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1972Best.-Nr. 171323Aurora: CVD Studios 1972. Final script for the 1973 Western comedy film. Working copy belonging to actor Lee Meriwether with her first name in manuscript ink to the top right corner of the front wrapper and her annotations on several script leaves marking dialogue. With three leaves relating to credits laid into the front of the script and a hand-drawn get-well card laid into the script's rear. Lee Meriwether is best remembered today for her performance as Catwoman in "Batman: The Movie" 1966 and for her recurring performance as Betty Jones in the 1970s crime television series "Barnaby Jones." She also made significant appearances in nearly 200 television series notably "Dr. Kildare" 1965 "The Time Tunnel" 1967 "Star Trek" 1969 and "Mission: Impossible" 1970. She also appeared in nearly three dozen feature films including "Angel in My Pocket" 1969 and "The Undefeated" 1969. Two brothers ride into a Colorado mining town searching for a quick buck only to discover the mines rich in molybdenum. Lee Meriwether is best remembered today for her performance as Catwoman in "Batman: The Movie" 1966 and for her recurring performance as Betty Jones in the 1970s crime television series "Barnaby Jones." Shot on location in Cañon City Colorado. Generic blue CVD Studios wrappers. Title page present noted as Final dated September 21 1972 with credit for screenwriter Marion Hargrove. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated September 29 1972. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. CVD Studios unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 160796N.p.: Fred Baker Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. At 25 x 38 inches a bit smaller than the standard one sheet poster size of 27 x 41 inches. The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966 though the first "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' 1967 was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show" audio-only clips an interview by Nat Hentoff with a broken-down Bruce near the end of his life and the infamous video footage of Bruce dead in his bathroom of an overdose. A brutal and non-judgmental examination of the man who changed not only the nature of comedy but the nature of performance itself. Made by Bruce's longtime friend filmmaker actor screenwriter and jazz musician Fred Baker. 25 x 38 inches Folded as Issued. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Fred Baker Films unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 160796N.p.: Fred Baker Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. At 25 x 38 inches a bit smaller than the standard one sheet poster size of 27 x 41 inches. The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966 though the first "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' 1967 was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show" audio-only clips an interview by Nat Hentoff with a broken-down Bruce near the end of his life and the infamous video footage of Bruce dead in his bathroom of an overdose. A brutal and non-judgmental examination of the man who changed not only the nature of comedy but the nature of performance itself. Made by Bruce's longtime friend filmmaker actor screenwriter and jazz musician Fred Baker. 25 x 38 inches Folded as Issued. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Fred Baker Films unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 142885N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his US passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. Set in Rome. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 142885N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his US passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. Set in Rome. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 133983London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. Shown are Carol Reed and his crew setting up a shot while Graham Greene looks on a rare shot of the two collaborators at work together. Stamped on the verso is "A CAROL REED PRODUCTION / "THE THIRD MAN" / PRODUCED AT / THE LONDON FILM STUDIOS / SHEPPERTON-ENGLAND." Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only original screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Carol Reed Productions unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 133983London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. Shown are Carol Reed and his crew setting up a shot while Graham Greene looks on a rare shot of the two collaborators at work together. Stamped on the verso is "A CAROL REED PRODUCTION / "THE THIRD MAN" / PRODUCED AT / THE LONDON FILM STUDIOS / SHEPPERTON-ENGLAND." Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only original screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Carol Reed Productions unknown books
1947Best.-Nr. 145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout. Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South. Set in Alabama. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral on the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout. Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South. Set in Alabama. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral on the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1947Best.-Nr. 140099Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final script for the 1948 film. With a single note on the verso of the last page in manuscript blue ink. Shot under the name "Off to Buffalo" as is presented here. Vaudeville is a fading form of entertainment and prospects are grim for the Norwick family a juggling act struggling to find work. They are forced to find normal jobs and one daughter elopes with her boyfriend leaving Albert's son forced to make a decision as to whether play professional baseball or join his father on a 16 week tour out west. Set in New York City. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 152 and production No. 154 dated March 21 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated March 21 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining wrapper Very Good with dampstaining bound internally with two gold brads. Hirschhorn p. 293. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 140099Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final script for the 1948 film. With a single note on the verso of the last page in manuscript blue ink. Shot under the name "Off to Buffalo" as is presented here. Vaudeville is a fading form of entertainment and prospects are grim for the Norwick family a juggling act struggling to find work. They are forced to find normal jobs and one daughter elopes with her boyfriend leaving Albert's son forced to make a decision as to whether play professional baseball or join his father on a 16 week tour out west. Set in New York City. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 152 and production No. 154 dated March 21 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated March 21 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining wrapper Very Good with dampstaining bound internally with two gold brads. Hirschhorn p. 293. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 154479N.p.: N.p. 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film. Text and titles in French. A coming of age story following an intelligent jazz loving teenage boy growing up in a complicated bourgeois family in 1950s Dijon. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Dijon Yvelines and Nievre France. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 71 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 328. N.p. unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 154479N.p.: N.p. 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film. Text and titles in French. A coming of age story following an intelligent jazz loving teenage boy growing up in a complicated bourgeois family in 1950s Dijon. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Dijon Yvelines and Nievre France. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 71 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 328. N.p. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 170776N.p.: N.p. 1972. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the seminal 1972 hardcore film. Based on the anonymous short story of the same title circulated throughout the US in the 1950s and 1960s by means of carbon copy. One of of the first American hardcore pictures to receive widespread distribution in the US and one of the first heterosexual pornographic films to feature an interracial sex scene. A breakthrough role for actress Marilyn Chambers who would go on to become one of the first icons in the adult film industry and even worked briefly in mainstream cinema. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 170776N.p.: N.p. 1972. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the seminal 1972 hardcore film. Based on the anonymous short story of the same title circulated throughout the US in the 1950s and 1960s by means of carbon copy. One of of the first American hardcore pictures to receive widespread distribution in the US and one of the first heterosexual pornographic films to feature an interracial sex scene. A breakthrough role for actress Marilyn Chambers who would go on to become one of the first icons in the adult film industry and even worked briefly in mainstream cinema. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 126547Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. First Draft script for the 1963 film. A nuanced "invasion from Mars" film that borrows cleverly from both "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" aliens use human beings as physical hosts and Val Lewton threat of a creature but creature is only implied not shown. An unusually heavy emphasis on dread atmosphere and characterization makes this one of the most overlooked "adult" science fiction films of the 1960s. Black three-ring binder noted as "DAY MARS INVADED EARTH" on the front wrapper with a credit for screenwriter Spalding as "Spaulding". Title page present with the title "SPACERAID 63" with a credit for screenwriter Spalding production No. 6277 dated June 22 1962. 96 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6/28/62. Pages Near Fine with a few small creases binder wrapper Near Fine with a bit of wrinkling on the front title label. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962Best.-Nr. 126547Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. First Draft script for the 1963 film. A nuanced "invasion from Mars" film that borrows cleverly from both "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" aliens use human beings as physical hosts and Val Lewton threat of a creature but creature is only implied not shown. An unusually heavy emphasis on dread atmosphere and characterization makes this one of the most overlooked "adult" science fiction films of the 1960s. Black three-ring binder noted as "DAY MARS INVADED EARTH" on the front wrapper with a credit for screenwriter Spalding as "Spaulding". Title page present with the title "SPACERAID 63" with a credit for screenwriter Spalding production No. 6277 dated June 22 1962. 96 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6/28/62. Pages Near Fine with a few small creases binder wrapper Near Fine with a bit of wrinkling on the front title label. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 141367Russia: Mezhrabpom-Rus 1927. Vintage German program for the 1926 Russian silent film. Photo-illustrated throughout. The only cinema paper dating from the decade of release we have encountered for the film. Based on the 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky about a woman's struggle to free her son from a Czarist prison camp during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The first film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy" followed by "The End of St. Petersburg" 1927 and "Storm Over Asia" 1928 and a key film in the development of montage techniques in film although in contrast to his colleague Eisenstein Pudovkin tended to use montage to capture individual character rather than mass movements. Six pages in self wrappers. Manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Presenting as Very Good with light chipping and a few short closed tears. Disbound binding repaired with cello tape. Mezhrabpom-Rus unknown
1927Best.-Nr. 141367Russia: Mezhrabpom-Rus 1927. Vintage German program for the 1926 Russian silent film. Photo-illustrated throughout. The only cinema paper dating from the decade of release we have encountered for the film. Based on the 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky about a woman's struggle to free her son from a Czarist prison camp during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The first film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy" followed by "The End of St. Petersburg" 1927 and "Storm Over Asia" 1928 and a key film in the development of montage techniques in film although in contrast to his colleague Eisenstein Pudovkin tended to use montage to capture individual character rather than mass movements. Six pages in self wrappers. Manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Presenting as Very Good with light chipping and a few short closed tears. Disbound binding repaired with cello tape. Mezhrabpom-Rus unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 147912Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1941. Collection of 28 vintage double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. With mimeo snipes to the verso identifying actors in each photograph. Likely unique. Based on Jack London's 1904 novel following three fugitives who are rescued from the ocean and subsequently imprisoned by a cruel mariner who refuses to let them off the ship. 11 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and fading overall some with faint foxing to the verso and light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 147912Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1941. Collection of 28 vintage double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. With mimeo snipes to the verso identifying actors in each photograph. Likely unique. Based on Jack London's 1904 novel following three fugitives who are rescued from the ocean and subsequently imprisoned by a cruel mariner who refuses to let them off the ship. 11 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and fading overall some with faint foxing to the verso and light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 148821N.p.: Cinema V. 1964. Four vintage borderless double weight reference photographs two vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. Several with manuscript annotations regarding layout and provenance stamps to the verso and two with stamped snipes. An African American railroad worker attempts to maintain his dignity and self-respect in the face of small-town racism and a troubled familial past. While initially the film faced a limited release due to its complex portrayal of southern prejudice and class divides it has since become regarded as an important example of neorealistic American cinema and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1993. Set outside Birmingham Alabama and shot on location in Atlantic City and Cape May New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some with light edgewear and very faint soil. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection. Cinema V. unknown
1964Best.-Nr. 148821N.p.: Cinema V. 1964. Four vintage borderless double weight reference photographs two vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. Several with manuscript annotations regarding layout and provenance stamps to the verso and two with stamped snipes. An African American railroad worker attempts to maintain his dignity and self-respect in the face of small-town racism and a troubled familial past. While initially the film faced a limited release due to its complex portrayal of southern prejudice and class divides it has since become regarded as an important example of neorealistic American cinema and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1993. Set outside Birmingham Alabama and shot on location in Atlantic City and Cape May New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some with light edgewear and very faint soil. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection. Cinema V. unknown books
2023Best.-Nr. 170403N.p.: N.p. 2023. Draft script for the 2023 film. Inspired by the 1968 photo book by Danny Lyon about the members of the Vandals Motorcycle Club a lightly fictionalized version of the real-life Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Housed in a black three-ring binder as issued and used. Title page present dated 4/15/23 with credits for Lyon and director-screenwriter Jeff Nichols. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine. N.p. unknown
2023Best.-Nr. 170403N.p.: N.p. 2023. Draft script for the 2023 film. Inspired by the 1968 photo book by Danny Lyon about the members of the Vandals Motorcycle Club a lightly fictionalized version of the real-life Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Housed in a black three-ring binder as issued and used. Title page present dated 4/15/23 with credits for Lyon and director-screenwriter Jeff Nichols. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine. N.p. unknown books
