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1938réf. 132192Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1938. Final Script for the 1938 film. Loosely based on the events surrounding the construction of the Suez Canal the film stirred controversy upon its release when the descendants of main characters Matthieu and Ferdinand de Lesseps unsuccessfully sued the studio for libel. With all the elaborate costuming special effects and production costs typical of a Zanuck picture its cinematic qualities do their best to offset what can only be called a very unique take on historical accuracy. Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography Best Original Score and Best Sound Recording. Power and Annabella were married shortly after the film's release. Set in Paris and Egypt shot on location in Arizona and California. Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 178 dated April 8 1938. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 8 1938 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Dunne and Josephson. 186 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964réf. 142333Buckinghamshire: British Lion Film Corporation 1964. Draft script for the 1964 film. Based on the 1960 novel of the same title by Douglas Hayes. A middle-aged stage actor moves from a conservative life in the provinces to the very center of Swinging London and tries to revitalize his career by performing in commercials. Set in London shot on location there. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Peter Yeldham and author Douglas Hayes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. British Lion Film Corporation unknown
1964réf. 142333Buckinghamshire: British Lion Film Corporation 1964. Draft script for the 1964 film. Based on the 1960 novel of the same title by Douglas Hayes. A middle-aged stage actor moves from a conservative life in the provinces to the very center of Swinging London and tries to revitalize his career by performing in commercials. Set in London shot on location there. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Peter Yeldham and author Douglas Hayes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1956réf. 147087Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in manuscript ink. Production number adjusted in manuscript pencil with ."5." "#3" in manuscript in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677 dated June 7 1956. Title page present dated June 7 1956 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate bound with two gold brads. Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1956réf. 147087Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in manuscript ink. Production number adjusted in manuscript pencil with ."5." "#3" in manuscript in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677 dated June 7 1956. Title page present dated June 7 1956 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate bound with two gold brads. Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1938réf. 147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey. Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938réf. 147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey. Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968réf. 140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown
1968réf. 140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown books
1980réf. 146511Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1980. Draft script for the 1983 German film directed by Andrzej Wajda. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly regarding a character's name change and changes to pagination. Laid in with the script is a handwritten letter discussing films with KO-Productions. Text in German. Missing page 59 likely as used or issued. Based on the 1980 novel. In 1983 a middle-aged man returns to his hometown village with his teenage son in an attempt to discover the details of his mother's affair with a Polish prisoner of war during World War II. Set in Brombach shot on location in Baden-Wurttemberg and Berlin. Yellow titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present dated Januar 1980 with credits for screenwriters Rolf Hochhuth and Werner Jorg Luddecke. 216 leaves with last page of text numbered 210. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown
1990réf. 149920N.p.: N.p. 1990. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1990 Polish film one showing director Andrzej Wajda the other showing Wajda in conversation with actor Wojciech Pszoniak. The final days in the life of Polish-Jewish humanitarian author and educator Janusz Korczak who founded an orphanage in Warsaw for Jewish children and was eventually killed while attempting to protect the orphans during World War II. Set and shot on location in Lodz and Warsaw Poland. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1990réf. 149920N.p.: N.p. 1990. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1990 Polish film one showing director Andrzej Wajda the other showing Wajda in conversation with actor Wojciech Pszoniak. The final days in the life of Polish-Jewish humanitarian author and educator Janusz Korczak who founded an orphanage in Warsaw for Jewish children and was eventually killed while attempting to protect the orphans during World War II. Set and shot on location in Lodz and Warsaw Poland. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980réf. 146511Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1980. Draft script for the 1983 German film directed by Andrzej Wajda. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly regarding a character's name change and changes to pagination. Laid in with the script is a handwritten letter discussing films with KO-Productions. Text in German. Missing page 59 likely as used or issued. Based on the 1980 novel. In 1983 a middle-aged man returns to his hometown village with his teenage son in an attempt to discover the details of his mother's affair with a Polish prisoner of war during World War II. Set in Brombach shot on location in Baden-Wurttemberg and Berlin. Yellow titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present dated Januar 1980 with credits for screenwriters Rolf Hochhuth and Werner Jorg Luddecke. 216 leaves with last page of text numbered 210. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown books
1975réf. 149387Paris: Albina Productions 1975. Vintage borderless photograph of director Andrzej Zulawski working with actress Romy Schneider on the set of the 1975 film. With the stamp of S.A. Telemagazine on the verso along with a few contemporary manuscript ink annotations. Based on the 1972 novel "La Nuit americaine" by Christopher Frank. A photographer meets a failed actress who has resorted to appearing in porn films to make a living. Falling for her he borrows money to mount a production of "Richard III" and give her a role but she is torn between her love for him and her obligations to her husband. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Albina Productions unknown
1975réf. 149387Paris: Albina Productions 1975. Vintage borderless photograph of director Andrzej Zulawski working with actress Romy Schneider on the set of the 1975 film. With the stamp of S.A. Telemagazine on the verso along with a few contemporary manuscript ink annotations. Based on the 1972 novel "La Nuit americaine" by Christopher Frank. A photographer meets a failed actress who has resorted to appearing in porn films to make a living. Falling for her he borrows money to mount a production of "Richard III" and give her a role but she is torn between her love for him and her obligations to her husband. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Albina Productions unknown books
1969réf. 149414Munich: Constantin-Film 1969. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 German release of the US film. With printed mimeo snipes on the verso. Andy Warhol's final film an attempt to represent sex between a man and a woman Warhol superstars Louis Waldon and Viva respectively as naturalistically as possible. A groundbreaking influential production insofar as it was the first adult film to receive wide theatrical release in the US. Set and shot on location in New York. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Constantin-Film unknown
1968réf. 134291New York: Factory Films 1968. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1968 film. Both photographs feature the film's lead actor Viva one a head shot that is a variant on the familiar image used on the cover of Viva's later autobiography "Superstar" the other a waist-up shot. 8 x 10 inches white border with film credits at the bottom margin of the recto along with mention of the film's first distributor Sherpix. Fine. Factory Films unknown
1968réf. 134291New York: Factory Films 1968. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1968 film. Both photographs feature the film's lead actor Viva one a head shot that is a variant on the familiar image used on the cover of Viva's later autobiography "Superstar" the other a waist-up shot. 8 x 10 inches white border with film credits at the bottom margin of the recto along with mention of the film's first distributor Sherpix. Fine. Factory Films unknown books
1969réf. 149414Munich: Constantin-Film 1969. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 German release of the US film. With printed mimeo snipes on the verso. Andy Warhol's final film an attempt to represent sex between a man and a woman Warhol superstars Louis Waldon and Viva respectively as naturalistically as possible. A groundbreaking influential production insofar as it was the first adult film to receive wide theatrical release in the US. Set and shot on location in New York. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Constantin-Film unknown books
1964réf. 172060Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film showing Angie Dickinson posed next to a race car sporting high-waisted pedal pushers a cuffed white shirt and sky-high hair. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway. The final film performance by Ronald Reagan and the second Hollywood adaptation of Hemingway's story following the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1964réf. 172060Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film showing Angie Dickinson posed next to a race car sporting high-waisted pedal pushers a cuffed white shirt and sky-high hair. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway. The final film performance by Ronald Reagan and the second Hollywood adaptation of Hemingway's story following the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1997réf. 167773N.p.: N.p. 1997. Revised Fourth Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations on three pages. Based on Bari Wood's 1993 novel "Doll's Eyes" about a housewife who discovers she has a clairvoyant connection to a serial killer. Shot on location in Amherst Easthampton Florence Huntington Northampton Northfield Southampton Williamsburg and Whately Massachusetts in Fontana Dam North Carolina in New Castle New Hampshire. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/19/1997 noted as 4th DRAFT REWRITE with credits for director Neil Jordan and screenwriter Bruce Robinson. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1997réf. 167773N.p.: N.p. 1997. Revised Fourth Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations on three pages. Based on Bari Wood's 1993 novel "Doll's Eyes" about a housewife who discovers she has a clairvoyant connection to a serial killer. Shot on location in Amherst Easthampton Florence Huntington Northampton Northfield Southampton Williamsburg and Whately Massachusetts in Fontana Dam North Carolina in New Castle New Hampshire. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/19/1997 noted as 4th DRAFT REWRITE with credits for director Neil Jordan and screenwriter Bruce Robinson. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1954réf. 140965London: Romulus 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. 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. Based on the play of the same name by Campbell and Dorothy Christie. A court martial process delves into why an officer embezzled funds from his unit. Released in the US as "Court Martial." Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 10 1954 with credits for screenwriter John Hunter and playwrights Dorothy and Campbell Christie. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Romulus unknown
1954réf. 140965London: Romulus 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. 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. Based on the play of the same name by Campbell and Dorothy Christie. A court martial process delves into why an officer embezzled funds from his unit. Released in the US as "Court Martial." Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 10 1954 with credits for screenwriter John Hunter and playwrights Dorothy and Campbell Christie. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Romulus unknown books