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‎Walt Disney producer; William Beaudine director; Mary Jane Carr novel; Thomas W. Blackburn screenwriter; Fess Parker Kathleen C‎

‎Westward Ho the Wagons! Children of the Covered Wagon Original screenplay for the 1956 film Walt Disney's annotated copy‎

‎Burbank 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

Référence libraire : 146249

‎Walter Alton White (screenwriter)‎

‎The Goldseekers Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations throughout in manuscript ink and pencil. <br /> <br /> A corrupt Filipino government official discovers information from a former Japanese Imperial general about a bank vault of goods looted during World War II. After the general dies in jail the Filipino official tasks his partner with stealing the contents of the vault. <br /> <br /> Set in Manila. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Walter Anton White. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 141618

‎Walter Anton White screenwriter‎

‎Cold Light of Day Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎Palos Verdes Peninsula CA: Capitol International Pictures. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in holograph ink throughout. <br/><br/>Alex the playwright daughter of a famous actress is taking her mother's body to her homeland of Greece to bury her when she meets Kristo a married man whose wife is pregnant with his brother's child. They begin a serendipitous romance in Athens starting completely anew until everything starts to fall apart with Kristo's university friend trying to sleep with Alex until he reveals he is actually a homosexual the death of Kristo's brother and Alex's husband running into all of them at a party. <br/><br/>Set in Athens. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Walter Anton White. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 164. Mechanical duplication Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Capitol International Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140712

‎Walter Barnsdale director producer screenwriter‎

‎Prison Bars Original poster for the 1901 documentary film‎

‎Wisconsin: Walter Barnsdale 1901. Vintage US one sheet lithographic poster for the 1901 documentary film short. <br/><br/>One of the earliest silent documentary film shorts created by early Wisconsin film pioneer Walter Barnsdale who traveled around the state screening some of the first films ever made including "Prison Bars" a film featuring the Wright Brothers and a Western starring sharpshooter Buffalo Bill. Touring with an electronic lamp house and a portable gasoline-powered electric power supply of his own invention he found great success with his traveling show until stationery theaters made his business model obsolete in 1917. From a nearly-forgotten era of film history his name innovations and films have largely been lost. <br/><br/>Set in Wisconsin's Waupun Prison and shot there on location where Barnsdale had arranged to film the lives of inmates in exchange for screening entertainment for the them. An especially bright attractive copy of this piece of early film history and an uncommonly detailed artifact from the height of stone lithography poster advertisements. One of the earliest documentary motion picture ads we have ever seen in remarkable condition. Created by the U.S. Lithograph Company Russel-Morgan Print. <br/><br/>42 x 28 inches rolled. Two light creases else Fine. Walter Barnsdale unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 142546

‎Walter Boos director; August Rieger screenwriter; Dagmar Hedrich Werner Bruhns Michael Hinz starring‎

‎The Devil's Female Magdalena Possessed by the Devil Beyond the Darkness Original poster for the 1974 film‎

‎N.p.: Constantin-Film 1976. Vintage French-Canadian poster for the 1974 German film "Magdalena vom Teufel besessen" released in the US as "Beyond the Darkness" "Magdalena Possessed by the Devil" and "The Devil's Female." With the latter title tipped on to the poster demonstrating the ad hoc distribution process for grindhouse and exploitation films which often saw titles change at a moment's notice to better catch the public's attention and sometimes trick them into seeing a film they've already seen.<br/><br/>German sexploitation knock-off of William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic "The Exorcist" about a student at a girl's boarding school who is possessed by a demon.<br/><br/>22 x 34 inches folded as issued. Very Good with some light edgewear several small closed tears to right edge pinholes to corners and light rubbing to center text but still bright and unfaded. Constantin-Film unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147023

‎Walter Hill (director, screenwriter); Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley (starring)‎

‎The Driver Eight color studio still photographs from the 1978 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Complete set of eight color studio still photographs for the 1978 film. Stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services of Canada on the versos. <br /> <br /> Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 161019

‎Walter Hill (director, screenwriter); Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley (starring)‎

‎The Driver Original photograph from the 1978 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso.<br /> <br /> Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 149435

‎Walter Hill screenwriter; James Crumley novel‎

‎The Last Good Kiss Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film likely a first draft. <br/><br/>Based on James Crumley's 1978 gritty masterwork of crime fiction featuring Crumley's recurring detective C.W. Sughrue scouring America's sleazy underbelly in search of a girl gone missing from Haight-Ashbury a decade earlier.<br/><br/>After Walter Hill's critical and commercial success with "Warriors" 1979 and the critical success of "The Long Riders" 1980 he focused his energies on adapting "The Last Good Kiss" in which he was hoping to cast Nick Nolte. Unfortunately the project was shelved and Hill went on to make "Southern Comfort" a critical success but commercial failure. Hill continued to shop "The Last Good Kiss" over the next decade without success. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Walter Hill author James Crumley and producer Sidney Beckerman. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimograph duplicaton rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with faint creasing bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 148558

‎Walter Lang director; Gwen Davenport novel; F. Hugh Herbert screenwriter; Robert Young Maureen O'Hara Clifton Web starring‎

‎Sitting Pretty Original screenplay for the 1948 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film with "Received" and "Permanent Legal Records" stamps and two holograph annotations in pencil on front wrapper and annotation of names on verso of final page in holograph pencil.<br/><br/>Harry and Tracey King Robert Young Maureen O'Hara put an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter which is answered by Lynn Belvedere Clifton Webb who turns out not only to be a man but a most eccentric man at that and one with a mysterious past.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Clifton Webb.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 5 and production No. 206 dated SEPT. 16 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated September 16 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter F. Hugh Herbert. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147751

‎Walter Lang director; Lamar Trotti screenwriter; Miriam Young novelist; Betty Grable Dan Dailey Mona Freeman Connie Marshall‎

‎Mother Wore Tights Original screenplay for the 1947 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Shooting Final script for the 1947 film. With some annotations in holograph pencil. Laid in are two drawings in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Based on the 1944 autobiographical novel by Miriam Young a young woman Grable decides to marry a vaudeville performer instead of attending business school in San <br/>Francisco. She eventually has two daughters and retires but returns to the stage years later at the behest of her husband. Winner of one Academy Award and nominated for an additional two. <br/><br/>Set in Oakland California. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as Shooting Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 91 and production No. 116 dated October 15 1946. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 15 1946 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Green US. Hirschhorn US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140135

‎Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Lee Grant (starring); Walter Bernstein (director, screenwriter); Damon‎

‎Little Miss Marker Original press kit for the 1980 film‎

‎Universal City: Universal Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 21 black and white photographs and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material.<br /> <br /> A crooked cantankerous bookie in 1930s Los Angeles is given a six-year-old little girl as collateral for a bet and soon finds himself the child's sole caretaker. A remake of the 1934 film directed by Alexander Hall starring Shirley Temple. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Los Angeles Long Beach Sonora County and Santa Rosa California. <br /> <br /> Folder photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 151112

‎Walter Reisch (director); Walter Reisch, GB. Stern, Iris Wright (screenwriter); Miriam Hopkins, Gertrude Lawrence, Sebastian Sha‎

‎Men Are Not Gods Two original photographs from the 1936 film‎

‎N.p.: London Film Productions 1936. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1936 film. <br /> <br /> A British film in which a secretary sacrifices her career to rewrite her employer's scathing review of a production of Shakespeare's "Othello." The main actor's wife pleads with her to save her husband's career leading the Ann the secretary to change the review right before it goes to press. She then attends the play with the newly confident lead and falls in love with him much to the dismay of his wife. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in England. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light wear and toning overall and soiling to the verso. London Film Productions unknown‎

Référence libraire : 139842

‎Walter Salles director; Jack Kerouac author; Jose Rivera Harold Manning Michael Herr Francis Ford Coppola screenwriter; Sam R‎

‎On the Road Original screenplay for the 2012 film‎

‎New York: IFC Films 1980. Early unused Draft script for the 2012 film. <br/><br/>Francis Ford Coppola bought the rights for Jack Kerouac's seminal generation-defining novel in 1980 for $95000. Coppola then struggled to find a screenwriter to adapt the book as well as find a director. Eventually he settled on screenwriter Jose Rivera. Before that however he had drafts written under his direction from Michael Herr Barry Gifford Russell Banks and even one himself with son Roman. This draft is one of the first attempts of Coppola to adapt the novel which would not be made into a film until 2012 using Rivera's script under the direction of Walter Salles and produced by Coppola. The film version was first proposed in 1957 by Kerouac himself who wrote a one page appeal to actor Marlon Brando asking Brando to play the part of Dean Moriarty while Kerouac would play Sal Paradise. He never received a response from Brando. <br/><br/>After his father is buried Sal Paradise becomes acquainted with Dean Moriarty and along with his friend Carlo Marx decides to experience America from behind the wheel of a car rather than in the dusty classrooms of Columbia University. <br/><br/>Set in America shot on location in Canada America and Mexico. <br/><br/>Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters Francis Coppola and Michael Herr. 176 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. IFC Films unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140580

‎Ward Moore (novel); Simon Wincelberg (screenwriter)‎

‎Green Monday Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1947 novel "Greener Than You Think" by Ward Moore. In California a relentless synthetic strain of Bermuda grass begins to take over all other plants and animals—and soon begins to attack humans. <br /> <br /> Set in California. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Simon Wincelberg and novelist Ward Moore. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 151970

‎Waris Hussein (director); Margaret Drabble (novel, screenwriter); Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron (starring)‎

‎Thank You All Very Much A Touch of Love Original still photograph from the 1969 film‎

‎N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 British film. Based on Margaret Drabble's 1965 novel "The Millstone."<br /> <br /> Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Sandy Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews Ian McKellen. The film was not a box office success but ironically been called the best film produced by Amicus. <br /> <br /> Set in London shot on location in England. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Amicus Productions unknown‎

Référence libraire : 147253

‎Waris Hussein (director); Margaret Drabble (novel, screenwriter); Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron (starring)‎

‎Thank You All Very Much A Touch of Love Three original British front-of-house cards from the 1969 film‎

‎N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Three vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1969 British film. Based on Margaret Drabble's 1965 novel "The Millstone."<br /> <br /> Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Sandy Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews Ian McKellen. The film was not a box office success but ironically been called the best film produced by Amicus. <br /> <br /> Set in London shot on location in England. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Amicus Productions unknown‎

Référence libraire : 139764

‎Waris Hussein director; Margaret Drabble novel screenwriter; Sandy Dennis Ian McKellen Eleanor Bron starring‎

‎Thank You All Very Much A Touch of Love Collection of three original British front-of-house cards from the 1969 film‎

‎N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Collection of three vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1969 British film. Based on Margaret Drabble's 1965 novel "The Millstone."<br/><br/>Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Sandy Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews Ian McKellen. The film was not a box office success but ironically been called the best film produced by Amicus. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location in England. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. Amicus Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 139764

‎Waris Hussein director; Margaret Drabble screenwriter author; Sandy Dennis Ian McKellen Michael Coles John Standing starring‎

‎Thank You All Very Much The Millstone Original screenplay for the 1969 film‎

‎N.p.: Amicus Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. Typed Letter Signed in holograph ink laid in three pages total dated August 21 1968. Based on the 1965 novel "The Millstone" by Margaret Drabble and adapted by her to the screen. <br/><br/>Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews McKellen. The film was not a box office success on its release but is today viewed as one of the best films made by the studio. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location there. <br/><br/>Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Margaret Drabble. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Amicus Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 142320

‎Warner, Jack, Jr. (director, screenwriter); Irwin Blacker (screenwriter); John Ireland, Everett Sloane, Jo Morrow, Al Avalon (st‎

‎Brushfire Brushfire Two original British front-of-house cards from the 1962 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1962. Two vintage black-and-white British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1962 US film. <br /> <br /> A relatively unknown low-budget jungle film the only film credit for director Jack Warner Jr. son of the then-head of Warner Brothers Studios. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one with pinholes at the corners one with a short closed tear. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132151

‎Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley (starring); Barry Levinson (director); James Toback (screenwriter)‎

‎Bugsy Five original photographs from the 1991 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1991. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1991 film including four compilation photographs.<br /> <br /> A dramatization of the doomed love affair between famed mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and his moll Virginia Hill. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning two. <br /> <br /> Shot on location throughout California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 167891

‎Warren Beatty (starring); Jack Smight (director); Robert Carrington (screenwriter); Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter (st‎

‎Kaleidoscope Original photograph of Susannah York from the 1966 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 British film showing actress Susannah York. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso.<br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> A roving gambler breaks into a playing card manufacturing facility to mark the cards in order to win big at casinos across Europe. <br /> <br /> Set in Geneva and Monte Carlo.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 162289

‎Warren Beatty (director, screenwriter, starring); Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino (s‎

‎Reds Original one sheet poster for the 1981 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film.<br /> <br /> Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography.<br /> <br /> 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing to the top right corner. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 127476

‎Warren Beatty (starring, screenwriter); Hal Ashby (director); Robert Towne (screenwriter); Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Gran‎

‎Shampoo Two original photographs from the 1975 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film showing actors Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 155790

‎Warren Beatty director screenwriter starring; Trevor Griffiths screenwriter; Diane Keaton Edward Herrmann Jerzy Kosinski Ja‎

‎Reds Collection of material related to the production of the 1981 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1980. Collection of materials related to post-production editing for the 1981 film including notes on film reels and pages of proposed sequences for each reel. <br/><br/>Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>16 pages housed in a clear blue plastic folder. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 150116

‎Warren Lewis director; Herb Perdum screenwriter; Frank Lovejoy starring‎

‎Night Beat Nightbeat Original script for the 1951 radio program‎

‎New York: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1951. Revised script for the 1951 radio program "Nightbeat" a National Broadcasting Company NBC radio drama series that aired from February 6 1950 to September 25 1952 sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Wheaties cereal starring Frank Lovejoy. This script for this episode is untitled. <br/><br/>"Nightbeat" came during the competition for audiences between radio and television and at the tail-end of "radio noir" a style of program that aired during the heyday of film noir. Edmond O'Brien "D.O.A." 1950 and several key noirs was slated to be the lead role and his narration coupled with William Rousseau's direction and Larry Marcus' script proved too edgy for NBC executives and potential sponsors. The producers ordered a second audition this time bringing in Frank Lovejoy 1912-1962 who had starred in "The Blue Beetle" radio show in 1940. Lovejoy's reworking of the hard-boiled script added a human element that of a passionate crusading reporter for the Chicago Star who covered the night beat known as "Randy Stone." Stone looked for interesting and strange stories encountering criminals and troubled souls some he was able to help. Lovejoy's grasp and delivery of hard-boiled phrases like "painted little dames with their brassy laughter" gave the show the edge it needed to compete with a burgeoning television audience and an elegant sendoff for radio noir. <br/><br/>The announcer for the program was Don Rickles and supporting performers included Joan Banks William Conrad Paul Frees Peter Leeds Lurene Tuttle and Ben Wright among others. Lovejoy would reprise his role as the tough guy with a heart of gold in "Search in the Night" 1953 an episode of the 1953-1956 television series "Four Star Playhouse."<br/><br/>Noted as PROGRAM NUMBER 57 on the first page dated September 7 1951 5:30-6:00 PM EST with credits for program manager Home Canfield actor Frank Lovejoy producer-director Warren Lewis writer Herb Purdum and others. 32 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains and tiny creases corner-stapled. <br/><br/>Dunning 1998 p. 507-508. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 133769