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1995ref. 163974N.p.: N.p. 1995. Draft script for the 1995 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her numeric annotation in manuscript ink on page 2 and her annotations in manuscript pencil regarding props on the rear wrapper. In an alternate America where the social and economic positions of white and Black Americans are reversed a white factory worker kidnaps the factory owner as revenge for an unjust firing. 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. Red untitled wrappers. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 150553N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A short musical film intended for television presenting several vignettes in defense of the Second Amendment. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 with credit for screenwriter Harriet Powers. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 150553N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A short musical film intended for television presenting several vignettes in defense of the Second Amendment. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 with credit for screenwriter Harriet Powers. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 156730N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the classic 1962 film. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall in a dialogue-free role as Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 156730N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the classic 1962 film. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall in a dialogue-free role as Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 133391London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1965. Draft script for the 1965 BBC television movie "Tea Party" adapted by Pinter from his 1963 short story. The film first aired live on March 25 1965 on the BBC program "The Largest Theatre in the World." INSCRIBED by screenwriter Pinter on that day: "March 25th 1965 / To Peter Colin Holder / Congratulations on being born! / Hooray! / Lots of Love / Harold Pinter." The story of an industrial tycoon who comes to believe that his new secretary second wife and brother-in-law are all conspiring against him to the point where his health is affected by the conviction. Blue titled wrappers lacking the rear wrapper. Front wrapper present but detached with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. Title page present also with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. 59 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine side stapled front wrapper Very Good. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown books
1973ref. 148870N.p.: The American Film Theatre 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original brown paper envelope stamped "The Homecoming 8 Stills." Based on the 1965 play by Harold Pinter who also wrote the screenplay. Teddy Michael Jayston brings his wife Ruth Vivien Merchant to visit his estranged and abrasive family in a dingy claustrophobic North London flat after a nine year absence. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The American Film Theatre unknown books
1965ref. 133391London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1965. Draft script for the 1965 BBC television movie "Tea Party" adapted by Pinter from his 1963 short story. The film first aired live on March 25 1965 on the BBC program "The Largest Theatre in the World." INSCRIBED by screenwriter Pinter on that day: "March 25th 1965 / To Peter Colin Holder / Congratulations on being born! / Hooray! / Lots of Love / Harold Pinter." The story of an industrial tycoon who comes to believe that his new secretary second wife and brother-in-law are all conspiring against him to the point where his health is affected by the conviction. Blue titled wrappers lacking the rear wrapper. Front wrapper present but detached with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. Title page present also with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. 59 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine side stapled front wrapper Very Good. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown
1973ref. 148870N.p.: The American Film Theatre 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original brown paper envelope stamped "The Homecoming 8 Stills." Based on the 1965 play by Harold Pinter who also wrote the screenplay. Teddy Michael Jayston brings his wife Ruth Vivien Merchant to visit his estranged and abrasive family in a dingy claustrophobic North London flat after a nine year absence. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The American Film Theatre unknown
1950ref. 169980N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith with the maker annotation of "H.J. Smith" and a telephone number on the top left corner of the front wrapper. Script with four carbon typescript pages the final three pages and a second title page with the alternative title "The Last American" found preceding the title page matching the front wrapper. The title page with the title matching the front wrapper with a manuscript marker annotation striking second screenwriter Nathan E. Douglas. Nathan E. Douglas was the pseudonym of blacklisted screenwriter Nedrick Young with whom Smith co-wrote the Academy Award winning script for the 1958 film "The Defiant Ones" as well as the acclaimed 1960 film "Inherit the Wind." For generations Joshua Cable's family have lived on their farm in the Appalachia Mountains. After strip mining has left everyone but the coal companies destitute and all the farms poisoned with coal dust Cable desperately gathers the help of other impoverished men to steal equipment from the coal company and mine his farmland for coal in spite of having sold the mineral rights to his land to the coal company years ago. Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one with credits for screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith and one for screenwriters Harold Jacob Smith and Nathan E. Douglas with Douglas' name stuck. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication with four pages carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 169980N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith with the maker annotation of "H.J. Smith" and a telephone number on the top left corner of the front wrapper. Script with four carbon typescript pages the final three pages and a second title page with the alternative title "The Last American" found preceding the title page matching the front wrapper. The title page with the title matching the front wrapper with a manuscript marker annotation striking second screenwriter Nathan E. Douglas. Nathan E. Douglas was the pseudonym of blacklisted screenwriter Nedrick Young with whom Smith co-wrote the Academy Award winning script for the 1958 film "The Defiant Ones" as well as the acclaimed 1960 film "Inherit the Wind." For generations Joshua Cable's family have lived on their farm in the Appalachia Mountains. After strip mining has left everyone but the coal companies destitute and all the farms poisoned with coal dust Cable desperately gathers the help of other impoverished men to steal equipment from the coal company and mine his farmland for coal in spite of having sold the mineral rights to his land to the coal company years ago. Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one with credits for screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith and one for screenwriters Harold Jacob Smith and Nathan E. Douglas with Douglas' name stuck. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication with four pages carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 164370N.p.: Falcon International 1969. Vintage one sheet from the 1969 documentary. A thorough study of the mating rituals of various animals narrated by the eminent husband and wife naturalist-biologist team Lorus and Margery Milne. An anomaly that arise among sexploitation films of the 1960s; a seemingly earnest nature documentary which contains graphic footage of animal genitalia and copulation. 26.75 x 40.75 inches. Folded as issued. With two white labels on the recto obscuring the MPAA rating and the word "uncensored" else Near Fine. Falcon International unknown books
1969ref. 164370N.p.: Falcon International 1969. Vintage one sheet from the 1969 documentary. A thorough study of the mating rituals of various animals narrated by the eminent husband and wife naturalist-biologist team Lorus and Margery Milne. An anomaly that arise among sexploitation films of the 1960s; a seemingly earnest nature documentary which contains graphic footage of animal genitalia and copulation. 26.75 x 40.75 inches. Folded as issued. With two white labels on the recto obscuring the MPAA rating and the word "uncensored" else Near Fine. Falcon International unknown
1954ref. 147921Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1954 film. Wartime adventures of Scottish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor Richard Todd outlawed and hunted by the forces of King George I Eric Pohlmann. Set in and shot on location in Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 147925Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 television movie. Disney re-edited the 1954 film Rob Roy the Highland Rogue into a two part movie for The Magical World of Disney which aired on ABC on October 3 and 10 1956. Wartime adventures of Scottish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor Richard Todd outlawed and hunted by the forces of King George I Eric Pohlmann. Set in and shot on location in Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing in corner margins. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1951ref. 159367Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel "Shep of the Painted Hills" by Alexander Hull. A prospector finally strikes gold and returns home to find his son abandoned by his old partner. His new partner gets greedy and tried to kill him. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 161572N.p.: Woodburn Productions 1960. Vintage still photograph from the 1960 film. June Wilkinson stars as Joan a young blonde who arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. Woodburn Productions unknown books
1955ref. 159066Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 Western film. The son of a famous lawman and man hunter is hired to help eradicate a gang of outlaws but finds himself falling in love with a woman robber named Texas Rose instead. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Pitts 3376. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 149865Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1939. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1940 film. A young journalist finds himself unjustly accused of murder. White titled self-wrappers production No. 1033 dated December 19 1939 with credits for director Harold D. Shuster. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with tearing to the last three leaves along the top edge wrapper Very Good plus with some tearing to the back self-wrapper along the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 130419Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final script for the 1942 film. A lighthearted drama centering on a female stamp collector obsessed with a government mail sack of undelivered letters that has turned up after missing for 50 years. The AFI Catalog notes that all the title cards for the film's opening credits are handwritten on envelopes postmarked 1889. A studio press release asserted that producer Ralph Dietrich got the idea for the film from a newspaper story concerning "the discovery in Philadelphia some months ago of a mail bag apparently the loot of a robbery some seventy-five years before." The story reported that the mail would be delivered by the post office to the addressees or their heirs. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 and production No. 768 dated April 1 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 1 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Braus. 122 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/1/42 and 5/1/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1939ref. 149865Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1939. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1940 film. A young journalist finds himself unjustly accused of murder. White titled self-wrappers production No. 1033 dated December 19 1939 with credits for director Harold D. Shuster. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with tearing to the last three leaves along the top edge wrapper Very Good plus with some tearing to the back self-wrapper along the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1942ref. 130419Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final script for the 1942 film. A lighthearted drama centering on a female stamp collector obsessed with a government mail sack of undelivered letters that has turned up after missing for 50 years. The AFI Catalog notes that all the title cards for the film's opening credits are handwritten on envelopes postmarked 1889. A studio press release asserted that producer Ralph Dietrich got the idea for the film from a newspaper story concerning "the discovery in Philadelphia some months ago of a mail bag apparently the loot of a robbery some seventy-five years before." The story reported that the mail would be delivered by the post office to the addressees or their heirs. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 and production No. 768 dated April 1 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 1 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Braus. 122 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/1/42 and 5/1/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1946ref. 152017Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage pressbook from the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1944 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. After a night of heavy drinking a US Navy sailor's attempts to return a mysterious wad of cash force him down a shadowy path of blackmail and murder. 12 x 18 inches. Ten leaves saddle stapled. Very Good plus with light foxing to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 152017Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage pressbook from the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1944 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. After a night of heavy drinking a US Navy sailor's attempts to return a mysterious wad of cash force him down a shadowy path of blackmail and murder. 12 x 18 inches. Ten leaves saddle stapled. Very Good plus with light foxing to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1979ref. 132786Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions 1979. Three original draft title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1979 film. Based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The three sketches show different approaches to the title all distinct from the final lettering design used. Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Magician of Lublin" his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "The Birds" 1963 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Finian's Rainbow" 1969. In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. At the turn of the Twentieth century a Jewish stage magician and con man whose career has been ruined by womanizing gets one more shot at the big time by attempting to pull off a never before seen trick. Two leaves. First leaf: 19 x 18 inches. About Near Fine with creasing to the edges. Two designs executed in black ink on white paper with a manuscript notation to the side in blue pencil. Second leaf: 15.5 x 5.5 inches. Black ink on white paper. Near Fine with manuscript annotations in blue pencil. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
