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1973ref. 152055Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1973. Vintage pressbook for the 1973 film. A small offshore island houses a number of first-degree murderers after the abolition of the death penalty. One leaf folded twice. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Dimension Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 166582Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1975 novel by Stephen Becker about a former Marine turned alcoholic drifter forced to fend his way out of Peking after nearly killing an American brigadier in a bar fight. Generic white Embassy Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 4th April 1983 with credits for Becker and screenwriter Barry Spikings. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Embassy Pictures unknown
1983ref. 166582Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1975 novel by Stephen Becker about a former Marine turned alcoholic drifter forced to fend his way out of Peking after nearly killing an American brigadier in a bar fight. Generic white Embassy Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 4th April 1983 with credits for Becker and screenwriter Barry Spikings. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 163947Los Angeles: AckermanBenson 1988. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Not to be confused with the 2015 film directed by Emily Lapisardi starring Maria Olsen and Bill Townsend. Screenwriter Stephen Bonds previously made a low budget independent film under this title in 1980 the Second Draft script found here dates from 1988 and is an apparent attempt at getting a feature film made of the story. Based on the Northern Ohio urban myth regarding the ruins of Swift Mansion later the Light of Hope Orphanage which alleges a fire was set killing many children and a woman all who now haunt the ruins. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Vermilion Ohio. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 20 1988 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stephen Bonds. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. AckermanBenson unknown
1974ref. 168123N.p.: Golden Films 1974. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film seen here under the working title "Evil in the Deep." A crew of maritime adventurers search for a long-lost sunken Spanish Galleon carrying a massive amount of treasure. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Golden Films unknown
1974ref. 168123N.p.: Golden Films 1974. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film seen here under the working title "Evil in the Deep." A crew of maritime adventurers search for a long-lost sunken Spanish Galleon carrying a massive amount of treasure. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Golden Films unknown books
1968ref. 161637N.p.: Distribpix / A.F.P.I. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Rare. The exploits of "college girls" who'll do anything for a good grade. 8 x 10 inches.Very Good plus one with a bruise to the center of the photograph. Distribpix / A.F.P.I. unknown
1968ref. 162049N.p.: A.F.P.I. Productions 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Marsha Jordan stars as a secretary at a computer dating service who unwittingly dates her boss his wife and their two sons. Shot on location in Maryland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some pinholes to the margins. A.F.P.I. Productions unknown
1968ref. 161637N.p.: Distribpix / A.F.P.I. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Rare. The exploits of "college girls" who'll do anything for a good grade. 8 x 10 inches.Very Good plus one with a bruise to the center of the photograph. Distribpix / A.F.P.I. unknown books
1968ref. 162049N.p.: A.F.P.I. Productions 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Marsha Jordan stars as a secretary at a computer dating service who unwittingly dates her boss his wife and their two sons. Shot on location in Maryland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some pinholes to the margins. A.F.P.I. Productions unknown books
1954ref. 152836Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Copy belonging to script supervisor Helen McCaffrey with her manuscript pencil annotations on virtually every page and many versos and her name in manuscript ink annotation on the top right corner of the front wrapper. A dramatization of the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg based on a short story by Stephen Crane. Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 12 1954 with credits for screenwriter Ellis Marcus and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4-14-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown
1954ref. 152838Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Script supervisor's copy with their manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the front wrapper and virtually every page. A farm girl hides her brother from the police when he is framed for murder. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 13 1954 with credits for screenwriter Leonard St. Clair and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4/26/54. Wrapper and pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown
1954ref. 152838Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Script supervisor's copy with their manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the front wrapper and virtually every page. A farm girl hides her brother from the police when he is framed for murder. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 13 1954 with credits for screenwriter Leonard St. Clair and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4/26/54. Wrapper and pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown books
1954ref. 152836Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Copy belonging to script supervisor Helen McCaffrey with her manuscript pencil annotations on virtually every page and many versos and her name in manuscript ink annotation on the top right corner of the front wrapper. A dramatization of the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg based on a short story by Stephen Crane. Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 12 1954 with credits for screenwriter Ellis Marcus and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4-14-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown books
2002ref. 156807Los Angeles: Miramax 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Based on Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about three women of different generations whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel "Mrs. Dalloway." Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Nicole Kidman. Shot on location in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Florida and New York in the US and in London and Longborough in England. White titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter David Hare and novelist Michael Cunningham. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. In a custom red cloth slipcase. Miramax unknown books
1970ref. 159145N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 short film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 159131N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 experimental film showing actress Verity Bargate. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping. Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. "Times For" was the first of Dwoskin's longer films and notably included a performance by performance artist and filmmaker Carolee Schneemann with a soundtrack by experimental musician Gavin Bryars. 10 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 158656N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of actress Jenny Runacre from the 1972 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with the stamp of The Other Cinema in London and an Alternative Arts stamp with the film title. Stephen Dwoskin's second feature film. Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 134464Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft British script for the 1971 UK film. Working copy belonging to actress Billie Whitelaw SIGNED by Whitelaw on the front wrapper with her manuscript annotations throughout in pencil and red and blue ink. Included are four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the film. Director Stephen Frear's debut feature film and the first film to feature an original musical score by Andrew Lloyd Weber. A whodunit verging on spoof Albert Finney plays a standup comedian and aspiring private detective. When he advertises his detective services in the local newspaper he may actually have to solve a real mystery. Set in Liverpool and London and shot there on location. Tall orange studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1st October 1970 with credits for screenwriter Neville Smith. 123 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Good bound internally with three silver brads. Grant US. Indicator 37. Columbia Pictures unknown
2005ref. 148372N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997 following the death of Princess Diana on August 31 1977 and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's Helen Mirren desire to treat it as a private affair and Prime Minister Tony Blair Michael Sheen and Prince Charles' Alex Jennings desire to quell the public's demand for a more overt and public expression of grief. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mirren nominated for five others including Best Film Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in England Scotland and France. Pink titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper light creasing to top right else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 134464Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft British script for the 1971 UK film. Working copy belonging to actress Billie Whitelaw SIGNED by Whitelaw on the front wrapper with her manuscript annotations throughout in pencil and red and blue ink. Included are four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the film. Director Stephen Frear's debut feature film and the first film to feature an original musical score by Andrew Lloyd Weber. A whodunit verging on spoof Albert Finney plays a standup comedian and aspiring private detective. When he advertises his detective services in the local newspaper he may actually have to solve a real mystery. Set in Liverpool and London and shot there on location. Tall orange studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1st October 1970 with credits for screenwriter Neville Smith. 123 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Good bound internally with three silver brads. Grant US. Indicator 37. Columbia Pictures unknown books
2005ref. 148372N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997 following the death of Princess Diana on August 31 1977 and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's Helen Mirren desire to treat it as a private affair and Prime Minister Tony Blair Michael Sheen and Prince Charles' Alex Jennings desire to quell the public's demand for a more overt and public expression of grief. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mirren nominated for five others including Best Film Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in England Scotland and France. Pink titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper light creasing to top right else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 167142Universal City: Universal Studios 1973. Draft script for the tenth episode of the first season of the 1973-74 NBC television series that aired on November 27 1973. Copy printed on pink leaves with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on -- pages. The first show co-created by Stephen J. Cannell about a unique team of the Los Angeles Police Department lead by Chase Reddick Mitchell Ryan that specializes in solving unusually difficult or violent cases. The series premiered on September 11 1973 and aired for 23 episodes ending on April 10 1974. In this episode Sgt. MacCray Wayne Maunder attempts to infiltrate a garbage removal firm whose owner is syndicate boss and is distracted by the attention of the crime boss' daughter. Set in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1973 with credits for screenwriter Michael Donovan. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with a staple to the top left corner. Universal Studios unknown
1976ref. 167073Universal City: Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1976 NBC television series here under the working title "City of Angels: Quicker Than the Eye" which aired on February 24 1976. Not to be confused with the 2000 CBS medical drama television series created by Steven Bochco. Inspired by Roman Polanski's 1974 classic "Chinatown" the series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins who had previously worked together on the acclaimed 1974-80 television series "The Rockford Files." Wayne Rogers stars as the stalwart private investigator Jake Axminster working amid the corruption of 1930s Los Angeles. Hailed by mystery novelist Max Allan Collins as "the best private eye series ever" the series premiered on NBC on February 3 1976 and lasted for only one thirteen episode season before ending on May 18 1976. In this episode Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underwood to investigate whether his wife Velma is having an affair only to discover Underwood dead after hearing a shot ring out while staking out Velma at their home. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 27 1976 with credits for screenwriter Philip De Guere Jr. and Story by James Thomas James. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 1/30/76. Pages Very Good plus with the front wrapper detached and stapled to the following two leaves bound with two gold brads. Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios unknown
1973ref. 167142Universal City: Universal Studios 1973. Draft script for the tenth episode of the first season of the 1973-74 NBC television series that aired on November 27 1973. Copy printed on pink leaves with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on -- pages. The first show co-created by Stephen J. Cannell about a unique team of the Los Angeles Police Department lead by Chase Reddick Mitchell Ryan that specializes in solving unusually difficult or violent cases. The series premiered on September 11 1973 and aired for 23 episodes ending on April 10 1974. In this episode Sgt. MacCray Wayne Maunder attempts to infiltrate a garbage removal firm whose owner is syndicate boss and is distracted by the attention of the crime boss' daughter. Set in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1973 with credits for screenwriter Michael Donovan. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with a staple to the top left corner. Universal Studios unknown books
