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1982ref. 150549N.p.: N.p. 1982. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. An advertising executive is thrown into grief when his fiancée is accidentally murdered in a mugging but soon finds himself receiving messages from her spirit pressing him to take revenge against her killer. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 28 June 82 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter DeWitt Beall. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 164752Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actress Diana Dors. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An advertising executive is too distracted by his work and neglects his beautiful wife who has just learned that she's pregnant. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 166465N.p.: Gruskoff Film Organization 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the front wrapper noting telephone numbers and the names of several production companies. A dramatic comedy about a young girl who dreams of becoming a pilot. Screenwriter Diane Frolov is best known for her work for television penning numerous episodes of "The Sopranos" 2006-2007 "Boardwalk Empire" 2011-2012 "Bosch" 2015-2016 and "Chicago Med" 2015-2024. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated April 27 1984 with credits for Frolov and story writer William Schreiner. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Gruskoff Film Organization unknown books
1995ref. 147521N.p.: N.p. 1995. Second Draft script for the 1995 television film originally aired on September 12 1995 on Showtime. Based on Ella Leffland's 1970 novel about a woman who seeks revenge on her wealthy wheelchair-bound father-in-law. An early draft of a project that underwent heavy rewrites by director Diane Ladd before finally being shot in 1995. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ella Leffland. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 162501N.p.: Futurama International 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film here under the working title "The Touch of Melissa." Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. On the road from San Francisco to Austin Jodie makes a brief stop at a farm where he meets and falls in love with Melissa the lovely farmer's daughter. Unfortunately Melissa's insane great-grandmother is in the mix unaware Melissa is in fact a 127-year old witch and that Melissa is actually her sister. Shot on location in Santa Ynez California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA. Code Red. Futurama International unknown books
1987ref. 164002Beverly Hills CA: American Filmworks 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. After his mother's death a shy boy and his father move from the swamplands to Chicago where the boy uses fantasy and dreams to adjust to his new life. Screenwriter Don Keith Opper was better known for his involvement in the "Critters" horror comedy film series both as an actor and writer. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1987 with credit for Opper. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Filmworks unknown books
1969ref. 162044N.p.: Hollywood Cinema Associates 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film here under its alternate title "Odd Tastes." Provenance stamps on the verso of each. Marsha Jordan stars as a sex researcher who embarks on a worldwide quest for "the ultimate pleasure." Shot on location in Africa Hong Kong and Jordan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome. Hollywood Cinema Associates unknown books
1968ref. 158067N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. In 1908 a deformed man in a small midwestern city becomes involved in an illicit grave digging operation in order to finance his wheelchair-bound sweetheart's surgery. Screenwriter Donald L. Brodie was best known as a character actor appearing in over 250 films and television programs between the late 1920s and late 1980s. He directed one film "A Fig Leaf for Eve" in 1944. Gray wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noting a copyright date of July 10 1968 with credits for screenwriter Donald L. Brodie. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 153171N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. After being sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend and his friends a girl teams up with a bloodthirsty monster to take her revenge. Set in Biloxi Mississippi. White untitled Paul Kohner agency wrappers with the name of reader Ilse Lahn in manuscript ink annotation to the bottom of the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Donald L. Gold and story credits to Lester Wm. Berke. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few splashes and light edgewear on the front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 141153N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Screenwriter Donald S. Sandford was a prolific writer for both television and film including for the programs "Dr. Kildare" "Bonanza" and "Midway." Orange titled wrappers stamped copy No. 35. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 162082N.p.: Westfield Productions 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the lost 1963 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A 1963 nudist "documentary" from prolific sexploitation director Doris Wishman. Today considered lost. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany Paris France Mexico Japan and Florida Hawaii and Las Vegas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Westfield Productions unknown books
1956ref. 168232London: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film showing a plane crash sequence. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the life of British aviator Douglas Bader who achieved remarkable success in the Royal Air Force throughout World War II in spite of the amputation of both of his legs after a plane crash in 1931. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. The Rank Organization unknown books
1982ref. 138021N.p.: Self published 1982. Early Draft script for the 1993 film "The Seventh Coin" here under the working title "King Herod's Children" dated a full decade before the film's release. Credited on the title page to Kikuo Kawasaki for an original concept. An Arab boy Chowdhry meets a beautiful American tourist Powers in modern-day Jerusalem. By accident the two are entrusted to guard a valuable coin dating back to King Herod but they must defend themselves and the coin from a no-good villain O'Toole. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Delman and Soref and concept person Kawasaki. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1984ref. 141892Munich: Bayerischer Rundfunk 1984. Draft script for the 1986 film. Text in German. A lawyer survives a plane crash and uses his new found lust for life to take on a new identity and start again. Based on a novel of the same title by Johannes Mario Simmel. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 12 1984 with credits for screenwriter Johannes Mario Simmel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with white velo binding. Bayerischer Rundfunk unknown books
1970ref. 144148N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With occasional manuscript annotations in blue ink throughout. Adapted for the screen from Alan Morris' 1970 novel "The Tale Of The Lazy Dog." A ragtag group consisting of an Irish journalist a French woman married to a man in the CIA a mercenary pilot and a shameless adventurer are amuck in the war torn region of Laos Cambodia and Vietnam attempting to extort one and a half billion dollars. Set in Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as with credits for screenwriter Dursley Berkeley and novelist Alan Williams. 112 with last page of text numbered 114. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1924ref. 171349Beverly Hills CA: D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists 1924. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1924 silent film one showing Carol Dempster and Neil Hamilton the other showing Hamilton alone. Both with "Made in USA" stamps on the versos. Based on a short story by Geoffrey Moss originally published in his 1923 book "Defeat." After World War I Polish immigrants relocate to Germany only to find themselves struggling to survive as the country faces political and financial turmoil. Shot on location in Germany and Austria. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good or better. D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists unknown books
1969ref. 162573N.p.: Boxoffice International 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A sailor on leave commences a bed-hopping binge to end them all. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown books
1946ref. 126189Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and dialogue script for the 1946 film. Phyllis Allenby Lockhart has an ancient curse on her family cast by a pack of wolves. After a series of local murders she is convinced she and her werewolf curse are to blame for she finds her belongings muddied torn and streaked with blood almost every morning. A greedy aunt eventually confesses to framing Phyllis in attempt to retain the Allenby's family fortune and suddenly dies by falling down a flight of stairs and onto a knife. With all the right elements of atmosphere eerie stringed instrumentation as the score and impeccable effects the film was not well received. Stands unique in the werewolf pantheon with a woman as the accursed and no werewolf actually seen. White titled wrappers dated MARCH 25 1946 production No. 1484 with credits for director Yarbrough actors Don Porter and Lloyd Corrigan and actresses June Lockhart Sara Haden and Jan Wiley. 83 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus or better with a few tiny chips short creases and small closed tears at the extremities and some offsetting to the wrappers bound with two gold brads. Wrappers now encapsulated in mylar. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 140871N.p.: N.p. 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Follows the travels of a Vietnam veteran and expatriate living abroad in France. Set in Paris. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter E. Lourie. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter Lourie. 21 leaves unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook hole punches to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 161921N.p.: Transatlantic-Merritt-White 1972. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 German film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the versos. A French reporter in search of Sonya the perfect masseuse gets an assignment to visit all of Munich's massage parlors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Transatlantic-Merritt-White unknown books
1973ref. 162086N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 Canadian film. Also released in the US under its Canadian title "Corrupted." Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. An unhappily married wealthy man has an affair with an attractive clerk at a photography studio that specializes in having male clients to take nude photos of their models. Shot on location in Toronto. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear in the lower right margin. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 135228Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Nine vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1966. Each still shows a particular location in Mexico City and in Acapulco Mexico various scenes used for shooting the film. Tarzan Mike Henry travels from Africa to Mexico at the request of an old friend to help rescue a kidnapped boy named Ramel Padilla Jr. Augustus Vinero Opatoshu the kidnapper forces Ramel to lead him to the city supposedly made of gold. Tarzan sets out with Ramel's pet leopard a lion and a chimpanzee and soon locates the boy. Ramel shows him the way to the lost city where Tarzan confronts Vinero and his henchmen. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny edge tears and creases else Near Fine overall. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1970ref. 149626N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 Italian film showing actress Juliette Mayniel. With a mimeo snipe and a provenance stamp on the verso. Director Edoardo Mulargia is best known as director of "Shango" 1970 and "Tropic of Cancer" 1972. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 156162N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage program for the 1946 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. During World War II an Austrian prisoner in a Russian work camp overhears that his wife may have been unfaithful and decides to break up with her once he is released. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
