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1970ref. 136064New York: National General Pictures 1970. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1970 film. Shown are director Gene Kelly with James Stewart and Henry Fonda. A revisionist Western in which James Stewart an aging cowboy inherits his brother's house of prostitution. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National General Pictures unknown
1971ref. 169563Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Gene Hackman. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 141641Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 film. A young widow begins smuggling liquor in San Diego during Prohibition and subsequently also becomes romantically involved with two men. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 24 1973 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Huyck and Katz. 165 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 141641Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 film. A young widow begins smuggling liquor in San Diego during Prohibition and subsequently also becomes romantically involved with two men. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 24 1973 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Huyck and Katz. 165 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1971ref. 169563Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Gene Hackman. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970ref. 153160N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. In order to force their brother's release from prison two dimwitted men decide to steal the Liberty Bell. Set in Philadelphia. Brown wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Gene Fiskin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 153160N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. In order to force their brother's release from prison two dimwitted men decide to steal the Liberty Bell. Set in Philadelphia. Brown wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Gene Fiskin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 167650N.p.: N.p. 1971. Five vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1971 film. A disillusioned museum curator unexpectedly finds romance with a gregarious parking lot attendant. The sixth feature film directed by John Cassavetes and the fourth of eleven films Cassavetes made with his wife actress Gena Rowlands. Set and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 167650N.p.: N.p. 1971. Five vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1971 film. A disillusioned museum curator unexpectedly finds romance with a gregarious parking lot attendant. The sixth feature film directed by John Cassavetes and the fourth of eleven films Cassavetes made with his wife actress Gena Rowlands. Set and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142375N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. A family visits France and deals with all sorts of upper class conveniences and distractions including eating dinner and being invited for tea. Text in English and French. Set in France. Unbound leaves. Title page integral with first page of text. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good with some faint evidence of dampstaining at the bottom edge of pages. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142374N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. A sixteen year old living in her sick aunt's boarding house receives a proposition from a local wealthy individual for marriage which she would only do to pull herself out of her situation but she cannot abandon her sick aunt who needs her help. Set in Australia. Unbound leaves Title page integral with first page of text. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142350N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of various ribbon copy typescript draft script revisions in both red and black ribbon type for an unproduced film. With annotations throughout in manuscript ink. A mystery begins to unfold as Tom Fielding finds an acquaintance of his in a highly distressed position. When he returns to his home he finds his wife has been brutally murdered and that he is the prime suspect. Set in London and Liverpool. Script #1: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Script #2: Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Copy with credits for screenwriter Moore. 266 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Ribbon copy typescript in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142370N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. A man experiences constant ennui in high society life and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around Europe. Set in Paris. Screenplay #1: Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 25 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Screenplay #2: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining bound with three staples. Screenplay #3: Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 237 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus housed in a green spring binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142338N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. Set in Ireland. Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142329N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A gentleman pays the bail of a recently-jailed political activist who is then invited to a meeting of the League of Free Men. When the activist turns up murdered a few days later with a mysterious note found on his body the police begin investigating exactly what this organization is all about. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Version with credits for G.E. Moore. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142348N.p.: N.p. 1950. Original treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. In a nonspecific Communist-occupied country in Central Europe during the Cold War a group of military police arrest a woman they believe to be a spy. She maintains her innocence yet still she has an interesting alibi married an artist three days before and finding him dead and speaks English with a Magyar accent despite an "English" upbringing. Set in Central Europe. Brown wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 48 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 45. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142332N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A violent gang of men chaos all over the outskirts of London by beating up the daughter of an older woman they are sheltering and abducting people throughout the London countryside. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 34 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with string binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142326N.p.: N.p. 1950. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and begins to accept her life with people who care about her. Set in England. Pink titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 32 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 28. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with string binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142337N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of four Draft scripts for four different films all unproduced. Set in London. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 255 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript variously on white green and yellow stock. Pages Very Good plus with some foxing at the edges housed in a green spring binder that is dampstained and Good only. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142371N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of screenplays for an unproduced films all by the same screenwriter from the screenwriter's estate. Collection of unproduced screenplays by screenwriter G.E. Moore including "The Wittering Alp" "Portrait of Catherine" "The Trojan Story" "The Nine Days' Wonder" and "The Choice Spirit." Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mixed ribbon copy typescript carbon typescript and mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus housed in a black spring binder. Binder is Good only significantly dampstained but has done its job and the internal leaves are unaffected. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142375N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. A family visits France and deals with all sorts of upper class conveniences and distractions including eating dinner and being invited for tea. Text in English and French. Set in France. Unbound leaves. Title page integral with first page of text. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good with some faint evidence of dampstaining at the bottom edge of pages. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142374N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. A sixteen year old living in her sick aunt's boarding house receives a proposition from a local wealthy individual for marriage which she would only do to pull herself out of her situation but she cannot abandon her sick aunt who needs her help. Set in Australia. Unbound leaves Title page integral with first page of text. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142350N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of various ribbon copy typescript draft script revisions in both red and black ribbon type for an unproduced film. With annotations throughout in manuscript ink. A mystery begins to unfold as Tom Fielding finds an acquaintance of his in a highly distressed position. When he returns to his home he finds his wife has been brutally murdered and that he is the prime suspect. Set in London and Liverpool. Script #1: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Script #2: Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Copy with credits for screenwriter Moore. 266 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Ribbon copy typescript in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142370N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. A man experiences constant ennui in high society life and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around Europe. Set in Paris. Screenplay #1: Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 25 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Screenplay #2: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining bound with three staples. Screenplay #3: Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 237 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus housed in a green spring binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142338N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. Set in Ireland. Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
