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1967ref. 170505Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1967 film showing writer Truman Capote talking with director Richard Brooks and cinematographer Conrad Hall on location in Kansas. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 7.5 x 10 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 170507N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 Italian film showing director Liliana Cavani and actor Charlotte Rampling on the set. Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 171995N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of cast and crew members of the 1972 film including director Ingmar Bergman and all principal cast raising their glasses in a toast. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 151201N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A lawyer investigates the wrongful detainment of his partner by the police who he suspects has been held due to his political activities during a recent social unrest. Screenwriter Michael Sarne is best known for his work as a director including "Joanna" 1968 and "Myra Breckinridge" 1970 and as an actor most notably in "Intimidade" 1975 and "Eastern Promises" 2007. Set in South America. Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Michael Sarne. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 148596Culver City CA: Universal City Studios 1940. Temporary Complete script from an unproduced film by screenwriter Walter Reisch. Annotation of date "4-19-40" in manuscript pencil on affixed MGM Label with "Property of Universal City Studios" stamp below label. Reisch worked in Germany's leading film company Ufa during the late 1920s and early 1930s alongside another Viennese writer Billy Wilder as a screenwriter assistant director and cameraman as well as lyricist for operatic films. Forced to join the mass exodus from Germany during the rise of Nazism he moved to London writing and directing the 1936 comedy "Men Are Not Gods" starring Miriam Hopkins which attracted attention from Louis B. Mayer. From 1938 to 1948 Reisch worked at MGM as a script doctor and screenwriter on such films as Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka" 1939 starring Geta Garbo and George Cukor's "Gaslight" 1944 starring Ingrid Bergman. The ingenious but disheveled naval officer Lieutenant Andrew Milford arrives in Sinapore in the US Submarine "Phoebe" for the inauguration of a British Naval Base finding himself enamored with the city and of Sue owner of a waterfront bar and restaurant who his pal Jack is also fond of. A dramatic romantic comedy with musical numbers. Set in Singapore. Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 and production No. 6910 dated 3/1/40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. Title page integral with first page dated 3-1-40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1972ref. 167513N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1972 French film showing actress Zouzou. The sixth and final film in Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series about a married businessman whose harmless fantasies threaten to spill over into reality when he encounters an old flame at his office. Set and shot on location in Paris. 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 348. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 150871Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Post-production Release Dialogue screenplay for the 1960 film. Laid in with the script is a single revision page. Based on Hans Ruesch's 1953 novel "Top of the World." An Inuit hunter kills a white missionary after misinterpreting the man's intentions and is pursued by police through the Arctic. Set and shot on location in the Canadian Arctic. Tall white titled wrappers dated AUGUST 26 1960. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with light dampstaining to the top edges bound with two staples. Olive Films 1349. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 167502N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the American release of the 1968 French film. American release information affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A follow-up to director François Truffaut's 1959 film "The 400 Blows" continuing the story of Antoine Doinel who-now an adult-has been dishonorably discharged from the army. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 186. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 167511N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1967 French film showing Haydee Politoff and Patrick Bauchau preparing for a swim. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A love triangle develops between two best friends and the beautiful sexually open young woman who interrupts their vacation on the Riviera. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series made quickly and with very little budget due to delays in starting production of what was to be the next film in the series "My Night at Maud's" 1969. Shot on location in Cote d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 167499N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Janine Magnan in her underwear. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study instead at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along three edges. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 167506London: Gala Film Distributors 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1966 French film showing actors Catherine-Isabelle Duport and Marlène Jobert together in the bathroom. Mimeo snipe in English on the verso. A new relationship between a traditional young veteran and a beautiful pop star named Madeleine played by real-life ye-ye girl Chantal Goya becomes a menage-a-quatre when Madeleine's two roommates become involved. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 308. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 8. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1967ref. 167505Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1967 film showing actress Candice Bergen touching up her makeup under the watchful eye of makeup artist Katia Stefanidou. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A NATO plane carrying atomic weapons is forced to crash-land and abandon its cargo on a remote Greek island causing consternation and delight among the Greek locals who believe their island is being considered for a new resort development. Shot on location in Galaxidi Greece. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
2004ref. 171970Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures / Red Wagon Entertainment 2004. Revised Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to property master Emily Ferry with her annotations in manuscript ink throughout denoting scene changes. Based on the 1997 novel by Arthur Golden a historical drama about a Japanese girl who is sold by her impoverished family to an okiya where she trains to become a geisha. Nominated for six Academy Awards winning three including Best Cinematography. Self wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 2004 with credits for director Rob Marshall novelist Arthur Golden and screenwriters Robin Swicord Doug Wright Ron Bass and Akiva Goldsman. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good title page present but detached from the binding with foxing to the first and last leaves and moderate creasing to the fore-edges bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures / Red Wagon Entertainment unknown books
1971ref. 171973N.p.: N.p. 1971. Second Draft script for the 1972 film here under the working title "A Perfect Day for Raspberry Ripple." Single annotation in manuscript ink to page 53 circling the page number. Based on Rebecca Morris' 1967 short story "The Good Humor Man" about a young woman who must put her life back together after her husband a college professor leaves her for one of his students. A feminist-minded drama in the vein of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "An Unmarried Woman." Shot on location in San Francisco. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 27 1971 noted as Second Draft with credits for Morris and screenwriter David Seltzer. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 171974N.p.: N.p. 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 film. Copy belonging to Supervising Property Master Emily Ferry with her name in manuscript ink on the title page. Internally duplicated copy made during shooting with copied hole punches. A dramatization of the early days of the US space program focusing on the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for the first American human flight into space. Based on the 1979 book by Tom Wolfe and basis for a documentary film and a television series both released in 2020. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning four. Beige three-ring card binder with manuscript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Second Draft with credits for Wolfe and screenwriter Philip Kaufman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Early Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus binder Very Good title page detached from the binding and lightly foxed. National Film Registry. Ebert II. N.p. unknown books
ref. 172081Honolulu HI: Lost Productions 2004. Rainbow Revision Second Draft script for the 2004 pilot of the 2004-2010 ABC television series aired on September 22 2004. Copy belonging to Property Master Peter C. Clarke with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and highlighted name on various memos and with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 26 pages noting props. Every leaf watermarked with the number "914" and bound in a generic three-ring binder with a list of Lost Productions contacts laid in under the clear plastic on the front wrapper. Bound in following the script are 70 leaves of contact lists memorandums a petty cash reimbursement form and shooting schedules and laid in the front binder flap are four pages of memos dated April 7 2004 a pink shooting schedule dated March 19 2004 two pages of maps and directions and an letter of gratitude to the cast and crew following the shoot from creators and screenwriters J.J. Abrams "J.J." and Damon Lindelof "Damon" Producer Sarah Caplan "Sarah" and Executive Producer Bryan Burk "Bryan" housed in a Koi Restaurant envelope labeled "Peter Clarke / Props." Considered by many to one of the greatest television series of all time the science fiction adventure drama created by Jeffrey Lieber Abrams and Lindelof premiered with the pilot found here on ABC on September 22 2004 and aired for six seasons of 121 episodes before ending on May 23 2010. The series won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005. 48 survivors of a Oceanic Flight 815 find themselves stranded on a mysterious remote island in the South Pacific and find their lives intertwined in a fight for survival. Shot on location in O'ahu Hawaii. Untitled generic white binder with a "Lost Productions Inc." contact list laid in clear plastic on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 3 2004 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 95 with 70 pages of production documents bound in following script. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/9/2004 and 4/19/2004. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine overall. Lost Productions unknown books
1984ref. 171971N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1984 film. A dramatization of the life of country music star Patsy Cline following her rise to fame tumultuous relationship with her husband and promoter Charlie Dick and death at the age of 30 in a plane crash. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Jessica Lange. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 16 1984 noted as Rev. Second Draft with credit for screenwriter Robert Getchell. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 166549N.p.: Glen Larson Productions 1982. Final Draft script for the twentieth episode of the first season of the ABC television series which aired on April 7 1982. Created by Glen A. Larson for ABC "The Fall Guy" starred Lee Majors Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who moonlight as bounty hunters. The show premiered on November 4 1982 and aired for five seasons and 112 episodes before ending on May 2 1986. In this episode Colt Majors attends a stunt man's convention and meets up with an old acquaintance stunt woman Charlie Tricia O'Neil and agrees to try to help her save her brother Mel John David Carson who is on the run from mobsters. Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated February 23 1982. Title page present dated February 23 1982 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter David Braff. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/26/82 and 3/1/82. Pages with foxing on the first two leaves else Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Glen Larson Productions unknown books
1968ref. 171972Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1969 Western film. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/4/68 and 1/17/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 147068N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the first leaf reading "Di Lorenzo." Laid in with the script is a typed summary of the screenplay with a typed note attached likely from a casting agency reader explaining his choice to pass on the screenplay to a younger reader. An early version of the script wherein a group of GIs take over an Italian-controlled North African desert town by posing as Italian soldiers. Set in North Africa. Lacking front wrapper with blue rear wrapper intact. Title page present. 345 leaves with last page of text numbered 343. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with a small tear to the upper left of the front wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 148629Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Release Dialogue script for the 1936 film with annotation in manuscript red pencil striking "Release" and replacing it with "Censorship" with one other annotation striking Paramount Pictures directives at bottom of front wrapper in manuscript pencil. Two "Master File" stamps surrounding production number stamp "1177" on upper right and Paramount "File Copy" stamp on front wrapper. Script divided into eight reels. Nature reporter Orville Shanks' Charles Ruggles editor Lyle Talbot orders him to spice up his column "Our Wild Friends" by making it a gossip column Orville's wife Melba Alice Brady does so using animals as cover for actual townsfolk and the column becomes a hit. Self wrappers noted as RELEASE DIALOGUE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 23 and production No. 1177 with credits for screenwriter Dore Schary and story by John F. Larkin. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 8-13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1994ref. 171825Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Table Draft script one Revised Table Draft script and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 1994 television series. Originally aired September 11 1994 on Fox. Table Draft and Revised Table Draft script with manuscript ink annotations throughout. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode one friend's ex-boyfriend shows up causing tension with her new boyfriend. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Blue titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W01 dated August 8 1994. Title page present dated August 8 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Tom Straw and director Stan Lathan. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Table Draft: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 2ND REVISED TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 2W01 dated August 10 1994 with credits for screenwriter Tom Straw and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: Blue titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W01 dated August 11 1994. Title page present dated August 11 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Tom Straw and director Stan Lathan. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
ref. 146953N.p.: N.p. Unknown. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Barry Hannah's 1980 novel. In Tuscaloosa twice-married Vietnam War veteran and medical doctor Ray ekes a living out of teaching night classes at a local university writing bad poetry and publishing academic research papers on stimulants-primarily from first-hand knowledge. Set in Maryland and Tuscaloosa Alabama. Brown generic ICM agency wrappers. Title page present noted as First draft with credits for screenwriter Marjorie David and novelist Barry Hannah. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 171699Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1995. One Table Draft script and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 of the 1995 television series. Originally aired December 17 1995 on The WB. With some sparse manuscript ink annotations throughout the Final Draft script. The short-lived sitcom followed beleaguered single mother Ellen Carlson as she tried to balance raising her nine-year-old daughter with running a production company in Manhattan's Upper West Side. In this episode Ellen's therapist brother comes to visit and inadvertently causes a rift in his parent's relationship by overanalyzing their dynamic. Set in Manhattan. Table Draft: Orange titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper dated October 30 1995. Title page present dated October 30 1995 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Nelson Costello and director Linda Day. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: White titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 3L12 dated November 14 1995 with credits for screenwriter Nelson Costello and director Linda Day. Title page integral with front wrapper. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-14-95 and 11-15-95. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
