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1984réf. 149810Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1984. Draft script for the fourth episode of the four-episode television miniseries "Vater und Sohne: Eine deutsche Tragodie" Father and Son: A German Tragedy which first aired November 12 1986 on Radiotelevisione Italiana here under the working title "Joint Venture." Text in English. The story of two wealthy German families-one family Jewish bankers the other founders of a chemical corporation-before during and after World War II. Although initially filmed in English the miniseries was first broadcast in its full eight hours on Italian and German television in 1986 and 1987 before being drastically edited to four hours for its 1988 debut on American television. Set and shot on location in Germany. Clear untitled plastic front wrapper and green rear wrapper i.e. generic report folder. Title page present dated March 14 1984 with credits for director Bernhard Sinkel. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a white prong binding. Bavaria Atelier unknown
1984réf. 147220N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on real events which took place in 1980 when the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay Florida was hit by a 609 foot Liberian oceangoing vessel causing a large portion of the bridge to collapse and ultimately killing 35 people. Set in Tampa Bay Florida. White non-standard titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters JOHN EASTMAN and CONSTANCE MAY and story credits to JOHN LERRO STEVE YERRID and ARTHUR GOODALE. Title page present dated 1985 noted as SECOND DRAFT SCREENPLAY with credits for screenwriters JOHN EASTMAN and CONSTANCE MAY and story credits to JOHN LERRO STEVE YERRID and ARTHUR GOODALE. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a light dampstain to the top wrapper and page edges bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982réf. 146404N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced play. Included with the script are two typed pages proposing the play be made into the pilot for a longer-running television series detailing possible titles show format and episode synopses. The melodramatic trials and tribulations of a community theater troupe addressing problems such as one actor's alcoholism and another actor's dissolving marriage. Set in a suburb of New York. Black titled faux leather wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Sal Catania and Elfin Snyder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Very Good with dampstaining and light soil to both bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1939réf. 172228Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1939. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1939 film showing a gloomy Buster Keaton. A comedy set during the early days of film about a young Broadway star who is chosen to be an ingenue of the silent screen. Keaton appeared in a cameo in the film as did numerous other icons of the silent era including Ben Turpin Mack Sennett and Chester Conklin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned with offsetting to the recto. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1984réf. 149775N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single editorial manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Laid in with the script are a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to actor Charles Bronson dated September 13 1984 proposing that Bronson read it in consideration for the part of vice presidential candidate John Stevens. Also included is a xerographic copy of a letter from screenwriter Robert Goethals to Kohner introducing Kohner to the script. A satirical war comedy following Theodore Roosevelt and his attempt to nominate a pacifist for vice president to the chagrin of the US Marines stationed in Panama and defend the Panama Canal from attacking Huns. Screenwriter Goethals was best known for his television writing including episodes of "The Hitchhiker" and "Miami Vice." Set in Panama. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Gothals. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a moderate tide mark affecting the tops of the wrappers and top page edges bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1981réf. 147287N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1983 film here under the working title "Double Down." A woman with an innate talent for blackjack joins up with a seasoned gambler and the pair start to rake in the cash-before the casino catches wise. Screenwriter Michael Blake's debut film and the first of two collaborations between Blake and actor Kevin Costner followed by the Oscar-winning 1990 film "Dances with Wolves." Set in Reno Nevada shot on location in San Francisco and Reno. Black non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1981 with credits for screenwriter Michael Blake. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus with a light dampstain to the first few leaves and wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960réf. 141312N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Maxwell Anderson's 1952 novel a loosely autobiographical account of his childhood on a Pennsylvania farm where he was surrounded by sexual and physical abuse. Screenplay by Anderson's daughter Hesper author of the 2000 memoir "South Mountain Road." Set in Pennsylvania. Black and white illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Maxwell Anderson and screenwriter Hesper Anderson. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
1986réf. 146954N.p.: N.p. 1986. Final Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small handwritten label on the front wrapper reading "Please return to / Telefilm Canada / 144 S. Beverly Dr. #400 / Beverly Hills CA 90212." Based on Sinclair Ross' 1941 novel about a Canadian family's struggle to survive during the Great Depression. Set in Horizon a fictitious small Canadian prairie town. Silver untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated MARCH / 1986 noted as Final Screenplay with credits for screenwriters James de Felice Graeme Gibson and Margret Kopala. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with black comb binding. N.p. unknown
réf. 147264N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television documentary short film or television special. A proposed documentary short addressing the dangers of driving while visually impaired. Screenwriter Rudy Makoul suffered from macular degeneration an incurable eye disease which worsens with age. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present noted as An outline for a Documentary Special with credits for screenwriter Rudy Makoul. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small paper clip on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1929réf. 172226Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian wooing a wary Buster Keaton. Spanish mimeo snipe on the verso. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately toned with touchups to the recto. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1969réf. 149286Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1969. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1969 film. Based on the 1966 play by Charles Dyer. Richard Burton and Rex Harrison are Harry Leeds and Charles Dyer an aging argumentative gay couple whose relationship becomes strained after living together for 20 years. Set in London's East End shot on location in London and Paris. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus some creasing and pinholes to top corners. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1977réf. 148962N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1976 Swedish film. Based on the 1971 Swedish novel "The Abominable Man" by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. The seventh in a series of ten crime novels featuring police detective Martin Beck. A gritty bloody 1970s police procedural wherein Detective Inspector Martin Beck Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt investigates the brutal murder of Police Lieutenant Nyman while convalescing in a hospital soon discovering that Nyman was corrupt and abusive and had made enemies leading up to his death. Set in and shot on location in Stockholm. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with small splitting in top horizontal crease two small holes and a closed tear to upper right margin. Grant Sweden. N.p. unknown
1971réf. 149245Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Hal Ashby's classic love story between the young suicide-obsessed Harold But Cort and the exuberant 80-year-old Maude Ruth Gordon. Set and shot on location in California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with bruise to lower left light soiling at the folds and annotation of title in manuscript marker on lower right margin. National Film Registry. Eureka! 83. Criterion Collection 608. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970réf. 147351N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Nicholas Blake's 1968 novel "The Private Wound" about the struggles of a young Irish writer to resist seduction by the wife of the hot-tempered local squire. Set in West Ireland. Black titled faux-leather wrappers. Title page present dated June 1970 with credits for screenwriter Clifford Hanley and novelist Nicholas Blake. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1945réf. 148593Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Complete Draft script for the 1947 film. Single annotation on front wrapper crossing out "who talked" in manuscript pencil with "talks" above in manuscript ink changing the working title "My Brother Who Talked to Horses" as it is on first two pages of script to "My Brother Talks to Horses" the released title. Stamped "Complete" and "Rerun" "Nov 1 1945" on front wrapper. Single annotation of name after "Checked By:" in manuscript pencil on verso of front wrapper a printed form for tracking revisions "Date" "Chgs" "Adds" and "Name" revision form un-entered. Based on the short story "Louie the Boy Who Talked with Horses" which was Chapter Ten of the 1945 novel "Joe the Wounded Tennis Player" by Morton Thompson who wrote the screenplay. Nine year old Baltimore boy Lewie Penrose Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins believes he can converse with horses and pick the winners of races attracting the attention of gambler Rich Roeder Charles Ruggles looking to win in the upcoming Preakness Stakes. Set in Baltimore Maryland. Yellow titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 126 dated 7.26-45 with credits for screenwriter Morton Thompson and "Okayed by:" producer Mr. Samuel Marx. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 7-24-45. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-4-45 and 7-24-45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1928réf. 172232Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1928. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1928 silent film an amazing shot showing crowds of onlookers gathering at the harbor to welcome a steamer ship. The effete son of a hardened steamer captain falls in love with the daughter of his father's rival. Keaton's last independent film made under his creative control before his move to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer later in the year. The film is perhaps best remembered today for Keaton's most famous stunt in which the facade of a house falls down around him while he avoids being flattened by inadvertently standing underneath an open window. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with three pinholes to the margins and a diagonal chip to the top left corner. Complete collation details available on request. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown
1977réf. 146401N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter from screenwriter John Roberts to casting agent Paul Kohner submitting the script for consideration by prospective director John Huston with a manuscript pencil annotation across the top: "Irene / Please explain John's present status / Does he want to wait" Likely from Kohner to his secretary or reader. A gritty war drama detailing the 1919 Battle of Shenkursk an important battle in the Russian Civil War. Set in Russia. White generic Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Roberts. 185 leaves with last page of text numbered 183. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and toning to the extremities bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1998réf. 171846Culver City CA: Appleton Productions 1998. Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 1999-2000 television series. Originally aired May 3 1999 on UPN. With a label affixed to the front wrapper identifying co-executive producer Stephan Sustarsic. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert has to find someone to reprogram the code in the office before Y2K. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 109 dated July 24 1998 with credits for screenwriters Andrew Borakove Rachel Powell Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Appleton Productions unknown
réf. 149250Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures. Vintage one sheet poster for US release of the 1977 French film. Jean-Jacques Annaud's directorial debut. A scathing black comedy in which the residents of a French outpost in Africa learn of France's 1915 declaration of war on Germany conscript the local population and plan an attack on a nearby German garrison. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in and shot on location in Ivory Coast. 27 x 41 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists Pictures unknown
1929réf. 172235Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian and Buster Keaton on horseback. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1987réf. 146258N.p.: N.p. 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. INSCRIBED by screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue in black ink on the title page: "To John / "I Still Live!" / Best Always / Charles Edward Pogue." Based on the 1912 science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Confederate soldier is wounded in battle and subsequently used in a military teleportation experiment transferring him to the planet Barsoom. Finding he can jump far distances due to the change in atmospheric pressure he attracts the attention of a group of aliens who eventually accept him as their swashbuckling leader in battling rival alien gangs. Charles Edward Pogue best known for his screenwriting for the 1986 remake of "The Fly" was the first screenwriter hired by Disney to adapt Edgar Rice Burrough's classic novel. The film was delayed for decades however and Pogue's script was ultimately never used. Set on another planet in outer space. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated December 16th 1987 with credits for screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue and novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soil bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1933réf. 172202N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code comedy film showing Buster Keaton surrounded by wreckage. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. With the end of Prohibition in sight two men decide to open a brewery and begin selling their home brewed beer but the resultant product is so weak that they're let off even after a police raid. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1926réf. 172200Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actor Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray the train engineer. During the Civil War an engineer must work to save the two loves of his life: a woman named Annabelle Lee and a train named The General. A box office disappointment upon release but long since reconsidered and now ranked among the the finest of Keaton's films. Shot on location in California and Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few short closed tears to the top margin. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 173. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 60. United Artists unknown
1975réf. 149647N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage reference studio still photograph of Al Goldstein Jody Maxwell and Jim Buckley from the 1975 film. Legendary pornographer and pornography activist Al Goldstein's attempt at bringing his weekly tabloid "Screw" magazine to the cinema a pastiche of sexually explicit shorts. Maxwell appears in the finale a "Tonight Show" like segment the longest segment in the film starring Buckley as host and Goldstein as sidekick. Maxwell starred in the film "Portrait" the year earlier directed by Gerard Damiano famed director of "Deep Throat" 1972 and "The Devil in Miss Jones" 1973. Shot on location in New York City Mount Vernon New York and Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with small staining on mid right and light edgewear. Manuscript ink notation of the number "60" at the bottom margin with layout annotations in manuscript pencil on verso. N.p. unknown
1961réf. 152712Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of Jackie Gleason from the 1961 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Walter Tevis about a small-time pool hustler who challenges a champion for a shot at the big time. Jackie Gleason famously did all of his own billiards shots while pool legend Willie Mosconi served as a technical advisor and stand in for the other actors. Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress and twice for Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in New York including the use of several actual pool halls. 7 x 9 inches. About Near Fine with some shallow light creasing to the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
