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Straub Peter sourcework and Lawrence D. Cohen screenwriter
GHOST STORY
Universal City: Universal City Studios 1981. 2152 leaves with plus lettered inserts and revision variations. Quarto. Mechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in studio wrappers. Ink initials on upper wrapper script number on title a couple of minor annotations otherwise about fine. Denoted the "first draft" but evidencing revisions over the spans of weeks noted above with dated revises on salmon green and blue stock. John Irvin directed the December 1981 release starring an ensemble cast including Fred Astaire John Houseman Melvyn Douglas Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Patricia Neal Alice Krige et al. Universal City Studios unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76271
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Ambler Eric screenwriter
Original Studio One-Sheet Poster for: THE OCTOBER MAN
Np: Two Cities / Eagle Lion 1948. Original color stone-lithographed one-sheet 41 x 27". Folded as issued. Stabholes in top blank corners from intended use lower blank margin has some mild discoloration otherwise in very good order the colors bright and fresh. A highly atmospheric poster for the 1948 US release of the 1947 UK film based on Ambler's original screenplay. Ambler is also credited as producer of the film. John Mills Joan Greenwood and Edward Chapman starred and Roy Ward Baker directed. The release of the film prompted the publication of a novelization of the script in the UK. The artwork for the US one sheet reflects the noir tone of the film far better than does the UK one sheet. Two Cities / Eagle Lion unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75442
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Huxley Aldous sourcework & screenwriter
Complete Set of Studio Lobby Cards for: A WOMAN'S VENGEANCE
Universal City: Universal Studios / National Screen Service 1947. Eight 11 x 14" full color lobby cards. NSS blindstamp in lower extreme corner of each card three short strips of paper tape not as repairs on verso of title card upper right blank margin of title card has a short nick and some creasing but otherwise a very good or better bright set. A complete set of the lobby cards issued to promote US distribution of Huxley's own adaptation to the screen of his 1922 story "The Giaconda Smile." Zoltan Korda directed stars Charles Boyer Ann Blyth Jessica Tandy and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Huxley's name is prominently incorporated in each of the cards. BROMER D3. Universal Studios / National Screen Service unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75443
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Vidal Gore sourcework: O'Brien Richard screenwriter
BLONDEL INSTRUMENT OF WAR A MUSICAL TREATMENT FOR FILM BASED ON GORE VIDAL'S RENDITION OF THE RICHARD - BLONDEL LEGEND
Brittany 1983. iii83 leaves. Quarto A4. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in hald-lettered stiff wrappers. A couple of creases and finger smudges to wrappers otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "3rd Draft" of this screenplay based in part on Vidal's treatment of the subject in A SEARCH FOR THE KING 1950. Robert Dornheim is noted as the prospective director for the film. Dornheim and musician/actor/writer O'Brien had worked together on the 1983 television film DIGITAL DREAMS featuring bassist Bill Wyman. Among O'Brien's considerable list of accomplishments is THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW writer and actor. Evidently unproduced and not directly related to the 1983 Rice and Olivier musical of similar subject and title. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75515
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Shakespeare William sourcework: Logan John screenwriter
CORIOLANUS
Np: The Weinstein Company 2011. 1107 leaves. Octavo. Stiff printed wrappers. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. A few minor smudges to the white wrapper else about fine. A studio generated copy of a final shooting script for Logan's cinematic recasting of Shakespeare's play prepared for submission for voting for the year's awards. Ralph Fiennes starred and directed in company with Gerard Butler Brian Cox Vanessa Redgrave Lubna Azabal and many others. The film was the recipient of a number of award nominations in various categories. The Weinstein Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75521
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Hemingway Ernest sourcework: Kass Jerome screenwriter
MY OLD MAN SUGGESTED BY A SHORT STORY .
Np: Robert Halmi Productions 1979. 199 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in production company script binder. Some rust offset from brads otherwise very good or better. An unspecified draft of this teleplay marking a return to Hemingway's 1922/3 short story as a sourcework for film adaptation. This loosely based version directed by John Ermen starred Warren Oates and Kristy McNichol. It was first televised in December 1979. Robert Halmi Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75516
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Steinbeck John sourcework: Shapiro Richard screenwriter
JOHN STEINBECK'S EAST OF EDEN . PART ONE
Beverley Hills: BNB Productions Inc. 1980. 1119 leaves with revises affecting sequence on occasion. Quarto. Photomechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of white salmon and blue stock. Bradbound with lower wrapper only. Light use at corners a couple of revisions in ink and pencil; very good. A revised draft of the teleplay for the first episode of three of this mini-series adaptation of Steinbeck's novel. It was broadcast in 1981 with a running time of 480 minutes. Harvey Hart directed a cast that included Timothy Bottoms Jane Seymour Bruce Boxleitner Karen Allen Warren Oates et al. The production earned nominations and a few wins from both the Golden Globes and the Emmys. BNB Productions, Inc. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75461
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Fraser George MacDonald screenwriter
HANNAH" ADAPTED BY .
Melbourne & Fribourg: MPR Productions / Power Films 1986. 1140 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in Kohner agency wrappers. An unspecified draft of this unproduced screenplay noted as "adapted" by George MacDonald "Flashman" Fraser with revisions by Jack Clayton and Jeanie Sims. The sourcework for the adaptation is not specified but was Paul Loup-Sulitzer's 1985 novel based on the life of Helena Rubenstein. Clayton directed a number of films including THE GREAT GATSBY and the quality 1987 release THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE - - Sims is credited as his assistant on several of those films. The project was abandoned due to according to Clayton the "shortage of dramatically exciting incidents ." MPR Productions / Power Films unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74804
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Ponicsan Darryl screenwriter
TAPS
Los Angeles: Stanley Jaffe Productions / Twentieth century- Fox 1981. 11261 leaves. Quarto. Photoduplicated typescript printed on rectos only of yellow stock. Bradbound without wrappers. An unidentified but revised draft of this adaptation of Deverey Freeman's novel FATHER SKY. The 1981 release was directed by Harold Becker and starred George C. Scott Timothy Hutton Ronny Cox Sean Penn and Tom Cruise. The final screen credits were shared by Ponicsan James Lineberger and Robert Kamen. We have also had a copy of the first draft dated 28 January 1961 and this draft is significantly revised. Stanley Jaffe Productions / Twentieth century- Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT67885
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Ponicsan Darryl screenwriter
TAPS
Los Angeles: Stanley Jaffe Productions / Twentieth century- Fox 1981. 11261 leaves. Quarto. Photoduplicated typescript printed on rectos only of yellow stock. Bradbound in light blue printed production company wrappers. Trace of sunning and a few stray minor marks to upper wrapper otherwise very good to near fine. An unidentified but revised draft of this adaptation of Deverey Freeman's novel FATHER SKY. The 1981 release was directed by Harold Becker and starred George C. Scott Timothy Hutton Ronny Cox Sean Penn and Tom Cruise. The final screen credits were shared by Ponicsan James Lineberger and Robert Kamen. We have also had a copy of the first draft dated 28 January 1981 and this draft is significantly revised. Stanley Jaffe Productions / Twentieth century- Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT66776
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Simon Neil screenwriter
MAX DUGAN RETURNS" SCREENPLAY BY.
Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox 1981. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in light green printed studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine brad penetration to lower wrapper otherwise a very good copy. Denoted the "third draft" of this original screenplay by Simon. The 1983 film directed by Herbert Ross starred Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Mathew Broderick Kiefer Sutherland et al. There was no contemporary publication or novelization of Simon's script. 20th Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT59902
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Simon Neil screenwriter
MAX DUGAN RETURNS" SCREENPLAY BY.
Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox 1981. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in light green printed studio wrappers. Title lettered on spine upper wrapper shows splashmark around lower brad otherwise very good. Denoted the "third draft" of this original screenplay by Simon. The 1983 film directed by Herbert Ross starred Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Mathew Broderick Kiefer Sutherland et al. There was no contemporary publication or novelization of Simon's script. 20th Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT59904
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Ellin Stanley sourcework & screenwriter and Joseph Losey screenwiter
Three Studio Lobby Cards for: THE BIG NIGHT
Los Angeles: United Artists 1951. Three vintage 11 x 14" lobby cards in full color. Occasional tackholes in margins and unobtrusively in images one card has a crease in upper right margin else very good. Three of the studio lobby cards issued to promote the black & white film noir directed by Joseph Losey starring John Drew Barrymore Preston Foster and Joan Lorring. The film was based on a script written by Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin based on Ellin's 1948 novel DREADFUL SUMMIT. Hugo Butler and Ring Lardner Jr. also contributed to the screenplay but were uncredited when the film was first released. Additional cast members include Dorothy Comingore Philip Bourneuf Howland Chamberlain et al. It was Ellin's first screen credit following two teleplays. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70559
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Wright Richard sourcework: Wesley Richard screenwriter
Vintage Original Studio Publicity Poster for: NATIVE SON
New York: American Playhouse / Cinecom 1986. Vintage original 41 x 27" 105 x 68 cm. stylized pictorial one sheet poster. Small closed tear on the top center with small cellotape mend on verso pinholes at corners from display use; formerly folded now rolled with a few small wrinkles or creases else very good. A one sheet issued to promote the second film adaptation of Wright's novel based on a script by Richard Wesley. Jerrold Freedman directed Victor Love Matt Dillon Elizabeth McGovern Geraldine Page and Oprah Winfrey among others. American Playhouse / Cinecom unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70696
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Burnett WR. screenwriter W. R.
THE LEGEND OF JESSE JAMES SCREENPLAY BY .
Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox Television 1965. 135 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in studio wrappers. Faint pencil name on upper wrapper otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "shooting script" for this episode of the two-season western series with revisions on blue and salmon stock. While not identified as such this script may be for episode 11 of the first series which aired on 19 November 1965 and is the only episode credited by IMDB to Burnett under the episode title "Manhunt." IMDB's entry also lists Burnett as writing an "adaptation" of a screenplay by Nunally Johnson for that episode -- neither the episode title nor the relationship to work by Johnson appear on this script. 20th Century-Fox Television unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74799
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Guerard Albert sourcework and Howard Keith Fisk screenwriter
THE EXILES A SCREENPLAY . ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY ALBERT J. GUERARD
San Francisco & Stanford 1981. 2140 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Boltbound in gilt lettered stiff wrappers. Title hand- lettered on fore-edge a couple of creases to upper wrapper otherwise very good or better. An unspecified draft of this unproduced adaptation to the screen of Guerard's 1962 novel of political intrigue in the Caribbean. Guerard's own involvement in the project is suggested by the fact that both Fisk's address and phone number in San Francisco as well as Guerard's address and phone number in Stanford appear in the prelims. The title- page bears a Writers Guild of America West registration number. Guerard's novel MAQUISARD saw adaptation to television in 1951 but IMDB records no other adaptations to see production. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74801
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Almereyda Michael screenwriter
CHERRY 2000 . STORY BY LLOYD FONVIELLE
Los Angeles: The Authors 1985. 1120 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stiff wrappers with script number and ms. title on front wrapper. A few corners turned pencil notes on a couple pages. A "second draft" of this screenplay based on Fonvielle's treatment/story. The 1987 release directed by Steve De Jarnatt starred Melanie Griffith David Andrews Laurence Fishburne and Ben Johnson in a post- apocalyptic android comic romance romp. The title leaf bears the stamp requesting return to The Casting Company. The Authors unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74803
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Peckinpah Sam director & screenwriter
Five Pictorial Lobby Cards for: BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
Los Angeles: United Artists 1974. Five studio lobby cards. 11 x14" Fine. Lobby cards # 3467 and 8 issued to promote Sam Peckinpah's 1974 sprawling violent critically controversial masterpiece which he directed and cowrote based on a story by Frank Kowalski. Warren Oates Isela Vega Robert Webber Kris Kristofferson and Gig Young starred with Oates turning in one of his finest performances. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70597
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Johnson Malcolm sourcework and Budd Schulberg screenwriter
Danish Souvenir Programme for: I STORBYENS HAVN ON THE WATERFRONT
Copenhagen: Columbia Film 1954. 12pp. 12mo. 155 x 120 mm. Pictorial self wrappers. Heavily illustrated. Fine. A theatre souvenir programme for the October 1954 Danish release of Elia Kazan's film about union violence and corruption among long shore men. The film further solidified the reputation of Marlon Brando who is prominently featured in the program and illustrative content. Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger and in her film debut Eva Marie Saint. The film enjoyed critical and commercial success and received 12 Academy Award nominations winning eight including Best Picture Best Actor for Brando Best Supporting Actress for Saint and Best Director for Kazan. Columbia Film unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70821
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Hunter Evan sourcework: Brooks Richard screenwriter
Original Studio Lobby Card for: BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Culver City: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1955. Vintage 11 x 14" color lobby card. Patches of old mounting glue on verso staple marks at corners from display use otherwise very good. Lobby card #4 for the 1955 film adaptation of Hunter's novel based on a screenplay and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Glenn Ford Anne Francis Louis Calhern Margaret Hayes Richard Kiley et al. The lobby card prominently features Hayes Calhern Kiley and Ford. Brooks was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70524
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Baker Elliott sourcework & screenwriter
Group of Five Lobby Cards for: A FINE MADNESS
Burbank: Warner Bros. 1966. Five full color pictorial lobby cards 11 x 14". Numbers 1 2 4 5 and 8. Slight offsetting to left margins of 5 & 8 else near fine. A partial set of the lobby cards issued to promote the film adaptation by Baker of his own 1964 first novel. The 1966 release was directed by Irvin Kershner and starred Sean Connery Joanne Woodward Jean Seberg Patrick O'Neal and Colleen Dewhurst. Warner Bros. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70587
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Republic Western: Gamet Kenneth screenwriter
Studio Publicity Pressbook for: THE LAWLESS EIGHTIES
Np: Republic Pictures 1957. 4pp. Folio 18 x 12". Pictorial leaflet. Illustrations. Folded across middle date in crayon on last page very good. A pressbook for promoting this 1957 B western. Buster Crabbe starred in a screen adaptation by Gamet of a book by Alson Jesse Smith under the direction of Joe Kane. Released in Republic's trademarked "Naturama." Republic Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT73592
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Thirties Crime Film: Andrews Robert H. screenwriter
Original Window Card for: I WAS A CONVICT
Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1939. Pictorial window card 22 x 14" printed in black and white with lurid green titling on recto only of stiff card stock. Uniform tanning along edges otherwise very good or better unused. A promotional window card for this low budget crime thriller based on an original story and screenplay by Robert A. Andrews with contributions by Ben Markson. Barton MacLane Beverley Roberts and Clarence Kolb starred. Aubrey Scotto directed. Andrews was a prolific screenwriter who in addition to potboilers such as this adapted to the screen works by Eugene O'Neill and A. Conan Doyle. Republic Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT73482
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Kleiner Harry: screenwriter
Two Pictorial Studio Lobby Cards for: THE STREET WITH NO NAME
Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox 1948. Two vintage studio lobby cards 11 x 14" in color. A bit dusty thumbtack perforations in margins from mounting else very good. Lobby cards numbers 4 and 6 of the sequence issued to promote this 1948 noir thriller based on an FBI agent's infiltration of a "Center City" gang based on an original screenplay by Kleiner and directed by William Keighley starring Richard Widmark Mark Stevens Lloyd Nolan Barbara Lawrence et al. Kleiner was nominated for a WGA award for his script. 20th Century Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70601
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Ormsby Alan screenwriter
CAT PEOPLE
Universal City: Universal City Studios Inc. 1981. 1168 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in studio wrappers. Ink name on upper wrapper otherwise near fine. A "final draft" of this reinterpretation by Ormsby of DeWitt Boden's original story for Jacques Tourneur's 1942 classic. Paul Schrader directed and Nastassia Kinski Malcolm McDowell and John Heard starred along with the city of New Orleans in part. Universal City Studios, Inc. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71142
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Ward David S. screenwriter
THE STING PART II THAT'S WHY THE LADY IS A TRAMP with: THE NEXT STING FORMERLY: THE STING PART II
Universal City: Universal Studios Inc. 1981. Two volumes: 1129;127 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript bradbound in studio wrappers. Ink name effaced from upper wrapper of second volume occasional minor corner creasing title hand-lettered on spines; very good. Respectively first and final drafts of the original screenplay for this sequel to the 1973 multi-award winning original for which Ward also wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay. This not quite so successful 1983 release was directed by Jeremy Kagan and starred Jackie Gleason Mac Davis Karl Malden Teri Garr and Oliver Reed among others. Universal Studios, Inc. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71145
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Schary Dore screenwriter
DAYBREAK TREATMENT BY .
Culver City: Property of the Selznick Co. Inc. 1945. 157 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only. About fine in term paper binder. A substantial treatment by Schary for an unproduced murder mystery revolving around the surgical restoration of the female lead's sight and her return to blindness as a result of malicious and deliberate actions on the part of the killer of her brother. This may correspond to the never realized project Selznick targeted for Fritz Lang and Ingrid Bergman that was promptly derailed by Bergman's lack of interest. One of several duplicate copies from the Selznick Archive. Property of the Selznick Co., Inc. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71200
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Gershe Leonard sourcework & screenwriter
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE . AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Np: Frankovich Productions 1971. 1129 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in decorated glossy production company wrappers. Title lettered on spine wrappers lightly smudged and used but a very good copy. An "estimating script" for Gershe's own adaptation of his 1969 play. The 1972 release was directed by Milton Katselas and starred Goldie Hawn Edward Albert and Eileen Heckart. Heckart garnered an Oscar for her performance and Albert a Golden Globe for his. It was nominated for several other Academy Awards Golden Globes and by the WGA for Best Comedy Adaptation. Frankovich Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71203
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Malle Louis director and Jeffrey Alan Fiskin screenwriter
CRACKERS .
Universal City: Universal Studios 1982. 1132 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Near fine. Denoted the "Second Draft" of this screenplay by Fiskin based in part on the 1958 crime comedy directed by Mario Monicelli I SOLITI IGNOTI. Malle directed Donald Sutherland Jack Warden and Sean Penn in the February 1984 release. Universal Studios unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71204
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Baker Elliott sourcework & screenwriter
Set of Eight Studio Lobby Cards for: A FINE MADNESS
Burbank: Warner Bros. 1966. Complete set of color pictorial lobby cards 11 x 14". Some smudging at upper and lower margins of card #1 and a crease to lower right margin scattered occasional pinholes and offsetting to versos else very good. A complete set of the lobby cards issued to promote the film adaptation by Baker of his own 1964 first novel. The 1966 release was directed by Irvin Kershner and starred Sean Connery Joanne Woodward Jean Seberg Patrick O'Neal and Colleen Dewhurst. Warner Bros. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70586
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Jordan Neil screenwriter & director
Set of Studio Lobby Cards for: MICHAEL COLLINS
Los Angeles: Warner Bros. / Geffen 1996. Eight full color 11 x 14" pictorial lobby cards. Fine unused. A complete set of the studio lobby cards promoting this biopic about the Irish patriot written and directed by Neil Jordan starring Liam Neeson Julia Roberts Aidan Quinn Alan Rickman Stephen Rea et al. Nominated in several categories for the Academy and Golden Globes among others. Warner Bros. / Geffen unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70721
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Willingham Calder sourcework & screenwriter
Original Studio Publicity Campaign Pressbook for: THE STRANGE ONE
Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures Corporation 1957. 14pp. including foldout and with laid in supplements. Folio 41 x 30.8 cm. Highly pictorial self- wrappers. Heavily illustrated. Fine. A visually impressive pressbook promoting Willingham's own adaptation to the screen of his first novel and its play adaptation. Jack Garfein directed Ben Gazzara Julie Wilson George Peppard et al. The ad campaign features special editions of the book and producer Sam Spiegel's earlier "On the Waterfront" affords the opportunity for comparisons between Gazarra and Brando. After this auspicious start Willingham's screen writing career went on of course to a succession of considerable triumphs. Columbia Pictures Corporation unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70757
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Jazz Film: Breen Richard L. screenwriter
Set of Studio Lobby Cards for: PETE KELLY'S BLUES
Los Angeles: Warner Bros 1955. Eight full color 11 x 14" pictorial lobby cards. Some minor smudging rumpling and tack holes in margins marking crayon notations on verso else a good set. A complete set of the studio lobby cards promoting the film based on Richard L. Breen's screenplay. Directed by and starring Jack Webb as Pete Kelly and Janet Leigh Edmond O'Brien Peggy Lee a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar Lee Marvin and Ella Fitzgerald et al. The soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. Warner Bros unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70714
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Teen Exploitation Film: Blees Robert sourcework and Lewis Metlzer screenwriter
Vintage Studio One Sheet for: THE YOUNG HELLIONS formerly HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL!
Np.: Cinema Associates 1961. Original 27 x 41" 68 x 105 cm. pictorial one sheet poster. Folded as issued pinhole at each corner one minor break at fold apex else very good. A visually sensational one sheet issued to promote the 1961 retitled rerelease of HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL. Directed by Jack Arnold this naive teenage drug film was originally released in 1958 and starred Russ Tamblyn Jan Sterling John Drew Barrymore Charles Chaplin Jr. Mamie Van Doren Michael Landon and most notably Jerry Lee Lewis as himself. Cinema Associates unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70860
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James Henry sourcework: Jhabvala Ruth Prawer screenwriter
Original Studio Publicity Poster for: THE BOSTONIANS
Np.: Merchant-Ivory Pictures 1984. Original 41 x 27" 105 x 68 cm. pictorial one sheet poster. Rolled about fine. A one-sheet promoting Merchant Ivory's adaptation of Henry James's novel based on Jhabvala's screenplay. Directed by James Ivory the film stars Vanessa Redgrave Christopher Reeve Madeleine Potter and Jessica Tandy. Vanessa Redgrave received 1984 Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and the film earned other award nominations for its costume design. Merchant-Ivory Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70693
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Ambler Eric screenwriter and HE. Bates sourcework H. E.
Original Studio Pressbook for: THE PURPLE PLAIN
Los Angeles: United Artists 1954. 16 pp. Folio 17 X 11 inches. Highly pictorial self-wrappers Heavily illustrated. Folded with clean partial splits to spine else very good. A pressbook for the US distribution of Eric Ambler's adaptation to the screen of H. E. Bates's 1947 novel. Directed by Robert Parrish the film stars Gregory Peck supported by Win Min Than Brenda de Banzie Bernard Lee and Morris Denham et al. Filmed in Sri Lanka Peck portrays an embittered bomber pilot who lost his wife in a Luftwaffe air raid and is acting on a death wish. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70744
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Wilder Thornton sourcework and Hayes John Michael screenwriter
Vintage Studio Publicity One Sheet Poster for: THE MATCHMAKER
Los Angeles: Paramount Films 1958. Vintage original 41 x 27" 104 x 69" one sheet poster. Stapleholes from display closed tear at right edge leading to a snag in the printed area otherwise very good. A pictorial one sheet promoting this screen adaptation by John Michael Hayes of Thornton Wilder's 1955 play itself a rewrite of his earlier MERCHANT OF YONKERS. Directed by Joseph Anthony the film starred Shirley Booth Anthony Perkins Shirley MacLaine Paul Ford and Robert Morse et al. This property attracted wider public attention when translated into the musical HELLO DOLLY! Paramount Films unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70859
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Bond Edward screenwriter and Henrik Ibsen sourcework
HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION THEATRE IBSEN'S MASTER BUILDER A VERSION FOR TELEVISION
Np: Hollywood Television Theatre 1975. 4101 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Wrappers a trace darkened at edges slight offset bleed from rear wrapper to lower edge of verso of terminal leaf relevant ink name and notes on upper wrapper; very good. A first draft of this adaptation for television of Ibsen's play undertaken by the influential playwright director and poet and as of this date unproduced. This copy has the ownership signature of a television producer/director on the upper wrapper as well as what were likely projected casting choices: Burt Lancaster Liv "Ullman" sic Geraldine Fitzgerald and Anne Bancroft. "Sidney sic" Pollack is noted as a potential director for the project. IMDB credits Hollywood Television Theatre with some ten productions from 1971 - 1978 including adaptations of plays by Hellman Friedman O'Neill Fry Pirandello and others. Hollywood Television Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70965
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Woolrich Cornell sourcework: Warner Jerry screenwriter
Vintage Studio Lobby Card for: FALL GUY
Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1947. Original 11 x 14" lobby card. Mounting pinholes at edges and corners a few faint rubs else very good. Card #4 of the set of sepia-toned lobby cards issued to promote the highly charged low- budget film noir adaptation by Jerry Warner of Cornell Woolrich's 1940 story "Cocaine" aka "C-Jag". Directed by Reginald Le Borg the film starred Leo Penn Robert Armstrong Elisha Cook Jr. and Virginia Dale et al. Monogram Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70531
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McCoy Horace sourcework: Brown Harry screenwriter
Original Studio One Sheet for: KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE
Burbank: Warner Bros. 1950. Folio lithographed pictorial one sheet 41 x 27"; 102 x 69 cm. Folded as issued. Annotations screen service stamp and some modest soiling on blank verso a couple of tiny closed breaks at folds National Screen Service blindstamp in lower blank margin otherwise an unusually nice copy very good or better. An atmospheric highly visual vintage studio one sheet promoting the 1950 film adaptation of McCoy's hard-boiled third novel 1948 based on a screenplay by Brown directed by Gordon Douglas and starring James Cagney a "Thug with a Heart of Ice" Barbara Payton Helena Carter Ward Bond Luther Adler et al. The film was banned in Ohio for among other things "an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission." Warner Bros. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70528
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Highsmith Patricia sourcerwork: Minghella Anthony screenwriter & director
Original Campaign Presskit for: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Los Angeles: Miramax/Paramount Pictures 1999. 26pp. brochure accompanied by seven 8 x 10" black & white glossy stills with captions inserted into quarto glossy pictorial folder. Contents fine folder a bit corner worn and creased at extended edges. The promotional presskit for Anthony Minghella's adaption of the 1955 Patricia Highsmith novel starring Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law and Cate Blanchett. This was the second film treatment of the novel preceded by Clement's PLEIN SOLEIL 1960. Miramax/Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT67450
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Ambler Eric sourcework: Avery Stephen M. screenwriter
Original Lobby Card for: THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS
Los Angeles: Warner Bros. 1944. Vintage 11 x 14" pictorial color lobby card. Snagged marginal pinhole in center top with tear barely touching the top edge of the image otherwise a very good bright example. One of the set of lobby cards issued to promote this film adaptation of Eric Ambler's 1939 espionage thriller directed by Jean Negulesco based on a script by novelist/pulp writer Frank Gruber his fourth screen credit. The drama features Sydney Greenstreet Zachary Scott Faye Emerson and Peter Lorre et al. This card depicts Emerson confronting Greenstreet in a tense moment wrapped by a quite stylish title banner. Warner Bros. unknown books
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O'Neill Eugene sourcework and Thomas Quinn Curtiss screenwriter
THE ICEMAN COMETH.
New York: The Ely Landau Organization Inc. 1972. 1A-I208 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically duplicated typescript printed on rectos only of pale green stock. Bradbound in production company binder. Light soiling to fore-edge otherwise very good to fine. A "revised" draft of this adaptation for film of O'Neill's masterpiece undertaken as the first production of the innovative but short- lived American Film Theatre. The script is accompanied by a two page "Production Requirements" list dated 12 January 1973 and a "Staff and Crew List" dated 3 days earlier. John Frankenheimer directed the November 1973 release starring Lee Marvin Frederic March Robert Ryan Jeff Bridges Bradford Dillman et al. The 239 minute film does in the minds of many critics great honor to the sourcework and stands among the finest moments of the two seasons of the American Film Theatre. A substantially truncated version saw some distribution on television in later years but only recently has the original full-length version which required two intermissions been made available on DVD. Robert Ryan was the posthumous recipient of several awards for his role as Larry Slade and contrary to expectations Lee Marvin excelled in the role of Hickey a role virtually defined by Jason Robards. Legitimate examples of the scripts for the American Film Theatre productions are uncommon. The Ely Landau Organization, Inc. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70666
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Fitzgerald F. Scott sourcework and Pinter Harold screenwriter
Original Studio Insert Poster for: THE LAST TYCOON
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1976. Original pictorial 36" X 14" insert poster printed on heavy stock. Rolled never folded with no evidence of use. A pictorial insert poster issued to promote the somewhat agreeable 1976 film based on Harold Pinter's adaptation of Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel. Directed by Elia Kazan and starring Robert DeNiro Tony Curtis Robert Mitchum Jeanne Moreau Jack Nicholson Donald Pleasance et al. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70261
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McGuane Thomas screenwriter
Original Australian Color Daybill for: THE MISSOURI BREAKS
Np: United Artists 1976. Vintage color daybill poster 30 x 13 1/4" 76 x 34cm. Folded as issued otherwise about fine. A pictorial promotional daybill poster for the Australian release of Arthur Penn's film based on a screenplay by Thomas McGuane and starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70274
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Ferber Edna sourcework: Twist John screenwriter
SO BIG
Los Angeles: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1952. 3113 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. The upper wrapper is frayed and detached from the brads otherwise very good. A preliminary "estimating script" for this adaptation of Ferber's Pulitzer winning novel. The October 1953 release was directed by Robert Wise and starred Jane Wyman Sterling Hayden et al. This was the third adaptation of the novel to film following releases in 1924 and 1932. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70265
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Hellman Lillian sourcework: Pozner Vladimir screenwriter
Original Studio One Sheet Poster for: ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST
Cleveland: Universal Pictures / Morgan Litho. 1948. Folio broadsheet 41 x 27";102 x 68 cm. . Folded old modest tape repairs on blank verso at fold apexes have bled through slightly in two places mounting pinholes in margins closed split on lower left fold at edge otherwise very good. A highly atmospheric color lithographed one sheet issued to promote Michael Gordon's screen version of the 1946 play by Lillian Hellman based on a screenplay by Vladimir Pozner. It is a prequel to her 1939 drama THE LITTLE FOXES set in the fictional town of Bowden Alabama in June 1880 tracking the wealthy ruthless and innately evil Hubbard family and their rise to power and prominence. . The cast included Fredric March Florence Eldridge Dan Duryea Edmond O'Brien and Ann Blyth et al. Universal Pictures / Morgan Litho. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68141
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Braine John sourcework and Mordecai Richler screenwriter
Original Color Lithographed Australian One Sheet for: LIFE AT THE TOP
Sydney: Columbia Pictures 1966. Large folio 40 x 26 3/4"; 102 x 68cm. Original multi-color lithograph. Folded as issued otherwise about fine and unused. A brilliantly colored original lithographed one sheet poster issued to promote the Australian release of Richler's 1965 adaptation of Braine's novel directed by Ted Kotcheff starring Laurence Harvey Jean Simmons Honor Blackman "That 'Pussy Galore' Girl" et al. The stone lithography was accomplished by Robert Burton Pty. Ltd. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70270
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Bellisario Donald P. screenwriter & director
SANCTUARY released as: LAST RITES
Np: Belisarius Productions 1987. 1128 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Photo-mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of blue prink and yellow stock. Bradbound. Ink name on title-leaf some corner creasing coffee- ring mark on title-leaf; good. A revised fourth draft of this original screenplay released in the US in late 1988 under the title LAST RITES starring Tom Berenger Daphne Zuniga et al. With the ownership signature of production sound mixer Les Lazarowitz. Belisarius Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70286
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Kubrick Stanley director & screenwriter and Jim Thompson dialogue
Set of Spanish Lobby Cards for: THE KILLING ATRACO PERFECTO
Madrid: Distribuida por United International Pictures 1980. Eight 24 x 34cm pictorial lobby cards borders printed in color with inset stills in monochrome. Light use at edges else about fine. A set of the lobby cards issued to promote the subtitled Spanish distribution of Kubrick's 1956 film adaptation of Lionel White's novel CLEAN BREAK starring Sterling Hayden Coleen Gray Vince Edwards et al. While the film saw distribution in Spain in 1957 these cards stem from one of its later post-Franco re-releases. Distribuida por United International Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70296
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