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1984ref. 147005N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few copied manuscript annotations but without hole shadows made from a master. Laid in with the script is a business card for screenwriter Ragnar Lasse Henriksen. A meditation on torture and governmental violence told through the perspective of a former torture victim. Set in Latin America. Pictorial yellow transparent front wrapper and navy rear wrapper. Title page present dated JAN 12 1984 with credits for screenwriter RAGNAR LASSE HENRIKSEN. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146548N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film title and screenwriter's name. A scientist accidentally creates a new strain of the influenza virus unaware that his coworkers intend to use the virus to solve the world's overpopulation problem by killing millions of people. Orange titled card wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 141899Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink notation 108 on title page. Bar-Yotam is an Israeli actor and screenwriter who is best known for his roles in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" 2008 and "Moon Over Parador" 1988 along with several television appearances dating from 1981-2016 on programs such as "Seinfeld" " Murder She Wrote" "Shameless" and "MacGyver." An angry renegade Irish police officer who plays by his own rules to come out on top in the end. Set in Southern California. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Reuven Bar-Yotam. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures unknown books
ref. 140754N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Former Korean War vet and baseball player and current junkie has been completely out of his son's life as a father and only involved later on as a "friend" who happens to meet him on the street. His son is pursuing his dream of being a filmmaker while his father struggles to get clean and be a role model for his son. Set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Richard Grand and Laurie Post. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 140694Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Revised Sixth Draft script for the 1990 film. A police officer working in a rich suburb of Philadelphia pulls over a wealthy business owner and messed with the wrong guy as he is reassigned to downtown Philadelphia. Everyone is sure he will get himself and his partner killed so Sergeant Curren Whitaker is assigned to babysit him. He flails until his best friend fellow officer is killed investigating a stolen car. After that the rule book goes out the window. Set in Philadelphia shot on location there as well as Claremont and Los Angeles CA. Red titled wrappers dated March 13 1989. Title page present dated June 28 1989 noted as Revised Sixth Draft with credits for screenwriter Mauldin. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with no copied punch holes with yellow blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between March 28 1989 and June 28 1989. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972ref. 128339N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Original US one sheet poster a variant size in a variant yellow color scheme for the 1972 Italian film. An early role for Vonetta McGee who would star in television shows like "L.A. Law" and "Bustin' Loose" and several other Blaxploitation films in the 1970s. The film poster here is the yellow variant also known to have been printed in red. 23 x 34.25 inches folded. Studio label on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of short closed tears and a couple of light stains. Parish and Hill 14. New World Pictures unknown books
1991ref. 150483Beverly Hills CA: Orion Classics 1991. Vintage reference photograph of Richard Linklater and cinematographer Lee Daniel on the set of the 1991 film. Paper snipe on verso. Shot on 16mm on a $3000 budget Linklater's film documents a day in the life of countless young social outcasts and misfits in Austin Texas and became a key film in the American independent film movement of the 1990s. Set in and shot on location in Austin Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 247. Orion Classics unknown books
1978ref. 146437New York: New Line Cinema 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. A big business murder mystery. The Apex Corporation is floundering under pressure from socialists leading its board members to desperate drastic measures to save the company. Screenwriter Richard Maltby Jr. is known for his involvement in American musical theater in particular for directing the Tony-winning musicals "Ain't Misbehavin'" 1978 and "Fosse" 1999. Set in Manhattan New York. Black titled faux leather wrappers with credit for screenwriter Richard Maltby Jr. Title page present dated 3/30/78 noted as DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Richard Maltby Jr. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a single staple on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. New Line Cinema unknown books
1976ref. 141656N.p.: N.p. 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The life of Benito Juarez a fictional Mexican judge and revolutionary who follows in a long succession of religious and authoritative figures taking a stand against the imperialism of the Mexican government. Set in 19th century Mexico. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated June 14 1976 with credits for screenwriter Richard Sale. 19 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 18. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper unbound housed in a mailing envelope as issued. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 145155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage double weight photograph of actors Vanessa Brown Wallace Beery and director Richard Thorpe on the set of 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and rubber stamps on the verso. Set in the early 1800s a band of outlaws take-in a distressed doctor who is on the run after digging up corpses for his medical research. Shot on location in Maryland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 141478Los Angeles: Cattani Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An evil underground organization is bent on stopping a reluctant soldier of fortune and martial arts expert who has been pressed into service against his own will. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Rico Cattani. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Cattani Films unknown books
1956ref. 141567Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage film still photograph of Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint from the 1956 film nominated for four Academy Awards and based on the 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. Paper snipe affixed to the verso. A graduating poetry teacher played with aplomb by Clift falls in love with a Southern woman Taylor but the woman's past and the Civil War begin to cause problems. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with black manuscript ink annotations to the verso and hole punches to the margin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1961ref. 132742London: Unviersal International Pictures 1961. Five vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 US film. Based on Howard Rigsby's novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" about a cowboy who on the lam from the law travels to visit an old flame in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. A story set and shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554. United Artists unknown books
1985ref. 147081N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas determined to confront his former business partner a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Robert Henderson. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall partially bound with one staple. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 143986Burbank CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Western featuring Lazarus a fugitive cowboy who cant keep out of trouble. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Avard Miller composer George Leonard and producer A. Ronald Lubin. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Martin Ransohoff Productions unknown books
1986ref. 146118Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan 1986. Shooting script for the television film here under the working title "Hoover" first aired on Showtime on January 11 1987. A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI." Set in Washington DC Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1986 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Collins. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some foxing and light fading to the extremities bound with two gold brads. RLC/Finnegan unknown books
1965ref. 132145Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Estimating script for an unproduced film. The story of a small contingent of militant mercenaries who attempt to stir up a conflict between Cuba and the United States by piloting a hostile decoy Navy ship into enemy waters off Key West only to be thwarted by the actual Navy and a few well-meaning American citizens taken hostage. No doubt mirroring some of the public's concerns at the time given the tenuous peace established by the Cuban Missile Crisis the film remained unproduced perhaps considered too sensationalist or close to home. Screenwriter Dozier would go on to write largely for television including episodes of "Batman" and "Harry O." Tan titled wrappers noted as ESTIMATING on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 23 dated April 2 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 4/1/65 with credits for screenwriter Dozier. 136 leaves mimeograph on yellow stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1966ref. 132612Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Collection of 15 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 US film. Based on the 1965 novel by Norman Mailer about a talk show host who is suspected of killing his wife and is pursued by both the police and a a gang of criminals. 8 x 10 inches. A few stills with small stains on the rectos else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
ref. 140802Hollywood: Marford Productions. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Marta Raynes meets her fiance's college roommate in San Juan James Holliday a brilliant chemist. Raynes runs a patent firm and soon Holliday brings her a new kind of tobacco leaf. What she is interested in is the camouflage he has accidentally developed but when an intern spills coffee all over his paperwork and changes his name to a different client James Halliday the money and patent are awarded to the wrong widow who will not give up the money until it is revealed she is a felon a scam artists and a bigamist. Set in San Juan Washington and Miami. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Robert K. Lansford. 65 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 64. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with some dampstaining bound with one gold brad. Marford Productions unknown books
1980ref. 137693Los Angeles: Self published 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Nobody's Child" written by Robert Ryder produced for circulation at Paramount for purposes of script development with a "Paramount Print Shop" duplication rubber stamp on the title page. Ryder's name and telephone numbers present on the front wrapper verso in manuscript pencil. Set in Rhode Island with central characters being Anthony an elder painter and musician and younger friends Matt a depressed father and his children Meesh and Luke the focus of plot being a narrative voice over by Anthony of Matt and his love triangle. Yellow wrappers. Title page present undated noted as Registered WGAw No. 215094 with a credit for screenwriter Ryder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown books
1948ref. 139693Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Three vintage vintage black-and-white double weight matte finish studio still reference photographs from the 1948 film. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Thomas Brett in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. Numerical rubber stamps on the versos. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966ref. 149553Mexico: Peliculas Rodriguez 1966. Vintage poster for the 1966 Mexican film here with an alternate title "Vida Cruzadas" tipped on. A comedy about the lives and romances of upper middle class teens. 27 x 37 inches. Very Good only. Chipping to the edges with a few short closed tears starting to the creases and light toning. Peliculas Rodriguez unknown books
1981ref. 153804Long Beach CA: Premiere World Pictures 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting copy No. 12 and single annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. A photographer becomes involved in the murder of a prominent fashion model. Set in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1981 with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Premiere World Pictures unknown books
ref. 146801N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four laid-in xerographically duplicated pages detailing the script's summary and prospective audience. A young successful photographer for a women's erotic magazine finds herself caught in a love triangle between a gallery owner and a troubled boxer. Set in Hollywood and Malibu. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
