Rico Cattani (screenwriter)Biblio.com
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1970ref. 141478Los Angeles: Cattani Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An evil underground organization is bent on stopping a reluctant soldier of fortune and martial arts expert who has been pressed into service against his own will. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Rico Cattani. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Cattani Films unknown
1956ref. 141567Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage film still photograph of Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint from the 1956 film nominated for four Academy Awards and based on the 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. Paper snipe affixed to the verso. A graduating poetry teacher played with aplomb by Clift falls in love with a Southern woman Taylor but the woman's past and the Civil War begin to cause problems. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with black manuscript ink annotations to the verso and hole punches to the margin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1961ref. 132742London: Unviersal International Pictures 1961. Five vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 US film. Based on Howard Rigsby's novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" about a cowboy who on the lam from the law travels to visit an old flame in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. A story set and shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown
1976ref. 150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554. United Artists unknown
1985ref. 147081N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas determined to confront his former business partner a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Robert Henderson. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall partially bound with one staple. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 143986Burbank CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Western featuring Lazarus a fugitive cowboy who cant keep out of trouble. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Avard Miller composer George Leonard and producer A. Ronald Lubin. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Martin Ransohoff Productions unknown
1986ref. 146118Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan 1986. Shooting script for the television film here under the working title "Hoover" first aired on Showtime on January 11 1987. A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI." Set in Washington DC Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1986 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Collins. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some foxing and light fading to the extremities bound with two gold brads. RLC/Finnegan unknown
1965ref. 132145Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Estimating script for an unproduced film. The story of a small contingent of militant mercenaries who attempt to stir up a conflict between Cuba and the United States by piloting a hostile decoy Navy ship into enemy waters off Key West only to be thwarted by the actual Navy and a few well-meaning American citizens taken hostage. No doubt mirroring some of the public's concerns at the time given the tenuous peace established by the Cuban Missile Crisis the film remained unproduced perhaps considered too sensationalist or close to home. Screenwriter Dozier would go on to write largely for television including episodes of "Batman" and "Harry O." Tan titled wrappers noted as ESTIMATING on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 23 dated April 2 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 4/1/65 with credits for screenwriter Dozier. 136 leaves mimeograph on yellow stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1966ref. 132612Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Collection of 15 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 US film. Based on the 1965 novel by Norman Mailer about a talk show host who is suspected of killing his wife and is pursued by both the police and a a gang of criminals. 8 x 10 inches. A few stills with small stains on the rectos else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
ref. 140802Hollywood: Marford Productions. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Marta Raynes meets her fiance's college roommate in San Juan James Holliday a brilliant chemist. Raynes runs a patent firm and soon Holliday brings her a new kind of tobacco leaf. What she is interested in is the camouflage he has accidentally developed but when an intern spills coffee all over his paperwork and changes his name to a different client James Halliday the money and patent are awarded to the wrong widow who will not give up the money until it is revealed she is a felon a scam artists and a bigamist. Set in San Juan Washington and Miami. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Robert K. Lansford. 65 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 64. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with some dampstaining bound with one gold brad. Marford Productions unknown
1980ref. 137693Los Angeles: Self published 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Nobody's Child" written by Robert Ryder produced for circulation at Paramount for purposes of script development with a "Paramount Print Shop" duplication rubber stamp on the title page. Ryder's name and telephone numbers present on the front wrapper verso in manuscript pencil. Set in Rhode Island with central characters being Anthony an elder painter and musician and younger friends Matt a depressed father and his children Meesh and Luke the focus of plot being a narrative voice over by Anthony of Matt and his love triangle. Yellow wrappers. Title page present undated noted as Registered WGAw No. 215094 with a credit for screenwriter Ryder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown
1966ref. 149553Mexico: Peliculas Rodriguez 1966. Vintage poster for the 1966 Mexican film here with an alternate title "Vida Cruzadas" tipped on. A comedy about the lives and romances of upper middle class teens. 27 x 37 inches. Very Good only. Chipping to the edges with a few short closed tears starting to the creases and light toning. Peliculas Rodriguez unknown
1981ref. 153804Long Beach CA: Premiere World Pictures 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting copy No. 12 and single annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. A photographer becomes involved in the murder of a prominent fashion model. Set in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1981 with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Premiere World Pictures unknown
ref. 146801N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four laid-in xerographically duplicated pages detailing the script's summary and prospective audience. A young successful photographer for a women's erotic magazine finds herself caught in a love triangle between a gallery owner and a troubled boxer. Set in Hollywood and Malibu. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141850N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. During a visit to the 1890 Annual Bicycle Race in Boston a young man gets inspired to take up bicycle riding. He improves and eventually is ready to compete on a professional level. Set in Boston. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 142235N.p.: N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Two men are captured and are being held in a plantation camp deep within the Mexican jungle where conditions are unspeakably horrendous. Set in Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 25 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 24. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with comb binding. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 135849London: Bentley Productions 1997. 5th Draft script for the 1997 television episode of the show "The Broker's Man." Though broadcast in two parts this script contains both the first and second parts. Kevin Whately plays Jimmy Griffin an ex-cop now working as an investigator for an insurance company still finds ways to use his detective skills at his new job and somehow between his wife and employees fawning over him manages to create a lot of drama beyond that which he finds through his work. In this episode an ex-soldier kills his father and attempts to claim the father's insurance at which point Jimmy and his whole family gets involved. Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as 5th Draft on the front wrapper dated 30 January 1997 with credits for screenwriters Ashton and O'Mara. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a single silver brad. Bentley Productions unknown
ref. 142399Los Angeles: Feathertouch Communications. Two screenplays for an unproduced radio drama. Each belongs to actor Billy O'Sullivan who was to play Billy with both manuscript and photocopied annotations related to his lines in manuscript ink and pencil. The story of a teddy bear where it comes from and its hopes of becoming someone's toy this upcoming Christmas. Screenplay #1: White titled self wrappers with credits for screenwriters Rojay North and Michelle Nosco. Title page integral with front wrapper. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound. Screenplay #2: White illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Rojay North. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Feathertouch Communications unknown
1974ref. 150774Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1974. Vintage borderless studio still photograph with bottom margin of Roman Polanski from the 1974 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. A definitive entry in the New Hollywood canon and a worthy rival to director Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece "Rosemary's Baby." Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning one for Best Original Screenplay for Robert Towne. Set in 1930s Los Angeles shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. Schrader's Canon Fodder 43. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1965ref. 162284N.p.: American International Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1963 Italian film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An early mondo-style shockumentary focusing on various curious and repulsive customs and practices around the globe. Original US release narrated by Vincent Price. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing with three spots of toning two to the top left and one to the margin of the top right corner. American International Pictures unknown
1962ref. 167544Various cities: Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films 1962. Vintage lobby card for the Spanish-language release of the 1962 British horror film. In turn-of-the-century Egypt a mummy revives and begins to kill the Egyptologists responsible for its discovery. The second film in Hammer's Mummy franchise following the studio's better-remembered 1959 film "The Mummy" released as a double feature with "The Gorgon." 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Johnson and Del Vecchio 244-246. Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films unknown
1969ref. 139328Middlesex England: Eve Productions Cinecenta 1969. Vintage black-and-white double weight British still photograph from the 1968 US film. Rubber stamp on the verso of COLTMAN DISPLAYS LTD a distributor in Middlesex England. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with edge creasing and a single short tear. Eve Productions Cinecenta unknown
1952ref. 141063N.p.: N.p. 1952. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. With a letter from screenwriter Jack Lewis dated 1952 laid in. The series as intended would have followed the jungle adventures of child actor Sabu. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 149567Spain: Argos SLPC 1961. Vintage poster for the 1961 Spanish film. 27.5 x 38.75 inches. Very Good plus. Light edgewear to the upper right edge minor starting to one of the folds and light soil. Argos SLPC unknown
1980ref. 147217N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Two Americans busk their way across Europe traveling only with their guitars and the clothing on their backs. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Scott Fitz-Randolph and James L. Stewart. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a small dampstain on the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
