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ref. 154562N.p.: N.p. 1988. Draft script for the third and final segment of the 1989 anthology film copy belonging to Woody Allen with the annotations in Allen's hand of his name and "NYSS" New York Short Stories in black manuscript marker on top left of title page. An anthology film featuring three of American cinema's foremost auteurs with each unconnected segment united by their New York setting. The first Martin Scorsese's "Life Lessons" stars Nick Nolte as a frustrated painter infatuated with his assistant and ex-lover played by Rosanna Arquette. The second Francis Ford Coppola's "Life Without Zoe" co-written with his daughter Sofia Coppola is a whimsical updated remake of Kay Thompson's "Eloise" character about a poor little rich girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel starring Heather McComb and Talia Shire. The final segment Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks" is a highspot comedy for Allen among many wherein he plays Sheldon a neurotic Jewish New York lawyer with a ridiculing overbearing mother. When Sheldon his shiksa fiancee and her children take his mother to a magic show she actually disappears to Sheldon's ultimate relief but then reappears in the sky over the New York hounding and nagging Sheldon and his fiancee while the whole city watches. Set and shot on location in New York City. Self wrappers with front wrapper integral with untitled leaf dated 3/1/88. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Carlson Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 150213Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of director Luchino Visconti with actors Burt Lancaster and Serge Regiani on the set of the 1963 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of photographer G. B. Poletto on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and tiny bruise on right side. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown
ref. 160757N.p.: N.p. 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1979 short film. Copy belonging to uncredited actor Charles Hutchins with his name and role "The Court Clerk" in manuscript ink on the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink indicating scenes on three pages. The first film adaptation of the 1944 novel by Lillian Smith about a Black painter in 1940s Georgia whose attempt to register to vote culminates in his murder by a lynch mob. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film. Set in Georgia. Self wrappers. Title page present dated Feb. 20 1978 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Stephen B. Katz director Seth Pinsker and novelist Lillian Smith. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly edgeworn partially bound at the top left corner with three staples. N.p. unknown
ref. 163355Beverly Hills CA: Chartoff-Winkler Productions 1973. Revised Draft script for the 1974 film. Noted as copy No. 118 in manuscript ink on the title page. Loosely based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel. A successful Harvard-educated literature professor finds himself in deep debt as his gambling addiction begins to spiral out of control. The first American film made by Czech-British filmmaker Karel Reisz. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas Tucson and New York. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated July 26 1973 noted as Revised with credits for director Karel Reisz and screenwriter James Toback. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Very Good moderately soiled and edgeworn bound with two gold screw brads. Grant US. Imprint 49. Chartoff-Winkler Productions unknown
1961ref. 156281Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Collection of 22 vintage double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1961 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. The first entry in Ingmar Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a glimpse into a private world seen through a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. About Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and light edgewear. Criterion Collection 209. Ebert III. Svensk Filmindustri unknown
ref. 167972N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film seen here under the working title "ROMENEWYORKPARISL.A.HELSINKI." Annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page noting times in the cities in which the film is set. An anthology of five stories about taxicab drivers in five different cities who experience a variety of humorous romantic and unusual situations as they encounter patrons on their nighttime shifts. Set and shot on location in Helsinki Paris Rome New York and Los Angeles. Mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 noted as copy No. 32 in manuscript ink with credit for screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87 and dated September 17 1990. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
ref. 153226Paris: Alpha France 1975. Archive of material relating to the production and release of the 1974 US adult film a period costume drama. From the US production of the film: 72 vernacular color snapshots each with a small label affixed to the corner with the film's French title and 18 snapshot-size contact photographs. From the French release of the film: three double weight glossy French lobby cards three copies of a black and white French program one color French program and one moyenne film poster for the French release with the French title "Soumise et perverse Cecilie". Vernacular color snapshots and contact photographs are essentially the keybook photos for the film numerically annotated in manuscript marker and wax pencil respectively one photograph with cropping annotation on recto in manuscript yellow wax pencil. French lobby cards with "Soumise et perverse Cecilie" stickers to upper corners. Black and white flyers with credits and synopsis on verso and color flyer with black and white photographs and synopsis on verso. An extravagant pornographic period costume piece by noted "prestige pornography" director Lee Frost here under the pseudonym F.C. Perl Franklin C. Perl wherein the beautiful 17 year old London girl Cecily Angela Carnon is sold into sexual servitude to a perverse and sadistic countess in France to pay off her deceased father's gambling debts. Frost a favorite of Quentin Tarantino was well known for his high-concept grindhouse films such as the notorious roughie "Climax of Blue Power" made the same year as this film 1974 "The Thing with Two Heads" 1972 "Chrome and Hot Leather" 1971 "Chain Gang Women" 1971 and "The Black Gestapo" 1975 and was the screenwriter for one of the great road movies "Race with the Devil" 1975. Set in Renaissance France. 72 Vernacular color snapshots 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. 18 contact sheet photographs 4 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Three French lobby cards 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to far corners and two with pinholes at corners. Three black and white flyers 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Some very light soiling to outer borders one with a horizontal crease and a single line annotation in red manuscript marker on verso else Near Fine. Color flyer 9 x 12 inches. Very Good with creasing at extremities. Poster 22.5 x 30 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Alpha France unknown
ref. 150817The Hague: Allarts 1988. Draft script for the 1988 film. Director Peter Greenaway's most successful and also most controversial film following a gangster's wife as she begins a doomed affair with a patron of her husband's high-class French restaurant aided by the genteel head cook. The film garnered attention at the time of its release for its stylish but graphic violence decadent cinematography which was as with many films in Greenaway's oeuvre inspired by Flemish Baroque painting and explicit sexuality. Set in the UK. Red titled wrappers with credits for director Peter Greenaway on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1988 with credits for director Peter Greenaway. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. Allarts unknown
1948ref. 167637Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Treatment script for the key 1948 film noir. In Jaffe Agency wrappers stamped "FILE COPY" and "JAFFE AGENCY" at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Robert Altman's first screenwriting credit he would not direct his first feature film for another 20 years and Richard Fleischer's first directorial effort a tight noir second feature. Altman is credited here alongside another first-time screenwriter George W. George who would go on to be a prolific screenwriter with credits for such films as "The Woman on Pier 13" 1949 and "Big House USA" 1955. Set in Los Angeles and an early example of a noir film with a large amount of location shooting throughout the Los Angeles area. Tan agency wrappers "The Jaffe Agency" printed at the bottom of the front wrapper and with their diamond TJA logo at the center Title page present with credits for screenwriters Altman and George. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Near Fine with a small chip at the bottom right corner of the title page wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
ref. 161161Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Revised Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Francis Kenny with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and his ink and pencil annotations on several pages noting deletions and occasional additions. A dark satire of the popular John Hughes teen comedies of the early 1980s today considered a classic coming-of-age film. The debuts of both director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Daniel Waters. Set in Sherwood Ohio and shot on location in Los Angeles California. White untitled New World Pictures production wrappers. Title page present dated November 17 1987 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Daniel Waters. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown
ref. 162762Universal City: Dreamworks 2007. Revised Draft script for the 2008 film. Rainbow revision copy belonging to production coordinator Eve Honthaner with her name in manuscript ink on the first leaf of the title page. Included with the script are numerous gatherings of production documents including shooting schedules call sheets maps of filming locations script supervisor breakdowns and travel logs and multiple revisions of the same. A group of narcissistic actors in the process of filming a Vietnam War movie are unaware that they are in real danger from a drug gang they believe to be extras in the film. Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Oscar-seeking method actor Kirk Lazarus a role that along with his franchise-starting turn in "Iron Man" the same year resurrected his career. Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Kaua'i Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 2007 with credits for screenwriters Etan sic Ethan Cohen Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 3 and November 4 2007. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Dreamworks unknown
1967ref. 161028N.p.: Selmur Productions 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to uncredited set decorator George R. Nelson with his name in manuscript ink "Bob Nelson" on the top right corner of the front wrapper. Based on Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel "Flowers for Algernon" about a 32-year-old bakery worker with an intellectual disability who is approached by two doctors about participating in an experiment that will enhance his mental aptitude. Actor Cliff Robertson also appeared as Charly in a previous adaptation of Keyes' novel a 1961 television adaptation on the United States Steel Hour titled "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon." Nelson who is best-known for his work on "The Graduate" "The Manchurian Candidate" "The Getaway" "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now" was not credited in the final film so it must be assumed that he was either involved with it early on or considered it at some point. Set in Boston. Yellow titled titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated June 30 1967 noted as copy No. 49 in manuscript ink with credit for Silliphant and director Ralph Nelson. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a ring stain and a few splashes bound internally with three gold brads. Selmur Productions unknown
1965ref. 171121Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Chenault 1965. Final script for the 1966 film. Lacking the final page of narrative text as either used or issued. Based on the 1963 Tony Award-winning play by Edward Albee which follows one bitter night of domestic unrest between an emotionally scarred college professor and his hard-drinking wife. Nichols' directorial debut and the first film to be given the MPAA tag "No one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by an adult" challenging the Production Code Office and essentially leading to its demise. Nominated for 13 Academy Awards and winning five including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis respectively. Set on the campus of a small New England college and shot on location in Northampton Southampton and Cambridge Massachusetts. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows 2 holdings. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 69 dated July 30 1965. Distribution page present same dates with receipt intact. Title page present dated July 30 1965 with credits for screenwriter Ernest Lehman. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Mimeograph duplication rectos only all pages eye-rest green excepting distribution page which is white and dated 7/30/65. Corner chip to the "Cast of Characters" page else pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with yapping at the top and bottom as usually found bound internally with two gold brads. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers / Chenault unknown
ref. 167970New York: Exoskeleton 1998. First Draft script for the 1999 film. An African-American hitman who models himself after the code of ancient samurai is caught in the crosshairs of a Mafia boss and his associates after a hit gone wrong. Interpreted by some as an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 crime drama "Le Samouraï." Shot on location in Jersey City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1998 noted as First Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled on the title page and page edges unbound. Exoskeleton unknown
ref. 169006N.p.: N.p. 1990. Shooting script for the 1991 neo-noir film here under the working title "Riders on the Storm" written by screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff." Laid in are two gatherings of revision pages 31 pink pages dated 7/2/90 and 25 green revision pages dated July 10 1990 both also noted as written by screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff." Script and revision pages noted on the title pages as "Eyes Only - Not For Duplication." The breakthrough film for Kathryn Bigelow and today a cult classic certified neo-noir and keystone surfing film. Bigelow went on to become the first female director win an Academy Award with "The Hurt Locker" in 2008. Set primarily in Southern California shot on location throughout California in Malibu Redondo Beach Dockweiler Beach Ecola State Park Los Angeles Manhattan Beach Pacific Palisades Santa Monica Culver City and Venice Pier as well as Hawaii Oahu Lake Powell Utah and Wheeler Oregon. Front wrapper integral with title page dated 6/6/90 with 7/1/90 revisions noted as ORIGINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff" with story credits for Rick King and W. Peter Iliff. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerograhic duplication on blue leaves rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the title page partially detached bound with two gold brads. Pink Revision Pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated 6/6/90 with 7/1/90 and 7/2/90 revisions noted as ORIGINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff" with story credits for Rick King and W. Peter Iliff. Xerographic duplication on pink leaves rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single gold brad. Green Revision Pages: Front wraper integral with memo dated July 10 1990. Title page present dated 6/6/90 with 7/1/90 7/2/90 and 7/10/90 revisions noted as ORIGINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow "from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff" with story credits for Rick King and W. Peter Iliff. Xerographic duplication on green leaves rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a rust stain from a previous paper clip to the top left unbound. Carlson Destroy All Movies. Grant US. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 145052Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Revised Final Draft script for the 1956 film. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg and based on Budd Schulberg's 1947 novel about a once respected sportswriter now forced to work for a crooked promoter who is taking advantage of a promising young fighter. Nominated for an Academy Award. Humphrey Bogart's final film. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. White titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1315 dated Oct. 12 1955. Title page present dated October 12 1955 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Philip Yordan. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 2 1955 and December 16 1955. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
ref. 172336N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. The fifth installment in the much-loved "Pink Panther" series and the fourth to star Peter Sellers in which Inspector Clouseau faces off against former Chief Inspector Dreyfus who has just been released from long-term confinement in a psychiatric hospital. Dreyfuss plans to destroy England by launching nuclear missiles from a castle in Bavaria where he is in hiding. Shot on location in London Surrey Munich and Paris. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 161281Various cities: Raymond Wagner / Petersham Films 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to one of the film's production designers with their annotations regarding specific needed objects written in manuscript pencil and ink on the first and last pages of the script. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated March 17 1967 with credits for novelist John Haase and screenwriter Larry Marcus. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Rosenbaum 1000. Raymond Wagner / Petersham Films unknown
ref. 172515N.p.: N.p. 1971. Substantial archive of material relating to the 1971 film including 125 original photographs two SIGNED by actress Georgina Hale eight original color slides 18 French front-of-house cards a press kit a program a promotional book and two magazines with articles about the film. The 125 photographs in the archive include 63 studio still photographs 61 reference photographs two in color and one wardrobe test photograph including two photographs one black and white and one color signed by actress Georgina Hale. Eight of the photographs are on-the-set photographs featuring director Ken Russell and stars Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. 16 of the studio still photographs are borderless with caption margins along the bottom and eight of the reference photographs are borderless one with cropping annotations on the verso and one with a German mimeo snipe on the verso. One on-the-set reference photograph struck circa 1980 one with yellow wax pencil cropping annotations on the recto and six with ink annotations of collation numbers in the bottom margins. The archive also includes: Eight original color slides from the film. Eighteen color French front-of-house cards. An original 24 page "The Devils" promotional book with an embossed "The Devils" white book jacket with the heading on the first page "Background Information about 'The Devils' and Some Events in History Leading to the Incident at Loudon." A one page two-color program printed on the verso and recto. A press kit in a "The Devils / Warner Bros. Travelcade of Summer Films / April 1971" folder with an embossed gold "The Devils" sticker on the front housing two two-page press releases "The Featured Players - From King to Exorcist ." and "Black Lips Beauty Spots and 'Mortal Sin' Tints." The July 9 1971 issue of "The Daily Telegraph Magazine" featuring a cover article "Ken Russell: The Return of the Old-Style Movie Director." The April 1978 issue of the Spanish film magazine "Dirigido Por." featuring a cover article on the film. Based on the 1960 play by John Whiting and on Aldous Huxley's 1952 book "The Devils of Loudun." A dramatization of the fall of Urbain Grandier a Catholic priest accused of witchcraft and demonic conspiracy by a group of hysterical nuns. Often regarded as one of the more controversial films of the twentieth century due in large part to its heavily violent and sexual content in a religious context widely censored before its release. Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall two photographs with small chips to the top right corner one with a tiny bruise to the upper left. Slides: 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. 18 color French front-of-house cards: 8.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine. "The Devils" promotional book: Near Fine saddle-stapled with embossed Very Good plus jacket with light soiling rubbing and toning and a 1.5 inch tear to the front jacket near the spine. Program: 8 x 11 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Press Kit: Folder 9 x 12 inches Very Good plus with light edgewear and rubbing. Press Releases 8.5 x 11 Near Fine. "The Daily Telegraph Magazine": 9.75 x 12 inches saddle-stapled. Very Good plus with light rubbing and edgewear. "Dirigido Por." magazine: 8 x 11 inches perfect bound. Very Good plus with wear and rubbing at the spine and staple holes near the spine. N.p. unknown
ref. 171731N.p.: N.p. 1995. Revised Draft script for the 1997 film with rainbow revisions dated variously between April 8 and May 6 1996. Bound in at the rear of the script are a shooting schedule and a cast and crew contact list. Based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel the third in his L.A. Quartet series. Three detectives are tasked with investigating a serious of grisly murders in 1950s Los Angeles which they learn are linked to a notorious gang leader high-class escorts and widespread corruption within the police force. A formidable nod to film noir. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Kim Basinger. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Lacking title page presumably as issued or used. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered "68-70". Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between April 8 and May 6 1996. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1938ref. 151968Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Jean Gabin and Julien Carette. Based on the 1890 social realist novel by Emile Zola. Director Jean Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Jean Gabin. Remade in the US by Fritz Lang in 1954 as "Human Desire." 15.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with creasing to far bottom corners with a small bruise on right side small crease to top right and a very small closed tear in top margin. Criterion Collection 324. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Paris Film unknown
ref. 167971N.p.: N.p. 1994. Early Draft script for the 1995 film dated 2/21/94 nearly eight months before the beginning of the production. Manuscript post-it note in an unknown hand affixed to the front wrapper apparently from a script reader detailing themes and concepts gleaned from a first review of the script. In the late 19th century a mild-mannered accountant goes on the run after killing a man later befriending a Native American who believes he is the reincarnation of poet William Blake. Jim Jarmusch's sixth film a dreamlike black-and-white Western described by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as an "acid Western." Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Arizona Nevada Oregon Washington and California. Clear plastic front wrapper with a black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 2/21/94 noted as copy No. 19 in manuscript ink with a credit for Jarmusch. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus moderately foxed on the first and last leaves and page edges wrapper Very Good bound internally with three silver brads. Criterion Collection 919. Pitts 992. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
ref. 172342Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Not to be confused with the 2003 remake starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. Based on the 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers who also wrote the screenplay about a feuding mother and daughter who magically switch bodies for a day allowing each to gain sympathy for the other. A star vehicle for Jodie Foster and one of the last films before Foster began transitioning to more adult roles. Yellow titled wrappers dated July 15 1975 noted as Shooting Script and production No. 0151 on the front wrapper with credit for Rodgers. Title page integral with the first page of text noted as production No. 0151 and dated 7/15/75. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus moderately faded to the edges bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1957ref. 161410N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs except for two cast photographs with text in margin struck at the production company Twentieth Century Fox and title "Down Payment" with correction stamps of "Jerry Wald" and "No Down Payment" adjacent. Based on the 1957 novel by John McPartland. An examination of the intertwined lives of four married couples in a newly constructed suburban Los Angeles community and the issues they harbor such as alcoholism marital infidelity racism and religion. Script written by uncredited and blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow and fronted by Philip Yordan. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather finding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/57 and 6/17/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near FIne. Selby US. Spicer US. Jerry Wald Productions unknown
ref. 143238Tokyo/Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1970. Final script for the 1970 Japanese film seen here under the alternate title "Zatochi: The Killer's Song." Single folded leaf with a xerographically duplicated character list laid in with single manuscript ink notation. Text in Japanese. The longest-running action series in Japanese history and one of the screen's great heroes the character of Zatoichi a blind masseur and swordmaster was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa first appearing on film in 1962. A total of 26 films were made from 1962 to 1989. "Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival" is the 21st film of the series where Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband. Set in the Japanese Edo period. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered c-50. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on papers edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Criterion Collection 679. Daiei Studios unknown
