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1970ref. 158055N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman is exiled from her family due to a tragic misunderstanding with her sister returning years later after her sister's death. She becomes the foster guardian of her orphaned niece a young girl with a cruel streak. Transparent front wrapper white rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Robert Anthony Foster. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 162602N.p.: N.p. 1986. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1985-1986 television series. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love American Style" focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this episode two brothers are suing each other but one of their lawyers is distracted and smitten by the other's lawyer. Green titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 2/6/1986 with credits for screenwriter Robert Arnott. Title page integral with front wrapper. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with one blemish to front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 163253N.p.: N.p. 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1985-1986 television series. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love American Style" focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this episode a man tries to quit smoking with the help of a woman he's interested in. Pink titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1-076 dated 12/9/85 with credits for screenwriter Robert Arnott. Title page integral with front wrapper. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 162600N.p.: N.p. 1986. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1985-1986 television series. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love American Style" focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this episode a man helps his new friend at the construction site make a move on the diner owner he's had a longtime crush on. Salmon titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 02/05/86 with credits for screenwriter Robert Arnott. Title page integral with front wrapper. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 163245N.p.: N.p. 1986. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1985-1986 television series. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love American Style" focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this episode a group of coworkers goes on a tropical vacation where two develop feelings for each other and one tries to get over a recent breakup. Green titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1-146 dated 02-06-86 with credits for screenwriters Robert Arnott and Simon Muntner. Title page integral with front wrapper. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 168218Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 Western film. A young farmhand from Georgia plots revenge for the death of his friend a former outlaw. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at two corners. Pitts 1071. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 143986Burbank CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Western featuring Lazarus a fugitive cowboy who cant keep out of trouble. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Avard Miller composer George Leonard and producer A. Ronald Lubin. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Martin Ransohoff Productions unknown
1980ref. 143986Burbank CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Western featuring Lazarus a fugitive cowboy who cant keep out of trouble. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Avard Miller composer George Leonard and producer A. Ronald Lubin. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Martin Ransohoff Productions unknown books
1969ref. 147106N.p.: N.p. 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Loosely based on Eve Brown's 1967 novel. A group of wealthy socialites and celebrities staying at the Plaza Hotel are taken hostage for an enormous ransom soon realizing that their time is limited by a scant 18-hour supply of food water and light. Set in Manhattan. Black titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt intact noting copy No. 87. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT B. ALDRICH. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 73. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly rusted near the binding bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 147106N.p.: N.p. 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Loosely based on Eve Brown's 1967 novel. A group of wealthy socialites and celebrities staying at the Plaza Hotel are taken hostage for an enormous ransom soon realizing that their time is limited by a scant 18-hour supply of food water and light. Set in Manhattan. Black titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt intact noting copy No. 87. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT B. ALDRICH. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 73. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly rusted near the binding bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1938ref. 159686Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film. With mimeo snipe on the verso. A young woman attending the Paris School of Drama is often late to class because she also has to work a factory job to support herself. She lies to her classmates about her life and that she has a a wonderful famous boyfriend. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a crease at the bottom left of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1938ref. 159686Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film. With mimeo snipe on the verso. A young woman attending the Paris School of Drama is often late to class because she also has to work a factory job to support herself. She lies to her classmates about her life and that she has a a wonderful famous boyfriend. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a crease at the bottom left of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1983ref. 162428N.p.: N.p. 1983. Third Draft script for the 1984 film seen here under the working title "The Texas Picture." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 39. During the Great Depression a recently widowed mother fights to defend her family farm from repossession. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two including Best Actress for Sally Field and Best Screenplay. Set in Waxahachie Texas and shot on location in Waxahachie and Five Points Texas. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 12 1983 noted as Third Draft with credit for screenwriter Robert Benton. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 154325Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film showing actor Dustin Hoffman with child actor Justin Henry. Based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel about a divorced couple fighting a custody battle for their son. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning five including Best Picture Best Screenplay Best Actor and Best Actress. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 162428N.p.: N.p. 1983. Third Draft script for the 1984 film seen here under the working title "The Texas Picture." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 39. During the Great Depression a recently widowed mother fights to defend her family farm from repossession. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two including Best Actress for Sally Field and Best Screenplay. Set in Waxahachie Texas and shot on location in Waxahachie and Five Points Texas. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 12 1983 noted as Third Draft with credit for screenwriter Robert Benton. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 169036Los Angeles: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film written by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. Based on Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson's "Hoka" comedy science fiction stories first compiled in the 1957 collection "Earthman's Burden" about a race of aliens who resemble teddy bears. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Navy Tri-Star Pictures wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown
1960ref. 163885Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 20 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on February 4 1961 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode Maris heads west to investigate a mining scam in Nevada. Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Orange titled wrappers dated 20 October 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown
1959ref. 163884Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1959. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 28 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on April 2 1960 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode an oil millionaire suspects his business partner of murdering a woman. Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Orange titled wrappers dated 14 December 1959 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown
1960ref. 163883Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 5 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on October 22 1960 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode the owner of an archery range is charged with killing his psychologist after the latter is found murdered with an arrow sticking out of his chest. Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Orange titled wrappers dated 29 July 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown
1966ref. 163889Universal City: Universal Television 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series originally aired on April 11 1966 on NBC. The series followed Paul Bryan who after being told he has only months left to live embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode Bryan searches for a mysterious nun and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/25/66 with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Universal Television unknown
1962ref. 147773Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs two borderless from the 1962 film. Jane Lindstom's Glynis Johns car breaks down and she seeks assistance at the home of a man named Caligari Dan O'Herlihy where she soon finds herself prisoner and none of the other residents seem willing to help. Not a remake of the classic 1920 Robert Wiene film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" despite the similarity of the title though it does contain a similar plot twist. 7 - 8 x 10 inches 2 - 9.25 x 7 . Near Fine some faint creasing in margins and light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962ref. 167556Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of Grant Williams from the 1962 film. A violent ex-con embarks on a murder spree using his court-ordered weekly therapy sessions as his alibi. Actor Onslow Stevens' final film appearance. Screenplay by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1966ref. 163888Culver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Arena Productions 1966. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 20 of the 1966-1967 television series originally aired on February 7 1967 on NBC. A follow-up to the successful "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." 1964-1968 series "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." followed the international adventures of American secret agent April Dancer. In this episode Dancer and her British partner Mark Slate investigate a blackmail arrangement linked to an aging baroness. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Goldenrod titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer front wrapper lacking rear wrapper noted as production No. 8605 and copy No. 124 on the front wrapper dated December 12 1966 with credits for screenwriters Robert Bloch and Richard DeRoy. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Arena Productions unknown
ref. 163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue. A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown
ref. 163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue. A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown books
