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1997ref. 138625Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 166665N.p.: N.p. 1988. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 film including three showing cast and crew members between takes on the set. Based on Milan Kundera's 1984 novel set during the Prague Spring about a womanizing brain surgeon who struggles between his childlike wife and his free-spirited lover. Set in 1960s Prague and Switzerland shot on location in Paris and Lyon France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 55. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 166665N.p.: N.p. 1988. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 film including three showing cast and crew members between takes on the set. Based on Milan Kundera's 1984 novel set during the Prague Spring about a womanizing brain surgeon who struggles between his childlike wife and his free-spirited lover. Set in 1960s Prague and Switzerland shot on location in Paris and Lyon France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 55. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 141710N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River." Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 141710N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River." Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 148430Los Angeles: Eagle-Lion Films 1948. Vintage US lobby card for the 1948 film noir here under the alternate title "The Scar." With brief manuscript annotations to the verso. Based on the 1946 novel wherein a desperate con man on the run from the mob goes into hiding by impersonating a psychiatrist unaware that the doctor has his own debts to pay. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Eagle-Lion Films unknown
1948ref. 148430Los Angeles: Eagle-Lion Films 1948. Vintage US lobby card for the 1948 film noir here under the alternate title "The Scar." With brief manuscript annotations to the verso. Based on the 1946 novel wherein a desperate con man on the run from the mob goes into hiding by impersonating a psychiatrist unaware that the doctor has his own debts to pay. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Eagle-Lion Films unknown books
1977ref. 170411N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 Canadian film both showing actress Marilyn Chambers. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body about a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops a phallic blood-sucking stinger in an orifice under one of her armpits. Set and shot on location in Toronto. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 170411N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 Canadian film both showing actress Marilyn Chambers. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body about a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops a phallic blood-sucking stinger in an orifice under one of her armpits. Set and shot on location in Toronto. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 164015N.p.: N.p. 1995. Archive of three original scripts and a collection of green revision scripts for the 1996 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Archive includes: A Fourth Draft script on pink and yellow leaves copy belonging to Construction Foreman Ramsey Smith with the manuscript ink annotations of "Ramsey S." and copy number "98" on the title page. A Third Draft script on blue leaves copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris Scher" and copy number "88" on the title page. A Second Draft script on white leaves with a manuscript marker annotation of "1/" on the title page. And a collection of 53 green revision pages for the Fourth Draft script copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris" and copy number "94" on the title page. Based on the 1984 play by Michael Brady. On the second anniversary of his wife Gillian's Michelle Pfeiffer death and birthday David Peter Gallagher who spends his evenings walking the beach talking with his wife's ghost has his in-laws come to stay for the weekend with him his daughter and her friend hoping to snap him back into the present. 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. Set in Nantucket Massachusetts shot on location in Massachusetts North Carolina and California. Fourth Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only on pink and yellow revision pages dated September 27 1995 and September 28 1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Third Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 11 1995 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 25 1995 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper CONDITIONWRAPPER bound with two gold brads. Green Revision Pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 4 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 164015N.p.: N.p. 1995. Archive of three original scripts and a collection of green revision scripts for the 1996 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Archive includes: A Fourth Draft script on pink and yellow leaves copy belonging to Construction Foreman Ramsey Smith with the manuscript ink annotations of "Ramsey S." and copy number "98" on the title page. A Third Draft script on blue leaves copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris Scher" and copy number "88" on the title page. A Second Draft script on white leaves with a manuscript marker annotation of "1/" on the title page. And a collection of 53 green revision pages for the Fourth Draft script copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris" and copy number "94" on the title page. Based on the 1984 play by Michael Brady. On the second anniversary of his wife Gillian's Michelle Pfeiffer death and birthday David Peter Gallagher who spends his evenings walking the beach talking with his wife's ghost has his in-laws come to stay for the weekend with him his daughter and her friend hoping to snap him back into the present. 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. Set in Nantucket Massachusetts shot on location in Massachusetts North Carolina and California. Fourth Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only on pink and yellow revision pages dated September 27 1995 and September 28 1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Third Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 11 1995 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 25 1995 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper CONDITIONWRAPPER bound with two gold brads. Green Revision Pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 4 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 150547N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Peter O'Toole Gamil Ratib and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 10.25 x 8 inches. Some edge and corner wear else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 150547N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Peter O'Toole Gamil Ratib and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 10.25 x 8 inches. Some edge and corner wear else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
2014ref. 158644Oxford MS: Zach Tutor 2014. Limited Edition fine art giclee print one of 25 unnumbered and unsigned copies designed by artist Zach Tutor for the 2001 film circa 2014. Tutor exhibited the dark and haunting artwork as part of the exhibition "In Dreams: An Art Show Tribute to the Films of David Lynch" at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco March 8 through March 29 2014. Zach Tutor is an artist and curator living in Oxford Mississippi. Named one of the "100 Best Southern Artists" by Oxford American in 2012 he has written for Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose magazines curates artists for The People's Printshop in Berkeley California runs the virtual exhibition space Supersonic Art Shop and since 2012 has curated the acclaimed yearly contemporary art showcase the Supersonic Invitational at Spoke Art Gallery and Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco and New York. Lynch's dreamlike neo-noir fable of the Hollywood dream turned nightmare featuring outstanding performances by leads Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in dual roles which darkly shift midway through the narrative. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 779. Ebert IV. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Zach Tutor unknown
2014ref. 158644Oxford MS: Zach Tutor 2014. Limited Edition fine art giclee print one of 25 unnumbered and unsigned copies designed by artist Zach Tutor for the 2001 film circa 2014. Tutor exhibited the dark and haunting artwork as part of the exhibition "In Dreams: An Art Show Tribute to the Films of David Lynch" at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco March 8 through March 29 2014. Zach Tutor is an artist and curator living in Oxford Mississippi. Named one of the "100 Best Southern Artists" by Oxford American in 2012 he has written for Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose magazines curates artists for The People's Printshop in Berkeley California runs the virtual exhibition space Supersonic Art Shop and since 2012 has curated the acclaimed yearly contemporary art showcase the Supersonic Invitational at Spoke Art Gallery and Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco and New York. Lynch's dreamlike neo-noir fable of the Hollywood dream turned nightmare featuring outstanding performances by leads Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in dual roles which darkly shift midway through the narrative. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 779. Ebert IV. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Zach Tutor unknown books
1994ref. 162973New York: MTV 1994. Four draft scripts 6 treatment scripts and some ephemera related to an unproduced pilot episode of a television series set to air on MTV. Set to star former MTV VJ Ed Marqus this series would have followed a laid-back Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who takes a job teaching a journalism class at a stuffy private high school. Set in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Fourth Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 1 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Third Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated February 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 1: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 12 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 2: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 5 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Treatment script 1: Lacking wrappers. 4 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine unbound. With manuscript ink annotations to each page. Treatment script 2: Lacking wrappers. 2 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with staple at top left corner. Treatment script 3: Lacking wrappers. 3 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near fine bound with staple at top left corner. With manuscript ink annotation to each page. Treatment script 4: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with paperclip at top left corner. Treatment script 5: Lacking wrappers. 13 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only printed on gray stock. Near Fine unbound. Treatment script 6: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Very Good plus bound with paperclip at top left corner. 1 Deal proposal to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic: 2 leaves Near Fine. Housed in a Major Clients Agency envelope Very Good plus with some tearing from opening and with manuscript ink annotation on the verso. 1 set of handwritten notes: 11 leaves rectos only unbound. Very Good plus. All materials housed in a generic three-ring binder. MTV unknown
1994ref. 162973New York: MTV 1994. Four draft scripts 6 treatment scripts and some ephemera related to an unproduced pilot episode of a television series set to air on MTV. Set to star former MTV VJ Ed Marqus this series would have followed a laid-back Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who takes a job teaching a journalism class at a stuffy private high school. Set in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Fourth Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 1 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Third Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated February 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 1: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 12 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 2: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 5 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Treatment script 1: Lacking wrappers. 4 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine unbound. With manuscript ink annotations to each page. Treatment script 2: Lacking wrappers. 2 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with staple at top left corner. Treatment script 3: Lacking wrappers. 3 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near fine bound with staple at top left corner. With manuscript ink annotation to each page. Treatment script 4: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with paperclip at top left corner. Treatment script 5: Lacking wrappers. 13 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only printed on gray stock. Near Fine unbound. Treatment script 6: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Very Good plus bound with paperclip at top left corner. 1 Deal proposal to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic: 2 leaves Near Fine. Housed in a Major Clients Agency envelope Very Good plus with some tearing from opening and with manuscript ink annotation on the verso. 1 set of handwritten notes: 11 leaves rectos only unbound. Very Good plus. All materials housed in a generic three-ring binder. MTV unknown books
1958ref. 143106Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Collection of 109 vintage black-and-white still photographs for the 1958 French film. All photographs with mimeograph series number on the verso. Images of cast and crew expertly captured including director Patelliere working with cameraman on the set. Photographs range in size several with white borders several credit photographer M. Dole on the recto. Housed in original box with "Papiers as de trefle" paper label their "open in red light only" warning and French film title in manuscript ink on the box top. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Photographs from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 9.5 x 12 inches most under 7 inches. Photos Near Fine overall slight curling a few with short creases. Box Very Good. Filmsonor unknown
1958ref. 143106Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Collection of 109 vintage black-and-white still photographs for the 1958 French film. All photographs with mimeograph series number on the verso. Images of cast and crew expertly captured including director Patelliere working with cameraman on the set. Photographs range in size several with white borders several credit photographer M. Dole on the recto. Housed in original box with "Papiers as de trefle" paper label their "open in red light only" warning and French film title in manuscript ink on the box top. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Photographs from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 9.5 x 12 inches most under 7 inches. Photos Near Fine overall slight curling a few with short creases. Box Very Good. Filmsonor unknown books
1967ref. 152118London: Hammer Film Productions 1967. Seven vintage reference photographs including six borderless from the 1967 film. The young queen of Icena agrees to share her throne with Justinian a Roman causing consternation among Britons and Romans alike. Loosely based on the life of British folk hero Boudica a famed ruler of the British Celtic Iceni tribe. Shot on location in Ireland at Powerscourt Waterfall Loch Tay Wicklow Gap Sally Gap and Kilruddery Estate. Six photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 8 x 10.5 inches. Generally Near Fine one Very Good plus overall. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 277-280. Hammer Film Productions unknown
1967ref. 152118London: Hammer Film Productions 1967. Seven vintage reference photographs including six borderless from the 1967 film. The young queen of Icena agrees to share her throne with Justinian a Roman causing consternation among Britons and Romans alike. Loosely based on the life of British folk hero Boudica a famed ruler of the British Celtic Iceni tribe. Shot on location in Ireland at Powerscourt Waterfall Loch Tay Wicklow Gap Sally Gap and Kilruddery Estate. Six photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 8 x 10.5 inches. Generally Near Fine one Very Good plus overall. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 277-280. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1968ref. 163595Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage bound production budget and two cost reports for the 1969 Western film. This grouping of documentation does NOT include the film's script. Based on the 1968 novel by Lewis B. Patten. An old-fashioned lawman is fired after killing a man in self-defense but refuses to resign resulting in violence on both sides. Actor Richard Widmark was dissatisfied with the film's original director Robert Totten and arranged to have him replaced by Don Siegel. Each director felt that the film did not represent his creative vision and the resultant dispute over the directorial credit led the Directors Guild of America to create the pseudonym Alan Smithee. Set in the fictional Cottonwood Springs shot on location in California and Arizona. Tall green Universal Pictures leatherette wrappers dated June 26 1968 noted as production No. 2022 with credits for Totten actors Richard Widmark and Lena Horne and producer Richard Lyons. Approximately 50 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver screw brads. Pitts 1015. Universal Pictures unknown
1968ref. 163595Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage bound production budget and two cost reports for the 1969 Western film. This grouping of documentation does NOT include the film's script. Based on the 1968 novel by Lewis B. Patten. An old-fashioned lawman is fired after killing a man in self-defense but refuses to resign resulting in violence on both sides. Actor Richard Widmark was dissatisfied with the film's original director Robert Totten and arranged to have him replaced by Don Siegel. Each director felt that the film did not represent his creative vision and the resultant dispute over the directorial credit led the Directors Guild of America to create the pseudonym Alan Smithee. Set in the fictional Cottonwood Springs shot on location in California and Arizona. Tall green Universal Pictures leatherette wrappers dated June 26 1968 noted as production No. 2022 with credits for Totten actors Richard Widmark and Lena Horne and producer Richard Lyons. Approximately 50 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver screw brads. Pitts 1015. Universal Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 140666N.p.: Regal Films 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film Laura. A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which when accidentally mixed with human blood turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget $12500 with $25000 for the screenwriters and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. Shot on location in California. Red untitled wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated March 7 1958 with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads. Regal Films unknown
1958ref. 140666N.p.: Regal Films 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film Laura. A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which when accidentally mixed with human blood turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget $12500 with $25000 for the screenwriters and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. Shot on location in California. Red untitled wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated March 7 1958 with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads. Regal Films unknown books
