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1975ref. 146137Universal City: Universal 1975. Draft script for the television film that first aired on February 6 1977 on NBC. A dramatization of the rise and fall of US Senator Joseph McCarthy whose Red Scare fearmongering and persecution of suspected communists and homosexuals and other so-called subversives at the height of his political power proved to be his eventual downfall. Nominated for six Emmy awards and winning two including one for Best Screenplay. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 20 1975 with credits for screenwriter Lane Slate. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographically reproduced on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/8/76 and 6/28/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with creasing to the binding bound with two gold brads. Universal unknown books
1968ref. 149563Spain / Italy: Pan Latina Films / Produzioni Europee Associate 1968. Vintage poster for Mexican release of the 1968 Spainish / Italian co-production here under the title "Sindicato de drogas." An ex-intelligence agent is tasked with finding a shipment of stolen drugs. 27.5 x 39 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and starting to the folds. Folded as issued. Pan Latina Films / Produzioni Europee Associate unknown books
1965ref. 138323Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Re-release herald for the 1965 Czechoslovakia film "The Shop on Main Street" with four image from the film and text in both Czech and English. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman and one of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film with an additional nomination for Ida Kraminska for Best Actress. A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. 6.5 x 4.5 inches accordion folded opens to 37.5 x 4.5 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 130. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
1962ref. WRCLIT67824New York & Beverly Hills: TFT Corporation / William Morris Agency 1962. 1117 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only of pale green paper. Bradbound in Morris Agency wrappers. Wrappers worn with spill stain inside rear wrapper offsetting somewhat to last two leaves otherwise good and sound. Unspecified draft evidently unproduced. The New York address on the title leaf incorporates a zip code but the telephone numbers both include the two-letter prefix. A light musical comedy set in Versailles in April. TFT Corporation / William Morris Agency unknown books
1934ref. 151481Munich: UFA 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Brigitte Helm from the 1934 film. With a holograph ink annotation to the verso. A scientist discovers a method for turning lead into gold but is killed in an act of sabotage leading his assistant to seek revenge. 4.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. UFA unknown books
1988ref. 140791Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Second Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. After one too many liabilities Joe is demoted from sports writer to gossip columnist at a New York newspaper especially after the former columnist entered rehab and does not plan to leave. His befriends Samantha Worthington who gives him the goods on the dirt around the city as she struggles to find a rich husband after her rich father told her he is cutting her off financially. From hating each other to tormenting each other's lives to loving each other Samantha finds a wealthy Hungarian count to marry and breaks it off in the eleventh hour for Joe who she has loved this whole time. Set in New York City. Pink titled wrappers dated November 1 1988. Title page present dated November 1 1988 noted as Second Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Kathy Cohen. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1953ref. 147668Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1953. Three vintage keybook studio still photographs from the 1953 film. Two with mimeo snipes on the verso and a small check in holograph ink on the lower right margin. Based on Charles Major's 1898 novel "When Knighthood was in Flower" which had been adapted to film twice before in the silent era once in 1908 a D.W. Griffith production directed by Wallace McCutcheon titled either the same as the novel or "When Knights were Bold" now lost and once in 1922 by William Randolph Hearst's company Cosmopolitan Productions as a vehicle for Hearst's mistress Marion Davies directed by Robert Vignola. Released in England under the same title as the book and in the US as "The Sword and the Rose" this was Disney's third British production following "Treasure Island" 1950 and "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" 1952. The story of Mary Tudor Glynis Johns sister of King Henry VIII James Robertson Justice and her struggle not to married off to the French King Louis XII Jean Mercure. Broadcast in 1955 on the Disneyland television show in two parts under the title "When Knighthood was in Flower." Set in and shot on location in England. 8 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with uniform fading. Complete collation details available on request. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1958ref. 132804London: Rank Film Distributors 1958. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 novel by Joy Packer about two brothers competing for the affection of a woman in the wilds of Africa. A story set and shot on location in Africa. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1967ref. 135339London: National General Pictures 1967. Vintage black-and-white double weight linen-backed keybook photograph from the 1967 film. With a three-hole punch at the left margin as called for and a mimeo snipe on the verso noting actors White and Bindon pictured as well as actor Terence Stamp novelist and screenwriter Nell Dunn director Ken Loach and producer Joseph Janni. Set in London and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National General Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 144295North Hollywood: N.p. 1979. First Draft for an unproduced film. Occasional holograph annotations throughout. Jeremiah Jeremiah Jeremiah is a young man from rural California who has spent his whole life on his family's small farm. Now an orphan he sets out for Hollywood where he faces a whole new reality. He also possesses a complicated gift he refers to as "The Evil Eye" which arouses females human and-non human alike. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 18 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Ken Mayer. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with one gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 138454Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1970 UK film. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Featuring an image of Glenda Jackson looking pensive in a nightdress. Hand-retouched adhered to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photo 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good with photograph detached from its backing board. Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 137125Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the 1964 US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Complete collation details available on request. Toho Company unknown books
1963ref. 132008New York: Louis de Rochemont Associates 1963. Third Draft script for an unproduced film about John Knox the Scottish clergyman and theologian considered to be the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland. Screenwriter Sloane credited as Sloan here was a screenwriter and wardrobe consultant whose film credits include "Martin Luther" 1953 "Stalag 17" 1953 "The Monster That Challenged the World" 1957 and a host of television movies and episodes. Presumed the only screen treatment on Knox the leader of the Protestant Reformation. Titled self wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated March 15 1963 with credits for screenwriter Sloane as Sloan and presenter Lothar Wolff. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Louis de Rochemont Associates unknown books
1959ref. 132472London: National Screen Service / MGM 1959. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines." Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. 8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1946ref. 129748N.p.: N.p. 1946. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A wounded Polish soldier is treated by a Jewish doctor in World War I and impregnates the doctor's daughter before he is sent back home. The same Jewish doctor treats him again years later when he is found disfigured in the wreckage of an attack on Jews by Polish forces now pitted against each other and the doctor gives him a Jewish name and face out of spite. The man lives only briefly with the doctor daughter and child before he is killed protecting the family from another attack by troops he had previously belonged to. Tan cloth-look wrappers with the A and S Lyons agency information on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for Ladislas Fodor. 36 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1998ref. 143700Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1998. Draft script for Season one episode 11 of the 1998-1999 television series which originally aired January 29 1999 on FOX. Copy belonging to actor Brian O'Sullivan who played Brian Reed in the episode with his name and character on a label tipped onto the front wrapper. A deceased cop is sent back to earth from hell to hunt down escaped demons. In this episode he meets a young boy who was abused by his step father and seeks revenge. Cherry titled self-wrappers noted as production draft on the front wrapper and production number 467461 dated January 5 199 with credits for screenwriter Fred Golan and director Larry Carroll. Title page integral to front wrapper. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication with goldenrod salmon and cherry revision pages throughout dated variously between December 23 1998 and January 5 1999. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown books
1969ref. WRCLIT70840London: United Artists 1969. Original pictorial black & white quad poster 30 x 40" 101 x 152 cm. Folded as issued. Small breaks at some fold corners else very good or better. A British quad poster for Ken Russell's 1969 film adaptation of Lawrence's novel based on a screenplay by Larry Kramer. The film starred Alan Bates Oliver Reed Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden among others. It eventually saw release in the US in 1970 and received a number of major award nominations with Glenda Jackson winning the Oscar for Best Actress. Larry Kramer's script his first full screenwriting credit was nominated for an Oscar as well. This version of the poster features the image of the entwined nude couple; other versions were either typographic or featured more restrained imagery. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. WRCLIT67970Sydney: United Artists 1970. Original lithographed pictorial Australian daybill poster 13.5 x 30" in two colors. Folded as issued otherwise fine. A pictorial daybill poster for the Australian release of Ken Russell's award-winning 1969 film adaptation of Lawrence's novel. Larry Kramer wrote the screenplay and the film starred Alan Bates Oliver Reed Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden among others. The poster was lithographed by M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd and features a slightly grain- obscured composite image of the principals including the controversial wrestling scene and notes the admission restriction to adults only. United Artists unknown books
ref. 140651N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single ink notation in on the title page. Ted Halverson is a precious metals dealer who receives an offer for something incredible precious for $250000 in Switzerland. He responds to the call bringing the money and not even knowing what he is buying. A great mystery unfolds involving a beautiful con artist political dissidents disguised as dancers a professor of geology a bickering Russian couple a man who loves junk more than anything else and an assassin disguised as a cop hunting them all. Lawrence Roman is a writer best known for his work writing the play and screenplay for the film "Under the Yum Yum Tree" 1963 and "Red Sun" 1971." Set in Zurich Switzerland. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Roman. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 141882N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two pages one a letter dated November 4 1982 and the other a synopsis of the film. Two men survive a nuclear blast in their city only to be pursued relentlessly by roving bands of Nazi marauders. Set in California. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter Lee R. Hitchcox. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 140170Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1984. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1984 Hong Kong film. Golden Harvest created this documentary tribute to the legendary Bruce Lee featuring archival footage of Lee as well as costars and contemporaries such as Jackie Chan Sammo Hung Jim Kelly and Chuck Norris. 26 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
1986ref. 130697Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Barish is screenwriter best known for "Desperately Seeking Susan" 1985 and two episodes of "The Hitchhiker" television series 1985-1986. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 22 1986 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for writers Barish and Bean. 39 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1946ref. 128511Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1943 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Lady Eleanor Smith. After a brutish hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow' he begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place. White titled wrappers dated January 8 1946. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 129717N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 146383N.p.: N.p. 1986. Partial Draft script for the 1986 television film. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. A chambermaid a wealthy count and an unscrupulous chauffeur are all under suspicion of murder and jewelry theft. Set in Austria. Clear plastic front wrapper and red rear wrapper. Lacking title page. 36 leaves pages not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus misidentified as "Oberst Redl" in holograph ink notation on the page fore edge wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
