1976réf. 167073Universal City: Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1976 NBC television series here under the working title "City of Angels: Quicker Than the Eye" which aired on February 24 1976. Not to be confused with the 2000 CBS medical drama television series created by Steven Bochco. Inspired by Roman Polanski's 1974 classic "Chinatown" the series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins who had previously worked together on the acclaimed 1974-80 television series "The Rockford Files." Wayne Rogers stars as the stalwart private investigator Jake Axminster working amid the corruption of 1930s Los Angeles. Hailed by mystery novelist Max Allan Collins as "the best private eye series ever" the series premiered on NBC on February 3 1976 and lasted for only one thirteen episode season before ending on May 18 1976. In this episode Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underwood to investigate whether his wife Velma is having an affair only to discover Underwood dead after hearing a shot ring out while staking out Velma at their home. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 27 1976 with credits for screenwriter Philip De Guere Jr. and Story by James Thomas James. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 1/30/76. Pages Very Good plus with the front wrapper detached and stapled to the following two leaves bound with two gold brads. Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios unknown books
2000réf. 171832N.p.: N.p. 2000. Three Draft scripts for the pilot of an unproduced television series by screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Included are one undated 63-page script one 53-page script dated 10/12/99 and one 42-page script dated 1/11/2000. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film "Lucky" and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Sustarsic's other screenwriting credits in a 35-year career include episodes for "The Jeffersons" 1981 "One Day at a Time" 1982 "Alice" 1985 "Newhart" 1989 "Alf" 1990 and "Dilbert" 2000 among many others. Matt Good and Sam Evil manage to graduate Warren Harding High School despite engingeering the explosion of the boys bathroom growing two hundred pounds of high grade marijuana behind the gym and partially destroying the Administration building with a giant bottle rocket. Four years later Matt and Sam return as dumb as they ever were as teachers. Undated Script: Front wrapper integral with blank cover sheet. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 10/12/99 Script: Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 10/12/99 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1/11/00 Script: Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1/11/00 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980réf. 164131N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft treatment script for an unproduced television series with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Screenwriter Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. The Stoned Ranger and his sidekick Wanto attempt bring outlaws Burt Bart and Burp to justice for stealing a diamond ring a charm bracelet and panties from siblings Tim and Shelly. Set in Wakka Nukka Pooka Wooka City. Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall unbound. N.p. unknown
2000réf. 171832N.p.: N.p. 2000. Three Draft scripts for the pilot of an unproduced television series by screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Included are one undated 63-page script one 53-page script dated 10/12/99 and one 42-page script dated 1/11/2000. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film "Lucky" and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Sustarsic's other screenwriting credits in a 35-year career include episodes for "The Jeffersons" 1981 "One Day at a Time" 1982 "Alice" 1985 "Newhart" 1989 "Alf" 1990 and "Dilbert" 2000 among many others. Matt Good and Sam Evil manage to graduate Warren Harding High School despite engingeering the explosion of the boys bathroom growing two hundred pounds of high grade marijuana behind the gym and partially destroying the Administration building with a giant bottle rocket. Four years later Matt and Sam return as dumb as they ever were as teachers. Undated Script: Front wrapper integral with blank cover sheet. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 10/12/99 Script: Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 10/12/99 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1/11/00 Script: Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1/11/00 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980réf. 164131N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft treatment script for an unproduced television series with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Screenwriter Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. The Stoned Ranger and his sidekick Wanto attempt bring outlaws Burt Bart and Burp to justice for stealing a diamond ring a charm bracelet and panties from siblings Tim and Shelly. Set in Wakka Nukka Pooka Wooka City. Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall unbound. N.p. unknown books
1954réf. 128682Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1954. Final shooting script for the 1954 film. Manuscript annotations on the front wrapper reading "Revisions / Blue 9-28-54" and "part of 'Admiral John Hoskins.'" One of Republic's most elaborate productions of the 1950s "The Eternal Sea" is the biography of American admiral John M. Hoskins. Sterling Hayden delivers a superbly understated performance as Hoskins who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict. The admiral's farsighted activities as commander of the aircraft carrier Princeton led to the development of the more sophisticated jet-aircraft carriers of the Korean War. The well-chosen supporting cast includes Alexis Smith as Hoskin's wife Sue Dean Jagger as Admiral Thomas L. Semple Morris Ankrum as Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble and John Maxwell as Adm. William "Bull" Halsey whose life story would serve as the basis for the 1960 film The Gallant Hours. Elmer Bernstein's soaring musical score is the icing on the cake. Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 20044 dated September 1 1954 with credits for screenwriter Rivkin for director Auer and for writer Haines. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 9-28-54. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good some short closed tears and creasing at the corners bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown
1954réf. 128682Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1954. Final shooting script for the 1954 film. Manuscript annotations on the front wrapper reading "Revisions / Blue 9-28-54" and "part of 'Admiral John Hoskins.'" One of Republic's most elaborate productions of the 1950s "The Eternal Sea" is the biography of American admiral John M. Hoskins. Sterling Hayden delivers a superbly understated performance as Hoskins who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict. The admiral's farsighted activities as commander of the aircraft carrier Princeton led to the development of the more sophisticated jet-aircraft carriers of the Korean War. The well-chosen supporting cast includes Alexis Smith as Hoskin's wife Sue Dean Jagger as Admiral Thomas L. Semple Morris Ankrum as Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble and John Maxwell as Adm. William "Bull" Halsey whose life story would serve as the basis for the 1960 film The Gallant Hours. Elmer Bernstein's soaring musical score is the icing on the cake. Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 20044 dated September 1 1954 with credits for screenwriter Rivkin for director Auer and for writer Haines. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 9-28-54. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good some short closed tears and creasing at the corners bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
2000réf. 156768Los Angeles: Bedford Falls 2000. For Your Consideration script for the 2000 film. Shortly after being appointed by the president to lead America's war on drugs a conservative judge in Ohio discovers that his teenage daughter is addicted to heroin. Meanwhile the wife of a jailed drug baron attempts to continue her husband's business. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning four including Best Director for Steven Soderbergh Best Screenwriter for Stephen Gaghan and Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro. Shot on location in California New Mexico Ohio and Texas in the US and in San Ysidro and Tijuana in Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present undated. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Bedford Falls unknown
2000réf. 156768Los Angeles: Bedford Falls 2000. For Your Consideration script for the 2000 film. Shortly after being appointed by the president to lead America's war on drugs a conservative judge in Ohio discovers that his teenage daughter is addicted to heroin. Meanwhile the wife of a jailed drug baron attempts to continue her husband's business. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning four including Best Director for Steven Soderbergh Best Screenwriter for Stephen Gaghan and Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro. Shot on location in California New Mexico Ohio and Texas in the US and in San Ysidro and Tijuana in Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present undated. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Bedford Falls unknown books
1980réf. 157332Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 re-release of the 1977 film showing Steven Spielberg on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After witnessing a UFO hovering over his suburban home an electrician joins with several government agents to seek out and hopefully make contact with the aliens. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at three corners and a short closed tear on the right edge. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown
1980réf. 157332Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 re-release of the 1977 film showing Steven Spielberg on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After witnessing a UFO hovering over his suburban home an electrician joins with several government agents to seek out and hopefully make contact with the aliens. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at three corners and a short closed tear on the right edge. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1953réf. 148428Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1944 film. Based on Robert Milton's 1930 pre-Code film "Outward Bound" which was in turn based on Sutton Vane's 1923 play about a group of people who awaken to find themselves on a mysterious ocean liner unsure how or when they boarded the ship. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and faint edgewear and a single pinhole to the top edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1953réf. 148428Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1944 film. Based on Robert Milton's 1930 pre-Code film "Outward Bound" which was in turn based on Sutton Vane's 1923 play about a group of people who awaken to find themselves on a mysterious ocean liner unsure how or when they boarded the ship. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and faint edgewear and a single pinhole to the top edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1983réf. 151907Universal City: Universal Pictures 1983. Vintage press kit for the 1983 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. The last film to feature all six Monty Python members before Graham Chapman's death in 1989. Shot on location in Queensway Strathblane and Lancashire England. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1983réf. 151907Universal City: Universal Pictures 1983. Vintage press kit for the 1983 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. The last film to feature all six Monty Python members before Graham Chapman's death in 1989. Shot on location in Queensway Strathblane and Lancashire England. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1992réf. 150001N.p.: N.p. 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. Set in Germany shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. Missing wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Jonathan Marc Feldman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1992réf. 150001N.p.: N.p. 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. Set in Germany shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. Missing wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Jonathan Marc Feldman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1988réf. 142134N.p.: N.p. 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 94. Photograph of child actor Nate Goldberg laid in. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1973 novel "Theophilus North" about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small wealthy town where rumors begin to circulate that he has the power to cure sickness and ailments. Originally planned as a project to be directed by Danny Huston. Set and shot on location in Rhode Island. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter James Costigan and author Thornton Wilder. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1988réf. 142134N.p.: N.p. 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 94. Photograph of child actor Nate Goldberg laid in. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1973 novel "Theophilus North" about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small wealthy town where rumors begin to circulate that he has the power to cure sickness and ailments. Originally planned as a project to be directed by Danny Huston. Set and shot on location in Rhode Island. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter James Costigan and author Thornton Wilder. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1928réf. 148190Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife seeks to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is their offspring. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his. One of Browning and Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light toning. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1928réf. 148190Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife seeks to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is their offspring. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his. One of Browning and Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light toning. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966réf. 161834New York: Crown International Pictures 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Small town girl Sally arrives in New York City to attend college and finds herself living with four worldly-wise roommates who introduce her to wild parties and much more. Shot on location in Manhattan New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Crown International Pictures unknown
1966réf. 161834New York: Crown International Pictures 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Small town girl Sally arrives in New York City to attend college and finds herself living with four worldly-wise roommates who introduce her to wild parties and much more. Shot on location in Manhattan New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Crown International Pictures unknown books
1966réf. 160459New York: CBS Television Network 1966. Vintage photograph of Patricia Neal from the 1961 film struck in 1966 for airing on the "CBS Thursday Night Movies" October 6 1966. CBS mimeo snipe attached to the verso and folded over the recto. Based on the 1958 novella by Truman Capote about a naive cafe society girl in New York who falls in love with a struggling writer. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. CBS Television Network unknown
1966réf. 160459New York: CBS Television Network 1966. Vintage photograph of Patricia Neal from the 1961 film struck in 1966 for airing on the "CBS Thursday Night Movies" October 6 1966. CBS mimeo snipe attached to the verso and folded over the recto. Based on the 1958 novella by Truman Capote about a naive cafe society girl in New York who falls in love with a struggling writer. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. CBS Television Network unknown books
