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1964ref. 166111Shepperton UK: Lippert Films 1964. Draft script for the 1964 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name and the date "8th May 1964" written on the front wrapper. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Leslie Nielsen stars as a former OSS officer living in London who travels to Paris disguised as a photographer's assistant in order to deliver a secret tape reel after a former colleague with a decoy of the tape is killed. Shot on location in London. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Lippert Films unknown
1977ref. 167417Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series which aired on NBC on May 15 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets two copies of one dated December 16 1977 and one dated December 20 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring Rock Hudson and Lee Remick the five part 1978 NBC mini-series which aired on May 7-9 and 14-15 was an insider's look at the day-to-day operations of National Motors a large fictitious US automobile manufacturer and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Set in late 1960s Detroit. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 15 1977 with credits for screenwriter Robert Hamilton and author Arthur Hailey. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue yellow green pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/7/77 and 10/26/77. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1973ref. 167387North Hollywood: Martin Rackin Productions 1973. Final Draft for the 1974 television film which aired on NBC on March 16 1974 here under the working title "Boselli's World." Bound in preceding the script is a fifteen page Shooting Schedule for December 2-21 1973 with manuscript red marker annotations noting names and striking dates. Bound in following the script are 26 script pages replaced by revision pages. Preceding the script is a page entitled "Episode Title Suggestions" implying the television movie was originally intended as a possible pilot for a series which never transpired. Ernest Borgnine stars as tugboat operator Vince Boselli who along with Della Reese the owner of a waterfront cafe clash with a dock foreman trying to change the way things are done on the piers. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 16 1973 with credits for screenwriters Martin Rackin and Robert Pirosh. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 11/26/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Martin Rackin Productions unknown
1958ref. 166167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Draft script for the 1958 British comedy copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with the annotation of his name along the top edge of the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on four pages. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Sequel to the 1958 British film "Up the Creek" also directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson and Peter Sellers. Sellers was unable to appear in the sequel because of scheduling conflicts with another film. When the Navy frigate the "Aristotle" is sold to a fictitious Middle Eastern power the ship's bosun played by Frankie Howerd sells tickets for the voyage as a luxury cruise unbeknownst to the Captain. Shot on location in Portland Harbour England. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Val Guest John Warren and Len Heath. 199 leaves with last page of text numbered 195. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
1991ref. 165078N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1991 television movie showing actor Dennis Hopper. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1988 novel by Peter Dexter. In 1950s Georgia a racist greedy loan shark spirals into increasing violence towards his community and his family culminating in the cold-blooded murder of a Black man. Shot on location in Decatur Concord Crawfordville Jackson and McDonough Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 165085N.p.: N.p. 1971. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing actress Candy Darling. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. A satire of the women's liberation movement starring Warhol superstars Darling Jackie Curtis and Holly Woodlawn about three New York women who join a militant feminist group Politically Involved Girls P.I.G. in an attempt to find happiness apart from men. The last film to use footage filmed directly by Andy Warhol himself. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with faint discoloration on the center right of the verso. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 165076Paris: Films Sonores Tobis 1933. Collection of six vintage double weight photographs from the 1933 film. One with provenance stamps on the verso. A quintessential entry in René Clair's oeuvre about a young cab driver who falls in love with his neighbor with the couple forced to persevere in a world where all odds are against them. Five photographs approximately 9 x 7 inches one photograph 6.75 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine five with neat pinholes at each corner. Films Sonores Tobis unknown
1971ref. 165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 165054N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actor Noel Coward on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance label on the verso. The third and final collaboration between Reed and author Graham Greene with Alec Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 165096N.p.: N.p. 1972. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. When mob associates turn up dead at the hands of a ruthless businessman an enforcer is sent to Kansas to investigate. He finds a man who is using the local town to operate a ring of corruption: drugs bootlegging and female sexual slavery. The first film credit for Sissy Spacek. Set in Kansas City shot on location in Canada Missouri and Kansas. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good to Very Good plus moderately curled one with ink residue on the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 165071Universal City: Universal Studios 1971. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1971 film including one borderless and one bordered. Bordered photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Ken Kesey's 1964 novel about a family of independent loggers who refuse to support a local logging union's strike against a lumber conglomerate. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jaeckel. Set in the fictional town of Wakonda Oregon and shot on location throughout western Oregon in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast. One photograph 8 x 10 inches the other 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown
1967ref. 166208London: Caralan Productions 1967. Shooting Script for the 1968 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name on the first revision page page 4. The title page includes an ink annotation of the name "S. Siddall" Sid Siddall worked as a Property Master or a Production Buyer on British films and likely worked uncredited in the art department under Provis. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1964 play by screenwriter Jack Roffey. Ray Milland appeared in the popular 1966 Broadway production of the play which originally opened on the West End in 1964 starring Michael Denison and decided to make a feature film from the play with himself directing in 1967. Although the film was completed in 1968 it wouldn't see a British release until 1970. Ray Milland stars as a barrister who after his daughter is killed in a hit and run accident is determined to find the driver and exact vengeance. After his neighbor is killed in a botched robbery Milland becomes a suspect when a letter is found implicating the neighbor in his daughter's death. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Jack Roffey. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated 6.9.67 and 14.9.67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near FIne bound internally with two flat metal brads. Caralan Productions unknown
1986ref. 165725N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his name on the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout indicating props. Incomplete script ending on page 122. A police detective is called to protect a socialite when she becomes the key witness in a murder trial. Set and shot on location in New York City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 19 1987 noted as "Seltzer draft". 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 167481Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1951. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 39 of the 1950-1951 television talk show. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript pencil on seven leaves denoting dialogue. A one-season variety series hosted by actress Betty Furness set in her penthouse starring celebrity musicians and actors. Originally aired on June 8 1951 on ABC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 8 1951 with credits for director Bob Doyle screenwriter Larry Markes musician Buddy Weed and others. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner with the first leaf partially detached from the staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1977ref. 167517Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. Two call sheets and a magazine clipping showing a review of the film laid in with the script. A newly divorced librarian is unwittingly drawn into a crime investigation after accepting a pack of cigarettes with an incriminating roll of film hidden inside. Basis for the short-lived 1981 television series starring Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. Beige titled Paramount wrappers dated September 23 1977 and noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with a stamp for Miller-Milkis Productions at the top right corner. Title page present dated September 23 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for director and screenwriter Colin Higgins. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between October 17 and 19 1977. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 167477Hollywood: Aaron Spelling Productions 1970. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1970-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated shooting location map. The short-lived series followed three independent criminologists-George Maharis Yvette Mimieux and Ralph Bellamy-who took on especially dangerous high-profile cases. In this debut episode the trio attempt to solve a murder of a man found with a hole in his head that did not come from a bullet. Originally aired on October 10 1970 on ABC. Red titled wrappers noted as story No. 261 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 30 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Burton Wohl. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 18 1970. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown
1970ref. 167480Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 25 of the 1969-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript ink on two leaves denoting dialogue. Laid in with the script is a single-page call sheet dated September 30 1970. Not to be confused with the 1984-1992 sitcom "The Cosby Show." The two-season series followed a beleaguered gym teacher at an inner-city high school in Los Angeles. In this episode an eccentric millionaire enlists the teacher's help in reliving his youth by creating a life-size replica of his childhood neighborhood. Originally aired on March 14 1971 on NBC. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Light green titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 17088 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 23 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Art Wallace. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1989ref. 167419Universal City: Universal Television 1989. Draft script for the fifth episode of the sixth season of the 1984-1996 CBS television series which aired on October 29 1989. Created by Peter S. Fischer Richard Levinson and William Link the popular and long running Emmy Award winning CBS television series starred Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher a mystery writer and amateur detective who becomes involved in solving murders in her fictional home town of Cabot Cove Maine and across the US. The series ran for 12 seasons totaling 264 episodes from September 30 1984 to May 19 1996. In this episode Jessica tells the story of an ex-football player who investigates the murder of an old teammate with the help of his teammate's dog Jack. Front wrapper integral with title page dated April 4 1989 with credits for screenwriters Peter Fischer and Chuck Bowman. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Xerographic duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/31/89. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1978ref. 167427N.p.: Glen A. Larson Productions 1978. Draft script for the two hour pilot for the 1978-79 NBC series which aired on September 10 1978 here under the working title "Sword of Justice" Created by Glen A. Larson the series lasted for a total of ten episodes including the two-hour pilot found here before ending on July 11 1979 with a second two-hour episode entitled "Blackjack." Playboy Jack Martin Cole Dack Rambo who after being framed for a crime he did not commit and serving three years in jail during which his parents died and his family fortune was nearly destroyed and he learns a variety of criminal skills vows revenge on those responsible. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 9 1978 with credits for screenwriters Glen A. Larson and Michael Gleason. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with foxing on the page edges and foxing edgewear and silverfish damage to the outer leaves bound with two gold brads. Glen A. Larson Productions unknown
1984ref. 167521Burbank CA: Pressman Productions 1984. First Draft script for the 1985 UK/US film circa 1984 with manuscript pencil annotations on the cast of characters page noting the actor's names adjacent to their characters. Based on the 1978 play by screenwriter David Hare. Spanning nearly 20 years in the life of Englishwoman Susan Traherne played by Meryl Streep the film follows her from her life-changing experiences as a French Resistance fighter during World War II to her life in post-war England which she finds inadequate and trivial her alienation often leading her to act with disregard for those around her. Nominated for two BAFTA Awards. Of note screenwriter Hare divided the script found here into eight segments of which there is a note on the first leaf that this was not for the viewing audience but for clarity in reading for the cast and crew. The eight segments are: "The War" "Europe On The Move" "Austerity" "Plenty" "Suez" "Iran" "The Crisis" and "Liberation." Set in and shot on location in London Brusels Belgium France and Tunisia. Front wrapper integral with first introductory note leaf. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pressman Productions unknown
2000ref. 167530Santa Monica: Silent Development Corporation 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. Screenwriter David Atkins' directorial debut a criminally overlooked black comedy. Steve Martin is an innocuous straight-laced dentist engaged to his ambitious dental hygienist played by Laura Dern. Martin's life is pulled into a maelstrom of sex drugs and murder when an alluring Helena Bonham Carter comes into his office seeking a root canal and pain killers. Shot on location in Illinois and Wisconsin. Front wrapper integral with title page dated April 07 2000 noted as REVISION I with credits for screenwriter David Atkins and story by Paul Felopulos and David Atkins. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/27/00 and 4/07/00. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silent Development Corporation unknown
1980ref. 165752N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány taken by photographer Ray Jones and struck by the photographer from the original negative circa 1980. 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. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film after his runaway success in "Frankenstein" in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 163721N.p.: N.p. 1982. Five vintage borderless oversize color reference photographs from the 1982 film. One with a Dutch distributor label on the verso. A conservative American couple explore sexuality and exhibitionism while on vacation in Greece culminating in a threesome with a French archaeologist. Shot on location on the islands of Greece in Crete Delos Mykonos and Santorini Greece. 7.25 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 162699N.p.: N.p. 1999. Three gatherings of vintage treatment and draft material relating to the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series. Includes: 1. A gathering of brief treatments for episodes dated February 3 1999 and credited to screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. 2. A treatment script for an unproduced episode entitled "The Dil 1.0" credited to Silverman and Sustarsic dated February 8 1999. 3. A five-page gathering of story ideas dated March 7 1999 credited to Silverman and Sustarsic. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. All materials 8.5 x 11 inches bound with a single staple at the top left corners. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 161021Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Collection of 18 vintage photographs from the 1968 film including 17 studio stills and one reference photograph. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown
