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1963rif. 147071N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film based on screenwriter P.E. Lapide's 1963 novel. Laid in with the treatment script is a letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner as well as a typed synopsis from screenwriter P.E. Lapide discussing the success of the Portuguese Brazilian and German editions of his book. After being freed from a concentration camp the stationmaster of a Prague railway station becomes a pro-Israel militant and gardener. Set in Prague Czechoslovakia and Jerusalem Israel. White lacking titled wrappers and title page housed in a beige folder. Nine leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with one staple. N.p. unknown books
1990rif. 149971Los Angeles: Orion 1990. Revised Draft script for the 11th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on June 19 1991 on ABC. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 28 underlining a prop. The third-to-last episode in the brief two-season series which followed the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Gray titled Orion Television generic wrappers. Title page present dated Dec. 18 1990 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy LeVine. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/90 and 12/18/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown books
1970rif. 153168London: Hemisphere Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A dramatization of the life of infamous English aristocrat Jane Elizabeth Digby who married four times and had a succession of unusual lovers including an earl two European kings a sheik an Austrian statesman and the generals of India and Austria. English screenwriter Arthur Hopcraft was best known for his literary adaptations for television including "Hard Times" 1977 "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" 1979 "Bleak House" 1985 and "Rebecca" 1997. Brown untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for director Waris Hussein and screenwriter Arthur Hopcraft. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light tide mark to the left edge of the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Hemisphere Productions unknown books
1991rif. 149969Los Angeles: Orion 1991. Revised Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 13 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on July 3 1991 on ABC. Copy belonging to a crew member with their first name in manuscript ink on the title page. The last episode of the series which ended after two seasons following the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. In this entry a popular basketball coach is prosecuted for the death of his star player. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Silver Orion Television wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated Jan. 17 1991 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Paris Qualles. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/91 and 1/17/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown books
1994rif. 149993N.p.: N.p. 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film. Seeking money for drugs an African American man breaks into an ER surgeon's apartment leading her to kill him in self-defense. The man's grieving brother seeks revenge for what he sees as his brother's unwarranted racially motivated death beginning a bitter cycle of violence and retribution. Set in Chicago. Gray HBO Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated January 11 1994 with credits for screenwriter Kevin Rodney Sullivan. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1987rif. 153170N.p.: N.p. 1987. First Draft script for an unproduced film. The white heir to a substantial fortune wakes up one day to discover that his skin has rapidly darkened leading his family to mistake him for an African American and subsequently disown him. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Abraham Eban. Title page present dated August 1987 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Abraham Eban. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine black tape binding. N.p. unknown books
1937rif. 148100Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film one in black-and-white and one a hand-tinted color print. One with the stamp of Consolidated Poster Service on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel following a veteran lineman who takes a young farmer on as a "grunt" or apprentice. Set in Ohio and Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus one Very Good with a one inch open tear to the lower right corner and a small tear to the upper right corner. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975rif. 147070Venice CA: Capricorn Productions 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script and another on the first page of text noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in 1944 and must convince the wary townspeople that he is Chinese in order to avoid persecution. Set in the American Midwest. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for screenwriter Joe Ravetz. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Capricorn Productions unknown books
1980rif. 153826Los Angeles: Monarex 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1970 film directed by Carol Reed. Years into the future World War III has decimated most of the planet leaving the final battle to take place in southeast Asia. Clear mylar front wrapper red rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Christopher French. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Monarex unknown books
1940rif. 140978N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A recently paroled ex-con gets out of prison and immediately murders someone leading to a large-scale media scandal. Screenwriter Christy Cabanne was one of the most prolific directors in the history of early American film beginning in the Silent era later working with Universal on a string of low-budget movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Goldenrod untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Christy Cabanne. 55 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970rif. 141097Beverly Hills CA: Jerry Adler Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A drama about the no-man's land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande technically claimed by America but unofficially belonging to bands of roving outlaws and social outcasts. Set in Texas. Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Herman Groves. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Jerry Adler Productions unknown books
1945rif. 146226Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1945 film. A sheltered young girl lives with her uncle a pawnbroker by day and unbeknownst to her the leader of a criminal ring by night. When she begins to uncover his transgressions and realizes she is now under threat of becoming his next victim she seeks out the help of a local beat cop in bringing him down. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper production No. 1422 dated AUGUST 8 1945 with credits for director Charles David actors Gloria Jean John Qualen Bill Goodwin and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
1949rif. 160993Paris: Keystone 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Henri-Georges Clouzot talking with actors Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Keystone Press Agency on the verso. Loosely based on Antoine François Prévost's 1731 novel "Manon Lescaut." During World War II a French Resistance fighter begins a relationship with a woman soon souring as they become involved in prostitution and murder. Shot on location in Calvados Val-de-Marne Paris and Alpes-Maritimes France and in Erfoud and Ksar Es-Souk Morocco. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Keystone unknown books
1970rif. 141382N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text and titles in German. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Janusz Henryk Kryst. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a Very Good black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1975rif. 161263Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. Loosely based on the 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. The ultimate reflection of the American experience in Vietnam taking Conrad's dark vision of an expedition up the Congo and transplanting it to Vietnam-era Cambodia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning two. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on grueling location in the Philippines. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown books
1984rif. 149978N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 television film originally aired on NBC on March 18 1985. Copy belonging to a crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the title page and on several printed labels throughout the script. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout most editorial in nature. A dedicated therapist treats a woman who feels she can't control her sexual urges and a taxi driver experiencing auditory hallucinations. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated October 22 1984 noted as SECOND REVISION with credits for screenwriters David Seltzer and Thom Thomas. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/31/84 and 11/28/84. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1957rif. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown books
rif. 161161Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Revised Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Francis Kenny with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and his ink and pencil annotations on several pages noting deletions and occasional additions. A dark satire of the popular John Hughes teen comedies of the early 1980s today considered a classic coming-of-age film. The debuts of both director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Daniel Waters. Set in Sherwood Ohio and shot on location in Los Angeles California. White untitled New World Pictures production wrappers. Title page present dated November 17 1987 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Daniel Waters. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1993rif. 158004Universal City: Universal Pictures 1993. Vintage studio still photograph of director John Woo and actor Jean-Claude Van Damme on the set of the 1993 film. A woman arrives in New Orleans in search of her father where she meets a drifter who helps her uncover the terrifying story behind her father's disappearance. Shot on location in Alabama and Louisiana. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1978rif. 161019Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Complete set of eight color studio still photographs for the 1978 film. Stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services of Canada on the versos. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973rif. 160837New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 television movie which premiered on April 24 1973 on CBS. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Not to be confused with the 1970 British television movie directed by Alan Bridges. A successful architect and his wife an academic face the deterioration of their relationship in their suburban home. Originally written for Swedish television and released in 1970 under the title "Reservatet" the script was translated into English and used for two television movies-one in 1970 in Britain and one in the US in 1973. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1938rif. 148091Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1938. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1938 film. Based on the play "Larger Than Life" by Joseph Schrank in turn based on the short story by Norman H. Matson about a timid linoleum company clerk whose girlfriend's overbearing mother decides it is time for the couple to marry. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall with light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971rif. 153167N.p.: N.p. 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1957 novel by Robert Bright. In postwar France an art collector discovers clues to the whereabouts of a major masterpiece long considered lost to time and sets off in pursuit of the treasure. Set in Paris. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Michael and novelist Robert Bright. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964rif. 148822N.p.: Cinema V. 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. An African American railroad worker attempts to maintain his dignity and self-respect in the face of small-town racism and a troubled familial past. While initially the film faced a limited release due to its complex portrayal of southern prejudice and class divides it has since become regarded as an important example of neorealistic American cinema and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1993. Set outside Birmingham Alabama and shot on location in Atlantic City and Cape May New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light creasing and fading. National Film Registry. Cinema V. unknown books
1971rif. 152535N.p.: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1971. Vintage program for the UK release of the 1971 film. A dark comedy chronicling the sex lives of two college friends over a period of 25 years as they navigate their changing desires and expectations. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts in the US and Vancouver in Canada. Bi-fold. 8.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
