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1970ref. 141703N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript note laid in. In 1926 a sex worker decides to strike out on her own and form a bordello finding women who are brave and courageous enough to do what they want. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Garrie Bateson. 113 leaves pages not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine housed in a three ring binder. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 154904N.p.: Dore Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 musical film. Considered the first nudie musical about a nightclub singer and a comedian who are drawn into the world of nudism through their girlfriends. Two pages bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Dore Productions unknown
1968ref. 154902Dallas: Orbit Films 1968. Vintage pressbook for the 1968 film. Con women steal one million dollars from two mob money couriers forcing the men to find and recover the money before their employers discover the theft. Versatile and prolific cross-genre filmmaker Lee Frost was best known for his string of exploitation films throughout the 1960s and 1970s most notably including "The Animal" 1968 "Chain Gang Women" 1971 and "Policewomen" 1974. 12 pages saddle stapled. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown
1980ref. 152211N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. SIGNED on the title page by director and screenwriter David S. Ward. Based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" 1945 and "Sweet Thursday" 1954. David S. Ward's directorial debut. In 1940s Monterey a self employed marine biologist and former baseball star begins a relationship with a drifter working at the local bordello. Shot on location in Monterey and San Diego California Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter David S. Ward and author John Steinbeck. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 151984Munich: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting copy No. 101. A power-hungry emperor demands the much-maligned Jewish people of his kingdom give him the Schem a mystical philosopher's stone leading a rabbi to create a golem for defense-a giant anthropomorphic creature made from mud and clay. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Zev Mahler. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zev Mahler. 162 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 154898Los Angeles: Olympic International Films 1965. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1965 Japanese film. A wealthy businessman hires two detectives to find his missing daughter uncovering a violent drug and sex trafficking ring in the process. An early use of the word "hentai" in the US. 11 x 17 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Olympic International Films unknown
1973ref. 151980London: Galactacus Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film. Laid in with the script are two letters addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner from producer Antony Rufus Isaacs introducing the script and suggesting the part of Grabinski for actor Charles Bronson as well as a four-page typed synopsis of the script. Based on the 1955 novel by Jean-Paul Clebert. On D-Day a group of prisoners-of-war take shelter from the bombardment inside a German bunker but find themselves permanently trapped underground when the entrances are blocked. Set in Germany shot on location in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter John Gould and novelist Jean-Pierre Clebert. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Galactacus Productions unknown
1977ref. 153060London: Preview Two 1977. Draft script for the 1977 television episode originally aired on November 24 1977 on BBC Two. An investigation of early diving practices narrated by Belgian underwater archaeologist Robert Stenuit who explored the underwater ruins of the Dutch merchant ship Slot Ter Hooge which had previously been explored by English diver John Lethbridge in 1725 using a primitive "diving engine." Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter and actor Robert Stenuit narrator Derek Jones and other crew members. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Preview Two unknown
1966ref. 154899Dallas: Orbit Films 1966. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1966 Japanese film. In a futuristic world young girls are abducted and transformed into Love Robots living sex dolls available for sale. Pink film auteur Koji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa Oshima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. Six pages bi-fold with one laid-in leaf. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown
1975ref. 161108Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1975. Four vintage lobby cards from the Canadian release of the 1975 American film. Quebec censorship labels on the bottom right corners of the rectos. Two young hitchhikers are picked up by a man in his mobile home eventually disappearing into the Florida everglades where they experience a number of hallucinatory psychedelic experiences. Shot on location in Naples Florida. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Nightmare USA. Vinegar Syndrome 304. Crown International Pictures unknown
1973ref. 161102Paris: Pierson Production 1973. Three vintage borderless color oversize reference photographs and a pressbook from the 1973 French adult film. Each photograph with a censorship blindstamp at the upper right corner. After an unsuccessful attempt to sleep with a boy her own age an eighteen-year-old goes on a odyssey of sexual exploration culminating in a love triangle between a wealthy older woman the teenager and a renowned male writer. Photographs 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook 9.25 x 13 inches. Folded three times as issued. Very Good moderately worn at the corners. Bier 504. Pierson Production unknown
2000ref. 152550Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series originally aired on December 20 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum with three callsheets dated November 3 and 4 2000 and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler to Lum on the title page: "For Benjamin- / with aloha / Bette Midler." The series starred Midler playing a loosely fictionalized version of herself as she attempts to balance a successful singing career with her family life and personal needs. In this episode Bette tries to get publicity by faking a mental breakdown a tactic which works too well. Self wrappers. Title page present dated November 2 2000 noted as FINAL DRAFT YELLOW with credits for director Andrew D. Weyman and screenwriter Gary Janetti. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1963ref. 152260London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film including a Revised Draft screenplay three original character design illustrations and a hand drawn storyboard. A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory and grabbing the attentions of various women. A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane. Set and shot on location in England including at Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire. Fuchsia titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1963 noted as REVISED SCRIPT with credits for director-screenwriter Ken Annakin and screenwriter Jack Davies. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Storyboard and design illustrations varying sizes Near Fine overall housed in a manila folder. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1971ref. 152553Los Angeles: Mondo Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kicks." Copy belonging to an unknown cast member with two manuscript ink annotations to pages 48 and 49. Two cruel biker thugs arrive at a large mansion where they proceed to attack the two women living there steal and sell the house's valuables and murder a concerned neighbor. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Richard Kanter and screenwriters Ted Paramore and Sal Comstock. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Mondo Films unknown
ref. 160816N.p.: Crossbow Productions 1980. Three vintage oversize printed set illustrations and one original graphite set illustration from the 1981 film. Two printed illustrations stamped with a Crossbow Productions title block crediting production designer Harold Michelson and art director Norm Newberry on the bottom right corners of the rectos. The oversize printed illustrations depict two grand designs for the Roman Empire sequence and one for the French Revolution sequence while the graphite illustration depicts a design for the Temple of Eros sequence. An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and "Jacques le gar on de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space." Printed illustrations: 42.5 x 26 inches to 44.25 x 28.25 inches. Folded horizontally and vertically. About Near Fine overall. Graphite illustration: 16.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with a chip at the top left corner. Rosenbaum 1000. Crossbow Productions unknown
1984ref. 151603Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1984ref. 153156New York: Robert Halmi Productions 1984. Draft script for the 1984 television film here under the working title "Nairobi." The film originally premiered on October 17 1984 on CBS. The Kenyan government hires a former Green Beret to stop a group of violent and unpredictable poachers. Blue untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated April 1984 with credits for screenwriter David Epstein. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Robert Halmi Productions unknown
1976ref. 161103N.p.: N.p. 1976. Four vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs from the 1976 film. Gold labels specific to the film's French release affixed to the rectos as issued. A tomboyish waitress at a truck stop develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver and in spite of all odds they begin a relationship. Serge Gainsbourg's directorial debut. 11.25 x 9 inches. Pinholes at the corners else about Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 161093Manhattan Beach CA: Carolco Pictures 1990. Draft screenplay for the 1991 film. Steve Martin's love letter to Los Angeles about a goofy meteorologist who receives messages from an electric freeway billboard encouraging him to pursue a romance with a British journalist. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated 2/23/90 with credit for screenwriter Steve Martin. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Carolco Pictures unknown
1984ref. 150510N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft agency script for the 1986 film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. Based on the 1984 novel "Doctor Slaughter" by Paul Theroux. An American research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London moonlights as a high-priced escort to bolster her income but soon finds herself unwittingly drawn into a dirty political scheme through one of her clients. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. Brown generic ICM wrappers. Title page present dated October 20 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters Bob Swaim and Edward Behr and novelist Paul Theroux. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 150549N.p.: N.p. 1982. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. An advertising executive is thrown into grief when his fiancée is accidentally murdered in a mugging but soon finds himself receiving messages from her spirit pressing him to take revenge against her killer. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 28 June 82 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter DeWitt Beall. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 142124N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 1. An allegory about an unusually powerful man who becomes a danger to his city with the inhabitants unwilling and eventually unable to stop his reign of terror. Green untitled wrappers with credits for screenwriter and director Alex Tudor. Title page present dated April 21 1985 with credit for screenwriter Alex Tudor. 16 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 11. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with four staples. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 150509N.p.: N.p. 1999. Shooting Draft script for the 2002 television movie originally aired on Independent Television Service on June 18 2002. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A newly separated hunting guide attempts to reconcile with his wife and family while facing the decline of his career. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 2 1999 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Michael Hacker. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small splash on the bottom left corner of the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 161094N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1980 film with annotations in manuscript ink on the versos of the title page and page two and brief annotations on three additional pages. Based on the 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. One of the best stage-to-film adaptations of the 1980s buoyed by Henry Fonda's career-capping performance and a heart-rending screen adaptation by Thompson. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay Best Actor for Fonda and Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. Set in Maine shot on location in New Hampshire. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated March 28 1980 with credit for screenwriter Ernest Thompson. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall bound with two gold brads. Housed in a blue cloth covered clamshell box with label printed on spine. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 150553N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. A short musical film intended for television presenting several vignettes in defense of the Second Amendment. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 with credit for screenwriter Harriet Powers. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown