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1970ref. 152555Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kane." Copy belonging to actor Bradford Dillman with his stamp to the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two manuscript pages with Dillman's notes on blocking for various scenes and two gatherings of cast and crew contact information. A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor however knows the man holds a larger more meaningful purpose in the world. Set in Alabama shot on location in Marysville California. Blue titled wrappers dated January 30 1970 noted as production No. 8981. Title page present dated January 30 1970 with credits for director James Goldstone and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 11 1970 and March 4 1970. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 141225New York: Tricorn Productions 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. A professor of sexology travels around interviewing people for his studies treading a dangerous line between seeking information and knowing too much. Set in London. Black titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter H.S. Kleinman. Title page present dated January 6 1977 with credit for screenwriter H.S. Kleinman. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Tricorn Productions unknown books
1968ref. 147185Stockholm Sweden: AB Svensk Filmindustri 1968. Treatment script for the 1969 film. With a few small manuscript ink annotations to the title page and throughout most noting grammatical revisions. A newly divorced man befriends a woman whose husband and son have recently been killed in a car accident gradually beginning a relationship in spite of their mutual emotional fragility and disconnect. Shot on location in Gotlands Ian Sweden. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 1968 with credits for director-screenwriter Ingmar Bergman and translator Alan Blair. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. AB Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1982ref. 147198Paris: Peri Productions 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Overcome with jealousy over her infidelity a crime and mystery novel writer murders his dream woman and decides to frame her lover for the crime. Set in Paris and on the French Riviera. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter MARC WERNER. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good with light tide marks on the front wrapper and binding of the first four leaves wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Peri Productions unknown books
ref. 147006N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced television film. With a single manuscript pencil deletion to page I-7. An American Indian man arrives at the White House claiming the land is rightfully his and demanding recompense for the years of missed rent. 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 Washington DC. Yellow untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered I-29. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound with a paper clip. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 149949Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink annotations throughout most editorial in nature. Loosely based on Clifford D. Simak's 1963 novel which follows a Civil War veteran who is chosen by an alien to monitor an intergalactic way station in exchange for immortality. Set in Pennsylvania. Lavender titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 31 1987 noted as FIRST DRAFT REVISION with credits for director Joe Dante screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin and novelist Clifford D. Simak. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1979ref. 140901Universal City: Universal Television 1979. Draft script for the 1980 television film here under the working title "A Member of the Family." With a few annotations in manuscript ink. Laid in is an interoffice memo regarding actor Martin Sheen. After his wife leaves a father struggles with keeping both his life and the lives of his children on track. White titled self wrappers dated March 5 1979 with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sapinsley. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown books
ref. 147204N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Bound research materials for an unproduced film. Members of the French Foreign Legion experience their own conflicts of romance and resentment in the final weeks before they leave Algiers. Prolific screenwriter Ken Englund was known for "No No Nannette" 1940 "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" 1943 and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1947 among others. Set in Algiers and France. Yellow titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ken Englund. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 147015Munich: Sunset Films Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. The true story of Lech Walesa a shipyard electrician who became the father of the Polish Solidarity party and eventually served as the first democratically-elected president of Poland. Screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski was best known as a Polish director of political films and biopics including "The Shadow Line" 1976 "Pani Bovary to ja" 1977 and "In a Moment of Passion" 1993. Set in Poland. Yellow transparent plastic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Sunset Films unknown books
1986ref. 160924N.p.: N.p. 1986. Shooting Revision script for the 1988 action film. Bound in preceding the script are three pages of interior and exterior set lists and cast lists. Jimmy Stathis stars as DEA Agent John Temple working undercover in Mexico to nail drug kingpin Victor Lazzaro played by Aldo Ray who killed his partner. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. Title page present dated 7/21/86 noted as SHOOTING REVISION with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 160904N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early First Draft script for the seminal 1980 film here under the working title "California Girls." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Jim Brown no relation to the actor we suspect with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. A bleak seminal coming-of-age drama about four teenage girls grappling with their families drugs and relationships in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Adrian Lyne's directorial debut. Shot on location in San Fernando Hollywood and Los Angeles California. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Nov. 28 1977 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Gerald Ayres. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographiic duplication with the exception of the title page which is a carbon typescript copy rectos onl. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 146230Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir. A career criminal agrees to help the federal agent who put him behind bars in infiltrating a drug smuggling syndicate. An early film appearance as a mute murderous henchman by Tony Curtis here credited as "Anthony Curtis." Partially shot on location in California Arizona and Sonora Mexico. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper production No. 1606 dated JUNE 28 1949 with credits for director William Castle actors Howard Duff Shelley Winters Dan Duryea and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soiling on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 143200Tokyo: Toho Company 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Text and titles in Japanese. A neglected wife begins an affair with a bank teller who offers to loan money for her husband to open a cafe. Actress Hideko Takamine would appear in many of director Mikio Naruse's films usually embodying the plight of contemporary women in Japan longing for emancipation. Set in Japan. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 pages with last page of text numbered e-26. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed. Toho Company unknown books
1968ref. 143231Tokyo: Shochiku Company 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Based on Yukio Mishima's 1961 stage adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's 1934 novel. A cunning lady thief known as the Black Lizard tries to kidnap a wealthy jeweler's daughter as part of a plot to steal her father's priceless Star of Egypt diamond. Set in Tokyo. White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1968.6.17. 126 pages with last page of text numbered d-34. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed overall. Shochiku Company unknown books
ref. 146801N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four laid-in xerographically duplicated pages detailing the script's summary and prospective audience. A young successful photographer for a women's erotic magazine finds herself caught in a love triangle between a gallery owner and a troubled boxer. Set in Hollywood and Malibu. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146805N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television film. Incomplete as issued. With a small handwritten label to the first leaf noting the name and address of screenwriter Martin Warner. A lonely widower finds new love with a vibrant retired school teacher aided by his well-intentioned but meddling apartment building neighbors. Set in Santa Monica California. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Martin Warner. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with light rust to the first and last leaves likely from a paper clip bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 151086Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing nine black and white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Patrick Cauvin's 1977 novel "E=mc squared Mon Amour." Two teenagers living in Paris-a French boy and an American girl-begin a romance culminating in a trip to Venice to kiss under the Bridge of Sighs in a gondola. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1990ref. 160931Los Angeles: NOMA Productions 1990. Final Draft script for the 1991 film here under the working title "Angel of Death." Copy belonging to actor Aldo Ray with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations on eleven pages in the script relating to his character Tony. A remake of the Robert Johnson meeting the devil at the crossroads tale in the wake of hair metal wherein a loser enlists the help of a voodoo priestess in selling his soul to the devil for rock star immortality. Featuring Traci Lords in one of her first post-adult film roles. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles California. Titled yellow wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Mark Freed Dave Tedder and Andrew Cross. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Olive Films. NOMA Productions unknown books
1980ref. 151097Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. A mathematics professor in Chicago travels to New York to attend her widowed father's wedding where she falls in love with her stepmother's married adult son. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1987ref. 158405Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1987. Vintage Italian 2-fogli poster for the 1987 film. A dramatization of the rise to fame and unexpected death of Mexican-American singer Ritchie Valens. Shot on location in Los Angeles San Jose Hollister and Fillmore California. 39 x 55 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with moderate creasing and wear at the folds. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 151081Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing one black and white photograph and one handbook of promotional reading material. A woman escapes from a mental institution in New York and hitches a ride with a trucker to California where she plans to avenge her wrongful institutionalization by her unethical husband. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 159690Bradford: W.E. Berry 1973. Vintage British quad poster for the 1973 Italian-English film. Based on John Gardner's 1969 novel "A Complete State of Death." A detective uncovers a plot by the mob to use Vietnam veterans in a vast murder scheme. Shot on location in New York and California. 40 x 30 inches folded. Fine. Grant Italy. W.E. Berry unknown books
1962ref. 159693Various cities: Stafford 1962. Vintage British quad poster for the 1962 American film. Based on Jules Verne's 1868 novel "Captain Grant's Children" about a search for a missing shipwrecked captain. The third of six Disney films to star child actress Hayley Mills. 40 x 30 inches folded. About Fine. Stafford unknown books
1972ref. 159697Bradford: W.E. Berry 1972. Vintage British quad poster for the 1972 Australian film. Based on the character originally created by cartoonist Barry Humphries a loutish beer-guzzling Australian named Barry "Bazza" McKenzie. The first Australian film to surpass one million dollars in Australian box office receipts. Shot on location in London. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. W.E. Berry unknown books
1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
