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1984ref. 147207N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few copied manuscript annotations but without copied hole shadows thus made from a master. Laid in with the script is a business card for screenwriter Ragnar Lasse Henriksen. Bound in after the script are seven pages in Swedish addressing a proposed budget for the film. Based on noted Norwegian author Odd Eidem's 1978 travelogue "Cruise" about Eidem's travels and various encounters in Jamaica Haiti and Trinidad. Set in Montego Bay Port-au-Prince and Port of Spain. Non-standard yellow transparent front wrapper and red rear wrapper. Title page present dated 84 with credits for screenwriter RAGNAR LASSE HENRIKSEN. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a red Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 141479N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. A priest is assigned to a parish in San Francisco where he encounters a seedy world of prostitutes homosexuals and victims of abuse all of whom he invites to hear his sermons in hopes of changing their circumstances. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credit for screenwriter Paul Gus Carlos. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 189. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated April 16 1979. Pages Near Fine unbound and housed in a manila envelope. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
ref. 147015Munich: Sunset Films Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. The true story of Lech Walesa a shipyard electrician who became the father of the Polish Solidarity party and eventually served as the first democratically-elected president of Poland. Screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski was best known as a Polish director of political films and biopics including "The Shadow Line" 1976 "Pani Bovary to ja" 1977 and "In a Moment of Passion" 1993. Set in Poland. Yellow transparent plastic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Sunset Films unknown
1986ref. 160924N.p.: N.p. 1986. Shooting Revision script for the 1988 action film. Bound in preceding the script are three pages of interior and exterior set lists and cast lists. Jimmy Stathis stars as DEA Agent John Temple working undercover in Mexico to nail drug kingpin Victor Lazzaro played by Aldo Ray who killed his partner. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. Title page present dated 7/21/86 noted as SHOOTING REVISION with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. 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
1949ref. 146230Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir. A career criminal agrees to help the federal agent who put him behind bars in infiltrating a drug smuggling syndicate. An early film appearance as a mute murderous henchman by Tony Curtis here credited as "Anthony Curtis." Partially shot on location in California Arizona and Sonora Mexico. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper production No. 1606 dated JUNE 28 1949 with credits for director William Castle actors Howard Duff Shelley Winters Dan Duryea and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soiling on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 143200Tokyo: Toho Company 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Text and titles in Japanese. A neglected wife begins an affair with a bank teller who offers to loan money for her husband to open a cafe. Actress Hideko Takamine would appear in many of director Mikio Naruse's films usually embodying the plight of contemporary women in Japan longing for emancipation. Set in Japan. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 pages with last page of text numbered e-26. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed. Toho Company unknown
1968ref. 143231Tokyo: Shochiku Company 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Based on Yukio Mishima's 1961 stage adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's 1934 novel. A cunning lady thief known as the Black Lizard tries to kidnap a wealthy jeweler's daughter as part of a plot to steal her father's priceless Star of Egypt diamond. Set in Tokyo. White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1968.6.17. 126 pages with last page of text numbered d-34. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed overall. Shochiku Company unknown
ref. 146801N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four laid-in xerographically duplicated pages detailing the script's summary and prospective audience. A young successful photographer for a women's erotic magazine finds herself caught in a love triangle between a gallery owner and a troubled boxer. Set in Hollywood and Malibu. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146805N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television film. Incomplete as issued. With a small handwritten label to the first leaf noting the name and address of screenwriter Martin Warner. A lonely widower finds new love with a vibrant retired school teacher aided by his well-intentioned but meddling apartment building neighbors. Set in Santa Monica California. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Martin Warner. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with light rust to the first and last leaves likely from a paper clip bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 151086Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing nine black and white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Patrick Cauvin's 1977 novel "E=mc squared Mon Amour." Two teenagers living in Paris-a French boy and an American girl-begin a romance culminating in a trip to Venice to kiss under the Bridge of Sighs in a gondola. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1990ref. 160931Los Angeles: NOMA Productions 1990. Final Draft script for the 1991 film here under the working title "Angel of Death." Copy belonging to actor Aldo Ray with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations on eleven pages in the script relating to his character Tony. A remake of the Robert Johnson meeting the devil at the crossroads tale in the wake of hair metal wherein a loser enlists the help of a voodoo priestess in selling his soul to the devil for rock star immortality. Featuring Traci Lords in one of her first post-adult film roles. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles California. Titled yellow wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Mark Freed Dave Tedder and Andrew Cross. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Olive Films. NOMA Productions unknown
1980ref. 146822N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are several copies of screenwriter Nikolas Janis' resume and a list dated 3/5/1980 in manuscript ink annotation noting film producers where Janis ostensibly dropped off his screenplays housed in a brown folder. A British teenage girl who fears ending up in a youth rehabilitation community joins a gang of criminal boys where she soon develops a polyamorous relationship with many of its members. Set in England. Generic report folder with plastic front wrapper teal card stock rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1980 with credits for screenwriters Damien Enright and Nikolas Janis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 151097Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. A mathematics professor in Chicago travels to New York to attend her widowed father's wedding where she falls in love with her stepmother's married adult son. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1980ref. 141195N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Written by Spencer Eastman whose other screenwriting credits include "Hide in Plain Sight" 1980 "Kansas" 1988 "War Party" 1988 and "Night Game" 1989. A story set in West Berlin after the Second World War involving members of the CIA double agents and love interests. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Spencer Eastman. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 158405Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1987. Vintage Italian 2-fogli poster for the 1987 film. A dramatization of the rise to fame and unexpected death of Mexican-American singer Ritchie Valens. Shot on location in Los Angeles San Jose Hollister and Fillmore California. 39 x 55 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with moderate creasing and wear at the folds. Columbia Pictures unknown
1973ref. 159690Bradford: W.E. Berry 1973. Vintage British quad poster for the 1973 Italian-English film. Based on John Gardner's 1969 novel "A Complete State of Death." A detective uncovers a plot by the mob to use Vietnam veterans in a vast murder scheme. Shot on location in New York and California. 40 x 30 inches folded. Fine. Grant Italy. W.E. Berry unknown
1962ref. 159693Various cities: Stafford 1962. Vintage British quad poster for the 1962 American film. Based on Jules Verne's 1868 novel "Captain Grant's Children" about a search for a missing shipwrecked captain. The third of six Disney films to star child actress Hayley Mills. 40 x 30 inches folded. About Fine. Stafford unknown
1972ref. 159697Bradford: W.E. Berry 1972. Vintage British quad poster for the 1972 Australian film. Based on the character originally created by cartoonist Barry Humphries a loutish beer-guzzling Australian named Barry "Bazza" McKenzie. The first Australian film to surpass one million dollars in Australian box office receipts. Shot on location in London. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. W.E. Berry unknown
1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1988ref. 161011Los Angeles: A.I.P. Productions 1988. Draft script for the 1990 film copy belonging to actor Aldo Ray with the manuscript ink annotation of his signature on the title page and copied annotations on one page. A group of outcast US Army soldiers who care more about partying than soldiering are chosen to represent their base for annual war games and pit off against a group of sultry female soldiers and the Red Vipers a vicious group of elite solders with the brass all betting against them including General Makepeace played by Aldo Ray. Shot on location in Corona California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1988 with credits for screenwriters Jeff Mandel Michael Bogert and Peter Yuval. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light soiling to the first and last leaves bound with three gold brads. A.I.P. Productions unknown
ref. 160843Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 film. Copy belonging to crew member Kevin E. Patterson credited as Cable Person with his name and signature in manuscript ink on the recto of the rear wrapper. One of the best action films of the 1990s launching the careers of both Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon went uncredited as the film's script doctor and screenwriter Graham Yost went on to create and write the acclaimed television series "Justified" 2010. Blue titled wrappers dated August 6 1993. Title page present dated August 6 1993 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Graham Yost. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1984ref. 160850London: Greenpoint Films 1984. Draft script for the 1985 British film INSCRIBED by director/screenwriter David Hare on the title page "For Steve with thanks - / David Hare / 15.5.85" with the manuscript ink annotation of copy number "63" on the top of the title page and manuscript ink annotations striking scene 71B on page 51. Laid in is an eight page transcript of a PublicTheater interview with Hare dated May 15 1985 with manuscript pencil and marker annotations throughout in what appears to be Hare's hand a sixteen page program for the film with two modest ink annotations on two pages a thirteen page "Preliminary Production Notes" and a one page clipping of "Stanley Kauffmann On Films: Against the Darkness" a review of the film from the August 12 1985 issue of The New Republic. A middle-age spinster schoolteacher played by Vanessa Redgrave is forced to reevaluate her life after witnessing the suicide of a recently arrived enigmatic stranger. Set in Wetherby England shot on location in West Yorkshire North Yorkshire Middlesex and London. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated May 4 1984 noted as "This Draft" with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Interview transcript 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall bound with two staples to the top left corner. Program 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. Preliminary Production Notes 8.5 x 11 inches. Light toning at the extremities else Near Fine. Article Clipping 8.25 x 11. Very Good with light dampstaining creasing and edgewear. Greenpoint Films unknown
1988ref. 160846Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1988. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 2 of the 1987-1994 classic television series originally aired in syndication on November 28 1988. Printed on blue leaves. Bound in preceding the script are three pages for "Cast" "Sets" and a "Pronunciation Guide." 20 years after the classic NBC 1966-1968 television series Gene Roddenberry was tasked with creating "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for Paramount Pictures. Set a century after the events in the original series and starring a new cast of characters "The Next Generation" succeeded in becoming an equally beloved series in the franchise and created four spin-off films from the series "Star Trek Generation" 1994 "Star Trek: First Contact" 1996 "Star Trek: Insurrection" 1998 and "Star Trek: Nemesis" 2002. The Enterprise becomes enveloped and trapped by a black-hole like phenomenon they are investigating when a hostile Romulan war ship appears. Yellow illustrated wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated September 26 1988. Title page present dated September 26 1988 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Jack B. Sowards and director Winrich Kolbe. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1973ref. 160085Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures / Saber Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1974 film seen here under the working title "Policewoman." Annotations in manuscript ink on every page checking scene numbers. Included with the script is a pressbook and 15 vintage reference photographs from the film. An exploitation film about a policewoman who infiltrates an all-women criminal gang. Shot on location in Los Angeles and the Channel Islands California. Screenplay: Brown wrappers with titles and illustration in gilt. Title page present dated August 1973 with credits for director-screenwriter Lee Frost and screenwriter Wes Bishop. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Pressbook: 11 x 17 inches. Eight pages side-stapled. Near Fine. Photographs 15: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Crown International Pictures / Saber Productions unknown
