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142403N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A biopic about the silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle who died of a heart attack in 1933 at age 46. Considered an important figure in the early development of film studios he mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. In 1920 he was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. <br/><br/>Set in Hollywood. <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph Van Winkle. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965148129Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film musical. Copy from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel presumably his working copy with "Camera" written in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Laid in is a 17 page shooting schedule under the title "Girl Crazy" dated 7-13-65. <br/><br/>Based on the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy" by Guy Bolton and John McGowan with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin respectively.<br/><br/>Previously filmed twice before first in 1932 directed by William A. Seiter and starring Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee then in 1943 directed by Norman Taurog and Busby Berkely and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.<br/><br/>Playboy and heir Danny Churchill Harve Presnell helps Ginger Gray Connie Francis save her father's ranch by turning it into a motel for divorcees.<br/><br/>The last feature film acting role of Connie Francis.<br/><br/>Set in Nevada shot on location in Nevada and California. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated July 7 1965 with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Kent. Title page integral to first page. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Shooting schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960143342Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and holograph ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese.<br/><br/>A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. <br/><br/>Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding.<br/><br/>BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown books
1965149311Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of actor-screenwriter Woody Allen and actress Paula Prentiss on the set of the 1965 film. With holograph pencil annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter a movie that Allen today describes as "dreadful" but one that was a box office smash at the time.<br/><br/>A soon-to-be-married womanizer attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France.<br/><br/>8.25 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with light creasing to the right edge and lower right corner reinforced with white tape on the verso. United Artists unknown books
1965144472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress and Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With holograph annotations and photo-agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>10.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1965139246Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage black-and-white press photograph from the 1965 French-American film. Editorial annotations and Wide World Photo rubber stamp on the verso with a Spanish rubber stamp "paso por fotograbado." Shown are Ursula Andress and Katrin Schaake on-the-set conferring between scenes while standing on a bed. <br/><br/>Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>6.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus light creases heavy soil and sticker pull to the verso. United Artists unknown books
1972131876Rome: C C. Champion 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. Bound at the rear are an additional 11 pages that include a complete Cast List and Unit List. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams."<br/><br/>A lesser known film in the director's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers as originally used. Title page present noted as copy No. 4 in pink holograph ink with credits for screenwriters Brach and Polanski. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. C C. Champion unknown books
1954WRCLIT40377Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1954. 150 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Faint dampstaining to upper wrapper ink corrections to front cover and two pages about a dozen leaves with corner creases otherwise a good or better copy. A "Revised Final Script" of this adaptation prepared as #52B of the MY FAVORITE STORY series. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
1947143476Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1947. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Screenwriter Cockrell is best known for the seminal film noir "Dark Waters" 1944 directed by Andre De Toth and went on to write for television between 1956-1966 including original stories for "Perry Mason" "Johnny Staccato" "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Batman."<br/><br/>Peach titled wrappers noted as Second Draft script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number present dated March 13 1947 with credit for screenwriter Cockrell. Distribution page present integral with title page with receipt intact number stamp date and screenwriter credit again present. 152 leaves mimeograph duplication and last page number is 150. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three rusted gold brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1947143498Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1947. Final Shooting script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Screenwriter Cockrell is best known for the seminal film noir "Dark Waters" 1944 directed by Andre De Toth and went on to write for television between 1956-1966 including original stories for "Perry Mason" "Johnny Staccato" "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Batman."<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number present dated April 17 1947 with credit for screenwriter Cockrell. Distribution page present integral with title page with receipt intact number stamp date and screenwriter credit again present. 133 leaves mimeograph duplication and last page number is 131. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three rusted gold brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1947WRCLIT67428Culver City: Vanguard Pictures 1947. Two volumes. 2150; 2131 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in typescript wrappers with studio checkout leaf. Script number stamped on upper wrappers a bit of use at brads else near fine. Both a "second draft" script and a "final shooting" script for this unproduced film. Cockrell had gotten her footing as a screenwriter with the 1944 André de Toth noir thriller DARK WATERS based on a story she co-wrote with her husband Frank Cockrell and for its novelization. That this project got as far as a final shooting script is evidence of Selznick's confidence in its merit. Unfortunately Marian Cockrell wrote no other films that reached production but was active as a television writer Perry Mason Alfred Hitchcock Presents Batman Suspicion for another quarter century. Vanguard Pictures unknown books
1970139424Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original one-sheet US poster for the 1970 X-rated film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Director Funt notable for his "Candid" series of adult films explores further the human psyche when confronted with nudity in unusual candid situations. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree plays one-half of an interracial couple in his film debut. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus fold stress small central chips and a few short tears. United Artists unknown books
2001149058Los Angeles: Gracie Films 2001. Shooting Draft script for the 2001 television episode which originally aired on October 2 on ABC. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by actress Joan Cusack: "Molly- / my god you are so wonderful / Thank you for your ideas - and your great smarts / Joan Cusack / P.S. you were the highlight of sophistication in this show."<br/><br/>From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.<br/><br/>A Chicago schoolteacher juggles a new relationship and fields day-to-day interactions in the workplace. The show aired for two seasons. <br/><br/>Set in Ravenswood Chicago.<br/><br/>Blue titled self-wrappers dated 8/3/01 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for director Terry Hughes and screenwriter Katherine Green. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown books
1930146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation."<br/><br/>A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. <br/><br/>Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.<br/><br/>Set in Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Gloria Productions unknown books
1955146249Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1955. Draft script for the 1956 film here under the working title "Children of the Covered Wagon." Walt Disney's working copy with "Walt Disney" in holograph ink on upper left margin of Walt Disney Productions label on the front wrapper not in Disney's hand and annotations in red blue and graphite holograph pencil throughout all clearly in Disney's hand. The most substantive of the annotations denote sequence order and use of stock footage.<br/><br/>Our first reaction was to doubt such close involvement by Disney on a 1950s feature but it turns out that this film was special: it was Disney's first Western and only its second live-action CinemaScope feature following on the heels of the wildly successful "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" the year before. Too Disney's first animated CinemaScope feature "Lady and the Tramp" was released just prior to this film in the summer of 1955. All three were major debuts for Disney and Walt Disney's involvement was naturally more hands-on than usual.<br/><br/>Based on the 1934 novel "Children of the Covered Wagon" by Mary Jane Carr about a group of pioneers in a wagon train traveling across the West. Staring Disney stalwart Fess Parker of "Davey Crockett" fame as John "Doc" Grayson and featuring four Mouseketeers from the "Mickey Mouse Club" television series: Tommy Cole Doreen Tracey Cubby O'Brian and Karen Pendleton.<br/><br/>A one-hour Disneyland telecast on November 14 1956 entitled "Along the Oregon Trail" included a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of "Westward Ho the Wagons!" and on the day of the film's opening the first segment of a four-part series about Native Americans entitled "The First Americans" began on the Disneyland series.<br/><br/>Set in the American West shot on location at the Conejo Ranch near Thousand Oaks in California. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with affixed Walt Disney Productions label as called for with Disney scripts from this era with credits for screenwriter Tom Blackburn and production number 2093. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 153. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1961143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. <br/><br/>A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. <br/><br/>Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1961143323Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director Robert Wise looking through a viewfinder while his co-director Jermone Robbins looks through a pair of sunglasses. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." <br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards the most ever for a musical including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
1961142169Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing directors Robert Wise and Jermone Robbins seated on a camera crane surrounded by members of the crew. With the stamps of press agencies Globe Photos and International Magazine Service the latter dated May 29 1961 on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." <br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards the most ever for a musical including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Light creasing to the corners about Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
1961143081Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage photograph of Natalie Wood from the 1961 film. With holograph notation on the verso identifying the film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." <br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards the most ever for a musical including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
1961149449Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white reference photograph of actors Tony Mordente Harvey Evans Susan Oakes Bert Michaels Tommy Abbott and Tucker Smith standing with director Jerome Robbins on the set of the 1961 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."<br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno.<br/><br/>Set in New York's West Side shot on location in New York and California. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and creasing to the corners. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
1937145471Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Set in the 1840s Ramsey Mackay Joel McCrea a Wells Fargo mail courier is promised an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters from New York City to Buffalo. Along his way he rescues Justine Pryor Frances Dee and her mother still making his delivery on time. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967149386N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1967 film with actors Jean Yanne Jean-Pierre Leaud and Mireille Darc. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso with celo tape from the Institute of Contemporary Arts Cinema for a July 5 1968 showing with annotations of actors names in holograph ink. <br/><br/>In one of Godard's most misanthropic films a loveless bourgeois couple Corinne Darc and Roland Yanne fantasize about killing each other when they aren't cheating on the other. They ponder these matters as they take a nearly never-ending nightmarish road trip to visit Corinne's parents intent on securing an inheritance resolved to murder if necessary.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with wide horizontal margins. Light curling else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 635. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1981135841London: London Weekend Television 1981. Draft camera script for the 1982 episode "Hands Across the Sea" from the British miniseries "We'll Meet Again." Copy belonging to make-up artist Teresa Kelly with a sheet of her notes about each character's makeup laid in. <br/><br/>The series follows the goings-on of a British air base when a group of American airmen take over in April of 1943 and upset the established local order. To the dismay of a couple of the local soldiers they also begin fraternizing with the ladies! Set in Suffolk England shot on location in Kent England. <br/><br/>Tall blue self wrappers as issued noted as CAMERA SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. 10116 dated 4th and 5th June 1981 with credits for director Hodson screenwriter Butler and 24 other crew members. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mechanical duplication on blue pink yellow and gray stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a single silver brad. London Weekend Television unknown books
1991150368Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1991. Revised Draft script for the classic 1991 film comedy with rainbow revisions. <br/><br/>Two metalhead best friends who run a no-budget public cable television show find their lives turned around when a sleazy producer purchases the rights to their show for his prime time network. Based on a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch originated by Mike Myers the film proved a critical and commercial success shaping the slang of the 1990s and perhaps even more importantly creating the most beloved lip-syncing scene of the twentieth century. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location throughout Chicago and the Chicago suburbs including Cicero Aurora Berwyn and Covina and in San Francisco Inglewood Cerritos West Covina and Los Angeles California and Scottsdale and Mesa Arizona.<br/><br/>Gray pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 05 1991 noted as Rev. with credits for screenwriters Mike Myers Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 31 1991 and August 05 1991. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a faint partial ring stain on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959132472London: National Screen Service / MGM 1959. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines."<br/><br/>Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
