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ref. 149785N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting the film's title and the name of screenwriter Ken Hyman. Two CIA agents tail a neo-Nazi murderer in West Berlin. Hyman was best known as a producer during the 1960s and 1970s. Set in West Berlin and Virginia. White untitled wrappers. Lacking title page. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus lightly dampstained on the front wrapper and first several leaves bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 149806Los Angeles: The Producers Group 1984. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the inside rear wrapper noting a name and phone number. Loosely based on the 1982 "Life" magazine article "To Die in Lima: a Cocaine Tragedy the Tale of an American Who Got Mixed Up in the Drug Trade" by Bertram Gabriel. An American farmer visiting Lima after a life-threatening heart attack is conned into working as a drug mule leading to his arrest and torturous detainment by the Peruvian government. Set in the Sierra Mountains California and Lima Peru. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1984 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Bill Kerby. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with five blue revision pages at the end of the script two dated 2/21/84. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. The Producers Group unknown
1974ref. 141481Los Angeles: Lawrence Kasha and Edgar Rosenberg 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1974 novel "Ward 402" by Ronald J. Glasser. A young medical intern confronts the sad realities of his profession when he meets a terminally ill girl in a pediatric ward. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 20 1974 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Allan Sloane and author Ronald J. Glasser. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Lawrence Kasha and Edgar Rosenberg unknown
1983ref. 141482N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man accidentally kills his stepfather on the day of his baptism. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 14 1983 with credit for screenwriter Terrell Tannen. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141947N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript ink on several pages. A people-pleasing Hollywood director is torn between the conflicting wishes of his secretary and her estranged husband. Screenwriter Henry J. Staudigl is best known for his work on "Strike it Rich" 1948. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Henry J. Staudigl. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141385N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Native American named Red Wind attends Princeton University where he faces discrimination from his professors and fellow students. Set in Princeton NJ. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Tim Perior. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141473New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Teal titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown
1981ref. 149805N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee which debuted at the Morosco Theatre directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 17 1981 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 152256N.p.: N.p. 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper noting the title and "First Draft" as well as annotations to the bottom right corner of the title page noting "first draft" and the name of screenwriter Johnny Crawford. Note that this script bears no relationship at all to the "Predator" action film series that began in the 1980s. Housed in a white envelope with manuscript ink annotations noting the title date and draft and crediting Crawford and story writer Ernest Haycox. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. Blue card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 160655N.p.: N.p. 1961. Five vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1961 film. Printed labels affixed to the versos. Considered overly sympathetic to the newly formed communist government the documentary was banned in France for two years. An early effort by director Chris Marker one of the French New Wave's few film essayists. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141962Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on two leaves. A spoiled young man the titular Schliemann searches in vain around the world for an answer to the secret of happiness. Salmon titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Gerhard Menzee. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Gerhard Menzee. 175 leaves with last page of text numbered 172. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown
1939ref. 152229N.p.: N.p. 1939. Treatment script for the 1939 film here under the working title "The Investors." With manuscript ink annotations on the title page and throughout noting substantive and editorial revisions. Based on the 1925 short story "The Investors" by Edgar Wallace. Elderly Mr. Reeder Will Fyffe investigates the mysterious disappearances of 27 people involved in shady financial dealings. The second Wallace adaptation directed by Jack Raymond and featuring Will Fyffe and Kay Walsh preceded by "The Mind of Mr. Reeder" in 1939. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Richard Starr and story credits to Edgar Wallace. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly edgeworn with soil to the first ten leaves bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 160561N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph from the 1982 film showing a half-nude profile of actress Véronique Genest. A dramatization of the final few months in the life of famed French writer Guy de Maupassant characterized by overwhelming sorrow and paranoia. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 152834N.p.: Taft Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions 1987. Second Draft script for the 1987 film. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1983 novel by William Kennedy who also wrote the screenplay about an alcoholic drifter who returns to his hometown to meet his lover and drinking companion. Nominated for two Academy Awards. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 17 1987 noted as Second Draft with credit for Kennedy and director Hector Babenco. Taft Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions unknown
1976ref. 160556N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photograph from the 1976 film showing a nude wet Jane Birkin. 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. With sets of pinholes at the edges else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 160637Paris: Gamma 1974. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Marika Green in an intimate moment. Gamma stamp and mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1959 novel. While living in Bangkok a naive French diplomat's wife experiences a whirlwind of sexual discovery. The first film in the wildly successful much-emulated series. Set and shot on location in Thailand and the Seychelles. 11.75 x 8 inches. Very Good with moderate wear on the left and right edges and a short closed tear and accompanying creasing on the top right corner. Bier 545. Gamma unknown
1978ref. 160654N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs from the 1978 adult film. Labels affixed to versos noting the film's French title. A man's increasingly obsessive thoughts about his next-door neighbor lead his wife to force him into sex therapy. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine. Bier 793. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 161157Paris: Franfilmdis 1933. Vintage oversize double weight studio still photograph for the landmark 1933 silent film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Although he only made four films before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 29 Jean Vigo would come to have an outsized influence on cinema particularly the French New Wave with François Truffaut in particular paying homage to Vigo's anarchic boarding school students in "Zero for Conduct" during the classroom and recess scenes in his 1959 film "The 400 Blows." 11.75 x 9.75 inches with wide bottom margins. Very Good plus lightly creased at the edges. Criterion Collection 578. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Franfilmdis unknown
1978ref. 161000Lille: Transunivers-Films 1978. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1978 French film. Stamps of Transunivers-Film on the versos. A vice squad pursues a drug and prostitution ring culminating in a takedown of a sadomasochistic club frequented by high-ranking government officials. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Bier 201. Transunivers-Films unknown
1968ref. 161156N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1968 film all showing actress Monica Nordquist in various states of undress. The titular Carmilla falls in love with her stepfather who is shortly thereafter killed in a car accident leading her to seek revenge against the driver responsible. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and wavy one with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141411N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A successful doctor suffers a mental breakdown due to her survivor's guilt after being the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. She becomes obsessed with a man four years older than her whom she met previously in a refugee camp in France. Set in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Ethel Tyne. 28 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 151062Beverly Hills CA: Lorimar 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing eleven black-and-white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. Tired of her dull life as a waitress an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Shot on location in Savannah Georgia. Folder photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Lorimar unknown
1970ref. 141824Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard. Set in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Good with front wrapper detached bound with three silver brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown
1993ref. 141095Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1993. Draft script for the 1993 film. A formerly powerful but lately unsuccessful director must make a truly great film in order to save his career. Against his better judgment he agrees to direct an truly horrible science fiction movie about Kansas farmers who fly a gigantic pickle into outer space when the executive behind the script offers him a substantial sum of money. Set and shot on location in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Paul Mazursky. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1979ref. 151046Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 18 black-and-white photographs and 10 gatherings of promotional reading material. A television consultant is hired to organize a telethon in order to raise funds for the now-bankrupt US government who are on the brink of losing the country to wealthy Native American tribes seeking to repossess the land. Featuring narration by George Carlin and cameos by Meat Loaf Jay Leno Elvis Costello and more. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. United Artists unknown
