‎Scénariste‎

‎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 holograph 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 holograph 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 books‎

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‎Istvan Szabo director screenwriter; Peter Dobai screenwriter; John Osborne playwright; Klaus Maria Brandauer Gudrun Landgrebe‎

‎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 books‎

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‎Paul Landres director; Barry Shipman screenwriter; Bill Williams Don Diamond starring‎

‎The Adventures of Kit Carson: Overland Stage Original screenplay for the 1954 television episode‎

‎Hollywood: Revue Productions 1954. Draft script for the Season 4 Episode 22 "The Adventures of Kit Carson" episode "Eyes of the Outlaw" originally aired on December 25 1954. Copy belonging to actor Tom Irish with the name of his character "Randy Howard" in holograph ink notation to the title page and a number of annotations throughout including some ink drawings to the page margins and versos. <br/><br/>Kit and El Toro help the owner of a stage line whose coaches are continually robbed by an outlaw gang.<br/><br/>Set in the American West. <br/><br/>Titled self-wrappers with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued noted as Teleplay on the front wrapper noted as production No. 160 with credits for screenwriter Barry Shipman. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a staple to the top left corner. Revue Productions unknown books‎

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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 holograph 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 books‎

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‎Paul Mazursky director screenwriter starring; George Segal Susan Anspach Kris Kristofferson Marsha Mason Shelley Winters s‎

‎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 holograph 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 books‎

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‎James M. Cain screenwriter; Jacques Tourneur director; Robert Mitchum Jane Greer Kirk Douglas Rhonda Fleming starring‎

‎Out of the Past Build My Gallows High Original screenplay for the 1947 film James M. Cain draft‎

‎Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Estimating script for the 1947 film dated April 3 1946. James M. Cain's ultimately uncredited rewrite of Geoffrey Homes' early draft based on Homes' 1946 novel "Build My Gallows High" which was at that time still unpublished. <br/><br/>A rare script which confirms a claim still listed as unsubstantiated by the AFI Catalog which notes: "The working title of this film was Build My Gallows High. In September 1945 RKO outbid Warner Bros. for the rights to Geoffrey Homes' . unpublished novel according to a Los Angeles Times article. . Modern sources also claim that James M. Cain rewrote Homes' script with Frank Fenton. Fenton is credited as a contributing writer by SAB but Cain's contribution has not been confirmed by contemporary sources."<br/><br/>Ultimately sole credit for the script went to Homes who would make a permanent switch from novels to screenplays after the success of the film later under his real name Daniel Mainwaring. Cain would also spend many years in Hollywood though he only received screenwriting credits on two films "Stand Up and Fight" 1939 and "Gypsy Wildcat" 1944. <br/><br/>A former private detective lives a quiet life in a small town until his past catches up with him forcing him to return to the world of crime. An unimpeachable high spot of the genre. <br/><br/>Set in Bridgeport California shot in the High Sierra Mountains of Nevada and Reno as well as locations throughout California. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1495 dated April 3 1946 with credits for screenwriter Cain and novelist Homes. Title page integral with front wrapper. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US Classic Noir. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books‎

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‎Ridley Scott director; Charles Gieg Jr. Felix Sutton book; Todd Robinson screenwriter; Jeff Bridges Caroline Goodall John Sav‎

‎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 untitled 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 books‎

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‎Barry Levinson director screenwriter; Steve Guttenberg Daniel Stern Mickey Rourke Kevin Bacon Tim Daly Ellen Barkin starri‎

‎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 to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books‎

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‎Isao Takahata director screenwriter; Akiyuki Nosaka novel; Tsutomu Tatsumi Ayano Shiraishi Yoshiko Shinohara Akemi Yamaguchi‎

‎Grave of the Fireflies Original screenplay for the 1988 film‎

‎Tokyo: Shinchosha 1988. Draft script for the 1988 Japanese animated film. Text and titles in Japanese. <br/><br/>Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical short story following the final days of two Japanese children during World War II. Nosaka purportedly heartily approved of the choice to adapt his story as an animated film noting that he believed it would have been impossible to create the bleak backdrop or find child actors able to create a film of the subject in any other way. The second film animated by Studio Ghibli best known for its animated films directed by Hayao Miyazaki.<br/><br/>Set in Kobe.<br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the page edges bound perfectly.<br/><br/>Ebert II. Shinchosha unknown books‎

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‎Yasujiro Ozu director screenwriter; Kogo Noda screenwriter; Keiji Sada Yoshiko Kuga Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake starring‎

‎Good Morning Original screenplay for the 1959 film with annotations throughout‎

‎Tokyo: Shochiku 1959. Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. With holograph pencil annotations throughout ostensibly noting the placement of a certain character's lines.<br/><br/>Angered by their parents' refusal to buy them a television set two young brothers decide to go on a silence strike against all adults leading to a number of comic misunderstandings in their tight-knit community. <br/><br/>Set in a suburb of Tokyo.<br/><br/>White titled wrappers. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly foxed with some wear to the binding with perfect binding.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 84. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Shochiku unknown books‎

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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/>Set in Hiroshima.<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good slightly wavy with light dampstains to the extremities bound perfectly. Toei unknown books‎

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‎Henry Hathaway director; Malvin Wald story; Richard Maibaum screenwriter; George Montomery Maureen O'Hara John Sutton starring‎

‎Ten Gentlemen from West Point Original screenplay for the 1942 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 574 and copy No. 7 studio "Received" dated Dec 9 1941 and "Permanent Legal Records" all rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. One annotation in holograph pencil of three names on the verso of page 156.<br/><br/>Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in West Point NY. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 574 dated DECEMBER 9 1941. Title page present dated December 9 1941 noted as Shooting Final. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 1. Memeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/9/42 and 3/5/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with faint dampstain on front wrapper fading text bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

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‎Luigi Scattini director; Franco Castellano Giuseppe Moccia Vittorio Vighi Fulvio Lucisano screenwriter; Franco Franchi Cicci‎

‎War Italian Style Due Marines e un Generale Collection of 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. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Italian International Film unknown books‎

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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 books‎

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‎Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn Otto Preminger director; John D. Voelker novel; Wendell Mayes screenwriter; James Stewart Lee R‎

‎Anatomy of a Murder Original photograph from the set of the 1959 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Otto Preminger Films 1959. Vintage photograph of Otto Preminger Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on the set of the 1959 film. <br/><br/>Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" was the first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African-American composer. The jazz score composed by Ellington and Strayhorn uncredited and performed by Ellington's Orchestra won three Grammy Awards in 1959 including Best Sound Track Album.<br/><br/>Based on the 1958 novel by John D. Voelker under the pseudonym Robert Traver which he based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Michigan.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine very light creasing. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. Otto Preminger Films unknown books‎

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‎David Cronenberg director; Jeffrey Boam screenwriter; Stephen King novel; Christopher Walken Martin Sheen Brooke Adams starrin‎

‎The Dead Zone Original screenplay for the 1983 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1980. First Draft script for the 1983 film. Accompanied by a twenty-page German language program and single-page English promotional synopsis for the film. <br/><br/>An early draft written by screenwriter Jeffrey Boam a year after the novel's release at the request of Lorimar Film Entertainment before they shuttered their film division and the rights went to Dino De Laurentiis. This draft of the script includes a gruesome ending in which Johnny has a vision of the Castle Rock serial killer as he dies which director David Cronenberg later requested be revised. <br/><br/>Based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King about a man who wakes up from a five year coma with an uncontrollable psychic power: the ability to see the past and future of anyone he touches. King is said to have approved of Boam and Cronenberg's substantial changes to his work stating that they "intensified the power of the narrative." <br/><br/>Set in Castle Rock Maine shot on location in Ontario. <br/><br/>Partial blue untitled wrapper. Title page present dated November 17 1980 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and novelist Stephen King. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Manually reproduced rectos only. Pages Near Fine uniformly age toned wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and dampstaining bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books‎

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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 books‎

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‎Edward Ludwig director; Richard Bernstein Max Steeber story; Jo Heims screenwriter; Rory Calhoun Rod Cameron Ruta Lee starrin‎

‎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 holograph pencil on all but two pages and several annotations in holograph 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 books‎

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‎Louis King director; Steve Fisher story; Allen Rivkin screenwriter; Dorothy Lamour Robert Preston Lynne Overman starring‎

‎Typhoon Original screenplay for the 1940 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1940 film with the name of uncredited screenwriter Leonard Lee in holograph pencil over date on lower left. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps and holograph annotation in pencil on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period.<br/><br/>Paramount's 1940 Technicolor south seas adventure. Dea Dorothy Lamour is marooned on an isolated island since childhood with only the company of Koko the chimp when Skipper Joe Lynne Overman and Johnny Potter Robert Preston are marooned on the island by a mutinous crew. The three must battle angry natives and survive tidal waves a forest fire and the titular typhoon to survive.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set on a South Sea island and shot on location in Santa Catalina Island Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden and Baldwin Dry Lake California. <br/><br/>Self wrappers with front wrapper dated July 8 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1908. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered E-31. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

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‎Theodore Reed director; George Fitch novel; Don Hartman screenwriter; William Holden Bonita Granville Judith Barrett starring‎

‎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 holograph 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. <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 books‎

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‎David Burton director; Harold Buchman Clark Andrews Jack Jungmeyer Edith Skouras screenwriter; Vina Delmar novel; Robert Ster‎

‎Manhattan Heartbeat Marriage in Transit Original screenplay for the 1940 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final script for the 1940 film. With holograph pencil and ink annotations to the front wrapper and title page.<br/><br/>A loose adaptation of the pre-Code melodrama "Bad Girl" 1931 which was in turn based on the 1928 novel by Vina Delmar. Newlyweds Johnny and Dottie have trouble staying within their budget due to Dottie's extravagant spending eventually leading Johnny to take on dangerous test-pilot jobs at the airport where he works as a mechanic. A cautionary morality tale about premarital sex and pregnancy.<br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 114 and production No. 1887 dated MARCH 19 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 16 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Clark Andrews and Harold Buchman. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/19/40 and 3/26/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some yapping at the right edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

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‎Leo McCarey director screenwriter; John Lee Mahin screenwriter; Helen Hayes Van Heflin Dean Jagger starring‎

‎My Son John My Son John Original screenplay for the 1952 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. <br/><br/>A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" 1951 in order to finish the film.<br/><br/>Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism bigotry and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era.<br/><br/>Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated February 27 1951 noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeographed on green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some fading and edgewear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

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‎Robert Collins director screenwriter; William Sullivan William Brown book; Treat Williams Joe Regalbuto starring‎

‎J. Edgar Hoover Hoover Original screenplay for the 1987 film‎

‎Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan 1986. Shooting script for the television film here under the working title "Hoover" first aired on Showtime on January 11 1987.<br/><br/>A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI."<br/><br/>Set in Washington DC<br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1986 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Collins. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some foxing and light fading to the extremities bound with two gold brads. RLC/Finnegan unknown books‎

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‎George Sherman director; Harold Medford screenwriter; Mark Stevens Alex Nicol Robert Douglas starring‎

‎Target Unknown Prisoner of War Original screenplay for the 1951 film‎

‎Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Final Shooting script for the 1951 film here under the working title "Prisoner of War." With detailed extensive holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout the script. Likely copy belonging to Harold Medford with many annotations ending in "HM" throuhgout<br/><br/>Disoriented and exhausted from multiple missions over occupied France an American bomber squadron is forced to bail out leading to their capture and interrogation by the Germans.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7724 dated July 20 1950. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Harold Medford. 179 leaves. Mimeographed rectos only with yellow blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/12/50 and 10-3-50. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books‎

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‎Dennis Hopper director; Michael Schiffer screenwriter; Sean Penn Robert Duvall Maria Conchita Alonso starring‎

‎Colors Original photograph on the set of the 1988 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1988. Vintage borderless candid photograph of director Dennis Hopper and actor Robert Duvall on the set of the 1988 film. With a mimeo snipe to the verso dated 1988. <br/><br/>The film which brought Hopper back onto the map as a director for the first time since "Easy Rider" 1969 about a seasoned cop and his rookie partner struggling against gang violence in East Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown books‎

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