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1954ref. 152155Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Six vintage studio still photographs for the 1954 stop motion animated film. Based on and incorporating music from the 1983 opera by composer Engelbert Humperdinck with a libretto by his sister Adelhied Wette itself based on the German fairy tale first published in 1812 in "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Produced by Michael Myerberg at his New York studio and originally released independently before being picked up by RKO for a Christmas 1954 release nationally the film would go on to become a staple of holiday viewing. Notable as the first feature length American animated film not made with traditional cel animation techniques and the first non-Disney feature length animated film released since 1941's "Mr. Bug Goes to Town." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the edges with light edgewear and soil. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1960ref. 132143London: Warner-Pathe 1960. Two vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1960 UK film. Fairly unknown slapstick romp through an ambiguous desert. Actor Robert Brown makes an appearance before he would play "M" in several James Bond films. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing overall and short closed tears to one. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1986ref. 147202N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Missing page 45 likely as used or issued. Based on noted African American author John Oliver Killens' 1962 novel "And Then We Heard the Thunder" about the experiences of a group of African American draftees in a segregated unit during World War II in the South Pacific. Set in the South Pacific and South Brisbane. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1986 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT CASWELL and author JOHN OLIVER KILLENS. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light tide mark to the top edge of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 147202N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Missing page 45 likely as used or issued. Based on noted African American author John Oliver Killens' 1962 novel "And Then We Heard the Thunder" about the experiences of a group of African American draftees in a segregated unit during World War II in the South Pacific. Set in the South Pacific and South Brisbane. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1986 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT CASWELL and author JOHN OLIVER KILLENS. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light tide mark to the top edge of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 150623Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Collection of 35 vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with images of director Andrew Marton actors and crew on the set. A British rancher hires two American cowboys to oversee his Kenyan estate. Basis for the American television show "Cowboy in Africa" starring Chuck Connors which ran on ABC during the 1967-1968 season. Set and shot on location in Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 150623Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Collection of 35 vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with images of director Andrew Marton actors and crew on the set. A British rancher hires two American cowboys to oversee his Kenyan estate. Basis for the American television show "Cowboy in Africa" starring Chuck Connors which ran on ABC during the 1967-1968 season. Set and shot on location in Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1973ref. 149494Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing a side-by-side comparison of John Dillinger and actor Warren Oates in costume as Dillinger. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a movie which reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and curling. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1973ref. 149494Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing a side-by-side comparison of John Dillinger and actor Warren Oates in costume as Dillinger. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a movie which reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and curling. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1972ref. 140774Madrid Spain: The Monovox Company 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead her friends become concerned with who killed her and who is stalking them. Set in Madrid. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Melson and author Ryan Anderson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound in a spring binder. The Monovox Company unknown books
1972ref. 140774Madrid Spain: The Monovox Company 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead her friends become concerned with who killed her and who is stalking them. Set in Madrid. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Melson and author Ryan Anderson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound in a spring binder. The Monovox Company unknown
1999ref. 150042N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with a former crime photographer to find the murderer. The third of four film appearances of singer and occasional actor John Mellencamp. Shot in Rochester New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 6-9-99 noted as Rev. with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Manganelli. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 130468Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1985. First Draft script for the 1992 film. Rock singer John Mellencamp made his screen and directorial debut in this story by author-screenwriter McMurtry. A big time country music star returns to his family's home in Indiana for his grandfather's birthday party and decides this is where he belongs. He begins an affair with his older brother's wife and goes to work on ruining all he has ever worked for simply for a pipe dream of small-town life which he never fit into anyway. Incredibly similar to Mellencamp's life and based on the story "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry. Set in Doak City Indiana filmed on location in Seymour Indiana. White self wrappers integral with title page dated February 1985 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter McMurtry. 130 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine front wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1999ref. 150042N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with a former crime photographer to find the murderer. The third of four film appearances of singer and occasional actor John Mellencamp. Shot in Rochester New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 6-9-99 noted as Rev. with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Manganelli. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 130468Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1985. First Draft script for the 1992 film. Rock singer John Mellencamp made his screen and directorial debut in this story by author-screenwriter McMurtry. A big time country music star returns to his family's home in Indiana for his grandfather's birthday party and decides this is where he belongs. He begins an affair with his older brother's wife and goes to work on ruining all he has ever worked for simply for a pipe dream of small-town life which he never fit into anyway. Incredibly similar to Mellencamp's life and based on the story "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry. Set in Doak City Indiana filmed on location in Seymour Indiana. White self wrappers integral with title page dated February 1985 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter McMurtry. 130 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine front wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1957ref. 161410N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs except for two cast photographs with text in margin struck at the production company Twentieth Century Fox and title "Down Payment" with correction stamps of "Jerry Wald" and "No Down Payment" adjacent. Based on the 1957 novel by John McPartland. An examination of the intertwined lives of four married couples in a newly constructed suburban Los Angeles community and the issues they harbor such as alcoholism marital infidelity racism and religion. Script written by uncredited and blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow and fronted by Philip Yordan. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather finding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/57 and 6/17/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near FIne. Selby US. Spicer US. Jerry Wald Productions unknown books
1957ref. 161410N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs except for two cast photographs with text in margin struck at the production company Twentieth Century Fox and title "Down Payment" with correction stamps of "Jerry Wald" and "No Down Payment" adjacent. Based on the 1957 novel by John McPartland. An examination of the intertwined lives of four married couples in a newly constructed suburban Los Angeles community and the issues they harbor such as alcoholism marital infidelity racism and religion. Script written by uncredited and blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow and fronted by Philip Yordan. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather finding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/57 and 6/17/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near FIne. Selby US. Spicer US. Jerry Wald Productions unknown
1957ref. 151146London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to novelist and screenwriter John Masters with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper his manuscript pencil annotations to virtually every page and two handwritten pages stapled to the verso of the front wrapper noting concerns about the script and deletions. Based on Masters' 1952 novel about a British officer who goes undercover to infiltrate a thuggee cult ritually murdering travelers in colonial India. Masters who served in the Indian Army from 1933 to 1949 was best known for his historical fiction set in India most notably his 1954 novel "Bhowani Junction" which was adapted for film by director George Cukor in 1956. Modern scholars have acknowledged Masters' influence on British historical fiction and in later works his relative sympathy towards Indian nationalists while simultaneously criticizing his revisionist occasionally imperialist tone. Masters also released three successful autobiographical volumes "Bugles and a Tiger" 1956 "Road Past Mandalay" 1961 and "Pilgrim Son" 1971. Beige titled wrappers noted as Draft Script on the front wrapper dated 26-3-57 with a typed label affixed to the front wrapper dated 26.3.57 crediting novelist and screenwriter John Masters and screenwriter Anthony Perry and noting Masters' annotations throughout. Title page present noted as DRAFT THREE with credits for novelist and screenwriter John Masters. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1957ref. 151146London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to novelist and screenwriter John Masters with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper his manuscript pencil annotations to virtually every page and two handwritten pages stapled to the verso of the front wrapper noting concerns about the script and deletions. Based on Masters' 1952 novel about a British officer who goes undercover to infiltrate a thuggee cult ritually murdering travelers in colonial India. Masters who served in the Indian Army from 1933 to 1949 was best known for his historical fiction set in India most notably his 1954 novel "Bhowani Junction" which was adapted for film by director George Cukor in 1956. Modern scholars have acknowledged Masters' influence on British historical fiction and in later works his relative sympathy towards Indian nationalists while simultaneously criticizing his revisionist occasionally imperialist tone. Masters also released three successful autobiographical volumes "Bugles and a Tiger" 1956 "Road Past Mandalay" 1961 and "Pilgrim Son" 1971. Beige titled wrappers noted as Draft Script on the front wrapper dated 26-3-57 with a typed label affixed to the front wrapper dated 26.3.57 crediting novelist and screenwriter John Masters and screenwriter Anthony Perry and noting Masters' annotations throughout. Title page present noted as DRAFT THREE with credits for novelist and screenwriter John Masters. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1950ref. 129339Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film adapted from the 1949 novel by John Mason Brown. A comedic story about parents and children the parent in this case being a conservative mystery novelist named John Timothy Adams. Blue titled wrappers noted as treatment on the front wrapper dated August 9 1950 with credit for screenwriter Taylor. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Taylor and writer Brown. 40 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1984ref. 150180Culver City CA: TriStar 1984. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1984 film showing actor John Malkovich. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with several newspaper clippings showing the photograph in use and the stamp of a newspaper archive. A recently widowed woman struggles to maintain her family farm and care for her two young children in a small town in Texas in the midst of the Great Depression. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Sally Field. Set in Waxahachie Texas and shot on location in Five Points and Waxahachie Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping on the recto. TriStar unknown books
1985ref. 143995Toronto: Telepix Canada 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. Set in Pittsburgh PA and environs shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada. Self-wrappers with title page integral on the front wrapper dated August 8 1985 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Spencer. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/85 and 8/22/85. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Telepix Canada unknown books
1985ref. 143995Toronto: Telepix Canada 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. Set in Pittsburgh PA and environs shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada. Self-wrappers with title page integral on the front wrapper dated August 8 1985 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Spencer. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/85 and 8/22/85. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Telepix Canada unknown
1935ref. 149844Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1935. Post-production script for the 1935 film. Incomplete as issued. With manuscript pencil annotations throughout most of which substantive in nature. Included with the script are several sets of paper clipped revision pages two inserted in sequence within the script and six laid in as well as two typed letters regarding uncredited screenwriter Finley Peter Dunne's attempts to receive screenwriting credit for the film. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. Based on the 1929 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. A reckless millionaire's life is saved with the use of a hospital's sole resuscitator resulting in the death of a selfless philanthropic surgeon who needed the device at the same time to survive. Through his growing relationship with the surgeon's widow the millionaire learns kindness and generosity. Remade in 1954 by Douglas Sirk starring Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated JUNE 11th 1935 rubber-stamped copy No. 14 with credits for director JOHN M. STAHL and novelist LLOYD DOUGLAS. Approximately 110 leaves. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the first and last leaves separated from the binding bound with two gold brads. Criterion Collection 457. Universal Pictures unknown books
1941ref. 145412Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1941 film. Starring actress Ruth Hussey is prominently featured. Both photos with pink mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for the other. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by Day and Mearson. Struggling composer Jerome Douglas meets a muse named Susan Hussey who inspires him to write a hit song and his ex-wife returns for her share of the high life. 8 x 10 inches small white borders. Very Good with light rubbing and marginal creasing. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 149844Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1935. Post-production script for the 1935 film. Incomplete as issued. With manuscript pencil annotations throughout most of which substantive in nature. Included with the script are several sets of paper clipped revision pages two inserted in sequence within the script and six laid in as well as two typed letters regarding uncredited screenwriter Finley Peter Dunne's attempts to receive screenwriting credit for the film. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. Based on the 1929 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. A reckless millionaire's life is saved with the use of a hospital's sole resuscitator resulting in the death of a selfless philanthropic surgeon who needed the device at the same time to survive. Through his growing relationship with the surgeon's widow the millionaire learns kindness and generosity. Remade in 1954 by Douglas Sirk starring Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated JUNE 11th 1935 rubber-stamped copy No. 14 with credits for director JOHN M. STAHL and novelist LLOYD DOUGLAS. Approximately 110 leaves. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the first and last leaves separated from the binding bound with two gold brads. Criterion Collection 457. Universal Pictures unknown
