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1985ref. 168039Los Angeles: Embassy Films 1985. Six vintage publicity photographs for the US release of the 1985 British film. After his family moves to Brazil for his father's engineering job an American boy is kidnapped by an indigenous tribe and raised in the Amazon jungle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Embassy Films unknown
1959ref. 167557Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1959. Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Carolyn Craig from the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An eccentric millionaire offers a substantial reward to anyone able to spend the entire night in the titular house on Haunted Hill. Basis for the 1999 remake starring Geoffrey Rush and Taye Diggs. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Exterior shots of the house were filmed at Los Angeles' Ennis Brown House originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease affecting the bottom left corner. Allied Artists unknown
1980ref. 164139N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television series a ribbon copy typescript with manuscript white-out annotations throughout and one manuscript ink annotation on the second to last page. Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Two sets of newlyweds compete in a game show where the hosts asks each member of each couple a series of questions pertaining to their marriage while attached to a lie detector. Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen T. Sustarsic II. 27 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple to the upper left corner. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 167551Los Angeles: Merrick International 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing Des Roberts as Count Dracula fondling a nude woman. Dracula changes his name to Adrian and opens a nightclub later deciding to capture a beautiful young woman and make her into his vampiric companion. 10 x 8 inches. Tiny nick on the top margin else about Fine. Merrick International unknown
1951ref. 146074Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1951. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1951 film. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1653 dated JANUARY 31 1951 with credits for actors Stephen McNally Gail Russell Alex Nicol and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL TEN PAGE 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some fading to the top left and right edges bound with two gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown
1962ref. 167553London: National Screen Service 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1958 British horror film. A surgeon develops a groundbreaking anesthetic for use in surgery only to become addicted to the substance-leading him to work with a gang of criminals in order to fund his addiction. Released as a double feature in the US with the 1961 Italian film "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory." 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 368. National Screen Service unknown
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1980ref. 164133N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced radio play ribbon copy typescript with manuscript white-out annotations throughout. Screenwriter Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. A "Pro-Life" radio show wherein Dr. Riever who performs abortions as part of his regular practice is taken into the eighth dimension after strangling a fetus to death with his hands during an abortion and is judged by the spirits of the people he aborted. Classic Reagan-era "Pro-Life" agitprop. Front wrapper integral with the title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine. Unbound. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 167550Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the American release of the 1959 Italian film. A team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins discover a giant blob monster which appears to be related to a comet passing near the earth. An early directorial effort by influential Italian filmmaker Mario Bava who would go on to define the giallo genre. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled to the top right corner. United Artists unknown
1988ref. 163947Los Angeles: AckermanBenson 1988. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Not to be confused with the 2015 film directed by Emily Lapisardi starring Maria Olsen and Bill Townsend. Screenwriter Stephen Bonds previously made a low budget independent film under this title in 1980 the Second Draft script found here dates from 1988 and is an apparent attempt at getting a feature film made of the story. Based on the Northern Ohio urban myth regarding the ruins of Swift Mansion later the Light of Hope Orphanage which alleges a fire was set killing many children and a woman all who now haunt the ruins. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Vermilion Ohio. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 20 1988 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stephen Bonds. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. AckermanBenson unknown
1985ref. 142147N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the first page. A group of Americans intent on overthrowing Castro's communist regime are held in a Cuban jail. They begin using martial arts to free themselves and take on the government forces. Set in Cuba. Tan titled wrappers dated 1985 with credit for screenwriter Carl Johnson. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine spiral bound. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
ref. 146946N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Saloon owner and brothel madam "Ladyfingers" Lindsey strikes out on a hunt for hidden Japanese gold in the Philippines with help from her one-time beau and a posse of gunslingers. Screenwriter Robert Vincent O'Neil was best known for "The Baltimore Bullet" 1980 as well as a string of erotic thrillers during the 1980s including "Vice Squad" 1982 "Deadly Force" 1983 and "Angel" 1984. Set in Manila and Corregidor Island. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters William Mercer and Robert V. O'Neil. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly dampstained bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141618N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations throughout in manuscript ink and pencil. A corrupt Filipino government official discovers information from a former Japanese Imperial general about a bank vault of goods looted during World War II. After the general dies in jail the Filipino official tasks his partner with stealing the contents of the vault. Set in Manila. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Walter Anton White. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 140876N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Synopsis laid in. The School of Acrobatics and Acrobatic Training is ab American private school demanding precise execution and extreme attention to detail. The story follows "aeronautical acrobatics" a branch of acrobatics that represent the outer fringe of the school's studies. Set in Arizona. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credit for screenwriter William Goodhart. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1991ref. 163986N.p.: N.p. 1991. Early Revised Draft script for the 1993 television film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Based on the 1989 book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. A satirical depiction of F. Ross Johnson CEO of RJR Nabisco and his attempts at buying the company leading to leveraged buyouts and bidding wars. Nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards winner of Best Picture. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Untitled Rastar wrappers. Title page present dated 1 November 1991 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Larry Gelbart. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 161403N.p.: N.p. 1944. Final script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 14 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Two Army sergeants spend a three-day holiday pass in Pasadena where they fall for two young women working in a parachute factory. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 3/2/44 noted as FINAL. Title page present with credits for director Delmer Daves and screenwriter Alvah Bessie. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/44 and 4/10/44. Pages about Near Fine binding Poor with front and rear boards detached from the hinges. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 140996N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man must secretly transport the body of his newly deceased mother-in-law knowing that her will stipulates that she must die at home in order for him to receive the inheritance. Originally slated to have been produced by CKF Productions for release by United Artists in 1968. Set in Paris. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stella Linden. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 164193N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Production Draft script for the pilot episode of the 2000 series which aired on July 23 2000 on the USA Network. Brian McNamara stars as an ex-Los Angeles Vice Cop who moves to Manhattan Arizona and becomes the sheriff after his wife is canned in spring light water when attempting to cut dolphins out of tuna nets for Greenpeace. In this episode McNamara takes the job of Manhattan's sheriff and begins to realize just how strange the residents are. Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 13 1999 noted as Production Draft and listing revisions from 9/14-17/99 with credits for screenwriter David Richardson. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146853N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1872 novella about two Russian soldiers who are kidnapped by rival militia. Screenwriter Eugene Lourie was best known as an art director but also had success in screenwriting "Revolt in the Big House" 1958 and "The Giant Behemoth" 1959 and in directing "The Colossus of New York" 1958 and "Gorgo" 1961. Set in the North Caucasus. Green titled card wrappers with credit for screenwriter E. LOURIE. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Eugene Lourie and novelist Leo Tolstoy. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 146821N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With two small manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper and the title page. Based on the life of noted Viennese composer Oscar Straus. Set in Austria and New York. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kent A. Barret. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light offsetting along the right fore edge of the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 140874N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Norwegian immigrant family in America struggles to survive in the Dakota Territory in 1973. Based on the 1924 novel by Ole Edvart Rolvaag. Although this version was unproduced the novel was later made into an opera. Set in Dakota Territory. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Rodney Anderson and author O.E. Rolvaag. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 146854N.p.: N.p. 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on German author Fritz Habeck's 1951 novel. A Nazi officer is bribed with American money from a mysterious man from the Resistance who is desperate to escape the country by boat. The officer is wary but soon agrees and begins to hatch a grand scheme to sneak out the fighter and his wife. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present dated June 1965 with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 164148N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Irving master swordsman Zorro's youngest son who's a bleeder and just wants to be a florist is chosen to be the next generation's Zorro upon his father's demise. Told in the vein of Monty Python and Mel Brooks. Generic green wrappers with a titled label with credits for screenwriter Stephen T. Sustarsic II. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. N.p. unknown
1923ref. 167801Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage program for the 1923 silent film. A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. 9 x 12 inches. 17 leaves printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good wrappers Good only with an owner name on the front wrapper and moderate wear along the spine. Side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown
