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1986ref. 162555N.p.: N.p. 1986. First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 28 of the 1985-1986 television series. Originally aired on February 3 1986. 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 is trying to propose to his doctor girlfriend but keeps being interrupted by her beeper calling her to the hospital. Lime titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 01/06/86 with credits for screenwriters Richard Albrecht and Casey Keller. Title page integral with front wrapper. 23 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
1957ref. 151143London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. An exceedingly wealthy but unfulfilled man crash-lands his test plane on a remote island inhabited by a fishing village where he falls in love with Liani a kind villager. Screenwriter Robin Estridge was best known for his work for television and film in the 1950s and 1960s including "Chance Meeting" 1954 "North West Frontier" 1959 "Escape from Zahrain" 1962 and "Drums of Africa" 1963. Orange titled wrappers noted as Draft Screenplay on the front wrapper dated 22-2-57. Title page present dated February 1957 with credits for screenwriter Robin Estridge. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with the front wrapper detached from the binding bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1957ref. 151143London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. An exceedingly wealthy but unfulfilled man crash-lands his test plane on a remote island inhabited by a fishing village where he falls in love with Liani a kind villager. Screenwriter Robin Estridge was best known for his work for television and film in the 1950s and 1960s including "Chance Meeting" 1954 "North West Frontier" 1959 "Escape from Zahrain" 1962 and "Drums of Africa" 1963. Orange titled wrappers noted as Draft Screenplay on the front wrapper dated 22-2-57. Title page present dated February 1957 with credits for screenwriter Robin Estridge. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with the front wrapper detached from the binding bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1970ref. 141376N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1976 film written and directed by Brian De Palma. Robin Hardy is a screenwriter and film director best known for having directed "The Wicker Man" 1973. Based on the 1972 novel "Singing Millionaire" by Michael Pereira. While traveling in Istanbul a German and her friend encounter a mysterious man who deals in drugs blackmail and ultimately murder. Set in the Middle East. Green wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robin Hardy and John Davis and author Michael Pereira. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141376N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1976 film written and directed by Brian De Palma. Robin Hardy is a screenwriter and film director best known for having directed "The Wicker Man" 1973. Based on the 1972 novel "Singing Millionaire" by Michael Pereira. While traveling in Istanbul a German and her friend encounter a mysterious man who deals in drugs blackmail and ultimately murder. Set in the Middle East. Green wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robin Hardy and John Davis and author Michael Pereira. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 107862N.p.: N.p. 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's Corner' is a screenplay based on three stories by Robin Maugham including 'Broken Cellophane' 'The Prodigal Son' and 'The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses.' Maugham worked with Rodney Ackland on the adaptation." Mauve titled wrapper noted as a short story on the front wrapper copy No. 20 with credits for screenwriter Robin Maugham. Title page present with credits for Maugham. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 107862N.p.: N.p. 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's Corner' is a screenplay based on three stories by Robin Maugham including 'Broken Cellophane' 'The Prodigal Son' and 'The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses.' Maugham worked with Rodney Ackland on the adaptation." Mauve titled wrapper noted as a short story on the front wrapper copy No. 20 with credits for screenwriter Robin Maugham. Title page present with credits for Maugham. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a string binding. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 141746N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter to agent Walter Kohner and five pages relating to another unrelated and unproduced television program. After speaking very fondly about the Americans he met while traveling abroad a chef is arrested by the KGB. Set in the Czech Republic. Green titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 141746N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter to agent Walter Kohner and five pages relating to another unrelated and unproduced television program. After speaking very fondly about the Americans he met while traveling abroad a chef is arrested by the KGB. Set in the Czech Republic. Green titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 147222Montreal: A.S.A. Productions 1980. Second Draft script for the 1988 television film originally aired on New Star Entertainment on September 21 here under the working title "Hit and Run." Based on Tom Alderman's 1976 novel "Hit and Run" wherein a devastated Canadian woman hires a private detective to track down the driver who killed her teenage son in a hit and run accident. Set and shot on location in New York City and Montreal. Blue untitled wrappers white comb binding. Title page present dated 1980 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for director ROBIN SPRY screenwriter ARTHUR FULLER and novelist TOM ALDERMAN. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. A.S.A. Productions unknown
1980ref. 147222Montreal: A.S.A. Productions 1980. Second Draft script for the 1988 television film originally aired on New Star Entertainment on September 21 here under the working title "Hit and Run." Based on Tom Alderman's 1976 novel "Hit and Run" wherein a devastated Canadian woman hires a private detective to track down the driver who killed her teenage son in a hit and run accident. Set and shot on location in New York City and Montreal. Blue untitled wrappers white comb binding. Title page present dated 1980 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for director ROBIN SPRY screenwriter ARTHUR FULLER and novelist TOM ALDERMAN. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. A.S.A. Productions unknown books
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown books
1919ref. 168630N.p.: Flora Film 1919. Vintage bi-fold advertisement for the 1919 German silent film. Text in German. Two doctors believe they have discovered a cure for malaria but romantic dissent comes between the colleagues before they can complete the test. An early effort by Rochus Gliese who would go on to work prolifically in German cinema as an actor director and art director. He is best remembered today for his work as art director on F.W. Murnau's 1927 film "Sunrise." 9 x 11 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus with annotations in manuscript ink on the left edge of the first page and numeric annotations on the bottom corners of all four pages. Flora Film unknown books
1968ref. 171972Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1969 Western film. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/4/68 and 1/17/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1957ref. 164771Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actors Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. A ship's captain decides to make an emergency stop in Hawaii to repair a quickly flooding hull against the wishes of a woman passenger wanted for murder in Honolulu. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1953ref. 168230Universal City: Universal-International 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 Western film. In Florida in 1835 the peace between the indigenous population and the white settlers is challenged by the violent hateful commander of Fort King. Loosely based on the circumstances surrounding the Second Seminole War also known as the Florida War one of the longest and most expensive of the frontier wars in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear on the right edge. Pitts 3768. Universal-International unknown books
1957ref. 164771Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actors Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. A ship's captain decides to make an emergency stop in Hawaii to repair a quickly flooding hull against the wishes of a woman passenger wanted for murder in Honolulu. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 159657Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. An alcoholic ex-Navy captain sails a boat in the South Seas. When the ship starts leaking during a storm everyone on board is tested. Shot on location in Hawaii. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 171972Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1969 Western film. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/4/68 and 1/17/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 150349N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Rock Hudson wrapped in a lacy sheet. With the stamp of photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso along with the stamp of Vista Photos and several manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 11 x 14 inches with a wide right margin. Very Good with light wear to the edges and layout annotations in pencil on the right edge. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 150349N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Rock Hudson wrapped in a lacy sheet. With the stamp of photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso along with the stamp of Vista Photos and several manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 11 x 14 inches with a wide right margin. Very Good with light wear to the edges and layout annotations in pencil on the right edge. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146809N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. In post-apocalyptic America a former drive-in movie theatre owner tries to keep his land from the predatory bankers who now hold a monopoly on the nation's resources. Screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal were best known for co-writing "The Wilby Conspiracy" 1975. Set in the American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146809N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. In post-apocalyptic America a former drive-in movie theatre owner tries to keep his land from the predatory bankers who now hold a monopoly on the nation's resources. Screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal were best known for co-writing "The Wilby Conspiracy" 1975. Set in the American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 170354N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actor Rod Steiger getting fake tattoos drawn on by make-up artists in preparation for shooting. Layout annotations on the verso in manuscript ink. Based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story collection centered on a wandering ex-carnival member whose body is fully tattooed. His tattoos are allegedly created by a time-traveling woman and each tells a unique story. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Lentz US. N.p. unknown
