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1971ref. 137443Burbank CA: Cinema Center Films 1971. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film John Benedict Holden leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians led by a white man murders his family and trashes his home. He assembles his own posse of ruthless outlaws guns-for-hire to help him enact sweet revenge on the murderers. Shot on location in Mexico. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 5008 dated January 5 1971 with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. Title page present dated January 5 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue light blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/71 and 3/16/71. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy p. 341. Pitts 3402. Cinema Center Films unknown books
1980ref. 143481Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Noirish in theme and based on true-life accounts. Murphy played by Paul Newman and Corelli Ken Wahl are police officers in the decaying South Bronx region of New York. Together they try to bring peace and justice to their corrupt precinct. Ethnic minorities play a major role in the film particularly African Americans and Puerto Ricans though community groups from the Bronx found their depiction lacking overall. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 22 1980 with a credit for screenwriter Gould. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mechanical duplication with pink blue yellow purple brown orange and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/80 and 4/18/80. Pages and wrapper Near Fine prong bound. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 163639Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Ellen Burstyn stars as a woman who barely survives a terrible car accident which took the life of her husband and as she begins recovery discovers that she has the ability to heal people. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Burstyn and Best Supporting Actress for Eva Le Gallienne. Shot on location in Texas and California. 8 x 10 inches. All photographs with light overall toning else Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown
1980ref. 143481Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Noirish in theme and based on true-life accounts. Murphy played by Paul Newman and Corelli Ken Wahl are police officers in the decaying South Bronx region of New York. Together they try to bring peace and justice to their corrupt precinct. Ethnic minorities play a major role in the film particularly African Americans and Puerto Ricans though community groups from the Bronx found their depiction lacking overall. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 22 1980 with a credit for screenwriter Gould. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mechanical duplication with pink blue yellow purple brown orange and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/80 and 4/18/80. Pages and wrapper Near Fine prong bound. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 150197Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of Ben Gazzara from the 1973 film. Canadian production company Quadrant Films known for horror films here married the then popular disaster movie with science fiction wherein an advanced submarine is sent to find an underwater laboratory lost in an earthquake. Shot on location in Cayman Islands Bahamas and Nova Scotia and Ontario Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing. Canuxploitation Complete. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 150846N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film one showing actress Mai Zetterling the other showing Zetterling with actor Pat Boone. A drifter on the run from a murder charge joins a traveling circus where his attentions are torn between two beautiful women. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 163639Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Ellen Burstyn stars as a woman who barely survives a terrible car accident which took the life of her husband and as she begins recovery discovers that she has the ability to heal people. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Burstyn and Best Supporting Actress for Eva Le Gallienne. Shot on location in Texas and California. 8 x 10 inches. All photographs with light overall toning else Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown books
1970ref. 171983Montreal: Cinépix 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 Canadian film. Text in French. A mixed-race car salesman flees to an indigenous reserve after being wrongly accused of killing his half-sister but finds himself just as much an outsider there as in white society. Shot on location in Montreal. 8.5 x 11 inches saddle-stapled. 14 pages. Near Fine. Cinépix unknown
1970ref. 171983Montreal: Cinépix 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 Canadian film. Text in French. A mixed-race car salesman flees to an indigenous reserve after being wrongly accused of killing his half-sister but finds himself just as much an outsider there as in white society. Shot on location in Montreal. 8.5 x 11 inches saddle-stapled. 14 pages. Near Fine. Cinépix unknown books
1956ref. 131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown
1956ref. 131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 129312Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1947. First Draft script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. Blue titled wrappers noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 30 dated April 28 1947 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 28 1947 noted as second draft with credit for screenwriter Taradash. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three black brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1946ref. 129345Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" Fritz Lang 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. Blue titled wrappers noted as Original Story and Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 dated December 11 1946 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 82 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1968ref. 161749N.p.: Joseph Brenner Associates 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Argentinian film. Released in Argentina as "La cigarra no es un bicho" The Cicada is Not a Bug. Provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Six couples arrive at a Buenos Aires hostel called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of an outbreak of bubonic plague-leading to sex in every imaginable combination. Shot on location in Buenos Aires. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Joseph Brenner Associates unknown
1968ref. 161749N.p.: Joseph Brenner Associates 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Argentinian film. Released in Argentina as "La cigarra no es un bicho" The Cicada is Not a Bug. Provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Six couples arrive at a Buenos Aires hostel called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of an outbreak of bubonic plague-leading to sex in every imaginable combination. Shot on location in Buenos Aires. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Joseph Brenner Associates unknown books
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religious beliefs. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religious beliefs. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown books
2002ref. 160032N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on and not to be confused with the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
2002ref. 160032N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on and not to be confused with the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown books
1973ref. 161821N.p.: Maturpix Corporation 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A young woman goes out looking for an apartment and gets caught up in an escalating series of sexual adventures culminating in a wild orgy. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus two with wax pencil and ink annotations in the bottom margins. Maturpix Corporation unknown
1973ref. 161821N.p.: Maturpix Corporation 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A young woman goes out looking for an apartment and gets caught up in an escalating series of sexual adventures culminating in a wild orgy. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus two with wax pencil and ink annotations in the bottom margins. Maturpix Corporation unknown books
