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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
1950ref. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook hole punches to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1929ref. 136071Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1929 film. Shown is George Bancroft being pulled away from a prison cell where Richard Arlen is being held. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus condition with a handful of pinhole tears and a short closed tear at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 136136Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1969. Revised Final Draft script for the 1970 Disney film. Based on a story by Marty Roth executive story editor for the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" 1979-1985. Coast Guard Ensign Garland Morse falls in love with sailing instructor Kate Powers but his bumbling leaves her disenchanted until they team up to recover stolen jewels before a team of thieves led by Simmons Silvers can find them. Set in California shot there on location. Gray titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper production No. 0107 dated July 23 1969 with credits for story writer Roth and screenwriter Julian. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 166. Mechanical duplication with green blue white and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/18/69 and 9/28/69. Near Fine overall bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1935ref. 136148Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1935. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the set of the 1935 film. Based on the 1921 play "Frisco Kate" by West. Here seen under the title "Klondike Lou." Shown in one photo are Mae West and director Raoul Walsh looking over a script. In the other they are joined by 1935 heavyweight boxing champion who was visiting the set. With mimeograph snipes variously affixed and printed to the verso of each photo. One photo has Spanish translation tipped on and "Sintonia" Spanish agency stamp to the verso as well. A woman accidentally kills her landlord in self defense while he attempts to murder her then escapes on a steamer to Nome Alaska. She takes on the identity of a nun who dies en route giving the censors quite a lot to work with. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1972ref. 135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 135228Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Nine vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1966. Each still shows a particular location in Mexico City and in Acapulco Mexico various scenes used for shooting the film. Tarzan Mike Henry travels from Africa to Mexico at the request of an old friend to help rescue a kidnapped boy named Ramel Padilla Jr. Augustus Vinero Opatoshu the kidnapper forces Ramel to lead him to the city supposedly made of gold. Tarzan sets out with Ramel's pet leopard a lion and a chimpanzee and soon locates the boy. Ramel shows him the way to the lost city where Tarzan confronts Vinero and his henchmen. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny edge tears and creases else Near Fine overall. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1945ref. 135327New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 135336Beverly Hills CA: Jed Harris / United Artists 1956. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jed Harris / United Artists unknown books
1960ref. 135342London: Fanfare Films 1960. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1960 film. Though the film was released in the UK as "The Criminal" it is here under its working title "The Concrete Jungle" with a corresponding negative code. Set in England and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Fanfare Films unknown books
1948ref. 135343Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1948. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1948 film noir. Rubber stamped "7" on the verso. Based on the 1946 novel by Theodore Strauss. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 135339London: National General Pictures 1967. Vintage black-and-white double weight linen-backed keybook photograph from the 1967 film. With a three-hole punch at the left margin as called for and a mimeo snipe on the verso noting actors White and Bindon pictured as well as actor Terence Stamp novelist and screenwriter Nell Dunn director Ken Loach and producer Joseph Janni. Set in London and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National General Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 134915New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1954. Vintage black and white studio photograph from the 1954 film. With distributor's red warehouse stamp on the verso. Cult director Ed Wood Jr.'s attempt at film noir with the director's usual flare for bad music acting sets dialogue etc. resulted in a film that is in both the B-noir pantheon and the realm of the Psychotronic. 8 x 10 inches. Archival repair to a long closed tear at the verso some faint creasing but no loss or staining. Good to Very Good overall. Lyons. Spicer US. Howco Productions unknown books
1960ref. 135379Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1960 film. Shown are Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 135038Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of 4 black and white stills photographs from the 1964 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967ref. 135367Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Press stamps on the versos. A seven-part anthology ranging from comedy to drama starring actress Shirley MacLaine in various guises and all dealing with adultery and its ramifications. Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 135370Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Two vintage black and white still reference photographs from the 1974 film. Both with mimeograph snipes on the verso and one with a red press crop line at the right margin. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1966ref. 135049Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1966 film. A split still showing Vitti in two different guises as a brunette spy and as a seductive blonde who is actually a brunette spy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1975ref. 135433Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives" here under the working title "St. Ives' Big Score." Included are several unbound revision sheets dated 10/11/75 on pink stock. Based on the 1972 crime novel "The Procane Chronicle" by Ross Thomas writing as Oliver Bleeck. The first of no fewer than ten films director J. Lee Thompson would make with badass Charles Bronson and ironically one of the last with a major studio behind it. The pair would go on to make taut violent potboilers such as "10 to Midnight" 1983 "The Evil That Men Do" 1984 and "Murphy's Law" 1986. Raymond St. Ives Bronson is a novelist drawn back into the world of his former profession of crime reporting by wealthy Abner Procane Houseman. St. Ives is hired to locate stolen documents with ties to the local mob. Janet Whistler Bisset is an associate of Procane's accompanying St. Ives but her motives are vague. Features early supporting roles by Jeff Goldblum and Robert "Freddy" Krueger Englund. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena California. Blue titled wrappers with gilt titles. Title page present dated September 29 1975 noted as ST. IVES' BIG SCORE with credits for actor Bronson producers Pancho Kohner and Stan Canter director Thompson and screenwriter Beckerman. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114 with 9 laid-in pink revision pages dated 10/11/75. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy The Gangster Film p. 365. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 135621Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown books
