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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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1985ref. 152106N.p.: N.p. 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a brief handwritten note clipped to the first leaf on PanArts letterhead dated 9/7/89 addressed to actor Johnny Crawford from Robert Crawford introducing the script. Based on the nineteenth-century novel by Hayden Carruth. A young boy finds himself lost in a snowstorm in the northwestern prairie and must struggle to survive aided by his cat Pawsy and his dog Kaiser. Set in the Dakota Territory. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 28 1985 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for novelist Hayden Carruth and screenwriter Eric Bercovici. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2005ref. 159991N.p.: N.p. 2005. Vintage location pictures binder for the 2006 film here under the working title "M:1-3" belonging to Pierre Cheminat assistant to Action Unit Director and Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong with the name "P. Cheminat" the working title and "Location Pictures" "Location Pix" printed on green paper inlaid on the front and spine of the binder. The location pictures binder contains 101 location photographs divided into 19 tabbed location categories with each photograph printed on heavyweight satin-finish paper and titled on the top left. Examples of the categories include: "Ext. Vatican Walls Cheat" "Int/Ext. Caserta Museum" "Ext. Tiber View Castello S.Angelo" "Electronics Mall" "Computer Smash Alley" "Safehouse" "Towers" "Car Chase" and "Limo Hook-Up." Full listing of categories and photographs available upon request. Based on the 1988-1990 ABC television series "Mission: Impossible" created by Bruce Geller and starring Peter Graves which was a continuation of the classic 1966-1973 CBS television series of the same name also created by Geller and starring Graves. The third installment of the incredibly popular film series produced by star Tom Cruise preceded by "Mission: Impossible 2" 2000 directed by John Woo and followed by "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" 2011 directed by Brad Bird. Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt a retired Mission Impossible Force agent and trainer who is forced to return to active duty to capture the elusive arms dealer Owen Davis in a memorable performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman attempting to sell the world's most powerful nuclear device ever created the Rabbit's Foot. Set in and shot on location in the US Italy Rome Germany and China. 120 leaves. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine white three-ring binder. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 160698N.p.: N.p. 1980. Three vintage oversize color reference photographs from the 1980 French adult film all three showing actress Brigitte Lahaie. After the closure of her establishment by the police a madam decides to open a new brothel in the disguise of a private all-girls school. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 1327. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 150392Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse a slovenly drunk finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased on the edges. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 150383N.p.: N.p. 1944. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1944 film noir one showing director Fritz Lang closely inspecting a filmstrip the other showing Lang in conversation with actress Joan Bennett. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1943 novel "Once Off Guard." A married psychology professor gets mixed up with a beautiful young woman who plunges him into a world of blackmail and murder. One 9.5 x 7.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 158196N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 French- Italian film. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1936 play by Jean Sarment. A country stationmaster dreams of vacationing in the famous resort town of Biarritz with his family especially hoping to repair his relationship with his son. The final film appearance of Arletty. Shot in Biarritz. 3.5 x 4.75 inches. Very Good plus one photo lightly faded. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 158129N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Second Draft for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to an unknown person involved in pre-production with manuscript ink annotations throughout relating mostly to locations and shooting. A man who just got out of a three year stay at a mental hospital is released and immediately mistaken for a millionaire. A con-man takes advantage of the situation. The last movie in which Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor acted as a comedy duo. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. Light blue blank card wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 1990 noted as Revised Second Draft with a credit for Ziggy Steinberg. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 150384Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff Ella Raines and Burt Lancaster director Jules Dassin and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal-International unknown books
1968ref. 150385N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing director Richard Lester cinematographer Nicolas Roeg and a camera crew filming a sidewalk scene with actress Julie Christie on location in San Francisco. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint wear to the bottom left corner. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 158170N.p.: Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production 1974. Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "Aaron and Angela." A coming-of-age story set in Harlem about the love between a Black basketball player and a Puerto Rican girl sparking disapproval from their families and neighbors. Featuring excellent location footage of a violent decaying half-abandoned 1970s New York. Irene Cara's screen debut. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter Gerald Sanford. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema. Parish & Hill 1. Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production unknown books
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown books
1988ref. 158192Beverly Hills CA: Eduardo Rossoff 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Edward Savio is a novelist and screenwriter best known for the "Battle for Forever" science fiction novels "Alexander X" 2016 and "Ancient Among Us" 2019. An unemployed American mechanic discovers he is heir to the throne of England. Untitled gray wrappers. Title page present dated February 1988 with credits for screenwriter Edward Savio. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Eduardo Rossoff unknown books
1974ref. 151669N.p.: Good Times 1974. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1974 adult film. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Good Times unknown books
