‎Scénariste‎

‎Jack Lewis screenwriter‎

‎Renegade Woman Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>When Peg is scorned by the townsfolk for being simply a singer and not able to get a real job she forms a all-women gang and begins robbing banks and stagecoaches. The saloon she opens is run out of town and she is wanted all over as well as her gang. Instead she sends all her bounty hunters on a wild chase for her. <br/><br/>Set in Old American West. <br/><br/>Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140894

‎William A. Graham director; Noah Dietrich Bob Thomas biography John Gay screenwriter; Tommy Lee Jones Ed Flanders James Hampt‎

‎The Amazing Howard Hughes Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Two original screenplays comprising the complete script for the 1977 television film‎

‎Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1976. Two Revised draft scripts Part I and Part II comprising the complete script for the 1977 television film which was broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 13 and 14 1977.<br/><br/>First script titled "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" on front wrapper and titled "'Howard The Amazing Mr. Hughes' Part I" on first page of script has several annotations on front wrapper. In holograph ink on top left is written "Prod Thur 11/18/76" center right is the name "Tommy Lee Jones" with phone number below not in Jones' hand and an "I" immediately following title as well as a "9" in holograph pencil on upper right corner. Script contains two title pages of two revisions first yellow page has the underlined name "Norma" preceded by an asterisk as well as two underlines below the text "REVISED" on lower left in red holograph ink. The second pink title page has "33" on the upper left and a "Part I" on top center left in holograph pencil. Four pages contain strikes in holograph ink. Script contains a few copied annotations on the first 3 pages of script revision date some action changes and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Second script "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" has "33" on upper left of title page and "Part II" top center in holograph pencil. Three pages contain copied annotations revision date character direction and dialogue and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Based upon the 1972 Howard Hughes biography "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" by Hughes' long-time associate Noah Dietrich and AP Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas. The first of several film depictions of Howard Hughes as an young obsessive perfectionist and an elderly hypochondriac. An early break through role for Tommy Lee Jones.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" script:<br/>Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one dated November 26 1976 the other dated November 16 1976 both noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12-20-76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" script:<br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 16 1976 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 117A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12/20/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147460

‎Jerzy Skolimowski director; Siegfried Lenz screenwriter novel; Rainer Soehnlein screenwriter; Robert Duvall Klaus Maria Branda‎

‎The Lightship Original screenplay for the 1985 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for the 1985 film. Text in English.<br/><br/>Based on the 1960 German novel wherein a crew of bored sailors stationed on a floating lighthouse must suddenly fight to defend their vessel from a criminal trio seeking to overtake the ship. An early draft of the script written seven years before the film's release.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Germany. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1978 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Siegfried Lenz screenwriter Rainer Soehnlein and translator Scott Morrison. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 202. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146577

‎Katherine Anne Porter novel; Michael Fields director screenwriter; Fred Ward Stellan Skarsgard Pat Hingle starring‎

‎American Playhouse: Noon Wine Original screenplay for the 1985 television episode‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 "American Playhouse" episode originally aired on PBS on January 21 1985. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 novel by Katherine Anne Porter. A Swedish stranger arrives at a small family-run dairy farm out of the blue asking for work promising strong effort in exchange for very little pay. While the family is initially put off by the stranger's cold demeanor they gradually accept him and the farm thrives under his care until news arrives that lays their relationship with him and each other bare.<br/><br/>Set in South Texas shot in Fredericksburg and Mason Texas.<br/><br/>White titled self wrappers with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued noted as Revised Second Draft dated May 10 1984 with credits for director Michael Fields and novelist Katherine Anne Porter. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with soil to the first and final leaves bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146517

‎Davd Hemmings starring Samantha Eggar starring; Eric Till director; Winston Graham novel; George Bluestone screenwriter;‎

‎The Walking Stick Two original screenplays for the 1970 film‎

‎London: Winkast Film Productions 1968. Two Draft scripts for the 1970 film. One undated 163-page script with holograph annotations throughout regarding shot timing. The second a much smaller rainbow revision script at 125 pages dated November 22nd 1968 with "Complete '46" in holograph pencil on title page below title. <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/>Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Winston Graham. Deborah Dainton Samantha Eggar a polio victim in childhood is a young woman who uses a walking stick she doesn't really need and leads a heavily structured somewhat reclusive life until she meets the charming mediocre artist Leigh Hartley David Hemmings. Through Hartley's insistence friendship then romance blossoms and Dainton feels truly happy for the first time in her life. It is then Hartley reveals a plot he and his friends have to rob diamonds from the auction house she works at and Dainton finds that nearly everything Hartley had told her about himself has been a lie.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London England. <br/><br/>Undated Script:<br/><br/>Dark green untitled wrapper with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Bluestone and author Winston Graham. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 163. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads<br/><br/>"November 22nd 1968" Dated Script:<br/><br/>Black untitled wrapper with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 22nd 1968 with credits for author Winston Graham screenwriter George Bluestone and Additional Dialogue by Al Lettieri. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeographed and Offset duplication revision pages rectos only with blue yellow goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 21.11.68 and 24.2.69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some white inkstaining to front and larger white inkstaining to rear near spine bound internally with two gold brads. Winkast Film Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147180

‎Darin Mercado screenwriter‎

‎Windmills Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a holograph ink annotation to the title page presumably to a prospective actor from screenwriter Darin Mercado and lines for the character "Billy" marked with holograph pencil. Possibly incomplete.<br/><br/>After being dumped by a long-term girlfriend once again a serial monogamist heads to a bar determined to have a one-night-stand.<br/><br/>White self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Darin Mercado. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 24. Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with three staples at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146415

‎George Marshall director; George Wells screenwriter; Alec Coppel Frederick Brisson playwrights; Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Ca‎

‎The Gazebo Original screenplay for the 1959 film‎

‎N.p.: Avon Productions 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his name and character's name to the front wrapper in holograph pencil. Included with the script are two film programs and a set of laid-in revision pages.<br/><br/>A black comedy based on the 1958 play by Alec Coppel about a television writer who shoots and kills a would-be blackmailer and buries him under a gazebo in his family's backyard-but soon discovers he has murdered the wrong man. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers dated 6-18-59 rubber-stamped copy No. 109 with credits for director George Marshall and screenwriter George Wells. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-10-59 and 7-17-59. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and dampstained to the rear wrapper bound with three gold brads. Avon Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147169

‎Zack Kaplan screenwriter‎

‎The Whales Original screenplay for an unproduced short film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film.<br/><br/>A young woman discusses her problems with her mentally ill mother her desire to save the whales and her absent fiance in therapy-but all is not as it seems.<br/><br/>White lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 3/16/02 noted as Rough Draft with credits for screenwriter Zack Kaplan. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a spring binder clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146412

‎Philip S. Lyren screenwriter‎

‎Disorientation Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A young man suffers frequent blackouts often waking with strange injuries all over his body and becomes convinced he is being stalked due to his role in a nefarious unknown plot.<br/><br/>White titled self wrappers. Title page present copyrighted 2002 to Philip S. Lyren. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 73. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146414

‎Nicola Badalucco screenwriter‎

‎Masada Original treatment script for an unproduced film‎

‎Rome: Pegaso 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in English.<br/><br/>A bleak retelling of the siege of Masada by Roman troops in 74 AD leading one thousand Jews to commit suicide in order to avoid death at the hands of the Roman soldiers. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco who was best known for "The Damned" 1969 which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay.<br/><br/>Set in the Masada fortress in Israel.<br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Film treatment with credits for screenwriter Nicola BADALUCCO. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Pegaso unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146583

‎Gene R. Kearney screenwriter; Marshall Goldberg novel‎

‎The Karamanov Equations Original treatment script for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: Selznick/Glickman Productions 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed letter on Selznick/Glickman Productions letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to an agent at the Paul Kohner casting agency and signed by film producer Daniel Selznick.<br/><br/>Based on the 1972 novel. An American physician is the only doctor who can perform a surgery that will save a Soviet scientist's life-but the scientist is on the verge of an atomic breakthrough that could kill millions.<br/><br/>Set in Russia and Paris.<br/><br/>Yellow untitled card wrappers. Title page present noted as Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Gene R. Kearney and novelist Marshall Goldberg. 29 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. Selznick/Glickman Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146534

‎Ted Strauss screenwriter‎

‎The Target Original treatment script for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1970. Eight-page Treatment script for an unproduced film. Attached to the front wrapper is a handwritten note from producer Anthony Unger to casting agent Paul Kohner on Academy Players Directory letterhead introducing the script. <br/><br/>A veteran posts an ad in the newspaper offering to perform any service-especially seeking out risky and problematic endeavors-for $107941.72 which he intends to give to the family of a friend killed in the war. According to the final page of the script based on a real ad posted in the International Herald Tribune in February 1970.<br/><br/>Set in Southeast Asia and London.<br/><br/>Navy titled card label wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ted Strauss. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146525

‎Jerzy Antczak director screenwriter; Zdzislaw Skowronski screenwriter; Ljuba Kovacevic Ljiljana Krstic Predrag Lakovic starri‎

‎Maestro Original screenplay for the 1965 television film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for the 1965 Yugoslavian made-for-television film first aired on November 15 1965. With a few holograph ink annotations throughout mostly noting deletions and grammatical revisions. Text in English. <br/><br/>An aging actor recalls his experiences twenty years earlier during World War II in particular remembering an older artist nicknamed "Maestro" who encouraged him to pursue his dream of acting.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Warsaw.<br/><br/>White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Jerzy Antczak and story credits to Zdzislaw Skowronski. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rusting to the front wrapper likely from a paper clip bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146545

‎John Kenneth Galbraith novel screenwriter‎

‎The Triumph Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green holograph marker.<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/>Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept U.S. foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country.<br/><br/>Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147241

‎Robert Ellis Miller director; Herman Raucher play screenwriter; Sandy Dennis Anthony Newley Theodore Bikel starring‎

‎Sweet November Two original screenplays for the 1968 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Gershwin-Kastner Productions 1967. First Draft script and a Revised Estimating script for the 1968 film. The First Draft script is early written well over two years before the film's release. The Revised Estimating script is on all yellow stock except for distribution page white and pink "This Script Is Not Final and Is Given to You for Advance Information Only" page. Written a year prior the film's release the Revised Estimating script is only 79 pages ending with "PART II TO FOLLOW." <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 workaholic manufacturer meets a carefree young woman who takes lovers for a period of one month in order to help them get over their problems though complications ensue when he agrees to be her "November." Remade in 2001 directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Manhattan and Brooklyn New York. <br/><br/>First draft script:<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers dated July 9 1965. Title page present dated 7/9/65 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Herman Raucher. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads.<br/><br/>Rev. Estimating script:<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 65 dated February 1. 1967. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/1/67. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Gershwin-Kastner Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147239

‎Clive Donner screenwriter; Donald MacKenzie novel‎

‎Sleep is for the Rich Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1970. First draft screenplay for an unproduced film from British director Clive Donner circa early 1970s. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin with two small annotations one on page 16 of the word "ice" written into the dialogue in holograph marker and the page number "100" underlined in holograph ink at the top margin of that page.<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/>Based on the 1971 novel by Donald MacKenzie the third entry in his Henry Chalice Mystery series preceded by "Salute from a Dead Man" 1966 and "Death is a Friend" 1967. <br/><br/>Jewel thief Paul Henderson has had a run of bad luck when he is offered a job on a big heist from a career criminal he's worked with before but when he arrives in Switzerland for the crime he faces a double cross and a kidnapping.<br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Clive Donner and novelist Donald Mackenzie misspelled. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin rectos only. Tall Pages 8.5 x 11.75 inches with standard size wrappers 8.5 x 11 inches. Pages Very Good plus title page trimed about 1 1/4" from bottom wrapper Very Good plus two closed tears at top of die-cut window bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147269

‎Marc Connelly director screenwriter play; William Keighly director; Roark Bradford novel; Rex Ingram starring‎

‎The Green Pastures Collection of nine original photographs from the 1936 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1936. Collection of nine vintage oversize photographs from the 1936 film. Each with a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1930 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Marc Connelly itself based on "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" a 1928 collection of pseudo African American folk tales by Roark Bradford. One of only a handful of films to feature an all-Black cast made by a major Hollywood studio during the Golden Age becoming the highest grossing such film and remaining so until surpassed by "Carmen Jones" in 1954. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good with light edgewear and light vertical creasing down the center. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147033

‎Ray Bradbury short stories; Jack Smight director; Howard B. Kreitsek screenwriter; Rod Steiger starring‎

‎Be Your Own Illustrated Man Promotional temporary tattoos for the 1969 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Six vintage temporary tattoos issued as a promotional item for the 1969 film. With the both the original envelope housing the tattoos and a Warner Brothers mailing envelope addressed to film critic photographer and poet Michael S. Dworkin.<br/> <br/>The decals are inspired by the designs for the tattoo makeup worn up Rod Steiger in the film with the promotional copy inviting the recipient to "be your own illustrated man." The only example we have encountered unsurprising given the temporary nature of the item. <br/><br/>Based on three short stories from Bradbury's acclaimed collection "The Veldt" "The Long Rain" and "The Last Night of the World." <br/><br/>Tattoos variously sized between 4.25 x 5.75 and 8.75 x 4 inches. All but one tissue guard attached. Bright and Near Fine. <br/><br/>Promotional envelope 5.25 x 10 inches. Chip to the flap and bruising from wear it was opened else Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147024

‎Raymond Chandler novel; Robert Altman director; Leigh Brackett screenwriter; Elliott Gould Nina van Pallandt Sterling Hayden‎

‎The Long Goodbye Original screenplay for the 1973 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: E-K-Corporation / United Artists 1971. First draft script for the 1973 film written nine months before the production began.<br/><br/>From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996.<br/><br/>Based on Chandler's 1953 novel the sixth and penultimate Philip Marlowe book. Screenwriter Leigh Brackett who also co-wrote the screenplay for "The Big Sleep" 1946 updated not just the setting from the 1950s to the 1970s but the attitudes themes and relationships as well. The result was less of a straight adaptation than it was a satire of the traditional detective story a New Hollywood classic. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles Malibu Hollywood and Mexico<br/><br/>Black titled Studio Duplicating Service Inc. wrappers. Title page present dated September 1971 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Leigh Brackett. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy BFI Companion to Crime. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. E-K-Corporation / United Artists unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 147168

‎Thornton Freeland director; Clemence Dane screenwriter; Jeffrey Farnol novel; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Elissa Landi Gordon Harker‎

‎The Amateur Gentleman Original screenplay for the 1936 film‎

‎London: Criterion 1935. Shooting script for the 1936 film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1913 novel. When a former boxing champion turned innkeeper is wrongly accused of stealing jewelry from wealthy guests staying at the inn his son travels to London and impersonates an aristocratic gentleman in order to prove his father's innocence and catch the true thief.<br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Clemence Dane. 235 leaves with last page of text numbered 230. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with foxing and edgewear side stapled. Criterion unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146083

‎Mitchell Leisen director; Kenyon Nicholson Bogart Rogers screenwriter; Fred MacMurray Joan Bennett Zasu Pitts starring‎

‎13 Hours by Air Twenty Hours by Air Original screenplay for the 1936 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1936. Continuity and Dialogue script pre-production for the 1936 film here under the working title "Twenty Hours by Air." With faint holograph pencil annotations throughout. Typescript in black and red type.<br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers rubber-stamped Paramount Production No. 1801. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kenyon Nicholson. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Black and red typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with yapping to the front wrapper's right edge bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146032

‎HC. Potter director; Isabel Dawn Boyce DeGaw screenwriter; Wendy Barrie Ray Milland Kent Taylor Louise Beavers starring H. C‎

‎Wings Over Honolulu Original post-production screenplay for the 1937 film‎

‎Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1937 film. With a single holograph pencil notation.<br/><br/>A young woman relocates with her Navy pilot husband to his base in Honolulu Hawaii and tries to adapt to the challenges of military life. An early appearance by breakthrough African American actor Louise Beavers known for her extensive portrayals of Black domestic servants then known as "mammy" roles as in "Imitation of Life" and the 1940s television series "Beulah."<br/><br/>Set in Honolulu Hawaii. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as production No. 871 with credits for director H.C. Potter and actors Wendy Barrie Ray Milland Kent Taylor William Gargan and Polly Rowles. Title page integral to the first page of text noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE with credits for director H.C. Potter. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL EIGHT PAGE 22. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good with tidemarks to the lower edges and light foxing throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146040

‎Lawrence Sanders author; Stephen Geller screenwriter‎

‎The First Deadly Sin Original screenplay for the 1980 film early draft‎

‎Los Angeles: Robert Weitman Productions 1974. Revised Fourth Draft Screenplay an early attempt at a script for the 1980 film preceding its production by six years.<br/><br/>Based on 1973 novel "The First Deadly Sin" by Lawrence Sanders. Not to be confused with the 1980 film also based on the novel by Sanders. It is the second installment in Sanders' Edward X. Delaney crime series. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 6 1974 noted as Revised Fourth Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Stephen Geller and author Lawrence Sanders. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 147. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Robert Weitman Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 141494

‎James Tinling director; Allen Rivkin screenwriter; Paul Cavanaugh Helen Wood starring‎

‎Champagne Charlie Original screenplay for the 1936 film‎

‎Hollywood: Fox Film Corporation 1935. Final Shooting Script for the 1936 film with holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper. Included with the script is a bound set of revisions and retakes dated February 28 1936 also with holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A gambling rogue seduces rich women in order to use their dowries to support his decadent lifestyle and pay off his debts. When he falls in love with a copper heiress in the process of trying to swindle her he must decide between the wealth and power their marriage would bring him and the social disgrace she would encounter if his prior indiscretions were ever made public.<br/><br/>Final shooting script 10-2-35:<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 10-2-35 with credits for screenwriter Allen Rivkin and story credits to Gene Markey. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/4/35 and 11/2/35. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Revisions and Retakes:<br/><br/>Blue partial wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT / REVISIONS & RETAKES on the front wrapper dated February 28 1936 with credits for associate producer Edward T. Lowe and story credits to Gene Markey. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/2/36. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor quite dry with some cracking and a lower right corner of the front rear wrapper detached bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146172

‎Victor Saville director; Sally Benson screenwriter; Humphrey Slater novel; Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor starring‎

‎Conspirator Original screenplay for the 1949 film‎

‎Culver City CA: MGM 1948. Composite script for the 1949 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Based on the 1949 Red Scare novel wherein a young American newlywed learns her husband is a spy for the Soviet Union and forces him to choose between their love and his dedication to the Communist cause. Elizabeth Taylor's first adult role and one that many of the film's detractors argued was too mature for the then-sixteen year-old star who played opposite a 37 year-old Robert Taylor. The film's release was initially delayed due to MGM's fear that it would cause diplomatic problems with the Soviet bloc and indeed "Conspirator" was banned outright in Finland and New Delhi India for similar reasons.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London and Wales.<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with an extra light blue wrapper from the final draft script bound in rubber-stamped VAULT COPY and COMPOSITE SCRIPT / COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 24 and production No. 5304 dated 8-26-48 with credits for screenwriter Sally Benson. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 256 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeographed rectos only with leaves dated variously between 8-27-48 and 10-1-48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. MGM unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146108