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Mel Brooks (director, screenwriter); Gene Wilder (screenwriter, starring); Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (novel); Peter Boyle, Mar
Young Frankenstein Original photograph from the 1974 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle as Dr. Frankenstein and his monster respectively during the famous "Puttin' on the Ritz" dance sequence. <br /> <br /> Widely considered Mel Brooks' finest comedy and surely the peak of his powers as a director. One of the few modern film comedies in the National Film Registry joined by two of Brooks' other masterpieces "The Producers" 1968 and "Blazing Saddles" 1974. Nominated for two Academy Awards. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Référence libraire : 168007
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Robin Estridge (screenwriter)
The Richest Man in the World Original screenplay for an unproduced film
London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> An exceedingly wealthy but unfulfilled man crash-lands his test plane on a remote island inhabited by a fishing village where he falls in love with Liani a kind villager. <br /> <br /> Screenwriter Robin Estridge was best known for his work for television and film in the 1950s and 1960s including "Chance Meeting" 1954 "North West Frontier" 1959 "Escape from Zahrain" 1962 and "Drums of Africa" 1963. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers noted as Draft Screenplay on the front wrapper dated 22-2-57. Title page present dated February 1957 with credits for screenwriter Robin Estridge. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with the front wrapper detached from the binding bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
Référence libraire : 151143
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[The 1, 2, 3 Group] Rem Koolhaas (screenwriter); Rene Daalder (screenwriter)
The 1 2 3 Rhapsody Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: Momentum Productions 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> An English-language feature-length treatment based on the 1965 Dutch short film co-written by René Daalder and his childhood friend and noted architect Rem Koolhaas under the auspices of experimental film collective the 1 2 3 Group. Counting Jan de Bont and Robby Müller among its members the 1 2 3 Group opposed the concept of the auteur with each person in the group serving variously as writer director actor and more on each production. The collective is perhaps best remembered today for "The White Slave" 1969 co-written by Koolhaas and Daalder.<br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present copyright date noted as 1978 with credit for Daalder. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound at the top left corner with a paper clip. Momentum Productions unknown
Référence libraire : 168320
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Robert Bloch (screenwriter); Shirley Knight, Grant Williams, Onslow Stevens, William Leslie (starring); Owen Crump (director)
The Couch Original photograph from the 1962 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of Grant Williams from the 1962 film.<br /> <br /> A violent ex-con embarks on a murder spree using his court-ordered weekly therapy sessions as his alibi. Actor Onslow Stevens' final film appearance. Screenplay by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
Référence libraire : 167556
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Marcel Pagnol (screenwriter); Robert Wyler (translator); Arthur Honegger (composer)
The Birth of Love Premier Amour Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Translated from the French a Stone Age tribe which values men above women and fears fire conducts the yearly ritual of having young girls run to the hills and the men to chase after and catch them to impregnate them. A man with no hair known as the Pale Man raises an axe against his brother The Hawk in order to save a woman named Fair Girl and for his crime is banished from the tribe.<br /> <br /> Set in the Stone Age. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 22 1975 with credits for screenwriter Marcel Pagnol translator Robert Wyler and commentator Paul Davids. Eight leaves with last leaf of text numbered eight. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 141114
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Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman (starring); John Boorman (director); Rospo Pallenberg (screenwriter)
The Emerald Forest Six original publicity photographs for the 1985 film
Los Angeles: Embassy Films 1985. Six vintage publicity photographs for the US release of the 1985 British film.<br /> <br /> After his family moves to Brazil for his father's engineering job an American boy is kidnapped by an indigenous tribe and raised in the Amazon jungle. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Embassy Films unknown
Référence libraire : 168039
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Stephen T Sustarsic II (screenwriter)
The Marriage Game Original screenplay for an unproduced television series
N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television series a ribbon typescript copy with manuscript white-out annotations throughout and one manuscript ink annotation on the second to last page.<br /> <br /> Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. <br /> <br /> Two sets of newlyweds compete in a game show where the hosts asks each member of each couple a series of questions pertaining to their marriage while attached to a lie detector.<br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen T. Sustarsic II. 27 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Ribbon typescript copy rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple to the upper left corner. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 164139
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Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Betta St John, Finlay Currie (starring); Robert Day (director); Jean Scott Rogers (screenwriter)
Corridors of Blood Original photograph from the 1958 film
London: National Screen Service 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1958 British horror film. <br /> <br /> A surgeon develops a groundbreaking anesthetic for use in surgery only to become addicted to the substance-leading him to work with a gang of criminals in order to fund his addiction. Released as a double feature in the US with the 1961 Italian film "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory."<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 368. National Screen Service unknown
Référence libraire : 167553
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Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (screenwriter); Hugh O'Brian, Morgan Woodward, Steve Brodle, Trevor Bardette (starring)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: Saving Lucie's Honor Original screenplay for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series
Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. <br /> <br /> One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards.<br /> <br /> Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. <br /> <br /> Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
Référence libraire : 141133
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Mario Bava, Riccardo Freda (directors); Filippo Sanjust (screenwriter); John Merivale, Didi Perego, Gerard Herter, Giacomo Rossi
Caltiki The Immortal Monster Caltiki il mostro immortale Original photograph from the 1959 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the American release of the 1959 Italian film.<br /> <br /> A team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins discover a giant blob monster which appears to be related to a comet passing near the earth. An early directorial effort by influential Italian filmmaker Mario Bava who would go on to define the giallo genre. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled to the top right corner. United Artists unknown
Référence libraire : 167550
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William Goodhart (screenwriter)
Flyer Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Synopsis laid in. <br /> <br /> The School of Acrobatics and Acrobatic Training is ab American private school demanding precise execution and extreme attention to detail. The story follows "aeronautical acrobatics" a branch of acrobatics that represent the outer fringe of the school's studies.<br /> <br /> Set in Arizona. <br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credit for screenwriter William Goodhart. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 140876
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Delmer Daves (director, screenwriter); Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark, Andrea King, Dennis Morgan (starring); Alvah Bessie (screenwr
The Very Thought of You Original screenplay for the 1944 film presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald
N.p.: N.p. 1944. Final script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 14 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages.<br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> Two Army sergeants spend a three-day holiday pass in Pasadena where they fall for two young women working in a parachute factory.<br /> <br /> Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 3/2/44 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director Delmer Daves and screenwriter Alvah Bessie. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/44 and 4/10/44. Pages about Near Fine binding Poor with front and rear boards detached from the hinges. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 161403
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Stella Linden (screenwriter)
A Grave Undertaking Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film.<br /> <br /> A man must secretly transport the body of his newly deceased mother-in-law knowing that her will stipulates that she must die at home in order for him to receive the inheritance. <br /> <br /> Originally slated to have been produced by CKF Productions for release by United Artists in 1968.<br /> <br /> Set in Paris. <br /> <br /> Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stella Linden. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 140996
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David Richardson (creator, screenwriter); Boris Damast (director); Brian McNamara, Chad Everett, Vincent Berry (starring)
Manhattan AZ: Brown Parcels of Land Pilot Original screenplay for the pilot episode of the 2000 television series
N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Production Draft script for the pilot episode of the 2000 series which aired on July 23 2000 on the USA Network.<br /> <br /> Brian McNamara stars as an ex-Los Angeles Vice Cop who moves to Manhattan Arizona and becomes the sheriff after his wife is canned in spring light water when attempting to cut dolphins out of tuna nets for Greenpeace. In this episode McNamara takes the job of Manhattan's sheriff and begins to realize just how strange the residents are.<br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 13 1999 noted as Production Draft and listing revisions from 9/14-17/99 with credits for screenwriter David Richardson. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 164193
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Old Edvart Rolvaag (novel); Rodney Anderson (screenwriter)
Giants in the Earth Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A Norwegian immigrant family in America struggles to survive in the Dakota Territory in 1973. Based on the 1924 novel by Ole Edvart Rolvaag. Although this version was unproduced the novel was later made into an opera. <br /> <br /> Set in Dakota Territory. <br /> <br /> White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Rodney Anderson and author O.E. Rolvaag. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 140874
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Ingmar Bergman (director, screenwriter); Alf Henrikson (screenwriter); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (opera); Josef Kostlinger, Irma U
Trollflojten The Magic Flute Original screenplay for the 1975 film
N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. <br /> <br /> Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 146818
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Stephen T Sustarsic II (screenwriter)
Zorro's Bravest Son Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. <br /> <br /> Irving master swordsman Zorro's youngest son who's a bleeder and just wants to be a florist is chosen to be the next generation's Zorro upon his father's demise. Told in the vein of Monty Python and Mel Brooks.<br /> <br /> Generic green wrappers with a titled label with credits for screenwriter Stephen T. Sustarsic II. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 164148
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Cecil B DeMille (director); Jeanie MacPherson (screenwriter); Theodore Roberts, Charles De Roche, Estelle Taylor, Julia Faye, Ni
The Ten Commandments Original program for the 1923 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage program for the 1923 silent film. <br /> <br /> A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture.<br /> <br /> 9 x 12 inches. 17 leaves printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good wrappers Good only with an owner name on the front wrapper and moderate wear along the spine. Side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167801
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Fay Wray, Frank Albertson, Gene Raymond, Claire Dodd (starring); Edward Buzzell (director); Robert Riskin (screenwriter)
Ann Carver's Profession Original pressbook for the 1933 film
New York: Columbia Pictures 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film.<br /> <br /> A lawyer embarks on a promising career while her husband's football career begins to fade causing discord and resentment between the two. When he is wrongly accused of murdering another woman she comes to his defense. <br /> <br /> 12 x 17.75 inches. 12 pages side-stapled. Very Good plus moderately rubbed. Columbia Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167824
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James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Charles Coburn (starring); John Cromwell (director); Jo Swerling (screenwriter)
Made for Each Other Two original pressbooks for the 1939 film
Beverly Hills CA: Selznick International / United Artists 1939. Two vintage pressbooks for the 1939 film.<br /> <br /> A fledgling lawyer meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman while on a business trip. They marry but his mother's disapproval and his reticence at work cause difficulties in their marriage. <br /> <br /> Both pressbooks 12 x 18 inches side-stapled. Very Good plus. Selznick International / United Artists unknown
Référence libraire : 123821
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Max Nosseck (director, screenwriter); Nat Tanchuck (screenwriter); Mickey Knox, RG Armstrong, Arch Johnson (starring) R G
Garden of Eden Original program for the 1954 film
New York: Excelsior Pictures 1954. Vintage souvenir program for the 1954 nudist film.<br /> <br /> A widowed woman leaves the home of her tyrannical father-in-law accompanied by her young daughter and moves into a nudist camp in Florida. "Nudist" movies were typically shot at nudist campgrounds in order to skirt laws prohibiting on-screen nudity. "Garden of Eden" was nevertheless the subject of a court case in the late 1950s regarding obscenity. The court ruled that on-screen nudity was not obscene opening the door to more open depictions of nudity in film. <br /> <br /> Shot on location at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz Florida. <br /> <br /> 9 x 12 inches. About Fine. Excelsior Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167826
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Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Stuart, Helen Mack (starring); John Cromwell (director); Lester Cohen (novel, screenwriter)
Sweepings Original pressbook for the 1933 film
Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1926 novel by Lester Cohen who also wrote the screenplay. A widowed businessman hopes to bequeath his department store to his children after his death-only to realize that they are disinterested incompetent or simply unable to manage the business. <br /> <br /> Set in Chicago.<br /> <br /> 12 x 18 inches. Ten pages side-stapled. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167804
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Rene Clement (director, screenwriter); Francois Boyer (novel); Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost (screenwriter); Georges Poujouly, Brig
Fobidden Games Jeux Interdits Seven original French lobby cards from the 1952 film
N.p.: Valoria Films 1952. Seven vintage French lobby cards from the 1952 film one with "Agence Mediterraneenne" stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1952 novel "Jeux Interdits" by Francois Boyer. <br /> <br /> Paulette Brigitte Fossey a young Parisian girl orphaned by a Nazi air raid befriends an older peasant boy Michel Georges Poujouly whose family takes her in.<br /> <br /> Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in France. <br /> <br /> 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall pinholes at corners with some small chipping to corners one with bruise and cello tape on top center. <br /> <br /> Vogel "Film as a Subversive Art." Ebert III. Criterion Collection 318. Valoria Films unknown
Référence libraire : 148166
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Luis Bunuel (director); Jean-Claude Carriere (screenwriter); Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stephane
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Five original French lobby cards from the 1972 film
N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions 1972. Five vintage French lobby cards from the 1972 film. <br /> <br /> Six bourgeois friends try to sit down to a meal together and are repeatedly interrupted by surreal dream-like happenings in Buñuel's satiric masterpiece. <br /> <br /> Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film also nominated for Best Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Paris. <br /> <br /> 4 11.5 x 8.25 inches 1 11 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus two with pinholes at top corners one with crease on far lower left. <br /> <br /> Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 102. Schrader 33. Greenwich Film Productions unknown
Référence libraire : 148271
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Bo Derek, Olivia d'Abo, George Kennedy, Ana Obregon (starring); John Derek (director, screenwriter)
Bolero Original screenplay for the 1984 film costume designer's working copy
N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. Copy belonging to costume designer Jane Hamilton with her annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the first 13 leaves all relating to costuming. Included with the script are multiple gatherings of manuscript and xerographically duplicated leaves relating to costuming including measurements of actors and extras in the film details for specific scenes and lists of props and period costumes needed. <br /> <br /> In the 1920s a young woman embarks on a worldwide journey of sexual exploration determining to lose her virginity and ultimately find her ideal lover. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Andalucía Spain and in Hampshire England. <br /> <br /> Housed in a three-ring green binder. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 165396
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James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Gila Golan (starring); Daniel Mann (director); Hal Fimberg (screenwriter)
Our Man Flint Cartel of Evil The Not So Secret Agent Original screenplay for the 1966 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1964. Early Draft script for the 1966 film two years before its release here under the working title "Cartel of Evil The Not So Secret Agent." Copy belonging to Twentieth Century-Fox President Darryl Zanuck and producer Richard Zanuck with the manuscript ink annotations of Darryl Zanuck's initials and Richard Zanuck's name on the top right of the front wrapper with manuscript blue ink annotations on five pages in what appears to be Darryl Zanuck's hand.<br /> <br /> Secret agent Derek Flint is a smooth-talking Renaissance man-martial arts master polyglot ballet dancer-who works for the international intelligence agency Z.O.W.I.E. When several fellow agents are discovered mysteriously murdered his agency tasks Flint with finding and stopping the killers leading him on a groovy wild goose chase across the world. <br /> <br /> Set in Rome Marseilles and Washington DC and shot on location in Washington DC and California.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 46 dated April 24 1964. Title page present dated 4/24/64 with credits for screenwriter Hal Fimberg. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Référence libraire : 168704
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Horace McCoy (screenwriter)
Three original pressbooks for films written by Horace McCoy 1933-1934
New York: Columbia Pictures 1934. Collection of three vintage pressbooks for three pre-Code films written by noted hard-boiled novelist Horace McCoy: "Hold the Press" 1933 "Fury of the Jungle" 1933 and "Speed Wings" 1934.<br /> <br /> McCoy moved to Hollywood in 1931 hoping to pursue a career as an actor. After a failed screen test at MGM McCoy discovered a talent for writing treatments and film scenarios and would go on to pen numerous films for Columbia Paramount and other studios through the next three decades. <br /> <br /> 12 x 18 inches. Generally Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167828
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Alfred Hitchcock (director); Arthur La Bern (novel); Anthony Shaffer (screenwriter); Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Frenzy Original French color lobby card from the 1972 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage French color lobby card from the 1972 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1966 novel "Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. <br /> <br /> London is terrorized by a serial rapist who then strangles his victims with a necktie. Police suspect Richard Blaney Jon Finch whose wife was brutally killed.<br /> <br /> Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in London. <br /> <br /> 11.25 x 9 inches. Pinholes at corners else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Grant UK. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Universal Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 148289
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Barry Mahon (director, screenwriter); John McKay, Linda Ormond, Monica Davis, Clyde Kelly (starring)
The Dead One Blood of the Zombie Original photograph from the 1961 film
New Orleans: Mardi Gras Films 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. <br /> <br /> The mistress of a Louisiana plantation raises her brother from the dead in a voodoo rite planning to use him to maintain control over the property. A Z-budget regional horror film shot on location in New Orleans and produced by Mardi Gras Films an independent studio that only financed one other movie-"Face of Fire" in 1959. Considered lost for many years the film was rediscovered and released on Blu-ray by Severin in 2023. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Mardi Gras Films unknown
Référence libraire : 167563
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Nathan H Juran (director); Martin Berkeley (screenwriter); Craig Stevens, Alix Talton, William Hopper (starring)
The Deadly Mantis Original photograph from the 1957 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing scientists in hazmat suits preparing to confront the insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> A volcanic eruption in the South Seas frees a long-dormant 200-foot-tall mantis which proceeds to make its way to the US. Filmmakers constructed a 200-foot-tall mantis for the film from papier-mâché with a hydraulic system in addition to two smaller models for different flying or walking effects. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167577
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Marc Grunebaum (screenwriter)
E Pericoloso Sporgersi Original treatment script for an unproduced film
Levallois France: Crosnier 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A young nurse working as the caretaker of an elderly rich man is invited to attend the funeral of the man's prized horse. It is soon revealed that the horse may not be dead after all. <br /> <br /> Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Marc Grunebaum. 127 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Crosnier unknown
Référence libraire : 140924
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Gerald Wilson (screenwriter)
Wild Card Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A small time thief is found assassinated in a busy restaurant perplexing the local police who can uncover neither motive nor method. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> Orange wrappers with die-cut window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Gerald Wilson. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 141552
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Thorton Wilder (novel); John Huston (screenwriter); Virginia Madsen, Lauren Bacall, Anjelica Huston, Mary Stuart Masterson, Anth
Mr. Mister North Original screenplay for the 1988 film
N.p.: N.p. 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 94. Photograph of child actor Nate Goldberg laid in. <br /> <br /> Based on Thornton Wilder's 1973 novel "Theophilus North" about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small wealthy town where rumors begin to circulate that he has the power to cure sickness and ailments. Originally planned as a project to be directed by Danny Huston.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Rhode Island.<br /> <br /> Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter James Costigan and author Thornton Wilder. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 142134
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Nina Foch, Barton MacLane, Ray Teal, Osa Massen (starring); Henry Levin (director); Charles O'Neal (screenwriter)
Cry of the Werewolf Original photograph from the 1944 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film showing actor Barton MacLane. <br /> <br /> A young woman has inherited a werewolf curse from her mother and tries desperately to protect her mother and herself from outside scrutiny. The debut film of Stephen Crane. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 167586
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Thorton Wilder (novel); Joseph Dispenza (screenwriter)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on Joseph Dispenza's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1927 novel. A bridge woven by the Incas collapses in Peru killing five people. A monk witnesses the event and afterwards becomes obsessed with finding information about the five victims in order to prove that the collapse was part of God's plan. <br /> <br /> Set in Peru. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Thorton Wilder and screenwriter Joseph Dispenza. 42 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 40. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 141077
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Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, Richard Davalos, Lawrence Dobkin (starring); Roger Kay (director); Robert Bloch (screenwriter)
The Cabinet of Caligari Original photograph from the 1962 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on the 1920 German silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." After her car breaks down a woman seeks shelter at the vast estate of Caligari a perverse Welsh hermit who imprisons the woman for his harem of tortured "guests." <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Référence libraire : 167588
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George A Vicas (screenwriter)
The Peoples of the U.S.S.R. USSR Original treatment script for an unproduced documentary series
Rome: Audiovisual Editorial Programs 1973. Treatment script for an unproduced thirteen-part documentary series. Laid in with the script is a prospective budget for the film in English and an overview of the film in Italian as well as a typed letter from producer Sam Marx to casting agent Paul Kohner with manuscript ink annotations likely written by Kohner.<br /> <br /> Screenwriter George A. Vicas was best known for his documentary films for television especially for his involvement in the 1963 film "The Kremlin" notable for being the first time an American film crew was allowed to enter and record footage of Soviet Russia's government. "The Peoples of the USS.R." was intended to follow in its footsteps with each episode focusing on a different region of Russia.<br /> <br /> Set in the USSR.<br /> <br /> Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter GEORGE A. VICAS. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered XIII/45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light offsetting on the front and rear wrappers bound internally with two gold brads. Audiovisual Editorial Programs unknown
Référence libraire : 146856
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Ib Melchior (director, screenwriter); Preston Foster, Merry Anders, Philip Carey, John Hoyt, Steve Franken (starring)
The Time Travelers Time Trap Original photograph from the 1964 film
N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing a futuristic fight sequence. <br /> <br /> A team of scientists create a teleportation device and travel forward in time to the year 2071 where mutated humans are the norm as a result of nuclear war. Basis for the 1966-1967 television series "The Time Tunnel" as well as the 1967 remake "Journey to the Center of Time." <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Barstow California with some scenes at the University of Southern California's Doheny Library and Mudd Hall. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 167585
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Panait Istrati (novel); Roger Grenier (screenwriter)
The Haidoucs Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: Franco-Roumanian 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1925 novel "The Haidoucs" "The Bandits" by Panait Istrati a Romanian proletarian writer. Istrati who wrote in both French and Romanian was considered the Maxim Gorky of the Balkans.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers with credit for author Panait Istrati. Title page present with credits for author Panait Istrati and screenwriter Roger Grenier. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. Franco-Roumanian unknown
Référence libraire : 142146
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Rod Amateau (screenwriter); Harold Nebenzal (screenwriter)
The Futurist Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film.<br /> <br /> In post-apocalyptic America a former drive-in movie theatre owner tries to keep his land from the predatory bankers who now hold a monopoly on the nation's resources. Screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal were best known for co-writing "The Wilby Conspiracy" 1975. <br /> <br /> Set in the American West.<br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 146809
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Gene Kelly (director); Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell (starring); Frank Tarloff (screenwriter)
A Guide for the Married Man Two original photographs of Gene Kelly on the set of the 1967 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film including one borderless showing Gene Kelly directing Walter Matthau on the set the other bordered showing Kelly with Matthau and Inger Steens. Printed mimeo snipes and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> A bedroom farce told through vignettes about a man who gives his coworkers the how-to on infidelity. <br /> <br /> Borderless photograph 7.5 x 7.25 inches bordered photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Référence libraire : 168084
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William Shakespeare (play) Franco Zeffirelli (director, screenwriter); Christopher De Vore (screenwriter); Mel Gibson, Glenn Clo
Hamlet Small archive of production documents for the 1990 film
N.p.: N.p. 1990. Small archive of production documents for the 1990 film including six gatherings of Call Sheets two to ten pages each dating from "24th April 1990" to "6th May 1990" a sixteen page "Movement Order No. 4" for "Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April 1990" and a twenty-five page "Provisional Unit List" dated "29.6.90." The call sheets and "Movement Order" found here were made during location shooting in Dover and Aberdeen/Stonehaven and include the daily schedule for cast and crew as well as locations and maps to the day's shooting location. Earliest Call Sheet dating "24th April 1990" with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "308" in the top margin.<br /> <br /> Director Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy starring Mel Gibson in the title role. Also starring Glenn Close Alan Bates Ian Holm and Helena Bonham Carter. Nominated for two Academy Awards.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in England Scotland France and Italy. <br /> <br /> 8.25 x 11.75 inches 78 total pages in eight gatherings each corner stitched with a single staple to the top left. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 168777
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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
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[Adult films] Marilyn Chambers (starring); Artie Mitchell (director, screenwriter); Jim Mitchell (director)
Behind the Green Door Vintage typescript short story basis for the 1972 adult film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage eleven-page ribbon copy typescript short story circa 1940s-1950s subsequently serving as the basis for the 1972 adult film. Rare.<br /> <br /> An iteration of an explicit short story penned by an anonymous author sometime before or during World War II circulated underground in retyped typescript or carbon typescript copies during the 1940s and after.<br /> <br /> "Behind the Green Door" is notable as one of of the first American hardcore pictures to receive widespread distribution in the US and one of the first heterosexual pornographic films to feature an interracial sex scene. A breakthrough role for actress Marilyn Chambers who would go on to become one of the first icons in the adult film industry and even worked briefly in mainstream cinema. <br /> <br /> Eleven leaves last page of text not numbered. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Good or better bound with two staples on the top edges. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 168509
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Steve Cuden (screenwriter); Dabney Coleman, Bill Cobbs, Megan Gallagher, Susan Anspach (starring)
The Slap Maxwell Story: Slap Buys the Farm Original screenplay for an unproduced television episode
N.p.: N.p. 1987. Draft script for an unproduced television episode from the 1987-1988 television series. <br /> <br /> This one season television series follows a controversial sportswriter constantly on the brink of being fired from the newspaper he works for. In this installment the titular character must get a physical done and is scared when they find something out of the ordinary. <br /> <br /> Set in the American Southwest. <br /> <br /> White untitled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper with adhesive label for the Rosen/Turtle Group Inc. talent agency at bottom right corner of front wrapper and with credits for screenwriter Steve Cuden. Title page integral with front wrapper. 32 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 162929
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Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette (starring); Norman Jewison (director); Donald Margulies (screenwriter
Dinner With Friends Archive including one screenplay and two revision memorandums for the 2001 television film
N.p.: N.p. 2000. One Revised Draft script and two script revision memorandums for the 2001 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1998 play by Donald Margulies. A friend group of two married couples is shaken up after one of the couples decides to separate. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles and Malibu California.<br /> <br /> Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018.<br /> Revised Draft: <br /> <br /> White titled self wrapper noted as Toronto Revision on the front wrapper dated 9/4/00 with credits for screenwriter and playwright Donald Margulies. Title page integral with front wrapper. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Memorandum 1: <br /> <br /> Lacking wrappers. With internal production document notifying cast and crew of revision pages dated November 1 2000. Title page present dated 11/1/00 with credits for screenwriter and playwright Donald Margulies. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of blue revision pages dated 10/31/00. Near Fine bound with a staple at the top left corner. <br /> <br /> Memorandum 2: <br /> <br /> lacking wrappers. With internal production document notifying the cast and crew of revision pages dated 11/9/00. Title page present dated 11/09/00 with credits for screenwriter and playwright Donald Margulies. 27 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of pink revision pages dated 11/09/00. Generally Near Fine production document Very Good plus bound with a staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 163920
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Anne Archer, John Anderson, Kim Hunter, Joanna Pettet (starring); Jerry Thorpe (director); Barbara Turner (screenwriter)
The Dark Side of Innocence The Hancocks Original screenplay for the 1976 television film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1976. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 television film which aired on NBC on May 20 1976 here under the working title "The Hancocks." Copy belonging to unknown crew member "John Linder" with the ink annotation of their name at the top of the front wrapper along with manuscript marker annotations on 22 pages. 21 pages with the Hancock family tree flow chart printed on the versos.<br /> <br /> Anne Archer stars as a frustrated suburban housewife who decides to divorce her husband causing her daughter Joanna Pettet to feel bitterly resentful toward her and her mother Kim Hunter to question her own beliefs about marriage.<br /> <br /> Green titled Warner Bros. Television wrappers. Title page present dated December 11 1975 noted as Second Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Barbara Turner. 198 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/22/75 and 2/9/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown
Référence libraire : 168907
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Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin (starring); Jacques Deray (director, screenwriter); Jean-Claude Carriere, Alain Page (s
La Piscine The Swimming Pool Original photograph of Romy Schneider on the set of the 1969 film
Paris: Apis-Paris 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Romy Schneider on the set of the 1969 film. Photograph with French "APIS" stamps on the verso.<br /> <br /> A searing erotic thriller set in the dead of summer at a villa on the Côte d'Azur where a couple's holiday is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of the wife's ex-lover and his beautiful teenage daughter-with violent consequences. Written by the noted screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere who penned some of Luis Buñuel's finest work. <br /> <br /> Shot on location at Côte d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France.<br /> <br /> 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 1088. Grant France. Apis-Paris unknown
Référence libraire : 168995
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Kathryn Bigelow (director, screenwriter); James Cameron, W Peter Iliff (screenwriters); Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey
Point Break Riders on the Storm Original screenplay for the 1991 film
N.p.: N.p. 1990. Shooting script for the 1991 neo-noir film here under the working title "Riders on the Storm" written by screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff." Laid in are two gatherings of revision pages 31 pink pages dated 7/2/90 and 25 green revision pages dated July 10 1990 both also noted as written by screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff." Script and revision pages noted on the title pages as "Eyes Only - Not For Duplication."<br /> <br /> The breakthrough film for Kathryn Bigelow and today a cult classic certified neo-noir and keystone surfing film. Bigelow went on to become the first female director win an Academy Award with "The Hurt Locker" in 2008. <br /> <br /> Set primarily in Southern California shot on location throughout California in Malibu Redondo Beach Dockweiler Beach Ecola State Park Los Angeles Manhattan Beach Pacific Palisades Santa Monica Culver City and Venice Pier as well as Hawaii Oahu Lake Powell Utah and Wheeler Oregon. <br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page dated 6/6/90 with 7/1/90 revisions noted as ORIGINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff" with story credits for Rick King and W. Peter Iliff. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerograhic duplication on blue leaves rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the title page partially detached bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Pink Revision Pages:<br /> Front wrapper integral with title page dated 6/6/90 with 7/1/90 and 7/2/90 revisions noted as ORIGINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff" with story credits for Rick King and W. Peter Iliff. Xerographic duplication on pink leaves rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single gold brad.<br /> <br /> Green Revision Pages:<br /> Front wraper integral with memo dated July 10 1990. Title page present dated 6/6/90 with 7/1/90 7/2/90 and 7/10/90 revisions noted as ORIGINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff" with story credits for Rick King and W. Peter Iliff. Xerographic duplication on green leaves rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a rust stain from a previous paper clip to the top left unbound.<br /> <br /> Carlson Destroy All Movies. Grant US. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 169006
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Francis Ford Coppola (director, screenwriter); Nancy Moran (photographer); Armyan Bernstein (screenwriter); Frederic Forrest, Te
One from the Heart Original photograph from the set of the 1981 film
N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Francis Ford Coppola Nastassja Kinski and Frederic Forrest on the set of the 1981 film with a French snipe printed on the verso. <br /> <br /> Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 Vietnam masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Screenwriter Bernstein had originally planned the story to be set in Chicago but the setting moved to Las Vegas at Coppola's insistence viewing the western city as a more romantic atmosphere. <br /> <br /> Hank Forrest and Franny Garr live on the outskirts of Las Vegas but after five years their relationship has deteriorated and they both yearn for new love. Hank meets Leila Kinski a beautiful high-wire artist and Franny meets Ray Julia a dashing actor-waiter. Throughout their separation Hank and Franny still love each other and their search for romance brings them back to each other. <br /> <br /> Singer-songwriter Tom Waits received an Oscar nomination for his original score performed with country singer Crystal Gayle. <br /> <br /> 11.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 168974
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