1993Best.-Nr. 147073Los Angeles: Orbit Entertainment 1993. Draft script for the 1993 film here under the working title "Cross Bait." After being accidentally given an invaluable coin from the age of King Herod while traveling through Jerusalem an Arabic boy and an American teenager travel across Israel to protect the treasure from a British man obsessed with procuring the coin by any means. Set and shot in Jerusalem. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Dror Soref and Howard Delman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly dampstained and soiled bound with three gold brads. Orbit Entertainment unknown
1982Best.-Nr. 138021N.p.: Self published 1982. Early Draft script for the 1993 film "The Seventh Coin" here under the working title "King Herod's Children" dated a full decade before the film's release. Credited on the title page to Kikuo Kawasaki for an original concept. An Arab boy Chowdhry meets a beautiful American tourist Powers in modern-day Jerusalem. By accident the two are entrusted to guard a valuable coin dating back to King Herod but they must defend themselves and the coin from a no-good villain O'Toole. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Delman and Soref and concept person Kawasaki. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown
1993Best.-Nr. 147073Los Angeles: Orbit Entertainment 1993. Draft script for the 1993 film here under the working title "Cross Bait." After being accidentally given an invaluable coin from the age of King Herod while traveling through Jerusalem an Arabic boy and an American teenager travel across Israel to protect the treasure from a British man obsessed with procuring the coin by any means. Set and shot in Jerusalem. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Dror Soref and Howard Delman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly dampstained and soiled bound with three gold brads. Orbit Entertainment unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 138021N.p.: Self published 1982. Early Draft script for the 1993 film "The Seventh Coin" here under the working title "King Herod's Children" dated a full decade before the film's release. Credited on the title page to Kikuo Kawasaki for an original concept. An Arab boy Chowdhry meets a beautiful American tourist Powers in modern-day Jerusalem. By accident the two are entrusted to guard a valuable coin dating back to King Herod but they must defend themselves and the coin from a no-good villain O'Toole. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Delman and Soref and concept person Kawasaki. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 164365N.p.: Danton Films 1976. Vintage one sheet poster for a double-bill of the 1968 and circa 1976 films circa 1976. An amusing pairing of two obscure exploitation films released as a double-bill by Danton Films one of the more memorable sexploitation and Gridnouse production companies of the 1970s circa 1976. "The Sex Shuffle" from 1968 is an exploitation film shot in Texas of hippie orgies drug use and body painting. The second film "Teenage She-Wolves" circa 1976 is largely undocumented except for a few newspaper ads from 1976-1979 and a favorable review in the April 26 1979 "Toronto Star" which describes the film as a Faustian fable set in Mexico in which a Vietnam veteran trades his soul to save the life of the woman he loves. 28 x 39.5 inches. Very Good with two R-rating labels over the recto a 1.5 inch chip to the lower left side a small open tear to the top left corner and repairs to pinholes and starting at the creases on the verso with linen tape and cello tape. Danton Films unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 164365N.p.: Danton Films 1976. Vintage one sheet poster for a double-bill of the 1968 and circa 1976 films circa 1976. An amusing pairing of two obscure exploitation films released as a double-bill by Danton Films one of the more memorable sexploitation and Gridnouse production companies of the 1970s circa 1976. "The Sex Shuffle" from 1968 is an exploitation film shot in Texas of hippie orgies drug use and body painting. The second film "Teenage She-Wolves" circa 1976 is largely undocumented except for a few newspaper ads from 1976-1979 and a favorable review in the April 26 1979 "Toronto Star" which describes the film as a Faustian fable set in Mexico in which a Vietnam veteran trades his soul to save the life of the woman he loves. 28 x 39.5 inches. Very Good with two R-rating labels over the recto a 1.5 inch chip to the lower left side a small open tear to the top left corner and repairs to pinholes and starting at the creases on the verso with linen tape and cello tape. Danton Films unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 149469New York: Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Three theatre bigwigs discuss their most recent project prominently featuring aspiring actress Liz Adams who has slept her way to the top of the Broadway money chain. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn to the bottom right corner. Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 149469New York: Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Three theatre bigwigs discuss their most recent project prominently featuring aspiring actress Liz Adams who has slept her way to the top of the Broadway money chain. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn to the bottom right corner. Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 149476Chicago: Esquire 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With the stamp of R.I.C. Productions in Brussels on the verso. A so-called modeling agency in New York City secretly operates as an undercover prostitution ring. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and edgeworn. Esquire unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 149476Chicago: Esquire 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With the stamp of R.I.C. Productions in Brussels on the verso. A so-called modeling agency in New York City secretly operates as an undercover prostitution ring. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and edgeworn. Esquire unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 151964N.p.: N.p. 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a brief typed letterdated May 14 1968 addressed to agent Irene Heymann introducing the script. A cold-hearted mob boss is jailed on a vagrancy charge and seeks vengeance upon his release. Screenwriter Sy Bartlett worked as a screenwriter and producer for four decades most notably co-writing "Sergeant Murphy" 1938 and "13 Rue Madeleine" 1946 and producing "Cape Fear" 1962. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft and Production No. 8864 dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. Title page present dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light creasing and wear to page 142 wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and edgeworn bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 125414Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized helps lead her husband and the police to find her. Eight pages saddle stapled 12 x 16 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 151964N.p.: N.p. 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a brief typed letterdated May 14 1968 addressed to agent Irene Heymann introducing the script. A cold-hearted mob boss is jailed on a vagrancy charge and seeks vengeance upon his release. Screenwriter Sy Bartlett worked as a screenwriter and producer for four decades most notably co-writing "Sergeant Murphy" 1938 and "13 Rue Madeleine" 1946 and producing "Cape Fear" 1962. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft and Production No. 8864 dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. Title page present dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light creasing and wear to page 142 wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and edgeworn bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 163896Hollywood: Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2003 film. Working copy belonging to director and producer Neil LaBute annotated throughout bound in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including handwritten shot sequences color photos contact sheets shooting and post-production schedules and location and vendor lists. Laid in with the binder are three borderless wardrobe test photographs of actor Paul Rudd in costume an additional white set of revision pages a manuscript shot breakdown in LaBute's hand and three xerographically duplicated images of Rudd with a prosthetic neck. Laid into the front of the binder is a full-page newspaper advertisement for LaBute's play. Based on the 2001 play written by LaBute. A pitch-black comedy about a frumpy literature major whose personality and appearance begins to change as he is wooed by a beautiful graduate art student. Title page present dated December 12 2001 with credit for LaBute. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between January 21 and February 8 2002. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures unknown
Best.-Nr. 163896Hollywood: Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2003 film. Working copy belonging to director and producer Neil LaBute annotated throughout bound in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including handwritten shot sequences color photos contact sheets shooting and post-production schedules and location and vendor lists. Laid in with the binder are three borderless wardrobe test photographs of actor Paul Rudd in costume an additional white set of revision pages a manuscript shot breakdown in LaBute's hand and three xerographically duplicated images of Rudd with a prosthetic neck. Laid into the front of the binder is a full-page newspaper advertisement for LaBute's play. Based on the 2001 play written by LaBute. A pitch-black comedy about a frumpy literature major whose personality and appearance begins to change as he is wooed by a beautiful graduate art student. Title page present dated December 12 2001 with credit for LaBute. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between January 21 and February 8 2002. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 128815London: Merton Park Studios 1961. Final Shooting Script for the 1962 UK film. The 18th film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that showed as 1-hour second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. White titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper dated October 1961 with credits for screenwriter Mackie and writer Wallace. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 64 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Merton Park Studios unknown
1961Best.-Nr. 128815London: Merton Park Studios 1961. Final Shooting Script for the 1962 UK film. The 18th film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that showed as 1-hour second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. White titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper dated October 1961 with credits for screenwriter Mackie and writer Wallace. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 64 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 154877London: ITC Entertainment 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 television film seen here under its British title "The Shillingbury Blowers." Illustrated folder containing one gathering of promotional reading material. A small English village is thrown into turmoil when a pop star moves into town and takes over conductorship of the local brass band. The film originally aired on January 6 1980 on PBS. Shot on location in Hertfordshire England. Press kit Very Good plus with light edgewear to the folder and its contents. ITC Entertainment unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 132517London: Inner Circle Films 1980. Five vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1980 UK film. A British drama about a pop musician and his wife who seek a quieter life when big city gets to be overwhelming and their involvement with the off-key big band in their small town. 8 x 10 inches one still slightly smaller with no borders as issued. An ink notation on the verso of one still else Near Fine. Inner Circle Films unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 154877London: ITC Entertainment 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 television film seen here under its British title "The Shillingbury Blowers." Illustrated folder containing one gathering of promotional reading material. A small English village is thrown into turmoil when a pop star moves into town and takes over conductorship of the local brass band. The film originally aired on January 6 1980 on PBS. Shot on location in Hertfordshire England. Press kit Very Good plus with light edgewear to the folder and its contents. ITC Entertainment unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 142128New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 141473New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Teal titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 142128New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 141473New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Teal titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 166092N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 French film. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Jean Rollin's third vampire film following "Le viol du vampire" 1968 and "La vampire nue" 1970. 7 x 9.5 inches with a wide right margin. Near Fine. Hinds 76. N.p. unknown
