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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 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
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
1973161563N.p.: Entertainment Ventures 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film. <br /> <br /> The bass player for an amateur rock band The Group goes on a killing spree while travelling with his band on the road.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Thrower Nightmare USA. Entertainment Ventures unknown
1964155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. <br /> <br /> A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. <br /> <br /> Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown
1984168321N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the resume of screenwriter Shelley Berc bound in before the title page at the front of the script. <br /> <br /> An adaptation of an experimental stage play also written by Berc a musical about a New York fireman.<br /> <br /> Title page present copyright date noted as 1984 with credit for Berc. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
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
1956155628N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing director Joshua Logan with a handheld camera in the middle of a crowd of extras between takes while actress Marilyn Monroe calls to him from the far left. Provenance stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1956164217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film all six showing actress Marilyn Monroe. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and two with provenance stamps and labels on the same.<br /> <br /> Of particular note is a photograph of a large-scale bus advertisement for the film's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre showing Monroe stretched across the top of a Metro Bus in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good three with ink annotations on the recto margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1979157103Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing actor Richard Pryor behind the camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <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 to Seattle 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 /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
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
1969156803N.p.: N.p. 1969. Early Draft script for the classic 1969 Western film seen here under the working title "The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy." Bound in full blue cloth with the original wrappers bound in. <br /> <br /> A landmark of New Hollywood cinema and arguably the high spot as well as the beginning of an incredible streak of inventive cinematic achievements directed by George Roy Hill in the 1960s and 1970s including "Slaughterhouse-Five" 1972 "The Sting" 1973 and "Slap Shot" 1977. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on fact about two outlaws on the run from a lethal posse after a string of train robberies. They flee to Bolivia in search of a a better way to be thieves but ultimately meet their doom. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay for William Goldman. <br /> <br /> Set in Wyoming and Bolivia and shot on location in New Mexico California Utah Colorado and Arizona in the US and in Morelos Guerrero and Sonora in Mexico. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 175. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Housed in a custom red and blue quarter-leather clamshell box. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Hardy The Western. Pitts 586. N.p. unknown
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 tide marks to the top edges of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
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
1963168067Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actors Ann-Margret and Jesse Pearson with director George Sidney and script supervisor Marshall Wolins on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1960 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name about an unsuccessful pop songwriter who becomes convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high-school girlfriend goodbye. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown
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 manuscript 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 /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown
1963154839N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actress Janet Leigh in a brunette wig relaxing on the set of the 1963 film. Stamps of The Associated Press and Le Parisien on the 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. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards.<br /> <br /> 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
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
1978155852Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. Manuscript ink annotations on the verso. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> A darkly comic dystopian fantasy set in New York about a lonely French electrician who attempts to raise a baby chimpanzee. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Roissy Films unknown
