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ref. 172179N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early Draft script for the 1979 film dated October 31 1977 two years before the film's release. Seen here under the working title "Rocky II: Redemption." Sequel to the 1976 box office hit. Rocky returns to fight world champion Apollo Creed hoping to regain his honor and prove his worth in a rematch. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1977 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 101 leaves with last page numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 171829Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Table Draft script two Revised Table Draft scripts and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1994 television series. Originally aired September 25 1994 on Fox. Table Draft script with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper of Supervising Producer Stephen Sustarsic's name. All four scripts with manuscript ink annotations throughout. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode the group becomes the cast of a reality TV show. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Orange titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 22 1994. Title page present dated August 22 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1st Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 1st Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 23 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. 2nd Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 2nd Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 24 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Final Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 25 1994. Title page present dated August 25 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 8/25/94 and with blue revision pages laid into the back of the script dated 8/25/94. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with one silver brad. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
ref. 172180N.p.: N.p. 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1982 film dated September 12 1980 two years before the film's release. The third film in the massively successful Rocky series set five years after "Rocky II." Rocky loses both his heavyweight title and his trainer to competitor Clubber Lang and must start from scratch to regain his glory. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 12 1980 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 117 leaves with last page numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 170959Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1978. Draft script for the 1982 television movie seen here under the working title "Sisters" Originally aired on June 7 1982 on NBC. Rare. One of only two original feature-length original screenplays written by Maya Angelou the other being the 1972 television movie "Georgia Georgia". In a small town in North Carolina a young schoolteacher's life is upended with the arrival of her younger sisters who challenge her straitlaced ultra-moral attitude towards life. Filmed in 1979 but not aired until 1982. Set in North Carolina and shot on location in Montgomery and Opelika Alabama. Blue titled wrappers dated June 12 1978 and noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 12 1978 noted as REVISED FINAL with credit for screenwriter Maya Angelou. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1994ref. 171840Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1994 television series. THis episode originally aired September 4 1994 on Fox. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode one of the boys asks a friend for his ex-girlfriend's number. Set in Chicago. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated April 18 1994. Title page present dated April 18 1994 noted as Rev. Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Lon Diamond and director James Widdoes. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 42A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1940ref. 171406N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing three Marx brothers. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A late Marx Brothers effort. A confidence man Groucho heads west to make his fortune but is grifted by two crafty simpletons Harpo and Chico at a train station. Soon the three of them bond as usual and get down to the business of making mayhem. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with dampstains to the bottom right corner. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 172540London: Romulus Films 1952. Eight vintage hand-tinted color British front-of-house cards from the 1952 film. Four photographs with National Film Archive stamp on the verso. Based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre La Mure. A fictionalized Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is disabled and fears he will never find love until he meets two different women around Paris. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two. Set in Paris shot on location in London England and Gironde and Paris France. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Romulus Films unknown
1976ref. 172538N.p.: Cinema International 1976. Collection of fourteen vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and a Cinema International stamp on the versos. Based on the 1941 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A studio executive during the golden age of Hollywood tries to prevent unionization on his movie sets and has an affair with an engaged actress. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Hollywood. Twelve photographs 8 x 10 inches two photographs trimmed 10 x 7 inches. About Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Weldon 1983. Cinema International unknown
1962ref. 172536Buckinghamshire England: Rank Productions 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and with a Rank Productions stamp on the verso. Based on the 1924 novella by Herman Melville and the 1949 play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman. A British Naval ship during the Napoleonic Wars takes on a merchant sailor who is framed by the master-at arms for planning a mutiny. Nominated for one Academy Award. Shot on location in Valencia Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with toning. Rank Productions unknown
1952ref. 172537Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Three vintage hand-tinted color British front-of-house cards still from the 1952 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Hans Christian Anderson who creates some of his famous fairy tales through his interactions with the people of Copenhagen. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Set in Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and one photograph with bruising at the top left corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1996ref. 163362Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1996. Writer's Second Draft for the pilot of the unaired 1996 Fox television series. Created by David Silverman Twentieth Century-Fox produced and filmed seven episodes of the television series in 1996 which never aired. Judge Reinhold stars as a Lincoln Memorial security guard who after accidentally taking a bullet for the president gets his wish to become a Secret Service agent. Also starring Michael McKean as Reinhold's no-nonsense by-the-books boss. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 6 1996 noted as WRITER'S SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steve Pepoon David Silverman and Steve Sustarsic. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light dampstaining to the right margin throughout bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1955ref. 172479N.p.: American Releasing Corporation 1955. Two vintage studio still photographs from the release of the 1955 Poverty Row film noir. A police officer is worried he committed the murder of an actress after failing to remember his drunken night. The film debut for actress Jayne Mansfield. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing on both photographs. One photograph with a tear at the left edge. One photograph with a chip and a loss at the right margin as well as a tear at the bottom and left edges. Grant US. Lyons US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. Weldon 1996. American Releasing Corporation unknown
1950ref. 172494Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir. With a blind stamp on the verso top left corner. A newspaper reporter tries to start his career over in a small town after getting a state's witness murdered by releasing a story too soon but soon falls into his old ways. Shot on location in Los Angeles CA. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
1946ref. 172485Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Two vintage photographs: one studio still photograph and one reference photograph from the 1946 film noir. Studio still photograph with a blind stamp on the verso bottom left corner and reference photograph with a blind stamp on the verso bottom right corner. A US senator his secretary and a war veteran are targeted by German agents. Set in and shot on location in Malibu. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1946ref. 172449Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1946 film noir. A UN War Crimes Commissioner tracks down a Nazi who has integrated himself in a small Connecticut town. With uncredited contributions to the screenplay by Orson Welles and John Huston. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in the fictional town of Harper Connecticut. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1971ref. 172851New York: CBS Television Network 1971. Original permanent set design drawing imagining a 1971 update for the Captain's quarters and bridge for "Captain Kangaroo" created by Emmy Award-winning artist Gary Smith. Smith began his career at CBS in 1956 and created this design at the peak of his career there in 1971 by which time he was doing work for specials devoted to Burt Bacharach Barbra Streisand and the Tony Awards. Set design noted as "Capt. Kangaroo Perm. Set" above Smith's autograph during the period when the show's original setting "The Treasure House" had been renovated and renamed "The Captain's Place" and the Captain's navy blue coat was replaced with a red one. From the estate of actor puppeteer and television host Chuck McCann who starred as the recurring character "Sailor Clyde" on the series during the 1960s. The groundbreaking children's television series aired on CBS on weekday mornings from 1955 to 1985 for over 6000 episodes the longest running nationally broadcast children's program of its time later surpassed by "Sesame Street" and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and was the winner of three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Entertainment. Created by and starring Bob Keeshan as the Captain who previously played Clarabell the Clown on "The Howdy Doody Show" from 1947 to 1952. The show's loose structure was built around life in the "Treasure House" later "The Captain's Place" where the Captain would tell stories meet guests present cartoons and engage in conversation silly stuntsm and skits with regular characters both human and puppet such as Mr. Green Jeans and the psychedelic Dancing Bear. 24 x 20 inches Ozalid duplication folded as issued. Near Fine overall with starting at the center fold and a small chip at the right fold. A well-preserved lovely example almost certainly unique. CBS Television Network unknown
1949ref. 161687Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. In approaching the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 work director King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 155070N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. After nearly being lynched as a result of falsely being accused of sexual assault a Black jazz musician flees to a small game preserve off the Carolina coast where he befriends a teenage girl under the control of a predatory abusive game warden. A complex portrait of race in postwar America written by noted blacklisted screenwriter Hugo Butler and now considered one of director Luis Buñuel's most underrated films. Shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 172458Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1948. Four vintage reference photographs and four vintage keybook photographs from the 1949 film. Four keybook photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Don Tracy. A man returns home hoping to repair his relationship with his ex-wife only to find she is now married to the head of a crime syndicate. Set in Los Angeles CA shot on location in Long Beach and Los Angeles CA. 8 x 10 inches. Keybook photographs and three reference photographs Very Good plus. One reference photo Very Good with creasing and a small tear at the margin in the bottom left corner. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1946ref. 172443Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film. With a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and an RKO Radio Pictures stamp dated 1946 with a credit for photographer Rod Tolmie. Based on the 1946 novel "Build My Gallows High" by Daniel Mainwaring. A former private detective lives a quiet life in a small town until his past catches up with him forcing him to return to the world of crime. Set in Bridgeport California shot in the High Sierra Mountains of Nevada and Reno as well as locations throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning and some light creasing. Grant US. Selby Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1955ref. 172416Universal City CA: Universal International Pictures 1955. Two vintage photographs from the 1955 film noir: one studio still from the original release and one vintage studio still from the television release circa 1960s. A prison warden hires a woman to spend the night with a criminal set to be executed the next morning. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. One photograph with a small tear at the bottom edge and one with bruising to the bottom right margin. Complete collation details available on request. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal International Pictures unknown
1963ref. 172432N.p.: Colorama Features 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Mickey Spillane. A private detective investigating the murder of a US senator uncovers a World War II era spy ring. A rare instance in which the author of the source material Mickey Spillane portrays his own character Mike Hammer. Shot on location in Hertfordshire and London England and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Weldon 1983. Colorama Features unknown
1951ref. 172413Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1951. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film noir. A young woman's suicide jump attempt from a bridge is stopped by an old man passing by. The two fall in love - but the relationship between the young girl and old man is threatened when a blackmailer from her past shows up. Photos 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good to Near Fine. Grant US. Lyons. Selby US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1957ref. 172431Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Based on a July 1955 Reader's Digest article "Gangsters in the Dress Business" by Lester Velie. Gangsters hired to union-bust for a garment company continue to gravely injure and kill union organizers and people in the company who question their presence. Shot on location in Los Angeles CA and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Six photographs Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph Very Good with a loss at the top right corner and chips from the right edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1955ref. 172383N.p.: Miracle Films 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 French film noir. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Auguste Le Breton. A newly released jewel thief robs a jewelry store stoking the flames of rivalry with another gangster. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. Arrow Academy. Criterion Collection 115. Ebert II. Lee The Heist Film. Selby France. Miracle Films unknown
