Bela Tarr (director, screenwriter)Biblio.com
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réf. 145506Budapest: Balsz Bela Studio 1977. Vintage post-production promotional script for the 1977 Hungarian film. Includes a prose narrative describing the film story reviews quotes and critical essays. Text in Hungarian. Easily the most rigidly philosophical promotional script ever issued with the narrative portion being essentially one long run-on sentence wherein Tarr describes his intentions for his first film. It would be 30 years before the rest of the world caught on to his genius and he would retire just 10 years after that. He passed away in 2026 at the age of 70. Off-white titled card wrappers saddle stapled. Title page present followed by a cast and credits list dated 1977. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph front wrapper printed with offset duplication. Rectos only. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine with light toning at the edges of the wrappers. Balsz Bela Studio unknown
1957réf. 156242Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Final Draft script for the 1957 film. The first screen adaptation of the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. One of the most honest film adaptations of its era attributable mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic hard-drinking burned-out Mike Campbell. in other words as himself. Shot on location in Pamplona Paris Biarritz and Mexico. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 97 and production No. 683 dated February 20 1957. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 20 1957 noted as Final Script. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/11/57 and 6/3/57. Pages with silverfish damage to the corners of the first few pages and final revision page else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with toning and creasing at the extremities and a small dampstain to the heel bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1924réf. 141664Berlin: Film-Kurier 1924. Vintage German programs for the two-part film series "Die Nibelungen" including one for "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and one for "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" produced by German film magazine "Film-Kurier." Text in German. Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." "Film-Kurier" was the first German film journal published daily beginning in 1919. The journal's classic era lasted until 1933 when its publisher Alfred Weiner had to flee Germany due to his Jewish origins. The issues from this era remain striking to this day because they were printed using a gravure reproduction process. Each day's issue would focus on a single film. 9 x 11.75 inches. Each program six pages folded loose leaves as issued. Very Good plus with a horizontal fold tiny pinholes to the corners and an occasional short closed tear. Masters of Cinema 46. Film-Kurier unknown
1948réf. 152186N.p.: N.p. 1948. Draft script for the 1948 British film. Copy belonging to production manager Mickey Delamar with his name in manuscript pencil to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. With revision pages laid in throughout the script along with a distribution receipt signed by Delamar and with a reference photograph from the film showing actors Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson. Delamar worked as a producer production manager and assistant director on over 30 films and was active in the film industry for four decades. His credits include Charlie Chaplin's "A King in New York" 1957 Francois Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" 1966 and Terence Young's "Mayerling" 1968. Based on the classic 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy about how all happy families are alike but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Set in St. Petersburg. Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for novelist Tolstoy and screenwriters Jean Anouilh Julien Duvivier and Guy Morgan. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and white undated revision pages throughout. Housed in a navy spring binder as originally used. Pages supple but Very Good only overall with curling at the edges. Photograph about Very Good with moderate soil and toning. Binder Good with soil overall. N.p. unknown
réf. 148341London: Lord Grade 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film here under the working title "Titoli di Testa." Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Text in Italian. In 1920s Sicily a capitalist and a socialist vie for the affections of a grief-stricken woman whose husband was killed by a fascist mafioso. The follow-up to director Lina Wertmuller's Oscar-nominated 1976 film "Seven Beauties" and a lyrical formidable film in its own right. Set and shot on location in Sicily. Script: Black faux-leather untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Lina Wertmuller. 326 leaves with last page of text numbered 301. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good with some revision pages lightly worn and toned to the edges wrapper Very Good lightly edgeworn with several tape repairs to the spine with perfect binding. List of scenes: 10 leaves with last page numbered 10. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Lord Grade unknown
1927réf. 134524Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Shooting script for the 1928 film. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer file copy with rubber stamps on the front wrapper indicating such. Carbon typescript with descriptive text and intertitles in black type. A few typeovers and annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. A rare example of a silent film screenplay. Based on the 1923 stage adaptation by David Belasco and Tom Cushing about professional clowns Tito Chaney and Simon Siegel who take in an abandoned child and name her Simonetta Young who was 15 at the time. When Simonetta is older she joins the circus and meets Count Luigi Ravelli Asther who becomes infatuated with her. Ravelli consults a doctor about his fits of uncontrollable laughter and there he meets Tito who has come to seek help for his fits of uncontrollable weeping. The two decide to help each other but soon find they are both vying for Simonetta's love. Nominated for an Academy Award in 1929 for Best Title Writing the only year for that category. Set in Italy shot on location in Elysian Park a suburb of Los Angeles California. Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST TEMPORARY INCOMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1640 and copy No. 5236 dated November 19 1927 with credits for playwrights Belasco and Cushing and screenwriter Meehan. 72 leaves carbon typescript on watermarked onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good now encapsulated in mylar bound with two gold brads. Blake 2001 US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960réf. 143342Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and manuscript ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese. A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding. BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown
1957réf. 154176Hollywood: Roger Corman Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller who had a sizable role in the film with his name to the title page and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. The finished film runs a little over an hour so the script at 127 pages was cut down substantially in the filming and editing process leaving a remarkable amount of content for study. An alienated wealthy coed at an all-girls boarding school inflicts increasing cruelties on the other students until her manipulation goes too far. An early role for Miller who appeared in 14 films directed by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman between 1955 and 1961 and would continue to work with Corman throughout his career. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown
1958réf. 141439Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. The first film to be credited to Suzuki by his assumed name a man released from prison needs money and goes to retrieve diamonds sought after by fellow yakuza members. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Nikkatsu unknown
1958réf. 141434Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Shinju Fujiwara. Five people assemble ten years after the end of the Pacific War at a military station to uncover a stash of morphine worth a fortune now whcih was buried by the medical officer Mashimoto at the abdication of the Emperor. One of members of the group does not belong there. Orange titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Nikkatsu unknown
1958réf. 141432Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Title based on a song popularized by the leading actor Frank Nagai. A comedy featuring a drugstore owner who begins an extramarital affair when his wife and child go on vacation. White illustrated titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown
réf. 145506Budapest: Balsz Bela Studio 1977. Vintage post-production promotional script for the 1977 Hungarian film. Includes a prose narrative describing the film story reviews quotes and critical essays. Text in Hungarian. Easily the most rigidly philosophical promotional script ever issued with the narrative portion being essentially one long run-on sentence wherein Tarr describes his intentions for his first film. It would be 30 years before the rest of the world caught on to his genius and he would retire just 10 years after that. He passed away in 2026 at the age of 70. Off-white titled card wrappers saddle stapled. Title page present followed by a cast and credits list dated 1977. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph front wrapper printed with offset duplication. Rectos only. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine with light toning at the edges of the wrappers. Balsz Bela Studio unknown books
1957réf. 156242Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Final Draft script for the 1957 film. The first screen adaptation of the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. One of the most honest film adaptations of its era attributable mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic hard-drinking burned-out Mike Campbell. in other words as himself. Shot on location in Pamplona Paris Biarritz and Mexico. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 97 and production No. 683 dated February 20 1957. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 20 1957 noted as Final Script. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/11/57 and 6/3/57. Pages with silverfish damage to the corners of the first few pages and final revision page else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with toning and creasing at the extremities and a small dampstain to the heel bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1924réf. 141664Berlin: Film-Kurier 1924. Vintage German programs for the two-part film series "Die Nibelungen" including one for "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and one for "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" produced by German film magazine "Film-Kurier." Text in German. Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." "Film-Kurier" was the first German film journal published daily beginning in 1919. The journal's classic era lasted until 1933 when its publisher Alfred Weiner had to flee Germany due to his Jewish origins. The issues from this era remain striking to this day because they were printed using a gravure reproduction process. Each day's issue would focus on a single film. 9 x 11.75 inches. Each program six pages folded loose leaves as issued. Very Good plus with a horizontal fold tiny pinholes to the corners and an occasional short closed tear. Masters of Cinema 46. Film-Kurier unknown books
1948réf. 152186N.p.: N.p. 1948. Draft script for the 1948 British film. Copy belonging to production manager Mickey Delamar with his name in manuscript pencil to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. With revision pages laid in throughout the script along with a distribution receipt signed by Delamar and with a reference photograph from the film showing actors Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson. Delamar worked as a producer production manager and assistant director on over 30 films and was active in the film industry for four decades. His credits include Charlie Chaplin's "A King in New York" 1957 Francois Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" 1966 and Terence Young's "Mayerling" 1968. Based on the classic 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy about how all happy families are alike but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Set in St. Petersburg. Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for novelist Tolstoy and screenwriters Jean Anouilh Julien Duvivier and Guy Morgan. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and white undated revision pages throughout. Housed in a navy spring binder as originally used. Pages supple but Very Good only overall with curling at the edges. Photograph about Very Good with moderate soil and toning. Binder Good with soil overall. N.p. unknown books
réf. 148341London: Lord Grade 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film here under the working title "Titoli di Testa." Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Text in Italian. In 1920s Sicily a capitalist and a socialist vie for the affections of a grief-stricken woman whose husband was killed by a fascist mafioso. The follow-up to director Lina Wertmuller's Oscar-nominated 1976 film "Seven Beauties" and a lyrical formidable film in its own right. Set and shot on location in Sicily. Script: Black faux-leather untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Lina Wertmuller. 326 leaves with last page of text numbered 301. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good with some revision pages lightly worn and toned to the edges wrapper Very Good lightly edgeworn with several tape repairs to the spine with perfect binding. List of scenes: 10 leaves with last page numbered 10. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Lord Grade unknown books
1927réf. 134524Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Shooting script for the 1928 film. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer file copy with rubber stamps on the front wrapper indicating such. Carbon typescript with descriptive text and intertitles in black type. A few typeovers and annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. A rare example of a silent film screenplay. Based on the 1923 stage adaptation by David Belasco and Tom Cushing about professional clowns Tito Chaney and Simon Siegel who take in an abandoned child and name her Simonetta Young who was 15 at the time. When Simonetta is older she joins the circus and meets Count Luigi Ravelli Asther who becomes infatuated with her. Ravelli consults a doctor about his fits of uncontrollable laughter and there he meets Tito who has come to seek help for his fits of uncontrollable weeping. The two decide to help each other but soon find they are both vying for Simonetta's love. Nominated for an Academy Award in 1929 for Best Title Writing the only year for that category. Set in Italy shot on location in Elysian Park a suburb of Los Angeles California. Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST TEMPORARY INCOMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1640 and copy No. 5236 dated November 19 1927 with credits for playwrights Belasco and Cushing and screenwriter Meehan. 72 leaves carbon typescript on watermarked onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good now encapsulated in mylar bound with two gold brads. Blake 2001 US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960réf. 143342Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and manuscript ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese. A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding. BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown books
1957réf. 154176Hollywood: Roger Corman Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller who had a sizable role in the film with his name to the title page and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. The finished film runs a little over an hour so the script at 127 pages was cut down substantially in the filming and editing process leaving a remarkable amount of content for study. An alienated wealthy coed at an all-girls boarding school inflicts increasing cruelties on the other students until her manipulation goes too far. An early role for Miller who appeared in 14 films directed by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman between 1955 and 1961 and would continue to work with Corman throughout his career. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown books
1958réf. 141439Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. The first film to be credited to Suzuki by his assumed name a man released from prison needs money and goes to retrieve diamonds sought after by fellow yakuza members. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Nikkatsu unknown books
1958réf. 141432Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Title based on a song popularized by the leading actor Frank Nagai. A comedy featuring a drugstore owner who begins an extramarital affair when his wife and child go on vacation. White illustrated titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1958réf. 141434Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Shinju Fujiwara. Five people assemble ten years after the end of the Pacific War at a military station to uncover a stash of morphine worth a fortune now whcih was buried by the medical officer Mashimoto at the abdication of the Emperor. One of members of the group does not belong there. Orange titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Nikkatsu unknown books
réf. 160647Hollywood: Motown-Weston-Furie Productions 1971. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to early production designer Harry Horner with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Noted as copy No. 23 on the lower right corner of the title page with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on six pages. According to the AFI Catalog immediately prior to the commencement of photography several last-minute changes were made to the production crew including the replacement of Harry Horner with Carl Anderson. The script found here also co-credits director Sidney J. Furie as screenwriter with Terence McCloy. Furie did not receive a screenwriting credit in the final film. Based on Billie Holiday's 1956 autobiography co-authored by William Duffy which recounts Holiday's troubled rise to fame failed romantic relationships and drug addiction. Diana Ross' film debut. Set in New York and Baltimore. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 11 1971 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriters Sidney J. Furie and Terence McCloy. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near FIne bound in a Near Fine red three-ring binder. Motown-Weston-Furie Productions unknown
1922réf. 158284Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers 1922. Set of three vintage hand-tinted lobby cards for the 1922 film. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel. A young husband and wife spend money with aplomb anticipating a large payout once the man's grandfather dies. When the patriarch passes away and they discover they have been left nothing in his will. Considered today to be a lost film. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus some with pinholes to the corners lightly and evenly toned. Warner Brothers unknown
1941réf. 162231Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Second Revised Final script for the 1941 film. Based on Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel. The men of the Morgan family earn a living working in their small Welsh town's mine where they face dangerous and unhealthy conditions and exploitation at the hands of the mine owners. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Set in Wales shot on location in California. Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated April 18 1941 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL. Distribution page present stamped copy No. 240 with receipt removed. Title page present with credit for Philip Dunne noted as 2nd Revised Final and dated April 18 1941. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated 5/19/41 throughout. Pages Very Good plus slightly yapped with light tide marks along the bottom edges of the first five leaves wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. National Film Registry. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
