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1980ref. 166551New York: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1980. Not to be confused with the 1978 television movie starring Sissy Spacek and William Hurt. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. Title page present undated with credits for Shaber and story writer Paul Gallico. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown
1984ref. 166465N.p.: Gruskoff Film Organization 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the front wrapper noting telephone numbers and the names of several production companies. A dramatic comedy about a young girl who dreams of becoming a pilot. Screenwriter Diane Frolov is best known for her work for television penning numerous episodes of "The Sopranos" 2006-2007 "Boardwalk Empire" 2011-2012 "Bosch" 2015-2016 and "Chicago Med" 2015-2024. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated April 27 1984 with credits for Frolov and story writer William Schreiner. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Gruskoff Film Organization unknown
1986ref. 166553N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film with rainbow revisions. Based on the 1982 novel "The Religion" by Robert Stuart Nathan writing as Nicholas Conde. A police psychiatrist attempts to uncover the culprits behind a series of ritualistic child murders linked to a voodoo cult. Set in New York shot on location in New York City and Ontario Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 6/18/86 with credit for screenwriter Mark Frost. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/86 and 6/18/86. Pages Very Good plus with title page and first page of text detached from the binding. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 166565Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for the 1974 film. Copy belonging to construction coordinator Hendrik Wynands with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and on a label affixed to the three-ring binder housing the script. Bound in after the script are several production documents including interoffice memos a staff and crew contact list a shooting schedule and a construction estimate and set breakdown sheet. A satirical neo-noir following a professional hit man who is contracted by a local mob boss to take out the competition but soon finds himself the target of several personal attacks in retaliation. Shot on location in Seattle Washington and Silver Springs Florida. Script housed in a black three-ring binder. Blue titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as FINAL and copy No. 332 on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for director John Frankenheimer and screenwriter Robert Dillon. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1987ref. 166807Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Third Draft script for the 1988 film seen here under both the release title and the working title "To Live and Drive in L.A." A summer comedy about a teenage boy who decides to take a wild joyride with his friends in his grandfather's prized Cadillac resulting in increasingly grievous damage to the vehicle. The second feature film to costar "the two Coreys" Corey Feldman and Corey Haim following "The Lost Boys" 1987. Set in Southern California shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 21 1987. Title page present dated September 21 1987 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Neil Tolkin. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between October 15 and October 28 1987. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1956ref. 161713N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 13 of the 1956 television series seen here under the working title "The Thayer Girls." The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this episode a group of socialites visit the academy to attend a dance. Originally aired on December 28 1956. Beige wrappers with a title label affixed to the front wrapper dated October 2 1956 with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 166548N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film with rainbow revision pages. Copy belonging to first assistant director Ron Bozman with his name on a revision page in manuscript ink and his annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages. Based on the true story of brothers Jack and Ed Biddle who broke out of Allegheny County jail in 1901 with the help of the warden's wife who fell in love with Ed. Set in Pittsburgh shot on location in Mulmur Ontario in Wisconsin and in Pittsburgh. Lacking wrappers and title page. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 7 and February 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1993ref. 166446N.p.: N.p. 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the address of a production company in Beverly Hills. A man is diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer months before the birth of his first child leading him onto a voyage of self-discovery including attempting to reconcile with his estranged Ukrainian family. Shot on location in Chicago and Naperville Illinois and in Santa Clarita and Simi Valley California. Blue wrappers. Title page present dated January 19 1993 noted as REVISED with credit for director and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 166581Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1980. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript ink throughout the first 50 pages of the script indicating sets and props. During Prohibition a war veteran takes up competitive sharpshooting to support his family. Generic white Embassy Pictures studio wrappers. Title page present undated noted as Second Draft with credit for screenwriter Allan Scott. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Embassy Pictures unknown
1977ref. 167037Culver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1977. Early Draft script for the 1980 film. Noted as copy No. 53 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1976 book by Leslie Waller which described the real-life struggle of Tom Leonhard who effectively lost access to his children after his ex-wife and her new husband were entered into the Federal Witness Protection Program. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated August 29 1977 with credits for Waller and director and screenwriter James Caan. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine with light toning on the title page wrapper Very Good plus moderately toned bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1994ref. 166459Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film by noted television and film director Joss Whedon. Annotations in manuscript ink throughout indicating locations of scenes. A government scientist dies only to wake up in an entirely different body: that of a serial killer named Snowman. Although the script never progressed to production Whedon used several of the themes of "Afterlife" in his 2009 television series "Dollhouse." Self wrappers. Title page present with credit for Whedon dated September 16 1994. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1991ref. 167030Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 off-Broadway play by Craig Lucas who also adapted this screenplay about a young woman who finds her spirit trapped in the body of an elderly man after he kisses her on her wedding day. Considered by many to be an allegory for couples affected by the AIDS crisis. Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated January 11 1991 on the front wrapper. Missing title page. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1989ref. 166586N.p.: N.p. 1989. Revised Final Draft script for the 1990 television film which aired on ABC on March 25 1990 with manuscript ink annotations on ten pages mostly adding page and scene numbers. Laid in are three revision pages two goldenrod pages 95 and 101 and one lilac page 94. Carl Weather stars as a security man who works for Billy Dee Williams a sadistic ganger with an alluring and seductive wife Lonette McKee. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page with the latest revision dated 11/3/89 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Brian Taggert. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green yellow goldenrod and lilac revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/31/89 and 11/10/89. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 166545Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1984. Second Draft script for the 1984 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 23. Six revision pages and 30-page location breakdown sheet laid in with the script. Through multiple twists of fate two strangers in New York become friends soon realizing they are developing romantic feelings for each other-although both are married with families. Loosely based on David Lean's 1945 film "Brief Encounter." Set and shot on location throughout New York City. Dark red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for screenwriter Michael Cristofer on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 10 1984 noted as Second Draft with credit for Cristofer. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only with salmon revision pages laid in at the rear of the script dated 4/7/84. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1980ref. 166547Beverly Hills CA: A Neila Production 1980. A Second Draft script here under the working title "Why Are They Stealing My Girlfriend" and a Shooting Draft script here under the working title "Love on the Run" for the 1980 television film which aired on ABC on September 26 1980. Second Draft script with discreet manuscript marker and ink annotations on seventeen pages primarily making grammatical corrections. Shooting Draft script with manuscript ink annotations on two pages circling the dialog for the character "Uglier." A young couple Deborah Raffin and Jeff Conaway find themselves in possession of top secret Russian documents including a plan for taking over the Middle East and become targets of the KBG CIA FBI and an entrepreneur who wants to use the Middle East plan to create a new video game called "Doom's Day." Featuring a vast cast of popular 1970s and 1980s television actors including Tom Bosley William Christopher Norman Fell Henry Gibson Adam West Pat Morita Don Rickles and others. Second Draft script: Orange titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Stanley Ralph Ross. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Shooting Draft script: Red titled Charles Fries Productions wrappers. Title page present dated April 24 1980 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Stanley Ralph Ross. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/30/80 and 5/9/80. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. A Neila Production unknown
2000ref. 167120N.p.: N.p. 2000. Six vintage borderless color lobby cards from the French release of the 2000 American film. Housed in the original manila envelope with the film's logo on one side. An urban fairy tale wherein Jean-Michel Basquiat playing himself roams the streets of New York City encountering many denizens of the musical underground in the process. Shot in December of 1980 and January of 1981 the film was abandoned after completion due to budgetary constraints but was revived by producer and screenwriter Glenn O'Brien in 1999 and made its public debut at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. 11 x 8.25 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 167112N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Claudia Cardinale. Annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamps of photographer Georg Michalke on the verso. A woman returns with her American husband to her childhood village in Tuscany where she revives a long-lost sexual relationship with her brother. The third of four films Cardinale made with director Luchino Visconti following "Rocco and His Brothers" 1960 and "The Leopard" 1963 and followed by "Conversation Piece" 1974. Shot on location in Geneva Switzerland and in Tuscany Italy. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 167119N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1976 Italian sex comedy film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. A wealthy industrialist is betrayed by his gold-digging young wife resulting in his confinement to a mental institution-where he unexpectedly finds true love! 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 167105N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Maria Schneider and Jack Nicholson on the set of the 1975 film. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a loose trilogy as well as a three-picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 167109N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 French film showing Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Director Roger Vadim's attempt to explore women's sexual liberation by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into a woman here played by Bardot in her fifth film with Vadim. Shot in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with some light wear at the corners but still quite bright and clean. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 167103Paris: Sygma 1982. Five vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1982 film including several photographs of actress Romy Schneider director Jacques Rouffio and others on the set. Mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. Schneider's poor physical health after a kidney operation and mental health after the death of her fourteen-year-old son the previous year delayed production and this film was ultimately her final performance before her death in May of 1982. Shot on location in Berlin and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Sygma unknown
1964ref. 167104N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 British film showing actress Sylva Koscina undressing. Stamp of photographer Georg Michalke on the verso. Based on Lionel Davidson's 1960 novel "The Night of Wenceslas" about an ordinary man who is unknowingly pulled into a Cold War plot. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 167106N.p.: N.p. 1925. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1925 film showing then-US vice president Charles G. Dawes visiting the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. In 1860 a gambler-turned-rider for the Pony Express learns of a secret plan to aid the Confederate cause. Shot on location in Cheyenne Wyoming. Approximately 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 3139. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 167091N.p.: Aetos 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 Italian film showing actors Silvana Mangano and Terence Stamp in an intimate moment. Stamp of photographer Angelo Frontoni on the verso. Over the course of several days a mysterious visitor seduces each member of a bourgeois Milanese family. The second film in director Pier Paolo Pasolini's Mythical Cycle quartet preceded by "Oedipus Rex" 1967 and followed by "Porcile" and "Medea" both 1969. Set and shot on location in Rome and Milan. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. BFI 1166. Aetos unknown
1930ref. 167086N.p.: N.p. 1930. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1930 French film one showing actress Catherine Hessling the other showing actor Jean Renoir and Hessling together. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Catherine Hessling's beauty drew her to the attention of Henri Matisse who sent her to model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A romance developed between the fledgling model and Renoir's second son Jean and the couple were married in January of 1920. Hessling appeared in several of Renoir's films before the couple's divorce in 1931 including Renoir's first feature-length film "The Whirlpool of Fate" 1925 and his 1926 adaptation of Émile Zola's "Nana." 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
