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1988Best.-Nr. 142577N.p.: Millimeter Films 1988. Vintage First Re-Write script for the 1989 film. A rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor. Following up on the cult horror classic "The Stepfather" Terry O'Quinn reprises his pitch-perfect role as a psychotic killer escaped from an insane asylum who obsessed with "family values" marries into broken homes and murders his new family when he is inevitably unsatisfied with the results. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Vancouver and California. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as copy No. 172 dated November 15 1988 with a credit for screenwriter John Auerbach. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Noted at copy No. 79 in manuscript ink on the title page. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with punch holes with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/07/88. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Millimeter Films unknown
1988Best.-Nr. 142577N.p.: Millimeter Films 1988. Vintage First Re-Write script for the 1989 film. A rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor. Following up on the cult horror classic "The Stepfather" Terry O'Quinn reprises his pitch-perfect role as a psychotic killer escaped from an insane asylum who obsessed with "family values" marries into broken homes and murders his new family when he is inevitably unsatisfied with the results. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Vancouver and California. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as copy No. 172 dated November 15 1988 with a credit for screenwriter John Auerbach. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Noted at copy No. 79 in manuscript ink on the title page. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with punch holes with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/07/88. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Millimeter Films unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 149479London: Island Records 1972. Three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician Jimmy Cliff's film debut in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to Kingston with dreams of fame and fortune as a singer but is waylaid by corrupt record producers and criminal enterprises. One of the first films to feature black Jamaicans speaking Jamaican Patois and whose soundtrack played a key role in popularizing reggae music worldwide. Set and shot on location in Kingston Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Criterion Collection 83. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 50 150. Island Records unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 149479London: Island Records 1972. Three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician Jimmy Cliff's film debut in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to Kingston with dreams of fame and fortune as a singer but is waylaid by corrupt record producers and criminal enterprises. One of the first films to feature black Jamaicans speaking Jamaican Patois and whose soundtrack played a key role in popularizing reggae music worldwide. Set and shot on location in Kingston Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Criterion Collection 83. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 50 150. Island Records unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 159991N.p.: N.p. 2005. Vintage location pictures binder for the 2006 film here under the working title "M:1-3" belonging to Pierre Cheminat assistant to Action Unit Director and Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong with the name "P. Cheminat" the working title and "Location Pictures" "Location Pix" printed on green paper inlaid on the front and spine of the binder. The location pictures binder contains 101 location photographs divided into 19 tabbed location categories with each photograph printed on heavyweight satin-finish paper and titled on the top left. Examples of the categories include: "Ext. Vatican Walls Cheat" "Int/Ext. Caserta Museum" "Ext. Tiber View Castello S.Angelo" "Electronics Mall" "Computer Smash Alley" "Safehouse" "Towers" "Car Chase" and "Limo Hook-Up." Full listing of categories and photographs available upon request. Based on the 1988-1990 ABC television series "Mission: Impossible" created by Bruce Geller and starring Peter Graves which was a continuation of the classic 1966-1973 CBS television series of the same name also created by Geller and starring Graves. The third installment of the incredibly popular film series produced by star Tom Cruise preceded by "Mission: Impossible 2" 2000 directed by John Woo and followed by "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" 2011 directed by Brad Bird. Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt a retired Mission Impossible Force agent and trainer who is forced to return to active duty to capture the elusive arms dealer Owen Davis in a memorable performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman attempting to sell the world's most powerful nuclear device ever created the Rabbit's Foot. Set in and shot on location in the US Italy Rome Germany and China. 120 leaves. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine white three-ring binder. N.p. unknown
2005Best.-Nr. 159991N.p.: N.p. 2005. Vintage location pictures binder for the 2006 film here under the working title "M:1-3" belonging to Pierre Cheminat assistant to Action Unit Director and Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong with the name "P. Cheminat" the working title and "Location Pictures" "Location Pix" printed on green paper inlaid on the front and spine of the binder. The location pictures binder contains 101 location photographs divided into 19 tabbed location categories with each photograph printed on heavyweight satin-finish paper and titled on the top left. Examples of the categories include: "Ext. Vatican Walls Cheat" "Int/Ext. Caserta Museum" "Ext. Tiber View Castello S.Angelo" "Electronics Mall" "Computer Smash Alley" "Safehouse" "Towers" "Car Chase" and "Limo Hook-Up." Full listing of categories and photographs available upon request. Based on the 1988-1990 ABC television series "Mission: Impossible" created by Bruce Geller and starring Peter Graves which was a continuation of the classic 1966-1973 CBS television series of the same name also created by Geller and starring Graves. The third installment of the incredibly popular film series produced by star Tom Cruise preceded by "Mission: Impossible 2" 2000 directed by John Woo and followed by "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" 2011 directed by Brad Bird. Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt a retired Mission Impossible Force agent and trainer who is forced to return to active duty to capture the elusive arms dealer Owen Davis in a memorable performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman attempting to sell the world's most powerful nuclear device ever created the Rabbit's Foot. Set in and shot on location in the US Italy Rome Germany and China. 120 leaves. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine white three-ring binder. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 147241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin stock unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green manuscript marker. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept US foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country. Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 147241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin stock unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green manuscript marker. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept US foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country. Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 133623Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1969 film. Jon Voight plays a naive Texan who moves to New York to hustle his body and finds himself in an unlikely friendship with an ailing con artist played by Dustin Hoffman. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for four others. Set in New York and Texas shot on location in New York Texas Florida and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 133623Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1969 film. Jon Voight plays a naive Texan who moves to New York to hustle his body and finds himself in an unlikely friendship with an ailing con artist played by Dustin Hoffman. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for four others. Set in New York and Texas shot on location in New York Texas Florida and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 135077Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown
1935Best.-Nr. 135077Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown
1934Best.-Nr. 151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 148879Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1929 part-talkie film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Loosely based on the 1874 novel by Jules Verne. The benevolent scientist-leader of a volcanic island is attacked by an evil baron leading to a submarine chase in which they discover a race of water-bound humanoids. Shooting for the film began in 1926 but the advent of talkies and bad weather would slow production ultimately delaying release until 1929. Lauded as an impressive cinematic feat the astronomical price tag of the production-over $1 million in 1929-all but guaranteed the film would be a financial disaster at the box office turning studios off to the idea of science fiction for many years. All color copies were believed lost but in 2013 one existing color print was discovered in Prague and has since been restored through a collaboration between US film experts and the Czech National Film Archive. 8 x 10 inches. With even fading else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 148879Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1929 part-talkie film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Loosely based on the 1874 novel by Jules Verne. The benevolent scientist-leader of a volcanic island is attacked by an evil baron leading to a submarine chase in which they discover a race of water-bound humanoids. Shooting for the film began in 1926 but the advent of talkies and bad weather would slow production ultimately delaying release until 1929. Lauded as an impressive cinematic feat the astronomical price tag of the production-over $1 million in 1929-all but guaranteed the film would be a financial disaster at the box office turning studios off to the idea of science fiction for many years. All color copies were believed lost but in 2013 one existing color print was discovered in Prague and has since been restored through a collaboration between US film experts and the Czech National Film Archive. 8 x 10 inches. With even fading else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 149514Beverly Hills CA: Brandywine Productions 1969. Nine vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation available on request. Brandywine Productions unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 149514Beverly Hills CA: Brandywine Productions 1969. Nine vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation available on request. Brandywine Productions unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 143197Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1957. Draft script for the 1958 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel "Kinkakuji" "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima which is loosely based on the actual event of the burning of the Reliquary or Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The book was one of three Mishima novels adapted by Paul Schrader for episodes in his film "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" 1985. Daiei released "Conflagration" "Enj " an adaptation of the same novel directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1958. The title and name of the temple in the film was changed from Kinkakuji after Buddhist opposition threatened problems with filming in Kyoto. This is a script from that film before the name change. Set and shot on location in Kyoto. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-27. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout mildew water damage wrapper split at spine with mild foxing non archival tape to spine and title page overall about Good condition. Daiei Studios unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 143197Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1957. Draft script for the 1958 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel "Kinkakuji" "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima which is loosely based on the actual event of the burning of the Reliquary or Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The book was one of three Mishima novels adapted by Paul Schrader for episodes in his film "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" 1985. Daiei released "Conflagration" "Enj " an adaptation of the same novel directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1958. The title and name of the temple in the film was changed from Kinkakuji after Buddhist opposition threatened problems with filming in Kyoto. This is a script from that film before the name change. Set and shot on location in Kyoto. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-27. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout mildew water damage wrapper split at spine with mild foxing non archival tape to spine and title page overall about Good condition. Daiei Studios unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 140205Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film here under the working title "The Outlaws are in Town." Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Lonny Kesh with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Lonny Kesh Arthur works his family's farm in Georgia but has big dreams of going west. His dreams are realized one day as he heads to Texas and ends up running with a gang of outlaws. He eventually returns to the family farm to find his parents have passed on. All goes smoothly until his former gang shows up. Set in Georgia and Texas. Green titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated June 18 1956. Title page present dated June 18 1956 with credits for screenwriters Earle Snell and Kurt Neumann and author Bennett Foster. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated July 2 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 140205Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film here under the working title "The Outlaws are in Town." Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Lonny Kesh with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Lonny Kesh Arthur works his family's farm in Georgia but has big dreams of going west. His dreams are realized one day as he heads to Texas and ends up running with a gang of outlaws. He eventually returns to the family farm to find his parents have passed on. All goes smoothly until his former gang shows up. Set in Georgia and Texas. Green titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated June 18 1956. Title page present dated June 18 1956 with credits for screenwriters Earle Snell and Kurt Neumann and author Bennett Foster. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated July 2 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 153710N.p.: N.p. 1960. Archive of loose typescript materials for four unproduced television series. Two pages signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen and many pages with manuscript ink and pencil annotations by him noting editorial and substantive revisions. Included in the collection are treatment drafts and draft script pages for four television series: one show called "Play Ball" a quiz show based on baseball trivia one show called "The Adventures of the Dude" about a New York police officer who moves west to become a cowboy one show called "The Producer" about the early days of Hollywood and one show called "Cannonball" an adventure series about two truckers. Four unproduced early ventures by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Approximately 65 pages in total. Pages generally loose some partially bound with a single staple. Housed in a manila envelope with manuscript ink annotations to the recto noting "Old Treatments by Larry Cohen". Pages and envelope Near Fine. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 159757N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 here under the working title "Hard Cover" SIGNED and titled with the release title by screenwriter Larry Cohen twice on both the front wrapper and the title page with an annotation in manuscript marker of the working title on the top of the front wrapper. Screenwriter producer and director Larry Cohen is best known as the screenwriter of horror science fiction and Blaxploitation films during the 1970s and 1980s including "Bone" 1972 "Black Ceasar" 1973 "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 "It's Alive" 1974 "The Stuff" 1985 A Return to Salem''s Lot" 1987 and "Phone Booth" 2002. A hit man James Woods coerces a detective Brian Dennehy into writing a book about the assassin's lucrative career secretly working for a prominent politician. The two men travel around the country gathering statements and evidence while attempting to stay clear of the politician's cronies who will stop at nothing to keep the story from unfolding. Set and shot on location in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a tiny amount of silverfish damage to the very bottom of the front wrapper and title page bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Olive Films. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1960Best.-Nr. 153710N.p.: N.p. 1960. Archive of loose typescript materials for four unproduced television series. Two pages signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen and many pages with manuscript ink and pencil annotations by him noting editorial and substantive revisions. Included in the collection are treatment drafts and draft script pages for four television series: one show called "Play Ball" a quiz show based on baseball trivia one show called "The Adventures of the Dude" about a New York police officer who moves west to become a cowboy one show called "The Producer" about the early days of Hollywood and one show called "Cannonball" an adventure series about two truckers. Four unproduced early ventures by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Approximately 65 pages in total. Pages generally loose some partially bound with a single staple. Housed in a manila envelope with manuscript ink annotations to the recto noting "Old Treatments by Larry Cohen". Pages and envelope Near Fine. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
