sedative but stick Trabucco with the needle instead. The two men are left hopeless but Victor promises to help Trabucco with his hit. <br/><br/>Set in Banning California shot on location in Hawaii and Riverside California. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated October 19 1981 with credits for director-writer Wilder writer Diamond and producers Bernheim and Weston. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Wilder and Diamond and for writer Veber. 97 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Photo Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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 Paul Newman hires Chief Sitting Bull Frank Kaquitts 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 books
1974134765Hollywood: William Castle Productions / Paramount Pictures 1974. Revised Final Draft script for the 1975 film "Bug" here under its working title "The Hephaestus Plague." "Bug" in holograph pencil just below the title on the title page. <br/><br/>Based on Thomas Page's 1973 novel. James Parmiter Dillman is a mad scientist who discovers the presence of a bizarre strain of mutant cockroach emerging from the earth after a severe earthquake. Although larger than the average beetle the most disturbing aspect of the critters is their innate ability to ignite fires with their bodies - a talent dramatically revealed after a few of the bugs crawl up a vehicle's tailpipe. When Dillman discovers that the creatures possess a group intelligence he attempts to train and breed them. <br/><br/>Gimmick-horror auteur William Castle's final film an entertaining throwback to the mutant-monsters of 1950s horror cinema. <br/><br/>Set in Riverside California and shot there on location. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with die-cut window. Title page present dated July 22 1974 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Castle and Page. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz US. Muir US. William Castle Productions / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1929149242N.p.: N.p. 1929. Dialogue Draft script for the 1929 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper and throughout.<br/><br/>Based on H.C. McNeile's 1920 novel "Bulldog Drummond." A former army captain bored with civilian life aids a young woman whose uncle has been wrongly committed to a psychiatric institution. The third Bulldog Drummond film to be released following the silent films "Bulldog Drummond" 1923 and "Bulldog Drummond's Third Round." Actor Ronald Colman's first sound film.<br/><br/>Set in London.<br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1990140163Hong Kong: Golden Princess Film 1990. Vintage French mini poster for the 1990 Hong Kong film. <br/><br/>Originally intended as a prequel for Woo's 1986 crime drama "A Better Tomorrow" the 1990 film follows three close friends as they escape Hong Kong and move to war-torn Saigon to engage in a life of crime. Woo and his producer Tsui Hark had a falling out resulting in the former almost entirely self-financing the project while the latter went on to produce a prequel "A Better Tomorrow III." <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong and Thailand. <br/><br/>16 x 22 inches. Near Fine. Golden Princess Film unknown books
1976132852Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1976 release of the 1976 American-Italian film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of 2 stills and cropping annotations on the versos of 2 stills. <br/><br/>Based on Robert Marasco's 1973 novel about a haunted house and the summer caretakers moving in with their young son. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Slight discoloration to 2 stills else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1979147117Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. First Draft script for the 1981 film here under the working title "Family Dream." With the signature of an unknown crew member to the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia PA to Seattle WA growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life.<br/><br/>Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 00545 dated JUNE 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story credits to Richard Pryor. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1960141368N.p.: Afton-Linebrook 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. <br/><br/>What "Valley of the Dolls" is to drugs "BUtterfield 8" is to sex. Extremely watchable trash a big-budget film with lowdown agenda and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor who won an Oscar for her performance could have been accurately described as young and radiant bravely taking on an unsympathetic role as a high-end call girl who is beginning to run into problems. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink blue ink and holograph graphite. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Afton-Linebrook unknown books
1971WRCLIT71203Np: Frankovich Productions 1971. 1129 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in decorated glossy production company wrappers. Title lettered on spine wrappers lightly smudged and used but a very good copy. An "estimating script" for Gershe's own adaptation of his 1969 play. The 1972 release was directed by Milton Katselas and starred Goldie Hawn Edward Albert and Eileen Heckart. Heckart garnered an Oscar for her performance and Albert a Golden Globe for his. It was nominated for several other Academy Awards Golden Globes and by the WGA for Best Comedy Adaptation. Frankovich Productions unknown books
1971132343Los Angeles: Frankovich Productions 1971. Shooting script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to John Flinn with his name tag affixed to the front wrapper though his association with the film is unknown. Included with the script are two stills from the film one full-color and one black-and-white. <br/><br/>Based on Leonard Gershe's 1969 play and adapted by Gershe. Don Baker Albert is a blind and self-reliant man who becomes the object of affection for the free-spirited Jill Hawn who is clad in only her underwear for most of the film. Jill and Don make love and she tries to help him escape the clutches of his overbearing mother a children's-story writer Heckart. <br/><br/>Eileen Heckart won an Academy Award for her supporting role. The first of director Katselas' four features the others being "40 Carats" 1973 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "When You Comin' Back Red Ryder" 1979. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers adorned with illustrations of pink and orange butterflies. Title page present dated August 16 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with a credit for screenwriter Gershe. 126 leaves on pink stock mechanical duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 125. Pages and wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. One still with a mimeo snipe on the verso; both stills Very Good plus. Frankovich Productions unknown books
1970147208N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film also noted under the working title "Tennessee Overdrive" though it should be noted that by the writing of this draft the locale for the intended film was changed from Tennessee to Texas.<br/><br/>A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their way along a Texas trucking route culminating in a shootout just outside Austin. Screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector were best known for the disaster thriller "Airport '77" 1977. <br/><br/>Yellow generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light tidemarks to the top edges of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963146931Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs of Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke rehearsing on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe "ORIGINAL A RENDRE PARIMAGE" "COPYRIGHT CAMERA PRESS LTD." and a struck through with holograph pencil "Holmes-Lebel" stamps on the verso. One contains an "impress" sticker on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse.<br/><br/>Unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson Van Dyke is convinced he can make his fortune and marry girlfriend Rosie Leigh if he can get recently drafted Rock and Roll star Conrad Birdie Jessie Pearson on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss high school girl Kim MacAfee Ann Margret goodbye. <br/><br/>Nominated for 2 Academy Awards.<br/><br/>1 - 9 x 12 inches 1 - 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus edgewear and creasing to far corners. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1978144304Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist theater group. He finds an abandoned chimpanzee on the beach who he attempts to raise. A bleak and desolate depiction of New York City. Filmed in English and released dubbed in both French and Italian. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus. Roissy Films unknown books
1986129247Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1986. First Draft script for the 1986 television movie. One of two "C.A.T. Squad" films made in the mid-1980s both directed for television by noted director William Friedkin. An early draft possibly constructed as a television episode that grew into a feature-length project. <br/><br/>A special government trio is formed to combat terrorism known as the C.A.T. squad an acronym for the "Clandestine Attack Team." <br/><br/>Filmed on location in Mexico and Canada. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 25 1986. Title page present dated April 25 1986 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Petivich. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1972152128Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actress Marisa Berenson. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Director Best Cinematography and Best Actress. <br/><br/>Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Allied Artists unknown books
1982137892Koln: Self published 1982. Draft script for an unproduced German film called "Cabrio 174" written by Lennart Kremser slated to star Klaus Kinski. Laid in is a holograph letter addressed to Kinski from Kremser dated 1982 and signed by Kremser. The letter states that Kremser wrote the screenplay with Kinski in mind as the lead role in a film that would be a "political science-fiction fairy tale." Both script and letter German text. <br/><br/>The year Kinski received Kremser's script 1982 was a busy year for the actor. He just finished shooting James Toback's "Love and Money" and began working on James Glickenhaus' film "The Soldier" Aaron Lipstadt's "Android" and also worked with longtime friend and enemy Werner Herzog as Brian Sweeney in "Fitzcarraldo."<br/><br/>Cream wrappers. Title page present undate noted as Cabrio 174 in holograph ink. 172 leaves. Mechanical duplication on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. Letter Very Good plus dated March 8 1982. Self published unknown books
1949137478Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Final shooting script for the 1950 film. Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who here plays the role of the villain with his name in black holograph ink to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>A ruthless man attempts to rekindle a settled feud between two rancher families in order to take both their lands when they kill each other off. Luckily the town has a good sheriff and a standup rancher gal to help save the day. An odd short musical western with a good crop of the genre's favorite themes bar brawls ambushes sharpshooters to help round out the plot. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. A7 dated November 2 1949. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph O'Donnell. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fair wrapper Fair bound with three gold brads. Foxing and dampstaining to much of the wrappers and extremities. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970132902Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1970 UK release of the 1969 US film. Mimeograph snipe and cropping annotations on the verso with cropping annotations on the recto. <br/><br/>Based on the play "Fleur de cactus" by Barillet and Gredy starring Walter Matthau as Julian Winston physician and lover to Toni Simmons played by Goldie Hawn in her first starring role. Julian tells women he's married to avoid getting involved annoying Toni. When Julian decides to become exclusive with Toni she insists on meeting his wife and Julian enlists the aid of his receptionist Stephanie Dickinson Ingrid Bergman to act the part. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. And faint rubbing to the edges else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1950125431Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Original pressbook for the 1950 film noir. Based on a story by Virginia Kellogg published in "Colliers" on June 3 1950 written for the screen by Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld. <br/><br/>The gradual transformation of one woman at first innocent and shy into a hardened and knowing criminal. Eleanor Parker gives the best performance of her career and Hope Emerson as always makes for an intimidating and villainous female. An unusually realistic representation of prison life. <br/><br/>16 pages 11 x 17 inches saddle stapled. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a few short closed tears at the stitching light soil and a small chip at one corner. <br/><br/>Lyons US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
WRCLIT68147Beverly Hills: William Morris Agency rep nd. 185 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in WM agency wrappers. A couple staple marks and ink name on upper wrapper part of 'Alice' highlighted in yellow else very good. An undated unspecified draft of this original screenplay by the multi-talented screenwriter / director / documentarian HAMLET UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD BIG RIVER BLUES etc. The ownership signature "Tim Hunter" can not be readily confirmed as that of the noted director. William Morris Agency [rep] unknown books
1962131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. <br/><br/>Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown books
1957140421Los Angeles: Clover Productions 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. <br/><br/>A goofy film about the inner squabbles of a record company. An attempt by producer Sam Katzman to repeat the success of "Rock Around the Clock." <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Clover Productions unknown books
1957134810Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1957. Original US insert poster for the 1957 film. <br/><br/>An airline hostess dumps her boyfriend to chase after a South American millionaire and when her ex tries to win her back by reciprocating the millionaire's sister's affections comedy and 14 Latin-themed musical numbers ensue. With appearances by a number of Calypso greats including Herb Jeffries' Calypsomaniacs Lord Flea and His Calypsonians and Terry Gilkynson and The Easy Riders. Set in South America and on a plane. <br/><br/>14 x 36 inches creased and rolled. Very Good plus condition with a tiny chip and a couple of closed tears at the extremities. Allied Artists unknown books
1966137413Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Revised Estimating script for the 1967 film. Winner of three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe winner of four Tony awards and itself based on "The Once and Future King" T.H. White's 1958 adaptation of Arthurian legends. <br/><br/>Set in England shot on location in Spain. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 dated June 1 1966. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 6/1/66 with credits for screenwriter-lyricist Lerner composer Frederick Loewe and novelist White. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph on white yellow pink and blue stock dated variously between 6/1/66 and 6/7/66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1988149439Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1988. Collection of seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 French film. All with mimeo snipes and holograph ink and pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso and two with collector labels.<br/><br/>A dramatization of the career of talented lesser-known sculptor Camille Claudel who began as an apprentice to Auguste Rodin later became his muse and lover and struggled to differentiate herself and her work from his legacy.<br/><br/>9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Gaumont unknown books
