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1945ref. 170263Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1945. First Draft Continuity script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed letter dated January 11 1946 from story department head David Stephenson to director Brian Foy critiquing the script's plot and recommending revisions. Annotations on the distribution page in manuscript pencil regarding potential casting options. Not to be confused with the 1953 film starring Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire. An orphan turned successful pop singer organizes a show-stopping dance and music event to raise money for his former orphanage while balancing a love triangle with two beautiful women. Screenwriter Richard Macaulay is best known for "Riding on Air" 1937 "Ready Willing and Able" 1937 "The Roaring Twenties" 1939 and "Born to Kill" 1947. Orange titled wrappers dated August 30 1945 and noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper stamped copy No. 14. Distribution page present receipt removed. Title page present dated August 30 1945 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with credit for screenwriter Richard Macaulay. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1990ref. 170252N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film seen here under two titles: "Once Upon a Poor Boy" and "Flavor Tale" the latter in manuscript ink on the title page. A modern take on "Cinderella" about an unpopular African-American teenager who is helped out by his "Funky Freshfather" a magical being sent to help the boy get ready for the school formal. Screenwriter Tyger Williams wrote the screenplay for "Menace 2 Society" 1993 and continues to write prolifically for television. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Williams. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2011ref. 170195Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 2011. Revised Draft script for the 2013 film with rainbow revision pages throughout. Based on the 2012 book "Gangster Squad: Covert Cops the Mob and the Battle for Los Angeles" by Paul Lieberman. A dramatization of the formation of the "Gangster Squad" a team of Los Angeles police officers and detectives tasked with taking down a prominent crime boss. Set in 1949 Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. White untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated September 8 2011 noted as FULL PINK with credits for Lieberman and screenwriter Will Beall. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 8 and November 22 2011. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971ref. 170164Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Final Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1969-1976 television series. A long-running medical drama that followed doctors Paul Lochner and Joe Gannon as they went about their daily lives at a university hospital in Los Angeles. In this episode Gannon reconnects with an old flame a doctor with a troubled past. Originally aired on January 19 1972 on CBS. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" 1968-1980 and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater" "The Streets of San Francisco" "Combat!" "Spenser for Hire" and others. In 1965 he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street" and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays including a biographical play about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Orange titled MGM wrappers dated November 18 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 7852 stamped copy No. 61 with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light foxing to the page edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1988ref. 169970Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1989 television series. A spinoff of the 1985-1988 television series "Spenser: For Hire" which was based in turn on Robert B. Parker's long-running detective novel series. In this episode Hawk helps an old friend a defense attorney who has taken on a seemingly hopeless murder case. Originally aired on February 18 1989 on ABC. Shot on location in Washington DC. Red titled wrappers dated December 23 1988 and noted as First Draft on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 23 1988 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1993ref. 170168Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Final Draft script for the 1994 film. Loosely based on a 1976 "New Yorker" article by Roger Angell about a baseball scout who discovers a promising new player and successfully negotiates his signing with the Yankees only to realize that the man is emotionally stunted after years of childhood abuse. Shot on location in Zempoala and Veracruz in Mexico in Bracken County Kentucky and in New York. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 12/5/93 noted as FINAL DRAFT and Revised. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/20/93 and 3/15/94. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown books
1966ref. 148322N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage French lobby card from the 1966 film. Revered as one of the masterpieces of cinema Robert Bresson follows a donkey Balthazar through his life as he is passed from owner to owner most treating him cruelly. Set in and shot on location in Yvelines France. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and creasing to corners. Criterion Collection 297. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 150013Atlanta GA: Sander/Moses 1992. Revised Shooting script for the 1993 television film here under the working title "Stolen Children" originally aired on March 25 on Lifetime Network. A dramatization of the true story of the Tennessee Children's Home Society an adoption agency which secretly operated as a black market baby trafficking ring in the early 20th century overseen by elusive socialite Georgia Tann Mary Tyler Moore. Set in Tennessee and shot on location in Macon Georgia. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated November 23 1992 noted as Revised White Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Sharon Elizabeth Doyle. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/27/92 and 12/17/92. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Sander/Moses unknown books
1993ref. 149995N.p.: N.p. 1993. Draft script for the 1994 film. A political thriller set during the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China wherein a British assassin is tasked with killing several prominent Chinese government officials. Set in Hong Kong shot on location in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated June 2 1993 with credits for screenwriter Randall Fontana. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 170384N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Monique van de Ven topless. Annotations in manuscript ink to the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 9.75 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 170392N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 French film showing director Marguerite Duras and actor Michael Lonsdale during filming on location. Stamp of photographer Michel Lioret on the verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Duras a dark psychological drama about four visitors to a rural French hotel. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 170387N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Marlon Brando on the set with a camera crew in the background. Charlie Chaplin's final film as a director and his only color film viewed by many including Andrew Sarris and François Truffaut as being equal to his best silent work. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1931ref. 170382Paris: Les Films Osso 1931. Vintage lobby card for the 1931 French film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1980 novel by Gaston Leroux. Featuring set designs by Russian art director Pierre Schild who worked on a number of notable films throughout the 1930s and 1940s including "L'Age d'Or" 1930. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and wear to the margins. Les Films Osso unknown books
1948ref. 170351N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich looking typically glamorous. Mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists an American army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer in postwar Berlin. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Lightly creased at one corner else Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 167538Munich Munchen: Film-Bühne 1944. Vintage program for the 1944 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on Hermann Bahr's 1907 play "Die gelbe Nachtigall" "The Yellow Nightingale". German director and actor Theo Lingen appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1980 and directed 21 films between 1929 and 1978. Bi-fold measuring 5.75 x 8 inches when folded. About Fine. Film-Bühne unknown books
2023ref. 170403N.p.: N.p. 2023. Draft script for the 2023 film. Inspired by the 1968 photo book by Danny Lyon about the members of the Vandals Motorcycle Club a lightly fictionalized version of the real-life Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Housed in a black three-ring binder as issued and used. Title page present dated 4/15/23 with credits for Lyon and director-screenwriter Jeff Nichols. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine. N.p. unknown books
2017ref. 170439N.p.: N.p. 2017. A small archive of approximately 70 leaves largely regarding casting and readings for Francis Ford Coppola's ongoing experimental film project "Distant Vision" belonging to Coppola's long-time producer Fred Roos with the majority of the material written in Roos' hand 2013-2017. Found here under various working titles including "Coppola Project" "Dark Electric Vision" "Distant Vision" "D.V." "FFC" and "F. Coppola Project." Included in the archive are: Copious handwritten notes on casting considerations and recommendations from Roos including actor availability skill sets and reactions to meetings and readings. A four-page "'Men' For Discussion" and "'Women' For Discussion" on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 5 2013 listing actors and their ages. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 5 2013 listing "Godfather I II and III Actors for Discussion." A two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 7 2013 of "'Faith' For Discussion" listing actors for the role with pencil annotations in Roos' hand. Five listings on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors for readings which took place from March 16 2013 to August 1 2014 which included Kate Beckinsale Vincent D'Onofrio Elle Fanning Andy Garcia Philip Seymour Hoffman Oscar Isaac Uma Thurman and Marisa Tomei among others. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 19 2013 listing actors for a proposed reading the following day with the actor's headshot their character's name and their contact information or agency with ink annotations in Roos' hand. Including actors Linda Cardellini Frank Grillo Dakota Johnson Max Minghella and Imogen Poots among others. A four page handwritten draft of a letter to Coppola in Roos' hand regarding an upcoming January 15 2014 table reading with thirteen questions for Coppola largely regarding casting and actor availability. Four pages from a Draft script with the ink annotation of "Fred's Notes on June 25 2014 Draft" with notes regarding the script in Roos' hand on two pages. A four-page "Cast of Characters" listing all the characters with brief descriptions for the following timelines in the script: "1922" "1928-30" "1939" "1947" "1952" "Flashback - 1890's" "1959" "1962" and "1969." A four-page list of "Cast of Characters" with ages depicted and detailed descriptions along with "Minor Characters" with brief descriptions. A three-page list of all the characters and the script pages on which the characters appear. And a two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors up for discussion dated August 22 2017. All material housed in a generic orange folder with post-its with marker annotations of "Distant Vision" affixed to the front panel and tab with cello tape. Conceived by Coppola as an experimental film project in the early 2000's "Distant Vision" depicts three generations of an Italian American family during the advent and omnipresence of television intended to be filmed as "live cinema" Coppola's experimental and potentially ground-breaking concept for a live production-film hybrid. Two different versions of a "proof of concept" production were broadcast to limited audiences in June 2015 from Oklahoma City Community College and in July 2016 from the UCLA School of Theater. Coppola had planned to film more sequences financed from his 2024 film "Megalopolis" but had been thus far put on hold following the film's disappointing box office returns. All material approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall housed in a Near Fine 8.5 x 11.5 generic orange folder. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 164752Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actress Diana Dors. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An advertising executive is too distracted by his work and neglects his beautiful wife who has just learned that she's pregnant. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 164632Los Angeles: Universal-International Pictures 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing teenage actress Carol Yorke made up to look gaunt and plain on the left and made up to look glamorous on the right. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1922 novella by Stefan Zweig about a pianist in 1900s Vienna who receives an important letter from a woman from his past and must figure out how to escape a duel he is due to fight the next morning. The first film produced by Rampart Productions an independent company formed by Joan Fontaine and her husband William Dozier. 10 x 8 inches. Faint tide mark on the top edge of the recto else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 164753Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Yvonne De Carlo and Joel McCrea in a passionate moment. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A Confederate officer journeys with his men to an outlaw town in Mexico where they hope to use two million dollars in gold to acquire weapons and continue the war effort. A Union soldier determines to stop them. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Set in Zona Libra Mexico shot on location in Moab Utah and in Morelos Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 450. Universal-International unknown books
1945ref. 164614N.p.: N.p. 1945. Two vintage borderless publicity photographs from the 1945 film one showing actor Glenn Strange in costume as Frankenstein's monster the other showing Strange with Onslow Stevens. Second photograph with annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Approximately 7 x 9 inches trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus one with adhesive residue on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 164628Universal City: Universal-International 1949. Vintage studio still publicity photograph from the 1949 film noir showing actress Shelly Winters in a glittering strapless gown. A college professor is the key suspect in the disappearance and presumed murder of his ex-girlfriend and must work to exonerate himself and untangle the mystery. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown books
1956ref. 170491Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. Humphrey Bogart's final film about a faded sportswriter facing the dissolution of his career and personal life. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg a film widely seen as justifying their decision to name names during the HUAC Hollywood blacklist trials. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
