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1981ref. 147193N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1981 Spanish-American film here under the working title "Bloody Mary." Laid in with the script is a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to producer John R. Pepper returning the script. Text in English. A disquieting satire of Catholicism in the late 20th century from noted Spanish director Bigas Luna wherein a Texan televangelist in need of a new miracle guest for his show travels to Italy to bring back a woman who suffers from stigmata-a rare medical condition which causes the hands and feet to bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. Set in Italy and Austin Texas shot on location in Barcelona Texas and Los Angeles. White non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 19 with credits for director Bigas Luna. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rust on the front wrapper and first leaf likely from a staple with a white Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 167480Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 25 of the 1969-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript ink on two leaves denoting dialogue. Laid in with the script is a single-page call sheet dated September 30 1970. Not to be confused with the 1984-1992 sitcom "The Cosby Show." The two-season series followed a beleaguered gym teacher at an inner-city high school in Los Angeles. In this episode an eccentric millionaire enlists the teacher's help in reliving his youth by creating a life-size replica of his childhood neighborhood. Originally aired on March 14 1971 on NBC. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Light green titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 17088 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 23 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Art Wallace. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1991ref. 146863Munich: Radiant Film 1991. Agency Draft script for the 1991 film here seen under its original title "Du Bist Marriott" or "The Plastic Nightmare." Text in German. Based on Richard Neely's 1971 novel "The Plastic Nightmare." A man emerges from a bloody car accident with amnesia and begins to suspect foul play as he delves further into the details of the crash. Director Wolfgang Petersen was best known for directing the Academy Award-winning World War II epic "Das Boot" 1982 and for the thrillers "In the Line of Fire" 1993 "Outbreak" 1995 and "Air Force One" 1997. Set in northern California shot on location in Oregon and California. Clear Mylar front wrapper with an orange rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Wolfgang Petersen and novelist Richard Neely. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a silver prong binding. Radiant Film unknown
1975ref. 100266La Quinta California April 23 1975. 1975. Fine. - Over 70 words typed on his 10-1/2 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide embossed personal stationery. Frank Capra thanks the recipient for his "cheery letter with so many button-popping comments about my book and films. They are as welcome as heady wine." The book to which he refers is his autobiography "The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography" published in 1971. He goes on to write that "It was particularly delightful to hear that you are so knowledgeable about the Bell Science Series. Those films are my own personal pets." Signed in full "Frank Capra". Folded for mailing else fine. The Italian-American film director Frank Capra 1897-1991 won 3 Oscars for Best Director. Among his films are "It Happened One Night" "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "It's a Wonderful Life". The Bell Science Series consisted of nine television specials made for the AT&T Corporation and were initially broadcast between 1956 and 1964. Frank Capra produced and wrote the first 4 films of the series from 1952 to 1956. La Quinta, California, April 23, 1975.
1923ref. 167801Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage program for the 1923 silent film. A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. 9 x 12 inches. 17 leaves printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good wrappers Good only with an owner name on the front wrapper and moderate wear along the spine. Side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956ref. 158433N.p.: Passing Parade Films 1956. Draft script for the twelfth episode of season two of the 1956-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to child actor Johnny Crawford with his annotations on the front wrapper. A French immigrant arrives in California to cash in on the gold rush but discovers more money can be made by planting orchards. Originally aired on December 9 1956 on CBS. Housed in a brown card folder with a label noting the script title affixed to the front. Beige titled wrappers dated September 4 1956 noted as production No. 9588. Title page present noted as production No. 9588 with credit for screenwriter Joseph Landon. 35 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Good with moderate dampstaining and soil overall wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Passing Parade Films unknown
1935ref. 161609Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. Stamp specific to the film's release on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1963ref. 148754New South Wales: Embassy Pictures 1963. Collection of 16 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Based on French serial killer Henri Desire Landru. During World War I Henri Landru Charles Denner supplements his income by luring middle-class women through newspaper ads to a villa outside Paris where he seduces and kills them burns their bodies then helps himself to their bank accounts keeping himself his wife his mistress and his four children in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. Shot on location in Paris and Gambais France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light creasing in margins three with pinholes to corners one with notable creasing in left margin. Grant France. Embassy Pictures unknown
1961ref. 161868N.p.: Times Films 1961. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1959 French film "À double tour" here under the US release title "Leda" also released in the US as "Web of Passion." Each photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1952 novel "The Key to Nicholas Street" by Stanley Ellin. Monsieur Marcoux patriarch of a grand family estate and living with his wife and grown children has an affair with the beautiful Italian artist Leda. Leda is found murdered and police suspect the milk man but Marcoux' daughter's fiancé suspects someone else. Director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol's third feature film his first in color and first psychological thriller the genre that would define his career for the next five decades. Shot on location in Aix-en-Provence France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. Times Films unknown
1979ref. 147197N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for the 1983 film. Text in French. An American travels to Sicily to bury his father not expecting to fall for Elisa the youngest daughter of Count Carlo de Villafratti and his incestuous power-hungry family. Set in Sicily. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for director Claude d'Anna and screenwriter M.F. Bonin. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 147127N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1983 film here under the working title "Herazaal ou La Nuit des Temps" Herazaal or the Mists of Time. Text in French. A very early draft script bearing little resemblance save the names of the central characters to the final film which focuses on the incestuous power-hungry Sicilian family of Count Carlo de Villafratti. Set in Venice. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Claude d'Anna and screenwriters M.F. Bonin and Monique Lange. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 150681Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1975. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. A former pimp attempts to regain control of his nightclub which has been taken over by his rival several corrupt cops and drug dealers. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 43 130-131. Dimension Pictures unknown
1968ref. 142606London: Hammer Films 1968. Vintage press photograph from the 1968 film. With stamp and mimeograph snipe from the Associated Press on the verso identifying actress Dana Gillespie here posed with a giant scorpion as a champion junior water skier. Based on the 1938 novel "Uncharted Sea" by Dennis Wheatley about the passengers and crew of a steamer run aground on an island in the Saragasso Sea filled as one would expect with man-eating seaweed giant crabs even more giant scorpions pirates and the descendants of Spanish Conquistadors who believe the Inquisition is still on. 6 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Hammer Films unknown
2002ref. 160032N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on and not to be confused with the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
2020ref. 169805N.p.: Gila Films 2020. Draft script for the 2021 film. SIGNED by director and screenwriter David Weaver on the title page. Z-budget horror film that follows the last surviving member of the Frankenstein family as he faces middle age and decides to complete his ancestors' work. The final screen appearance of actor Robert Dix best known for his various lead roles in the legendary "Whistler" film series between 1944 and 1948. Shot on location in New York. Clear front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present undated copyright year noted as 2014 with credit for Weaver. 72 leaves lacking pagination. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Gila Films unknown
1988ref. 147472Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1988. Vintage borderless candid photograph of director Dennis Hopper and actor Robert Duvall on the set of the 1988 film. With a mimeo snipe to the verso dated 1988. The film which brought Hopper back onto the map as a director for the first time since "Easy Rider" 1969 about a seasoned cop and his rookie partner struggling against gang violence in East Los Angeles. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown
1991ref. 165078N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1991 television movie showing actor Dennis Hopper. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1988 novel by Peter Dexter. In 1950s Georgia a racist greedy loan shark spirals into increasing violence towards his community and his family culminating in the cold-blooded murder of a Black man. Shot on location in Decatur Concord Crawfordville Jackson and McDonough Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and manuscript pencil annotations on nearly every page. Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown
1971ref. 168786N.p.: Derio Productions Inc 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A sexploitation classic and the first film in director Don Schain's "Ginger" trilogy starring his then wife Cheri Carraro as Ginger. Followed by "The Abductors" 1972 and "Girls Are for Loving" 1973. Police recruit a rich society girl to go undercover to expose a small town's drug/blackmail/prostitution ring. Shot on location in New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center fold. Derio Productions Inc unknown
1976ref. 142656Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1976 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1960ref. 143236Paris: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 11 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade director Molinaro in white straw hat and images of starring actress Petit including a striking portrait image of her under an elegant sconce and with Auclair reading scripts. All but one photograph with annotations in the verso in manuscript ink film title names of persons pictured and all but two photographs with numerical annotations on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a novel presumed by screenwriter Clavel. Philippe Auclair is an unsung artist with a mistress he does not love. He spends leisurely vacations at Paule's Presle in the Riviera where he meets Manette Petit a poor girl whom he befriends and lusts for to the chagrin of Manette herself under the romantic allure of Philippe. Late in the canon of cinematographer Jean Bourgoin whose credits include some of Jean Renoir's films in the 1930s Orson Welles' film noir "Confidential Report" 1955 and Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" 1958. 1 photograph 3.25 x 4.25 inches remaining photographs 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. Filmsonor unknown
1986ref. 163050Universal City: Universal Television 1986. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1986-1987 television series. This draft script from the first half of the series. The first six episodes under the title "Together We Stand" then switching to "Nothing is Easy" after the death of the father character this short-lived sitcom followed the lives of a married couple and their multi-racial and multi-ethnic adopted children. In this episode one of the children wins a small lottery. White titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 62425 dated October 31 1986 with credits for screenwriters Lesa Kite and Cindy Begel. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1975ref. 146429N.p.: N.p. 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman. Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The French Connection" 1971 and was also known for writing both the John Shaft novel series and the screenplay for the 1971 film. Set in and above Japan. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1975 noted as "first draft" with credits for screenwriter Tidyman and novelist Martin Caidin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with tape reinforcements to its silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1976ref. 161517N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph of actor Robert De Niro director Elia Kazan and producer Sam Spiegel on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
