N.p.: Afton-Linebrook 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. <br/><br/>What "Valley of the Dolls" is to drugs "BUtterfield 8" is to sex. Extremely watchable trash a big-budget film with lowdown agenda and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor who won an Oscar for her performance could have been accurately described as young and radiant bravely taking on an unsympathetic role as a high-end call girl who is beginning to run into problems. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink blue ink and holograph graphite. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Afton-Linebrook unknown books
1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Based on H. S. Ede's book "Savage Messiah." <br/><br/>A biopic about the life and work of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Much of the content was taken from letters sent between Henri and his much older somewhat emotionally detached lover Sophie Brzeska. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph ink notation the verso. unknown books
N.p.: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film. <br/><br/>Bruce Dern plays a psychologically unstable tattoo artist who becomes obsessed with a model. After kidnapping her he uses her body as a canvas for "his masterpiece." <br/><br/>Shot on location in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown books
N.p.: Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica 1956. Two vintage reference studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name. <br/><br/>An Italian-American war film directed by King Vidor and starring Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda and Mel Ferrer. The film contains a condensed plot compared to its lengthy source material. <br/><br/>Set in Russia shot on location in Rome Mantua and Piedmont Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica unknown books
N.p.: Fideline Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1983 film. <br/><br/>A goofy French comedy about two men enlisted by their former lover to find her son. In order to secure their help she assures each man that she believes him to be the boy's true father. The hopeful duo sets out to finally reunite with their "son." <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Red holograph notation to the verso else Near Fine. Fideline Films unknown books
N.p.: Palomar Pictures 1972. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Academy Award winning film starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier. A psychological thriller filled with twists and reveals in which a successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with the intention of humiliating the man. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with holograph graphite and blue ink annotations to the verso. <br/><br/><br/>Penzler 101. Palomar Pictures unknown books
N.p.: David Blocker Productions 1990. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1990 film. <br/><br/>An old fashioned hard-boiled detective film starring Tom Berenger Elizabeth Perkins Anne Archer and Kate Capshaw and directed by Alan Rudolph. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Oregon. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small stain to the image and a blue holograph ink notation to the verso. <br/><br/><br/>Grant US. David Blocker Productions unknown books
Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. Snipe folded around the image. <br/><br/>Bobby Driscoll plays Jim Hawkins a young cabin-boy in competition with the infamous pirate Long John Silver for a trove of treasure. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with holograph pencil annotations to the verso. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1968 film. <br/><br/>Two friends with completely different lifestyles decide to become roommates with some predictable and problematic results. Starring Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau and John Fiedler. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
N.p.: Bioskop Film 1990. Collection of 11 vintage studio still photographs from the 1990 film. <br/><br/>Based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel which envisions a dystopian future in which fertile women are forced to play sexual surrogate to wealthy childless families. <br/><br/>Shot on location in North Carolina. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Bioskop Film unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Collection of six full color vintage lobby cards from the 1960 film. <br/><br/>From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. <br/><br/>A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. <br/><br/>Shot on location in San Francisco California. <br/><br/>17 x 13 inches. Very Good with pin holes and a holograph ink notation to the recto of one lobby card. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1967 film. <br/><br/>Based on William Shakespeare's classic play and starring a feisty Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina. The film was marketed with a notably misogynistic tag-line: "A motion picture for every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved. and for every woman who deserved it. Which takes in a lot of people!" Nonetheless it was positively received and received wide praise as a witty little picture. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Lazio Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Collection of 12 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>After being labeled a coward Lord Jim seeks redemption through an exceptionally dangerous mission. In its wake he finds himself faced again with the choice of self preservation or honor. The Technicolor film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Cambodia China Malaysia and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Collection of four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1957 film. <br/><br/>The story of a motley assortment of expatriates who travel to Pamplona to attend the running of the bulls it reflected Hemingway's own abiding fascination with bullfighting. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic hard-drinking burned-out Mike Campbell.in other words himself. Though considered one of the most honest "big" film adaptations of its era due mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel the author is said to have walked out only 25 minutes into the premier. Zanuck's first independent production after his departure from Fox. The snipe on this photograph's verso suggests that Zanuck also had a hand in directing certain Parisian scenes as is depicted here. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France Mexico and Spain. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
London: Woodfall Film Productions 1963. Collection of six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Paper snipes affixed to the versos of each. Based on Henry Fielding's 1749 novel "The History of Tom Jones a Foundling." <br/><br/>An exceptionally popular adaptation of Fielding's classic novel and winner of four Academy Awards including best picture. Tom is a feisty good natured fellow of questionable origins who is turned loose on the world after his devious rival spreads ill-conceived fabrications to his father. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Film still for the 1937 film based on the 1880 novel "Heidi's Lehr" by Johanna Spyri. Along with "The Little Princess" 1939 "Heidi" stands as Shirley Temple's greatest triumph and one of the finest literary adaptations of the 1930s. . <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine holograph graphite notation to the verso. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
N.p.: CIP 1978. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. <br/><br/>A beloved newspaper columnist falls for an ailing ballerina in John Avildsen's 1978 romantic film. Anne Ditchburn who had no prior acting experience was chosen from a pool of 400 applicants for the part. A dancer and choreographer she choreographed some of her own routines in the film. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a red holograph notation to one image. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. CIP unknown books
London: Hammer Films 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Hammer Films produced this solid little thriller about a young woman haunted by her past. After witnessing her psychotic mother stab her father to death as a young girl Janet is sent to a boarding school. Years later she begins to experience debilitating nightmares that mirror the traumatic event in her childhood. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Berkshire England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Slightly wrinkled snipe and a stamp to the verso. <br/><br/><br/>Selby UK. Spicer UK. Hammer Films unknown books
Paris: Paris Film Productions 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>The young handsome Octave arrives in Paris and becomes the object of many women's attentions. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small holograph graphite notation to the verso. Paris Film Productions unknown books
Culver City CA: Brooksfilms 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 film. <br/><br/>Two antiquarian booksellers strike up a long distance friendship during the late years of WWII. Starring Anne Bancroft Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Brooksfilms unknown books
N.p.: Charles B. Pierce Film Productions 1978. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1978 film. <br/><br/>An 11th century Viking prince sails to North America to rescue his father from a Native American tribe. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Charles B. Pierce Film Productions unknown books
N.p.: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Directed by Joseph Losey the historical biopic focuses on the final chapter in Trotsky's life when he was living in exile in Mexico City. Stalin sends quiet meek assassin Frank Jacson to do away with the political dissident. <br/><br/>Set in Mexico shot on location in Italy and Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1971. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Two strangers meet in a chance encounter that ends in an unusual romance. <br/><br/>Very Good plus with light age toning. and a handful of pinhole tears to each lobby card. Universal Pictures unknown books
N.p.: Aries Productions 1975. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Based on Jacqueline Susann's 1973 novel of the same name. <br/><br/>A wealthy Hollywood tycoon falls on hard times and marries a diabolical sugar-mama to fund his lavish lifestyle. meanwhile his beautiful daughter returns to the US from Europe and begins an affair with one of her father's rivals. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York Spain Switzerland and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Olive Films 690. Aries Productions unknown books
N.p.: Otto Preminger Films 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Otto Preminger's film marked one of the last black and white war epics and the final black and white film starring John Wayne. Known also for its iconic poster designed by Saul Bass. Bass' initial design proposals were in general too radical for film studios to consider for advertisement and were invariably altered to suit commercial needs. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California and Hawaii. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph ink notation to the verso. Otto Preminger Films unknown books
N.p.: Independent Film Producers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. <br/><br/>Bertrand is a young British accountant who upon uncovering a financial error is rewarded with a trip to Monte Carlo. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Monaco and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine with a holograph graphite notation to the verso. Independent Film Producers unknown books
N.p.: Europa Film 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Two pages saddle stapled 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small holograph graphite notation to the recto. Europa Film unknown books
N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. <br/><br/>The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. <br/><br/>After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. <br/><br/>A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown books
Rome: Titanus 1962. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>The film follows the son of Sparticus a young soldier in the Roman army. While on an expedition Randus and a young slave girl are lost at sea and the couple must find their way back to civilization. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Egypt. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Titanus unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Two children manipulate their estranged mother into returning home with from Italy. The final film to be directed by Delmer Daves. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a stamp to the verso. Warner Brothers unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1984. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1984 miniseries. Snipe printed on the verso. <br/><br/>A US miniseries broadcast on NBC that dramatizes the events surrounding the modern Olympics' founding in 1896. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Greece. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures Television unknown books
N.p.: Golan-Globus Productions 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Actor. <br/><br/>Original screenplay written by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa who intended the film to be his color debut. His plans were thwarted however when difficulties with American financiers led to the film being shelved. Starring Jon Voight Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay the film was eventually made and released to critical acclaim. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Montana Alaska and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>The film follows the quarrels between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II over the painting of the Sistine Chapel. It was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Erich Segal's classic novel whose central character Oliver Barrett IV Segal states was inspired by two notable Harvard students politician and philanthropist Al Gore romantic hero aspect and actor/director Tommy Lee Jones sensitive stud aspect both attendees at the Ivy League school in 1968. Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw both received numerous accolades for their performances and the film won an Academy Award 1971 for Best Original Score composed by Francis Lai. Lai's other credits include the ending credits theme song for the 1992 short blaxploitation/sci-fi satire "Gayniggers sic from Outer Space" and the soundtrack to the "Love Story" sequel "Oliver's Story" 1978. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California New York China Massachusetts and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine with a red holograph notation to the snipe. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Paper snipe taped to the verso. Won an Academy Award for Best Documentary. <br/><br/>A documentary about the pristine American Prairie. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a holograph notation toned tape and a stamp to the verso. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
N.p.: Accent Films B.V. 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film. Based on Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera of the same name. <br/><br/>A musical retelling of Verdi's famous opera which follows the doomed romance between a courtesan and a nobleman. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Accent Films B.V. unknown books
N.p.: Mirisch Corporation 1961. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Released in conjunction with the execution of John A. Bennett a soldier convicted for molesting an eleven year old girl. The film follows the trial of four American soldiers in Germany accused of raping a young woman. Dimitri Tiomkin composed the film score including the Academy Award nominated song "Town Without Pity." <br/><br/>Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Bavaria Germany. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to the corners and light wrinkling overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Mirisch Corporation unknown books
Los Angeles: Harlequin Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>A twist on the Frenkenstein mad-scientist scenario in which Bruce Dern plays the crazed scientist who transplants a murder's head onto a mentally handicapped young man - next to the boy's own head! <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Holograph ink notation to the verso else Near Fine. Harlequin Pictures unknown books
Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1950. Collection of three color studio still photographs from the 1950 film. <br/><br/>Bobby Driscoll plays Jim Hawkins a young cabin-boy in competition with the infamous pirate Long John Silver for a trove of treasure. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with holograph pencil annotations to the verso. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
N.p.: Hemdale 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. <br/><br/>J. Lee Thompson's 1979 film follows the plight of a refugee scientist and his family as they attempt to escape war-torn France. The French resistance asks a Basque farmer to aid the family as they journey across the Pyrenees Mountains to neutral Spain. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>Red die cut wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 159. Pages Near Fine xerographically duplicated wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Small tear to the front wrapper. Hemdale unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Revised Final script for the 1950 film. Bound presentation belonging to producer Sol C. Siegel with his name in gilt on the front board. With 53 studio still photographs tipped in throughout four pages of retakes and added scenes tipped in at the rear as well as a number of holograph annotations primarily denoting the titles of various musical numbers. <br/><br/>Based on the short story "Stork Don't Bring Babies" by S.K. Lauren Grable and Dailey play a showbiz couple who discover in successive order that they cannot have children that they can adopt children and that they aren't really fit to raise children. But things get better with the help of several musical numbers scored by Harold Arlen. <br/><br/>Bound in green faux leather boards with gilt titles and rule and marbled endpapers. Title page present dated Dec. 1 1949 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriters Trotti and Binyon. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/21/19 and 1/5/50. Pages Very Good plus photographs Near Fine with some bruising or chipping to the verso of the preceding page on either the top or bottom edge. Boards Near Fine with a bump to the upper rear corner. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Berkeley: Saul Zaentz 1990. Third Draft script for the 1991 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen about the conflicts and relationships between an indigenous Amazon tribe the missionaries that want to convert them and the mercenaries hired to move them off their land. <br/><br/>Set in Amazon rainforest shot on location in Brazil and Venezuela. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated April 23 1990 with credits for screenwriters Jean-Claude Carriere and Hector Babenco and author Peter Matthiessen. Title page present dated April 23 1990 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriters Carriere and Babenco and author Matthiessen. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Saul Zaentz unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1962. Revised Draft script for the Episode 41 of Season 4 of the television series. Copy belonging to Sammy Davis Jr who played the cashier and Kid Pepper in this episode with his signature on the first page and annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout. <br/><br/>Two private investigators work on the south side of the Sunset Strip next to Dean Martin's actual nightclub Dino's Lodge. Each episode was an hour long and featured two hardboiled detectives and an aspiring PI working next door as a valet. The actor's first appearance in a show that hewed so closely to his "Rat Pack" persona though he had appeared in a few other television dramas and Westerns as early as 1952. <br/><br/>Set in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Bound in a homemade sewn binding with a card wrapper black endpapers and binding sealed with tan paper tape. Title page present dated March 1 1962 noted as Revised. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Mechanical duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 20 1962 and March 1 1962. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrapper perfect bound. Warner Brothers Television unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1974 film here seen under the working title "Deadly Honeymoon." A single holograph notation to the first page. <br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel Deadly Honeymoon by Lawrence Block about a newlywed husband who seeks bloody revenge on a pair of killers after they beat him unconscious and assault his bride. <br/><br/>Set in New Orleans shot on location there. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 163 and production No. 7475 dated March 27 1972 with credits for screenwriter S. Lee Pogostin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated March 31 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Troy MI: Anchor Bay Entertainment 1969. First Draft script for the 1971 film. With several annotations in holograph pencil and ink throughout. Here under the working title "Somewhere in the Mountains There is a Last Valley." Based on the 1959 novel by J.B. Pick. <br/><br/>Cited often by actor Michael Caine as his favorite of all his many acting roles. During the Thirty Years' War in Germany Vogel Sharif a teacher is being pursued by a band of mercenaries fighting for the highest bidder regardless of religious affiliation lead by "The Captain" Caine. Vogel comes upon a village in a mountain valley yet untouched by the war and horror that has gripped most of continental Europe. The Captain soon comes upon the valley and decides to spend winter there and Vogel ends up acting as intermediary between the villagers and the soldiers. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 13 1969 noted as 1st Draft Screenplay with credit for screenwriter Clavell. 167 leaves with last page numbered 161. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good with some discoloration wrapper Very Good with some staining bound internally with three gold brads. Anchor Bay Entertainment unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. First Draft script for the 1979 film SIGNED by the director Richard Lester. With three pages of synopsis laid in. <br/><br/>A former British major lands in Cuba to train the Cuban army to resist Castro where he encounters an old flame who is recently brushed off by her husband. Finally a strike and the overhaul by Castro causes the British and Americans to flee leaving his girlfriend crying and facing a new Communist government. <br/><br/>Set in Cuba shot on location in Spain. <br/><br/>Purple blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as a first draft screenplay with credits for screenwriter Charles Wood. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. United Artists unknown books
London: Montpelier 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware with his name and annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Laid in is a note from James Ware. <br/><br/>Based on Paul Gallico's short story "The Enchanted Hour" a British man is sent to America to negotiate a deal for which he is clearly out his depth. <br/><br/>Set in the United States shot on location in England. <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1957 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 28 1957 and July 31 1957. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Montpelier unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. First Draft script for the 1960 film. Copy belonging to associate producer James H. Ware with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout in holograph pencil and ink. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. <br/><br/>Based on the 1956 play of the same name by Margaret Vyner who also wrote the screenplay Victor and Hillary live in castle and get so down on their luck that they begin having tourists visit their castle. Millionaire Charles Delacro soon visits and takes a great liking to the home as well as to Hillary and a love triangle quickly develops. <br/><br/>Set in Hampshire England shot on location in Lacock and Surrey England. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 4 1957 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Hugh and Margaret Williams. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication with revision pages throughout dated August 12 1959 . Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. <br/><br/>Olive Films 649. Universal Pictures unknown books
London: Romulus 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. Copy belonging to producer James H. Ware with his name and annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. <br/><br/>Based on the novel of the same name also by James Barlow Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher who can not advance in his career due to his refusal to fight in the Second World War. He is working at a school where the teens do not like to be there and he is having a fallout with his wife all while a young student begins to have a crush on him leading to him catching a false sexual molestation charge. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location in Ireland. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 17 1961. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 171. Mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Romulus unknown books
London: De Grunwald Productions 1953. Draft script for the 1953 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware with his annotations throughout in holograph pencil and ink. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. <br/><br/>A group of strangers board a plane for Paris for the weekends and their lives are changed forever when they encounter the enchantment and secrets of the City of Lights. The film is a great look into British and Parisian life in the early 1950s as well as the culture of the Russian nightclub of which there were several in Paris. In one such club in the film Ludmila Lopato sings the original version of the song translated as "Those were the Days" later made famous by Mary Hopkin. <br/><br/>Set in Paris shot on location there. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples. De Grunwald Productions unknown books
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