1990réf. 150553N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A short musical film intended for television presenting several vignettes in defense of the Second Amendment. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 with credit for screenwriter Harriet Powers. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1968réf. 161742N.p.: International Film Artists 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film also released under the title "The Vixens." Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Bob slips to his death off a dam bridge. His wife Betty reconstructs recent events to the police flashing back to a series of trysts and couple swapping that have nothing to do with Bob's accident. Shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities and edgewear. International Film Artists unknown books
1968réf. 162564N.p.: International Film Artists 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Prrovenance stamp on the verso. Also released under the title "Friends and Lovers." Bob slips to his death off a dam bridge. His wife Betty reconstructs recent events to the police flashing back to a series of trysts and couple swapping that have nothing to do with Bob's accident. Shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and pinholes in the top margin. International Film Artists unknown books
1965réf. 171371Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 documentary film showing Hedy Lamarr in a scene from the 1933 film "Ecstasy" fully nude floating in the water. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1980réf. 147219N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script here called a "Prospectus" for an unproduced film. The story of Heinrich Himmler the leader of the SS and one of the most powerful men in the Nazi regime. Set in Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present noted as PROSPECTUS with credits for screenwriters Philip Hudsmith and Malcolm Dean. 12 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1969réf. 161699N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film with a provenance stamp on the verso and a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Hippie exploitation horror film wherein a speed freak and two girl companions head out to the countryside to visit the speed freak's sister and her incestuous son where a rash of killings soon begin. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1949réf. 143500Culver City CA: Vanguard Films 1949. First Rough Draft script for an unproduced film intended for development at Vanguard Films inherited by Vanguard from Selznick International. Based on the 1902 novel by Henry James. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Rough Draft on the front wrapper dated February 3 1949 with credits for screenwriter Robert Stevenson. Title page present dated February 3 1949 noted as First Draft with credits for novelist Henry James. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1979réf. 147425N.p.: N.p. 1979. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Robert Carradine and Billy Dee Williams. After his brother-a hotshot country singer secretly overloaded with debt-commits suicide a Wyoming rancher travels to LA to help unravel the mystery of his brother's death. Set in Wyoming and Los Angeles. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 19 1979 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Henry Rosenbaum and revision credits to Leslie Stevens. 252 leaves with last page of text numbered 250. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1947réf. 151519Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1947. First Draft script for the 1952 film. The script's development history began in the US with Vanguard Films and this draft by Dinelli and was ultimately produced by Republic Pictures in conjunction with Herbert Wilcox Productions in the UK. Script credit was ultimately given to Pamela Bower. Based on the 1913 novel by E. C. Bentley. A reporter is assigned to cover the case of an international businessman in town who was found dead. He poses as a member of the family to gain access to the businessman's house and information from the lead detective on the case who suspects the death was a suicide. Set in Hampshire England. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 12 dated May 22 1947 with credits for novelist E.C. Bentley and screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1970réf. 141097Beverly Hills CA: Jerry Adler Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A drama about the no-man's land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande technically claimed by America but unofficially belonging to bands of roving outlaws and social outcasts. Set in Texas. Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Herman Groves. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Jerry Adler Productions unknown books
1963réf. 161557N.p.: Box Office Spectaculars 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Al and Bob are two businessmen who decide they could make there own "nudie cutie" movie better than the ones they've seen until everything goes wrong. Shot on location in Barrington Illinois. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear one with a crease to the far right corner and one with faint creasing in the right margins. Box Office Spectaculars unknown books
1990réf. 152420N.p.: N.p. 1990. Set of storyboards for the 1991 film. After the death of his partner in the line of duty a New York City police detective adopts his partner's orphaned children but his drive to make a perfect life for his wife and the children drives him to desperate measures. Set and shot on location in New York. Missing wrappers presumably as issued. Approximately 30 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine partially bound with a single paper clip to the top left corner. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1917réf. 171493N.p.: N.p. 1917. Vintage reference photograph from the 1917 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A hardworking mine owner is secretly in love with a young woman who unfortunately decides to marry the man's frivolous brother. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn and lightly toned. N.p. unknown books
1972réf. 162257N.p.: Magic Eye of Hollywood Productions Crown International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Architect Frank Delgado murders a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife and attempts to conceal the crime. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Magic Eye of Hollywood Productions [Crown International] unknown books
1968réf. 126256N.p.: N.p. 1968. Original poster for the 1968 Cuban film. Humberto Solás' operatic sprawling epic dramatizing Cuba's history through the eyes of three women named Lucía living through three momentous periods of the country's history; 1895 1932 and postrevolutionary 1960s. Winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival 1969. 20 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with faint rubbing and light creasing. Bright and unfaded. Criterion Collection 1045. N.p. unknown books
1964réf. 167585N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing a futuristic fight sequence. A team of scientists create a teleportation device and travel forward in time to the year 2071 where mutated humans are the norm as a result of nuclear war. Basis for the 1966-1967 television series "The Time Tunnel" as well as the 1967 remake "Journey to the Center of Time." Shot on location in Barstow California with some scenes at the University of Southern California's Doheny Library and Mudd Hall. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1950réf. 159041Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir. A young recently engaged woman is raped by a man working at her job. She tries to run away from her life but cannot outrun her trauma. Shot on location in Marysville California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a small chip missing at the bottom right corner. Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1985réf. 146542Starnberg: Macropus Film 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Violent conflict between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka forces a young boy to hide in a traveling circus run by his mother a mysteriously youthful concentration camp survivor. Set in Sri Lanka. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriters Imre Gyongyossy Katalin Petenyi Rodrigez Orell and director Barna Kabay. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. Macropus Film unknown books
1960réf. 138553Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1960. Vintage international program for the English language release of the 1960 Swedish film by Ingmar Bergman printed by Svensk Filmindustri in Sweden. Adapted from the thirteenth century Swedish ballad "Tores dottrar i Wange." Photo illustrated throughout. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for the Palme d'Or with director Bergman receiving a Special Mention at Cannes. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 18 pages. Near Fine in lightly rubbed saddle stapled wrappers. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1970réf. 141267N.p.: Kings Road Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1975 novel by Irving A. Greenfield about early man and his struggles. Named for the one of the many gods worshipped by the people living in the Mesopotamian Valley. Set in the Mesopotamian Valley. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Paul Young and author Irving A. Greenfield. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Kings Road Productions unknown books
1924réf. 151017N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Virginia Valli from the 1924 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamp of King Features Syndicate. Based on the 1920 novel "Belonging" by Olive Wadsley. Considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1965réf. 146561N.p.: N.p. 1965. Synopsis for an unproduced film based on the novel of the same name by Irving Wallace. Included with the synopsis is a two-page typed document on Brenco Pictures Corporation letterhead dated November 11 1965 discussing the popularity of Wallace's prior novels and proposing a budget for the film along with a small note addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner signed by screenwriter Stanley Meyer. Also included is the envelope which likely contained the documents. Based on the 1963 novel wherein a team of anthropologists travel to the South Pacific to study the polyamorous inhabitants of a small secret island. Set in the South Pacific. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present noted as Brief Summary. 6 leaves with last page of text numbered 5. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 144162N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced film. Synopses in English are laid into the front wrapper for "That Boy Named Jesus" "Young Jesus" and "Don Quixote Goes West." Text in English. An imagining of the infancy youth and adolescence of Jesus Christ. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Pages Fine wrapper Fine clip binding. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 147196N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in Spanish. An imagining of the infancy youth and adolescence of Jesus Christ. Set in Jerusalem. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1985réf. 146382Hungary: MA-Film 1985. Film treatment for the 1985 film here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." 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. Set and shot on location in Austria Hungary and Croatia. 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
