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1981ref. 132161Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1981. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1981 UK film. Based on Ernest Thompson's play about a father-daughter relationship that has its share of miscommunication. Jane Fonda stars with her father Henry and the inimitable Katharine Hepburn. Henry Fonda won his only Academy Award for this his final performance. 8 x 10 inches six with borders and two with no borders as issued. Brief ink annotations on the versos of those with no borders else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 132049Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / EMI 1970. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1970 US film. Features Stacey Keach. Keach is a traveling executioner with a portable electric chair and receives one-hundred dollars for each execution. Arguably one of the actor's best performances. 8 x 10 inches. Light creasing to the corners else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / EMI unknown books
1942ref. 129351Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Story synopsis basis for the 1943 film "Claudia" based on a story by Franken that appeared in Redbook magazine between July 1941 and October 1942. McGuire and Young are memorable in their portrayal of a young innocent couple struggling to break from the ties of their respective families as well as the pressure of distant relocation. Followed by a sequel "Claudia and David" in 1946 and basis for a radio play. Sky blue titled wrappers with credit for writer Franken. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 18 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1989ref. 135643Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Two original screenplays for the 1990 film one being a First Draft 1988 and the other a Second Revised Draft 1989. Brief annotations in manuscript ink on the title page of the second script. Director De Palma's unfortunate box-office flop based on Tom Wolfe's first novel. Sherman McCoy Hanks the "master of the universe" is a shallow Wall Street investor who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin Griffith. One day the two find themselves in the South Bronx where Maria sees a black youth approaching so frightened she guns the engine and runs him over killing him. The two drive away and decide not to report the accident to the police. Alcoholic journalist Peter Fallow Willis anxious for a story hears about the incident through a local black community activist. Once the story is out the end is inevitable for Sherman. Set in New York shot on location there and in California. De Palma would return to independent filmmaking with his next effort the creepy horror film "Raising Cain" 1992 starring John Lithgow. First Draft script: White wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1988 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Cristofer and novelist Wolfe.163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Revised Draft script; Yellow wrappers. Title page present dated October 12 1989 December 15 1989 in manuscript ink just above the printed date noted as SECOND REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Cristofer and novelist Wolfe. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographic duplication with pink blue green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/17/89 and 10/27/89. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1986ref. 135813London: Independent Television 1986. 3rd Draft script for the television movie. Based on the 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh which in turn was based on Waugh's own experiences working at the Daily Mail. Working copy with manuscript annotations in blue red and black ink and pink highlighter throughout as well as handmade tape tabs marking the scenes. Laid in are a number of original and photocopied newspaper articles dealing with the production six pages of background information on their Moroccan shooting location and four pages of call sheets from Morocco. A tale of sensationalist foreign correspondents covering a war in Ishmaelia desperately looking for news of a story to send home and the unlikely man who finds the real scoop. Shot on location in Morocco and the United Kingdom. White self titled wrappers noted as 3rd Draft on the front wrapper production No. 10556 dated June 1986 with credits for screenwriter Boyd novelist Waugh director Millar and eight other crew members including producer Sue Birtwistle. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Independent Television unknown books
1999ref. 135833London: Target Television 1999. Three Draft scripts for episodes two and three of the 1999 three-part television miniseries. This listing includes two separate drafts for episode 3. Also includes 13 pages of photocopied storyboards and six pages of call sheets and shooting location information. Copies belonging to make-up artist Teresa Kelly with her manuscript name and annotations to the later script for episode 3 the call sheet and the storyboards and filming information. The story of a family's struggle with a severely ADHD son and his improvement through the use of prescription drugs behavioral changes and a special school. Nominated for a British Academy Television Award and a Royal Television Society Award. Set in the United Kingdom shot on location in Hertfordshire England. Episode 2 of 3: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 28th June 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a single silver brad. Episode 3 of 3 28th June 1999: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 28th June 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a single silver brad. Episode 3 of 3 22nd July 1999: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 22nd July 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mechanical duplication with pink and green revision pages throughout dated 31st July 1999 and 9th August 1999 respectively. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a single silver brad. Target Television unknown books
1948ref. 135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 135640Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1966. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the Spanish release of the 1966 film. With a few contemporary annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Pictured are Etaix and actress Sabine Sun the former courting the latter. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
1962ref. 135647Paris: C.A.P.A.C. / Cocinor 1962. Collection of 6 vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photographs from the French release of the 1962 film. Each photo with the stamp of French distributor Cocinor on the verso. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners of each photograph. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. / Cocinor unknown books
1962ref. 135645Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1962. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph from the French release of the 1962 film. With stamp on the verso noting reference number 582. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
1965ref. 135644Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1965. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph from the French release of the 1965 film. With stamp on the verso referencing both the film and the director. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
1966ref. 135639Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1966. Collection of 3 vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the French release of the 1966 film. With reference information in manual type on the verso of each photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
1968ref. 135902Paris: Le Spectacle du Monde 1968. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the film in Rome. Pictured are director Christian Marquand whose faux-grim countenance is in nice contrast to the attractive innocence of the film's lead actress Ewa Aulin. With the stamp of French magazine Le Spectacle du Monde twice on the verso. 8 x 10.5 inches. Fine. Le Spectacle du Monde unknown books
1975ref. 135906Berlin: Der Spiegel 1975. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Fassbinder on the set of his 1975 film "Faustrecht der Freiheit." Shot by Manjit Jari for the German publication Der Spiegel with stamps for both Jari and the publication on the verso along with an archive date of March 19 1975. Franz "Fox" Biberkopf Fassbinder loses his job at a carnival after his boyfriend Klaus Karl Scheydt is arrested for tax fraud. After hustling for the money to buy a lottery ticket he wins 500000 marks and attracts the attention of Eugen Peter Chatel a sophisticated but amoral young man in need of money. He begins a relationship with the uneducated Fox and slowly swindles him out of his winnings driving him to eventual poverty and suicide. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Der Spiegel unknown books
1998ref. 135856Cardiff Wales: Hartswood Films 1998. An archive of 11 scripts for the complete 7 episode British television miniseries "Wonderful You." Copies belonging to make-up artist Teresa Kelly with her manuscript name and annotations throughout in highlighter and ink. Included in the listing are Archive also includes 20 pages of call sheets and shooting schedules with Kelly's manuscript annotations. Almost certainly begun as an attempt to at least in part mimic the early success of the long-running sitcom "Friends" "Wonderful You" follows a group of thirty-something aged friends in London as they navigate their convoluted interpersonal relationships. Unlike "Friends" however in which all the main characters start out as single and slowly acquire partners "Wonderful You" contains a number of different states of romantic relationships right from the beginning including a few single people a successful couple in a long term relationship a gay couple and an unhappily married couple with a young son. Though "Friends" may be considered one of the more successful sitcoms of the late 1990s and certainly one of the longest-running "Wonderful You" instead makes a much more succinct and arguably much less saccharine statement about the nature of relationships themselves. Shot on location in London. Scripts all housed in tall white self wrappers as issued some unbound sheets and some prong bound. One script then further housed in a red spring binder. All have credits for screenwriters Niel and Lumsden. Title page integral with the front wrappers. Mechanical duplication some with pink blue or yellow revision pages. Very Good plus condition or better. Hartswood Films unknown books
1997ref. 135849London: Bentley Productions 1997. 5th Draft script for the 1997 television episode of the show "The Broker's Man." Though broadcast in two parts this script contains both the first and second parts. Kevin Whately plays Jimmy Griffin an ex-cop now working as an investigator for an insurance company still finds ways to use his detective skills at his new job and somehow between his wife and employees fawning over him manages to create a lot of drama beyond that which he finds through his work. In this episode an ex-soldier kills his father and attempts to claim the father's insurance at which point Jimmy and his whole family gets involved. Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as 5th Draft on the front wrapper dated 30 January 1997 with credits for screenwriters Ashton and O'Mara. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a single silver brad. Bentley Productions unknown books
1937ref. 135949Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1937. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the novel by William Vaughan Wilkins initially published on May 3 1937 by Jonathan Cape. A romantic adventure story set in the 19th century involving a poor girl who falls in love with a boy descended from royalty resulting in the usual problems. Blue titled wrappers with credits for novelist William Vaughan Wilkins. Title page present dated April 20 1937 for the treatment submission and May 3 1937 for the novel's publishing date with credits for novelist William Vaughan Wilkins. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1953ref. 135958Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Original Spanish pressbook for the 1953 film 12 pages saddle-stapled 11 x 14 inches. Criterion Collection 202. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 135960London and Los Angeles: London Film Productions / Selznick Releasing Organization 1949. Advertising supplement ad mat for the US release of the 1948 UK film. 20 x 14 inches. Folded vertically at the center as issued else Fine. Criterion Collection 357. London Film Productions / Selznick Releasing Organization unknown books
1954ref. 135965Los Angeles: American Broadcasting Company ABC / Columbia Broadcasting System CBS / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1954. Final Script for the short from the 1954 film "Light's Diamond Jubilee." "Light's Diamond Jubilee" was a David O. Selznick television production aired simultaneously on all three of the major networks. The special was mounted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb that featured original stories and adaptations of stories by famous American writers. Plain salmon colored wrappers. Title page is integral with the first page of text. 12 leaves mimeograph on green stock. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] / Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 135931Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film "Suicide Batallion" here under its working title "Hell Raiders." The screenwriter-director team of Rusoff and Kahn worked together on several AIP films including "Girls in Prison" 1956 "The She-Creature" 1956 "Shake Rattle & Rock" 1956 "Runaway Daughters" 1956 "Dragstrip Girl" 1957 and "Motorcycle Gang" 1957. Rusoff also scripted a few Roger Corman films including "Apache Woman " 1955 "Day the World Ended" 1955 "The Oklahoma Woman" 1956 and "It Conquered the World" 1956. A group of men are recruited for a dangerous mission to destroy an American base in order to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. Set in the Philippines shot on location in Dallas Texas. AIP moved from big screen productions to television at the turn on the 1960s remaking several film scripts as television movies including this one which was eventually released as Larry Buchanan's 1968 film "Hell Raiders" the original title. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 36. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with distribution page with credits for screenwriter/producer Rusoff and slated director Edward L. Kahn. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound three two gold brads. Davenport US. Ray US. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1976ref. 135943Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli Gould is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition and income he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight champion of the world. The fight attracts the attention of the local mob boss who wants total control of the marsupial and the attention of animal activists looking to stop cruelty to animals. Set in New York shot on location in California New York and Nevada. Illustrated titled wrappers with glassine cover on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 15 1976 with credits for novelist Gallico and screenwriter Galfas. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1941ref. 135962Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1941. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Set during the 1940 battle and evacuation of Dunkirk. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 15 1941 with credits for screenwriter Oliver H. P. Garrett. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 135865Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with brief annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso of the last page of text and on a few pages. An unusual story for a low-budget Western: a tough woman gambler named Iron Mae McLeod Windsor runs a town where law states that men are illegal. The tough McLeod is soon caught in the lusty lasso of Woody Callaway Rober a handsome and persistent cowboy. The Poverty Row studio Lippert Pictures lasted nearly two decades 1948-1969 and would resurface as the production company for "Don't Do It" 1994. Notable films produced or distributed by Lippert include "Jungle Goddess" 1948 "I Shot Jesse James" 1949 forgotten films noir like "Radar Secret Service" and "Motor Patrol" both 1950 Samuel Fuller's "The Steel Helmet" 1951 Sam Newfield's "Lost Continent" 1951 and Terence Fisher's classic Hammer noir "Man Bait" 1952. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text undated with a credit for screenwriter Hampton. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Hardy The Western p. 218. Okuda 486. Lippert Pictures unknown books
