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ref. 147046N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "99." A young man who learns he was born out of wedlock is driven to succeed in life to prove himself greater than his sullied heritage eventually becoming a prizewinning bullfighter. But his success comes at the expense of his friends and family whom he drives further and further away as he grows famous. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter PETER PACKER and story credits to REGINALD LEBORG. Title page present with credits for screenwriter PETER PACKER and story credits to REGINALD LEBORG. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 147418N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Final Draft script for an unproduced play. A reincarnation narrative focusing on a motley group of Californian academics grappling with the newfound discovery of their past lives. Set in California. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Tom McGowan. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with a light vertical crease near the binding internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 161106N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 Swedish film. With censorship stamps on the versos and one with layout annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso and a gold distribution label on the recto. A sixteen-year-old girl is seduced by several adult lesbians during a visit to her aunt's house precipitating a sexual awakening. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 141716Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The son of a Bulgarian oligarch has just completed his postgraduate degree at Oxford and been promoted in the Navy when he announces to his father that he wishes to marry his English sweetheart. His father tries desperately to change his son's mind and not to throw away his career for romance. Pink untitled wrappers dated June 30 1983. Title page present dated May 25 1983 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. 17 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown books
1983ref. 141726Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An unlikely quartet of international spies begins operating in Europe under the control of no particular government in order to thwart a terrorist plan. Blue untitled wrappers dated May 13 1983. Title page present dated March 1983 noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. Eleven leaves with last page of text numbered ten. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown books
1950ref. 147327N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Christmas melodrama depicting the life of Austrian composer Franz Gruber and the creation of his most famous work "Silent Night" in 1796. Screenwriter Charles Bennett was best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock in the 1930s writing "The 39 Steps" 1935 "Secret Agent" 1936 "Sabotage" 1936 and "Young and Innocent" 1937. Set in Salzburg. Housed in a black three-ring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Charles Bennett and Otto Klement. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 154454Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1960. Vintage program for the French release of the 1960 Swedish film. Text and titles in French. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for the Palme d'Or with director Ingmar Bergman receiving a Special Mention at Cannes. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 18 pages. Near Fine in lightly rubbed saddle stapled wrappers. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1939ref. 151805Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1939. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1939 film. A prison warden must decide between keeping a huge lot of stolen goods and saving a man from the electric chair. Tall yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as production No. 1032 with credits for director Arthur Lubin and actors Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
ref. 161096Los Angeles: Tse Tse Fly Productions 2001. Two Final Draft scripts for the 2002 film. Scripts belonging to costume designer Judith Brewer Curtis with her annotations in manuscript ink throughout and housed in her production binder with wardrobe test photographs and ephemera relating to costuming for the film. Binder includes an eight page shooting schedule an eight page continuity breakdown four pages of Curtis' xerographically duplicated costume design sketches and 29 Polaroid wardrobe test shots. An amnesiac wakes up in an asylum for the criminally insane discovering that he has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend-a crime he does not recall. As his fellow inmates begin showing up dead he begins to wonder if the murder is somehow linked to the asylum's sinister director. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Final Draft no revisions: Title page present undated noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Jeremy Kasten and Rogan Russell Marshall. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine. Final Draft with revisions: Title page present undated noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Jeremy Kasten and Rogan Russell Marshall. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine. Black three-ring binder Very Good plus with light soil on the extremities. Tse Tse Fly Productions unknown books
1980ref. 141718London: Thorntip United 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page three. Explores Bouboulina a legendary figure in Greek seafaring who gave birth to nine children and led Greece as an admiral in the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Set in Greece. White titled self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated 1980 with credit for screenwriter Nik Janis. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. Thorntip United unknown books
1978ref. 141772Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated folder with six black-and-white borderless reference photographs and 15 gatherings of promotional reading material housed all together in a white envelope. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. Set in Hollywood shot on location in France Germany and Greece. Folder and contents Near Fine. Envelope Very Good plus lightly toned on the edges. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1969ref. 152994Los Angeles: Sigma Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscript ink annotations to the title page and throughout pages 136-179 regarding props for scenes at the beach. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. Based on the 1968 novel by Marjorie Kellogg about a young woman who suffers severe facial scarring after being attacked with battery acid but finds comfort in friendship with two other social outcasts. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Massachusetts and California. White wrappers with a vertical tear to the partial front wrapper obscuring the title. Title page present dated May 1 1969 with credits for director Otto Preminger and screenwriter-novelist Marjorie Kellogg. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 184. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/27 and 8/11. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound internally with a silver prong. Sigma Productions unknown books
1980ref. 141505New York: Orner Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man loses his job and begins to doubt his ability to provide for his family. His wife encourages him to keep up appearances while pursuing his dreams. Title page integral with front wrapper dated March 11 1980 with credit for screenwriter Helene Flaster. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. Orner Productions unknown books
1970ref. 141344Los Angeles: John F. Dugan 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An artist seeks employment at the local dog pound at the insistence of his wife. He makes an inquiry with a local government official and suddenly becomes embroiled in a scandalous affair involving a loose bull and several cows. Set in Paris. White titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Edmund Morris. Title page present with credit for Morris. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. John F. Dugan unknown books
1968ref. 154902Dallas: Orbit Films 1968. Vintage pressbook for the 1968 film. Con women steal one million dollars from two mob money couriers forcing the men to find and recover the money before their employers discover the theft. Versatile and prolific cross-genre filmmaker Lee Frost was best known for his string of exploitation films throughout the 1960s and 1970s most notably including "The Animal" 1968 "Chain Gang Women" 1971 and "Policewomen" 1974. 12 pages saddle stapled. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown books
1980ref. 152211N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. SIGNED on the title page by director and screenwriter David S. Ward. Based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" 1945 and "Sweet Thursday" 1954. David S. Ward's directorial debut. In 1940s Monterey a self employed marine biologist and former baseball star begins a relationship with a drifter working at the local bordello. Shot on location in Monterey and San Diego California Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter David S. Ward and author John Steinbeck. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 151980London: Galactacus Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film. Laid in with the script are two letters addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner from producer Antony Rufus Isaacs introducing the script and suggesting the part of Grabinski for actor Charles Bronson as well as a four-page typed synopsis of the script. Based on the 1955 novel by Jean-Paul Clebert. On D-Day a group of prisoners-of-war take shelter from the bombardment inside a German bunker but find themselves permanently trapped underground when the entrances are blocked. Set in Germany shot on location in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter John Gould and novelist Jean-Pierre Clebert. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Galactacus Productions unknown books
1975ref. 161108Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1975. Four vintage lobby cards from the Canadian release of the 1975 American film. Quebec censorship labels on the bottom right corners of the rectos. Two young hitchhikers are picked up by a man in his mobile home eventually disappearing into the Florida everglades where they experience a number of hallucinatory psychedelic experiences. Shot on location in Naples Florida. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Nightmare USA. Vinegar Syndrome 304. Crown International Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 161102Paris: Pierson Production 1973. Three vintage borderless color oversize reference photographs and a pressbook from the 1973 French adult film. Each photograph with a censorship blindstamp at the upper right corner. After an unsuccessful attempt to sleep with a boy her own age an eighteen-year-old goes on a odyssey of sexual exploration culminating in a love triangle between a wealthy older woman the teenager and a renowned male writer. Photographs 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook 9.25 x 13 inches. Folded three times as issued. Very Good moderately worn at the corners. Bier 504. Pierson Production unknown books
1963ref. 152260London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film including a Revised Draft screenplay three original character design illustrations and a hand drawn storyboard. A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory and grabbing the attentions of various women. A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane. Set and shot on location in England including at Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire. Fuchsia titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1963 noted as REVISED SCRIPT with credits for director-screenwriter Ken Annakin and screenwriter Jack Davies. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Storyboard and design illustrations varying sizes Near Fine overall housed in a manila folder. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971ref. 152553Los Angeles: Mondo Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kicks." Copy belonging to an unknown cast member with two manuscript ink annotations to pages 48 and 49. Two cruel biker thugs arrive at a large mansion where they proceed to attack the two women living there steal and sell the house's valuables and murder a concerned neighbor. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Richard Kanter and screenwriters Ted Paramore and Sal Comstock. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Mondo Films unknown books
ref. 160816N.p.: Crossbow Productions 1980. Three vintage oversize printed set illustrations and one original graphite set illustration from the 1981 film. Two printed illustrations stamped with a Crossbow Productions title block crediting production designer Harold Michelson and art director Norm Newberry on the bottom right corners of the rectos. The oversize printed illustrations depict two grand designs for the Roman Empire sequence and one for the French Revolution sequence while the graphite illustration depicts a design for the Temple of Eros sequence. An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and "Jacques le gar on de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space." Printed illustrations: 42.5 x 26 inches to 44.25 x 28.25 inches. Folded horizontally and vertically. About Near Fine overall. Graphite illustration: 16.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with a chip at the top left corner. Rosenbaum 1000. Crossbow Productions unknown books
1984ref. 151603Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1984ref. 153156New York: Robert Halmi Productions 1984. Draft script for the 1984 television film here under the working title "Nairobi." The film originally premiered on October 17 1984 on CBS. The Kenyan government hires a former Green Beret to stop a group of violent and unpredictable poachers. Blue untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated April 1984 with credits for screenwriter David Epstein. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Robert Halmi Productions unknown books
1976ref. 161103N.p.: N.p. 1976. Four vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs from the 1976 film. Gold labels specific to the film's French release affixed to the rectos as issued. A tomboyish waitress at a truck stop develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver and in spite of all odds they begin a relationship. Serge Gainsbourg's directorial debut. 11.25 x 9 inches. Pinholes at the corners else about Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
