1968réf. 162612Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1968. Second Draft script for the 1968 film seen here under the working title "Hell's Angels Ride Again." Loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" about the leader of a motorcycle gang's romance with an American Indian waitress. Hot on the heels of the biker films of the same era but in particular the 1967 exploitation film "Hells Angels on Wheels" also directed by Richard Rush. Shot on location in Nipton California. Red titled wrappers undated with credit for screenwriter Michael Fisher. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown
1968réf. 162612Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1968. Second Draft script for the 1968 film seen here under the working title "Hell's Angels Ride Again." Loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" about the leader of a motorcycle gang's romance with an American Indian waitress. Hot on the heels of the biker films of the same era but in particular the 1967 exploitation film "Hells Angels on Wheels" also directed by Richard Rush. Shot on location in Nipton California. Red titled wrappers undated with credit for screenwriter Michael Fisher. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown books
réf. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown
réf. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown books
réf. 169036Los Angeles: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film written by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. Based on Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson's "Hoka" comedy science fiction stories first compiled in the 1957 collection "Earthman's Burden" about a race of aliens who resemble teddy bears. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Navy Tri-Star Pictures wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown
réf. 169036Los Angeles: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film written by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. Based on Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson's "Hoka" comedy science fiction stories first compiled in the 1957 collection "Earthman's Burden" about a race of aliens who resemble teddy bears. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Navy Tri-Star Pictures wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown books
réf. 141945Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 Disney comedy film "No Deposit No Return" seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones who played the role of Policeman #2 with his name on the front wrapper in black ink. A heist film Inspired by two O. Henry short stories "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "A Retrieved Reformation." Set in Los Angeles. Pink titled wrappers noted as production No. 0144 dated May 14 1975 with credits for story writer Joe McEveety and screenplay writers Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued dated 6/24/75. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/2/75 and 7/15/75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown
réf. 141945Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 Disney comedy film "No Deposit No Return" seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones who played the role of Policeman #2 with his name on the front wrapper in black ink. A heist film Inspired by two O. Henry short stories "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "A Retrieved Reformation." Set in Los Angeles. Pink titled wrappers noted as production No. 0144 dated May 14 1975 with credits for story writer Joe McEveety and screenplay writers Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued dated 6/24/75. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/2/75 and 7/15/75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
réf. 161096Los Angeles: Tse Tse Fly Productions 2001. Two Final Draft scripts for the 2002 film. Scripts belonging to costume designer Judith Brewer Curtis with her annotations in manuscript ink throughout and housed in her production binder with wardrobe test photographs and ephemera relating to costuming for the film. Binder includes an eight page shooting schedule an eight page continuity breakdown four pages of Curtis' xerographically duplicated costume design sketches and 29 Polaroid wardrobe test shots. An amnesiac wakes up in an asylum for the criminally insane discovering that he has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend-a crime he does not recall. As his fellow inmates begin showing up dead he begins to wonder if the murder is somehow linked to the asylum's sinister director. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Final Draft no revisions: Title page present undated noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Jeremy Kasten and Rogan Russell Marshall. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine. Final Draft with revisions: Title page present undated noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Jeremy Kasten and Rogan Russell Marshall. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine. Black three-ring binder Very Good plus with light soil on the extremities. Tse Tse Fly Productions unknown
réf. 161096Los Angeles: Tse Tse Fly Productions 2001. Two Final Draft scripts for the 2002 film. Scripts belonging to costume designer Judith Brewer Curtis with her annotations in manuscript ink throughout and housed in her production binder with wardrobe test photographs and ephemera relating to costuming for the film. Binder includes an eight page shooting schedule an eight page continuity breakdown four pages of Curtis' xerographically duplicated costume design sketches and 29 Polaroid wardrobe test shots. An amnesiac wakes up in an asylum for the criminally insane discovering that he has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend-a crime he does not recall. As his fellow inmates begin showing up dead he begins to wonder if the murder is somehow linked to the asylum's sinister director. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Final Draft no revisions: Title page present undated noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Jeremy Kasten and Rogan Russell Marshall. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine. Final Draft with revisions: Title page present undated noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Jeremy Kasten and Rogan Russell Marshall. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine. Black three-ring binder Very Good plus with light soil on the extremities. Tse Tse Fly Productions unknown books
réf. 162444N.p.: N.p. 1995. Final Draft script for the 1996 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations on the title page noting phone numbers and on several pages in the script highlighting dialogue for police officers. With a production memo and a call sheet dated November 15 1995 laid in with the script along with a FedEx receipt. Based on Robert Daley's 1993 novel "Tainted Evidence" and on the true story of the escape of criminal Larry Davis about a newly elected district attorney's drive to eliminate corruption in the police department. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. Clear generic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 27 1995 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Sidney Lumet and novelist Robert Daley. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated September 22 1995. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good with wear on the top and bottom edges of the rear wrapper silver prong binding. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
réf. 162444N.p.: N.p. 1995. Final Draft script for the 1996 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations on the title page noting phone numbers and on several pages in the script highlighting dialogue for police officers. With a production memo and a call sheet dated November 15 1995 laid in with the script along with a FedEx receipt. Based on Robert Daley's 1993 novel "Tainted Evidence" and on the true story of the escape of criminal Larry Davis about a newly elected district attorney's drive to eliminate corruption in the police department. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. Clear generic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 27 1995 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Sidney Lumet and novelist Robert Daley. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated September 22 1995. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good with wear on the top and bottom edges of the rear wrapper silver prong binding. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 149451Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick and cinematographer Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso regarding layout. A stunning image of both Kubrick and legendary cinematographer Morris. Morris' achievements apart from "Lolita" include "Oliver Twist 1948 "Moulin Rouge" 1952 "Moby Dick" 1956 "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965 "Fiddler on the Roof" 1971 and "The Man Who Would Be King" 1975. Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 masterpiece about a man's all-consuming and destructive romantic desire for a prepubescent girl. Shot on location in Albany and the Adirondacks in New York Newport and Westerly in Rhode Island and Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire in England. 14 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and a shallow crease along the right edge. Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1962réf. 149451Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick and cinematographer Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso regarding layout. A stunning image of both Kubrick and legendary cinematographer Morris. Morris' achievements apart from "Lolita" include "Oliver Twist 1948 "Moulin Rouge" 1952 "Moby Dick" 1956 "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965 "Fiddler on the Roof" 1971 and "The Man Who Would Be King" 1975. Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 masterpiece about a man's all-consuming and destructive romantic desire for a prepubescent girl. Shot on location in Albany and the Adirondacks in New York Newport and Westerly in Rhode Island and Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire in England. 14 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and a shallow crease along the right edge. Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1959réf. 143239Tokyo: Toho Company 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film crediting Masahiro Makino as the director who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi originally released in 1937 as two parts "Saga of the Vagabonds Part One Tiger Wolf" and "Saga of the Vagabonds Part Two Forward at Dawn." Toshiro Mifune plays a feudal bandit accused of stealing money he was entrusted and assembles a revenge party to storm the family castle and attack his brother who betrayed him. Kurosawa would serve as 3rd assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa for both films and go on to write the latter screenplay previously penned by Sadao Yamanaka. Set in Japan's Edo period. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered f-16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on paper edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Toho Company unknown
1959réf. 143239Tokyo: Toho Company 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film crediting Masahiro Makino as the director who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi originally released in 1937 as two parts "Saga of the Vagabonds Part One Tiger Wolf" and "Saga of the Vagabonds Part Two Forward at Dawn." Toshiro Mifune plays a feudal bandit accused of stealing money he was entrusted and assembles a revenge party to storm the family castle and attack his brother who betrayed him. Kurosawa would serve as 3rd assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa for both films and go on to write the latter screenplay previously penned by Sadao Yamanaka. Set in Japan's Edo period. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered f-16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on paper edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1948réf. 135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1948réf. 135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
réf. 160172Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A unique script in terms of the narrative with each scene described in fragmented sentences. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. Cream titled wrappers dated May 23 1977. Title page present dated May 23 1977 noted as FINAL with a credit for Hill. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
réf. 163863Los Angeles: Gracie Films 1994. Revised Shooting Draft script for the 1996 film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the rear wrapper verso. Wes Anderson's feature film directorial debut cowritten with actor Owen Wilson about three friends who plan a heist in the southwestern suburbs. Based on Anderson's 1992 short film of the same title whose success at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival persuaded filmmaker James L. Brooks to finance a full-length version of the film. Shot on location in Dallas Fort Worth and Hillsboro Texas and at the Camarillo State Mental Hospital in Camarillo California. White generic Gracie Films wrappers. Title page present dated September 20 1994 noted as Shooting Draft and credits for Anderson and Wilson. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown
réf. 163863Los Angeles: Gracie Films 1994. Revised Shooting Draft script for the 1996 film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the rear wrapper verso. Wes Anderson's feature film directorial debut cowritten with actor Owen Wilson about three friends who plan a heist in the southwestern suburbs. Based on Anderson's 1992 short film of the same title whose success at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival persuaded filmmaker James L. Brooks to finance a full-length version of the film. Shot on location in Dallas Fort Worth and Hillsboro Texas and at the Camarillo State Mental Hospital in Camarillo California. White generic Gracie Films wrappers. Title page present dated September 20 1994 noted as Shooting Draft and credits for Anderson and Wilson. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown books
1961réf. 143276Tokyo: Takarazuka Productions 1961. First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film about a widower and his daughters who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3. Takarazuka Productions unknown
1961réf. 143276Tokyo: Takarazuka Productions 1961. First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film about a widower and his daughters who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3. Takarazuka Productions unknown books
réf. 150807San Francisco: Zoetrope 1981. Final Draft script for the 1981 musical film. Copy belonging to actress Lainie Kazan with her name on the title page in manuscript ink and her manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a single revision page with Kazan's manuscript pencil and ink annotations and an envelope for the Paradise Travel Agency covered with ink annotations regarding line changes containing a flight coupon signed by Kazan. Dreamy flaky Frannie leaves her down-to-earth unfaithful boyfriend Hank on their fifth anniversary. Over the course of 24 hours both have affairs with their ideal partners but eventually realize their paramours can't hold a candle to their love for each other. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Red Zoetrope Studios wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 032 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 1 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director Francis Coppola sic and screenwriter Armyan Bernstein and music credits to Tom Waits. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Zoetrope unknown
réf. 150807San Francisco: Zoetrope 1981. Final Draft script for the 1981 musical film. Copy belonging to actress Lainie Kazan with her name on the title page in manuscript ink and her manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a single revision page with Kazan's manuscript pencil and ink annotations and an envelope for the Paradise Travel Agency covered with ink annotations regarding line changes containing a flight coupon signed by Kazan. Dreamy flaky Frannie leaves her down-to-earth unfaithful boyfriend Hank on their fifth anniversary. Over the course of 24 hours both have affairs with their ideal partners but eventually realize their paramours can't hold a candle to their love for each other. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Red Zoetrope Studios wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 032 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 1 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director Francis Coppola sic and screenwriter Armyan Bernstein and music credits to Tom Waits. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Zoetrope unknown books
