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1965ref. 158305N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film here under the working title "Billy." Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page amending the title to "Original Dracula Meets Billy the Kid." Copy likely belonging to screenwriter Carl K. Hittleman with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on virtually every page amending dialogue and scene numbers with two unnumbered pages bound in created on a different typewriter. Dracula travels to the American West intent on making the fiancée of the now reformed Billy the Kid his next victim. One of director William Beaudine's final films originally released on a double bill with Beaudine's other Western horror picture "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter." Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Carl K. Hittleman. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine with cello tape repair and reinforcement to final page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 143218Tokyo: Gendai Eigasha 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Front wrapper notes a date of 1969 and credit as a Gendai Eigasha production. The second page is a elegaic introduction to the film story: "On the erotology and insurrection of sugi Sakae who wrote of dancing as flowers strangled and left in spring and It Noe who lived her entire life in confused beauty-we the youth and you and I in our degenerate joy which reaches an unbalanced complicity are talking." Based on the life of anarchist Sakae sugi and his relationship with three women.It is the first film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism followed by "Heroic Purgatory" 1970 and "Coup d'Etat" 1973. Considered to be one of the most representative films from the Japanese New Wave movement. Set in and shot on location in Japan. White titled wrappers dated 1969. Title page present. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered d-44. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with mild foxing on rear wrapper title on spine. Gendai Eigasha unknown
1969ref. 143218Tokyo: Gendai Eigasha 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Front wrapper notes a date of 1969 and credit as a Gendai Eigasha production. The second page is a elegaic introduction to the film story: "On the erotology and insurrection of sugi Sakae who wrote of dancing as flowers strangled and left in spring and It Noe who lived her entire life in confused beauty-we the youth and you and I in our degenerate joy which reaches an unbalanced complicity are talking." Based on the life of anarchist Sakae sugi and his relationship with three women.It is the first film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism followed by "Heroic Purgatory" 1970 and "Coup d'Etat" 1973. Considered to be one of the most representative films from the Japanese New Wave movement. Set in and shot on location in Japan. White titled wrappers dated 1969. Title page present. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered d-44. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with mild foxing on rear wrapper title on spine. Gendai Eigasha unknown books
ref. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical undated circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page. Full provenance available. A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar Jimmy Carl Black and Zappa himself. Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat" an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical undated circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page. Full provenance available. A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar Jimmy Carl Black and Zappa himself. Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat" an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 153250N.p.: N.p. 1975. Archive of 95 vintage borderless reference photographs essentially keybook photos demonstrating sequences from the 1975 French pornographic film. Included with the collection is a French pressbook for the film. Class barriers dissolve and invert in unusual and unexpected ways at the reading of an aristocratic patriarch's will. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 160. N.p. unknown
ref. 153250N.p.: N.p. 1975. Archive of 95 vintage borderless reference photographs essentially keybook photos demonstrating sequences from the 1975 French pornographic film. Included with the collection is a French pressbook for the film. Class barriers dissolve and invert in unusual and unexpected ways at the reading of an aristocratic patriarch's will. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 160. N.p. unknown books
ref. 172179N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early Draft script for the 1979 film dated October 31 1977 two years before the film's release. Seen here under the working title "Rocky II: Redemption." Sequel to the 1976 box office hit. Rocky returns to fight world champion Apollo Creed hoping to regain his honor and prove his worth in a rematch. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1977 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 101 leaves with last page numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 172180N.p.: N.p. 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1982 film dated September 12 1980 two years before the film's release. The third film in the massively successful Rocky series set five years after "Rocky II." Rocky loses both his heavyweight title and his trainer to competitor Clubber Lang and must start from scratch to regain his glory. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 12 1980 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 117 leaves with last page numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 172179N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early Draft script for the 1979 film dated October 31 1977 two years before the film's release. Seen here under the working title "Rocky II: Redemption." Sequel to the 1976 box office hit. Rocky returns to fight world champion Apollo Creed hoping to regain his honor and prove his worth in a rematch. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1977 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 101 leaves with last page numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 172180N.p.: N.p. 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1982 film dated September 12 1980 two years before the film's release. The third film in the massively successful Rocky series set five years after "Rocky II." Rocky loses both his heavyweight title and his trainer to competitor Clubber Lang and must start from scratch to regain his glory. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 12 1980 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 117 leaves with last page numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 161400N.p.: N.p. 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 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. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" wherein a Christian missionary makes the salvation of a Hawaiian nightclub singer his personal project. Set and shot on location in Kauai Hawaii. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated March 31 1953 noted as THIRD REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harry Kleiner. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink teal goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between April 3 1953 and June 5 1953. Pages Near FIne binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 161400N.p.: N.p. 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 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. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" wherein a Christian missionary makes the salvation of a Hawaiian nightclub singer his personal project. Set and shot on location in Kauai Hawaii. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated March 31 1953 noted as THIRD REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harry Kleiner. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink teal goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between April 3 1953 and June 5 1953. Pages Near FIne binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 143374Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Treatment script for the 1959 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel by Tanizaki Jun'ichir "Kagi" or "The Key". Annotations and stamps throughout noting a date of March 28 1959 mention of a presentation and "Script Research Library Holding." Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from the 1956 novel "The Key" by Jun'ichir Tanizaki and remade Tinto Brass Koji Wakamatsu and others. A satirical late-noir treatise on the decay of human physical ability mental health and sexual desire told in a seemingly reserved family context with stunning cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa "Yojimbo" "Rashomon" "Floating Weeds" and cinematic style that masterfully blends Ozu and Hitchcock. Restored in 2024 by the Kadokawa Corporation for screening at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and subsequent international screenings through 2026. Shot on location in Japan. Titles and text in Japanese. White titled wrappers with black and gold titles and various rubber stamps on the front wrapper. Title page not present. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-28." Mechanical duplication. Near Fine with light age toning. Daiei Studios unknown
1959ref. 143374Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Treatment script for the 1959 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel by Tanizaki Jun'ichir "Kagi" or "The Key". Annotations and stamps throughout noting a date of March 28 1959 mention of a presentation and "Script Research Library Holding." Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from the 1956 novel "The Key" by Jun'ichir Tanizaki and remade Tinto Brass Koji Wakamatsu and others. A satirical late-noir treatise on the decay of human physical ability mental health and sexual desire told in a seemingly reserved family context with stunning cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa "Yojimbo" "Rashomon" "Floating Weeds" and cinematic style that masterfully blends Ozu and Hitchcock. Restored in 2024 by the Kadokawa Corporation for screening at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and subsequent international screenings through 2026. Shot on location in Japan. Titles and text in Japanese. White titled wrappers with black and gold titles and various rubber stamps on the front wrapper. Title page not present. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-28." Mechanical duplication. Near Fine with light age toning. Daiei Studios unknown books
ref. 159835New York: Rollins and Joffe Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the title page striking the working title "El Weirdo." The draft notably features the film's original ending which Woody Allen's editor Ralph Rosenblum convinced him to replace showing Allen emerging from a bombing in inadvertent sooty blackface and participating in a Black uprising on a university campus. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Allen's third feature film the first in which he had nearly full creative control and the third and final film he wrote with Mickey Rose. Preceded by "What's Up Tiger Lily" 1966 and "Take the Money and Run" 1969. Set in the fictional "banana republic" of San Marcos and shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. Black Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with a rubber stamped titled label. Title page present dated March 24 1970 with credits for screenwriters Woody Allen and Mickey Rose. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-28-70 and 4-30-28. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Rollins and Joffe Productions unknown
ref. 159835New York: Rollins and Joffe Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the title page striking the working title "El Weirdo." The draft notably features the film's original ending which Woody Allen's editor Ralph Rosenblum convinced him to replace showing Allen emerging from a bombing in inadvertent sooty blackface and participating in a Black uprising on a university campus. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Allen's third feature film the first in which he had nearly full creative control and the third and final film he wrote with Mickey Rose. Preceded by "What's Up Tiger Lily" 1966 and "Take the Money and Run" 1969. Set in the fictional "banana republic" of San Marcos and shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. Black Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with a rubber stamped titled label. Title page present dated March 24 1970 with credits for screenwriters Woody Allen and Mickey Rose. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-28-70 and 4-30-28. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Rollins and Joffe Productions unknown books
ref. 29792Culver City Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM July 24 1928. Original yellow wrappers preserved with some marginal loss on later card covers 303 x 230 mm front wrapper with typed title at centre '""The Mysterious Island"" / Screen Play / by / Lucien Hubbard'; at top right is typed 'Prod. No. 273' and at lower right 'Script Okayed by Mr. Thalberg. July 24 1928'; above the title is the original MGM studio label rubber-stamped 'No. 4664' with the typed film title and same date of July 24 1928; the pencilled name 'Jane Daly' i.e. Jacqueline Gadsden above the label appears to be written in the film star's own hand while her name is also written in pencil but in a different hand near the foot of the front wrapper; 121 leaves 280 x 215 mm mimeograph duplication; the film's title crediting Hubbard as the screenwriter and dated July 24 1928 is integral with the first page of the script; contents very clean throughout corners a little dog-eared with the two original brads in place. Rare and important draft shooting script for the Hollywood film The Mysterious Island. Loosely adapted from Jules Verne's science fiction novel L’ile mystérieuse this MGM production - a part-talkie - was filmed in two-strip Technicolour and had a checkered production history: shooting had commenced in 1926 but the film was not released until 5 October 1929. Lucien Hubbard 1888-1971 was officialy credited as the writer of the screenplay and as director even though scenes shot earlier by Maurice Tourneur and Benjamin Christensen - both removed from the project by Irving Thalberg because of their painstaking approach to filmmaking - were used in the final version. Lucien Hubbard is today perhaps best-known as the producer of the silent film Wings 1927 for which he won an Academy Award. Until recently a single ten-minute reel with a colour sequence in the UCLA Film and Television Archive was thought to be the only portion of The Mysterious Island that had survived in Technicolour although complete black-and-white prints had always been known. Then in 2013 experts from George Eastman House discovered that a colour print had been preserved in the Czech National Film Archive; the restored colour print of the film was screened at the 33rd Pordenone Silent Film Festival in October 2014. The cast of The Mysterious Island included Lionel Barrymore Count Andre Dakkar Jane Daly Jacqueline Gadsden Sonia Lloyd Hughes Nikolai Montagu Love Falon Harry Gribbon Mikhail Snitz Edwards Anton Gibson Gowland Dmitry Dolores Brinkman Teresa and Major Roup an underwater creature. Art direction was by Cedric Gibbons with technical effects by James Basevi Louis H. Tolhurst and Irving R. Ries. Jacqueline Gadsden 1900-1986 was an American film actress during the silent era. Her most famous role was in It 1927 in which she starred alongsde Clara Bow. In 1924 she had married William Harry Daly and in fact she made two other films in the same year that The Mysterious Island was released 1929 - one for Columbia and another for MGM - in which she was billed under the name Jane Daly. The Mysterious Island was her last film prior to retirement from motion pictures. Â unknown
ref. 154198Marina del Rey: First American Films 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name on the front wrapper and title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Missing seven pages likely as used or issued. Screenwriter Stephanie Rothman worked as one of two female directors the other being Barbara Peeters at Roger Corman's New World Pictures most notably directing the films "The Student Nurses" 1970 and "Terminal Island" 1974. Rothman was initially intended to direct "Starhops" but executives at Dimension Pictures chose to drastically rewrite the script and hire Peeters as director instead leading Rothman to remove her name from the script. The script on offer here is solely authored by Rothman. Set and shot on location in Venice Beach. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephanie Rothman. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with faint foxing to the final leaf and light rusting to the binding bound internally with a silver prong. First American Films unknown
ref. 154198Marina del Rey: First American Films 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name on the front wrapper and title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Missing seven pages likely as used or issued. Screenwriter Stephanie Rothman worked as one of two female directors the other being Barbara Peeters at Roger Corman's New World Pictures most notably directing the films "The Student Nurses" 1970 and "Terminal Island" 1974. Rothman was initially intended to direct "Starhops" but executives at Dimension Pictures chose to drastically rewrite the script and hire Peeters as director instead leading Rothman to remove her name from the script. The script on offer here is solely authored by Rothman. Set and shot on location in Venice Beach. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephanie Rothman. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with faint foxing to the final leaf and light rusting to the binding bound internally with a silver prong. First American Films unknown books
1966ref. 154165Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name on the title page and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Miller was initially cast in the role of Leroy although a motorcycle crash during filming left him with several broken ribs leading to his replacement by actor George Sims. From the estate of Dick Miller. Violence threatens to erupt in a small town when a gang of former Hell's Angels bikers are wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. One of a handful of films in which actor John Cassavetes agreed to star in order to secure financing for his independent 1968 film "Faces." Shot on location throughout Arizona. Red titled American International Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 12-7-66 with credits for screenwriter Charles B. Griffith. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12-7-66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1966ref. 154165Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name on the title page and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Miller was initially cast in the role of Leroy although a motorcycle crash during filming left him with several broken ribs leading to his replacement by actor George Sims. From the estate of Dick Miller. Violence threatens to erupt in a small town when a gang of former Hell's Angels bikers are wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. One of a handful of films in which actor John Cassavetes agreed to star in order to secure financing for his independent 1968 film "Faces." Shot on location throughout Arizona. Red titled American International Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 12-7-66 with credits for screenwriter Charles B. Griffith. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12-7-66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
ref. 148727Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England. Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities. Arrow 2164. Toei unknown
ref. 148727Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England. Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities. Arrow 2164. Toei unknown books
1956ref. 143240Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. First Draft script for the 1956 film. Title in English on rear wrapper. Based on a 1946 children's novel by Michio Takeyama about a conscience-driven Japanese soldier who adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk after he fails to get his countrymen to surrender to an overwhelming force. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set in Burma during WWll shot on location in Burma and near the Izu Peninsula in Japan. White titled wrappers. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with some toning due to age wrapper Very Good with mild foxing and light water damage near spine. Criterion Collection 379. Eureka Masters of Cinema 12. Nikkatsu unknown
