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1929ref. 151068N.p.: N.p. 1929. Seven vintage oversize double weight reference photographs four of William Dieterle and Lien Deyers two of Dieterle and one of Dieterle and Nikolai Malikoff from the 1929 German silent film-made prior to Dieterle fleeing Germany. Viola von Birkenfeld Deyers falls madly in love with the young Friedrich von Bornim Dieterle while he cares for her grandfather after an accident. Upon finding out Friedrich is married her grandfather seeks retribution for breaking his granddaughter's heart. 15.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2011ref. 167669Burbank CA: DMP Productions 2011. Vintage set designer's reference bible for the 2011 film with 18 full-color film sets represented. The seventh Muppets feature film in which Kermit and two human friends attempt to reunite the Muppets who have been disbanded for years in order to save the Muppet Theater from destruction. Intended to revive the franchise after years of inactivity following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets in 2004. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie's "Man or Muppet." Set in Los Angeles Paris Reno and the fictional city of Smalltown and shot on location in Los Angeles Reno and Zürich. Housed in a generic white three-ring binder with board inserts noting the film's title and the names email addresses and phone numbers of leadman Lou Mugavero decorator Tracey Doyle and assistant decorator Leighanne Haddock. Binder and contents about Fine. DMP Productions unknown books
ref. 152444N.p.: N.p. 1994. Collection of 17 vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film by photographer Shade Rupe. Variously featured are director Abel Ferrara actress Lili Taylor cinematographer Ken Kelsch screenwriter Nicholas St. John and other cast and crew members all photographed over the course of a single evening near Manhattan's Puck Building Lafayette Street an alley off Jersey Street NYU and Keith Haring's Pop Shop on Lafayette Street. Struck in 2020 from Rupe's original negatives these being the only existing prints. Full provenance available with letter from Rupe stating "no other prints have ever or will ever be struck." Stamp on verso of each photo crediting Rupe as photographer. A conceptual black-and-white reimagining of the vampire movie about a philosophy graduate student who is forced to reconsider the nature of evil and humanity after succumbing to a vampire and developing an addiction to human blood. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. 12 x 9 inches. Fine. Arrow 1769. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
ref. 166735Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Laid in is a map with directions to a location shooting. One of most successful action films of the 1990s and a peak for actor Harrison Ford. Based on the 1963-1963 ABC television series created by Roy Huggins which itself was loosely inspired by the 1954 trial of Sam Sheppard. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble who after being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death escapes from custody and sets out to find the real killer and clear his name all while being hunted by the police and a team of US Marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jones. Set in and shot on location in North Carolina and Chicago Illinois. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 25 1993 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeb Stuart. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 02/02/93. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Penzler 101. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 164092N.p.: N.p. 1969. Archive of 339 contact sheets comprising over 6750 studio still and on-the-set images from renowned still photographer Muky from the 1969 film. The archive is bound in two three-ring binders each labeled with the title "Directed by Arthur Penn" and "Still Photographs by Muky" with the binders labeled "Volume 1" and "Volume 2" on the spine respectively. The contact sheets in the archive are nearly all mounted back-to-back and affixed to the left edge with binders tape each with a three-hole punch to the binders tape. Muky born Menyhert Munkacsi was a renowned photographer for over 60 years and one of the foremost still photographers in the movie industry for over 25 years. Beginning as a photographer for theatrical productions in Budapest Hungary Muky was hired by Warner Brothers in the mid 1930s. By the 1950's Muky was one of Hollywood's most well respected still photographers. After relocating to New York in the mid 1950s Muky became perhaps the best known film still photographer in New York. Among the films on which Muky worked include: "12 Angry Men" 1957 "The Apartment" 1960 "The Miracle Worker" 1962 "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 and "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975. Based on Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 339 Contact Sheets 8.5 x 10 inches all but eleven mounted back-to-back. Near Fine overall. Two Binders 11 x 11.5 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing. N.p. unknown books
ref. 161658Miami: Porky's Productions Astral 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Single photocopied manuscript annotation on the title page noting "Received 10/9/80" and a single annotation in manuscript ink on the same page noting copy No. 3. One of the highest grossing films of 1980 and the film that kickstarted the teen sex comedies of the 1980s about a group of high school students who decide to try to lose their virginities at the titular Porky's strip club while running afoul of the local sheriff. Set in the Florida Everglades in 1954 shot on location in Miami Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale Florida and in Santa Monica California. Orange faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present stamped Porky's Productions with credit for writer-director Bob Clark. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two silver screw brads. Arrow 933. Porky's Productions (Astral) unknown books
ref. 167968N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout denoting props and indicating potential script revisions and post-it tags on page fore-edges. Christopher Nolan's markedly darker edgier reboot of the "Batman" cinema franchise charting Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. Followed by "The Dark Knight" 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" 2012. Set in Gotham City and Bhutan shot on location in Iceland the United Kingdom and Chicago. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter David Goyer. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly dampstained on several leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 153631N.p.: N.p. 1983. Final Draft script belonging to actor Ron Travis with his ownership name in manuscript ink on the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Bound in after the script are a substantial number of call sheets cast and crew lists and production memos many with Travis' manuscript ink and pencil annotations. Based on the 1981 novel by Ernest K. Gann and written for the screen by Marc Norman who along with Tom Stoppard won the Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love." A curmudgeonly pilot who finds himself stranded in the wilderness with his sole passenger a wealthy sixteen-year-old girl after crash-landing on a remote mountain ridge populated by ravenous wolves. Shot on location in Yugoslavia Croatia and Slovenia. Generic report wrappers mylar front wrapper and blue plastic rear wrapper as housed by Travis on the set. Title page present dated 22 October 1983 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman and novelist Ernest K. Gann. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good pages lightly soiled and edgeworn throughout bound internally with a single gold prong. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 164210Beverly Hills CA: Campbell Silver Cosby 1968. Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Dalton Trumbo's meditation on the horror of war was first published in 1939 by J.B. Lippincott winning the National Book Award then called the American Book Sellers Award and was subsequently serialized in 1940 in the leftist newspaper "The Daily Worker." Trumbo's left-leaning views and ultimately his direct association with the Communist Party in the early 1940s caused him to be called before the House Un-American Activities committee where along with nine other writers and directors he refused to testify about Communist activity in Hollywood. The group dubbed The Hollywood Ten was subsequently blacklisted and Trumbo spent eleven months in prison. Thirty years after the book's publication Trumbo himself directed the film adaptation of his novel which won the Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 21 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for Trumbo. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated yellow blue pink and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled bound with two gold brads. Campbell, Silver, Cosby unknown books
1961ref. 156240Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Revised Final Draft script for the 1962 film. Based on Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" as well as his "Nick Adams" stories about a 19-year-old who leaves his Michigan home holding various jobs before signing up to become an ambulance driver for the Italian Army during World War I. Nominated for five Golden Globes including Best Drama and Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in Mellen Wisconsin and in Verona Italy. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated October 17 1961. Title page present dated October 17 1961 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter A.E. Hotchner. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 67. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/23/61 and 11/27/61. Pages with silverfish damage to the top of the confidentiality page and a small amount to the top of the title page else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1935ref. 150693N.p.: N.p. 1935. Three original photographs of Frank Capra and Gary Cooper on the set of the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph referring to the film by its working title "Opera Hat" along with the stamp of photographer A.L. Schafer and one photograph with a date stamp reading April 20 1936 on the verso. The first photo shows Capra with the film script in hand standing next to a wall calendar that prominently reads "Friday December 13th" the day the film was announced. The second is a candid shot of Capra and Gary Cooper and the third is a candid photo of Capra standing in the balcony of one of the film's sets. A small town man discovers he is the sole beneficiary of his estranged and incredibly wealthy uncle's estate and must move to New York to claim his inheritance becoming a moving target for a number of scammers in the process. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 161404Los Angeles: RKO Studios Inc 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1951 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Seven reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages each with an RKO photographer stamp for Rod Tolmie on the verso. Original wrapper bound in with manuscript ink and wax pencil annotations of "Files" to the top right and "Changes" Retakes" and "Inserts" each followed by one to three dates center. Script followed by eight pages of "Retakes . After credits." Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Farley Granger stars as a mild mannered accountant whose wife played by Shelley Winters mistakes a small dog who follows him home-and is wanted by the mob-as a forgotten anniversary gift. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light green cloth with dark green quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 9 1951 noted as REVISED FINAL SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Beck. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/51 and 4/21/51. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with light rubbing to the crown and corners. RKO Studios, Inc unknown books
1962ref. 156730N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the classic 1962 film. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall in a dialogue-free role as Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown books
1938ref. 140293Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Based on the short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana Burnet and published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on September 14 1918. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Jimmy Stewart plays an idealistic soldier who convinces a Broadway star Margaret Sullavan to pretend they're dating in order to impress his other soldier friends. Meanwhile Sullivan's manager Walter Pidgeon has always been in love with her and objects to the pair's closeness even as they decide to get married before Stewart is shipped out to France. Stewart and Sullivan pull off surprisingly believable roles for a plot of such sickly sweetness in this their second on-screen pairing. The third film based on Burnet's "Saturday Evening Post" story the first two being the 1919 George Melford silent film "Pettigrew's Girl" and Richard Wallace's part-talkie "The Shopworn Angel" 1928 starring Gary Cooper. Set in New York. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2268 and production No. 25077 dated 3/16/38 with credits for producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Waldo Salt. Distribution receipt laid into the script. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1963ref. 156277Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1963. Collection of 15 vintage double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1963 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 second entry in Ingmar Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy a series of films that launched a new and important phase in the director's career. A quiet relentless meditation on the nature of faith imperfection and beauty. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Generally Very Good plus some with pinholes and small closed tears. Criterion Collection 210. Ebert III. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1965ref. 143249Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1965. Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 film. The set is housed in its original titled brown paper envelope from the film's distributor Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC. Based on the 1962 novel "Obsession" by Lionel White about a unhappily married man who goes on a traveling crime spree with an ex-girlfriend who herself is being pursued by right wing paramilitary hit men. 9.5 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 421. Godard Histoires de cinema. Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown books
ref. 152594N.p.: N.p. 1972. Archive of material for an unproduced film dated variously between 1971 and 1972 including one First Draft script one Revised Second Draft script with manuscript ink annotations noting substantive revisions and deletions one typed letter from screenwriter Frank Conroy and eighteen handwritten revision pages with corresponding printed pages addressing the revisions. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on the 1969 Edgar Award-winning novel "A Time of Predators" by Joe Gores about a Stanford University professor seeking revenge for the rape and murder of his wife by a street gang. An association between two prolific American authors one a genre writer and the other a novelist and director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop for 18 years. Set in San Francisco. First Draft: Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated 3/22 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Second Draft: Maroon titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerogrphic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. All other materials Very Good plus lightly age-toned and edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
ref. 160816N.p.: Crossbow Productions 1980. Three vintage oversize printed set illustrations and one original graphite set illustration from the 1981 film. Two printed illustrations stamped with a Crossbow Productions title block crediting production designer Harold Michelson and art director Norm Newberry on the bottom right corners of the rectos. The oversize printed illustrations depict two grand designs for the Roman Empire sequence and one for the French Revolution sequence while the graphite illustration depicts a design for the Temple of Eros sequence. An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and "Jacques le gar on de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space." Printed illustrations: 42.5 x 26 inches to 44.25 x 28.25 inches. Folded horizontally and vertically. About Near Fine overall. Graphite illustration: 16.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with a chip at the top left corner. Rosenbaum 1000. Crossbow Productions unknown books
ref. 163896Hollywood: Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2003 film. Working copy belonging to director and producer Neil LaBute annotated throughout bound in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including handwritten shot sequences color photos contact sheets shooting and post-production schedules and location and vendor lists. Laid in with the binder are three borderless wardrobe test photographs of actor Paul Rudd in costume an additional white set of revision pages a manuscript shot breakdown in LaBute's hand and three xerographically duplicated images of Rudd with a prosthetic neck. Laid into the front of the binder is a full-page newspaper advertisement for LaBute's play. Based on the 2001 play written by LaBute. A pitch-black comedy about a frumpy literature major whose personality and appearance begins to change as he is wooed by a beautiful graduate art student. Title page present dated December 12 2001 with credit for LaBute. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between January 21 and February 8 2002. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 145326N.p.: n.p. 1969. Early Draft script though noted as a "Final Draft screenplay" for the 1971 film dated two years prior to its release. The number "283" is annotated in faded manuscript ink at the top right corner of the title page. A young woman receives an obscene phone call and becomes obsessed with the anonymous caller trying to track him down. An important slightly experimental X-rated comedy that is ground zero in the history early 1970s sexual climate in America predicting the more conventional porn chic that would land with the release of "Deep Throat" the following year. Set in New York City shot on location in New York City. Maroon titled studio duplicating leather wrappers. Title page present dated June 25 1969 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Nelson Lyon. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated 10/8/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some soil bound with two gold screws. Vinegar Syndrome 7. n.p. unknown books
ref. 158369N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting a phone number. Based on Paul Bowles' 1952 novel about an American living in Tangiers whose attempts to explore the city's dangerous underbelly lead to his own downfall. Screenwriter Gary Conklin directed and produced a documentary about Bowles "Paul Bowles in Morocco" 1970. Set in Tangiers Morocco. OCLC and AMPAS locate no holdings. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Paul Bowles and screenwriter Gary Conklin. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few splashes throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 158138Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Archive of three draft scripts for the 1981 film including a First Draft script a Final Draft script and a "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script for the 1981 film dated between June 29 1979 and February 13 1981. The first two drafts are under the working title "Family Dream." Two of the three scripts show an annotation in manuscript ink amending the film's title on title page. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. First Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated June 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Final Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated September 21 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Roger L. Simon and Lonne Elder III. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script: Under the working title "Richard Pryor's New Movie Formerly: Family Dream." Salmon titled wrappers noted as Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes on the front wrapper dated February 13 1981. Title page present dated February 13 1981 noted as Second Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story by Richard Pryor. With pink and blue revision leaves throughout. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 2/13/81 and 2/18/81. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
ref. 163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue. A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown books
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown books
ref. 168793N.p.: N.p. 1987. Archive of three original early Draft scripts for the 1989 film all three dated eleven to thirteen months prior to the commencement of the production in October of 1988. An internally duplicated Third Draft script dated September 1 1989 with the annotations of the title and an unknown crew member's illegible initials on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil annotations on eight pages one on the verso. Bound in following the script is a title page for a previous Third Draft script dated July 28 1987 with a copied "Received / Sep 2 1987 / Story Library" stamp on the bottom of the page. An internally duplicated Draft script dated September 25 1987 with the annotations of the title and date on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on nine pages including many of the same notes as on the previous draft. And an internally duplicated Third Draft script housed in a two-ring binder dated November 10 1987 with manuscript ink annotations on three pages. All three scripts with screenwriting credits for "RJ" Roland Joffé. Director and screenwriter Roland Joffé's epic historical war drama about the Manhattan Project and the development of the first atomic bomb starring Paul Newman as General Leslie Groves who directed the Manhattan Project and Dwight Schultz as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Shot on location in Mexico and San Francisco. Third Draft September 1 1987: Black untitled wrappers with the annotation of the title in white ink. Title page present dated September 1 1987 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter "RJ" Roland Joffé. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a prong binding. September 25 1987 Draft script: Blue untitled wrappers with the annotations of the title and September 25 1987 in black ink. Title page present dated September 25 1987 with credits for screenwriter "RJ" Roland Joffé. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a prong binding. Third Draft November 10 1987: Housed in a generic black untitled two-ring binder. Title page present dated November 10 1987 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter "RJ" Roland Joffé. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
