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1931ref. 160653London: National Film Archive 1931. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1931 film showing director King Vidor. National Film Archive stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1929 play a light romance which takes place over twenty-four hours in a small community of immigrants in Hell's Kitchen. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
1972ref. 160635N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1971 Italian giallo film. Provenance stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso. A police detective investigates a string of murders where the victims are paralyzed and disemboweled. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse Volume 1 1963-1972. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 160487Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Robert Ryan and Jeanne Crain from Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" of the anthology television series. The Emmy Award winning series "Playhouse 90." aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" aired on CBS on June 26 1958. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. Set in New York. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown
1966ref. 160459New York: CBS Television Network 1966. Vintage photograph of Patricia Neal from the 1961 film struck in 1966 for airing on the "CBS Thursday Night Movies" October 6 1966. CBS mimeo snipe attached to the verso and folded over the recto. Based on the 1958 novella by Truman Capote about a naive cafe society girl in New York who falls in love with a struggling writer. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. CBS Television Network unknown
1980ref. 147188N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television film. The sheriff of the town of Slayton is tasked with closing the old Barton family mine after a series of disasters and accidents-not realizing the Bartons would rather blow up the mine than surrender it to outsiders. Set in the fictional town of Slayton Nevada. Brown faux-leather non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Max Kleven. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with a small rust mark to the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 146060N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print. Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John C. Champion. Title page present with screenwriting and story credits for John C. Champion. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 147425N.p.: N.p. 1979. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Robert Carradine and Billy Dee Williams. After his brother-a hotshot country singer secretly overloaded with debt-commits suicide a Wyoming rancher travels to LA to help unravel the mystery of his brother's death. Set in Wyoming and Los Angeles. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 19 1979 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Henry Rosenbaum and revision credits to Leslie Stevens. 252 leaves with last page of text numbered 250. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 147407N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few manuscript annotations throughout most noting deletions. Two professional gamblers plan to pull off an international long con. Set in Lucerne and Las Vegas. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Michael Curry. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 146066Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Treatment script for the 1951 film. Copy belonging to Universal-International film executive Leo Spitz with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. Blue titled wrappers noted as TREATMENT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7718 dated March 21 1950. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Robert W. Soderberg. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/50 and 3/18/50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top left corner with one gold brad. Universal International Pictures unknown
1989ref. 159717San Francisco: Roxie Cinema 1989. Vintage poster for the theatrical premiere of the 1989 film at the Roxie Cinema Friday February 23 through Thursday March 1 1989. Manhattan newlyweds portrayed by Christopher Rich and Amanda Plummer set out of New York for Hoboken commencing a series of mishaps and misadventures. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus with tape shadows along the vertical margins. Roxie Cinema unknown
1970ref. 160071New York: Frank Perry Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ross Thomas was best known for his crime fiction most notably the 1971 novel "The Procane Chronicle" basis for the 1976 film "St. Ives." Thomas also received the Edgar Award in 1967 for his debut novel "The Cold War Swap." Set in Denver. Red wrappers with a title label and credit for screenwriter Ross Thomas affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Ross Thomas. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Find bound internally with a silver prong. Frank Perry Films unknown
1961ref. 160356Rome: Cineriz 1961. Four vintage borderless double weight publicity photographs from the 1961 film. With stamp on verso identifying photographer H. Martin. Also with file folder with the film title in manuscript ink. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Set in France shot on location in Lot-et-Geronne Hauts-de-Seine and Paris Fracne. Photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches Folder 10.25 x 12.75 inches. Photographs Very Good plus Folder Very Good plus with one small tear at one of the folds. Cineriz unknown
1982ref. 160158Tokyo: Wakamatsu Production 1982. Vintage mini poster for the 1982 Japanese pink film. A married railway ticket puncher starts sedating women with chloroform in order to invade their houses. His cruelty escalates and he grows bolder in his desires. A late release by controversial pink film director and producer Kôji Wakamatsu. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. Weisser p. 319. Wakamatsu Production unknown
1984ref. 153788New York: Tristan Productions 1984. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from producer Monica Tidwell to agent Walter Kohner introducing the film. Based on the 1925 novella by D.H. Lawrence about an intrepid woman who abandons her loveless marriage and leaves England for the US where she settles at a remote ranch in New Mexico. Set in England and New Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 10 1984 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Martha Peitzke and novelist D.H. Lawrence. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 153. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white comb binding. Tristan Productions unknown
1964ref. 160355Montreal: Cooperation Productions 1964. Vintage program for the world premiere of the 1964 film. The world premiere was held March 20 1964 in Montréal. The program features film reviews by Jean Le Moyne and Jacques Godbout and extensive film credits. A middle-class teenager is actively involved in campus politics inciting protests and fighting to change the moral face of his college. He changes the life of an incompetent teacher is expelled from school and accidentally causes the death of a gay man. Religious themes human sexuality and an early entry in Canadian feature film industry just as the country's federal government took measures to expand cinema audiences. Director Patry's first feature film his earlier ventures part of the cinema verite movement include "Eye Witness No. 99" 1958 "The Little Sisters" 1959 "Le chanoine Lionel Groulx historien" 1960 "Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine" 1962 and "Francoise" 1964. Set in and shot on location in Montréal. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Cooperation Productions unknown
1986ref. 159757N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 here under the working title "Hard Cover" SIGNED and titled with the release title by screenwriter Larry Cohen twice on both the front wrapper and the title page with an annotation in manuscript marker of the working title on the top of the front wrapper. Screenwriter producer and director Larry Cohen is best known as the screenwriter of horror science fiction and Blaxploitation films during the 1970s and 1980s including "Bone" 1972 "Black Ceasar" 1973 "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 "It's Alive" 1974 "The Stuff" 1985 A Return to Salem''s Lot" 1987 and "Phone Booth" 2002. A hit man James Woods coerces a detective Brian Dennehy into writing a book about the assassin's lucrative career secretly working for a prominent politician. The two men travel around the country gathering statements and evidence while attempting to stay clear of the politician's cronies who will stop at nothing to keep the story from unfolding. Set and shot on location in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a tiny amount of silverfish damage to the very bottom of the front wrapper and title page bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Olive Films. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 152549N.p.: N.p. 1983. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film here under the working title "Tin Soldiers." With a single manuscript annotation to the verso of the final leaf noting No. 88. After the death of his mother a straitlaced cadet is taken out of his military academy by his alleged father a wild-spirited rock star. Shot on location in Arizona and California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 27 1983 noted as TAFT REVISION with credits for screenwriters Gene Taft and Len Jenkin and story credits to Jenkin and Michael Philip Jagger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly foxed on the first and last leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 152294Rome: Excelsior 1978. English-language treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to page 2 noting an editorial revision. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated cost estimate sheet in both English and Italian noting the name of cinematographer Pasqualino de Santis dated July 1978. A middle-aged newlywed nobleman feels trapped in his marriage to his young wife a beautiful but avaricious middle-class woman and is led to increasingly bizarre measures in order to escape her clutches. Ostensibly intended as a follow-up to "Divorce Italian Style" 1961 co-written by screenwriter Alfredo Giannetti and "Marriage Italian Style" 1964. Set in Sicily. Green wrappers with a title label and credits for screenwriter A. Giannetti affixed to the front wrapper. Missing title page presumably as issued. 8 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Excelsior unknown
1970ref. 153160N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. In order to force their brother's release from prison two dimwitted men decide to steal the Liberty Bell. Set in Philadelphia. Brown wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Gene Fiskin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 153157N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. A former English teacher is framed by the yakuza and sent to prison seeking revenge upon his release while also searching for his long-lost daughter. Set in Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Diana Hansen-Young. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1932ref. 151808Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1932. Final Shooting script for the 1932 film seen here under the working title "Divided By Two" which has been crossed out with the title "Handle With Care" written in manuscript ink just above. A single mother's peaceful family life is disturbed by her growing attraction to a handsome gangster. Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 9/28/32 with credits for director David Butler and screenwriters Frank Craven and Sam Mintz. Title page present. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered K-3. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-18-32. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown
1979ref. 153158Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A working-class Italian-American cobbler with dreams of becoming a classical singer falls in love with an upper-crust cellist. Set in Boston. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated February 9 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Pisano. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 153806N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting copy No. 19. A quirky woman copes with her arranged marriage to a wealthy Middle Eastern eunuch while enjoying a romance with a young man at a ski resort. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Herbert Burkholz. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 154. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with a red Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 152301Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1985. Revised Final Draft script for the 1986 television film seen here under the working title "Stolen Dreams" with an annotation on the front wrapper amending the title to "Killer in the Mirror." The film originally aired on March 31 1986 on NBC. Director-screenwriter Frank De Felitta has a storied career as a novelist screenwriter and director of horror films and thrillers with highlights including "The Entity" 1982 "Audrey Rose" 1977 "ZPG" 1972 and "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" 1981. A woman's evil twin marries her sister's wealthy beloved murders him fakes her own death and attempts to frame her sister for the murder. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 26 1985 noted as REV. FINAL DRAFT with credits for director-screenwriter Frank De Felitta. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/27/85 and 01/27/86. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 153165N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Based on the 1959 novel by James Woodruff Smith. A solitary cowboy ventures into the wilderness seeking to take his revenge on the gunslinger who kidnapped his mother and left his father to die. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist and screenwriter James Woodruff Smith. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
