1945ref. 147298Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1945. Souvenir Shooting script for the 1945 film issued by Selznick Studios to promote the film just prior to its release. Title page and credits covered over two separate pages with a credit for Salvador Dali who penned the surreal dream sequence in the film. Based on the 1927 novel "The House of Dr. Edwardes" by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Chekhov winning one. Producer David O. Selznick wanted to make a "psychiatric" story for the screen and Alfred Hitchcock persuaded Selznick to buy the rights to the novel which Hitchcock and his wife were adapting. Mustard yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated June 25 1945 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. Title page present with primary screen credits over two pages. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. In a custom gray cloth clamshell box with a brown leather spine label and titles in gilt. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Vanguard Films unknown
1957ref. 161357N.p.: N.p. 1957. Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. 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 the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war instead drinking dancing and seducing local women. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated April 5 1957 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein director Stanley Donen novelist Frederic Wakeman and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 161414N.p.: N.p. 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1959 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 23 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. 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 screenwriter Fred Gipson's 1947 novel "Circle Round the Wagon" about two young brothers go on a hunting trip with an older friend. Fabian's film debut. Gipson's second published novel preceding his better-known 1956 novel "Old Yeller." Shot on location in San Bernardino. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated July 9 1959 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter-novelist Fred Gipson and screenwriter Winston Miller. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/13/59 and 7/22/59. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus front board slightly warped. N.p. unknown
1924ref. 139464Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA 1924. Vintage program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14 1924. Contains a brief essay by von Harbou and three additional short essays on the making of the film. Photo illustrated throughout with stills of characters from the films. Also included is a supplemental program for UFA theaters featuring another brief essay on the film by starring actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge information and photographs relating to UFA theaters and advertisements. Text of both items in German. Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Program: Near Fine in heavy paper wrappers and string binding. Elegant owner name on the front wrapper with a light diagonal crease to same and light fading to the edges. Supplement program: Very Good in saddle stapled self wrappers top right corner clipped. Splitting to the spine with a light vertical fold crease and a couple of small chips. Rossler Filmfieber p. 51. Masters of Cinema 46. Decla-Bioscop / UFA unknown
ref. 153062N.p.: N.p. 1977. Collection of 25 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film including 23 matte-finish and 2 glossy. Several with manuscript pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title in French "La Guerre des Etoiles". The film that became a multibillion dollar media empire pun intended now including eleven additional live action films animated shows novels comic books video games and countless tons of officially licensed merchandise with no signs of slowing down. Winner of six Academy Awards and nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away shot on location in California Arizona Mexico Guatemala Tunisia and the UK. Three photographs 10 x 8 inches 22 photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
ref. 160216Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page noting copy No. 209. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Blue titled PanArts/Warner Brothers wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with soil on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good slightly yapped at the edges and lightly soiled bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1930ref. 151357Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1930. Archive of 68 vernacular photographs housed in a contemporary photo album each photo with descriptions in silver manuscript ink just below it and distributed in three sections as follows: 1 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" Howard Hawks 1930 an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With manuscript annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; 2 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" Roy Del Ruth 1930 and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17 1930 taken from the nearby SS Ventura. The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher and he appears four times in the album twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section and twice in "The Life of the Party" section in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film. Photographs variously sized generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches Very Good plus. Photo album Good only with several pages detached a few loose photographs. First National Pictures unknown
ref. 172081Honolulu HI: Lost Productions 2004. Rainbow Revision Second Draft script for the 2004 pilot of the 2004-2010 ABC television series aired on September 22 2004. Copy belonging to Property Master Peter C. Clarke with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and highlighted name on various memos and with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 26 pages noting props. Every leaf watermarked with the number "914" and bound in a generic three-ring binder with a list of Lost Productions contacts laid in under the clear plastic on the front wrapper. Bound in following the script are 70 leaves of contact lists memorandums a petty cash reimbursement form and shooting schedules and laid in the front binder flap are four pages of memos dated April 7 2004 a pink shooting schedule dated March 19 2004 two pages of maps and directions and an letter of gratitude to the cast and crew following the shoot from creators and screenwriters J.J. Abrams "J.J." and Damon Lindelof "Damon" Producer Sarah Caplan "Sarah" and Executive Producer Bryan Burk "Bryan" housed in a Koi Restaurant envelope labeled "Peter Clarke / Props." Considered by many to one of the greatest television series of all time the science fiction adventure drama created by Jeffrey Lieber Abrams and Lindelof premiered with the pilot found here on ABC on September 22 2004 and aired for six seasons of 121 episodes before ending on May 23 2010. The series won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005. 48 survivors of a Oceanic Flight 815 find themselves stranded on a mysterious remote island in the South Pacific and find their lives intertwined in a fight for survival. Shot on location in O'ahu Hawaii. Untitled generic white binder with a "Lost Productions Inc." contact list laid in clear plastic on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 3 2004 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 95 with 70 pages of production documents bound in following script. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/9/2004 and 4/19/2004. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine overall. Lost Productions unknown
1945ref. 161348N.p.: N.p. 1945. Draft script for the 1945 film seen here under the working title "This Love of Ours." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. 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 Roger Butterfield's 1944 book detailing the heroic actions of US Marine Al Schmid during World War II and his rehabilitation after being blinded in battle. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Philadelphia and San Diego. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present undated with credits for Wald director Delmer Daves screenwriter Albert Maltz and biographer Roger Butterfield. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 159. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/8/44 and 2/21/45. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with moderate wear on the leather and front board lightly soiled. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 1355Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation 1940. Letter 295 x 230mm pp. Title 1 2-186 mimeographed duplication rectos only. First draft continuity script for the 1941 film. Orange titled continuous card wrapper rubber stamped internal three brass brad binding. Noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper production number 559 copy number 29 dated October 7 1940. Title page present also dated October 7 1940 and noted as 1st Draft Continuity. Pages very good but for a bit of toning and worming to the upper left corner of the final 15 pages cover soiled worn and with some splits to the extremities good. Ex-Howard Barnes; Richard Manney; Gene Hackman. Custom cloth box. Inscribed on the title page by screenwriter Dudley Nichols to film critic Howard Barnes; "Critic par excellence in memory of our old days on The World when neither of us dreamed of working in this fascinating medium of the film Affectionately Dudley Nichols July 15 1941". Referencing the time they both spent as journalists for the New York World. There is a postscript that reads: "This was my first draft done in three weeks. Many things happened to it afterwards as your keen eye will note. D.N". A British big-game hunter is captured after stalking Hitler as a sporting challenge then escapes to England only to be relentlessly pursued by Nazi agents whose campaign of terror claims the life of the young woman who sheltered him. After a harrowing confrontation with his nemesis he acknowledges his true intent and parachutes back into Germany now committed to carrying out the assassination he once denied contemplating. Set in 1939 Bavaria and London shot on set at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation unknown
ref. 170404Beverly Hills CA: Lawrence Turman Films 1970. Revised Draft script for the classic 1976 horror film. Early draft predating Robert Marasco's 1973 novel noted in manuscript pencil on the title page as dating from "Summer 1970" with Bob Fosse's name as a directorial credit in addition to Marasco's screenwriter credit on the title page. In the late 1960s Marasco-at that time best known as a playwright-wrote a screenplay entitled "Burnt Offerings." In 1969 Fosse was announced as being attached to the project as a director with Turman Films and Cinema Center Films slated to produce. This iteration of the film failed to materialize and Marasco would adapt his screenplay into a novel published in 1973 by Delacorte Press. The novel would eventually be successfully adapted for the screen by screenwriter William F. Nolan and director Dan Curtis. A family from the big city are preyed upon by evil forces inhabiting their rented summer estate. A key entry in the supernatural horror boom of the 1970s. Shot on location at Dunsmuir House in Oakland California. Dunsmuir itself carried its own unlucky history: its original owners both died within a year of the house's construction. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED with credits for Marasco and Fosse. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Lawrence Turman Films unknown
ref. 153819N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. From the estate of Dick Miller. Directed by noted 1970s filmmaker Barbara Peeters during her tutelage period with Roger Corman. A well received film both upon its release and in retrospect that while exploitative of course has a notably feminist bent with strong and decisive female characters. Yellow untitled wrappers with a small manuscript pencil annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper noting copy No. 26. Title page present dated March 4 1975 with credits for director and screenwriter Barbara Peeters. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 167422Los Angeles: Paragon Pictures 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Count Dracula and his wife are alive or undead and well in modern-day Arizona where they use their hunchbacked butler to capture and kill young girls allowing them to drink their victims' blood in martini glasses as Bloody Marys. A humorously campy entry in the Dracula canon produced by noted exploitation studio Crown International Pictures. Set in Arizona shot on location in Lancaster California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Good moderately soiled and dampstained on the left and right sides bound with two gold brads. Paragon Pictures unknown
1957ref. 154178N.p.: N.p. 1957. Revised Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Viking Women." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Dick Miller with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and manuscript pencil annotations throughout underlining lines for Ottar although the role was played by actor Jonathan Haze. A group of Viking women-warriors go on a sea voyage to recover the missing men from their village but an encounter with a massive dragon-serpent forces them to take shelter on a mysterious island. Beige titled wrappers noted as Revised on the front wrapper. Title page present dated undated noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Louis Goldman and story credits to Irving Block. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1929ref. 150433Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1929 film. Mimeo snipes on verso of both one with annotations in manuscript pencil and Culver Picture stamp on verso and one with "Menningen" and graphic stamps on verso. The first Black musical and one of the first all-Black films by a major Hollywood studio with arguably more depth than its predecessor Paul Sloane's "Hearts in Dixie" the first all-black Hollywood film released earlier the same year. King Vidor's first talkie written by screenwriter Wanda Tuchock who started in the silent era and went on to become one of the first women to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film. Although King Vidor had expressed his intent of an honest depiction of rural southern African American life the film still clearly advanced racial stereotypes of the era. "Hallelujah" had however authentically represented African American spiritual music from the period which no other film at the time had achieved. Shot on location in Memphis Tennessee and Arkansas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and waviness one with a chip in the bottom left margin one with faint tape shadows on recto and paper tape on verso. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
ref. 160904N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early First Draft script for the seminal 1980 film here under the working title "California Girls." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Jim Brown no relation to the actor we suspect with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. A bleak seminal coming-of-age drama about four teenage girls grappling with their families drugs and relationships in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Adrian Lyne's directorial debut. Shot on location in San Fernando Hollywood and Los Angeles California. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Nov. 28 1977 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Gerald Ayres. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographiic duplication with the exception of the title page which is a carbon typescript copy rectos onl. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. N.p. unknown
ref. 150024Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Archive of three screenplays for the classic 1989 film including one Shooting script one Re-shoot script and one Final Draft script. Shooting script with several manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting editorial revisions. Bound in after the Shooting script is a 34-page xerographically duplicated Re-shoot script dated November 4 1988. Cameron Crowe's directorial debut following the romance that develops between an awkward but noble army brat and the beautiful class valedictorian after graduation. One of the defining high school films of the 1980s and a breakthrough role for actor John Cusack. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Seattle. Shooting script: Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated February 29 1988 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reshoot script: Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 8 1988 noted as RESHOOT SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft script: Lacking front wrapper but retaining its manila rear wrapper. Title page present dated November 10 1987 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1944ref. 161403N.p.: N.p. 1944. Final script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 14 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. 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. Two Army sergeants spend a three-day holiday pass in Pasadena where they fall for two young women working in a parachute factory. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 3/2/44 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director Delmer Daves and screenwriter Alvah Bessie. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/44 and 4/10/44. Pages about Near Fine binding Poor with front and rear boards detached from the hinges. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 133391London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1965. Draft script for the 1965 BBC television movie "Tea Party" adapted by Pinter from his 1963 short story. The film first aired live on March 25 1965 on the BBC program "The Largest Theatre in the World." INSCRIBED by screenwriter Pinter on that day: "March 25th 1965 / To Peter Colin Holder / Congratulations on being born! / Hooray! / Lots of Love / Harold Pinter." The story of an industrial tycoon who comes to believe that his new secretary second wife and brother-in-law are all conspiring against him to the point where his health is affected by the conviction. Blue titled wrappers lacking the rear wrapper. Front wrapper present but detached with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. Title page present also with a credit for screenwriter Pinter. 59 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine side stapled front wrapper Very Good. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown
1940ref. 131332Los Angeles: Self published 1940. First Draft script for an unproduced film titled "And Now Goodbye" an adaptation of the 1931 novel by James Hilton adapted by the author. Included are three typed letters signed by Hilton. Included with the script are three typed letters signed by Hilton addressed to producer Lester Cowan and variously written on Warner Brothers Columbia Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures letterhead dated October 24 1939 May 14 1940 and May 22 1940 respectively. In the letters Hilton discusses his negotiations with Laurence Olivier about the project having lunch with Mrs. Hitchcock and giving her the script hoping she'd impress her husband with it how the war has affected show business his book writing and his transfer from Columbia to RKO. Hilton began writing the script 15 days after the release of "Lights Out in Europe" a short war documentary with which he was involved released six months before Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" which also featured dialogue written by Hilton. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 29 1940 with credits for screenwriter Hamilton. Title page present dated April 29 1940 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Hamilton. 128 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Good plus wrapper Poor now encapsulated in archival mylar bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown
1965ref. 135614Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1965. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard behind the camera on the set of the 1965 film. Shot by photographer Georges Dudognon in the summer of 1965 with his stamp on the verso. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 9 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 421. Godard Histoires de cinema. Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown
ref. 153820N.p.: Roger Corman Productions 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film seen here under the working title "Canyons." Copy belonging to character actor and longtime Roger Corman collaborator Dick Miller with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations to pages 48 and 50A as well as copied annotations on nearly every page. From the estate of Dick Miller. The third film in Corman's "nurses" film cycle preceded by "The Student Nurses" 1971 and "Private Duty Nurses" 1971 and followed by "The Young Nurses" 1973 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1975. Blue untitled card wrappers with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper noting copy No. 22. Title page present dated Feb. 22 1972 noted as Rewrite. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing on the front wrapper and first three leaves bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown
1960ref. 141447Tokyo: Shockiku Ofuna 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. A young woman is hitchhiking when the driver who picks her up attempts to molest her. A young gangster comes to her aid and then leads her on a wild relationship through the Japanese underground towards the eventual destruction of both of them. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. Godard Histoires du cinema. Shockiku Ofuna unknown
ref. 145780Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Draft script for the 1979 film. Illustrated front wrapper based on Saul Bass' poster design for the film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member David Hitchcock with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Manuscript annotations throughout primarily indicating deleted scenes. Also included is a carbon typed letter signed by Otto Preminger dated 19th October 1979 to dubbing editor Peter Pennell terminating his employment at the conclusion of production. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard about a low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 who finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. White illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriter Tom Stoppard and novelist Graham Greene rubber stamped copy No. 146. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong binding. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1969ref. 141375New York: Two Faces / New Yorker Films 1969. Vintage poster for the 1969 film an experimental mix of documentary and fiction. Poster designed by Robert Frank. Director Robert Frank's first feature film in which he follows poet Peter Orlvosky and his mentally ill and mostly catatonic brother Julius as they move through the late 1960s Beat scene. When Julius wanders off he is replaced in the film by actor Joseph Chaikin. A meditation on the boundaries of reality and sanity featuring the screenwriting debut of Sam Shepard and the first feature film appearance of Christopher Walken. The film was released in a new restoration by Steidl in 2007 along with a book publication outlining the film. From the Steidl book: "Frank's feature debut was first screened in 1968 at the Venice Film Festival. Everything which had defined Frank's art up to that point turns up in this film - the look at America 'from the outside' the poetic libertinage of the Beats the marginal in a central role. It celebrates the return of the poetic essay as assemblage the affirmation of the underground as a wild cinematic analysis in the form of a collage and skillfully weaves together opposites plays counterfeits against the authentic pornography against poetry acting against being Beat cynicism against hippie romanticism monochrome against colored. The story contains bizarre twists and turns and appears to be a rather artless-film-within-a-film being shown at a rundown movie theater." 26.75 x 20.75 inches. Near Fine. In a custom frame. Two Faces / New Yorker Films unknown
