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‎Conroy Pat source work: Carlino Lewis John screenwriter‎

‎THE GREAT SANTINI SCREENPLAY . FROM THE NOVEL BY PAT CONROY‎

‎Los Angeles: Bing Crosby Productions 1978. 11341 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in plain wrappers. Wrappers lightly sunned title lettered on spine a few isolated smudges and pen strikes else near fine. A "Revised Final Draft" of this adaptation of the screen of Conroy's 1976 novel. Carlino directed the 1979 release starring Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe et al. Duvall and O'Keefe were both nominated for Oscars for their roles. Bing Crosby Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT63902

‎Conroy Pat source work: Carlino Lewis John screenwriter‎

‎THE GREAT SANTINI SCREENPLAY . FROM THE NOVEL BY PAT CONROY‎

‎Los Angeles: Bing Crosby Productions 1977. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in plain wrappers. Lower corners toward end bumped a few corners turned otherwise very good. A "First Draft" of this adaptation of the screen of Conroy's 1976 novel but with a span of dated revises on salmon paper dated in August. Carlino directed the 1979 release starring Robert Duvall Blythe Danner Michael O'Keefe et al. Duvall and O'Keefe were both nominated for Oscars for their roles. While we have handled several copies of late drafts over the years this is the only copy of the first draft we recall. Bing Crosby Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT63899

‎Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur (starring); Greg Beeman (director); Neil Tolkin (screenwriter)‎

‎License to Drive To Live and Drive in L.A. Original screenplay for the 1988 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Third Draft script for the 1988 film seen here under both the release title and the working title "To Live and Drive in L.A."<br /> <br /> A summer comedy about a teenage boy who decides to take a wild joyride with his friends in his grandfather's prized Cadillac resulting in increasingly grievous damage to the vehicle. The second feature film to costar "the two Coreys" Corey Feldman and Corey Haim following "The Lost Boys" 1987. <br /> <br /> Set in Southern California shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Blue titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 21 1987. Title page present dated September 21 1987 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Neil Tolkin. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between October 15 and October 28 1987. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 166807

‎Cornell writing as William Irish Woolrich novel; Robert Siodmak director; Bernard C. Schoenfeld screenwriter; Franchot Tone Ell‎

‎Phantom Lady Original photograph of the 1942 novel made for the 1944 film‎

‎Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage photograph of the Tower reader's edition of Cornell Woolrich's crime novel written under the pseudonym William Irish made as publicity the 1944 film adaptation. <br/><br/>Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 148958

‎Costa-Gavras (director); Vasilis Vasilikos (novel); Jorge Semprun (screenwriter); Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintign‎

‎Z Original press kit for the 1969 film‎

‎N.p.: Cinema V. 1969. Vintage press kit for the 1969 film for use by distributors and the press containing five black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and one gathering of promotional material. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1967 novel by Vassilis Vassilikos. In 1960s Greece a pacifist left-wing politician's assassination is covered up by prominent government officials leaving a determined magistrate to expose the fraud. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two including Best Foreign Film. <br /> <br /> Photographs and promotional material Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 491. Cinema V. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 151682

‎Count Basie (starring); Mel Brooks (director, screenwriter, starring); Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder (starring); Norman Steinberg,‎

‎Blazing Saddles Three original photographs of Count Basie on the set of the 1974 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1974 film showing actor Count Basie on the set with Cleavon Little and Mel Brooks respectively. Two with stamps and labels of an Amsterdam photograph agency on the versos. <br /> <br /> Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A satire on the racism and misogyny inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards.<br /> <br /> Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and discoloration at one corner. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown‎

Référence libraire : 162345

‎Crane Wilbur (director, screenwriter); Mary Roberts Rinehart (novel, play); Avery Hopwood (play); Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead‎

‎The Bat Original publicity photograph from the 1959 film‎

‎Glendale CA: Allied Artists / Liberty Pictures 1959. Vintage publicity portrait photograph from the 1959 film showing actress Darla Hood. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1920 play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood in turn based on Rinehart's 1908 novel "The Circular Staircase." A mystery author rents a summer house in a town being terrorized by a mysterious crazed killer known as "The Bat." The fourth film adaptation of Rinehart's story.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists / Liberty Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 167567

‎Crichton Michael screenwriter‎

‎E.C.U." FORMERLY "THE INVESTIGATOR" A SCREENPLAY BY.‎

‎Np 1972. 2124 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only of a variety of colored papers. Bradbound in stenciled wrappers with title revision in manuscript and title lettered on spine. A "Second revised draft" of this very early original screenplay by Crichton incorporating many leaves of revises spanning the period noted above. The film was released in 1973 as EXTREME CLOSE UP under the direction of Jeannot Szwarc but garnered little notice even under the alternate rerelease title SEX THROUGH A WINDOW. This film was released in the same year as WESTWORLD the other film with a claim to being the first based on a Crichton script; precedence is unknown to this cataloguer. A little known undertaking from early in Crichton's Hollywood career and a much less common script than that for its better known contemporary. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT47693

‎Cristofer Michael screenwriter‎

‎FALLING IN LOVE‎

‎Hollywood & New York: Paramount Pictures / Marvin Worth Productions 1983. 1128 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in Studio Duplicating Services binder. Ink name see below small smudge on upper wrapper otherwise near fine. A revised first draft of this original screenplay. Ulu Grosbard directed the 1984 release starring Robert De Niro Meryl Streep Harvey Keitel et al. This was Cristofer's first screenplay to see production following his own 1980 adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play THE SHADOW BOX. This copy bears the ownership signature of Les Lazarowitz credited sound mixer for the production. Paramount Pictures / Marvin Worth Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT69213

‎CS Forester (screenwriter) C S‎

‎Some Kinds of Bad Luck Original studio transcription script for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown‎

Référence libraire : 129935

‎CS. Forester screenwriter C. S.‎

‎Some Kinds of Bad Luck Original studio transcription for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution the studio would not go on to produce a film from the story. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 129935

‎Curt Siodmak novel; George Sherman director; Val Guest director screenwriter; John Alton cinematographer‎

‎Lady and the Monster / The Day the Earth Caught Fire Original screenplays Forrest J. Ackerman's copy‎

‎Universal City CA: Republic Pictures / Pax Films / Universal Pictures 1961. Forrest J. Ackerman's copy of scripts from two key science fiction films bound together including original front wrappers in red buckram with Ackerman's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br/><br/>"The Lady and the Monster": Shooting script for the 1944 film. The first of three adaptations of Curt Siodmak's classic 1942 novel in which an honest hard-working scientist preserves a dead man's brain only to be remote-controlled by it. Shot by the legendary John Alton at the very peak of his work in the mid-1940s. Yellow front studio wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT at the top right dated October 13 1943 a penciled notation of the working title "The Lady and the Monster" just below the printed title noted as production No. 1194 and with credits for associate producer George Sherman and Republic Studios at the bottom. Two-page cast of characters with the actors' names added in ribbon copy type just below the character names. Title page present with credits for director Sherman and novelist Siodmak. <br/><br/>94 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue yellow green and pink revision pages leaves dated variously between 10/18/43 and 11/8/43. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine. <br/><br/>"The Day the Earth Caught Fire": An early and apparently abandoned draft by director Val Guest to film his screen story for Pax Films as a five-part British serial. Guest ultimately directed the story as a feature-length movie for Pax one of the most understated and intelligent science fiction films ever made. Light green wrappers both front and rear wrappers present. The front wrapper reads: "A Five Part Serialisation of / THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE / A Val Guest Production." Just below in holograph ink and in what we would assume is Guest's hand is written "Dedicated to Brian Aldiss." We think it likely that the script was gifted to the very connected Ackerman by Guest though the provenance beyond Ackerman's ownership is unknown. <br/><br/>41 pages divided into five parts each beginning with a two-color memo on PAX stationery describing what will happen in the following section. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine. <br/><br/>Buckram binding containing the two scripts is Very Good with some light scuffing and soil. <br/><br/>Martin 413. Republic Pictures / Pax Films / Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 122148

‎Curtis Bernhardt director; Harry Kleiner screenwriter; Rita Hayworth Jose Ferrer Aldo Ray Russell Collins Diosa Costello Ha‎

‎Miss Sadie Thompson Original photograph from the set of the 1953 film‎

‎Culver City CA: The Beckworth Corporation 1953. Vintage photograph of script supervisor Frances McDowell actor Aldo Ray and director Curtis Bernhardt on the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe and studio stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Sadie Thompson Rita Hayworth is stranded on a military outpost in American Samoa where the Marines take an interest in her particularly the self righteous and proselytizing Mr. Davidson Jose Ferrer who tries to save Miss Thompson's soul after learning she worked as a bar girl in Hawaii. The film was shot as a 3-D production though by the time of the film's release the frenzy around 3D films had died down and after a two week run the technology was dropped and the film was screened "flat." The story had to be reworked to meet Hays Code standards in its handling of scandalous themes this reworking gave way to the films musical numbers brought in to revive the now tamed down story. The film's "Sadie Thompson's Song Blue Pacific Blues" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Kaua'i Hawaii. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The Beckworth Corporation unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 144867

‎Curtis Hanson (director, screenwriter); Tab Hunter, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Isabel Jewell (starring)‎

‎Sweet Kill Original photograph from the 1972 film‎

‎N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Tab Hunter stars as Eddie Collins a frustrated impotent man who finds after accidentally killing a women that he can get aroused by women when they are dead.<br /> <br /> Written and directed by Curtis Hanson who would later receive an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the 1997 neo-noir "L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Venice California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New World Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 162267

‎Curtis Hanson director; Michael Chabon novel; Steve Kloves screenwriter; Michael Douglas Tobey Maguire Frances McDormand Robe‎

‎Wonder Boys Original screenplay for the 2000 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 138625

‎Cy Endfield (director); Richard Matheson (screenwriter); Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, Lilli Palmer (starring)‎

‎De Sade Five original photographs from the 1969 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. <br /> <br /> A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer starting with his escape from incarceration wherein he is haunted by flashbacks of his debauched younger years. <br /> <br /> Set in Lacoste France and shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. <br /> <br /> Approximately 9.5 x 7.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 159642

‎Cy Endfield director screenwriter; Robert Brenon play; Sam Wanamker Mandy Andre Morell starring‎

‎The Secret Collection of 8 photographs from the 1955 film‎

‎London: Eros Films 1955. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1955 UK film. <br/><br/>A scarce English crime drama about an American who loses his money and finds himself stranded. He meets a smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear but before they come to an agreement she is pushed off a cliff. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and toning overall else Near Fine. Eros Films unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 132494

‎Cyd Charisse Joseph Pevney director; Ernest K. Gann novel screenwriter; Rock Hudson Cyd Charisse starring‎

‎Twilight for the Gods Original double weight photograph from the set of the 1958 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage double weight photograph on the set of the 1958 film showing Cyd Charisse getting her hair styled after a swim while Rock Hudson films with moment in the background. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>With a screenplay by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1958 novel about the captain and passengers of a rundown boat caught in a storm and struggling to survive. <br/><br/>Filmed on location in Hawaii. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 143074

‎Cyril Frankel director; R. F. Delderfield novel; Harold Buchman screenwriter; Alfred Lynch Sean Connery Victor Maddern starrin‎

‎On the Fiddle Operation Snafu Original double weight photograph from the 1961 film‎

‎London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors 1961. Vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph from the 1961 UK film. <br/><br/>A comedy based on the novel "Stop at a Winner" by R.F. Delderfield starring Sean Connery as a hustler who is ordered by a judge to enlist in the armed forces. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Tiny corner creases else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 132481

‎Cyrille Chardon (director, screenwriter); Claude Lallau (screenwriter); Marcel Dalio, Michel Delahaye (starring)‎

‎La Chatte Sur un Doigt Brulant Village Girls Erotic Wives Four original color photographs from the US release of the 1975 French film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1975 French film noting the film's US title "Erotic Wives." One with a manuscript ink annotation to the bottom left corner.<br /> <br /> Strange and erotic figures populate the village of Corecheux including a witch a gay notary and many many lonely women. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 150692

‎D'Urville Martin (director, starring); Jerry Jones (screenwriter, starring); Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Hy Pyke (starring)‎

‎Dolemite Seven original photographs from the 1975 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1975. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. <br /> <br /> A former pimp attempts to regain control of his nightclub which has been taken over by his rival several corrupt cops and drug dealers. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Los Angeles.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 43 130-131. Dimension Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 150681

‎Dale Berry (director); Big Daddy Epstein III (screenwriter); Diane Darcel, Lorna Maitland, Carol Stevens (starring)‎

‎Hip Hot and 21 Original photograph from the 1966 film‎

‎N.p.: Astro Films 1966. Vintage compilation photograph of Lorna Maitland from the 1966 film. <br /> <br /> Country girl Diane is sold by her hillbilly step-dad for $50 to hick stud Rick who takes off the next day leaving the note "I got my $50 worth" leaving Diane to fend for herself against various junkies predatory lesbians go-go dancers evil bartenders and mysterious gangsters. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Mesquite and Dallas Texas. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Astro Films unknown‎

Référence libraire : 161823

‎Dalton Trumbo (director, screenwriter, using Millard Kaufman as front); John Resko (autobiography); Ben Gazzara, Suart Whitman,‎

‎Convicts 4 Reprive Collection of 104 original photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎N.p.: Kaufman-Lubin Productions 1962. Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara Sammy Davis Jr. Broderick Crawford Vincent Price Roland LaStarza Timothy Carey Ray Walston and others also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes on the verso of the majority of photographs. <br /> <br /> "Convicts 4" here under the working title and title of Resko's 1956 autobiography upon which the film was loosely based Reprive. Dalton Trumbo wrote and directed with Millard Kaufman as his "front" as Trumbo was still blacklisted at the time which Kaufman had done before for Trumbo most notably for the 1950 Film Noir classic Gun Crazy. <br /> <br /> John Resko Gazzara is convicted of killing a store owner and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison he ignites a passion for art an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. Featuring a great supporting cast which includes among others Sammy Davis Jr. Rod Steiger Vincent Price Ray Walson Jack Albertson Timothy Carey pop singer Dodie Stevens and boxer Roland La Starza.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Folsom Prison in California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some light edgewear and light curling 2 with creasing. Kaufman-Lubin Productions unknown‎

Référence libraire : 146754

‎Dalton Trumbo (screenwriter, novel)‎

‎Something for Nothing Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: Bischoff-Diamond 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted in manuscript ink on the title page as being based on a novel by screenwriter Dalton Trumbo although we find no evidence of the novel's publication. <br /> <br /> Laid in with the script are several budgetary pre-production documents issued by Allied Artists including a production cost statement. <br /> <br /> A former actor and war veteran meets a strange young woman in a car accident and is drawn to pursue her to her hometown. He soon realizes that the woman planned the accident to murder her husband a wealthy alcoholic businessman and decides to help her-although he has motives of his own. <br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Trumbo in manuscript ink. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. Bischoff-Diamond unknown‎

Référence libraire : 171147

‎Dalton Trumbo director screenwriter using Millard Kaufman as front; John Resko autobiography; Ben Gazzara Suart Whitman Vinc‎

‎Convicts 4 Reprive Collection of 104 original photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎N.p.: Kaufman-Lubin Productions 1962. Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara Sammy Davis Jr. Broderick Crawford Vincent Price Roland LaStarza Timothy Carey Ray Walston and others also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes on the verso of the majority of photographs. <br/><br/>"Convicts 4" here under the working title and title of Resko's 1956 autobiography upon which the film was loosely based Reprive. Dalton Trumbo wrote and directed with Millard Kaufman as his "front" as Trumbo was still blacklisted at the time which Kaufman had done before for Trumbo most notably for the 1950 Film Noir classic Gun Crazy. <br/><br/>John Resko Gazzara is convicted of killing a store owner and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison he ignites a passion for art an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. Featuring a great supporting cast which includes among others Sammy Davis Jr. Rod Steiger Vincent Price Ray Walson Jack Albertson Timothy Carey pop singer Dodie Stevens and boxer Roland La Starza.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Folsom Prison in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some light edge wear and light curling 2 with creasing. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Kaufman-Lubin Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146754