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1980ref. 152417N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. After his sister is lured into snorting a fatal dose of heroin by a dastardly biker gang a teenage boy and his group of friends vow to take their revenge and stop the bikers forming their own "moped mob." Black untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter E.L. "Tony" Duke. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 132257Austria: Weiener Filmfinanzierungsfonds WFF 1996. Original A1 poster for the 1996 Austrian film. The film focuses on a handful of specific Viennese emigres one of whom is noted film historian Amos Vogel from whose collection this poster comes. Full provenance available. A documentary in which director Egon Humer visits twelve New Yorkers all former citizens of Austria who were driven by discriminatory decrees laws and open terror from their native land into exile. Among them were 130000 other Austrians mainly Jews who had also been left with no other option than to flee between 1938 and 1941 when the National Socialists rose to power. 23.25 x 32.75 inches rolled. A few short creases and light edge rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Weiener Filmfinanzierungsfonds [WFF] unknown books
1977ref. 138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain. Jill returns to her home in California with her mother where she sparks a romance with one of the locals. Set in Bishop California shot on location in Bishop California and Victoria British Columbia. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 00460 and sticker indicating copy No. II dated May 3 1977. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and skier Jill Kinmont. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/17/77 and 5/18/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain. Jill returns to her home in California with her mother where she sparks a romance with one of the locals. Set in Bishop California shot on location in Bishop California and Victoria British Columbia. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 00460 and sticker indicating copy No. II dated May 3 1977. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and skier Jill Kinmont. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/17/77 and 5/18/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1979ref. 144562Los Angeles: Essex Productions 1979. Final Draft script for the 1984 horror film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John Carl Buechler with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and two Polaroid photographs laid in. Six friends are stalked and murdered while on a camping trip. Shot on location in Idyllwild California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 28th 1979 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and director Edwin Scott Brown. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated Oct. 7th and white undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. Thrower Nightmare USA. Essex Productions unknown books
1979ref. 144562Los Angeles: Essex Productions 1979. Final Draft script for the 1984 horror film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John Carl Buechler with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and two Polaroid photographs laid in. Six friends are stalked and murdered while on a camping trip. Shot on location in Idyllwild California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 28th 1979 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and director Edwin Scott Brown. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated Oct. 7th and white undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. Thrower Nightmare USA. Essex Productions unknown
1940ref. 140309Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1940 film. A 1940 musical comedy directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Frank Morgan Virginia Grey and Dan Sailey. Morgan plays a faded actor trying to revive his career by starting a hit radio show. The science fiction themed talk show incites hysteria further exasperating the failed star. Eventually he decides to begin again this time with a show starring his children. Shot on location in MGM Studios California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear to the margin. Hirschhorn. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 144010Beverly Hills CA: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paper clipped on the front wrapper is a typed note initialed by Edwin Blum in blue manuscript ink. Two women repeatedly arrange to be the beneficiaries on the life insurance policies of numerous dead men. In the course of their activities a romance is struck up with an insurance executive. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 144010Beverly Hills CA: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paper clipped on the front wrapper is a typed note initialed by Edwin Blum in blue manuscript ink. Two women repeatedly arrange to be the beneficiaries on the life insurance policies of numerous dead men. In the course of their activities a romance is struck up with an insurance executive. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 161734N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A group of buxom secret agents pose as escorts to bring down powerful men. Screenplay by B-Movie cult maestro Ed Wood Jr. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 161734N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A group of buxom secret agents pose as escorts to bring down powerful men. Screenplay by B-Movie cult maestro Ed Wood Jr. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 158192Beverly Hills CA: Eduardo Rossoff 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Edward Savio is a novelist and screenwriter best known for the "Battle for Forever" science fiction novels "Alexander X" 2016 and "Ancient Among Us" 2019. An unemployed American mechanic discovers he is heir to the throne of England. Untitled gray wrappers. Title page present dated February 1988 with credits for screenwriter Edward Savio. 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. Eduardo Rossoff unknown books
1988ref. 158192Beverly Hills CA: Eduardo Rossoff 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Edward Savio is a novelist and screenwriter best known for the "Battle for Forever" science fiction novels "Alexander X" 2016 and "Ancient Among Us" 2019. An unemployed American mechanic discovers he is heir to the throne of England. Untitled gray wrappers. Title page present dated February 1988 with credits for screenwriter Edward Savio. 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. Eduardo Rossoff unknown
1970ref. 158068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation horror film. A reclusive Black music producer named Dr. Rocula lures young would-be musicians into his home where he feasts on their blood. Set in Los Angeles. Orange wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Edward Medard. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom page edges wrapper Good with front wrapper detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 158068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation horror film. A reclusive Black music producer named Dr. Rocula lures young would-be musicians into his home where he feasts on their blood. Set in Los Angeles. Orange wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Edward Medard. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom page edges wrapper Good with front wrapper detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 147681N.p.: Trans American Films 1966. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. A young San Francisco runaway falls in with a charismatic and possibly criminal guru who runs a LSD beatnik cult in Spain. Set in Spain and California shot on location in Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Two Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear two Good with adhesive residue and bruising on the bottom edge. Trans American Films unknown books
1963ref. 148136N.p.: N.p. 1963. Twenty-page Shooting schedule for the 1963 film dated February 12 1963 with strikes through in manuscript pencil on all but two pages and several annotations in manuscript ink regarding locations and shots. Aging gunman Rory Calhoun attempts to keep his control over a small town populated by outlaws. Shot on location in Bronson Canyon Los Angeles California. 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 160365North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1955. Vintage color program for the 1955 film. Yvonne De Carlo stars as a café singer who inherits a fortune and buys a casino in Nassau and the many suitors including gangsters she attracks. 5.5 x 8.5 inches Tri-fold. Very Good plus with a horizontal crease and light creasing and edgewear overall. Republic Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 160365North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1955. Vintage color program for the 1955 film. Yvonne De Carlo stars as a café singer who inherits a fortune and buys a casino in Nassau and the many suitors including gangsters she attracks. 5.5 x 8.5 inches Tri-fold. Very Good plus with a horizontal crease and light creasing and edgewear overall. Republic Pictures unknown
1956ref. 162197N.p.: Chancellor Films 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos A surprisingly nuanced depiction of three teenage girls from troubled homes who leave home in search of new lives in Los Angeles. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with even faint toning and pinholes and one with light soiling. Chancellor Films unknown books
1961ref. 148075Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage studio still photograph of Craig Hill Elaine Edwards and Willis Bouchey from the 1961 film. Dr. Frank Harlow Hill flees to another town and changes his name after witnessing a murder of a detective taking up lodging in a remote home of the wheelchair boound Colonel Maitland Bouchey and his daughter Laurie Edwards. 8 x 10 inches. Small circle in manuscript ink over the name of Craig Hill on text in margin otherwise Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 148402N.p.: Golden State Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film belonging to actress Adele Jergens with her signature prominently written on center of front wrapper and printed title inked over both in manuscript ink. Annotations throughout striking and adjusting dialogue and circling the character of Jenny played by Jergens in manuscript ink and pencil. Jergens; paper clips all along the top page edges still in place with many pages dog-eared. Jergens' career began after being named "Miss World's Fairest" at the 1939 New York World's Fair after which she briefly worked as a Rockette being named the Number One Showgirl in New York City and was understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1942 Broadway show "Star and Garter." In 1944 she landed a contract with Columbia Pictures and went on to act in over 50 films over the next twelve years. Jergins did two films following "Girls in Prison" George Blair's "Fighting Trouble" 1956 and Edward L. Cahn's "Runaway Daughters" 1956 before retiring from acting in late 1956. Anne Carson Joan Taylor convicted of being an accomplice to a bank robbery she claims she's innocent of finds herself in prison with three cellmates the hardened Jenny Jergens boss of the other inmates the mentally delusional Dorothy Phyllis Coates and sweet-talking Melanee Helen Gilbert. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lou Rusoff producer Alex Gordon and director Edward L. Cahn. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 2/21/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with slight toning at the edges and small dampstain on right center bound internally with three gold brads. Golden State Productions unknown books
1958ref. 135931Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film "Suicide Batallion" here under its working title "Hell Raiders." The screenwriter-director team of Rusoff and Kahn worked together on several AIP films including "Girls in Prison" 1956 "The She-Creature" 1956 "Shake Rattle & Rock" 1956 "Runaway Daughters" 1956 "Dragstrip Girl" 1957 and "Motorcycle Gang" 1957. Rusoff also scripted a few Roger Corman films including "Apache Woman " 1955 "Day the World Ended" 1955 "The Oklahoma Woman" 1956 and "It Conquered the World" 1956. A group of men are recruited for a dangerous mission to destroy an American base in order to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. Set in the Philippines shot on location in Dallas Texas. AIP moved from big screen productions to television at the turn on the 1960s remaking several film scripts as television movies including this one which was eventually released as Larry Buchanan's 1968 film "Hell Raiders" the original title. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 36. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with distribution page with credits for screenwriter/producer Rusoff and slated director Edward L. Kahn. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound three two gold brads. Davenport US. Ray US. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1958ref. 167615Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. In 1973 a second mission of astronauts travels to Mars to locate the lost members of the first mission only to be hunted by a murderous Martian that has stowed away on the spaceship. Frequently cited as the inspiration for the seminal 1979 film "Alien." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 148402N.p.: Golden State Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film belonging to actress Adele Jergens with her signature prominently written on center of front wrapper and printed title inked over both in manuscript ink. Annotations throughout striking and adjusting dialogue and circling the character of Jenny played by Jergens in manuscript ink and pencil. Jergens; paper clips all along the top page edges still in place with many pages dog-eared. Jergens' career began after being named "Miss World's Fairest" at the 1939 New York World's Fair after which she briefly worked as a Rockette being named the Number One Showgirl in New York City and was understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1942 Broadway show "Star and Garter." In 1944 she landed a contract with Columbia Pictures and went on to act in over 50 films over the next twelve years. Jergins did two films following "Girls in Prison" George Blair's "Fighting Trouble" 1956 and Edward L. Cahn's "Runaway Daughters" 1956 before retiring from acting in late 1956. Anne Carson Joan Taylor convicted of being an accomplice to a bank robbery she claims she's innocent of finds herself in prison with three cellmates the hardened Jenny Jergens boss of the other inmates the mentally delusional Dorothy Phyllis Coates and sweet-talking Melanee Helen Gilbert. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lou Rusoff producer Alex Gordon and director Edward L. Cahn. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 2/21/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with slight toning at the edges and small dampstain on right center bound internally with three gold brads. Golden State Productions unknown
