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Edward Ludwig (director); Richard Bernstein, Max Steeber (story); Jo Heims (screenwriter); Rory Calhoun, Rod Cameron, Ruta Lee (
The Gun Hawk Original shooting schedule for the 1963 film
N.p.: N.p. 1963. Twenty-page Shooting schedule for the 1963 film dated February 12 1963 with strikes through in manuscript pencil on all but two pages and several annotations in manuscript ink regarding locations and shots.<br /> <br /> Aging gunman Rory Calhoun attempts to keep his control over a small town populated by outlaws. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Bronson Canyon Los Angeles California. <br /> <br /> 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown
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Arthur Lubin (director); Robert E. Kent (screenwriter); Peter Noone [Herman's Hermits] , Shelley Fabares, Sue Ane Langdon (starr
Hold On! There's No Place Like Space Original screenplay for the 1966 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film here under the working title "There's No Place Like Space" from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel presumably his working copy with "Camera" written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> A vehicle to promote the band Herman's Hermits in much the same vein as The Beatles in Richard Lester's 1965 "A Hard Day's Night" and 1966 "Help."<br /> <br /> British pop rock band Herman's Hermits tour the US and are chosen as the "good luck name" of the next Gemini space capsule.<br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated August 30 1965 with credits for screenwriter James B. Gordon. Title page integral with first page. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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Andrew L. Stone (director); Jacques Deval (play); Frederick J. Jackson (screenwriter); Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey
Say It in French Original screenplay for the 1938 film
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. <br /> <br /> Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey.<br /> <br /> Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples.<br /> <br /> Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown
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Theodore Reed (director); George Fitch (novel); Don Hartman (screenwriter); William Holden, Bonita Granville, Judith Barrett (st
Those Were the Days! At Good Old Siwash Original screenplay for the 1940 film
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in manuscript pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Missing one page likely as used or issued.<br /> <br /> Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
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[Sal Mineo] Lewis R. Foster (director, screenwriter); David Appel (novel); Lillie Hayward (screenwriter); Sal Mineo, Philip Care
Tonka Original screenplay for the 1958 film
Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Final Shooting script for the first half of the 1958 film thus incomplete as issued dated April 9 1958. With lead actor Sal Mineo’s name in manuscript ink on two revision leaves and his character’s name in pencil on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Laid in is a small leaf with manuscript ink notations including the name of director Lou Foster actors Fess Parker and Jerome Courtland and characters White Bull and Captain Keogh. Parker was originally hired for the role of Keogh but refused second billing and was replaced by Philip Carey. Jerome Courtland played the role of Lieutenant Henry Nowlan in the film.<br /> <br /> Based on David Appel’s 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America’s Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. <br /> <br /> Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon.<br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 112 and production No. 5812 dated APRIL 9 1958 with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. Title page present dated April 9 1958 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/10/58 and 5/15/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146435
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Michael Paul Girard (director, screenwriter); Richard Monda, Jean Stewart, Billybob Rhoads, Bill Monsour (starring)
Oversexed Rugsuckers from Mars Vac-U-Sapien Original screenplay for the 1989 film
N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film here under its working title "Vac-U-Sapien." With extensive manuscript pencil and ink annotations on virtually every page. Bound in after the script are two handwritten pages of notes and four typed pages of effects and sets for the film.<br /> <br /> Michael Paul Girard's first directorial effort wherein aliens return to Earth for the first time in ten million years to see what has become of their "human experiment." After declaring the experiment a failure the aliens decide that due to humans' untidiness crossbreeding vacuum cleaners and humans will produce a better race of beings to inhabit the planet. They subsequently create a sentient vacuum cleaner which is programmed to reproduce with earthlings. A splendid Z-budget effort considered by some to be the worst movie ever made. And yet a script for it exists.<br /> <br /> Titled self wrappers with title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147144
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Stephen Frears (director); Peter Morgan (screenwriter); Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings (starring)
The Queen Original screenplay for the 2006 film
N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. <br /> <br /> An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997 following the death of Princess Diana on August 31 1977 and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's Helen Mirren desire to treat it as a private affair and Prime Minister Tony Blair Michael Sheen and Prince Charles' Alex Jennings desire to quell the public's demand for a more overt and public expression of grief.<br /> <br /> Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mirren nominated for five others including Best Film Best Director and Best Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in England Scotland and France. <br /> <br /> Pink titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper light creasing to top right else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
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Dick Richards (director); Richard Rothstein (screenwriter); Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimly (star
Death Valley Original screenplay for the 1982 film
N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in manuscript pencil on the upper right likely a copy number as well as several pages with annotations again in manuscript pencil commenting circling and striking scenes action and dialogue. <br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye†Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and “Heat†Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> A year before Peter Billingsley would become the familiar face of Ralphie Parker in Bob Clark's 1983 "A Christmas Story" he was Billy a child coping with his parent's recent divorce flying to California with his mom Sally Catherine Hicks to meet her high school sweetheart Mike Paul Le Mat for a vacation in Death Valley. It isn't long before Billy comes across a killer's crime scene leading the killer to them and it is up to little Billy to outsmart him.<br /> <br /> Set in Death Valley California and New York shot on location in California Arizona and New York. <br /> <br /> Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 28 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Rothstein. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147426
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Gilchrist Calder (director); Vernon Bartlett (novel); Philip Purser (screenwriter); Simon Ward, Warren Mitchell, Madeleine Chris
The Wednesday Play: Calf Love Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode
London: David Higham Associates 1966. Draft script for the 48th episode of the British television anthology series "The Wednesday Play" which featured the adaptation of Vernon Bartlett's 1929 novel "Calf Love" by screenwriter Philip Purser which aired on January 26 1966. Script contains copied annotations on nearly every page noting passages that are to be spoken in German with much of the annotations in German as well as strikes comments and dialogue changes. Missing three pages likely as used or issued.<br /> <br /> "The Wednesday Play" is regarded as one of the most influential and successful British television programs of the 1960s and gave audience to the fledgling careers of among others Dennis Potter Nell Dunn and Jeremy Sandford Ken Loach and David Mercer.<br /> <br /> A young English exchange student stays with a German family and becomes smitten with their daughters.<br /> <br /> Wrapper integral with title page noted as Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Philip Purser and novelist Vernon Bartlett. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. David Higham Associates unknown
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John Briley (screenwriter)
The Veil Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. <br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye†Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and “Heat†Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world."<br /> <br /> Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147412
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Woody Allen (director, screenwriter, starring); David Reuben (novel); John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Louise Lasser, Anthony Quayle,
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask Original photograph from the set of the 1972 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage photograph of Woody Allen and Louise Lasser on the set of the 1972 film. With manuscript annotations and adhesive tape on the verso.<br /> <br /> Woody Allen's comical take on David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 145746
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Henry Levin (director); Sydney Boehm (screenwriter); Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney, Mickey Shaughnessy (starring)
A Nice Little Bank that Should be Robbed Original screenplay for the 1958 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. First Draft script for the 1958 film with single "" notation in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> Good-guy Max Tom Ewell and mooch Gus Mickey Rooney are horse-race loving pals whose lives are going nowhere. Desperate they turn to bank robbery and actually pull it off. Using the money to buy a race horse their bookie pal Rocky Mickey Shaughnessy wants in. When they loose their bank roll after their horse is disqualified they figured they'd rob a bank again.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 767 dated October 9 1957. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 9 1957 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Sydney Boehm. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
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Henri Verneuil (director, screenwriter); Auguste Le Breton (novel); Jose Giovanni, Pierre Pelegri (screenwriters); Jean Gabin, A
The Sicilian Clan Original photograph from the set of the 1969 film
N.p.: Les Productions Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Henri Verneuil and Lino Ventura on the set of the 1969 film. French "Le Clan Des Siciliens" stamp and crop annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. <br /> <br /> 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus transparent manuscript marker to corners light creasing and faint scratches to the recto from annotations on the verso. Les Productions Fox Europa unknown
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Robert Mulligan (director); Herman Raucher (screenwriter); Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser (starring)
Summer of '42 Original photograph from the set of the 1971 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1971 film. <br /> <br /> Nostalgic screenplay about a teenager during the war years who becomes infatuated with an older war widow. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score and nominated for three others.<br /> <br /> Set in Nantucket Island shot on location in California and Ontario. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
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Stanley Donen (director); Johnny Green (musical director); Alan Jay Lerner (screenwriter); Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawf
Royal Wedding Original photograph from the set of the 1951 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage studio photograph of Jane Powell and Musical Director Johnny Green on the set of the 1951 film. Mimeo snipe French annotations in manuscript ink and crop marks on the verso.<br /> <br /> Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus light creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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Jeffrey Bloom (director, screenwriter); Virginia C. Andrews (novel); Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Louise Fletcher, Kristy
Flowers in the Attic Original screenplay for the 1987 film inscribed by Kristy Swanson
Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1986. Revised Third Draft script for the 1987 film. INSCRIBED by actor Kristy Swanson on the title page to an unknown crew member.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1979 Gothic novel by Virginia C. Andrews about the incestuous plight of four unlucky siblings whose mother abandons them in the attic of her family's decaying ancestral home after their father's death in an automobile accident. While Andrews' novel was wildly popular among teenage girl readers of the 1970s and 80s test audiences were revolted by some of the film's more taboo scenes leading producers to heavily re-cut the film and even create a new ending—a decision which Bloom purportedly despised and refused to direct.<br /> <br /> Partially set in Pennsylvania shot on location in California and Massachusetts. <br /> <br /> Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated April 30 1986 noted as REVISED THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter JEFFREY BLOOM and novelist V.C. ANDREWS. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. New World Pictures unknown
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Erich Maria Remarque (novel); Lewis Milestone (director, screenwriter); Harry Brown (screenwriter); Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boye
Arch of Triumph Original photograph from the 1948 film
N.p.: Enterprise Productions 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the 1948 film. Manuscript annotations in ink on bottom border of recto. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and stamp on the verso obscured by manuscript marker. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. A complex romantic film noir in which Dr. Ravic Boyer is a refugee doctor practicing illegally in Paris under a false name. He saves Joan Madou Bergman from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover and helps her land a job singing in a nightclub. The two fall in love but he is deported. Joan finds herself another man's mistress while Dr. Ravic seeks revenge by hunting for the Nazi officer Ivon Haake Laughton. <br /> <br /> Set in Paris shot on location in New York and Paris. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and 2 small tears on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso. <br /> <br /> Selby US. Spicer US. Olive Films #809. Enterprise Productions unknown
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Jack Clayton (director); Peter Nelson (screenwriter); Brian Moore (novel); Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins (starring)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Original screenplay for the 1987 film
London: HandMade Films 1987. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. Single manuscript notation in ink on page 62 a scene deletion.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1955 novel by Brian Moore. A pious spinster living in a boardinghouse begins an ersatz romance with a fellow resident looking to bankroll his next business venture. Novelist Moore born and raised in Belfast was highly acclaimed for his vivid descriptions of life in Ireland after the Second World War in particular for his exploration of The Troubles.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Dublin Ireland.<br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated February 1987 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Peter Nelson and novelist Brian Moore. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with white Velo binding partially loose.<br /> <br /> Indicator 123. HandMade Films unknown
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Jane and Mae Livingston Allen (novel); Mervyn LeRoy (director); Andrew Solt (screenwriter); Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don D
Without Reservations Original photograph from the set of the 1946 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself.<br /> <br /> 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
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Robert Daley (novel); Sidney Lumet (director, screenwriter); Robert Daley (novel); Jay Presson Allen (screenwriter); Treat Willi
Prince of the City Original photograph from the set of 1981 film
Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1981. Vintage studio still photograph of Sidney Lumet and Treat Williams on the set of the 1981 film. French mimeo snipe on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on Robert Daley's 1978 nonfiction book of the same name. New York detective Daniel Ciello Treat Williams joins the Department of Justice to help put an end to police corruption. Along the way he uncovers a conspiracy and finds himself getting closer to the heart of the corruption than he anticipated. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York City. <br /> <br /> 10.25 x 8 inches. Near fine some edgewear. <br /> <br /> Spicer US Neo-Noir. Orion Pictures unknown
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Budd Boetticher (director); Martin Landau (actor); Joseph Landon (screenwriter); Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Warre
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond The Life and Death of Legs Diamond Original screenplay for the 1960 film copy belonging to actor Martin Landau
N.p.: United States Productions Inc 1959. Revised Estimating script for the 1960 film belonging to actor Martin Landau here under the working title "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond." Laid in are five carbon typescript pages of script with Landau's name written in manuscript ink to upper right and annotations to dialogue of lead character Legs in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> Landau was considered for the lead role of Jack "Legs" Diamond which from the laid in pages we can reasonably assume were for an audition for the part. Ray Danton was ultimately cast as Legs and Landau does not appear in the film. <br /> <br /> From the estate of Martin Landau.<br /> <br /> Jack "Legs" Diamond Ray Danton and his sickly brother Eddie Warren Oates move to New York City and after a brief incarceration sets their eyes on taking over kingpin mobster Arnold Rothstein's Robert Lowery criminal businesses. The film debut of Dyan Cannon. Nominated for an Academy Award.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 96 dated August 21 1959. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 8/21/59. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Laid in pages 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing at corners. United States Productions, Inc unknown
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Budd Boetticher (director); Gerald Drayson Adams (novel); James E. Moser (screenwriter); Van Heflin, Julie Adams, Abbe Lane (sta
Wings of the Hawk Original photograph from the set of the 1953 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage photograph of director Budd Boetticher and Julie Adams relaxing in a tree from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br /> <br /> An early Technicolor Western from seminal American director Budd Boetticher. Gringo miner Gallager Van Heflin is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-1911 when corrupt administrator Ruiz George Dolenz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel Adams then finds there's a price on his head.<br /> <br /> Set in Mexico shot on location in the Simi Hills and the Ray Corrigan Ranch Simi Valley California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near the edges. Universal Pictures unknown
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Hugo Haas (director, screenwriter, starring); Carol Morris, Marie Windsor, Don Sullivan (starring)
Paradise Alley Stars in the Backyard Original screenplay for the 1958 film
N.p.: Hugo Haas Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1958 film here under the original release title "Stars in the Backyard." The title would be changed to "Paradise Alley" in 1961 before a limited release in 1962. Includes extensive 10 day shooting schedule over 16 pages as well as 2 Set Construction Estimates bookending a two page "Rough Set Breakdown." Notations in manuscript pencil and pen throughout checking sets and entering costs on "Rough Set Breakdown" and Set Construction Estimates and throughout the script marking out props and dialogue. A curious notation of the name "Billy Bitzer" adjacent to the dialogue of character Mr. Gregory when he says he was D.W. Griffith's first cameraman Billy Bitzer being Griffith's groundbreaking cinematographer. <br /> <br /> Czech-born director Hugo Haas wrote produced and directed his own swan song quite the Hollywood movie an autobiographical homage to the cinema he knew. The cast featured film veterans from old Hollywood such as silent film star Corinne Griffith vaudeville star Billy Gilbert Keystone Cop Chester Conklin and Wicked Witch of the West herself Margaret Hamilton. <br /> <br /> Aging European director Rudolph Agnus Haas moves to the seedy Los Angeles neighborhood known as Paradise Alley a crowded home of bickering tenants. Finding a friend in Mr. Gregory Chester Conklin a retired cameraman Agnus proposes making a movie with the residents as actors to unite them and stop their petty bickering. Using a camera with no film and a cucumber made up to look like a microphone Agnus plan succeeds. When a studio hears of the project they offer to bankroll it enabling Agnus to actually make his film.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Hugo Haas. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Hugo Haas Productions unknown
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Jess Franco (director, screenwriter, starring); Marius Lesoeur, Henri Bral de Boitselier, James C. Garner (screenplay); Lina Rom
Exorcisme Le Viziose Original Italian Locandina poster for the 1975 film
N.p.: Grafopress-Ciampino 1975. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1975 film here under the title "Le Viziose." <br /> <br /> "Exorcisme" was released under a number of titles including "Le Viziose" and "Exorcisme et Messes Noires" as well as an X-rated version "Sexorcismes." Footage from "Exorcisme" was later re-edited in 1979 as "El Sadico de Notre-Dame." <br /> <br /> Jess Franco directs here under the pseudonym of James P. Johnson or L.P. Johnson as on the poster is the screenwriter under the pseudonym David Khune and acts under the pseudonym Jess Frank.<br /> <br /> Franco's "Exorcisme" features Franco in the lead as Mathis Vogel a psychotic defrocked priest who writes S&M stories by day and tortures and murders Satanic black mass dinner theater patrons by night. Also starring Franco's longtime collaborator and later wife Lina Romay as the free spirit Anne.<br /> <br /> 13 x 27.5 inches folded as issued. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Thrower Stephen. Flowers of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Volume Two 1975-2013. Grafopress-Ciampino unknown
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King Vidor (director); Ayn Rand (novel, screenwriter); Jack Woods (photographer); Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey (st
The Fountainhead Three original photographs of Patricia Neal on the set of the 1949 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Three vintage photographs of Patricia Neal applying makeup on the set of the 1949 film. <br /> <br /> Adapted to the screen by Ayn Rand from her novel one of only three screenplays she wrote during her brief tenure in Hollywood. <br /> <br /> In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself adapt her own screenplay. <br /> <br /> Two photographs 7.5 x 9.25 inches. One photograph 7.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
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Paul Gallico (screenwriter, novel)
The Boy Who Invented the Bubblegun Original screenplay for an unproduced film
London: Winkast Programming 1972. Revised Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most substantive.<br /> <br /> The adventures of a nine year-old boy who travels from California to Washington DC to patent a bubble gun he has invented with the hope of eventually impressing his emotionally distant father with his creation. Seemingly planned in conjunction with a novel also written by Paul Gallico which was published in 1974. Gallico was best known for the 1940 novel "The Snow Goose" and for the novel "The Poseidon Adventure" which was published in 1969 and the basis for the 1972 film.<br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye†Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and “Heat†Michael Mann 1996. <br /> <br /> Set in Portland and Washington DC.<br /> <br /> Ordered but unbound and lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present dated November 27 1972 noted as SECOND REWRITE with credits for screenwriter Paul Gallico. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue onionskin revision pages throughout noted as 2nd Rewrite. Pages Very Good. Winkast Programming unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147438
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Frederic Kimball (screenwriter)
Kean: A Play for Life Kean: A Film Biography Two original screenplays for an unproduced film
New York: N.p. 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script titled "Kean: A Film Biography" contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." <br /> <br /> Accompanying the First Draft script is a Laid in letter as well as photographically duplicated copy signed "Fred" with New York address and telephone number and dated 6/12/83 in manuscript marker from Frederic Kimball to producer Elliott Kastner. Kimball closes the letter with "I hope you are still interested. Al is." likely referring to Al Pacino a longtime confidant and collaborator on films such as "Looking for Richard" 1996 "Author Author" 1982 "Dick Tracy" 1990 and "And Justice for All" 1979. Also laid in is an additional copy of the first page of the First Draft script.<br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye†Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and “Heat†Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> A biopic on the tumultuous life of the 19th century British Shakespearean actor Edumund Kean.<br /> <br /> 1983 First Draft Script:<br /> <br /> Title page integral with wrapper dated 6/10/86 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound<br /> <br /> Laid in letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good folded horizontally 1/2" from top with large 2 x 3 inch chip on top left and small closed tears on left side.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1990 Draft Script:<br /> <br /> Title page integral with wrapper dated 1990 with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. N.p. unknown
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Ganzer. Alvin (director); Guy Bolton, Jack McGowan (musical); Robert E. Kent (screenwriter); Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Pet
When the Boys Meet the Girls Girl Crazy Original screenplay for the 1965 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film musical. Copy from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel presumably his working copy with "Camera" written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Laid in is a 17-page shooting schedule under the title "Girl Crazy" dated 7-13-65. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy" by Guy Bolton and John McGowan with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin respectively.<br /> <br /> Previously filmed twice before first in 1932 directed by William A. Seiter and starring Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee then in 1943 directed by Norman Taurog and Busby Berkeley and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.<br /> <br /> Playboy and heir Danny Churchill Harve Presnell helps Ginger Gray Connie Francis save her father's ranch by turning it into a motel for divorcees.<br /> <br /> The last feature film acting role of Connie Francis.<br /> <br /> Set in Nevada shot on location in Nevada and California. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated July 7 1965 with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Kent. Title page integral with the first page of text. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Shooting schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 148129
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Franklin J. Schaffner (director); Menno Meyjes (story, screenwriter); Richard Outten (screenwriter); Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne,
Lionheart Lionheart: The Children's Crusade Original screenplay for the 1987 film
N.p.: Taliafilm II 1980. Draft script for the 1987 film. An early draft written solely by the creator of the story Menno Meyjes.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on the 13th Century Children's Crusade we follow the knight Robert Nerra Eric Stoltz as he joins up with King Richard the Lionheart Neil Dickson to protect orphan children from the Black Prince Gabriel Byrne a child slave trader.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Hungary and Portugal. <br /> <br /> The penultimate film from Franklin J. Schaffner and his final film working with composer Jerry Goldsmith. They had previously worked together on "Planet of the Apes" 1968 "Patton" 1970 "Papillon" 1973 and "The Boys from Brazil" 1978.<br /> <br /> Wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Menno Meyjes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. Taliafilm II unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147435
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Stephen Kandel (screenwriter)
Champagne Diamonds and Mink Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> An aging millionaire arranges to have his daughter—a cold-hearted nosy serial bride—kidnapped and taken to a chateau in rural France in order to stop her from interfering in his libidinous affairs. Screenwriter Stephen Kandel was best known as a writer for television in the late 20th century including episodes of "Sea Hunt" "Hawaii Five-O" "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "MacGyver."<br /> <br /> From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye†Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and “Heat†Michael Mann 1996.<br /> <br /> Set in London Paris and rural France.<br /> <br /> White self-wrappers with title integral with the first leaf as issued. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with one gold brad. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147441
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Paul Almond (screenwriter)
Solstice Original screenplay for an unproduced film
Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page.<br /> <br /> An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice.<br /> <br /> Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146368
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Lucia Drudi Demby (screenwriter); Mauro Severino (screenwriter)
Section of a Night Flight Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A passenger plane headed to Paris has a psychotic killer on board. Screenwriters Mauro Severino and Lucia Drudi Denby were known for co-writing the 1971 Italian television miniseries "Il carcerato."<br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Original screen story with credits for screenwriters Mauro Severino and Lucia Drudi Demby. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with gold prong binding. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146370
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Istvan Szabo (director, screenwriter); Peter Dobai (screenwriter); John Osborne (playwright); Klaus Maria Brandauer, Gudrun Land
Colonel Redl Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century Original film treatment for the 1985 film
Hungary: MA-Film 1985. Film treatment for the 1985 film here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." <br /> <br /> Loosely based on John Osborne's 1965 play "A Patriot for Me." A dramatization of the life of Alfred Redl a former peasant and closeted gay man who climbs the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military eventually becoming Chief of Military Intelligence. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Austria Hungary and Croatia. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Istvan Szabo and screenwriter Peter Dobai and playwright John Osborne. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. MA-Film unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146382
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Barry Levinson (director, screenwriter); Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin (sta
Diner Original screenplay for the 1982 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. <br /> <br /> A coming-of-age tale set in 1959 following a group of four friends in their early twenties struggling to adapt to life as adults.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Baltimore. <br /> <br /> In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. <br /> <br /> Goldenrod titled wrappers dated January 12 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT rubber-stamped copy No. 186 with credits for director-screenwriter Barry Levinson. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Barry Levinson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil pen marks and a partial ring stain on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 148585
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Akira Kurosawa (director); Michael DeForrest (novel); Tomomi Tsukasa (screenwriter); Michiko Sakyo, Yuichi Minato, Akihiko Kanba
Madadayo Original screenplay for the 1992 film
Tokyo: Dentsu Music and Entertainment 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film.<br /> <br /> Based on essays by Hyakken Uchida. Following World War II a retired professor finds late in life that his quality of life is greatly reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with a group of his adoring students. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers perfect-bound dated 1992.11.5. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 197. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine. Dentsu Music and Entertainment unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 148720
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Paul Mazursky (director, screenwriter, starring); George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason, Shelley Winters
Blume in Love Love in Blume Original screenplay for the 1973 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Final Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "Love in Blume." Single numeric annotation in manuscript marker on front wrapper. <br /> <br /> Paul Mazursky followed his acclaimed film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969 with this sharp romantic comedy about Stephen Blume George Segal who after cheating on his wife Nina Susan Anspach realizes he cannot live without her. Nina naturally has already dumped him and what follows is a poignant and comedic film about the complexity of modern marriage. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Venice Italy and California. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated July 11 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/11/72 with credits for screenwriter Paul Mazursky. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wavy with creasing and light edgewear bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 148721
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Mikio Naruse (director); Ryuzo Kikushima (screenwriter); Hideko Takamine, Masajuki Mori (starring)
When A Woman Ascends the Stairs Original screenplay for the 1960 film
Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and manuscript ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese.<br /> <br /> A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. <br /> <br /> Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. <br /> <br /> White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding.<br /> <br /> BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 143342
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Ridley Scott (director); Charles Gieg Jr., Felix Sutton (book); Todd Robinson (screenwriter); Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, Jo
White Squall Original screenplay for the 1996 film
N.p.: Percy Main Productions 1995. Revised Final Draft script for the 1996 film. Three copied annotations on two pages consisting of one dialogue change and two revision date changes.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1962 book "The Last Voyage of the Albatross" by Charles Gieg Jr. and Felix Sutton about the sinking of the brigantine Albatross on May 2 1961.<br /> <br /> All American boy Chuck Gieg Scott Wolf narrates this coming-of-age story set in 1960 about a group of teenage boys setting out for a year-long voyage aboard the brigantine school ship Albatross commanded by Dr. Christopher B. Shelton Jeff Bridges only to face the ultimate challenge of surviving a deadly white squall storm.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in South Carolina Georgia Bermuda Grenada London Malta South Africa St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. <br /> <br /> White generic Lasher McManus & Robinson production company wrappers. Title page present dated March 18 1995 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Todd Robinson. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages labeled "Blue" throughout dated variously between 3/27/95 and 5/15/95. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Percy Main Productions unknown
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Kinji Fukasaku (director); Koji Takada (screenwriter); Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Kinya Kitaoji, Joe Shishido (starring)
Battles without Honor and Humanity Original screenplay for the 1974 film
Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. <br /> <br /> Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. <br /> <br /> Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England.<br /> <br /> Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities.<br /> <br /> Arrow 2164. Toei unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 148727
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Luis Bunuel (director, screenwriter); Joseph Kessel (novel); Raymond Voinquel (photographer); Jean-Claude Carriere (screenwriter
Belle de Jour Eight original photographs from the US release of the 1967 French film
Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1968. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 French film. <br /> <br /> Buñuel's first color film about a bored and directionless young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Paris. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert I. Criterion Collection 593. Allied Artists unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 148783
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Diane Ladd (director, starring, screenwriter); Ella Leffland (screenwriter, novel); Bruce Dern, Kelly Preston, Shelly Winters (s
Mrs. Munck Original screenplay for the 1995 television film
N.p.: N.p. 1995. Second Draft script for the 1995 television film which originally aired on September 12 1995 on Showtime.<br /> <br /> Based on Ella Leffland's 1970 novel about a woman who seeks revenge on her wealthy wheelchair-bound father-in-law. An early draft of a project that underwent heavy rewrites by director Diane Ladd before finally being shot in 1995. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. <br /> <br /> Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147521
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Luigi Scattini (director); Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia, Vittorio Vighi, Fulvio Lucisano (screenwriter); Franco Franchi, C
War Italian Style Due Marines e un Generale Two original photographs from the 1965 film
Rome: Italian International Film 1965. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 Italian film. <br /> <br /> One of Buster Keaton's last roles in which he plays an incompetent German general stationed in Italy. Two American POWs plan to steal the Nazi offensive strategy and in a comic mixup for the Germans who are wise to the plan from the beginning they actually succeed. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Italian International Film unknown
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Unknown (screenwriter)
The Death Sentence Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> Four characters swept up in the Mexican revolution go from no possibility of ever meeting each other to their fates becoming intertwined. <br /> <br /> Set in Mexico. <br /> <br /> Green untitled wrappers. Title page present no with credit to the screenwriter. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 217. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142219
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Rafael Sabatini (screenwriter)
Columbus Original screenplay for an unproduced film circa 1939
N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers.<br /> <br /> One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s—leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March—Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film.<br /> <br /> Set in Spain.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146098
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Sidney Lumet (director); Frank Pierson (novel, screenwriter); Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King (starring)
The Anderson Tapes Original banner poster for the 1971 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1971 film. <br /> <br /> Based on Frank Pierson's 1970 novel about an ex-con who initiates a cascade of chaos when he decides to rob his upscale apartment building. Actor Christopher Walken's feature film debut as well as a breakthrough role for Sean Connery who was previously stuck being typecast as James Bond. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York. <br /> <br /> 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. About Near Fine with no restoration a few old splashes near the edges some rubbing and scratches three small closed tears in margins and light creases otherwise quite bright and unfaded.<br /> <br /> Lee The Heist Film. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia Pictures unknown
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Fred Zinnemann (director); Frederick Forsyth (novel); Kenneth Ross (screenwriter); Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair
Day of the Jackal Original banner poster for the 1973 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1973. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1973 film. <br /> <br /> Based on Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel about the titular professional assassin hired by a militant French underground organization to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. <br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Paris Versailles and Hautes-Alpes. <br /> <br /> 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. Very Good with no restoration. Several vertical creases with some cracking three closed tears measuring tow four and five inches several small closed tears in margins otherwise bright and unfaded.<br /> <br /> Penzler 101. Universal Pictures unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146779
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John Ford (director); Liam O'Flaherty (novel); Dudley Nichols (screenwriter); Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster (st
The Informer Two original oversize photographs from the 1935 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1935. Two vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1935 film. <br /> <br /> The second of two films based on Liam O’Flaherty’s 1925 novel the first being Arthur Robison’s 1929 British feature about a former Republic Army member during the Irish War of Independence who turns in one of his comrades to the British in order to use the bounty money to book passage to America for himself and his girlfriend who has been forced into prostitution. <br /> <br /> Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay Best Director and Best Actor for Victor McLaglen nominated for two others including Best Picture. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols became the first person to decline an Academy Award when his refused his Oscar due to an ongoing dispute between the Screen Writers Guild and the Academy though he would eventually claim it three years later. <br /> <br /> 11 x 14 inches with irregular margins. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
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Allan Dwan (director); Josephine Lovett (story); James Gleason, James Seymour (screenwriter); Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore, Lew Co
What a Widow! Original photograph of Gloria Swanson from the 1930 film
N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation."<br /> <br /> A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson’s first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. <br /> <br /> Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.<br /> <br /> Set in Paris. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Gloria Productions unknown
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Carmine Gallone (director); Sauvajon, Marc-Gilbert (screenwriter); Verne Jules (author); Curd Jurgens, Genevieve Page, Jacques D
Michael Strogoff Original screenplay for the 1956 film
France: Illria Film 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1876 oft-produced novel by Jules Verne of the same title. Michael Strogoff is the courier of the Tsar tasked to deliver a very important message to the Tsar's brother who is in Siberia cut off from the main army due to the Tatar Army during the Crimean War. <br /> <br /> Set in the Russian Empire shot on location in Serbia. <br /> <br /> 203 leaves with last page of text numbered 203. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking front wrapper bound with a silver prong binding. Illria Film unknown
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Roberto Rossellini (director, screenwriter); Ingrid Bergman (starring); Sergio Amidei, Gian Paolo Callegari, Art Cohn, Renzo Ces
Stromboli Original photograph on the set of the 1950 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1950 Italian film showing director Roberto Rossellini with the camera and lighting crews setting up a wide shot with Ingrid Bergman and other actors in the distance. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout and noting the film's title. <br /> <br /> After World War II a Lithuanian refugee marries an Italian POW in order to be released from an internment camp only to find herself miserable on the barren volcanic island he calls home. A classic example of Italian neorealism featuring documentary-esque footage from the island of Stromboli and footage from the island's evacuation during one of its many volcanic eruptions.<br /> <br /> Set on Stromboli Island shot on location in Lazio and Sicily Italy. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with a pinhole to the lower right corner and light soil. <br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Criterion Collection 673. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 147453
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