11,046 results
ref. 143477Tokyo: Shinchosha Company 1988. Preparation Draft script for the 1988 Japanese animated film. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1967 short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. Text in Japanese. A draft script of the film in which the ending had not yet been finalized. "Grave of the Fireflies" follows the final days of two Japanese children during World War II and though it contains few combat scenes remains one of the most riveting war films ever made. Short story author Akiyuki Nosaka heartily approved of the animated film of his work noting that he believed it was impossible to create the bleak backdrop or find child actors able to create a film of the subject in any other way. The second film animated by Studio Ghibli best known for its animated films directed by Hayao Miyazaki and the only Ghibli film under Tokuma Shoten ownership that had no involvement from them. Black perfect-bound wrappers with silver titles. Title page present. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication with three green title pages pages at the front of the script. Pages Fine wrapper Fine. Shinchosha Company unknown books
1968ref. 143480Tokyo: Toei Animation 1968. Vintage post-production script for the animated 1968 Japanese film "Horus: Prince of the Sun" also known under the title "The Little Norse Prince." This listing also includes a pamphlet of character designs for the film. A milestone in the history of Japanese animation heralded as the first animated feature to successfully disrupt the Walt Disney paradigm and seen as one of the first to intentionally address an adult audience. Isao Takahata's directorial debut and the first major film of famed Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki who worked on scene design and key animation for the film. Ostensibly a film about young boy living in ancient Scandinavia who must help instill a community to fight against a great oppressor it carried a strong pro-union and pro-Socialist subtext as Takahata and Miyazaki were staunch union organizers. Studio Toei executives in part in retaliation released the film into theaters for only ten days and it would be some years before the feature would be appreciated fully. Off white wrappers perfect-bound with black titles. Title page present. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Mimeograph duplication with pink orange green and yellow revision pages. Pages lightly toned else Fine wrapper Near Fine. Toei Animation unknown books
ref. 143477Tokyo: Shinchosha Company 1988. Preparation Draft script for the 1988 Japanese animated film. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1967 short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. Text in Japanese. A draft script of the film in which the ending had not yet been finalized. "Grave of the Fireflies" follows the final days of two Japanese children during World War II and though it contains few combat scenes remains one of the most riveting war films ever made. Short story author Akiyuki Nosaka heartily approved of the animated film of his work noting that he believed it was impossible to create the bleak backdrop or find child actors able to create a film of the subject in any other way. The second film animated by Studio Ghibli best known for its animated films directed by Hayao Miyazaki and the only Ghibli film under Tokuma Shoten ownership that had no involvement from them. Black perfect-bound wrappers with silver titles. Title page present. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication with three green title pages pages at the front of the script. Pages Fine wrapper Fine. Shinchosha Company unknown
1968ref. 143480Tokyo: Toei Animation 1968. Vintage post-production script for the animated 1968 Japanese film "Horus: Prince of the Sun" also known under the title "The Little Norse Prince." This listing also includes a pamphlet of character designs for the film. A milestone in the history of Japanese animation heralded as the first animated feature to successfully disrupt the Walt Disney paradigm and seen as one of the first to intentionally address an adult audience. Isao Takahata's directorial debut and the first major film of famed Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki who worked on scene design and key animation for the film. Ostensibly a film about young boy living in ancient Scandinavia who must help instill a community to fight against a great oppressor it carried a strong pro-union and pro-Socialist subtext as Takahata and Miyazaki were staunch union organizers. Studio Toei executives in part in retaliation released the film into theaters for only ten days and it would be some years before the feature would be appreciated fully. Off white wrappers perfect-bound with black titles. Title page present. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Mimeograph duplication with pink orange green and yellow revision pages. Pages lightly toned else Fine wrapper Near Fine. Toei Animation unknown
1948ref. 142958New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." Set in 1840s France. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1965ref. 146364New York: Challenger Productions 1965. Ribbon copy typescript of a Preliminary Treatment script for an unproduced film. The manuscript does not name the author however we can reasonably presume this is Robert Newman's known treatment for Isak Dinesen's "Seven Gothic Tales" under the title "The Gothic Tales" which we have offered once in the past with that copy having a stated credit for Newman and also 53 pages; and also "Challenger Productions" as stated on title page as well as documented in Boston University's Robert Newman Collection. Contains several proofreading annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the 1934 collection of short stories "Seven Gothic Tales" by Danish author Karen Blixen working under her more commonly recognized pseudonym Isak Dinesen Newman's screenplay is a series of vignettes taking place in 19th century Europe told from the perspective of the author. Dinesen is also the author of the 1937 memoir "Out of Africa" which was made into Sydney Pollack's Academy Award winning 1985 film of the same name as well as the short story "Babette's Feast" from her 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny" made into Gabriel Axel's Academy Award winning 1987 film of the same name. In the late 1960s Orson Welles had the intention of creating an anthology of films adapted from Dinesen's stories. Only one was completed Welles' 1968 "The Immortal Story" starring Jeanne Moreau based on the short story of the same name from the 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny." In the early 1980s Welles attempted to film "The Dreamers" based on the short story of the same name from "Seven Gothic Tales" and "Echoes" from the 1957 collection "Last Tales" but only completed a few scenes and abandoned the project after a lack of financing. In 1982 Italian director Emidio Greco directed "Ehrengard" based upon Dinesen's novel of the same name but was not released until 2002 due to financial complications. Set in Europe. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated JU 2 6195 presumably 1965 noted as Preliminary Treatment with credits for novelist Dinesen. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Challenger Productions unknown books
1948ref. 142958New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." Set in 1840s France. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1965ref. 146364New York: Challenger Productions 1965. Ribbon copy typescript of a Preliminary Treatment script for an unproduced film. The manuscript does not name the author however we can reasonably presume this is Robert Newman's known treatment for Isak Dinesen's "Seven Gothic Tales" under the title "The Gothic Tales" which we have offered once in the past with that copy having a stated credit for Newman and also 53 pages; and also "Challenger Productions" as stated on title page as well as documented in Boston University's Robert Newman Collection. Contains several proofreading annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the 1934 collection of short stories "Seven Gothic Tales" by Danish author Karen Blixen working under her more commonly recognized pseudonym Isak Dinesen Newman's screenplay is a series of vignettes taking place in 19th century Europe told from the perspective of the author. Dinesen is also the author of the 1937 memoir "Out of Africa" which was made into Sydney Pollack's Academy Award winning 1985 film of the same name as well as the short story "Babette's Feast" from her 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny" made into Gabriel Axel's Academy Award winning 1987 film of the same name. In the late 1960s Orson Welles had the intention of creating an anthology of films adapted from Dinesen's stories. Only one was completed Welles' 1968 "The Immortal Story" starring Jeanne Moreau based on the short story of the same name from the 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny." In the early 1980s Welles attempted to film "The Dreamers" based on the short story of the same name from "Seven Gothic Tales" and "Echoes" from the 1957 collection "Last Tales" but only completed a few scenes and abandoned the project after a lack of financing. In 1982 Italian director Emidio Greco directed "Ehrengard" based upon Dinesen's novel of the same name but was not released until 2002 due to financial complications. Set in Europe. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated JU 2 6195 presumably 1965 noted as Preliminary Treatment with credits for novelist Dinesen. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Challenger Productions unknown
1975ref. 160431N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 French film showing actress Isabelle Huppert lying nude out in the sun. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at three corners. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 149660Paris: Sofracima 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Isabelle Huppert. With the stamp of Cine-Voc Films on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light wear to the top edge. Sofracima unknown books
1983ref. 157312N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1983 film showing Isabelle Huppert and Hanna Schygulla in a nude embrace on the seashore. Based on the 1980 autobiography by Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti with Dacia Maraini who both contributed to the screenplay. A young woman comes of age with her free-spirited sexually promiscuous and mentally unstable mother. Shot on location in Lazio Italy. 7 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 149660Paris: Sofracima 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Isabelle Huppert. With the stamp of Cine-Voc Films on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light wear to the top edge. Sofracima unknown
1975ref. 160431N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 French film showing actress Isabelle Huppert lying nude out in the sun. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at three corners. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 157312N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1983 film showing Isabelle Huppert and Hanna Schygulla in a nude embrace on the seashore. Based on the 1980 autobiography by Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti with Dacia Maraini who both contributed to the screenplay. A young woman comes of age with her free-spirited sexually promiscuous and mentally unstable mother. Shot on location in Lazio Italy. 7 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 168468N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage film negative from the 1983 French neo-noir film showing actress Isabelle Adjani squatting nude on the set. Accompanied by a blue-toned test photograph struck from the negative presumably in 1983. Based on the 1977 novel by Sébastien Japrisot about a woman's desire to avenge the gang rape of her mother. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance. Shot in and around Gordes. Negative 5 x 4 inches blue-tone test photo very slightly larger. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 168468N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage film negative from the 1983 French neo-noir film showing actress Isabelle Adjani squatting nude on the set. Accompanied by a blue-toned test photograph struck from the negative presumably in 1983. Based on the 1977 novel by Sébastien Japrisot about a woman's desire to avenge the gang rape of her mother. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance. Shot in and around Gordes. Negative 5 x 4 inches blue-tone test photo very slightly larger. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1991ref. 139635Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1991. Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1991 film. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill a left leaning director who returns from a vacation to find Hollywood in the full swing of McCarthyism. He is asked to either implicate colleagues with supposed Communist sympathies or sacrifice his own career. The film garnered some controversy having spurred a fight between director Irwin Winkler and former blacklisted writer Abraham Polonsky surrounding the political orientation of the De Niro character. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1954ref. 135965Los Angeles: American Broadcasting Company ABC / Columbia Broadcasting System CBS / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1954. Final Script for the short from the 1954 film "Light's Diamond Jubilee." "Light's Diamond Jubilee" was a David O. Selznick television production aired simultaneously on all three of the major networks. The special was mounted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb that featured original stories and adaptations of stories by famous American writers. Plain salmon colored wrappers. Title page is integral with the first page of text. 12 leaves mimeograph on green stock. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] / Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1979ref. 140031Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Eight vintage full-color lobby cards from the 1979 film. Interesting sequel that picks up where "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 leaves off with the ship floating capsized and a band of pirates reaping havoc. 11 x 14 inches. Corner bumps and short creases else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1977ref. 148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda. Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California and Texas. Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1979ref. 140031Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Eight vintage full-color lobby cards from the 1979 film. Interesting sequel that picks up where "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 leaves off with the ship floating capsized and a band of pirates reaping havoc. 11 x 14 inches. Corner bumps and short creases else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1977ref. 148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda. Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California and Texas. Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1965ref. 146561N.p.: N.p. 1965. Synopsis for an unproduced film based on the novel of the same name by Irving Wallace. Included with the synopsis is a two-page typed document on Brenco Pictures Corporation letterhead dated November 11 1965 discussing the popularity of Wallace's prior novels and proposing a budget for the film along with a small note addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner signed by screenwriter Stanley Meyer. Also included is the envelope which likely contained the documents. Based on the 1963 novel wherein a team of anthropologists travel to the South Pacific to study the polyamorous inhabitants of a small secret island. Set in the South Pacific. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present noted as Brief Summary. 6 leaves with last page of text numbered 5. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 146561N.p.: N.p. 1965. Synopsis for an unproduced film based on the novel of the same name by Irving Wallace. Included with the synopsis is a two-page typed document on Brenco Pictures Corporation letterhead dated November 11 1965 discussing the popularity of Wallace's prior novels and proposing a budget for the film along with a small note addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner signed by screenwriter Stanley Meyer. Also included is the envelope which likely contained the documents. Based on the 1963 novel wherein a team of anthropologists travel to the South Pacific to study the polyamorous inhabitants of a small secret island. Set in the South Pacific. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present noted as Brief Summary. 6 leaves with last page of text numbered 5. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 149253New South Wales: Avco Embassy Pictures 1978. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1978 film. Based on the 1975 memoir by Charles Colson. Charles Colson played by Disney stalwart Dean Jones Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon and one of the Watergate Seven known as Nixon's "hatchet man" has a mid-life religious conversion when serving seven months in federal prison for obstruction of justice in the Watergate Scandal and establishes Prison Fellowship a world wide ministry. Shot on location in Washington DC and Chino California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown books
