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1970ref. 166578North Hollywood: Cinema Center Films 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1970 television film printed on blue leaves which aired on CBS on November 20 1970 here under the working title of "The Man in the Back Seat." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with the marker annotations of his name and "Pt. Part of Paul Sarne" on the front wrapper with Dimitri's address label from Cinema Center Films affixed to the verso of the front wrapper. After shooting his wife's lover in Baltimore David Janssen is a man on the run trying to flee to Mexico City. After being trapped at LAX due to bad weather Janssen gets cabbie Yapphet Kotto to drive him from Los Angeles to San Diego at gunpoint. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and San Diego California. Green titled Cinema Center 100 wrappers. Title page present dated February 17 1970 with credits for screenwriter Marvin A. Gluck and Story by Collier Young. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/10/70 and 6/22/70. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Cinema Center Films unknown
1990ref. 166561N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film with the marker annotation of the title on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is an 83 page Shooting Schedule printed on orange leaves dated August 9 1980. After the death of his partner in the line of duty a New York City police detective adopts his partner's orphaned children but his drive to make a perfect life for his wife and the children drives him to desperate measures. Set and shot on location in New York. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 3 1990 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Heywood Gould. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with foxing at the extremities bound with three gold brads. Shooting Schedule Near Fine overall with light foxing to the first leaf bound with three gold brads Grant US. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 166941N.p.: Showscan Film Corporation 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 joint French-US short film. Attached by staple to the top corner of the title page is a small hand-written note "Vicki" a phone number and "Call from Space office." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with two copies of a January 16 1989 call sheet laid in. The 29-minute short film was the first film shot using the "Showscan" process developed by Douglas Trumbull which is photographed and projected on 70mm film at 60 frames per second 2.5 times the standard film speed and was only screened twice in 1989 once at the "Big Bang Schtroumpf" amusement park now "Walygator Parc" in Maizières-les-Metz France and once at the Omnimax Theatre at Ceasars Palace Las Vegas. A film director Richard Brestoff and his nephew Bill Campbell an aspiring actor and eccentric inventor make a low-budget science fiction film when one of the nephew's inventions begins to bring visitors from the past and future into the present including Napoleon Archimedes and cavemen making what they believe may be one of the greatest movies ever made. Featuring a cameo from James Coburn as an irate studio head and the voice of Charlton Heston as an alien visitor. Director Richard Fleischer's final film. Shot on location in Simi Valley California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1-6-89 noted as revised with credits for screenwriter Sarah Paris and story by Peter Beal and Sarah Paris. 29 leaves with last page of text numbered 26. Xerographic duplication rectos only with yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/22/88 and 1/6/89. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Showscan Film Corporation unknown
1987ref. 166564N.p.: Richard Maynard / Real Tinsel Production 1987. Revised Shooting script for the pilot episode of the 1988 television series printed on blue leaves which aired on March 6 1988 here under the working title "Supercarrier." Laid in are two Call Sheets a flyer for a cast and crew party and dance and a "Supercarrier" graphic with a "Fine Films" stamp. "Supercarrier" aired on ABC for one season of eight episodes premiering on March 6 1988 and ending on May 14 1988. Based on the 1986 book "Supercarrier An Inside Account of Life Aboard the World's Most Powerful Ship the USS John F. Kennedy" by George C. Wilson. A military drama series featuring US Navy Pilots aboard the fictional aircraft carrier the USS Georgetown. In this episode the search for a downed jet fighter brings attention to hot-dogging flyer Alex Hyde-White and begins the arrival of female forces. Shot on location in Norfolk Virginia and Jacksonville Florida. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 16 1987 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Steven E. de Souza and Story by Stanford Whitmore. 207 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between October 27 1987 and November 4 1987. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Richard Maynard / Real Tinsel Production unknown
1947ref. 140202Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 84 and production No. 133 dated April 7 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 7 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining at the edges of a few leaves wrapper Very Good with some dampstaining on the front and rear wrappers. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1994ref. 166475N.p.: Reno & Osborn Productions 1994. Revised Final Draft for Season 2 Episode 7 for the 1994-1997 television series. Originally aired April 24 1995 on USA Network. This adult animated series based on the 1990 comic by Everett Peck follows a duck who works as a private investigator. In this episode someone arrives claiming to be the illegitimate son of Duckman's business partner conceived when he was fighting in Vietnam. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1994 with credits for uncredited screenwriters Jeffrey S. Astrof and Mike Sikowitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reno & Osborn Productions unknown
1996ref. 167800Los Angeles: Sony Imageworks 1996. Collection of vintage bound gatherings of storyboards representing eight sequences from the 1997 film. Storyboards belonging to visual effects producer Peter Kuran with his name in manuscript ink or pencil on three pages. Sequences represented include an advertisement from the Federal Network Jump Ball the brain bug capturing fleet training the battle of Klendathu a bug meteor the Starship Athena and asteroid grazing among others. Based on the 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein about several soldiers serving in the Earth world government military during an interstellar war with an alien species known as Arachnids. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Approximately 200 leaves. Pages generally Near Fine variously bound with staples paper clips or gold brads. Sony Imageworks unknown
1996ref. 167666N.p.: N.p. 1996. Draft script for the 1996 film. Steve Buscemi's feature film directorial debut about an unemployed single ex-mechanic who spends all of his time at the eponymous Trees Lounge a neighborhood bar with a motley cast of characters. Set and shot on location throughout New York in Queens Brooklyn Valley Stream and Long Island. Generic white "Live International" wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Buscemi. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 167724N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Script incomplete presumably as issued ending on page 102. A hitchhiker is sent to prison after being wrongly accused of a murder. There he joins an underground boxing tournament organized by corrupt guards in order to win his freedom. Basis for two sequels in 1982 and 1987. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present copyright year noted as 1977 with credit for director and screenwriter Jamaa Fanaka. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a closed tear on the front wrapper repaired with cello tape on the verso. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
2011ref. 167782Universal City: Universal City Studios / Paqu Films 2011. Draft script for the 2012 film. Copy belonging to still photographer François Duhamel with his name watermarked on several script pages. Based on the 2010 novel by Don Winslow about two cannabis growers in Southern California who work together to confront the enforcers of a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Shot on location in the Pacific Palisades. Housed in a generic black three-ring binder. Title page present dated 05/01/11 noted as production No. 00K64 with credits for Winslow and screenwriters Shane Salerno and Oliver Stone. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 7 and September 6 2011. Pages about Fine binder Near Fine. Universal City Studios / Paqu Films unknown
1944ref. 165295Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Anne Gwynne from the 1944 film with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. 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. The second of six installments in "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries" preceded by "Calling Dr. Death: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1943 and followed by "Dead Man's Eyes: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1944. Lon Chaney Jr. travels to the South Seas where he falls in love with Anne Gwynne a mysterious and exotic native woman who the locals believe to be some kind of supernatural being. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown
1971ref. 165389London: Kestrel Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film seen here under the working title "Scenes of Family Life." Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations relating to props and set design on several pages in the script. Loosely based on David Mercer's 1967 television play "In Two Minds" which was based in turn on a case detailed in psychiatrist R.D. Laing's 1960 book "The Divided Mind." A conservative working class couple is shocked when their unmarried daughter reveals she is pregnant and force her to have an abortion resulting in detrimental effects to her emotional and mental health. Director Ken Loach's third feature film following his breakthrough 1969 film "Kes." Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Mercer. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Kestrel Films unknown
1964ref. 167791Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actor Sean Connery talking with director Alfred Hitchcock between takes during filming on location in San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the background. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel which follows a wealthy businessman's unwanted often cruel attempts to help a troubled young woman come to terms with her past. The production faced several setbacks in its development most relating to Hitchcock's insistence on including a rape scene present in the novel and the subsequent troubles in casting the lead role given the emotional complexity demanded for the character. Set and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else about Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1947ref. 165206Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paula Corday from the 1947 film. Both photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos one also with a provenance stamp on the verso. 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. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
ref. 165382Iver Heath Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 2005. Shooting script for the 2006 film. Based on the 1992 novel by P.D. James. In a dystopian world where humans have become infertile a civil servant agrees to help a mysteriously pregnant woman travel to a remote location in the Azores to have her child. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Set in London in 2027 shot on location in London Hampshire Hertfordshire and Hampshire England in Montevideo Uruguay and in Buenos Aires Argentina. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 23rd August 2005 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and novelist P.D. James. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with a silver prong with title page lightly foxed on the edges and moderate rusting around the binding. Pinewood Studios unknown
1938ref. 164549Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage reference photograph of actor Larry J. Blake from the 1938 film with a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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 short story "If You Break My Heart" by Steve Fisher. Sally Eilers stars as a nurse whose brother shortly after being released from prison is shot and killed in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police. Larry J. Blake a police officer is accused of shooting him but knows he didn't do it and sets out to prove it both to clear his name and because of his feelings for Eilers. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1936ref. 164529Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1936 film with three stamps on the verso one crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe printed on the verso. 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. Llye Talbot is an earnest intrepid inventor of a television system who inadvertently gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters out to steal his invention. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1957ref. 166060Beaconsfield UK: Beaconsfield Films 1957. Draft script for the 1957 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations in his hand throughout and his name written on the top of revision page 85. 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. Laurence Harvey stars as Sir Humphrey Tavistock who consoles his son-in-law Roland Culver who finds all women impossible to love with tales of found lovers and lost love. Tall maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 14.1.57 with credits for screenwriter Muriel Box. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with a prong binding. Beaconsfield Films unknown
1998ref. 165385London: Gummfluh Films 1998. First Production Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his first name in manuscript ink on the title page and his annotations regarding camera work throughout. Bound in at the front and rear of the script are several production documents including shooting schedules a contact sheet a map indicating filming locations and information regarding lodging during production. Not to be confused with the 2008 film of the same name. A motley group of siblings return to their family home after their mother's death ostensibly to grieve but in actuality in order to determine who will inherit the largest portion of her wealth. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 30 September 1998 with credit for screenwriter William Brookfield. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated October 6 and November 2 1998 respectively. Pages Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. Gummfluh Films unknown
1935ref. 164515Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of Florence Rice from the 1935 film with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent film directed by Al Rogell and starring Reed Howes and Mildred Davis. 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 scientist invents a "superspeed" formula for race cars that everyone is soon fighting to own. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp on the verso. 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 group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1935ref. 164466Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Five vintage photographs from the 1935 film including three double weight reference photographs one on-the-set and two test Photographs Photographers one of Joan Bennett and one of Billie Burke. All five photographs with a studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones on the versos and four with mimeo snipes on the same. 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 wealthy patriarch is continuously irritated and dismayed by his family's outrageous behavior. After winding up in prison for tax evasion he befriends his cellmate a bootlegger and fellow tax evader whom he names as executor of his estate upon his release. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall one with light creasing and edgewear. Columbia Pictures unknown
1936ref. 164478Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. All five with studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso and three with mimeo snipes on the same. 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 dramatization of the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as "Sissi" and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria following his previous engagement to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1989ref. 167211Hollywood: Austin Enterprises 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film seen here under the working title "Beverly Hills Vampire." Copy belonging to makeup artist Richard Miranda with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a five-day shooting schedule along with a call sheet dated May 24 1988. A straight-to-video comedy about three nerds who hook up with vampiric call girls during a trip to Hollywood. Set and shot on location in Beverly Hills. Blue titled wrappers. Missing title page. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Austin Enterprises unknown
1979ref. 167218N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. A teenage pinball prodigy joins forces with an aspiring country music singer in order to raise money for a demo tape. Set and shot on location in West Hollywood Santa Cruz and Los Angeles California and in Corpus Christi Texas. Green titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director Rudy Durand and uncredited screenwriters James Creech and Martin Zweiback. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
