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1972ref. 150718Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1971 Italian film. A police detective investigates a string of murders where the victims are paralyzed and disemboweled. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1973ref. 146566N.p.: N.p. 1973. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With a business card for talent manager and film producer Arnold Stiefel stapled on the front wrapper and a label sticker for casting agent Paul Kohner to the title page. Included with the script are two xerographically duplicated letters from Rudy Ramos the head of the Speed Classic Racing Association to screenwriter Paul Helmick expressing enthusiasm for the prospective film. After her boyfriend dies in a boat racing accident a woman begins to date two rival racers despite her belief that she is a boating jinx. Set in Long Beach CA. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters Paul A. Helmick and Mike Crumplar. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overallbound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 141479N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. A priest is assigned to a parish in San Francisco where he encounters a seedy world of prostitutes homosexuals and victims of abuse all of whom he invites to hear his sermons in hopes of changing their circumstances. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credit for screenwriter Paul Gus Carlos. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 189. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated April 16 1979. Pages Near Fine unbound and housed in a manila envelope. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 135842London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1999. Draft scripts for two Season 2 episodes of the 2000 television show "Badger:" "The Price of a Daughter." and "Only Ewe" later released under the title "Blood Ties." Jerome Flynn plays a wildlife liaison officer in a small rural town who fights various animal crime and encounters the usual interpersonal drama. Set in Northumberland England. "Only Ewe:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 04/10/1999 with credits for screenwriter Colin MacDonald. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mechanical duplication with white revision pages dated 05-Oct-99 and 06-Oct-99. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. "The Price of a Daughter:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as DRAFT 1 on the front wrapper dated 07/11/99 with credits for screenwriter Kieran Prendiville. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown
ref. 142378N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three pilgrims traveling on St. John's Eve must work to preserve their faith and ward off the temptations of Satan. The feast of St. John often coincides with the June solstice. Set in the Middle East. Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Paul Pissanos. Title page present dated 1983 with credits for screenwriter Pissanos. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 130327N.p.: N.p. 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A divorce court judge awards a family's three children the house forcing the two parents to alternate living there every week. Of course the expected high jinx occur: Dad lets them be messy and eat junk food Mom requires they clean and eat green vegetables and the kids misbehave at every opportunity. Self wrappers with integral title page present dated January 17 1983 with credits for screenwriter Zindel. 15 leaves with the last leaf numbered 14. Photocopied. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 128478N.p.: N.p. 1944. Post-production script for the 1944 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A woman in San Francisco during WWII does not want to get into a serious relationship with any soldier before he goes off to war until she meets one soldier who wants to change her mind. Tall white titled self wrappers noted as Release Dialogue Script on the front wrapper dated May 16 1944. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered Reel 6A-12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 140794Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. An unproduced English-language version of "Mina Drommars Stad" or "City of My Dreams" a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingvar Skogsberg based upon a novel by Per Anders Fogelstrom. Young Henning and his three friends struggle to survive with their freedom intact in 19th century Stockholm. Based on the life of Fogelstrom. This was the Swedish entry to the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but it was not selected as a nominee. Set in Stockholm shot on location there. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1975 noted as Scenario Version with credits for author Per Anders Fogelstrom screenwriter Ingvar Skogsberg and translator Alan Blair. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a white velo binding. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown
1977ref. 139995England: ITC Entertainment 1977. Seven vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1977 American-British film. Robert Gould is a reporter investigating the questionable actions of NASA after a failed mission to Mars. The head of the mission forces three astronauts to participate in a fake Mars mission including a fake landing transmitted messages and a fatal reentry. Shot on location in Arizona Texas and California. Novelized by both Ken Follett and Ron Goulart. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner creases else Near Fine. Scarce. Lentz US. Spicer US. ITC Entertainment unknown
ref. 147046N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "99." A young man who learns he was born out of wedlock is driven to succeed in life to prove himself greater than his sullied heritage eventually becoming a prizewinning bullfighter. But his success comes at the expense of his friends and family whom he drives further and further away as he grows famous. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter PETER PACKER and story credits to REGINALD LEBORG. Title page present with credits for screenwriter PETER PACKER and story credits to REGINALD LEBORG. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 138425London: Excelsior Film Productions 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film with the tentative titles "Kiss Me" and "In Confidence Limited" written by Peter Yeldham whose notable film credits include "The Long Duel" 1967 "Age of Consent" 1969 and "The Call of the Wild" 1972. Brief notation in manuscript ink on two pages. Set in London where romance and slapstick abound featuring private detectives who are after a missing widow. Blue titled wrappers with die-cut window. Title page present undated noted as First Draft in manuscript ink with a credit for screenwriter Yeldham. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Roneograph. Pages Very Good plus wrapper detached but present bound internally with two silver brads. Excelsior Film Productions unknown
1972ref. 150944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of director Ernest Lehman Richard Benjamin and cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop back to camera on the set of the 1972 film. Provenance stamp of collector historian and author "Frank Driggs" on verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" in 1972 to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Alexander Portnoy Benjamin sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
2002ref. 146414N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man suffers frequent blackouts often waking with strange injuries all over his body and becomes convinced he is being stalked due to his role in a nefarious unknown plot. White titled self wrappers. Title page present copyrighted 2002 to Philip S. Lyren. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 73. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 135645Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1962. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph from the French release of the 1962 film. With stamp on the verso noting reference number 582. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown
1960ref. 146515N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript annotation in ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a typed page crediting Pierre Gaspard-Huit as director. Text in French. An FBI agent infiltrates an international drug smuggling ring that operates primarily through a system of casinos. Set in Portugal. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped France-Cinema-Productions with credits for screenwriter Jean-Michel Clermontet. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with faint foxing to the verso of the final leaf wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. N.p. unknown
2000ref. 146410N.p.: The Greenblatt Janollari Studio 2000. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. A few months after graduating high school the eponymous teen couple Nick and Emily discover that Emily is pregnant forcing the pair to grow up more quickly than anticipated. Screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr. was better known for his involvement in early 2000s young adult-oriented television shows such as "Friends" 2001-2004 and "One Tree Hill" 2004-2006 as well as the films "She's All That" 1999 and "Get Over It" 2001. Set in Burbank CA. White Greenblatt Janollari studio wrappers. Title page present dated January 28 2000 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. The Greenblatt Janollari Studio unknown
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
