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1983ref. 118803Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1983. Revised First Draft for the 1985 film. Costume designer Norman Salling's copy with his name in manuscript ink at the top of the front wrapper. SIGNED by novelist-screenwriter Elmore Leonard on the title page. An ex-car thief trying to turn his life around ends up witness to his friend's murder. While he wants to find love and spend more time with his daughter the men who killed his friend kidnap his daughter sending him on a mission to save his daughter and avenge his friend. One of only a few screenplays adapted by Leonard from one of his own novels made memorable in that it layers a surprisingly complex plot onto what by 1985 had become a pretty standard sub-genre: the Burt Reynolds revenge thriller. Shot on location in California and Florida. Green titled wrappers noted as Revised First Draft on the front wrapper production No. 02162 dated August 5 1983. Title page present dated August 5 1983 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 9/15/1983. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some wear to the corners bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1976ref. 140822Beverly Hills CA: Levy-Garner-Laven 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. One of five films directed by and starring Burt Reynolds about a former convict who is unwillingly pulled into a federal agent's scheme to take down a corrupt politician. Set deep in the Okefenokee Swamp shot on location in Georgia. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William Norton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The title has been outlined in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Levy-Garner-Laven unknown books
1976ref. 160684N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director and actor Burt Reynolds with a camera crew on the set. Annotations in mimeograph ink and pencil on the verso. Reynolds's directorial debut about an ex-con hired to help capture a corrupt politician. Sequel to "White Lightning" 1973. Shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 140822Beverly Hills CA: Levy-Garner-Laven 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. One of five films directed by and starring Burt Reynolds about a former convict who is unwillingly pulled into a federal agent's scheme to take down a corrupt politician. Set deep in the Okefenokee Swamp shot on location in Georgia. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William Norton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The title has been outlined in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Levy-Garner-Laven unknown
1983ref. 161445Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1983. Revised First Draft script for the 1985 film. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard. One of only a few screenplays adapted by Leonard from one of his own novels made memorable in that it layered a surprisingly complex plot onto what by 1985 had become a pretty standard sub-genre: the Burt Reynolds revenge thriller. Shot on location in California and Florida. Green titled Universal wrappers dated August 5 1983 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT and production No. 02162 on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised First Draft with credit for author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1983ref. 118803Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1983. Revised First Draft for the 1985 film. Costume designer Norman Salling's copy with his name in manuscript ink at the top of the front wrapper. SIGNED by novelist-screenwriter Elmore Leonard on the title page. An ex-car thief trying to turn his life around ends up witness to his friend's murder. While he wants to find love and spend more time with his daughter the men who killed his friend kidnap his daughter sending him on a mission to save his daughter and avenge his friend. One of only a few screenplays adapted by Leonard from one of his own novels made memorable in that it layers a surprisingly complex plot onto what by 1985 had become a pretty standard sub-genre: the Burt Reynolds revenge thriller. Shot on location in California and Florida. Green titled wrappers noted as Revised First Draft on the front wrapper production No. 02162 dated August 5 1983. Title page present dated August 5 1983 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 9/15/1983. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some wear to the corners bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1948ref. 172458Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1948. Four vintage reference photographs and four vintage keybook photographs from the 1949 film. Four keybook photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Don Tracy. A man returns home hoping to repair his relationship with his ex-wife only to find she is now married to the head of a crime syndicate. Set in Los Angeles CA shot on location in Long Beach and Los Angeles CA. 8 x 10 inches. Keybook photographs and three reference photographs Very Good plus. One reference photo Very Good with creasing and a small tear at the margin in the bottom left corner. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 150384Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff Ella Raines and Burt Lancaster director Jules Dassin and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal-International unknown books
1954ref. 132689Burbank CA: Warner-Pathe / Warner Brothers 1954. Eight vintage British front-of-house cards and 2 black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1954 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the versos of 2 stills black-and-white. A Yankee sea captain Lancaster finds himself stranded after a mutiny on an island where the financial potential of cocoanut excites him and the mysterious wealth of the island beguiles him. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the top edge color stills 2 color stills roughly trimmed at the top edge staple holes to 2 black-and-white stills and light creasing to the extremities. Warner-Pathe / Warner Brothers unknown books
1947ref. 150384Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff Ella Raines and Burt Lancaster director Jules Dassin and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal-International unknown
1948ref. 172458Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1948. Four vintage reference photographs and four vintage keybook photographs from the 1949 film. Four keybook photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Don Tracy. A man returns home hoping to repair his relationship with his ex-wife only to find she is now married to the head of a crime syndicate. Set in Los Angeles CA shot on location in Long Beach and Los Angeles CA. 8 x 10 inches. Keybook photographs and three reference photographs Very Good plus. One reference photo Very Good with creasing and a small tear at the margin in the bottom left corner. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1979ref. 156737Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1979. Revised Shooting script for the 1979 television film here under the working title "Can You Hear the Laughter The Freddie Prinze Story." Copy belonging to sound mixer Keith A. Wester with his name in manuscript ink on the top right of the front wrapper and his annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on 20 pages. Bound in preceding the script are a six page Staff and Crew contact list a 30 page Shooting Schedule 17 pages of Call Sheets with annotations in manuscript ink and a map to the Comedy Store West. Originally aired on CBS on September 11 1979. Based on the article "Good Night Sweet Prinze" by Peter Greenberg published in the June 1977 issue of Playboy magazine. A portrayal of the sudden rise and success of the troubled Puerto Rican stand-up comedian and actor Freddie Prinze who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 29 1977. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 60. Title page present dated March 19 1979 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Dalene Young. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/23/79 and 5/4/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown books
1979ref. 156737Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1979. Revised Shooting script for the 1979 television film here under the working title "Can You Hear the Laughter The Freddie Prinze Story." Copy belonging to sound mixer Keith A. Wester with his name in manuscript ink on the top right of the front wrapper and his annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on 20 pages. Bound in preceding the script are a six page Staff and Crew contact list a 30 page Shooting Schedule 17 pages of Call Sheets with annotations in manuscript ink and a map to the Comedy Store West. Originally aired on CBS on September 11 1979. Based on the article "Good Night Sweet Prinze" by Peter Greenberg published in the June 1977 issue of Playboy magazine. A portrayal of the sudden rise and success of the troubled Puerto Rican stand-up comedian and actor Freddie Prinze who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 29 1977. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 60. Title page present dated March 19 1979 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Dalene Young. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/23/79 and 5/4/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown
1964ref. 155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown books
1964ref. 155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown
1990ref. 142376Los Angeles: William Morris Agency 1990. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1997 film "Face/Off" directed by John Woo. A young man who does not believe he is smart enough to attend college receives a lacrosse scholarship from Amherst. Attending college is a dream of his family's but he does not know whether going to college is right for him. Set in New Jersey. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 2 1990 noted as FIRST DRAFT - REVISED III with credits for screenwriters Michael Buhlman and Jonathan Baker. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some staining and a phone number written in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Bound internally with two gold brads. William Morris Agency unknown books
1990ref. 142376Los Angeles: William Morris Agency 1990. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1997 film "Face/Off" directed by John Woo. A young man who does not believe he is smart enough to attend college receives a lacrosse scholarship from Amherst. Attending college is a dream of his family's but he does not know whether going to college is right for him. Set in New Jersey. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 2 1990 noted as FIRST DRAFT - REVISED III with credits for screenwriters Michael Buhlman and Jonathan Baker. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some staining and a phone number written in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Bound internally with two gold brads. William Morris Agency unknown
1955ref. 145319Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Revised Final Draft script for the 1956 film with rainbow revisions. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg and based on Budd Schulberg's 1947 novel about a once respected sportswriter now forced to work for a crooked promoter who is taking advantage of a promising young fighter. Nominated for an Academy Award. Humphrey Bogart's final film. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. White studio wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1315 dated Oct. 12 1955. Title page present dated October 12 1955 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Yordan. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock with yellow blue pink and eye-rest green revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/55 and 12/15/55. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 170491Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. Humphrey Bogart's final film about a faded sportswriter facing the dissolution of his career and personal life. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg a film widely seen as justifying their decision to name names during the HUAC Hollywood blacklist trials. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 170491Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. Humphrey Bogart's final film about a faded sportswriter facing the dissolution of his career and personal life. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg a film widely seen as justifying their decision to name names during the HUAC Hollywood blacklist trials. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1955ref. 145319Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Revised Final Draft script for the 1956 film with rainbow revisions. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg and based on Budd Schulberg's 1947 novel about a once respected sportswriter now forced to work for a crooked promoter who is taking advantage of a promising young fighter. Nominated for an Academy Award. Humphrey Bogart's final film. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. White studio wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1315 dated Oct. 12 1955. Title page present dated October 12 1955 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Yordan. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock with yellow blue pink and eye-rest green revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/55 and 12/15/55. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1952ref. 167549Universal City: Universal-International 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 Western film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso referring to the movie using its alternate release title "The Texas Man." Two brothers return to Texas after the Civil War one becoming a sheriff and the other embarking on a life of crime. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the verso corners. Pitts 1936. Universal-International unknown books
1959ref. 148398N.p.: United States Productions Inc 1959. Revised Estimating script for the 1960 film belonging to actor Martin Landau here under the working title "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond." Laid in are five carbon typescript pages of script with Landau's name written in manuscript ink to upper right and annotations to dialogue of lead character Legs in manuscript pencil. Landau was considered for the lead role of Jack "Legs" Diamond which from the laid in pages we can reasonably assume were for an audition for the part. Ray Danton was ultimately cast as Legs and Landau does not appear in the film. From the estate of Martin Landau. Jack "Legs" Diamond Ray Danton and his sickly brother Eddie Warren Oates move to New York City and after a brief incarceration sets their eyes on taking over kingpin mobster Arnold Rothstein's Robert Lowery criminal businesses. The film debut of Dyan Cannon. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in New York City. Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 96 dated August 21 1959. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 8/21/59. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Laid in pages 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing at corners. United States Productions, Inc unknown books
1953ref. 148513Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage photograph of director Budd Boetticher and Julie Adams relaxing in a tree from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. An early Technicolor Western from seminal American director Budd Boetticher. Gringo miner Gallager Van Heflin is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-1911 when corrupt administrator Ruiz George Dolenz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel Adams then finds there's a price on his head. Set in Mexico shot on location in the Simi Hills and the Ray Corrigan Ranch Simi Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near the edges. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 147898Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage set design photograph from the set of the 1953 film. The manager of a Malaysian tin mine travels to a remote jungle island with the hopes of establishing a new mine only to be met with resistance from the locals. Set in Malaysia and the South Seas. 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus with two perforated holes at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
