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1985ref. 147245N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript annotation to the title page reading "V. Price." A group of teenage boys take a wild boozy trip to Las Vegas to "rediscover the American Dream." Set in Las Vegas. White titled self-wrappers with credits for screenwriter Mark Burman dated 1985. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141822N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the early life of Adolf Hitler as taken from his own account in "Mein Kampf." An idealistic youth with a great love for life and art Hitler spends most of his adolescence and childhood alone and neglected. Set in Austria. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Daniel Martin Klein. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Daniel Martin Klein. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147195N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With two brief manuscript ink annotations to the title page and front wrapper noting the number 778. Based on the life of noted Viennese composer Oscar Straus. Set in Austria and New York. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kent A. Barret. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil to the wrapper and first and last leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 141125N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. In the American West an evangelical preacher establishes a movement of free love and kindness to other people but many people find his ideas radical believing that he has started a cult. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credit for screenwriter J.H.Clay. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 147354N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television film. Bandit Samuel Thaddeus Tartar arrives in town injured from a gunfight forcing his mother to admit that she has lied about his profession for years to preserve both of their reputations. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" 1960 and for his prolific work in Western films such as "Outlaw Gold" 1950 "Whistling Hills" 1951 and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" 1965. Set in the American West. TItled self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with one gold brad. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 140895N.p.: N.p. 1972. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Two idiotic football players are unwittingly involved in the murder of the kingpin of an illegal car running operation. Set in New York City. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 5/1972 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter David Scott Milton and story credit for Dick Richards. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 152420N.p.: N.p. 1990. Set of storyboards for the 1991 film. After the death of his partner in the line of duty a New York City police detective adopts his partner's orphaned children but his drive to make a perfect life for his wife and the children drives him to desperate measures. Set and shot on location in New York. Missing wrappers presumably as issued. Approximately 30 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine partially bound with a single paper clip to the top left corner. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1992ref. 146403N.p.: N.p. 1992. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page noting the name and phone numbers of storywriter Rick Orr. A homeless man obsessed with Western movies from his childhood attempts to save his favorite theater the Corral from the nefarious businessmen who seek to build a high-rise in its place. Set in Hollywood. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1992 with credits for screenwriter Sean McCulley and story credit to Ric Orr sic. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light soil overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 147099N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page. An older Jewish filmmaker recalls the German woman who shielded him in her storage cellar during World War II and the doomed love that developed between the two. Set in Prague and Munich. Loose leaves ordered but unbound housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter ANITA MALLY and translator Harald O. Dyrenforth. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly toned. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 147143N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. A KGB sleeper agent is tasked with stealing top secret CIA microchips but decides to defect and use the microchips to hazard a deal with the US government instead. Shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1/10/84 noted as Revised with credits for director Dwight H. Little and screenwriter Sandra K. Bailey. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 147220N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on real events which took place in 1980 when the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay Florida was hit by a 609 foot Liberian oceangoing vessel causing a large portion of the bridge to collapse and ultimately killing 35 people. Set in Tampa Bay Florida. White non-standard titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters JOHN EASTMAN and CONSTANCE MAY and story credits to JOHN LERRO STEVE YERRID and ARTHUR GOODALE. Title page present dated 1985 noted as SECOND DRAFT SCREENPLAY with credits for screenwriters JOHN EASTMAN and CONSTANCE MAY and story credits to JOHN LERRO STEVE YERRID and ARTHUR GOODALE. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a light dampstain to the top wrapper and page edges bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 146404N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced play. Included with the script are two typed pages proposing the play be made into the pilot for a longer-running television series detailing possible titles show format and episode synopses. The melodramatic trials and tribulations of a community theater troupe addressing problems such as one actor's alcoholism and another actor's dissolving marriage. Set in a suburb of New York. Black titled faux leather wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Sal Catania and Elfin Snyder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Very Good with dampstaining and light soil to both bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 149775N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single editorial manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Laid in with the script are a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to actor Charles Bronson dated September 13 1984 proposing that Bronson read it in consideration for the part of vice presidential candidate John Stevens. Also included is a xerographic copy of a letter from screenwriter Robert Goethals to Kohner introducing Kohner to the script. A satirical war comedy following Theodore Roosevelt and his attempt to nominate a pacifist for vice president to the chagrin of the US Marines stationed in Panama and defend the Panama Canal from attacking Huns. Screenwriter Goethals was best known for his television writing including episodes of "The Hitchhiker" and "Miami Vice." Set in Panama. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Gothals. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a moderate tide mark affecting the tops of the wrappers and top page edges bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 146954N.p.: N.p. 1986. Final Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small handwritten label on the front wrapper reading "Please return to / Telefilm Canada / 144 S. Beverly Dr. #400 / Beverly Hills CA 90212." Based on Sinclair Ross' 1941 novel about a Canadian family's struggle to survive during the Great Depression. Set in Horizon a fictitious small Canadian prairie town. Silver untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated MARCH / 1986 noted as Final Screenplay with credits for screenwriters James de Felice Graeme Gibson and Margret Kopala. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with black comb binding. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 146401N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter from screenwriter John Roberts to casting agent Paul Kohner submitting the script for consideration by prospective director John Huston with a manuscript pencil annotation across the top: "Irene / Please explain John's present status / Does he want to wait" Likely from Kohner to his secretary or reader. A gritty war drama detailing the 1919 Battle of Shenkursk an important battle in the Russian Civil War. Set in Russia. White generic Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Roberts. 185 leaves with last page of text numbered 183. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and toning to the extremities bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 146258N.p.: N.p. 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. INSCRIBED by screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue in black ink on the title page: "To John / "I Still Live!" / Best Always / Charles Edward Pogue." Based on the 1912 science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Confederate soldier is wounded in battle and subsequently used in a military teleportation experiment transferring him to the planet Barsoom. Finding he can jump far distances due to the change in atmospheric pressure he attracts the attention of a group of aliens who eventually accept him as their swashbuckling leader in battling rival alien gangs. Charles Edward Pogue best known for his screenwriting for the 1986 remake of "The Fly" was the first screenwriter hired by Disney to adapt Edgar Rice Burrough's classic novel. The film was delayed for decades however and Pogue's script was ultimately never used. Set on another planet in outer space. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated December 16th 1987 with credits for screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue and novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soil bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 172202N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code comedy film showing Buster Keaton surrounded by wreckage. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. With the end of Prohibition in sight two men decide to open a brewery and begin selling their home brewed beer but the resultant product is so weak that they're let off even after a police raid. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 152538N.p.: N.p. 1958. Archive of production material for an unproduced television presentation presumably a pilot seen here under its alternate title "Silent Enemy." Included are one partial draft script several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and Theatre Guild executives William Herman and Arthur Heinemann. Also in the archive are several memos from within the Theatre Guild office discussing revisions to the script and ultimately declining to move ahead with production. Dated variously between May 12 and September 5 1958 with a three-page manuscript summary of revisions made to the script ostensibly in Hailey's hand and two carbon typescript summaries of the same. As noted in several letters from Maeve Southgate Hailey's screenplay was previously used for the television episode "Death Minus One" which aired on BBC on the British television anthology series "Encounter" on January 28 1958. A young American girl visiting her cousin in London is trapped when postwar ruins collapse leading a police sergeant to rescue her. As he works to retrieve the girl The sergeant discovers an unexploded bomb with her among the rubble. Set in London. Draft script: Lacking wrappers and title page. Approximately 60 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. All other materials lightly creased to the edges else Near Fine overall. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152721N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film showing a close-up of actress Judy Garland. A dramatization of the 1947 Judges' Trial one of twelve US Nuremberg Military Tribunals held from 1946 to 1949 to decide the fate of individuals accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in Nazi atrocities. Garland was nominated for an Oscar for her performance out of twelve Academy Award nominations for the film in total winning three including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Maximilian Schell. Set in Nuremberg shot on location in Nuremberg and Berlin. 7.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Twilight Time 1631. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 171549N.p.: N.p. 1987. Revised Draft script for Season 2 Episode 3 of the 1986-1988 television series. Originally aired October 20 1987 on NBC. With revisions by Michael Mann prior to developing "Miami Vice" and moving on to a massive film career. Series following a detective with plans to stop a mobster in 1960s Las Vegas. In this episode the detective sets up a sting operation to catch a family involved in the marijuana trade. Set in 1960s Las Vegas. Generic brown wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper with manuscript ink annotations indicating the series and episode titles and with credits for screenwriter Tom Towler. Title page present dated 8/21/87 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Tom Towler. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/18/87 and 8/21/87. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1998ref. 171538N.p.: N.p. 1998. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 18 of the 1997-1998 television series. Originally aired March 16 1998 on CBS. With production document bound into the script preceding front self wrapper. This short-lived procedural followed the uniformed police officers at a Brooklyn precinct. In this episode two officers try to help a woman being abused by her husband until they find him dead. Winner of an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for its Pilot episode. Set in Brooklyn. White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper production No. C118 dated February 24 1998 with credits for director Michael Watkins and screenwriters Scott A. Williams Edward Allen Bernero and Matt Olmstead. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141838N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A group of US Marines reflect on life after the war. Screenwriter David Scott Milton was best known for his work on "Born to Win" 1971. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Scott Milton. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 171544N.p.: N.p. 1987. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 1 of the 1986-1988 television series. Originally aired September 22 1987 on NBC. An early screenwriting effort for film director Michael Mann who went on to create "Miami Vice" followed by a legendary film career. Series following a detective with plans to stop a mobster in 1960s Las Vegas. In this episode the detective has to protect a Senator who investigates the mob and an actress who has ties to the mob. Set in 1960s Las Vegas. Generic brown manila wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper indicating the series and episode titles in manuscript ink and with credits in manuscript ink for screenwriter Peter Lance. Title page present dated 7/24/87 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Peter Lance. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/17/87 and 7/24/87. Pages Fine wrapper Fine internally bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 147352N.p.: N.p. 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper indicating copy No. 81. Based on Robert Daley's 1979 novel wherein two world champion drivers face off in a number of races across Europe eventually finding themselves closely linked by the conflicted love of an American girl. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1981 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Smith and Robert Daley. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
