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1970ref. 141943N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Eric Ferro. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver binder clips. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 142224Ottawa: Canadian Broadcast Corporation 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced film. W.O. Mitchell one of Canada's best-loved writers originally wrote the play "Back to Beulah" which was produced as a television film in 1974 and for the stage in 1976. In 1978 the play won the Chalmers Award. It is the story of three patients moved out of the mental hospital and into a halfway house. This treatment was for an intended American adaptation retitled as "Listen to Me" and released in 1982 but since remains unmade. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter and playwright W.O. Mitchell and screenwriter Eric Till. Ten leaves. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus unbound. Canadian Broadcast Corporation unknown books
1970ref. 141411N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A successful doctor suffers a mental breakdown due to her survivor's guilt after being the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. She becomes obsessed with a man four years older than her whom she met previously in a refugee camp in France. Set in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Ethel Tyne. 28 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 140743N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Beans is the chauffeur secret agent Jedediah Norris a beautiful young woman who is in graduate school and adopted from Vietnam during the war by her father a black man named Tom Callahan. She is also a gourmet chef and is in desperate love with her boss but he only seems to notice her when she goofs. All the while she is an aspiring television star hoping to work in show business one day. Set in San Francisco. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ezra Bowen. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 150813Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage reference photograph of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1972 film. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. United Artists unknown books
1940ref. 129720N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Two brothers with a patchy relationship both end up becoming competent jockeys and one who had previously slighted the other throws the important race so the other can win. Self wrappers with integral title page present showing credits for screenwriter Pinkham. 9 leaves original typescript. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 168227Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. A major in the US Air Force is asked to join a team working on an experimental Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber although the first experiments with human test subjects prove dangerous. Based on a 1955 episode of the "Climax" anthology television series directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Charlton Heston. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned on the margins else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1931ref. 135170Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1931. Post-production Screen Continuity script for the 1931 film. Based on the 1908 play "Father and the Boys" by George Ade. A comedy of errors in which a wealthy meatpacking company owner in Chicago has two sons both who treat their father's company as a means to their own extravagant ends. When he turns the tables evading his work responsibilities and traveling around with a French singer they fear that the singer is out to blackmail him. Pale blue studio wrappers dated April 27 1931 noting footage of 7000 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus condition. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
ref. 146547N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript ink annotations to the title page. After a dissatisfying experience with a prostitute a man begins to have a number of hallucinatory experiences while sitting in a bar. Blue untitled card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Flannery. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the front wrapper bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 167883N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage single-photo assemblages of publicity and reference images from the 1965 British film musical. A musical comedy about a love triangle between a pub owner's daughter a popular model and an aspiring Australian singer. The film debut of Suzy Kendall. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Stapled at the top left corner. Good only with dampstaining on the bottom corners. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 146399Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single small manuscript ink annotation to page 123 changing "who" to "whom." Not to be confused with the 1943 1948 1999 or 2020 produced films with the same title. Based on Richard Martin Stern's 1963 mystery thriller by Fred Coe who was also initially slated to direct. A private investigator moves back to his hometown to bury his late father but finds himself quickly entangled in a criminal case involving the sexual assault of a local woman. Screenwriter Fred Coe was best known for directing "A Thousand Clowns" 1965 which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 48 dated October 1 1966 and dated as copied October 17 1966 with credits for screenwriter Fred Coe and novelist Richard Martin Stern. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 194 leaves with last page of text numbered 192. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-13-66. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light toning to the extremities and tearing at the rear wrapper's binding bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956ref. 145504Los Angeles: Bert E. Friedlob Productions 1956. Vintage press photograph of actors Dana Andrews and Sidney Blackmer on the set of the 1956 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso. A newspaper publisher conspires with his to be son-in-law to expose the ineptitude of the district attorney who has wrongly sentenced multiple people to death. Shot on location in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Bert E. Friedlob Productions unknown books
1970ref. 141703N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript note laid in. In 1926 a sex worker decides to strike out on her own and form a bordello finding women who are brave and courageous enough to do what they want. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Garrie Bateson. 113 leaves pages not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine housed in a three ring binder. 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. 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
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
1974ref. 146534Los Angeles: Selznick/Glickman Productions 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed letter on Selznick/Glickman Productions letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to an agent at the Paul Kohner casting agency and signed by film producer Daniel Selznick. Based on the 1972 novel. An American physician is the only doctor who can perform a surgery that will save a Soviet scientist's life-but the scientist is on the verge of an atomic breakthrough that could kill millions. Set in Russia and Paris. Yellow untitled card wrappers. Title page present noted as Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Gene R. Kearney and novelist Marshall Goldberg. 29 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. Selznick/Glickman Productions unknown books
1983ref. 141716Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The son of a Bulgarian oligarch has just completed his postgraduate degree at Oxford and been promoted in the Navy when he announces to his father that he wishes to marry his English sweetheart. His father tries desperately to change his son's mind and not to throw away his career for romance. Pink untitled wrappers dated June 30 1983. Title page present dated May 25 1983 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. 17 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown books
1983ref. 141726Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An unlikely quartet of international spies begins operating in Europe under the control of no particular government in order to thwart a terrorist plan. Blue untitled wrappers dated May 13 1983. Title page present dated March 1983 noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. Eleven leaves with last page of text numbered ten. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown books
1961ref. 162066N.p.: Trans-Lux 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 French film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel "La Mort de Belle" by Georges Simenon. Jean Desaily plays everyman Stéphane Blanchon a professor living a quiet life with his wife Christine in Geneva until a beautiful American student Belle living next door is found strangled to death. Shot on location in Geneva Switzerland and Val-de-Marne France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Selby France. Trans-Lux unknown books
ref. 141934London: Carter De Haven. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript ink. Gerald Vaughan-Hughes is a British screenwriter best known for his work on "The Duellists" 1977 "To the Devil a Daughter" 1976 and "Sebastian" 1968. Damon is a young jazz singer in England performing on the night club circuit and dealing with the daily drama of drunk drummers and art school love interests. Set in England. Blue blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Vaughan-Hughes. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Carter De Haven unknown books
1970ref. 141962Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on two leaves. A spoiled young man the titular Schliemann searches in vain around the world for an answer to the secret of happiness. Salmon titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Gerhard Menzee. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Gerhard Menzee. 175 leaves with last page of text numbered 172. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown books
1963ref. 150563N.p.: National Screen Service 1963. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1963 film. An exploration of unusual people and behaviors throughout the world narrated by George Sanders. Includes a performance artist who sticks long needles into his body footage of the Grand Guignol theatre in Paris reindeer castrations and many more. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
1971ref. 147059Rome: Vogue Film 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a two-page typed summary dated 2-17-72. Text in English. A married lawyer travels to Tehuantepec to seek the extradition of a vicious killer to Italy. He falls in love with a beautiful Mexican woman and decides to leave his wife and children in the US to live with her unaware that a darker fate awaits him. Set in Tehuantepec Mexico. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1971 noted as film treatment with credits for screenwriters GIROGIO BONTEMPI and MIGUEL SABIDO. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Vogue Film unknown books
1954ref. 160264Universal City CA: Universal International Pictures 1954. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Gloria DeHaven from the 1954 film. Three sailors on furlough in Paris meet three women they would all like to get to know better. Set in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches trimmed. Very Good plus with some creasing and one small bruise to the center of the bottom border on the recto. Universal International Pictures unknown books
