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2017ref. 163911London: Blueprint Pictures 2017. Draft script for the 2017 film. Copy belonging to production designer David Wasco with his name watermarked on every leaf. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A Missouri woman rents three billboards to draw attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder setting off a violent chain of reactions among members of her small community and the police officers responsible for overseeing the investigation. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two for Best Supporting Actor for Sam Rockwell and Best Leading Actress for Frances McDormand. 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 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "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 Ebbing Missouri shot on location in Sylva North Carolina. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with one gold and one silver brad. Blueprint Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 153094London: Ned Sherrin 1969. Early Draft script for the 1970 British film with annotations in manuscript ink on four pages a "1." on the title page and three underlining locations. Script preceded by six pages of notes on story cast of characters and notes on principal characters. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. Dark blue untitled wrappers with die-cut window in the British Fashion. Title page present dated 6th February 1969 with credits for screenwriters Marty Feldman and Barry Took and story credit for Milton Shulman and Herbert Kretzmer. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Ned Sherrin unknown
1969ref. 153094London: Ned Sherrin 1969. Early Draft script for the 1970 British film with annotations in manuscript ink on four pages a "1." on the title page and three underlining locations. Script preceded by six pages of notes on story cast of characters and notes on principal characters. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. Dark blue untitled wrappers with die-cut window in the British Fashion. Title page present dated 6th February 1969 with credits for screenwriters Marty Feldman and Barry Took and story credit for Milton Shulman and Herbert Kretzmer. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Ned Sherrin unknown books
1988ref. 172338Santa Monica: Cinema City 1988. Shooting script for the 1988 film with rainbow revisions. A former drug dealer tries to quit his old habits but nevertheless finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a large-scale Drug Enforcement Administration investigation. The second film to be both written and directed by Robert Towne following "Personal Best" 1982. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach California. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 14 1988 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credit for Towne. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 8 and March 4 1988. Pages about Fine bound with two gold brads. Cinema City unknown
1988ref. 172338Santa Monica: Cinema City 1988. Shooting script for the 1988 film with rainbow revisions. A former drug dealer tries to quit his old habits but nevertheless finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a large-scale Drug Enforcement Administration investigation. The second film to be both written and directed by Robert Towne following "Personal Best" 1982. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach California. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 14 1988 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credit for Towne. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 8 and March 4 1988. Pages about Fine bound with two gold brads. Cinema City unknown books
1967ref. 150244N.p.: N.p. 1967. Five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1967 film. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer James Johnson. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Truman Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Most Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a tear to the top right corner repaired with cello tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 150244N.p.: N.p. 1967. Five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1967 film. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer James Johnson. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Truman Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Most Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a tear to the top right corner repaired with cello tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 163450Hollywood: Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures 1970. Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the title page and three leaves of the script. While waiting for the results from a pregnancy test a precocious high school senior decides to leave her family older lover and boyfriend behind and hitchhike to Big Sur California with her best friend. Red titled wrappers noted as copy No. 23 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Revised Final Draft with credit for screenwriter David Allen Dixon. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures unknown
1970ref. 163450Hollywood: Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures 1970. Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the title page and three leaves of the script. While waiting for the results from a pregnancy test a precocious high school senior decides to leave her family older lover and boyfriend behind and hitchhike to Big Sur California with her best friend. Red titled wrappers noted as copy No. 23 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Revised Final Draft with credit for screenwriter David Allen Dixon. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 151136London: J. Arthur Rank 1960. Shooting script for the 1961 film. Laid in with the script is a 36-leaf gathering of revision pages on pink stock bound with a single staple on the top left corner dated 5.4.60. Based on the 1953 novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop. A Catholic priest is sent to establish a parish in a rural Mexican town under the control of a ruthless but educated bandit. Set in Mexico shot on location in Spain. Blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 15-3-60. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT dated 18th March 1960 with credits for screenwriter Nigel Balchin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1960ref. 151136London: J. Arthur Rank 1960. Shooting script for the 1961 film. Laid in with the script is a 36-leaf gathering of revision pages on pink stock bound with a single staple on the top left corner dated 5.4.60. Based on the 1953 novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop. A Catholic priest is sent to establish a parish in a rural Mexican town under the control of a ruthless but educated bandit. Set in Mexico shot on location in Spain. Blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 15-3-60. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT dated 18th March 1960 with credits for screenwriter Nigel Balchin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1969ref. 149517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: 1 a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan 2 a shot of director Arthur Penn producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles 3 a shot of McLanahan Penn and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene 4 Guthrie with Quinn and 5 Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 149517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: 1 a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan 2 a shot of director Arthur Penn producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles 3 a shot of McLanahan Penn and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene 4 Guthrie with Quinn and 5 Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1954ref. 145765Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir here under the working title "Code 3" with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with annotations throughout in red pencil primarily noting locations or props. The first in a series of five noir entries made between 1955-1957 featuring Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department. In the first two films in the series including this one the character's name is Andy Flynn and for the remaining three films his name was changed to Andy Doyle as it turned out there was an actual officer named Andy Flynn working in L.A. law enforcement at the time. One of the best examples of the well crafted low-budget crime films produced by Allied Artists the B-movie studio that emerged from the Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures in 1952. Printed beige titled wrapper with credits for director and screenwriter Dan Ullman and a Sunset Script Service stamp on the verso of the rear wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt removed dated October 29 1954. 104 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication with Blue revision pages throughout dated 11-2-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Martin 103. Selby US. Spicer US. Allied Artists unknown
1954ref. 145765Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir here under the working title "Code 3" with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with annotations throughout in red pencil primarily noting locations or props. The first in a series of five noir entries made between 1955-1957 featuring Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department. In the first two films in the series including this one the character's name is Andy Flynn and for the remaining three films his name was changed to Andy Doyle as it turned out there was an actual officer named Andy Flynn working in L.A. law enforcement at the time. One of the best examples of the well crafted low-budget crime films produced by Allied Artists the B-movie studio that emerged from the Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures in 1952. Printed beige titled wrapper with credits for director and screenwriter Dan Ullman and a Sunset Script Service stamp on the verso of the rear wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt removed dated October 29 1954. 104 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication with Blue revision pages throughout dated 11-2-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Martin 103. Selby US. Spicer US. Allied Artists unknown books
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown books
1918ref. 158606N.p.: N.p. 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin writer Upton Sinclair and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. Wagner served as something of a father figure to Chaplin who was about 17 years Wagner's junior after the two men met sometime in the mid-1910s. The pair formed a close friendship with Wagner serving as Chaplin's part-time secretary for a period and accompanying the actor on his Third Liberty Loan tour through the American south in 1918. Wagner introduced Chaplin to Sinclair and Max Eastman and together the three writers exerted a strong influence over Chaplin's political world view. Chaplin would go on to co-found the Motion Picture Relief Fund which later became the Motion Picture and Television Fund with Wagner in 1929. Approximately 5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine lightly age toned. N.p. unknown
1918ref. 158606N.p.: N.p. 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin writer Upton Sinclair and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. Wagner served as something of a father figure to Chaplin who was about 17 years Wagner's junior after the two men met sometime in the mid-1910s. The pair formed a close friendship with Wagner serving as Chaplin's part-time secretary for a period and accompanying the actor on his Third Liberty Loan tour through the American south in 1918. Wagner introduced Chaplin to Sinclair and Max Eastman and together the three writers exerted a strong influence over Chaplin's political world view. Chaplin would go on to co-found the Motion Picture Relief Fund which later became the Motion Picture and Television Fund with Wagner in 1929. Approximately 5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine lightly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown books
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 155153Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Revised Final script for the 1947 film noir. Copy belonging to actor Robert Keith with his name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations on the inside front wrapper. Based on a 1945 article by Fulton Oursler writing as Anthony Abbot in turn based on the 1924 case of a homeless man wrongly accused of murdering a beloved small-town priest. Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. Red titled wrappers dated September 6 1946 noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt intact stamped copy No. 135. Title page present dated September 6. 1946 noted as Revised Final script with credits for screenwriter Richard Murphy and story credit to Anthony Abbot. 173 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/18/46 and 9/25/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with slight yapping bound internally with two gold brads. Eureka Masters of Cinema 89. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1946ref. 155153Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Revised Final script for the 1947 film noir. Copy belonging to actor Robert Keith with his name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations on the inside front wrapper. Based on a 1945 article by Fulton Oursler writing as Anthony Abbot in turn based on the 1924 case of a homeless man wrongly accused of murdering a beloved small-town priest. Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. Red titled wrappers dated September 6 1946 noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt intact stamped copy No. 135. Title page present dated September 6. 1946 noted as Revised Final script with credits for screenwriter Richard Murphy and story credit to Anthony Abbot. 173 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/18/46 and 9/25/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with slight yapping bound internally with two gold brads. Eureka Masters of Cinema 89. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
