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1974ref. 141118N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Letter stapled to the front wrapper from a publicity agent addressed to Paul Kohner agent Arnold Stiefel urging him to enlist Jan Troell as director for the film. An unconventional young woman moves west from Boston becoming a successful prostitute on the frontier. Yellow titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Jerome C. Small. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jerome C. Small. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 146545N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for the 1965 Yugoslavian made-for-television film first aired on November 15 1965. With a few manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting deletions and grammatical revisions. Text in English. An aging actor recalls his experiences twenty years earlier during World War II in particular remembering an older artist nicknamed "Maestro" who encouraged him to pursue his dream of acting. Set and shot on location in Warsaw. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Jerzy Antczak and story credits to Zdzislaw Skowronski. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rusting on the front wrapper likely from a paper clip bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 146545N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for the 1965 Yugoslavian made-for-television film first aired on November 15 1965. With a few manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting deletions and grammatical revisions. Text in English. An aging actor recalls his experiences twenty years earlier during World War II in particular remembering an older artist nicknamed "Maestro" who encouraged him to pursue his dream of acting. Set and shot on location in Warsaw. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Jerzy Antczak and story credits to Zdzislaw Skowronski. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rusting on the front wrapper likely from a paper clip bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 143917N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A depiction of the struggles of two US soldiers after returning home from the Vietnam War. Copper untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Jesse Wolf. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 143917N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A depiction of the struggles of two US soldiers after returning home from the Vietnam War. Copper untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Jesse Wolf. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 132730London: Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited 1963. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1963 UK film. Noted director Joan Littlewood's first film credit after more than 15 years working at the Theatre Workshop an avant garde theatre she co-founded. This film centers around Charlie who returns home to find it demolished and his wife shacked up with a local bus driver. A scathing but poignant look at the real life in the East End. A story shot on location in and around London. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited unknown
1963ref. 132730London: Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited 1963. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1963 UK film. Noted director Joan Littlewood's first film credit after more than 15 years working at the Theatre Workshop an avant garde theatre she co-founded. This film centers around Charlie who returns home to find it demolished and his wife shacked up with a local bus driver. A scathing but poignant look at the real life in the East End. A story shot on location in and around London. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited unknown books
1975ref. 147070Venice CA: Capricorn Productions 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script and another on the first page of text noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in 1944 and must convince the wary townspeople that he is Chinese in order to avoid persecution. Set in the American Midwest. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for screenwriter Joe Ravetz. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Capricorn Productions unknown
1975ref. 147070Venice CA: Capricorn Productions 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script and another on the first page of text noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in 1944 and must convince the wary townspeople that he is Chinese in order to avoid persecution. Set in the American Midwest. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for screenwriter Joe Ravetz. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Capricorn Productions unknown books
1997ref. 146408Los Angeles: The Producers Entertainment Group 1997. Draft script for the 1998 television film originally aired August 30 1998 on Showtime. Based on the novel "Sorrow Floats" the second book in Tim Sandlin's GroVont series. A suicidal alcoholic woman decides to leave her small Wyoming hometown to help two bumbling men move a trailer full of illegal beer across the country. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Vancouver BC. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 19 1997 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Tim Sandlin. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Producers Entertainment Group unknown
1997ref. 146408Los Angeles: The Producers Entertainment Group 1997. Draft script for the 1998 television film originally aired August 30 1998 on Showtime. Based on the novel "Sorrow Floats" the second book in Tim Sandlin's GroVont series. A suicidal alcoholic woman decides to leave her small Wyoming hometown to help two bumbling men move a trailer full of illegal beer across the country. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Vancouver BC. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 19 1997 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Tim Sandlin. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Producers Entertainment Group unknown books
1974ref. 147278St. Albans: Tillman Trevone Productions 1974. Final draft script for an unproduced film. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. John Briley Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" adapts his 1968 Vietnam War novel "The Traitors" released in England in 1971 as "How Sleep the Brave." Five soldiers ambushed by the Vietcong are taken to a camp where they are indoctrinated by an American defector who persuades two of the soldiers that America's cause is immoral and unjust. Not to be confused with the 1981 film by Lindsay Shonteff. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 1974 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and novelist John Briley. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Tillman Trevone Productions unknown
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 147278St. Albans: Tillman Trevone Productions 1974. Final draft script for an unproduced film. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. John Briley Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" adapts his 1968 Vietnam War novel "The Traitors" released in England in 1971 as "How Sleep the Brave." Five soldiers ambushed by the Vietcong are taken to a camp where they are indoctrinated by an American defector who persuades two of the soldiers that America's cause is immoral and unjust. Not to be confused with the 1981 film by Lindsay Shonteff. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 1974 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and novelist John Briley. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Tillman Trevone Productions unknown books
ref. 146327N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man with amnesia in the aftermath of a bloody car accident finds himself embroiled in a mysterious government plot. Tall burnt orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriters James Foster and John Davis. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with dampstaining to the title page and final leaves wrapper Very Good plus with some fading and rusting near the binding bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146327N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man with amnesia in the aftermath of a bloody car accident finds himself embroiled in a mysterious government plot. Tall burnt orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriters James Foster and John Davis. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with dampstaining to the title page and final leaves wrapper Very Good plus with some fading and rusting near the binding bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 161644N.p.: Cambist Films 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Based on the 1968 novel "Lie a Little Die a Little" by Michael Brett. The misadventures of a slobbish private detective hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder who gets mixed up in sex and blackmail. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown
1971ref. 161644N.p.: Cambist Films 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Based on the 1968 novel "Lie a Little Die a Little" by Michael Brett. The misadventures of a slobbish private detective hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder who gets mixed up in sex and blackmail. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown books
1974ref. 161912N.p.: Premier Releasing Organization 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Gloria Grahame stars as Mama a black widow who with the aid of her conniving daughters marries for money and leaves the husbands pushing up daisies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Premier Releasing Organization unknown
1974ref. 161912N.p.: Premier Releasing Organization 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Gloria Grahame stars as Mama a black widow who with the aid of her conniving daughters marries for money and leaves the husbands pushing up daisies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Premier Releasing Organization unknown books
1963ref. 145423Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1963 film. Based on Philip MacDonald's 1959 novel. A star-studded film about a former intelligence officer who receives a list of eleven names all people who have died under mysterious circumstances. Set in London shot on location in Ireland and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1963ref. 145423Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1963 film. Based on Philip MacDonald's 1959 novel. A star-studded film about a former intelligence officer who receives a list of eleven names all people who have died under mysterious circumstances. Set in London shot on location in Ireland and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 140774Madrid Spain: The Monovox Company 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead her friends become concerned with who killed her and who is stalking them. Set in Madrid. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Melson and author Ryan Anderson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound in a spring binder. The Monovox Company unknown
1972ref. 140774Madrid Spain: The Monovox Company 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead her friends become concerned with who killed her and who is stalking them. Set in Madrid. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Melson and author Ryan Anderson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound in a spring binder. The Monovox Company unknown books
