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1968ref. 131321Beverly Hills CA: Mirisch Productions / United Artists 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to actress Merie Earle her first film credit and INSCRIBED on the front wrapper: "This was my first / "on location" picture / Everything was / "red carpet" I loved it / Merie Earle." Notations in manuscript red ink and pencil throughout at Earle's speaking parts as "Grandma." Merie Earle was a solid fixture on the television series "The Waltons" 1972-1979 as "Maude Gormley." Based on Ben Hecht's 1963 book about a young writer Bridges caught in political corruption in Chicago early 1900s. A grand cinematic tale nominated for art direction costume design and sound. Margot Kidder Lois Lane of "Superman" 1978 got her Hollywood start with this film as a prostitute who deflowers Bridges. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 167 dated May 8 1968 with credits for producer-director Jewison. Title page present dated May 8 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ginnes and producer-director Jewison. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and white revision pages throughout dated either 7/8/68 or 7/11/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Mirisch Productions / United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 131240Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Revised Estimating script for the 1973 film. A key title in New Hollywood cinema. Searching for some direction in his life Vic Bealer Voight fights his way to Olympic glory as an amateur boxer void of emotion and feeling using women and taking advantage of everyone to get what he wants. Shot in six "sequences" with title cards to indicate the exact "round" of life Vic is in affecting a silent-era homage. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 114 dated March 18 1970. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 3/18/70 with credits for screenwriter director Eastman. 137 leaves on yellow stock mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/25/70. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1944ref. 132072Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Original US half sheet poster for the 1944 film based on the 1942 best seller by Rachel Field. Chandler's second screenwriting credit and the only non-crime screenplay of his career. 28 x 22 inches mounted on board. Near Fine with some minor professional restoration. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 131997Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Single lobby card for the 1942 film. Based on Raymond Chandler's 1942 novel "The High Window" here re-imagined as the seventh and final entry in Twentieth Century-Fox's series of films featuring detective Michael Shayne created by Brett Halliday. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with two pinholes to the center of the card a tiny closed tear to the top edge and a small chip to the lower left corner. Grant p. 651. Spicer p 420. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1947ref. 131991Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1947 film. Based on the Raymond Chandler's 1943 novel his fourth book and the fourth Philip Marlowe adventure. An unusual and ambitious film noir and Montgomery's final film for MGM. In a concept that originated with Montgomery who directed the entire film is shot from Marlowe's perspective with the protagonist only ever visible in reflections and during a few scenes when he addresses the audience directly. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Faint distribution company blindstamp to lower corner with a tiny bruise some light scratching and a couple of pin holes to the upper corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965ref. 132216London: National Screen Service 1965. Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the 1965 UK film. Based on the play by Ray Rigby about a British disciplinary camp on the Libyan desert. Winner at the 1965 Cannes festival for Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creases. National Screen Service unknown books
1940ref. 130425Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final script for the 1940 film. The AFI Catalog notes: "According to a Twentieth Century- Fox press release this was the first writing effort for Fox sound man William Brent. After his story was bought Brent was made a writer at the studio. Also the first screenwriter assignment for Irving Cummings Jr. and William Conselman Jr. Both men were "second generation Hollywood" as Cummings' father was a director and Conselman's a screenwriter. "According to Twentieth Century-Fox press releases the football sequences were shot at the Los Angeles Olympic Stadium and at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Despite a summer heat wave the extras were required to wear heavy winter coats. As such large wind machines behind huge cakes of ice were used to cool off the fields. Thirty-four college football players from local universities were used as extras in this film. They included USC's Ambrose Schindler Bill Howard Red Morgan Tony Tonelli Ollie Day and Owen Hansen and UCLA's Billy Bob Williams Bill Overlin and Bill Radovich. Location filming was done at the Inglewood Railway Station as the station received little use. Because only two freight trains used the station each day movie extras were the only passengers ever to use the station. The press release also reported that the rental cost of a four-car train at the station was $150 per day. HR reported that Fox borrowed Lewis Howard from Universal Pictures for this film." A Fox programmer about a doctor reflecting on his college days how he was lured onto the football team and away from his studies a flirtation with a widow and meeting his true love. A strong early vehicle for actor Robert Sterling and featuring two notable women from the serial film era Jean Rogers Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 149 and production No. 518 dated June 24 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated June 24 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Conselman Jr. and Cummings Jr. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/25/40 and 7/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1942ref. 130419Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final script for the 1942 film. A lighthearted drama centering on a female stamp collector obsessed with a government mail sack of undelivered letters that has turned up after missing for 50 years. The AFI Catalog notes that all the title cards for the film's opening credits are handwritten on envelopes postmarked 1889. A studio press release asserted that producer Ralph Dietrich got the idea for the film from a newspaper story concerning "the discovery in Philadelphia some months ago of a mail bag apparently the loot of a robbery some seventy-five years before." The story reported that the mail would be delivered by the post office to the addressees or their heirs. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 and production No. 768 dated April 1 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 1 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Braus. 122 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/1/42 and 5/1/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1982ref. 130416Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1982 film written for the screen by James Kirkwood based on his 1975 novel. Credited solely to Kirkwood and with a paper spine label indicating the script dates to December 1976 over five years prior to the film's production. With brief but substantive corrections in manuscript pencil on four pages. A key Vietnam film and an underrated performance by Richard Pryor serving in both dramatic and comedic capacities. A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country. Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter novelist Kirkwood. 166 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Parish and Hill 188. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 132451Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. First Draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 laid in and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65" As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. Black titled wrappers noted as 2ND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 6th. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Heller and novelist Trevor. 178 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/15/65 and 4/27/65. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine with a small fingernail-size bruise at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959ref. 130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. A low-budget space exploration film about a spaceship carrying a multinational group of scientists engineers and researchers to the moon where they discover an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1964ref. 133050Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1964. Original Pressbook for the 1964 film. Unique for a pressbook with a folding front page and a coloring contest to have been used as a herald by distributors. Based on Jean Anouilh's 1959 play. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Screenplay and nominated for 11 more including Best Picture Best Director and twice for Best Actor. It would be the first of two times O'Toole was nominated for portraying Henry II the other being in 1968 for "The Lion in Winter." 18 pages saddle-stapled 12.25 x 15 inches. Rust to the staples else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 132166Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. First Estimating script for the 1961 film. Based on the novel of the same name by Nathaniel Benchley. A screw-up comedy in which a ship intended to be scrapped is instead commandeered by crooks as a getaway vessel in a bank heist their two hostages left to attract the attention of the Coast Guard. Kovacs' last film before he was killed in a car crash. Gray titled wrappers noted as FIRST ESTIMATING DRAFT on the front wrapper dated Sept. 28 1960 with credits for producer Barry. Title page present noted as production No. 8602 dated September 27 1960 noted as FIRST ESTIMATING DRAFT with credits for producer Barry and screenwriter Bower. 182 leaves mimeograph duplication with white yellow and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between October 26 1960 and October 28 1960. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 129935Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
1944ref. 129803Burbank CA: Vanguard Films / Warner Brothers 1944. Draft script for the 1947 film. This is an early draft developed at Vanguard Films prior to the property being sold to Warner Brothers. An American remake of the 1935 British film of the same name. Largely set in Italy the story concerns the relationship between poverty-stricken musician Sebastian Dunbrok Errol Flynn and unwed mother Gemma Smith Ida Lupino. Suspecting that her fiance Caryl Gig Young Sebastian's brother is the father of Gemma's child young heiress Fennella McLean Eleanor Parker retreats to the Italian Alps. Attempting to straighten out the situation Sebastian finds himself falling in love with Fennella. For his brother's sake Sebastian breaks off the relationship and marries Gemma but while awaiting the birth of her child he writes a heartfelt ballet score dedicated to Fennella. However when Gemma's baby dies the conscience-stricken Sebastian changes the dedication to his wife whom he has learned to genuinely love. Notable for a stirring musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Blue titled wrappers dated August 21 1944 with credits for playwright Margaret Kennedy. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 131 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with tearing at the left hole punches bound with three gold brads. Wrappers now encapsulated in protective mylar. Vanguard Films / Warner Brothers unknown books
1977ref. 130496Los Angeles: Stephen Friedman / Kings Road Productions 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ron Turbeville's only produced screen credits were for "Buster and Billie" 1974 and a few episodes of television "Adam-12" "The Name of the Game". A coming-of-age story with what would appear to be a nearly all-Black cast about a 14-year-old Black teenager named Jimmy who lives in an unnamed part of the rural American South. He dreams of life in the city and finds his induction by way of urban denizen Skeeter Magee. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Turbeville. 132 leaves Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Stephen Friedman / Kings Road Productions unknown books
1938ref. 132192Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1938. Final Script for the 1938 film. Loosely based on the events surrounding the construction of the Suez Canal the film stirred controversy upon its release when the descendants of main characters Matthieu and Ferdinand de Lesseps unsuccessfully sued the studio for libel. With all the elaborate costuming special effects and production costs typical of a Zanuck picture its cinematic qualities do their best to offset what can only be called a very unique take on historical accuracy. Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography Best Original Score and Best Sound Recording. Power and Annabella were married shortly after the film's release. Set in Paris and Egypt shot on location in Arizona and California. Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 178 dated April 8 1938. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 8 1938 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Dunne and Josephson. 186 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971ref. 130202Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Estimating script for the 1972 film. Actor Jackie Cooper's directorial debut a set of stories that follow multiple women as they engage with the Women's Liberation movement. One of the first major Hollywood films to depict the second wave of feminism showing militant women's rights groups mass political demonstrations and women who shirk traditional familial structures though due to its tone at turns humorous and melodramatic the film is often critically considered to have touched on the movement in a shallow manner. Shot on location in Denver. Pale pink titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 9 1971 noted as ESTIMATING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Slade. 112 leaves mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 132145Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Estimating script for an unproduced film. The story of a small contingent of militant mercenaries who attempt to stir up a conflict between Cuba and the United States by piloting a hostile decoy Navy ship into enemy waters off Key West only to be thwarted by the actual Navy and a few well-meaning American citizens taken hostage. No doubt mirroring some of the public's concerns at the time given the tenuous peace established by the Cuban Missile Crisis the film remained unproduced perhaps considered too sensationalist or close to home. Screenwriter Dozier would go on to write largely for television including episodes of "Batman" and "Harry O." Tan titled wrappers noted as ESTIMATING on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 23 dated April 2 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 4/1/65 with credits for screenwriter Dozier. 136 leaves mimeograph on yellow stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 132098Los Angeles: Max E. Youngstein 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. The story of two of brothers a prospector and an oceanographer who drill for oil on a offshore drilling rig in the Caribbean. Screenwriter Schweitzer would go on to work predominantly in television including writing for "The Bold Ones" "The Senator" "Mod Squad" and "Baretta" among others. Lavender titled wrappers dated July 10 1967 with credits for screenwriter Schweitzer and producer Youngstein. Title page not present. 130 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Max E. Youngstein unknown books
1957ref. 125414Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized helps lead her husband and the police to find her. Eight pages saddle stapled 12 x 16 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 130141Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Final Draft script for the 1955 film "Seminole Uprising" seen here as "Bugle's Wake." Based on the 1942 novel "Bugle's Wake" by Curt Brandon. Script editor Jerome Thom's working copy with his name "Jerry Thoms" on the front wrapper and profuse annotations throughout. A cavalry lieutenant is ordered to bring in Seminole Indian chief Black Cat who is leading his tribe on a campaign of terror and bloodshed. Shot on location at the Corrigan Ranch in California's Simi Valley and at the Iverson Ranch in Los Angeles Chatsworth. Green titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 8250 dated June 25 1954. Title page present dated June 25 1954 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Kent. 120 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-23-54 and 7-12-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 125405Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1951. Original pressbook for the 1951 film noir. Based on the French novel "Le Corbeau" "The Raven" by Louis Chavance. The sixth of director Otto Preminger's seven classic "chamber noirs" a remake of the French noir masterpiece "Le Corbeau" 1943 Henri Georges Clouzot. A testament to Production Code-era antagonism Preminger pushed the limits of alllowed sexual content. A mile marker for films that would lead to the Code's end in the late 1950s. 16 pages 11 x 15 inches. Original sewn signatures have been neatly removed but binding glue intact with no leaves missing or loose overall Very Good plus or better. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages and brief wear at a couple of corners. Still bright and appealing. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954ref. 125385Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Original pressbook for the 1954 film noir based on the 1951 novel by William P. McGivern. Howard W. Koch director of "The Girl in the Black Stockings" 1957 here creates an unsparing view for its time of the violence and corruption often seen behind the badge of a police officer. Barney Nolan Edmond O'Brien becomes a bad cop in an otherwise cozy suburban atmosphere then deconstructed and invariably led to a befitting death Silver et al. 12 pages saddle stapled 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. One corner with a short crease and a couple of tiny closed tears else bright. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1953ref. 125507Sherman Oaks CA: Republic Pictures 1953. Original pressbook for the 1953 film noir. Screenplay by noted screenwriter Steve Fisher. One sheet folded once as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. Lyons US. Martin 121. Selby US. 71. Spicer US. Republic Pictures unknown books
