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ref. 162444N.p.: N.p. 1995. Final Draft script for the 1996 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations on the title page noting phone numbers and on several pages in the script highlighting dialogue for police officers. With a production memo and a call sheet dated November 15 1995 laid in with the script along with a FedEx receipt. Based on Robert Daley's 1993 novel "Tainted Evidence" and on the true story of the escape of criminal Larry Davis about a newly elected district attorney's drive to eliminate corruption in the police department. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. Clear generic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 27 1995 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Sidney Lumet and novelist Robert Daley. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated September 22 1995. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good with wear on the top and bottom edges of the rear wrapper silver prong binding. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1999ref. 162695Culver City CA: Adelaide Productions 1999. Archive of material relating to Season 2 Episode 15 of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series. Archive belonging to screenwriter and co-executive producer Stephen Sustarsic with his initials on the first leaf of the script. Archive includes on Table Draft script and four gatherings of xerographically duplicated draft materials relating to screenwriter meetings and story ideas dated variously between February 11 and 18 1999 as well as two gatherings of publicity material relating to ratings for the show. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert unhappily attends the company picnic where he must play in the annual softball game between the engineers and the marketing division. Originally aired on July 11 2000 on UPN. Script: Self wrappers dated July 1 1999 on the front wrapper noted as TABLE DRAFT and episode No. 211 with credits for screenwriters Ron Nelson Mark Steen Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. All other materials Near Fine. Adelaide Productions unknown books
ref. 162755Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon Lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Self wrappers integral with title page dated October 21 1987. Noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication circa late 1980s font rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955ref. 145052Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Revised Final Draft script for the 1956 film. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg and based on Budd Schulberg's 1947 novel about a once respected sportswriter now forced to work for a crooked promoter who is taking advantage of a promising young fighter. Nominated for an Academy Award. Humphrey Bogart's final film. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. White titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1315 dated Oct. 12 1955. Title page present dated October 12 1955 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Philip Yordan. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 2 1955 and December 16 1955. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 162438Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1986. Fourth Draft script for the 1987 film. Included with the script is a small promotional sign for the film featuring an illustration of a swimsuit-clad woman lounging at the beach. A high school gym teacher finds himself saddled with the task of teaching remedial English for summer school in order to get tenure. Shot on location in San Pedro Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Red Paramount titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 14 1986 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Jeff Franklin. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sign measures 14 x 6 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religions. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown books
1973ref. 162129Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Paloma Picasso in costume as Countess Bathory staring down at four nude women. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 5 x 7 inches. Lightly toned else about Near Fine. Bier 354. Argos Films unknown books
1970ref. 162139Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the American release of the 1970 French film showing actor Alain Delon. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on Eugene Saccomano's 1959 book "Bandits a Marseille." Two small time gangsters in 1930s Marseille join forces and go into business vying with mob bosses for control. Director Jacques Deray released a sequel "Borsalino and Co" in 1974 starring Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with two pinholes at each corner and adhesive residue on the verso. Grant France. Spicer France. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 162873Beverly Hills CA: Kent Productions 1955. Draft script for the 1956 Western film. Specially bound copy belonging to actor Robert Osterloh with his name in gilt on the front board. The brother of a notorious gunfighter must help take down two desperadoes who have invaded his town. Actor Frank Sinatra's first serious Western allowing him to play against type as a dislikable character. Bound in full maroon leather with two raised spine bands and gilt titles and rule. Title page integral with the distribution page stamped copy No. 101 with credit for Sinatra director Don McGuire and screenwriter David P. Harmon. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages dated 11/15/55 and 11/28/55 bound in throughout. Pages Fine binding about Fine. Kent Productions unknown books
1963ref. 162775Hollywood: Manson Distributing 1963. Vintage lobby card for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944 American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County California. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a small dampstain on the top right corner. Manson Distributing unknown books
1973ref. 162732Los Angeles: Chocolate Chip / Pinto 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting copy No. 04. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion called Skull Mountain to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. Red pictorial titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated 3-28-73 with credits for director Ron Honthaner and screenwriter Mildred Pares. Title page present dated 4-23-73 noted as Final Draft with credit for Pares. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Chocolate Chip / Pinto unknown books
1963ref. 162774Hollywood: Manson Film Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944 American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County California. 15 x 12 inches folded once vertically. Four pages saddle stapled. Very Good plus. Manson Film Productions unknown books
1971ref. 160751N.p.: Cinema Center Films 1971. Second Draft script for the 1973 film. An early draft dated February 22 1971 two years before the film's release and a year before the film went into production. Novelized by screenwriter Steve Shagan in 1972 immediately prior to the film's release. Jack Lemmon stars as a garment industry executive who is faced with tough moral decisions amidst a failing business and a mid-life crisis. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for Jack Lemmon nominated for two others including Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Green titled wrappers noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper production No. 8010 dated February 22 1971 with credits for screenwriter Steve Shagan. Title page present dated February 22 1971 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Shagan. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 2/22/71 and 2/25/71. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Cinema Center Films unknown books
1928ref. 162823N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage borderless publicity portrait photograph of actor Buster Keaton Jr. in his shirtsleeves issued to promote the 1928 silent comedy film. Contemporary dealer stamp on the verso. The last film Keaton would make with United Artists before moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was a commercial and critical failure upon release but has since been reevaluated as one of Keaton's masterpieces. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 6.25 x 9.5 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. Very Good with moderate wear at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 161813Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film. Well-regarded New Hollywood Western about an aging rodeo champion a "honker" whose arrogance hurts everyone around him including his family. Notable for its accurate depiction of rodeo life portrayed in striking detail. Director Steve Inhat's directorial debut. Shot on location in New Mexico. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 19 1971 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriters Steve Ihnat and Stephen Lodge. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hardy p. 332. United Artists unknown books
1960ref. 162841New York: Graphic Arts Photo Service 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor and director Marlon Brando on the set of the 1961 Western film. Date stamp and stamps of Graphic Arts and photographer Sam Shaw on the verso. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and director Stanley Kubrick and he rewrote the script first with Calder Willingham then with Guy Tropser. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 884. Graphic Arts Photo Service unknown books
1939ref. 162797New York: N.p. 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the original staff photographers of "Life" magazine after it was purchased by "Time" founder Henry Luce in 1936. He published nearly 2500 photo stories for the magazine with 90 of his images used for the magazine's covers but is perhaps best remembered today for the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 17 x 14 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 161423Los Angeles: Act III Productions 1988. Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto with his annotations in manuscript ink on the title page and his name in manuscript ink on a single revision page. A old New York safecracker takes on a bumbling young crook as his lookout and apprentice. The American directorial debut of Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth. Set and shot on location in Portland Oregon. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Bill Forsyth and screenwriter John Sayles. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout most undated with one dated June 15 1988. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good moderately soiled bound with three silver brads. Act III Productions unknown books
1970ref. 162890Los Angeles: Twenty Pimlico Inc 1970. Vintage oversize publicity photograph of Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould from the 1970 film by photographer Lawrence Schiller. Photograph with a credit stamp on the verso stamped with the photographer name "Lawrence Schiller" for Twenty Pimlico Inc. with the annotations of Set No. "1072" and Print No. "5." Lawrence Julian Schiller is an award winning photographer film producer director screenwriter and bestselling author who has worked in film and television since the 1960s. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker and in turn the basis of the acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1983. A film that kick-started a great decade of cinema and one that still defines it. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. Winner of the Palme d'Or. 11 x14 inches with irregular margins archivally matted in a 16 x 20 inch 8-ply mat. Near Fine with a small emulsion blemish to the far right side obscured by the matting. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. National Film Registry. Twenty Pimlico, Inc unknown books
1983ref. 161445Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1983. Revised First Draft script for the 1985 film. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard. One of only a few screenplays adapted by Leonard from one of his own novels made memorable in that it layered a surprisingly complex plot onto what by 1985 had become a pretty standard sub-genre: the Burt Reynolds revenge thriller. Shot on location in California and Florida. Green titled Universal wrappers dated August 5 1983 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT and production No. 02162 on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised First Draft with credit for author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1970ref. 161458New York: Spangler Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1972 film seen here under the working title "The Legend of Charley." An enslaved Black man is freed by his plantation's dying owner and resolves to free the other slaves at the plantation before they are sold to pay the owner's debts. Followed by two sequels "The Soul of Nigger Charley" 1973 and "Boss Nigger" 1975. Black titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus chipped at the fore-edges bound with two gold screw brads. Spangler Pictures unknown books
ref. 162762Universal City: Dreamworks 2007. Revised Draft script for the 2008 film. Rainbow revision copy belonging to production coordinator Eve Honthaner with her name in manuscript ink on the first leaf of the title page. Included with the script are numerous gatherings of production documents including shooting schedules call sheets maps of filming locations script supervisor breakdowns and travel logs and multiple revisions of the same. A group of narcissistic actors in the process of filming a Vietnam War movie are unaware that they are in real danger from a drug gang they believe to be extras in the film. Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Oscar-seeking method actor Kirk Lazarus a role that along with his franchise-starting turn in "Iron Man" the same year resurrected his career. Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Kaua'i Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 2007 with credits for screenwriters Etan sic Ethan Cohen Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 3 and November 4 2007. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Dreamworks unknown books
1980ref. 161429N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as copy No. 3 in manuscript ink on the title page and with annotations in manuscript pencil on three leaves. Based on Robert Ludlum's 1977 novel about the secret files of J. Edgar Hoover and their disappearance after Hoover's death. Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for Ludlum and screenwriter Millard Kaufman. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown books
ref. 163381Universal City: Dreamworks 2003. Revised Shooting script for the 2004 film. In San Diego in the 1970s successful news anchor Ron Burgundy is forced to confront his prejudices when the station owners hire a woman anchor who promptly proceeds to climb her way to the top. Followed by a 2013 sequel "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." Shot on location in San Diego Los Angeles Glendale and Long Beach. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 06/09/03 noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriters Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered "112-113". Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light splashes on the title page bound with two gold brads. Dreamworks unknown books
