Paul Aaron (director); Henry Olek (screenwriter); Perry King, Meg Foster, Valerie Curtin (starring)ABAA
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1978ref. 149267N.p.: Avco Embassy Pictures 1978. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1978 film. What began as a marriage of convenience between lesbian Stella Meg Foster and her gay male friend Albert Perry King to prevent his deportation turns into an actual romance. Set in Los Angeles California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with a few small closed tears and horizontal creasing in lower quarter. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 146368Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice. Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown
1976ref. 146368Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice. Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown books
1961ref. 158056N.p.: New Films 1961. Draft script for the 1961 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the title page. A teenager begins secretly watching his neighbors at night as a means of coping with his dysfunctional family life. Shot on location in Reseda California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Laurence E. Mascott. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. New Films unknown
1961ref. 158056N.p.: New Films 1961. Draft script for the 1961 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the title page. A teenager begins secretly watching his neighbors at night as a means of coping with his dysfunctional family life. Shot on location in Reseda California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Laurence E. Mascott. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. New Films unknown books
1961ref. 168159Los Angeles: Allied Artists 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. A teenager begins secretly watching his neighbors at night as a means of coping with his dysfunctional family life. A teen exploitation film starring pop idol Paul Anka. Shot on location in Reseda California. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned on the margins else Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
ref. 158369N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting a phone number. Based on Paul Bowles' 1952 novel about an American living in Tangiers whose attempts to explore the city's dangerous underbelly lead to his own downfall. Screenwriter Gary Conklin directed and produced a documentary about Bowles "Paul Bowles in Morocco" 1970. Set in Tangiers Morocco. OCLC and AMPAS locate no holdings. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Paul Bowles and screenwriter Gary Conklin. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few splashes throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 158369N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting a phone number. Based on Paul Bowles' 1952 novel about an American living in Tangiers whose attempts to explore the city's dangerous underbelly lead to his own downfall. Screenwriter Gary Conklin directed and produced a documentary about Bowles "Paul Bowles in Morocco" 1970. Set in Tangiers Morocco. OCLC and AMPAS locate no holdings. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Paul Bowles and screenwriter Gary Conklin. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few splashes throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1934ref. 159670Beverly Hills CA: London Film Productions / United Artists 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film. An historical drama based on the life of Catherine the Great mostly focusing on her tense relationship with her husband until she is crowned empress following a coup d'etat she helped stage against her him. Set in Russia and England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Eclipse Series 16. London Film Productions / United Artists unknown
1934ref. 159670Beverly Hills CA: London Film Productions / United Artists 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film. An historical drama based on the life of Catherine the Great mostly focusing on her tense relationship with her husband until she is crowned empress following a coup d'etat she helped stage against her him. Set in Russia and England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Eclipse Series 16. London Film Productions / United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 147438London: Winkast Programming 1972. Revised Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most substantive. The adventures of a nine year-old boy who travels from California to Washington DC to patent a bubble gun he has invented with the hope of eventually impressing his emotionally distant father with his creation. Seemingly planned in conjunction with a novel also written by Paul Gallico which was published in 1974. Gallico was best known for the 1940 novel "The Snow Goose" and for the novel "The Poseidon Adventure" which was published in 1969 and the basis for the 1972 film. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Set in Portland and Washington DC. Ordered but unbound and lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present dated November 27 1972 noted as SECOND REWRITE with credits for screenwriter Paul Gallico. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue onionskin revision pages throughout noted as 2nd Rewrite. Pages Very Good. Winkast Programming unknown
1972ref. 147438London: Winkast Programming 1972. Revised Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most substantive. The adventures of a nine year-old boy who travels from California to Washington DC to patent a bubble gun he has invented with the hope of eventually impressing his emotionally distant father with his creation. Seemingly planned in conjunction with a novel also written by Paul Gallico which was published in 1974. Gallico was best known for the 1940 novel "The Snow Goose" and for the novel "The Poseidon Adventure" which was published in 1969 and the basis for the 1972 film. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Set in Portland and Washington DC. Ordered but unbound and lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present dated November 27 1972 noted as SECOND REWRITE with credits for screenwriter Paul Gallico. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue onionskin revision pages throughout noted as 2nd Rewrite. Pages Very Good. Winkast Programming unknown books
ref. 016674Paul Gavault (1866-1951), écrivain, scénariste, directeur de théâtre. L.A.S., 17 mars 1899, 1p in-8. A Heugel. Il lui réclame des affiches des « Demoiselles ». [385]
1953ref. 139846N.p.: Lincoln Productions Inc 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Filled with a notable cast the film was released in the midst of the "red scare" of the early 1950s. A group of terrorists planning to blow up the Panama Canal kidnap a nuclear scientist and force him to take part in their plot. However the saboteurs underestimate the ship's captain Barton MacLane who might spoil their plans. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Lincoln Productions Inc unknown books
1979ref. 141479N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. A priest is assigned to a parish in San Francisco where he encounters a seedy world of prostitutes homosexuals and victims of abuse all of whom he invites to hear his sermons in hopes of changing their circumstances. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credit for screenwriter Paul Gus Carlos. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 189. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated April 16 1979. Pages Near Fine unbound and housed in a manila envelope. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 141479N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. A priest is assigned to a parish in San Francisco where he encounters a seedy world of prostitutes homosexuals and victims of abuse all of whom he invites to hear his sermons in hopes of changing their circumstances. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credit for screenwriter Paul Gus Carlos. 190 leaves with last page of text numbered 189. Xerographic duplication with revision pages throughout dated April 16 1979. Pages Near Fine unbound and housed in a manila envelope. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1999ref. 135842London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1999. Draft scripts for two Season 2 episodes of the 2000 television show "Badger:" "The Price of a Daughter." and "Only Ewe" later released under the title "Blood Ties." Jerome Flynn plays a wildlife liaison officer in a small rural town who fights various animal crime and encounters the usual interpersonal drama. Set in Northumberland England. "Only Ewe:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 04/10/1999 with credits for screenwriter Colin MacDonald. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mechanical duplication with white revision pages dated 05-Oct-99 and 06-Oct-99. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. "The Price of a Daughter:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as DRAFT 1 on the front wrapper dated 07/11/99 with credits for screenwriter Kieran Prendiville. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown
1999ref. 135842London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1999. Draft scripts for two Season 2 episodes of the 2000 television show "Badger:" "The Price of a Daughter." and "Only Ewe" later released under the title "Blood Ties." Jerome Flynn plays a wildlife liaison officer in a small rural town who fights various animal crime and encounters the usual interpersonal drama. Set in Northumberland England. "Only Ewe:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 04/10/1999 with credits for screenwriter Colin MacDonald. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mechanical duplication with white revision pages dated 05-Oct-99 and 06-Oct-99. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. "The Price of a Daughter:" Tall white self wrappers as issued noted as DRAFT 1 on the front wrapper dated 07/11/99 with credits for screenwriter Kieran Prendiville. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine prong binding. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown books
1930ref. 149692N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1930 film with actors Constance Bennett and Kenneth MacKenna standing together on the right along with director Paul Stein on location at a racetrack. With an agency stamp on the verso. A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only. Set in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some faint soil at the margins. N.p. unknown
1930ref. 149692N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1930 film with actors Constance Bennett and Kenneth MacKenna standing together on the right along with director Paul Stein on location at a racetrack. With an agency stamp on the verso. A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only. Set in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some faint soil at the margins. N.p. unknown books
ref. 141136Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC. First Draft script for the 1955 television program. One of the first television Westerns in which Wyatt Earp is a marshal in a local town in the southwest. Nominated for two prime time Emmy Awards. Set in American West. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Wilda McGinnis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
ref. 141136Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC. First Draft script for the 1955 television program. One of the first television Westerns in which Wyatt Earp is a marshal in a local town in the southwest. Nominated for two prime time Emmy Awards. Set in American West. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Wilda McGinnis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1976ref. 146261N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter addressed to Paul Kohner from screenwriter Leo Gordon dated November 19 1976 with manuscript ink annotations to the recto: "Leo Gordon wrote a script for you in Turkey . Now he has written a turkey for the USA Please note comment at the end." With some photocopied revisions throughout the script noting deletions and some changes to the dialogue. The small town of Rimrock exists mostly as a tourist attraction advertising an authentic Western experience for frontier visitors who want to see desperadoes and lawmen battle. Matters are complicated however when a real outlaw rides into town. Screenwriter Leo Gordon was known for his prolific writing for Western films and television shows including episodes of "Bonanza" "Cheyenne" and "Maverick" in the 1950s and the screenplay for "You Can't Win 'Em All" 1970. Red wrappers with a white titled label at the center of the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Paul Leslie Piel and Leo V. Gordon. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some rusting to the title page attributable to a paperclip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 146261N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter addressed to Paul Kohner from screenwriter Leo Gordon dated November 19 1976 with manuscript ink annotations to the recto: "Leo Gordon wrote a script for you in Turkey . Now he has written a turkey for the USA Please note comment at the end." With some photocopied revisions throughout the script noting deletions and some changes to the dialogue. The small town of Rimrock exists mostly as a tourist attraction advertising an authentic Western experience for frontier visitors who want to see desperadoes and lawmen battle. Matters are complicated however when a real outlaw rides into town. Screenwriter Leo Gordon was known for his prolific writing for Western films and television shows including episodes of "Bonanza" "Cheyenne" and "Maverick" in the 1950s and the screenplay for "You Can't Win 'Em All" 1970. Red wrappers with a white titled label at the center of the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Paul Leslie Piel and Leo V. Gordon. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some rusting to the title page attributable to a paperclip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 157995N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing Donald Sutherland watching a fantasy version of himself on a camera crane. Handwritten snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Heavily influenced by Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" 1963 about an aging film director agonizing over his next project loosely based on director Paul Mazursky's own experiences after the success of "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" 1969. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with a small tear on the top edge repaired with paper tape. N.p. unknown
