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[Benjamin Franklin] Dennis Whelan (screenwriter)
Franklin in France Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1986. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> The true story of Benjamin Franklin traveling to France after the American Revolution where he acts as a diplomat from the newly-established United States of America and he makes sure to throw around the new weight of this budding country. <br /> <br /> Set in Paris. <br /> <br /> Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1986 with credits for screenwriter Dennis Whelan. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 50. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 141902
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Richard Compton (director); Donald S Sanford (screenwriter); Robert Edmond Alter (novel); Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine (starr
Ravagers The Ravagers Original screenplay for the 1979 film producer Walter Mirisch's copy
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue manuscript ink on the title page and with a manuscript note in the same blue ink paper-clipped on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Alabama. <br /> <br /> Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 142679
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Adam Rodman (screenwriter)
The Silent Man Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A Black man and his son struggle to survive in Apartheid-era South Africa where they find themselves constantly at odds with white society whether at the hands of questioning police the disrespect Mogane faces when he is promoted to foreman at his job and his son struggling to earn respect and money for hard work out on the streets. <br /> <br /> Set in South Africa. <br /> <br /> White titled self wrappers dated August 19 1985. Title page present dated August 19 1985 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Adam Rodman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 141905
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Salvatore Samperi (screenwriter, director); Ottavio Jemma (screenwriter); Franco Nero, Lsa Gastoni, Raymond Pellegrin, Andreas F
Submission Scandal Original screenplay for the 1976 film
Rome: Ciesi 1975. First Draft script for the 1976 film. Here under the working title "Scandal." <br /> <br /> Eliane is a pharmicist with a dull husband and teenage daughter. A fellow pharmacy clerk makes a pass at her one night after mistaking her for someone else and she allows it to happen ultimately becoming his complete sex slave. <br /> <br /> Set in France shot on location in Italy. <br /> <br /> Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First draft with credits for screenwriters Ottavio Jemma and Salvatore Samperi. 324 leaves with last page of text numbered 322. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with gold brads. Ciesi unknown
Bookseller reference : 141891
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Christopher Lofton (screenwriter)
The Staircase Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are far too high for a typical staircase. The nuns must find some able-bodied men willing to work hard for very little to build them a proper staircase. <br /> <br /> Set in New Mexico Territory. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1977 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Lofton. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 141868
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David Miller (director); Helen Van Slyke (book); Stanford Whitmore (screenwriter); Donna Reed, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr, Mildred Dunn
The Best Place to Be Parts 1 and 2 Original screenplays for the 1979 television film
Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. <br /> <br /> Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
Bookseller reference : 142871
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David Lowell Rich (director); George Di Pego (screenwriter); Helen Hayes, Fred Astaire, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Pat Crowley, Patty D
A Family Upside Down Original screenplay for the 1978 television film
Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br /> <br /> An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. <br /> <br /> Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
Bookseller reference : 142870
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Michael Curtiz (director); Ken Englund, Noel Langley (screenwriter); Brian Hooker, William H Post (book of stage musical); Justi
The Vagabond King Original screenplay for the 1956 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br /> <br /> An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." <br /> <br /> Set in France in the year 1461. <br /> <br /> Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 142898
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Michael Curtiz (director); Nelson Gidding, Stephen Longstreet, Dean Riesner, Oscar Saul (screenwriter); Ann Blyth, Paul Newman (
The Helen Morgan Story Original screenplay for the 1957 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Second Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br /> <br /> A highly fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of Prohibition era torch singer/actress Helen Morgan. This film marked Curtiz's return to Warner Bros since leaving in 1954 due to a salary dispute. Ever since Morgan's death Warner Bros wanted to make a film biography though struggled to find an actress and continuously in development. Working titles included "Why Was I Born" "Both Ends of the Candle" and as printed in this copy "The Jazz Age." Many female actresses auditioned including Doris Day who rejected due to her squeaky clean image. Blyth was chosen for her dramatic ability even though her singing voice was akin to Morgan's. Gogi Grant would supply the singing voice dubbed over Blyth. <br /> <br /> Set in New York shot on location in Burbank CA. <br /> <br /> Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 1/29/57 with credits for screenwriter Nelson Gidding. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/57 and 3/8/57. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 142897
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Raymond Rouleau (director, screenwriter); Rene-Louis Lafforgue (screenwriter, starring); Ludmilla Tcherina, Milko Sparemblek, Mi
Les amants de Teruel Collection of 16 original still photographs for the 1962 film
Paris: Cinedis 1962. Collection of 16 vintage borderless single weight film stills for the 1962 French musical film. Featured are several stunning images of actress Tcherina as Isa Duchess of Teruel. Brief numerical annotations on the versos in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> Belgian actor-director Rouleau's rarely seen drama was the opening film at the 15th annual Cannes Film Festival winner of the festival's Technical Grand Prize and nominated for a Palme d'Or. Of note is the film's cinematographer Claude Renoir whose other credits include "Serenade" 1940 "Madame Butterfly" 1954 "Barbarella" 1968 and "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. <br /> <br /> Isa is a dancer in a troupe of poor traveling comedians who perform in public; she stars as the Duchess of Teruel unhappily married and in love with a poor man who inevitably commits suicide resulting in Isa's nervous breakdown. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling light edgewear a handful with slight discoloration. Cinedis unknown
Bookseller reference : 142903
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Pietro Germie (director, screenwriter); Divo Cavicchioli (photographer); Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti (screenwriters); Ma
Divorce Italian Style Four photographs from the 1961 film
Italy: Lux Film 1961. Collection of 4 original black-and-white single weight still photographs from the 1961 Italian film. Two stills with brief annotations on the versos in manuscript ink and pencil. <br /> <br /> Ferdinando Mastroianni is bored with life and his wife Rocca. He falls in love with his cousin Sandrelli and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause like catching your spouse committing adultery he decides to find his wife another lover instead of killing her. Seems simple enough. <br /> <br /> The first of Mastoianni's four "Italian Style" films and winner of an Academy Award for Best Writing a BAFTA three Golden Globes and nominated for a host of others. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling a few with slight discoloration. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 286. Lux Film unknown
Bookseller reference : 142921
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Michel Boisrond (director); Annette Wademant (screenwriter); Catherine Hesse, Serge Beauvarlet (photographers); Dany Saval, Jean
How to Succeed in Love Comment reussir en amour Archive of original film stills and keybook photos for the 1962 film
Paris: France Cinema 1962. Archive of 224 vintage borderless single weight keybook contact sheets and film stills amounting to nearly 2000 numbered images for the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title. The entire film is represented in minute detail along with test shots set design shots and many candid off-camera shots from the set. Brief cropping and numerical annotations in pencil throughout. Housed in original mailing envelope noting on the front in manuscript red ink "Cinedis" and "C.Hesse" the film distributor and still photographer and "A refreuda" in manuscript red pencil. <br /> <br /> 153 photographs are keybook contact sheets nearly all with 12 images per photograph several with 36 each image with a series number and photos crediting at the top the photo laboratory Tele-Photo production studio France Cinema film title and photographer Hesse Beauvarlet. Remaining photographs are borderless film stills. Both photographers are credited on the keybook photos but went uncredited at the film's release. <br /> <br /> The archive also extensively features actress Dany Saval in film scenes answering the phone in heated moments with male cast members including some stunningly low-lit images that echo film noir themes showcasing the variety of hair and clothing styles seen on Saval throughout the film. <br /> <br /> Based on Annette Wademant's screenplay one of twelve written by Wademant for director Boisrond. Bernard Poiret is a new publisher who falls in love with Sophie Saval but their foolish love nearly destroys them and his job. <br /> <br /> Keybook photos range from 8.25 x 10.75 to 9.25 x 11.75 inches three slightly smaller all but ten are 2-hole punched; film stills 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good overall with moderate curling light edgewear a handful with slight discoloration. France Cinema unknown
Bookseller reference : 142876
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Willis Goldbeck (director); Harry Ruskin (screenwriter); Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Maxwell, Gloria DeHaven (starrin
Between Two Women Collection of nine original concept art sketches for the 1945 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. <br /> <br /> The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams and the fifth of six films focusing on Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie after Dr. Kildare actor Lew Ayres was fired by MGM for declaring himself a conscientious objector when drafted during World War II. <br /> <br /> About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Bookseller reference : 142818
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Henri Decoin (director, screenwriter); Michel Audiard, Claude Brule, Pierre Roustang, Albert Valentin (screenwriters); Paul Apot
Too Late to Love Pourquoi viens-tu si tard. Collection of 14 original photographs from the 1959 film
Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan and a few show other actors including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member possibly costume designer Tanine Autré and eleven still photographs with Morgan and Blanche at a bar even an image of kids gathered in a junkyard. On the versos of the three on-the-set are French film title and "M. Morgan" in manuscript ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos of the still photographs. Housed in a French Kodak photo box with French film title label on the lid. <br /> <br /> Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. <br /> <br /> Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. <br /> <br /> Photos range from 3.75 x 5.25 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches most stills with a 2-inch border at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Box Very Good overall. <br /> <br /> Complete collation upon request. Cinedis unknown
Bookseller reference : 142889
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Isak Dinesen writing as Pierre Andrezel (novel); Daniel Taradash (screenwriter)
The Angelic Avengers Original treatment script for an unproduced film and radio script
New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. <br /> <br /> Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." <br /> <br /> Set in 1840s France. <br /> <br /> Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
Bookseller reference : 142958
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Douglas Sirk (director); Charles Grayson, Vincent B Evans (screenwriter); Rock Hudson (starring)
Battle Hymn Original screenplay for the 1957 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody"<br /> <br /> Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. <br /> <br /> Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Multilith duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 142863
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Charles; Bronson Tony Curtis, Michele Mercier, Patrick Magee (starring); Peter Collinson (director); Leo Gordon (screenwriter)
You Can't Win 'Em All Dubious Patriots Original screenplay for the 1970 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br /> <br /> One of the more notable scripts from character actor and writer Leo Gordon whose Hollywood career began after his dishonorable discharge during WWll for robbing patrons at a bar. Throughout his 40 years as an actor art imitated life as the burly Gordon typically played an outlaw typecast predominately in Westerns. <br /> <br /> Peter Collinson fresh off "The Italian Job" was reportedly a brute force in addition to excruciating temperatures on a set that was 200 miles outside of Istanbul. The pairing of the leads was lauded as Charles Bronson was at the height of European fame alongside a well-established Tony Curtis. <br /> <br /> <br /> Set in 1922 Greco-Turkish War shot on location in Turkey. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Leo V. Gordon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 142976
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Marcel Ophuls (director, screenwriter); Andre Harris (screenwriter)
The Sorrow and the Pity Original program for the 1969 film
New York: Cinema 5 1972. Original American program for the 1969 French documentary film. <br /> <br /> A two-part film exploring collaboration and resistance to the Vichy government and Nazi Germany in the French town of Clermont-Ferrand. Nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Documentary. <br /> <br /> 7.5 x 11 inches in self wrappers. Printed on newsprint. Near Fine with a shallow horizontal fold crease and light soil. Cinema 5 unknown
Bookseller reference : 142998
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Dusan Makavejev (director, screenwriter); Brank Vucicevic (screenwriter); Eva Ras, Slobodan Aligrudic (starring)
Love Affair or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T. Original program for the 1967 film
Belgrade: Avala Film 1967. Original program for the international release of the 1967 Yugoslav black wave film. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film and reproductions of line illustrations. Wrappers text in French with French German Russian Spanish and English text inside. <br /> <br /> Taking on the trappings of American crime and film noir about a woman who is murdered by her lover after her infidelity is discovered the plot unfolds in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and interruptions where both a sexologist and criminologist directly address the camera creating a critique of communist society and censorship. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus in stiff wrappers. <br /> <br /> Criterion Eclipse 18. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Avala Film unknown
Bookseller reference : 142997
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Raoul Walsh (director); Lesser Samuels, Ralph Gilbert Bettison, Austin Melford, Bryan Edgar Wallace (screenwriter); Wallace Ford
You're in the Army Now "O.H.M.S" Original screenplay for the 1937 film
New York: Gaumont British Picture Corporation 1936. Draft script for the 1937 film. Specially bound copy bound in green cloth with title in gilt. <br /> <br /> An American gangster joins the British Army in order to evade the police. Released in Great Britain under the title O.H.M.S. which signifies "On His Majesty's Service." Military propaganda from Britain's War Office made with full Army Council cooperation. American director Raoul Walsh was chosen after his success with "What Price Glory" in 1926 which helped boost recruiting for the US Marine Corps. <br /> <br /> Set in New York and London shot on location in London. <br /> <br /> Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles with stamped production No. 69 in gilt. Title page present dated 31st July 1936 noted as screenplay. 116 leaves. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with dampstaining on open edge binding Very Good plus. Gaumont British Picture Corporation unknown
Bookseller reference : 143033
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Lloyd Corrigan (director); Sidney Buchman (screenwriter); Percy Heath (adaptation); Rupert Hughes (novel); Alice Brand Leahy (sc
No One Man Original screenplay for the 1932 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1931. Revised Final Script for the 1932 pre-Code film an early starring role for Carole Lombard. Rubber stamped as a Paramount File Copy at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Penelope Newbold is a wealthy divorcee looking to remarry. She falls for her physician Dr. Karl Bemis but ends up marrying Bill Hanaway. Bill then has an affair with another woman. <br /> <br /> Tall peach side stapled self wrappers noted as Third Buff Script on the front wrapper dated October 6 1931 with credits for writers Hughes Heath Buchman and Leahy. 205 leaves on peach stock mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Paramount Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 130961
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Robert Siodmak (director); James Ronald (novel); Bertram Millhauser, Arthur T Horman (screenwriter); Charles Laughton, Ella Rain
The Suspect Original post-production script for the 1944 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Post-Production script for the 1944 film. Script incomplete lacking the first page. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1939 novel by James Ronald. A man begins having an affair with a woman he met through work. His wife discovers the affair and forces him to break off all ties to the woman. Unfortunately his wife dies falling down the stairs in what may or may not have been an accident. One detective is determined to prove foul play.<br /> <br /> Set in London.<br /> <br /> White self-wrappers. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two rusted gold brads along the top edge.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 130926
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Monta Bell (director, screenwriter); Genevieve Tobin, Lew Ayres, Purnell Pratt, Frank McHugh (starring)
Up for Murder Original post-production script for the 1931 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1931. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1931 pre-code film. <br /> <br /> A man gets promoted from the printing room to working with the society editor at a newspaper. When he begins to develop feelings for the woman writing the society section he brawls with her lover who is also their boss. <br /> <br /> White titled self-wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 117-1. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a long tear to the front self-wrapper bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 130935
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Joseph Pevney (director); Robert Blees (screenwriter); Ray Buffum (screenwriter); Albert J Cohen (producer); Shelley Winters, Ba
Playgirl Original post-production script for the 1954 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1954. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1954 film. <br /> <br /> A woman moves from the midwest to New York City and develops a friendship with a nightclub singer. Unfortunately the nightclub singer's husband develops feelings for the new to town woman. The misunderstanding may be deadly. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> White titled self-wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 1757 dated March 16 1954 with credits for director Joseph Pevney. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Multilith duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads along the top edge.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 130946
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Bernardo Bertolucci (director, screenwriter); Franco Arcalli, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Clare Peploe (screenwriters); Jill Clayburgh,
La Luna Original photograph from the set of the 1979 film
Italy / US: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage borderless photograph showing actor Jill Clayburgh and director Bernardo Bertolucci in a pensive moment during on outdoor shoot from the set of the 1979 film. With the stamp of US co-producer Twentieth Century-Fox and identifying manuscript notation on the verso. <br /> <br /> The son of a famous opera singer falls into heroin addiction and his mother begins an incestuous relationship with him to help him kick the habit. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 143077
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Robert Parrish (director); Max Catto (novel); Irvin Shaw (screenwriter); Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon (starring)
Fire Down Below Two original photographs from the set of the 1957 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1957 film one showing actors Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon relaxing between takes the other showing Hayworth and actor Robert Mitchum waiting while the camera crew sets up on a boat. Mimeo snipe to the verso of the second photograph. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island. <br /> <br /> Photographs 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 inches. Light curling and faint diagonal creasing to the corners. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 143086
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[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
Bookseller reference : 143074
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Marco Ferreri (director, screenwriter); Gianfranco Salis (photographer); Liliane Betti, Massimo Bucchi, Paolo Costella (screenwr
The Flesh La Carne Original double weight photographs from the 1991 film
Italy: MMD 1991. Vintage borderless double weight photograph from the 1991 film. With a stamp on the verso identifying the film and photographer. <br /> <br /> A black comedy in which a divorced man falls for a beautiful woman who uses magic to turn him into a sex slave. He doesn't seem to mind until she gets bored and wants to leave him and the things take a darker turn. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. <br /> <br /> 11.75 x 7.5 inches. Light creasing to the corners else Near Fine. MMD unknown
Bookseller reference : 143062
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Thomas De Quincey (novel); Albert Zugsmith (director); Robert Hill (screenwriter); Vincent Price (starring)
Confessions of an Opium Eater Original photograph from the 1962 film
Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1962. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a sticker noting the photograph is from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller on the verso. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on the 1822 novel by Thomas De Quincey the film transposes the setting to San Francisco's Chinatown and involves Price in mystery set in the criminal underworld. <br /> <br /> 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Allied Artists unknown
Bookseller reference : 143073
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Roger Vadim (director, screenwriter); Albert Vidalie (novel); Jacques Remy (screenwriter); Brigitte Bardot, Alida Valli, Stephen
The Night Heaven Fell Les bijoutiers du clair de lune Original photograph from the set of the 1958 film
France: Iena Productions 1958. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1958 film showing director Roger Vadim positioning actor Brigitte Bardot's hands as she holds a cape. With manuscript annotations on the verso identifying the film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Albert Vidalie about a young woman who runs away from a convent only to get entangled with the young man her aunt is having an affair with to deadly consequences. Vadim's second film and the second of five films he would make with Bardot. <br /> <br /> Set and shot in Torremolinos Spain. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Iena Productions unknown
Bookseller reference : 143080
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Michael Carreras (director, screenwriter); Michael Latimer, Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay (starring)
Prehistoric Women Slave Girls Five original photographs from the 1967 film
London: Hammer Films / Seven Arts 1967. Five photographs from the 1967 British American film including one US studio still. One photograph with the stamp on a Spanish photo agency on the verso a few with brief manuscript annotations. <br /> <br /> Released as "Slave Girls" in the UK and "Prehistoric Women" in the US. An explorer touches a mystical statute and finds himself in the distant past where a tribe of brunette women enslave blonde women whom he must help fight for freedom. Hammer reused the sets and costumes from the previous year's "One Million Years B.C." and would return to the same ouevre of scantily clad cave women with "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" 1970 and "Creatures the World Forgot" 1971. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Hammer Films / Seven Arts unknown
Bookseller reference : 143076
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Roberto Rossellini (director, screenwriter); Arthur Honegger, Paul Claudel (oratorio); Ingrid Bergman (starring)
Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Original photograph from the set of the 1954 film
Italy / France: Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films 1954. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing Ingrid Bergman tied to the titular stake with actor Tullio Carminati beside her and director Roberto Rossellini in the foreground. With stamps identifying the film under the English language title "Joan at the Stake" and the New York address of Italian Films Export as well as some manuscript annotations on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1938 oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bucher" by Arthur Honegger with a libretto by Paul Claudel about visions of her life and purpose Joan of Arc receives as she is burned at the stake. <br /> <br /> 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films unknown
Bookseller reference : 143075
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Reuven Bar-Yotam (screenwriter)
Time Bomb Original screenplay for an unproduced film
Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink notation 108 on title page. <br /> <br /> Bar-Yotam is an Israeli actor and screenwriter who is best known for his roles in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" 2008 and "Moon Over Parador" 1988 along with several television appearances dating from 1981-2016 on programs such as "Seinfeld" " Murder She Wrote" "Shameless" and "MacGyver."<br /> <br /> An angry renegade Irish police officer who plays by his own rules to come out on top in the end. <br /> <br /> Set in Southern California. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Reuven Bar-Yotam. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 141899
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Alex Tudor (screenwriter, director)
Tragic Wedding Original treatment screenplay for an unproduced film
Munich Munchen: Alex Tudor 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman though no one present understands what one sees in the other. <br /> <br /> Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both. Tudor's works include profiling events and exhibitions related to the work of clergyman and artist Ivo Schaible SDS 1999-2012 Der Antifter: Freemasonry 2008 surveying the work of Otmar Alt and the documentary Die Begegnung. <br /> <br /> Set in <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers with a business card for director and screenwriter Alex Tudor affixed at the lower right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 17.03.85 with credits for screenwriter Tudor. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with four staples. Alex Tudor unknown
Bookseller reference : 141888
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Frank D Gilroy (screenwriter, director); Wayne Rogers, Gayle Hunnicutt, Jack Lenoir, Philippe March (starring)
Once in Paris. Paris Calling Original screenplay for the 1978 film
Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. <br /> <br /> Gilroy was a writer for screen stage novels film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965. An autobiographical tale of an American screenwriter living in Paris who has an affair with a British aristocrat. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Paris. <br /> <br /> Brown untitled wrappers manuscript ink notation of underlined title. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus prong binding. Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation unknown
Bookseller reference : 141900
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
Mr. Pybus Archive of original screenplays for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of various ribbon copy typescript draft script revisions in both red and black ribbon type for an unproduced film. With annotations throughout in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> A mystery begins to unfold as Tom Fielding finds an acquaintance of his in a highly distressed position. When he returns to his home he finds his wife has been brutally murdered and that he is the prime suspect. <br /> <br /> Set in London and Liverpool. <br /> <br /> Script #1:<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. <br /> <br /> Script #2:<br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Copy with credits for screenwriter Moore. 266 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Ribbon copy typescript in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142350
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
Wittering Alp Portrait of Catherine The Trojan Story The Nine Days' Wonder The Choice Spirit Archive of original screenplays for unproduced films
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of screenplays for an unproduced films all by the same screenwriter from the screenwriter's estate. <br /> <br /> Collection of unproduced screenplays by screenwriter G.E. Moore including "The Wittering Alp" "Portrait of Catherine" "The Trojan Story" "The Nine Days' Wonder" and "The Choice Spirit." <br /> <br /> Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mixed ribbon copy typescript carbon typescript and mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus housed in a black spring binder. Binder is Good only significantly dampstained but has done its job and the internal leaves are unaffected. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142371
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Don Sharp (director); Leigh Vance (screenwriter); Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin, Angela Douglas, Jean Harvey (starring)
The Dream Maker It's All Happening Original screenplay for the 1963 film
Universal City London: K.N.P. Productions / Universal 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page stapled cast list dated December 21 1962 as well as a three page stapled cast and unit list dated December 21 1962. Here under the working title "It's All Happening." <br /> <br /> A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical" this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. <br /> <br /> Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 29 1962. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Multilith duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. K.N.P. Productions / Universal unknown
Bookseller reference : 142324
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
Trial and Error The Dunnegan Dilemma The Wide Boys "The Story of Sue Marchant" and Portrait of an Englishman Original screenplays for five unproduced films
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of four Draft scripts for four different films all unproduced. <br /> <br /> Set in London. <br /> <br /> Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 255 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript variously on white green and yellow stock. Pages Very Good plus with some foxing at the edges housed in a green spring binder that is dampstained and Good only. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142337
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
Portrait of Catherine Archive of three original screenplays for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. <br /> <br /> A man experiences constant ennui in high society life and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around Europe. <br /> <br /> Set in Paris. <br /> <br /> Screenplay #1:<br /> <br /> Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 25 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. <br /> <br /> Screenplay #2:<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining bound with three staples. <br /> <br /> Screenplay #3:<br /> <br /> Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 237 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus housed in a green spring binding. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142370
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Neil Paterson (screenwriter); Henry Blanke (producer)
The Stepmother Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1961. Fifth Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Neil Paterson is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter from Scotland who won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Room at the Top" 1959. Additional films he wrote for include "High Tide at Noon" 1957 and "The Spiral Road" 1962. He also had a successful career as a soccer player in his native Scotland. <br /> <br /> Pink titled self wrappers noted as 5TH DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 and production No. 3649 dated February 27 1961 with credits for producer Henry Blanke and screenwriter Neil Paterson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication with green and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 20 1961 and February 27 1961. Pages Very Good plus front wrapper Good only now preserved in archival mylar rear wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 141895
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Terry Bishop (director); John O'Gorman, Tony Hawes (screenwriter); Reginald Beckwith, Dorinda Stevens, John Le Mesurier, Brian O
Hair of the Dog Original screenplay for the 1962 film
London: Jack Parsons 1953. Draft script for the 1962 film. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> A manager at a razor factory grows a beard after developing a rash due to shaving. His superiors are displeased. The manager then decides to organize a strike in order to get his point across. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers dated May 1953 with credits for screenwriters John O'Gorman and George Moore. Title page present dated May 1953 with credits for screenwriters John O'Gorman and George Moore. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Jack Parsons unknown
Bookseller reference : 142336
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
The Strange Case of Miss Chant Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Original treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. <br /> <br /> In a nonspecific Communist-occupied country in Central Europe during the Cold War a group of military police arrest a woman they believe to be a spy. She maintains her innocence yet still she has an interesting alibi married an artist three days before and finding him dead and speaks English with a Magyar accent despite an "English" upbringing. <br /> <br /> Set in Central Europe. <br /> <br /> Brown wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 48 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 45. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142348
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
Third From the Left Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. <br /> <br /> The supposed memoir of a showgirl who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and begins to accept her life with people who care about her. <br /> <br /> Set in England. <br /> <br /> Pink titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 32 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 28. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142326
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
The Dunnegan Dilemma Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. <br /> <br /> An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. <br /> <br /> Set in Ireland. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142338
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
The League of Free Men Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. <br /> <br /> A gentleman pays the bail of a recently-jailed political activist who is then invited to a meeting of the League of Free Men. When the activist turns up murdered a few days later with a mysterious note found on his body the police begin investigating exactly what this organization is all about. <br /> <br /> Set in London. <br /> <br /> Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Version with credits for G.E. Moore. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142329
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Alvin Rakoff (director); Douglas Hayes (author); Peter Yeldham (screenwriter); Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Billie
The Comedy Man Original screenplay for the 1964 film
Buckinghamshire: British Lion Film Corporation 1964. Draft script for the 1964 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1960 novel of the same title by Douglas Hayes. A middle-aged stage actor moves from a conservative life in the provinces to the very center of Swinging London and tries to revitalize his career by performing in commercials. <br /> <br /> Set in London shot on location there. <br /> <br /> Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Peter Yeldham and author Douglas Hayes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. British Lion Film Corporation unknown
Bookseller reference : 142333
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
A Holiday in France Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. <br /> <br /> A family visits France and deals with all sorts of upper class conveniences and distractions including eating dinner and being invited for tea. Text in English and French.<br /> <br /> Set in France. <br /> <br /> Unbound leaves. Title page integral with first page of text. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good with some faint evidence of dampstaining at the bottom edge of pages. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142375
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
The Wide Boys Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. <br /> <br /> A violent gang of men chaos all over the outskirts of London by beating up the daughter of an older woman they are sheltering and abducting people throughout the London countryside. <br /> <br /> Set in London. <br /> <br /> Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 34 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with string binding. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142332
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GE Moore (screenwriter) G E
Goodbye to Mrs. Bligh Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. <br /> <br /> A sixteen year old living in her sick aunt's boarding house receives a proposition from a local wealthy individual for marriage which she would only do to pull herself out of her situation but she cannot abandon her sick aunt who needs her help. <br /> <br /> Set in Australia. <br /> <br /> Unbound leaves Title page integral with first page of text. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 142374
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