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1979ref. 147090N.p.: N.p. 1979. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Based on an unpublished nonfiction book by Joseph W. Still which proposed to "strip away the veneer of 'magic' and antiquated thought concerning many aspects of Life Love the Universe and Nature." The intended television series would address such topics as aging the birth of the universe and the soul. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/10/79 with credits for screenwriter STEVEN P. DUCHSCHERER and author JOSEPH W. STILL. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 146873N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation on the title page. A carefree teenage musician finally wins over the beautiful girl of his dreams but his obsessive controlling behavior soon sours their relationship. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Stuart Paul. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 146966N.p.: N.p. 1984. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Fiercely competitive rivals at an industrial plant pass time by playing games of backgammon. Lacking titled wrappers housed in a transparent yellow plastic folder. Title page present dated April 14 1984 with credits for screenwriters Susan R. Friedman Anthony Lawless and Jim Johnson. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 146525N.p.: N.p. 1970. Eight-page Treatment script for an unproduced film. Attached on the front wrapper is a handwritten note from producer Anthony Unger to casting agent Paul Kohner on Academy Players Directory letterhead introducing the script. A veteran posts an ad in the newspaper offering to perform any service-especially seeking out risky and problematic endeavors-for $107941.72 which he intends to give to the family of a friend killed in the war. According to the final page of the script based on a real ad posted in the International Herald Tribune in February 1970. Set in Southeast Asia and London. Navy titled card label wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ted Strauss. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 140729Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Mimeograph snipe and photographer's rubber stamp to the verso. Seen here under the alternative title "Hounded." and featuring William Geer George Raft and Nina Foch aboard a speeding boat. George Raft plays an ex-mobster turned undercover agent helping the Treasury Department root out a right wing counterfeiter George Macready attempting to bring down the government by flooding the US with false currency. And hey so what if he just so happens to win over the gangster's girl Nina Foch in the process Set in California and Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 141482N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man accidentally kills his stepfather on the day of his baptism. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 14 1983 with credit for screenwriter Terrell Tannen. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 137980Hollywood: Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions 1980. Original "pre-production package and script" for an unproduced film called "Yaqui Fox and Mose" including a separate synopsis. Included in the "pre-production package" is character information: Fox half Choctaw Indian half Irish a loner in total control of his destiny; Yaqui an Indian at the end of his rope looking for redemption; and Mose half Black half Indian on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Also included: letters from various productions companies regarding possible crew members like director Ted Post cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Will Sampson as "Yaqui" Philip Michael Thomas as "Mose" producers Richard Kaye Jay Lovins and Carol Hughes music by Carlos Santana technical personnel stunt coordinator Bill Hart letter signed by Hart wrangle Dick Lundin letter signed by Lundin special effect director Johnny James letter signed by James. Letters are dated 1979 or 1980. Various photocopied advertisements images of scenery and animals to be used production data a shooting schedule budget detail promotional ideas and weather information where the film was to be shot is also present. Overall pre-production for the film went as far as it possibly could but for unknown reasons the film was never produced or released. Brown titled wrappers. Synopsis page with a credit for screenwriter Terri Crane. Xerographic duplication with a few full-color pages detailing scenes from the opening titles. Last leaf of text numbered 80. Very Good plus bound with a brown Vello binding. Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions unknown books
1944ref. 167538Munich Munchen: Film-Bühne 1944. Vintage program for the 1944 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on Hermann Bahr's 1907 play "Die gelbe Nachtigall" "The Yellow Nightingale". German director and actor Theo Lingen appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1980 and directed 21 films between 1929 and 1978. Bi-fold measuring 5.75 x 8 inches when folded. About Fine. Film-Bühne unknown books
1972ref. 137982N.p.: Self published 1972. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film. About a police officer in San Francisco his missing daughter and his troubled past. Green wrappers. Title page present dated 1972 noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY and REGISTERED WRITER'S GUILD WEST with a credit for screenwriter Hattan and agent Bert Steinberger. Last leaf of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1946ref. 132440London: Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors 1946. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1946 UK film. Mimeo layovers affixed to the versos and one still with sequence number noted on the recto. A musician decides to return to his native African home after years performing in London. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning and tiny closed tears to the layovers else Near Fine. Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors unknown books
1972ref. 148888Hong Kong: Kwong Ming Film 1972. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. In early 20th century China a worker accidentally kills his boss in a fight. He flees to Thailand with his friends where they are forced to fight in an underground fighting ring. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and occasional light foxing. Kwong Ming Film unknown books
1970ref. 141657N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An Arabic treatment of the tale of "Romeo and Juliet." Set in the Middle East. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 7 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper bound with three staples. N.p. unknown books
ref. 147142N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. A middle-aged state legislator newly out of a job decides to run for president. Set in Washington DC. Non-standard untitled Tommy's Productions wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter TOM HARTLAND. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper partially detached from the binding side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown books
ref. 147418N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Final Draft script for an unproduced play. A reincarnation narrative focusing on a motley group of Californian academics grappling with the newfound discovery of their past lives. Set in California. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Tom McGowan. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with a light vertical crease near the binding internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 142219N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink. Four characters swept up in the Mexican revolution go from no possibility of ever meeting each other to their fates becoming intertwined. Set in Mexico. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present no with credit to the screenwriter. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 217. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 135621Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown books
1979ref. 153158Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A working-class Italian-American cobbler with dreams of becoming a classical singer falls in love with an upper-crust cellist. Set in Boston. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated February 9 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Pisano. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1975ref. 141214N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced play. An account of the spread of the Protestant Reformation and subsequent struggle against Catholic rule in France. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for playwright Victor Rosen. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a navy Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 149787N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced play. A light chamber comedy about an aging gay director whose attempts to maintain creative control over his newest production are thwarted by a ham-fisted millionaire who wants his nephew to be cast in the lead role in exchange for financial backing. Clear plastic and green titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1977 with credits for screenwriter Victor Rosen. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered III-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with a red Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 147366N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Norwegian film. With manuscript annotations in ink and pencil throughout. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. Set in Brazil. White titled self-wrappers. Title page present noted as Version 3 with credits for screenwriter VILGOT SJOMAN. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Good partially bound with one paper clip. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 167557Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1959. Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Carolyn Craig from the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An eccentric millionaire offers a substantial reward to anyone able to spend the entire night in the titular house on Haunted Hill. Basis for the 1999 remake starring Geoffrey Rush and Taye Diggs. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Exterior shots of the house were filmed at Los Angeles' Ennis Brown House originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease affecting the bottom left corner. Allied Artists unknown books
ref. 140712Palos Verdes Peninsula CA: Capitol International Pictures. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Alex the playwright daughter of a famous actress is taking her mother's body to her homeland of Greece to bury her when she meets Kristo a married man whose wife is pregnant with his brother's child. They begin a serendipitous romance in Athens starting completely anew until everything starts to fall apart with Kristo's university friend trying to sleep with Alex until he reveals he is actually a homosexual the death of Kristo's brother and Alex's husband running into all of them at a party. Set in Athens. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Walter Anton White. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 164. Mechanical duplication Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Capitol International Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 147008N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly revising spelling mistakes. When an aging musician meets a handsome younger man she sees the autumn romance as a way out of her stagnant life with her sister-but not all is as it seems. Screenwriter Warren Burton was better known as an actor for film and television most notably in "All My Children" from 1978-1979. Set in New York. Salmon titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Warren Burton. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 145119Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Vintage double weight photograph of director Wells Root and actor Dan Dailey on the set of the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe manuscript annotations and an studio stamp on the verso. Based on a series of short stories by Jennie Harris Olver published in the 1930s. Mokey Robert Blake an eight year old boy who recently lost his mother struggles to adapt to his new household. His father is largely absent and his stepmother doesn't care to understand him and is quick to become angry when he acts out. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950ref. 144959Paris: Milton H. Bren and William A. Seiter Productions 1950. Vintage photograph of actress Claire Trevor and various members of the crew on the set of the 1950 film noir. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. US Police officer Madeleine Haley Claire Trevor goes undercover to get close to Pete Ritchie Raymond Burr the leader of a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico. Just as she meets Ritchie she is kidnapped by Johnny Macklin Fred MacMurray who unbeknownst to her is an undercover federal agent. Shot on location in Southern California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with three holes punched in the left margin. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Milton H. Bren and William A. Seiter Productions unknown books
