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1968ref. 158067N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. In 1908 a deformed man in a small midwestern city becomes involved in an illicit grave digging operation in order to finance his wheelchair-bound sweetheart's surgery. Screenwriter Donald L. Brodie was best known as a character actor appearing in over 250 films and television programs between the late 1920s and late 1980s. He directed one film "A Fig Leaf for Eve" in 1944. Gray wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noting a copyright date of July 10 1968 with credits for screenwriter Donald L. Brodie. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 158057N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Two-page budget analysis laid in with the script dated March 20 1978. Based on the 1975 off-Broadway play "Boy Meets Boy" a lighthearted musical comedy about a romance between two men in 1936 in an alternate reality where lesbian and gay relationships are as accepted as heterosexual ones in the 1930s. The play originally opened on September 17 1975 at the Actor's Playhouse in New York and starred David Gallegly Joe Barrett and Raymond Wood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1977 June 23 noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 158055N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman is exiled from her family due to a tragic misunderstanding with her sister returning years later after her sister's death. She becomes the foster guardian of her orphaned niece a young girl with a cruel streak. Transparent front wrapper white rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Robert Anthony Foster. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 158069N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation film. Laid in with the script is a typed letter signed from screenwriter Mario Licu to producer Frank Saletri dated May 18 1974 introducing the script. Letter paper clipped to a manila return envelope. A young Black teenager arrives in a remote western town where he inadvertently involves himself in the gang dealings of a former plantation owner. Purple titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Mario Licu. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 157834Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage program for the 1977 film. A fictionalized account of the tumultuous friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown and Nora Kaye. Nominated for ten Academy Awards. 9 x 12 inches. Eight leaves saddle stapled with a laid in bi-fold sheet. About Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964ref. 158398N.p.: Southern Cross Productions 1964. Draft script for an unproduced film. Specially bound copy likely belonging to screenwriter Ivan Reiner with annotations in manuscript pencil throughout 31 leaves. Reiner was a producer and screenwriter best known for the low budget sci-fi "Gamma One" film series with director Antonio Margheriti as well as the films "The Wild Wild Planet" 1966 "The War of the Planets" 1966 "War Between the Planets" 1966 and "Snow Devils" 1967. As the United Democracies Space Command UDSCO begins their New Years Eve celebrations unusual light patterns are observed on Delta 2 and Delta 2's captain Captain Jacques Dubois is nowhere to be found. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt rule and title on spine. Title page present dated 1964 with credits for screenwriter Ivan Reiner. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine binding Very Good plus. Southern Cross Productions unknown books
1956ref. 152150Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 198th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on August 7 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his personal stamp to the first two leaves and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout regarding substantive revisions and deletions. Incomplete as issued. An elderly man's family forces him to find a new romantic interest as a means of distraction from his horse betting addiction. Brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 7 Aug. 1956. Title page present undated noted as REVISED in manuscript pencil annotation with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered III-18. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152154Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 111th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on April 4 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. A driven executive discovers that she is being slowly poisoned and begins to suspect everyone around her of the crime including her own husband. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Robert Esson. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1964ref. 152148Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Draft script for the sixth episode of season two of the 1963-1965 television series originally aired on November 10 1964 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. The series followed the experiences of Mr. Novak James Franciscus a high school English teacher in Los Angeles. In this episode Mr. Novak gets involved in the lives of two students-one who seems destined for success and one on the verge of dropping out. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Prod. No. 7526 on the front wrapper dated September 2 1964 with credits for screenwriter Mel Goldberg. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 65. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-9-64 and 9-10-64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated Sept. 1964. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1955ref. 152157Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1955. Draft script for the 159th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on June 12 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. An opportunistic newspaper reporter captures a photograph of a little boy with his head stuck in a garbage can and proceeds to use the image in a piece about child neglect-to the embarrassment and anger of the boy's parents. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered III-25. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152152Culver City CA: Four Star Films 1956. Draft script for the 1956 television episode originally aired on June 8. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. With a call sheet and shooting schedule bound in after the title page. A former hobo experiences difficulties in trying to return to "normal life." Pink titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4/11/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated April 1956. Four Star Films unknown books
1968ref. 152151N.p.: Family Films 1968. Third Draft script for the 1968 television film. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. With four pages of a shooting schedule bound in after the script. A religious exploration of several young adults' opinions about topical issues including the treatment of African Americans the Vietnam War and monogamous relationships. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated 4/5/68 noted as 3rd Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank Rhylick. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/5/68 and 4/15/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Family Films unknown books
1972ref. 158416New York: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Collection of 10 vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original envelope stamped "Savage Sisters / 10 Stills / Story in Tens" with the original three-page press release of descriptions for all ten photographs. Pam Grier and Margaret Markov escape from a remote women's prison aided in part by Markov's revolutionary boyfriend. What follows is an almost comical series of bloody shootouts pitting revolutionaries and drug dealers and the authorities all against each other. Shot on location in the Philippines. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Arrow Films. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1964ref. 152144Hollywood: World Wide Pictures 1964. Draft script for the 1965 film. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript annotations in ink and pencil throughout. With an eight-page shooting schedule bound in before the script. The rebellious son of two television reporters forces his parents to examine their own lives leading to their conversion to born-again Christianity. Green titled wrappers noted as production No. 197. Title page present with credit for screenwriter James Collier. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and tan revision pages throughout dated Nov. 19 1964. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. Housed in blue wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1964. World Wide Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 152190N.p.: N.p. 1966. Archive of material for an unproduced Western film including two draft scripts two xerographically duplicated copies of Ernest Haycox's story with manuscript ink annotations four pages of handwritten notes for the screenplay and an original draft for the script containing a mix of typescript and xerographically duplicated leaves. First Draft script with a brief typed note from screenwriter Johnny Crawford clipped to the title page introducing the script and a single manuscript ink annotation to page 16 noting an editorial revision. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. First Draft: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Draft script: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. All other ephemera generally Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 152140Culver City CA: Four Star Films 1956. Draft script for the 24th episode of season four of the 1952-1957 television series originally aired on May 29 1956. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink annotations throughout. A young boy accidentally kills his playmate and is sent away to live with a middle-aged widow on an isolated farm. Green titled wrappers dated April 9 1956. Title page present dated April 9 1956 with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-16-56 and 12/12/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Four Star Films unknown books
1957ref. 152104Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1957. Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 182 of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on June 21 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name to the title page in manuscript ink and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. A New York executive vacationing in the country with his family undergoes a mid-life crisis deciding to stay at the vacation home and live a carefree life as a painter. Brown titled card wrappers dated June 1957. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Charles Allen. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered III-17. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152180Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1956. Draft script for the seventh episode of season five of the 1952-1957 television series originally aired on November 13 1956. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name stamped on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. After a near-death experience an emotionally stunted man decides to trace the sequence of events backwards to understand the incident gaining a new lease on life in the process. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/5/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1956. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1956ref. 152179Hollywood: Federal Telefilms 1956. Draft script for the 38th episode of season two of the 1955-1957 television series originally aired on June 21 1957 on ABC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. The series followed the varied experiences of clergymen of all faiths. In this episode the Reverend and Mrs. Stone face difficulties with their newest foster child an angry little boy named Kenny Crawford. Blue self wrappers. Title page present dated July 12 1956 with credits for screenwriter Donn Mullally. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 10/10/56. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1956. Federal Telefilms unknown books
1957ref. 152176Hollywood: Revue Productions 1957. Draft script for the ninth episode of the fourth season of the 1955-1960 television series originally aired on November 20 1957. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript pencil to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. The anthology series followed the changed life experiences of people who were unexpectedly given one million dollars from an anonymous benefactor. In this episode candy store owners Norma and Frank receive the one million dollars but are promptly held up in their store by a mysterious robber. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated Aug. 28 1957 with credits for screenwriter Ed Adamson. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision spirit duplication pages throughout dated 9/25/57. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Revue Productions unknown books
1956ref. 152105Los Angeles: Alco Pictures 1956. Final script for the 1957 television film. Text divided into three scripts titled "Blessed Event" "Brand New Shoes" and "Decision" bound together in blue card wrappers. Copies belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name to front wrappers and title page and manuscript ink annotations noting his lines throughout. Based on Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel "Black Beauty." A young boy receives a foal from his emotionally distant widowed father as a present on his tenth birthday and soon forms a strong bond with the animal. All screenplays housed together in blue card wrappers bound with a silver prong. "Blessed Event": Yellow wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered I-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. "Brand New Shoes": Orange wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered II-23. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. "Decision": Blue wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Steve Fisher. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered III-28. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Alco Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 152175Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 1956 television film originally aired on April 4 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. A driven executive discovers that she is being slowly poisoned and begins to suspect everyone around her of the crime including her own husband. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Robert Esson. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1993ref. 158525Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. First Draft script and Revised First Draft script for the 1994 film. First Draft script dated April 12 1993 and Revised First Draft script dated July 30 1993. Based on Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel about the eponymous black horse and his varied experiences in England in the 1800s. The fifth film adaptation of Sewell's novel. Shot on location in London Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire and Hampshire England. First Draft: White untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 12 1993 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Revised First Draft: White untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 30 1993 noted as REVISED / FIRST DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 16 and September 13 1993. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong. Warner Brothers unknown books
1959ref. 137073Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. First Draft script for the 1959 film "A Private's Affair" here under the working title "The Love Maniac." One of the last films of film noir great director Raoul Walsh. Based on a story by Ray Livingston Murphy. Luigi a young Sal Mineo Jerry Coe and Mike Gary Crosby are in boot camp when they are presented with a chance to represent their Army unit on national television. The three meet the opportunity where they sing and dance in a competition and meet three alluring young women Barbara Eden Terry Moore and Christine Carere. Set in Long Island. Blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 50 dated January 21 1959. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 21 1959 noted as First Draft Screenplay with a credit for screenwriter Miller. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 1/21/59. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1928ref. 158521Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a provenance stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover a bitter magician vows to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is his rival's daughter. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his own. One of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
