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1977ref. 167417Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series which aired on NBC on May 15 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets two copies of one dated December 16 1977 and one dated December 20 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring Rock Hudson and Lee Remick the five part 1978 NBC mini-series which aired on May 7-9 and 14-15 was an insider's look at the day-to-day operations of National Motors a large fictitious US automobile manufacturer and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Set in late 1960s Detroit. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 15 1977 with credits for screenwriter Robert Hamilton and author Arthur Hailey. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue yellow green pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/7/77 and 10/26/77. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1977ref. 167417Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series which aired on NBC on May 15 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets two copies of one dated December 16 1977 and one dated December 20 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring Rock Hudson and Lee Remick the five part 1978 NBC mini-series which aired on May 7-9 and 14-15 was an insider's look at the day-to-day operations of National Motors a large fictitious US automobile manufacturer and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Set in late 1960s Detroit. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 15 1977 with credits for screenwriter Robert Hamilton and author Arthur Hailey. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue yellow green pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/7/77 and 10/26/77. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing and wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1958ref. 152538N.p.: N.p. 1958. Archive of production material for an unproduced television presentation presumably a pilot seen here under its alternate title "Silent Enemy." Included are one partial draft script several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and Theatre Guild executives William Herman and Arthur Heinemann. Also in the archive are several memos from within the Theatre Guild office discussing revisions to the script and ultimately declining to move ahead with production. Dated variously between May 12 and September 5 1958 with a three-page manuscript summary of revisions made to the script ostensibly in Hailey's hand and two carbon typescript summaries of the same. As noted in several letters from Maeve Southgate Hailey's screenplay was previously used for the television episode "Death Minus One" which aired on BBC on the British television anthology series "Encounter" on January 28 1958. A young American girl visiting her cousin in London is trapped when postwar ruins collapse leading a police sergeant to rescue her. As he works to retrieve the girl The sergeant discovers an unexploded bomb with her among the rubble. Set in London. Draft script: Lacking wrappers and title page. Approximately 60 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. All other materials lightly creased to the edges else Near Fine overall. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 152537N.p.: N.p. 1957. First Draft typescript for the Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1953-1963 television series originally aired on July 31 1957 on CBS seen here under the working title "The Transmogrification of Chester Brown." Manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most noting pagination and editorial revisions. Included with the script are several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and programming executive Marshall Jamison as well as several typed memos from within Jamison's office discussing revisions to the script dated variously between March 29 and July 30 1957. A meek office clerk at an advertising firm takes a "Personality Projection" course which ignites his self-confidence leading him to pursue greater opportunities at the firm. Blue titled self wrappers noted as LIMITED DISTRIBUTION / FIRST DRAFT in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper along with an annotation noting the date 4/24/57 with credits for screenwriter Arthur Hailey. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Arthur Hailey. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 171135N.p.: Carson Productions Group 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Drama about a top basketball player's struggle with drug addiction. Screenwriter Arthur Heinemann worked as a producer and writer for television between the 1950s and 1980s writing numerous episodes of "Crime Photographer" "Suspense" "Studio One" "The United States Steel Hour" "Little House on the Prairie" and many others. Gray untitled Carson Productions Group wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Arthur Heinemann and producer Jim Thebaut dated 10/15/86. Carson Productions Group unknown
1986ref. 171135N.p.: Carson Productions Group 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Drama about a top basketball player's struggle with drug addiction. Screenwriter Arthur Heinemann worked as a producer and writer for television between the 1950s and 1980s writing numerous episodes of "Crime Photographer" "Suspense" "Studio One" "The United States Steel Hour" "Little House on the Prairie" and many others. Gray untitled Carson Productions Group wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Arthur Heinemann and producer Jim Thebaut dated 10/15/86. Carson Productions Group unknown books
1970ref. 153220Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Arthur Hiller and a camera crew capturing a sidewalk scene with actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. With the stamp of Cinemagence to the verso. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Actor for Ryan O'Neal Best Actress for Ali McGraw and Best Supporting Actor for John Marley and winning one for Best Original Score. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 144319Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless still photograph of Ali MacGraw Ryan O'Neal and Arthur Hiller on the set of the 1970 film. With typed identifying description manuscript annotations regarding layout and press agency stamps on the verso. Based on screenwriter Erich Segal's novel of the same name. Oliver Barrett IV Ryan O'Neal a wealthy Harvard Law student and Jennifer Cavilleri Ali MacGraw a working class music student fall in love despite their class differences. As their love grows into a serious relationship and eventually marriage they face the disapproval of the Oliver's father despite Jenny's attempts to find common ground. Winner of the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Score and nominated for six others. Shot on location in California New York China Massachusetts and England. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1966ref. 149376Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the bank where her husband works. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1965ref. 146897N.p.: N.p. 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film. With a "With Compliments" card from Seven Arts Productions laid in with the script along with a set of three stapled revision pages on pink stock. In order to provide a father figure for her infant son a recently widowed woman attempts to choose between two marital prospects-the grumpy child psychologist for whom she works or her hippie next-door neighbor. Set in Greenwich Village NY. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages laid in dated 21.1.65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 140555Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1990. Revised script for the 1992 film. A biography of famed baseball legend Babe Ruth who was born in Baltimore and given to an orphanage there by his father. He soon demonstrates his amazing hitting ability and adopted by a scout who has him play for the Orioles until he is sold to the Red Sox and consequently angers the owner and is sold to the Yankees for whom he helps win the 1932 World Series. He is soon pushed out of the spotlight by Lou Gehrig and eventually sold to the Braves. At the end a boy he met at the start of his career is all grown up and reminds him that Ruth is still his hero and that he's the best. Set in Baltimore New York Boston Pittsburgh Chicago shot on location in Chicago and California. Title page present dated November 22 1990 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter John Fusco. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Later generation photocopy. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1979ref. 127312Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1979 film. Alan Arkin stars as Sheldon an unassuming dentist from New Jersey who on the eve of his daughter's wedding meets the groom's father Vince played by Peter Falk a strange mysterious and volatile man who in the next 24 hours draws him into madcap misadventures from New York to Central America. Remade in 2003 directed by Andrew Flemming and starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks. Shot on location in Mexico New Jersey New York and California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 823. Warner Brothers unknown
1979ref. 127312Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1979 film. Alan Arkin stars as Sheldon an unassuming dentist from New Jersey who on the eve of his daughter's wedding meets the groom's father Vince played by Peter Falk a strange mysterious and volatile man who in the next 24 hours draws him into madcap misadventures from New York to Central America. Remade in 2003 directed by Andrew Flemming and starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks. Shot on location in Mexico New Jersey New York and California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 823. Warner Brothers unknown books
1976ref. 145403Universal City: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage photograph of director Arthur Hiller and actor Rod Steiger on the set of the 1976 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A dramatization of the latter part of the famous showman's life. Based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti Fields' partner during the last fourteen years of his life. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 163624London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1977 UK release of the 1976 US film one of Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh and one of Richard Pryor. A book editor on a trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks he witnesses a murder on a train. When no one believes him he starts investigating on his own. The first film pairing of Wilder and Pryor who later were paired in three other films. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970ref. 153220Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Arthur Hiller and a camera crew capturing a sidewalk scene with actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. With the stamp of Cinemagence to the verso. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Actor for Ryan O'Neal Best Actress for Ali McGraw and Best Supporting Actor for John Marley and winning one for Best Original Score. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 144319Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless still photograph of Ali MacGraw Ryan O'Neal and Arthur Hiller on the set of the 1970 film. With typed identifying description manuscript annotations regarding layout and press agency stamps on the verso. Based on screenwriter Erich Segal's novel of the same name. Oliver Barrett IV Ryan O'Neal a wealthy Harvard Law student and Jennifer Cavilleri Ali MacGraw a working class music student fall in love despite their class differences. As their love grows into a serious relationship and eventually marriage they face the disapproval of the Oliver's father despite Jenny's attempts to find common ground. Winner of the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Score and nominated for six others. Shot on location in California New York China Massachusetts and England. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 149376Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the bank where her husband works. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1990ref. 140555Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1990. Revised script for the 1992 film. A biography of famed baseball legend Babe Ruth who was born in Baltimore and given to an orphanage there by his father. He soon demonstrates his amazing hitting ability and adopted by a scout who has him play for the Orioles until he is sold to the Red Sox and consequently angers the owner and is sold to the Yankees for whom he helps win the 1932 World Series. He is soon pushed out of the spotlight by Lou Gehrig and eventually sold to the Braves. At the end a boy he met at the start of his career is all grown up and reminds him that Ruth is still his hero and that he's the best. Set in Baltimore New York Boston Pittsburgh Chicago shot on location in Chicago and California. Title page present dated November 22 1990 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter John Fusco. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Later generation photocopy. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 148092Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Anne Jackson and Sudie Bond from the 1967 film. Based on Murray Schisgal's 1963 play "The Tiger." Lonely frustrated and alienated mailman Ben Harris Eli Wallach decides he has had enough and set to get a girl Anne Jackson the only way he can by kidnapping her. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 139465Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1969. Two vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1969 film. This goofy comedy of errors follows the story of an Ohio businessman played by Jack Lemmon who travels with his mousy wife Sandy Dennis to New York City for a game-changing job opportunity. However the couple is met by nothing but trouble on their journey and begin to regret ever leaving Ohio. Set in Manhattan shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a small crease to the bottom left corner. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 146897N.p.: N.p. 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film. With a "With Compliments" card from Seven Arts Productions laid in with the script along with a set of three stapled revision pages on pink stock. In order to provide a father figure for her infant son a recently widowed woman attempts to choose between two marital prospects-the grumpy child psychologist for whom she works or her hippie next-door neighbor. Set in Greenwich Village NY. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages laid in dated 21.1.65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 158484N.p.: Advent Films / Union Films 1963. Collection of 14 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 British film. A "naturist" film about a woman who falls in love with a Korean War veteran and decides to join in with his nudist lifestyle. Shot on location in Kent. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned. Advent Films / Union Films unknown
1963ref. 158484N.p.: Advent Films / Union Films 1963. Collection of 14 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 British film. A "naturist" film about a woman who falls in love with a Korean War veteran and decides to join in with his nudist lifestyle. Shot on location in Kent. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned. Advent Films / Union Films unknown books
1943ref. 130866Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. The second of Universal's Technicolor fantasy adventures after "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "White Savage" 1943 loosely based on the classic Arabian Nights tales with a fitting score by Edward Ward to match Lubin's directorial flair. A fun but often overlooked desert romp. Gray titled wrappers noted as Revised and copy No. 113 on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7142 dated 5-20-43 with credit for screenwriter Hartmann. 114 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor with front wrapper starting bound with three gold brads. Weaver p. 565. Universal Pictures unknown
