ref. 141858N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Dave Hinkle is a weatherman on a local television station who is recruited by his boss to report on breaking news involving a robbery. While reporting and being confused by his microphone he is snatched by the bandits and held hostage. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Bud Barish. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books

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Buhlman Michael Jonathan Baker screenwriterABAA

Face Off Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1990ref. 142376Los Angeles: William Morris Agency 1990. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1997 film "Face/Off" directed by John Woo. A young man who does not believe he is smart enough to attend college receives a lacrosse scholarship from Amherst. Attending college is a dream of his family's but he does not know whether going to college is right for him. Set in New Jersey. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 2 1990 noted as FIRST DRAFT - REVISED III with credits for screenwriters Michael Buhlman and Jonathan Baker. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some staining and a phone number written in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Bound internally with two gold brads. William Morris Agency unknown books

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Burt Kennedy director; Max Evans novel; Marion Hargrove screenwriter; Ron Hayes Chill Wills Patrick Wayne starringABAA

The Rounders: A Horse on Jim Ed Love Original screenplay for the 1966 television series pilot

1965ref. 147151Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Final draft pilot script for the MGM television series which aired on September 6 1966 on ABC. Laid in a MGM Work Order and Call Sheet filled out in holograph ink dated "WED. 12-8-65" in holograph ink. Bound in is a five page Shooting Schedule dated 11-29-65 struck through on three pages in holograph pencil. Loosely based on the 1965 film of the same name also directed by Burt Kennedy which was based on the Max Evans novel of the same name the MGM television series was a western themed comedy sitcom starring Ron Hayes as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne son of John Wayne as Howdy Lewis. Chill Wills reprised the role of Jim Ed Love from the 1965 film. ABC aired the 17 episode series from September 6 1966 through January 3 1967. Set in the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT PILOT SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 82 dated October 11 1965 with credits for screenwriter Marion Hargrove. Title page present dated October 11 1965 noted as FINAL DRAFT PILOT SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Marion Hargrove. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-22-65 and 11-26-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Work Order/Call Sheet Near Fine folded. 8.5 x 14 inches. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books

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Carmine Gallone director; Sauvajon Marc Gilbert screenwriter; Verne Jules author; Curd Jurgens Genevieve Page Jacques DacqminABAA

Michael Strogoff Original screenplay for the 1956 film

1956ref. 141754France: Illria Film 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Based on the 1876 oft-produced novel by Jules Verne of the same title. Michael Strogoff is the courier of the Tsar tasked to deliver a very important message to the Tsar's brother who is in Siberia cut off from the main army due to the Tatar Army during the Crimean War. Set in the Russian Empire shot on location in Serbia. 203 leaves with last page of text numbered 203. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking front wrapper bound with a silver prong binding. Illria Film unknown books

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Carroll Ballard screenwriterABAA

Swift Runner Screenplay for the an unproduced film

1970ref. 138036Los Angeles: ABC Pictures 1970. First Draft Scenario script for an unproduced film called "Swift Runner" written by Oscar-nominated director Carroll Ballard. Ballard received his nomination for his 1967 documentary "Harvest." A story about an old man named Doc his days as a horse thief and the young boy and his mother who give Doc a new outlook. Blue printed titled wrappers. Title page present undated noted as First Draft Scenario with a credit for screenwriter Ballard. Last leaf of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages Near Fine lacking rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. ABC Pictures unknown books

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Castle William director and Robert E. Kent screenwriterABAA

Original Studio Insert Poster for: THE HOUSTON STORY

1955ref. WRCLIT70080Np: Clover Productions / Columbia Pictures 1955. Narrow folio. 36 x 14"; 91 x 36 cm. Pictorial insert poster printed in color on recto only. Slightly curled from having been rolled not folded light use near very good. A studio insert poster for this noir crime thriller based on a screenplay by the indefatigable Robert E. Kent and directed by William Castle. A sordid tale of mob connections and the siphoning off of oil drilling profits it starred Gene Barry Barbara Hale Edward Arnold et al. "The Big Mob Muscles in on the Big State! . From the Roaring Gushers of Houston to the Roaring Sin- streets of Galveston ." Clover Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books

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Chandler Raymond screenwriterABAA

Original color studio lobby card for: AND NOW TOMORROW

1944ref. WRCLIT67400Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures Inc. 1944. Vintage 11x14" studio lobby card. Light marginal thumb smudge otherwise very good or better. A striking pictorial lobby card for the 1944 film adaptation of Rachel Field's novel based on a screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Frank Partos. Irving Pichel directed and Alan Ladd Loretta Young Susan Hayward Barry Sullivan et al starred. This was Chandler's second credit as screenwriter following DOUBLE INDEMNITY released seven months earlier. BRUCCOLI F2. Paramount Pictures Inc. unknown books

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Chang Cheh Chih Hung Kuei director; Kuang Ni screenwriter; Chung Wang Lily Li Betty Pei Ti starringABAA

Fen nu qing nian Shen Chang und die Karate-Bande Original German poster for the 1973 film

1973ref. 140271Hong Kong: Shaw Brothers 1973. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1973 Hong Kong film. One of many martial arts films produced by the Shaw Brothers in which an ambitious martial arts student infiltrates a gang in order to avenge his murdered father. Shot on location in Hong Kong China. 23.5 x 32.5 inches. Near Fine with two holograph annotations to the verso and pin holes to the margin. Shaw Brothers unknown books

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Charles Charlie Chaplin director screenwriter starring; Buster Keaton Claire Bloom starringABAA

Limelight Original pressbook for the 1952 film

1952ref. 136752Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1952. Vintage US pressbook for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer representative of a new generation of performers. The first and only time that Charlie Chaplin and fellow silent film star Buster Keaton would appear onscreen together "Limelight" is also notable for being the only Chaplin picture to win an Academy Award albeit for the original score of the 1972 re-release. Saddle-stapled tall wrappers. 22 pages 11 x 17 inches. Very Good or better one horizontal fold as issued with light rubbing at the extremities. Criterion Collection 756. United Artists unknown books

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Christopher Humble screenwriter playwrightABAA

The Flight of the Earls Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1984ref. 140989New York: Rick Leed 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter from screenwriter and playwright Christopher Humble to John Huston of the Paul Kohner Agency. Based on Humble's award winning play of the same name "The Flight of the Earls" which derives its title from the important event in Irish history in 1607 where the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell fled Ireland with 90 of their followers to escape British rule and establish an army to invade Ireland from mainland Europe which failed and ultimately brought Protestant rule to Northern Ireland which continues until this day. This is the story of the troubles in Ireland told through the perspective of a family torn apart by the violence. Set in Ireland. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984 with credits for screenwriter and playwright Christopher Humble. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with a spiral binding. Rick Leed unknown books

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Christopher Lofton screenwriterABAA

The Staircase Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1977ref. 141868N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are far too high for a typical staircase. The nuns must find some able-bodied men willing to work hard for very little to build them a proper staircase. Set in New Mexico Territory. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1977 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Lofton. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books

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Christy Cabanne director; Ben Piver writer producer; Maurice Tombragel screenwriterABAA

Legion of Lost Flyers Post-production script for the 1939 film

1940ref. 128294Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1940. Continuity and Dialogue Script for the 1939 film. A skilled pilot falsely accused of having crashed a civilian transport airplane tries to maintain his honor at an Alaskan air hangar while attempting to clear his name. White wrappers noted as production No. 1098 dated December 9 1940 with credits for Anne Nagel William Lundigan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Ona Munson and Theodor von Eltz. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 138 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books

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Christy Cabanne director; Olga Moore story; Maxwell Shane David Silverstein screenwriter; Preston Foster Joan Fontaine HerberABAA

You Can't Beat Love Original photograph from the set of the 1937 film

1937ref. 144987Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph of various members of the cast and crew including script supervisor on the set of the 1937 film. Identifying holograph annotations on the recto helpfully naming each person and holograph annotations and studio stamps on the verso. Jimmy Hughes Preston Foster a wealthy and eccentric lawyer loses a bet and has to work a day digging a ditch in his suit. While on the job Trudy Olson Joan Fontaine the daughter of the mayor who is up for reelection stops by to campaign. Being the smarmy talker that he is they strike up a conversation. As they fall into disagreement Trudy suggests that Jimmy run himself and in an empty threat he says he will. The newspaper picks up the story and Jimmy is swept up into politics and drawn close to Trudy striking up an unlikely romance. 8 x 9.5 inches. One inch tear in the bottom of the left margin otherwise Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books

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Christy Cabanne screenwriterABAA

Ex-Convict Original treatment script for an unproduced film

ref. 140999N.p.: N.p. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Christy Cabanne was one of the most prolific directors in the history of American cinema beginning in the silent era and eventually directing low-budget movies all throughout the 1930s and 1940s with Universal. A recently paroled man gets out of prison and immediately murders someone else resulting in a political whirlwind. Goldenrod Agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Christy Cabanne. 55 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books

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Claude Chabrol director; Francoise Sagan screenwriter; Michele Morgan Danielle Darrieux Hildegard Knef starringABAA

Landru Bluebeard Promotional flyer for the 1963 French film

1963ref. 149232Paris: Lux Film 1963. Promotional flyer for the 1963 French film. Text in French. During World War I a man supplements his income by luring middle-class Parisian women to a countryside villa where he seduces and kills them burns their bodies then helps himself to their bank accounts keeping himself his wife his mistress and his four children in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. The first and only screenwriting credit of author and playwright Francoise Sagan. Shot on location in Paris and Gambais France. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Single sheet. Near Fine with a small dampstain to the top edge. Lux Film unknown books

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Claude Rank screenwriterABAA

All the Diamonds in the World Original screenplay for an unproduced film

ref. 140672N.p.: Montfort-Intermovie. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With annotations to the title page in holograph pencil and ink. Rocky has been prospecting diamonds for five years enough to build a reputation for himself and grow tired of working in the corporate structure under a boss who owns all the land he can see and a chief of police who hates everything about him. After murdering two men sent to kill him Rocky and his large companion Big Joe head back out to an illegal diamond operation where he has already dug up four or five million dollars worth of jewels only to find the biggest haul of his life and have his boss order hundreds of police into the vast desert owned by the corporation to shoot irregulars on sight. Set in South Africa. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Claude Rank. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong binding. Montfort-Intermovie unknown books

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Claude Sautet director screenwriter; Jose Giovanni novel; Paul Apoteker still photographer; Pascal Jardin screenwriter; Lino VeABAA

Classe Tous Risques Original press photograph from the 1960 film

1960ref. 144439France: Mondex Films 1960. Vintage borderless single weight still photograph from the 1960 French-Italian film. Charming Belmondo and stoic Milo in a candid moment. Cropping annotations on the verso in holograph pencil. One of the great French noirs from the classic period based on Giovanni's 1958 novel about his experience in prison and the gangsters he met there. Fugitive gang leader Abel Davos Ventura sneaks back to Paris with his children despite a death sentence hanging over his head. He tries to evade hitman Eric Stark Belmondo while navigating the new underground of crime in France. Set in Italy and France shot there on location. 5 x 7 inches Very Good Plus. BFI 1185. Criterion Collection 434. Lee US. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Mondex Films unknown books

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Cy Endfield director; Richard Matheson screenwriterABAA

De Sade Post-production script for the 1969 film

1969ref. 130713Calgary AB: Transcontinental 1969. Post-production Combined Continuity script for the 1969 film. A biography of Marquis De Sade the famous author of "120 Days of Sodom" and great lover of women. In this film he is in his old age hiding in his family's castle and avoiding the police. The story of his life is told through flashbacks dreams and plays. White brad-bound titled wrappers. Mechanically Reproduced. Near Fine. Transcontinental unknown books

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Damiano Damiani director screenwriter; Fabrizio Onofri Audrey Nohra screenwriters; Glenda Jackson Claudio Cassinelli Lisa HaABAA

The Devil is a Woman The Tempter Il Sorriso del Grande Tentatore Collection of five original photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film

1975ref. 150627Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Collection of five vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1975 US release of the 1974 Italian film. With the stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services on the verso. A convent's vicious power-hungry Mother Superior bullies and torments those who stand in her way but the arrival of a young agnostic writer looking for new material threatens to challenge the nun's power. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books

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Daniel Grodnik screenwriter producerABAA

The Blue Plaid Sneakers Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1987ref. 129694Universal City CA: Daniel Grodnik Productions 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. A university physics lab creates a pair of plaid shoes that have the ability to transport the wearer from one location to another via a hyperspace jump with the serious caveats that the shoes cannot be removed and that after 25 hours the wearer disappears forever. A courier asked to transport the shoes to a secure government location is mugged and made to put them on and we follow his youthful antics as he tries to find a way to remove the shoes before it's too late. Salmon titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 21m 1987 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for Daniel Grodnik. 101 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Daniel Grodnik Productions unknown books

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Daniel Mann director; Tennessee Williams play; Hal Kanter screenwriter; Anna Magnani Burt Lancaster Marisa Pavan starringABAA

The Rose Tattoo Collection of six original photographs from the 1955 film

1955ref. 141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Collection of six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown books

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Daniel Petrie director; Douglas Webb still photographer; Ray Galton and Alan Simpson screenwriter; Laurence Harvey Daliah LaviABAA

The Spy with a Cold Nose Collection of 5 photographs from the 1966 film

1966ref. 132146London: National Screen Service / Associated London Films 1966. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1966 UK film. A British bulldog has been fitted with a transmitter by Dr. Francis Trevelyan Laurence Harvey and given as a gift to the Soviet Premier who subsequently takes the dog everywhere. Several Russian soldiers are captured as a result of the transmitter and to eliminate further captures Natasha Romanova Daliah Lavi is put to work. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Associated London Films unknown books

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Daniel Taradash screenwriterABAA

Intimate Notes Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1946ref. 135952Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" Fritz Lang 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. Blue titled wrappers noted as Original Story and Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number dated December 11 1946 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 82 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books

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Daniel Taradash screenwriterABAA

Intimate Notes Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1946ref. 129345Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" Fritz Lang 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. Blue titled wrappers noted as Original Story and Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 dated December 11 1946 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 82 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books

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Darin Mercado screenwriterABAA

Windmills Original screenplay for an unproduced film

ref. 146415N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a holograph ink annotation to the title page presumably to a prospective actor from screenwriter Darin Mercado and lines for the character "Billy" marked with holograph pencil. Possibly incomplete. After being dumped by a long-term girlfriend once again a serial monogamist heads to a bar determined to have a one-night-stand. White self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Darin Mercado. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 24. Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with three staples at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books