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1969réf. 167032Universal City: Universal - Public Arts Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film here under the working title "The Savarona Syndrome" copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with the manuscript ink annotations of his name and character "cat burglar" on the front wrapper and circling the character on the "Cast" page. Based on the 1963 novel "The Twelfth of Never" by director and screenwriter Douglas Heyes. Harry Guardino stars as private investigator Leo Gordon hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. The morning after a dalliance between the investigator and his subject Gordon finds the mistress murdered and has to find the killer and the reason he was set up as the fall guy. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Southern California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated Novmeber 13 1968 with credits for screenwriter Douglas Heyes. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 1/3/69. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal - Public Arts Productions unknown books
1987réf. 166914Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1987. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the eighteenth episode of the first season of the 1987-1989 ABC television series which aired on March 16 1988. Script labeled copy number 3 on the front wrapper and title page. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher the creators of "L.A. Law" "Hooperman" premiered on ABC on September 9 1987 and aired for two seasons and fourty two episodes ending on July 19 1989. John Ritter stars as San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman who inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in and a temperamental Jack Russell terrier when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery and hires Susan Smith played by Debrah Farentino to manage the building and with whom he becomes romantically involved. In this episode Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot in a child runaway case and becomes concerned that Inspector McNeil's eye problems could possibly put them both at risk. Gray titled 20th Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated August 06 1987 with credits for screenwriter Rick Kellard. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/13/87 and 8/21/87. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1969réf. 167422Los Angeles: Paragon Pictures 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Count Dracula and his wife are alive or undead and well in modern-day Arizona where they use their hunchbacked butler to capture and kill young girls allowing them to drink their victims' blood in martini glasses as Bloody Marys. A humorously campy entry in the Dracula canon produced by noted exploitation studio Crown International Pictures. Set in Arizona shot on location in Lancaster California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Good moderately soiled and dampstained on the left and right sides bound with two gold brads. Paragon Pictures unknown books
1985réf. 167435Hollywood: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1985. Draft script for the two-hour season four premiere of the 1983-87 television series which aired on September 24 1985. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played the role of Rico with manuscript highlighter annotations on twelve pages highlighting his character's action and dialogue and a manuscript ink annotation calling out his character's name on the cast page. One of the most culturally ubiquitous television series of the 1980s "The A-Team" aired on NBC for five seasons and 98 episodes from January 23 1983 to March 8 1987. Featuring George Peppard Dirk Benedict Dwight Schultz and Mr. T as a team of US soldiers who have become "good-guy" mercenaries after escaping from the brig for a crime in which they were framed. In this episode the A-Team is hired to rescue a judge's daughter kidnapped by mobsters who have taken her to Italy. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 30 1985 with credits for screenwriter Frank Lup. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/2/85 and 8/16/85. Pages Very Good plus with the last leaf with a large chip to the top left corner and a small chip to the bottom left corner and partially detached bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1982réf. 166508N.p.: David Gerber Co 1982. Final Draft script printed on pink leaves for episode sixteen of the 1982-1983 CBS television series which aired on January 12 1983. The series aired for one season with 22 episodes which premiered on September 19 1982 and ended on March 23 1983. Loosely based on the 1954 musical directed by Stanley Donen and starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel about a parentless family of rowdy brothers trying to run the family ranch in Northern California. In this episode Brian Drake Hogestyn teaches Guthrie River Phoenix how to hunt but Guthrie is not sure he can kill an animal. When a wounded mountain lion threatens the life of Adam Richard Dean Anderson Guthrie is forced to make a life or death decision. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 8 1982 with credits for screenwriter Jud Scott. Title page present dated November 8 1982 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jud Scott. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. David Gerber Co unknown books
1958réf. 167441N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage ribbon copy typescript treatment for the 1960 French film. With substantive annotations in director Jean Cocteau's hand throughout noting deletions and amending dialogue. Full provenance available. The final film in Cocteau's "Orphic" trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and "Orphee" 1950. The only film in the trilogy featuring Cocteau himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying as indeed he was his greatest desire being to experience rebirth so that he can qualify for celestial immortality. With cameos by Pablo Picasso Charles Aznavour bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguen and Yul Brynner. A few seconds of color are spliced in at one point a surreal effect used prior to this film in "Portrait of Jennie" 1948 and later in Samuel Fuller's "Shock Corridor" 1963. Having run out of funds in mid-production Cocteau was given money to complete filming by François Truffaut who used the prize money he had won at Cannes for "Les Quatre Cents Coups" 1959. Unbound housed in a gray paper folder. Title and Cocteau's name in manuscript pencil on the front of the folder. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Fine unbound. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 167461Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's fourth and final novel published in 1934 about an esteemed psychiatrist who sacrifices his career to marry his patient an emotionally unstable young woman. Director Henry King's final film. Set and shot on location in France Italy and Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. One Fine one Near Fine with light wear to the finish. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1986réf. 167403Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1986. Third Draft script for the 1987 television film which aired on ABC on July 31 1987. Bound in following the script is a two page Staff and Crew List dated March 7 1986 a 19 page Shooting Schedule dated 3/7/86 a ten page Revised Shooting Schedule dated 3/9/86 an eight page Revised Shooting Schedule dated 3/21/86 and a second two page Staff and Crew List dated March 26 1986. Laid in is a Call Sheet dated March 11 1986. Not to be confused with the 2008 film directed by Frank Miller starring Gabriel Macht and Eva Mendes. Based on the comic book character created by Will Eisner in 1940. Created as a pilot for ABC's proposed 1986 Fall series the project was shelved after ABC changed ownership with the new management finding the pilot "too offbeat and morbid." ABC shelved the pilot without even arranging for test screenings and eventually released it too late for the possibility of a series pickup and with little to no promotion. Sam J. Jones stars as Denny Colt a Central City Police Department detective who after an assassination attempt in which he is believed to be dead by the general public becomes the Spirit a mysterious masked vigilante in a blue suit and fedora who is not bound by the rules of regular cops. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 10 1986 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Steven E. de Souza. 131 leaves with last page of script numbered 84A. Xerographic duplication on yellow leaves rectos only with salmon and cherry revision pages throughout dated 03/19/86 and 03/24/86. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown books
1994réf. 167456Los Angeles: Miramax 1994. Vintage press kit for the 1994 film including 13 black-and-white studio still photographs and a 21-page gathering of promotional material issued by Miramax in conjunction with the film's release. Tarantino's masterful second film a noir-infused grouping of three stories told together in cutup style each with one violent narrative folding in on the next. Controversial winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. Nominated for six more Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actress for Uma Thurman Best Supporting Actor for Samuel L. Jackson and Best Actor for John Travolta. Set in Los Angeles shot on location throughout California. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Promotional gathering: 21 leaves unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Miramax unknown books
1964réf. 166111Shepperton UK: Lippert Films 1964. Draft script for the 1964 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name and the date "8th May 1964" written on the front wrapper. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Leslie Nielsen stars as a former OSS officer living in London who travels to Paris disguised as a photographer's assistant in order to deliver a secret tape reel after a former colleague with a decoy of the tape is killed. Shot on location in London. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Lippert Films unknown books
1977réf. 167417Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series which aired on NBC on May 15 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets two copies of one dated December 16 1977 and one dated December 20 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring Rock Hudson and Lee Remick the five part 1978 NBC mini-series which aired on May 7-9 and 14-15 was an insider's look at the day-to-day operations of National Motors a large fictitious US automobile manufacturer and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Set in late 1960s Detroit. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 15 1977 with credits for screenwriter Robert Hamilton and author Arthur Hailey. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue yellow green pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/7/77 and 10/26/77. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1973réf. 167387North Hollywood: Martin Rackin Productions 1973. Final Draft for the 1974 television film which aired on NBC on March 16 1974 here under the working title "Boselli's World." Bound in preceding the script is a fifteen page Shooting Schedule for December 2-21 1973 with manuscript red marker annotations noting names and striking dates. Bound in following the script are 26 script pages replaced by revision pages. Preceding the script is a page entitled "Episode Title Suggestions" implying the television movie was originally intended as a possible pilot for a series which never transpired. Ernest Borgnine stars as tugboat operator Vince Boselli who along with Della Reese the owner of a waterfront cafe clash with a dock foreman trying to change the way things are done on the piers. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 16 1973 with credits for screenwriters Martin Rackin and Robert Pirosh. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 11/26/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Martin Rackin Productions unknown books
1958réf. 166167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Draft script for the 1958 British comedy copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with the annotation of his name along the top edge of the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on four pages. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Sequel to the 1958 British film "Up the Creek" also directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson and Peter Sellers. Sellers was unable to appear in the sequel because of scheduling conflicts with another film. When the Navy frigate the "Aristotle" is sold to a fictitious Middle Eastern power the ship's bosun played by Frankie Howerd sells tickets for the voyage as a luxury cruise unbeknownst to the Captain. Shot on location in Portland Harbour England. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Val Guest John Warren and Len Heath. 199 leaves with last page of text numbered 195. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1991réf. 165078N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1991 television movie showing actor Dennis Hopper. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1988 novel by Peter Dexter. In 1950s Georgia a racist greedy loan shark spirals into increasing violence towards his community and his family culminating in the cold-blooded murder of a Black man. Shot on location in Decatur Concord Crawfordville Jackson and McDonough Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971réf. 165085N.p.: N.p. 1971. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing actress Candy Darling. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. A satire of the women's liberation movement starring Warhol superstars Darling Jackie Curtis and Holly Woodlawn about three New York women who join a militant feminist group Politically Involved Girls P.I.G. in an attempt to find happiness apart from men. The last film to use footage filmed directly by Andy Warhol himself. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with faint discoloration on the center right of the verso. N.p. unknown books
1933réf. 165076Paris: Films Sonores Tobis 1933. Collection of six vintage double weight photographs from the 1933 film. One with provenance stamps on the verso. A quintessential entry in René Clair's oeuvre about a young cab driver who falls in love with his neighbor with the couple forced to persevere in a world where all odds are against them. Five photographs approximately 9 x 7 inches one photograph 6.75 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine five with neat pinholes at each corner. Films Sonores Tobis unknown books
1971réf. 165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1959réf. 165054N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actor Noel Coward on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance label on the verso. The third and final collaboration between Reed and author Graham Greene with Alec Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1972réf. 165096N.p.: N.p. 1972. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. When mob associates turn up dead at the hands of a ruthless businessman an enforcer is sent to Kansas to investigate. He finds a man who is using the local town to operate a ring of corruption: drugs bootlegging and female sexual slavery. The first film credit for Sissy Spacek. Set in Kansas City shot on location in Canada Missouri and Kansas. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good to Very Good plus moderately curled one with ink residue on the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1971réf. 165071Universal City: Universal Studios 1971. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1971 film including one borderless and one bordered. Bordered photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Ken Kesey's 1964 novel about a family of independent loggers who refuse to support a local logging union's strike against a lumber conglomerate. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jaeckel. Set in the fictional town of Wakonda Oregon and shot on location throughout western Oregon in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast. One photograph 8 x 10 inches the other 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1967réf. 166208London: Caralan Productions 1967. Shooting Script for the 1968 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name on the first revision page page 4. The title page includes an ink annotation of the name "S. Siddall" Sid Siddall worked as a Property Master or a Production Buyer on British films and likely worked uncredited in the art department under Provis. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1964 play by screenwriter Jack Roffey. Ray Milland appeared in the popular 1966 Broadway production of the play which originally opened on the West End in 1964 starring Michael Denison and decided to make a feature film from the play with himself directing in 1967. Although the film was completed in 1968 it wouldn't see a British release until 1970. Ray Milland stars as a barrister who after his daughter is killed in a hit and run accident is determined to find the driver and exact vengeance. After his neighbor is killed in a botched robbery Milland becomes a suspect when a letter is found implicating the neighbor in his daughter's death. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Jack Roffey. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated 6.9.67 and 14.9.67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near FIne bound internally with two flat metal brads. Caralan Productions unknown books
1986réf. 165725N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his name on the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout indicating props. Incomplete script ending on page 122. A police detective is called to protect a socialite when she becomes the key witness in a murder trial. Set and shot on location in New York City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 19 1987 noted as "Seltzer draft". 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1951réf. 167481Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1951. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 39 of the 1950-1951 television talk show. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript pencil on seven leaves denoting dialogue. A one-season variety series hosted by actress Betty Furness set in her penthouse starring celebrity musicians and actors. Originally aired on June 8 1951 on ABC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 8 1951 with credits for director Bob Doyle screenwriter Larry Markes musician Buddy Weed and others. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner with the first leaf partially detached from the staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1977réf. 167517Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. Two call sheets and a magazine clipping showing a review of the film laid in with the script. A newly divorced librarian is unwittingly drawn into a crime investigation after accepting a pack of cigarettes with an incriminating roll of film hidden inside. Basis for the short-lived 1981 television series starring Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. Beige titled Paramount wrappers dated September 23 1977 and noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with a stamp for Miller-Milkis Productions at the top right corner. Title page present dated September 23 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for director and screenwriter Colin Higgins. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between October 17 and 19 1977. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970réf. 167477Hollywood: Aaron Spelling Productions 1970. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1970-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated shooting location map. The short-lived series followed three independent criminologists-George Maharis Yvette Mimieux and Ralph Bellamy-who took on especially dangerous high-profile cases. In this debut episode the trio attempt to solve a murder of a man found with a hole in his head that did not come from a bullet. Originally aired on October 10 1970 on ABC. Red titled wrappers noted as story No. 261 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 30 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Burton Wohl. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 18 1970. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown books
