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1960ref. 172856Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 re-release of the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown
1967ref. 141626Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 172856Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 re-release of the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1955ref. 172860Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1967ref. 141626Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980ref. 167451Universal City: Universal Television 1980. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1981 NBC mini-series here under the working title "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story: Chapter IV" which aired on February 21 1981. Copy with a manuscript marker annotations of "role:- Aiello" on the title page and the underlining of "Narrative" on the first and last page of the script. The thirteen part critically-acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series was an attempt at presenting an historically accurate crime drama about the lives of Bugsy Siegel Joe Penny Lucky Luciano Michael Nouri and Meyer Lansky Brian Benben beginning in 1907 and spanning seven decades. The series premiered on February 12 1981 and was aired over nine nights ending on May 8 1981. Later released in an edited 121-minute version on videocassette entitled "Gangster Wars." Shot on location in Capitola and Santa Cruz California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 21 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Alan Simmons. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 237 with the script beginning on page 194. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1972ref. 140225Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notably with a credit for screenwriter Eleanor Perry wife and frequent co-writer with her husband director Frank Perry. Jay Grobart Reynolds kills a man who raped and murdered his wife Cat Dancing. He is arrested but soon after is released and goes on a crime spree. He then meets Catherine Miles who is escaping her abusive husband and finds an unlikely mate. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah USA. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated October 31 1972 with credits for screenwriter Eleanor Perry and novelist Marilyn Durham. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 6 1972 and November 7 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1972ref. 140225Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notably with a credit for screenwriter Eleanor Perry wife and frequent co-writer with her husband director Frank Perry. Jay Grobart Reynolds kills a man who raped and murdered his wife Cat Dancing. He is arrested but soon after is released and goes on a crime spree. He then meets Catherine Miles who is escaping her abusive husband and finds an unlikely mate. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah USA. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated October 31 1972 with credits for screenwriter Eleanor Perry and novelist Marilyn Durham. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 6 1972 and November 7 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980ref. 167451Universal City: Universal Television 1980. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1981 NBC mini-series here under the working title "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story: Chapter IV" which aired on February 21 1981. Copy with a manuscript marker annotations of "role:- Aiello" on the title page and the underlining of "Narrative" on the first and last page of the script. The thirteen part critically-acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series was an attempt at presenting an historically accurate crime drama about the lives of Bugsy Siegel Joe Penny Lucky Luciano Michael Nouri and Meyer Lansky Brian Benben beginning in 1907 and spanning seven decades. The series premiered on February 12 1981 and was aired over nine nights ending on May 8 1981. Later released in an edited 121-minute version on videocassette entitled "Gangster Wars." Shot on location in Capitola and Santa Cruz California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 21 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Alan Simmons. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 237 with the script beginning on page 194. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown books
1974ref. 142679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue manuscript ink on the title page and with a manuscript note in the same blue ink paper-clipped on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. Shot on location in Alabama. Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1974ref. 142679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue manuscript ink on the title page and with a manuscript note in the same blue ink paper-clipped on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. Shot on location in Alabama. Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown books
1983ref. 137667N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film "Dangerous Moves" here under the working title "The Fool's Gambit." Script translated by Hilary Sandison credited on the last leaf of text. Akiva Piccoli is a Soviet Jew chess master ensconced in Communism and in declining health. His rival Pavius Arbatt is a young defector tired of Communist ways and the two face each other at the World Chess Championship. Shot on location in France. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. White wrappers with clear mylar front wrapper. Title page present dated June 1983. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine overall bound with a black plastic comb binding. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 171272Los Angeles: Paramount Network Television 1990. First Draft script for Season 6 Episode 16 of the 1985-1992 television series. Originally aired February 18 1991 on ABC. The series followed the titular MacGyver a daring secret agent whose resourcefulness and skill save him from endless dangerous situations. In this episode A priest who is an old friend of MacGyver's is hit over the head and killed spurring on an investigation. Shot on location in British Columbia Canada. White titled studio self wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 22 1990. Title page present dated October 30 1990 noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Considine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Network Television unknown
1990ref. 171272Los Angeles: Paramount Network Television 1990. First Draft script for Season 6 Episode 16 of the 1985-1992 television series. Originally aired February 18 1991 on ABC. The series followed the titular MacGyver a daring secret agent whose resourcefulness and skill save him from endless dangerous situations. In this episode A priest who is an old friend of MacGyver's is hit over the head and killed spurring on an investigation. Shot on location in British Columbia Canada. White titled studio self wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 22 1990. Title page present dated October 30 1990 noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Considine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Network Television unknown books
1983ref. 137667N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film "Dangerous Moves" here under the working title "The Fool's Gambit." Script translated by Hilary Sandison credited on the last leaf of text. Akiva Piccoli is a Soviet Jew chess master ensconced in Communism and in declining health. His rival Pavius Arbatt is a young defector tired of Communist ways and the two face each other at the World Chess Championship. Shot on location in France. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. White wrappers with clear mylar front wrapper. Title page present dated June 1983. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine overall bound with a black plastic comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 147808Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 short animated film. Chaos ensues when an animator's illustration comes to life. Initially created as the pilot for an unproduced comedy television series and ultimately released as a stand-alone short film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with faint soil to the right edge. Warner Brothers unknown
1976ref. 163631Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Vintage promotional family portrait photograph of Gregory Peck Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens from the 1976 film. Gregory Peck stars as an American ambassador who begins to believe the child he is raising may be the antichrist. Winner of an Academy Award. The film spawned a franchise followed by "Damien - Omen II" 1978 "The Final Conflict" 1981 and "Omen IV: The Awakening" 1991 as well as a 2006 remake and a prequel in 2024. Shot on location in London Berkshire and Surrey England and Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963ref. 147808Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 short animated film. Chaos ensues when an animator's illustration comes to life. Initially created as the pilot for an unproduced comedy television series and ultimately released as a stand-alone short film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with faint soil to the right edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975ref. 160522N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 British film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A group of silent film actors struggling to survive the transition to sound film decide to start making adult films. John Bynum's directorial debut filmed entirely in real time on a single set. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 168194N.p.: Astral Films 1974. Five vintage studio still color photographs from the 1974 film. Based on Mordecai Richler's 1959 novel about a young working-class Jewish man who embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes in an attempt to buy the land around a lake. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Astral Films unknown
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown
1974ref. 168194N.p.: Astral Films 1974. Five vintage studio still color photographs from the 1974 film. Based on Mordecai Richler's 1959 novel about a young working-class Jewish man who embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes in an attempt to buy the land around a lake. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Astral Films unknown books
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown books
