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1973ref. 163692Los Angeles: Wolper Productions 1973. Treatment script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on November 27 1973 on ABC. An hourlong documentary film about the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War focusing on George Washington's role in the conflict. Beige untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 12 1973 with credit for screenwriter Al Ramrus. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only with three white revision pages dated 6/25/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. Wolper Productions unknown books
1977ref. 142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1977ref. 142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1978ref. 142871Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1978ref. 142871Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 151065N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph with wide vertical right border and cropped bottom of Douglas Sirk and Lana Turner on the set of the 1959 film. "Telegram and Gazette" stamp dated "AUG 15 1958" "Associated Press" stamp and descriptive newspaper clipping of photo now separated all on verso. Based on the 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst. Two single mothers-one white one black-struggle to raise their rebellious daughters. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in New York City shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with two small closed tears in right margin and cropped bottom. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1958ref. 151065N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph with wide vertical right border and cropped bottom of Douglas Sirk and Lana Turner on the set of the 1959 film. "Telegram and Gazette" stamp dated "AUG 15 1958" "Associated Press" stamp and descriptive newspaper clipping of photo now separated all on verso. Based on the 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst. Two single mothers-one white one black-struggle to raise their rebellious daughters. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in New York City shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with two small closed tears in right margin and cropped bottom. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 147050Universal City: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage photograph of Onslow Stevens lighting Lon Chaney Jr.'s way up a macabre stone stairway from the 1945 film. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself John Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1945ref. 147050Universal City: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage photograph of Onslow Stevens lighting Lon Chaney Jr.'s way up a macabre stone stairway from the 1945 film. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself John Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 147444New York: N.p. 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script titled "Kean: A Film Biography" contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script is a Laid in letter as well as photographically duplicated copy signed "Fred" with New York address and telephone number and dated 6/12/83 in manuscript marker from Frederic Kimball to producer Elliott Kastner. Kimball closes the letter with "I hope you are still interested. Al is." likely referring to Al Pacino a longtime confidant and collaborator on films such as "Looking for Richard" 1996 "Author Author" 1982 "Dick Tracy" 1990 and "And Justice for All" 1979. Also laid in is an additional copy of the first page of the First Draft script. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A biopic on the tumultuous life of the 19th century British Shakespearean actor Edumund Kean. 1983 First Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 6/10/86 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound Laid in letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good folded horizontally 1/2" from top with large 2 x 3 inch chip on top left and small closed tears on left side. 1990 Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 1990 with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 147444New York: N.p. 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script titled "Kean: A Film Biography" contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script is a Laid in letter as well as photographically duplicated copy signed "Fred" with New York address and telephone number and dated 6/12/83 in manuscript marker from Frederic Kimball to producer Elliott Kastner. Kimball closes the letter with "I hope you are still interested. Al is." likely referring to Al Pacino a longtime confidant and collaborator on films such as "Looking for Richard" 1996 "Author Author" 1982 "Dick Tracy" 1990 and "And Justice for All" 1979. Also laid in is an additional copy of the first page of the First Draft script. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A biopic on the tumultuous life of the 19th century British Shakespearean actor Edumund Kean. 1983 First Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 6/10/86 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound Laid in letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good folded horizontally 1/2" from top with large 2 x 3 inch chip on top left and small closed tears on left side. 1990 Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 1990 with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 134381Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by Marvin H. Albert based on the 1960 Geoffrey Household novel about an ex-military man with a dark past that comes back to haunt him. "Frances Richardson" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper but this person's role in the film is undetermined. An interesting script with several "storyboard" pages throughout detailing scenery. A story set in Middleburg Virginia circa 1869 just after the defeat of the Confederate Army and nearing the end of the Civil War. Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper copy No. 120 dated January 19 1967. Title page present dated January 19 1967 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Albert and novelist Household. 148 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock with 5 storyboard leaves on white stock. Toning to the wrapper and storyboard leaves and a few light creases to the wrapper else pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1967ref. 134381Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by Marvin H. Albert based on the 1960 Geoffrey Household novel about an ex-military man with a dark past that comes back to haunt him. "Frances Richardson" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper but this person's role in the film is undetermined. An interesting script with several "storyboard" pages throughout detailing scenery. A story set in Middleburg Virginia circa 1869 just after the defeat of the Confederate Army and nearing the end of the Civil War. Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper copy No. 120 dated January 19 1967. Title page present dated January 19 1967 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Albert and novelist Household. 148 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock with 5 storyboard leaves on white stock. Toning to the wrapper and storyboard leaves and a few light creases to the wrapper else pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 167427N.p.: Glen A. Larson Productions 1978. Draft script for the two hour pilot for the 1978-79 NBC series which aired on September 10 1978 here under the working title "Sword of Justice" Created by Glen A. Larson the series lasted for a total of ten episodes including the two-hour pilot found here before ending on July 11 1979 with a second two-hour episode entitled "Blackjack." Playboy Jack Martin Cole Dack Rambo who after being framed for a crime he did not commit and serving three years in jail during which his parents died and his family fortune was nearly destroyed and he learns a variety of criminal skills vows revenge on those responsible. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 9 1978 with credits for screenwriters Glen A. Larson and Michael Gleason. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with foxing on the page edges and foxing edgewear and silverfish damage to the outer leaves bound with two gold brads. Glen A. Larson Productions unknown
1978ref. 167427N.p.: Glen A. Larson Productions 1978. Draft script for the two hour pilot for the 1978-79 NBC series which aired on September 10 1978 here under the working title "Sword of Justice" Created by Glen A. Larson the series lasted for a total of ten episodes including the two-hour pilot found here before ending on July 11 1979 with a second two-hour episode entitled "Blackjack." Playboy Jack Martin Cole Dack Rambo who after being framed for a crime he did not commit and serving three years in jail during which his parents died and his family fortune was nearly destroyed and he learns a variety of criminal skills vows revenge on those responsible. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 9 1978 with credits for screenwriters Glen A. Larson and Michael Gleason. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with foxing on the page edges and foxing edgewear and silverfish damage to the outer leaves bound with two gold brads. Glen A. Larson Productions unknown books
1962ref. 131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown
1962ref. 131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown books
1959ref. 141014N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown
1959ref. 141014N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown books
1988ref. 140598N.p.: Golden Sun / Artisan Entertainment 1988. Draft script for the 1988 film here under the working title "Death Squad." A special forces combat unit is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 8/8/84 with credits for screenwriters Sandra K. Bailey Douglas Borton. 106 leaves mechanical duplication with last page of text numbered 103. Pages near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light rubbing on the front wrapper internally bound with three gold brads. Golden Sun / Artisan Entertainment unknown
1988ref. 140598N.p.: Golden Sun / Artisan Entertainment 1988. Draft script for the 1988 film here under the working title "Death Squad." A special forces combat unit is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 8/8/84 with credits for screenwriters Sandra K. Bailey Douglas Borton. 106 leaves mechanical duplication with last page of text numbered 103. Pages near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light rubbing on the front wrapper internally bound with three gold brads. Golden Sun / Artisan Entertainment unknown books
