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1977ref. 141292N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. In the winter of 1934 a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times ultimately forcing all three to reveal their true identities. Set in France. Tan titled wrappers. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 141282Quebec City: Radio-Quebec 1987. Draft script for the 1987 French film seen here under the English title "Deaf to the City." Text in English. Based on the 1979 novel by Marie-Claire Blais. A wealthy woman's husband leaves her so she moves into a dilapidated boarding house where she befriends the optimistic landlord and tends to a terminally ill deaf young man. Set in Quebec. Black and white titled illustrated wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters A. Mazouz and Sylvie Melancon author Marie-Claire Blais and translator Raymond Y. Chamberlain. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a spiral binding. Radio-Quebec unknown
ref. 146978Barcelona: Tibidabo Films Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Heavily annotated throughout in manuscript ink and pencil mostly noting grammatical revisions and deletions with a few additions. Text in English. A woman trapped in a loveless marriage finds pleasure in an affair with a young orchestra conductor. Spanish screenwriter Jaime Camino was best known for his wartime family dramas including the 1976 film "Long Vacations of 36" and the 1992 film "The Long Winter." Clear mylar front wrapper with a burgundy rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters JAIME CAMINO and ROSA REGAS. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mix of mimeograph and carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a gold prong. Tibidabo Films unknown
1970ref. 141943N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Eric Ferro. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver binder clips. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 161164Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edges. Warner Brothers unknown
1980ref. 159643Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage pressbook for the French release of the 1980 Italian film. Photographs include three matte-finish photographs of actress Eleonora Giorgi and one glossy photograph of director Dario Argento talking with actor Sacha Pitoëff on the set. Pressbook text in French. The second installment in Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy preceded by "Suspiria" 1977 and followed by "Mother of Tears" 2007. Partially derived from Thomas De Quincey's 1845 prose poetry essay collection "Suspiria de Profundis" the trilogy was inspired by De Quincey's concept of three "Ladies of Sorrow": an all-powerful triumvirate of ancient witches and Satanists. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook: 27 leaves. perfect-bound in wrappers. Very Good plus lightly rubbed. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1955ref. 160373Vienna: Metropolverlages 1955. Vintage Austrian program for the 1954 film here under the German release title "Die Faust im Nacken." Text in German. Terry Malloy Brando who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for the corrupt boss of the local union Johnny Lee J. Cobb witnesses a murder at the hands of Johnny's men. After meeting the victim's sister Eva Marie Saint Malloy confesses he feels culpable for the murder and is persuaded to implicate the dock racketeers by Father Barry Karl Malden. Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress nominated for another four. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 6.5 x 9.5 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Metropolverlages unknown
1959ref. 1599671959. Vintage screenplay for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. Annotations in manuscript pencil on several leaves noting revisions and amendments. A remake of the 1934 silent film "A Story of Floating Weeds" also directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The leader of a traveling theatre troupe goes to visit his former mistress and their son who is unaware that the man is his father. Meanwhile the man's current lover jealous of his attentions to his former mistress schemes to shame him by convincing a young actress in the troupe to seduce his son. One of the final films the prolific Japanese director made before his death in 1963. Set on the Japanese coast. White titled wrappers. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered e-22. Mimeograph duplication rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 232. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 41. unknown
ref. 147210Rome: Pegaso Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. Text in English. Three brothers battle the local Mafia in a small province in central Sicily. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco who was best known for "The Damned" 1969 which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Set in Agrigento Sicily. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Nicola BADALUCCO. 23 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small splash on the front wrapper and slight yapping to the fore edge bound internally with two gold brads. Pegaso unknown
1956ref. 152150Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 198th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on August 7 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his personal stamp to the first two leaves and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout regarding substantive revisions and deletions. Incomplete as issued. An elderly man's family forces him to find a new romantic interest as a means of distraction from his horse betting addiction. Brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 7 Aug. 1956. Title page present undated noted as REVISED in manuscript pencil annotation with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered III-18. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1964ref. 152148Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Draft script for the sixth episode of season two of the 1963-1965 television series originally aired on November 10 1964 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. The series followed the experiences of Mr. Novak James Franciscus a high school English teacher in Los Angeles. In this episode Mr. Novak gets involved in the lives of two students-one who seems destined for success and one on the verge of dropping out. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Prod. No. 7526 on the front wrapper dated September 2 1964 with credits for screenwriter Mel Goldberg. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 65. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-9-64 and 9-10-64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated Sept. 1964. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1956ref. 152152Culver City CA: Four Star Films 1956. Draft script for the 1956 television episode originally aired on June 8. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. With a call sheet and shooting schedule bound in after the title page. A former hobo experiences difficulties in trying to return to "normal life." Pink titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4/11/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated April 1956. Four Star Films unknown
1964ref. 152144Hollywood: World Wide Pictures 1964. Draft script for the 1965 film. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript annotations in ink and pencil throughout. With an eight-page shooting schedule bound in before the script. The rebellious son of two television reporters forces his parents to examine their own lives leading to their conversion to born-again Christianity. Green titled wrappers noted as production No. 197. Title page present with credit for screenwriter James Collier. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and tan revision pages throughout dated Nov. 19 1964. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. Housed in blue wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1964. World Wide Pictures unknown
1956ref. 152180Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1956. Draft script for the seventh episode of season five of the 1952-1957 television series originally aired on November 13 1956. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name stamped on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. After a near-death experience an emotionally stunted man decides to trace the sequence of events backwards to understand the incident gaining a new lease on life in the process. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/5/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1956. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1956ref. 152179Hollywood: Federal Telefilms 1956. Draft script for the 38th episode of season two of the 1955-1957 television series originally aired on June 21 1957 on ABC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. The series followed the varied experiences of clergymen of all faiths. In this episode the Reverend and Mrs. Stone face difficulties with their newest foster child an angry little boy named Kenny Crawford. Blue self wrappers. Title page present dated July 12 1956 with credits for screenwriter Donn Mullally. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 10/10/56. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1956. Federal Telefilms unknown
1992ref. 157075N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage two-sided Japanese flyer for the 1992 film featuring a full-color graphic on the recto and the verso in black and white with three film still photographs. Text in Japanese and French. Young Japanese couple Kishin and Rie are trying to survive living in Paris as private detectives when the wealthy and powerful gangster Okuyama hires them to trail his French girlfriend Lorraine who he suspects is cheating. Before long Kishin is sleeping with Loraine and Rie discovers a link between Okuyama and a multi-million dollar heist involving an affluent Paris S&M club. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 147193N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1981 Spanish-American film here under the working title "Bloody Mary." Laid in with the script is a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to producer John R. Pepper returning the script. Text in English. A disquieting satire of Catholicism in the late 20th century from noted Spanish director Bigas Luna wherein a Texan televangelist in need of a new miracle guest for his show travels to Italy to bring back a woman who suffers from stigmata-a rare medical condition which causes the hands and feet to bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. Set in Italy and Austin Texas shot on location in Barcelona Texas and Los Angeles. White non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 19 with credits for director Bigas Luna. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rust on the front wrapper and first leaf likely from a staple with a white Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 146993West Germany: Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion 1983. Third Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Based on Joseph Roth's 1923 novel about a mercenary World War I veteran who swears vengeance on those he deems responsible for Germany's downfall-Democrats Jews and and socialists. Set in Germany shot on location in West Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated 01-06-83 noted as 3rd Version with credits for director Bernhard Wicki screenwriter Wolfgang Kirchner and novelist Joseph Roth. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion unknown
1985ref. 146885Stockholm: Omega Film 1985. Draft script for the 2005 Swedish film. Text in English. A young man recalls the strange emotionally intense year he spent working as the sous chef in the claustrophobic galley of a ship headed for Cape Town. A very early draft of the script written twenty years before the film's release. Set and shot on location in Belgium Sweden Spain and South Africa. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for director Mats Arehn and screenwriter Rolf Borjlind. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly soiled and toned along the edges side stapled with five staples. Omega Film unknown
1984ref. 146940N.p.: N.p. 1984. First Draft script for the 1985 film. Text in English. Based on the 1960 German novel wherein a crew of bored sailors stationed on a floating lighthouse must suddenly fight to defend their vessel from a criminal trio seeking to overtake the ship. An early draft of the script written seven years before the film's release. Set and shot on location in Germany. Navy untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 27 1984 noted as first draft with credits for screenwriter David Taylor and novelist Siegfried Lenz. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with slight yapping to the fore edge of the rear wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 146973Paris: Filmsonor 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Text in English. Loosely based on Egon Hostovsky's 1954 novel "The Midnight Patient." In order to finance his failing private clinic a psychiatrist accepts a bribe to temporarily shelter a defecting Soviet scientist hotly pursued by a number of international secret agents. Set and shot in Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines France. Teal titled wrappers. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two silver clasps. Filmsonor unknown
1961ref. 140962Paris: G. de Boissiere 1961. Original French press kit for the 1961 French-Italian film "Le rendez-vous." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was produced by Cinetel but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo. Unseen noir based on Patrick Quentin's 1955 novel "The Man with Two Wives" released in France as "La Verite du Mensonge." Pierre Pascal witnesses a murder while with his wife Madeleine Girardot the decease being a photographer who snapped some lurid photos of Pierre's sister-in-law Daphne Parisy. Pierre gives Daphne a false alibi and the police discover the photographer was Madeleine's lover. 22 leaves printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown
1975ref. 146804N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 film. Text in English. A medieval nobleman maddened by grief makes a pact with the devil to resurrect his dead wife who returns with a lust for the blood of children. Light blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Juan Buñuel and screenwriters Bernardino ZAPPONI Pierre MAINTIGNEUX and Michel NURIDSANI. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 166. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly creased wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and edgewear bound with two silver clasps. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 146979Stockholm Sweden: Concorde Film 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the name of the script written across the folder in manuscript pencil and a few small manuscript pencil and ink annotations presumably secretarial throughout correcting grammatical errors. Laid in with the script is a three-page typed summary of the story and a two-page typed letter addressed from Concorde Films managing director Lennart Berns to casting agent Paul Kohner suggesting actor Charles Bronson for the part of police detective Martin Beck. Text in English. Based on screenwriters Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's 1967 mystery novel about a Swedish police detective who realizes an anonymous serial robber might be the only witness to a string of grisly child murders in Stockholm. Eventually successfully produced in 1993 by director Daniel Alfredson and screenwriter Jonas Cornell but bearing little relation to the authors' earliest vision. Set in Stockholm. Tall housed in an untitled beige card folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter-novelists Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo and screenwriter Arne Mattsson. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. Concorde Film unknown
1960ref. 140960Paris: G. de Boissiere 1960. Original French press kit for the 1960 French-Italian film "Fortunat." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was distributed by Cinedis but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo as a complimentary kit. Based on Michel Breitman's 1955 novel "Fortunat ou le pere adopte." During the occupation of France a drunkard poacher named Fortunat Bourvil is tasked with helping Juliette Morgan and her two children escape the Nazis. Fortunat and Juliette engage in a brief love affair until she rejoins her husband the man in charge of a resistance effort and reason for Juliette's evading the Reich. 9 leaves 1 "with compliments" slip 8 printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown