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ref. 141931N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. After her father loses his grip on reality and murders his wife Annie is picked up and taken in by her aunt and soon falls for a pony rider in the local fair. Set in the American Southeast. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry Schneider. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 149779Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1984. Draft script for the first episode Episode 1 of the four-episode television miniseries "Vater und Sohne: Eine deutsche Tragodie" Father and Son: A German Tragedy which first aired November 12 1986 on Radiotelevisione Italiana here under the working title "Joint Venture." Text in English. The story of two wealthy German families-one family Jewish bankers the other founders of a chemical corporation-before during and after World War II. Although initially filmed in English the miniseries was first broadcast in its full eight hours on Italian and German television in 1986 and 1987 before being drastically edited to four hours for its 1988 debut on American television. Set and shot on location in Germany. Tall clear untitled plastic front wrapper and purple rear wrapper i.e. generic report folder. Title page present dated March 14 1984 with credits for director Bernhard Sinkel. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a white prong binding. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1970ref. 147135N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set in the US in the early 1910s the film follows the disparate lives of two women starting on the day of their college graduation. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Beth Keele. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 141772Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated folder with six black-and-white borderless reference photographs and 15 gatherings of promotional reading material housed all together in a white envelope. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. Set in Hollywood shot on location in France Germany and Greece. Folder and contents Near Fine. Envelope Very Good plus lightly toned on the edges. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1970ref. 141401N.p.: N.p. 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 106. Searching for deeper meaning in her life a single mother with three daughters decides to research and write a book on sex much to the chagrin of her friends and family. Set in Big Sur. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Blanche Hanalis. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 151952N.p.: Filmways 1981. Vintage reference photograph of Brian De Palma on the set of the 1981 film. Based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film "Blow Up" with an audio recording replacing a photograph early 1980s Philadelphia replacing Swinging London and a tight political thriller plot replacing the looser and less immediate one in the original. Shot on location in Philadelphia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 562. Grant US. Spicer Neo-Noir. Filmways unknown books
ref. 140830N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript ink. Pete is a freeloader who makes a little money at the swap meet but has a keen propensity for getting laid off and living off his current wife. When wife number two tells him he has to keep his job for six months so that she won't run out on him with their child he gets fired in a matter of weeks for insulting a receptionist and being a bad bowler. Rather than go home he hitches to Las Vegas and is picked up by a smut dealer who robs him before he gets to his destination. After getting fired from a restaurant he ends up at Caesar's Palace looking for his ex-wife who is getting too old to be a showgirl and wants nothing to do with Pete. Set in California and Nevada. White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brian Mori. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 141824Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard. Set in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Good with front wrapper detached bound with three silver brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown books
ref. 146424Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British martial arts master is hired to protect a young woman after her wealthy father's death not knowing that the girl herself is involved in the scheme. Set in California. White generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown books
1966ref. 161784New York: CIP 1966. Vintage still photograph from the 1966 film. Two labels on the verso. Joyana Frederics stars as Poontang Plenty a secret agent dedicted to defeating evil and cracking the secret of invisibility. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. CIP unknown books
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
1970ref. 138036Los Angeles: ABC Pictures 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film. 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 untitled studio wrappers with back wrapper missing. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Carroll Ballard. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. ABC Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 141395N.p.: Artes Films 1952. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1952 French film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos of four stills. Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's 1946 play "The Respectful Prostitute." A racially charged film based on the play which caused Sartre to be deemed "anti-American" for its incisive critique of racism in America. A prostitute is compelled to testify against an innocent African American in a murder cover-up. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light ware and curling overall scattered manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the versos. Artes Films unknown books
1963ref. 146254N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A traveling preacher persuades an outlaw to join him in his holy mission but the outlaw finds it hard to leave behind his gunslinging ways in Trail City where sin abounds. Screenwriter Charles K. Peck was known for writing adventure and western films in the 1950s most notably "Seminole" in 1953. Set in the American West. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 9 1963 noted as Original Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Charles K. Peck Jr. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper and fading bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 147293N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Text in Spanish. A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta Mexico as a reference. Set in Mexico. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 noted as Treatment and Images with credits for screenwriters. Approximately 50 leaves not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light partial circle stain on the front wrapper and bottom edges bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 153826Los Angeles: Monarex 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1970 film directed by Carol Reed. Years into the future World War III has decimated most of the planet leaving the final battle to take place in southeast Asia. Clear mylar front wrapper red rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Christopher French. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Monarex unknown books
1982ref. 146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits. Set in Manhattan. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 146959N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. With a blank memo note on the letterhead of screenwriter Craig Kellem attached to the first leaf with a paper clip. A consumer safety manager and a madcap inventor try to hide their marriage from the toy company where both work. Set in downtown Los Angeles. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 7 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 14 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the first leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
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
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
1937ref. 165057Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage portrait photograph of Barbara Pepper from the 1937 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1935 novel "Headed for a Hearse" by Jonathan Latimer. A "locked door" mystery wherein Preston Foster stars as a private detective searches against the clock to find evidence to free Theodore Von Eltz awaiting the death penalty for murdering his wife who was killed in a room with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
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
1975ref. 162123N.p.: Catalyst Productions 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of Pénélope Lamour from the US release of the 1975 French film. Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the anonymously published 1748 French novel "Les Bijoux Indiscrets" "The Indiscreet Jewels" by Denis Diderot. Lamour stars as Joëlle a beautiful executive who experiences a mysterious infection in her vagina which stems from her adolescence allowing it to speak. A hardcore cult hit which spawned the 1977 sequel "Le Sexe qui parle II" also directed by Claude Mulot. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Catalyst Productions unknown books
1970ref. 147189Universal City: Universal Studios 1970. Draft script for "Too Many Victims" the ninth episode of the fourth season of the crime drama television series "Ironside" originally aired on November 12 1970 on NBC. A long-running series featuring the eponymous Robert T. Ironside a wheelchair user and investigative consultant for the San Francisco police department. In "Too Many Victims" the daughter of a cop crashes her car while driving high leading her father to use less-than-legal methods to run in a local drug dealer whom he suspects may be supplying teenagers with weed. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. White titled self-wrappers dated March 3 1970 with credits for screenwriter Irv Pearlberg. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1970ref. 150426N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Simone Signoret and an unknown crew member. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso regarding cropping and the stamp of Pariscope. Based on the 1968 book by Artur London which detailed London's own experiences as a defendant during the Slansky trial a 1952 show trial held by the Czechoslovak Republic against 14 members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia which resulted in the deaths of 11 defendants. Set in Czechoslovakia and shot on location in France. 9 x 6 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the left edge. Criterion Collection 759. N.p. unknown books
