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1986ref. 168208Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1986ref. 168203Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985ref. 162764Wembley: Lee International Film Studios 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 television movie originally aired on December 2 1985 on NBC and seen here under the working title "Imagine: John and Yoko." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting "Final Script" and copied annotations on three leaves. A dramatization of the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their first meeting in 1966 to Lennon's murder by Mark David Chapman in 1980. Shot on location in London and New York. Gray generic Carson Productions Group wrappers. Title page present dated 11th July 1985 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Sandor Stern. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Lee International Film Studios unknown books
1988ref. 170779Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. Seven vintage 35mm color slides from the 1988 documentary film. A chronicle of John Lennon's life commissioned by Yoko Ono in 1986 using previously unreleased recordings and archival footage. Shot on location in London and New York. 1.5 x 1 inches housed individually in 2 x 2 inch cardboard sleeves. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1988ref. 170779Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. Seven vintage 35mm color slides from the 1988 documentary film. A chronicle of John Lennon's life commissioned by Yoko Ono in 1986 using previously unreleased recordings and archival footage. Shot on location in London and New York. 1.5 x 1 inches housed individually in 2 x 2 inch cardboard sleeves. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1985ref. 162764Wembley: Lee International Film Studios 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 television movie originally aired on December 2 1985 on NBC and seen here under the working title "Imagine: John and Yoko." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting "Final Script" and copied annotations on three leaves. A dramatization of the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their first meeting in 1966 to Lennon's murder by Mark David Chapman in 1980. Shot on location in London and New York. Gray generic Carson Productions Group wrappers. Title page present dated 11th July 1985 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Sandor Stern. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Lee International Film Studios unknown
1994ref. 148549Beverly Hills CA: Brillstein-Grey Entertainment 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film comedy. Good-natured pastry chef Sergio John Leguizamo is smitten with waitress Hattie Sadie Frost who refuses to go out with him until he can earn a decent living. The bakery is burned down by arsonist Garet William Baldwin and Garet's father offers Sergio a bribe of $25000 to take the blame. Romantic hilarity ensues as Sergio and Garet become involved in a love quadrangle involving Hattie and another woman named Stephanie Erika Eleniak. Director Joshua Brand is best known for having created early story-arc driven dramas including "Northern Exposure" 1990-1995 and "St. Elsewhere" 1982-1988 both of which proved to be the template for television's transition to more ambitious and challenging formats. Shot on location in Toronto. White generic Brillstein-Grey Entertainment untitled wrappers. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Morgan Ward. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication printed on both rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment unknown books
1994ref. 148549Beverly Hills CA: Brillstein-Grey Entertainment 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film comedy. Good-natured pastry chef Sergio John Leguizamo is smitten with waitress Hattie Sadie Frost who refuses to go out with him until he can earn a decent living. The bakery is burned down by arsonist Garet William Baldwin and Garet's father offers Sergio a bribe of $25000 to take the blame. Romantic hilarity ensues as Sergio and Garet become involved in a love quadrangle involving Hattie and another woman named Stephanie Erika Eleniak. Director Joshua Brand is best known for having created early story-arc driven dramas including "Northern Exposure" 1990-1995 and "St. Elsewhere" 1982-1988 both of which proved to be the template for television's transition to more ambitious and challenging formats. Shot on location in Toronto. White generic Brillstein-Grey Entertainment untitled wrappers. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Morgan Ward. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication printed on both rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment unknown
1978ref. 149693Universal City: Universal City Studios 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film showing director John Landis on the set of the film's final scene in Joliet Prison wearing a "Joliet" baseball cap with the iconic painted motto reading "It's Never Too Late to Mend" visible in the background. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. An energetic and enduring comedy classic originally conceived by John Belushi and Dan Akroyd in "Saturday Night Live" sketches featuring the eponymous main characters. The film set the record for the most cars destroyed in one film at the time of its release and features an all-star cast of musical guests and subtle cameos including jazz blues and soul greats Aretha Franklin Cab Calloway James Brown Ray Charles and Chaka Khan. The Blues Brothers Band who perform the soundtrack includes actual giants of the 1960s rhythm and blues era: Steve Cropper Donald "Duck" Dunn Murphy Dunne Willie "Too Big" Hall and Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Carrie Fisher Dan Akroyd's then-girlfriend also makes an unforgettable appearance as John Belushi's homicidal ex-girlfriend. Set in and around Chicago and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1978ref. 160953New York: Harvey Hutter & Co. Inc 1978. Vintage "US Senator Blutarsky" poster used as an ultimately little known bizarre futuristic advertisement for the 1978 film. National Lampoon was a huge success as an alternative magazine in the early 1970s and irrevocably altered its future in 1978 with the production of this film an irreverent sharp and now classic comedy. A production company was launched making over half a dozen films between 1978-2002 and as a result today's generation associates "National Lampoon" almost completely with its films rather than its pulp origins. And importantly this was the film that catapulted Harold Ramis and Belushi from television into the movies where they would both flourish. Nominated by the Writer's Guild of America for Best Comedy Screenplay in 1979. 24 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear including several small closed tears at the extremities and a small chip to the upper right side and light creasing overall. National Film Registry. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Harvey Hutter & Co., Inc unknown books
1978ref. 160953New York: Harvey Hutter & Co. Inc 1978. Vintage "US Senator Blutarsky" poster used as an ultimately little known bizarre futuristic advertisement for the 1978 film. National Lampoon was a huge success as an alternative magazine in the early 1970s and irrevocably altered its future in 1978 with the production of this film an irreverent sharp and now classic comedy. A production company was launched making over half a dozen films between 1978-2002 and as a result today's generation associates "National Lampoon" almost completely with its films rather than its pulp origins. And importantly this was the film that catapulted Harold Ramis and Belushi from television into the movies where they would both flourish. Nominated by the Writer's Guild of America for Best Comedy Screenplay in 1979. 24 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear including several small closed tears at the extremities and a small chip to the upper right side and light creasing overall. National Film Registry. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Harvey Hutter & Co., Inc unknown
1978ref. 149693Universal City: Universal City Studios 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film showing director John Landis on the set of the film's final scene in Joliet Prison wearing a "Joliet" baseball cap with the iconic painted motto reading "It's Never Too Late to Mend" visible in the background. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. An energetic and enduring comedy classic originally conceived by John Belushi and Dan Akroyd in "Saturday Night Live" sketches featuring the eponymous main characters. The film set the record for the most cars destroyed in one film at the time of its release and features an all-star cast of musical guests and subtle cameos including jazz blues and soul greats Aretha Franklin Cab Calloway James Brown Ray Charles and Chaka Khan. The Blues Brothers Band who perform the soundtrack includes actual giants of the 1960s rhythm and blues era: Steve Cropper Donald "Duck" Dunn Murphy Dunne Willie "Too Big" Hall and Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Carrie Fisher Dan Akroyd's then-girlfriend also makes an unforgettable appearance as John Belushi's homicidal ex-girlfriend. Set in and around Chicago and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
1965ref. 161475Hollywood: Arts Films International 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 release of the 1962 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A diver finds unexpected help in finding sunken treasure by a bevy of beautiful mermaids. Originally released in 1962 as "Mermaids of Tiburon" the film was re-released with newly shot nude footage by director John Lamb in 1965 as "The Aqua Sex." Shot on location in Mexico and Channel Islands California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light edgewear. Arts Films International unknown books
1972ref. 143436Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1972. Final Draft script for the 1972 television movie. Based on the 1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks a cultural milestone of the 1970s. A mostly tasteful surprisingly non-exploitative look at 1970s teenage drug use starring William Shatner and Andy Griffith in unusual roles for both actors. Its source novel one of the first "Young Adult" book sensations was first published as the true story of an anonymous teenage girl though later research revealed Beatrice Sparks as the likely novelist. Nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 2 1972 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ellen Violett. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Reyes 43 146 149 266. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1972ref. 143436Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1972. Final Draft script for the 1972 television movie. Based on the 1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks a cultural milestone of the 1970s. A mostly tasteful surprisingly non-exploitative look at 1970s teenage drug use starring William Shatner and Andy Griffith in unusual roles for both actors. Its source novel one of the first "Young Adult" book sensations was first published as the true story of an anonymous teenage girl though later research revealed Beatrice Sparks as the likely novelist. Nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 2 1972 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ellen Violett. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Reyes 43 146 149 266. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1972ref. 162093N.p.: Kirt Films International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Documentary on the history of pornography in Holllywood including interviews with the owner of a topless/bottomless bar a gay church adult filmmakers adult bookstore owners and patrons and adult film stars. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kirt Films International unknown books
1972ref. 162093N.p.: Kirt Films International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Documentary on the history of pornography in Holllywood including interviews with the owner of a topless/bottomless bar a gay church adult filmmakers adult bookstore owners and patrons and adult film stars. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kirt Films International unknown
1991ref. 163972N.p.: N.p. 1991. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A comedy about a dysfunctional family converging on their home in the countryside at Christmas. Canadian director and screenwriter John Kent Harrison is best known for his work in television most notably "The Sound and the Silence" 1992 and his 1997 adaptation of William Faulkner's "Old Man." Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Black wrappers with a printed agency title label crediting Harrison affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated August 12 1991 with credit for Harrison. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with front wrapper partially detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 163972N.p.: N.p. 1991. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A comedy about a dysfunctional family converging on their home in the countryside at Christmas. Canadian director and screenwriter John Kent Harrison is best known for his work in television most notably "The Sound and the Silence" 1992 and his 1997 adaptation of William Faulkner's "Old Man." Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Black wrappers with a printed agency title label crediting Harrison affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated August 12 1991 with credit for Harrison. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with front wrapper partially detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 147241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin stock unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green manuscript marker. 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. Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept US foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country. Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 147241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin stock unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green manuscript marker. 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. Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept US foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country. Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 166955Universal City: Universal Studios 1979. Two original screenplays both containing both Parts I and II of the 1979 TNT television series which aired in two two-hour parts on May 13 and 14 1979. Copies belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the "Barmaid" with a marker annotation circling her character with her name adjacent on the Cast page of the first script and an ink annotation of "Barmaid / Sc 62.63" on the title page of the second script. Both screenplays are dated November 24 1978 the first on all yellow leaves with the latest revisions dated 1/30/79 and the second on yellow leaves with blue revision pages dated 2/21/79. Based on the 1975 historical novel by John Jakes the second of Jakes' "The Kent Family Chronicles" also known as "The American Bicentennial Series" preceded by the 1974 novel "The Bastard" and followed by the 1975 novel "The Seekers" which was then followed by five additional novels in the series over the following four years. Sequel to the 1978 Universal Television mini-series "The Bastard" directed by Lee H. Katzin. The continuing saga of Philip Kent Andrew Stevens the illegitimate son of an English nobleman who renounces his birthright to become a Colonial soldier during the American Revolution and befriends the southern aristocrat Judson Fletcher Don Johnson and helps to thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington played by Peter Graves. Shot on location in Hope Valley California. First Script on all yellow leaves: Front wrapper integral with title page dated November 24 1978 with credits for screenwriter Sean Baine author John Jakes and Participating Writer R. A. Cinader. 222 leaves with last page of text numbered 218. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a rough tear to the top right corner of the title page and light foxing to the first and final leaves bound with two gold brads. Second Script yellow leaves with blue revision pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated November 24 1978 with credits for screenwriter Sean Baine author John Jakes and Participating Writer R. A. Cinader. 219 leaves with last page of text numbered 219. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/20/79. Pages Very Good plus with edgewear and a closed tear to left side of the title page and light foxing to the first and final leaves bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1979ref. 166955Universal City: Universal Studios 1979. Two original screenplays both containing both Parts I and II of the 1979 TNT television series which aired in two two-hour parts on May 13 and 14 1979. Copies belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the "Barmaid" with a marker annotation circling her character with her name adjacent on the Cast page of the first script and an ink annotation of "Barmaid / Sc 62.63" on the title page of the second script. Both screenplays are dated November 24 1978 the first on all yellow leaves with the latest revisions dated 1/30/79 and the second on yellow leaves with blue revision pages dated 2/21/79. Based on the 1975 historical novel by John Jakes the second of Jakes' "The Kent Family Chronicles" also known as "The American Bicentennial Series" preceded by the 1974 novel "The Bastard" and followed by the 1975 novel "The Seekers" which was then followed by five additional novels in the series over the following four years. Sequel to the 1978 Universal Television mini-series "The Bastard" directed by Lee H. Katzin. The continuing saga of Philip Kent Andrew Stevens the illegitimate son of an English nobleman who renounces his birthright to become a Colonial soldier during the American Revolution and befriends the southern aristocrat Judson Fletcher Don Johnson and helps to thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington played by Peter Graves. Shot on location in Hope Valley California. First Script on all yellow leaves: Front wrapper integral with title page dated November 24 1978 with credits for screenwriter Sean Baine author John Jakes and Participating Writer R. A. Cinader. 222 leaves with last page of text numbered 218. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a rough tear to the top right corner of the title page and light foxing to the first and final leaves bound with two gold brads. Second Script yellow leaves with blue revision pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated November 24 1978 with credits for screenwriter Sean Baine author John Jakes and Participating Writer R. A. Cinader. 219 leaves with last page of text numbered 219. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/20/79. Pages Very Good plus with edgewear and a closed tear to left side of the title page and light foxing to the first and final leaves bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1948ref. 146321London: Highbury Studios 1948. Shooting script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1930 play. Inhabitants of a sleepy British village rise up in protest when a large corporation announces a plan to build a large development on their cricket field. The matter is appropriately settled through a cricket match. Set in Britain. Green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with three undated revision pages printed on white stock laid in. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good side stapled. Highbury Studios unknown books
1948ref. 146321London: Highbury Studios 1948. Shooting script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1930 play. Inhabitants of a sleepy British village rise up in protest when a large corporation announces a plan to build a large development on their cricket field. The matter is appropriately settled through a cricket match. Set in Britain. Green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with three undated revision pages printed on white stock laid in. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good side stapled. Highbury Studios unknown
