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1961ref. 151262N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director John Cassavetes in conversation with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens on the set of the 1961 film. With manuscript pencil layout annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Struggling jazz musician John "Ghost" Wakefield Bobby Darin pursues a romantic relationship with beautiful singer Jess Polanski Stella Stevens to the detriment of both parties' careers. John Cassavetes' second directorial effort following "Shadows" 1958 and his first film made for a Hollywood studio. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with a few nicks to the top left corner. Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1945ref. 164423N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1945 film showing actor John Carradine as Count Dracula. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 164423N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1945 film showing actor John Carradine as Count Dracula. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 147119Burbank CA: Edgar J. Scherick and Associates 1978. Second Draft script for the 1978 television film. One of director John Carpenter's earliest efforts as a screenwriter released the same year as "Halloween" and the television movie "Someone's Watching Me." Originally aired on NBC on September 27 1978. While written as a vehicle for Suzanne Somers some actors that would soon eclipse her can be found in the supporting cast including Timothy Hutton Rosanna Arquette and Michael Biehn. A glamorous aging rock star takes a vacation to Zuma Beach where she unwittingly seduces the teenage beachgoers and gradually becomes involved in their lives. Set and shot on location in California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 31 1978 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter William Schwartz. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly soiled on the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Edgar J. Scherick and Associates unknown books
1988ref. 150289Universal City: Universal City Studios 1988. Vintage reference photograph of John Carpenter on the set of the 1988 film. Based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson. John Nada professional wrestler Roddy Piper discovers a pair of sunglasses that reveal the culture is being ruled by aliens who conceal their appearance and condition people to consume breed work and "obey." A cult favorite whose influence continues to ripple through the culture and counterculture maybe most notably in the work of artist Shepard Fairey whose "Obey" silkscreens openly acknowledged to have been appropriated from the movie have appeared on everything from street art to skateboards to clothing. Shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1981ref. 156349N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing John Carpenter directing Kurt Russell. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In a futuristic dystopian New York the island of Manhattan has been converted into a massive maximum-security prison. Shot on location in New York City Southern California and St. Louis Missouri. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 151125Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Industries 1983. Vintage reference photograph of John Carpenter on the set of the 1983 film. Carpenter was originally not interested in directing this film which he felt lacked significant horror for the genre following a daemonic car whose owners inevitably become fatally obsessed with "her." "Christine" has since firmly established itself as a cult classic. Set in Northern California and shot on location in Los Angeles California. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Twilight Time 5240. Columbia Pictures Industries unknown books
1981ref. 156349N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing John Carpenter directing Kurt Russell. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In a futuristic dystopian New York the island of Manhattan has been converted into a massive maximum-security prison. Shot on location in New York City Southern California and St. Louis Missouri. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 147119Burbank CA: Edgar J. Scherick and Associates 1978. Second Draft script for the 1978 television film. One of director John Carpenter's earliest efforts as a screenwriter released the same year as "Halloween" and the television movie "Someone's Watching Me." Originally aired on NBC on September 27 1978. While written as a vehicle for Suzanne Somers some actors that would soon eclipse her can be found in the supporting cast including Timothy Hutton Rosanna Arquette and Michael Biehn. A glamorous aging rock star takes a vacation to Zuma Beach where she unwittingly seduces the teenage beachgoers and gradually becomes involved in their lives. Set and shot on location in California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 31 1978 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter William Schwartz. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly soiled on the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Edgar J. Scherick and Associates unknown
1993ref. 171878Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. One First Draft script one Table Draft and one Treatment script script for Season 1 Episode 6 of the 1994 television series here under working title "Calendar Girl or Sex Lies and Fire Safety." Originally aired February 1 1994 on NBC. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John's teenage sons joins him and his friend to meet a calendar girl. First Draft: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 19 October 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Table Draft: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as WORKING TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. R213 dated November 15 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll and director Gerry Cohen. Title page integral with front wrapper. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Treatment script: White titled self wrappers dated September 24 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll. Title page and first page of narrative text integral with front wrapper. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple at the top left corner. Touchstone Television unknown books
1993ref. 171878Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. One First Draft script one Table Draft and one Treatment script script for Season 1 Episode 6 of the 1994 television series here under working title "Calendar Girl or Sex Lies and Fire Safety." Originally aired February 1 1994 on NBC. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John's teenage sons joins him and his friend to meet a calendar girl. First Draft: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 19 October 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Table Draft: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as WORKING TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. R213 dated November 15 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll and director Gerry Cohen. Title page integral with front wrapper. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Treatment script: White titled self wrappers dated September 24 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll. Title page and first page of narrative text integral with front wrapper. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple at the top left corner. Touchstone Television unknown
2000ref. 169959N.p.: N.p. 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film an internally duplicated copy with copied hole punches as issued housed in a red inkjet paper box with the title "Hedwig" in manuscript marker to the lid of the box. Based on the 1998 stage musical by director John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. Hedwig a genderqueer punk rock singer from East Berlin tours the US with her band the Angry Inch shadowing the tour of arena rock star Tommy Gnosis her former lover and protégé who stole her songs. As she travels she tells the story of her life culminating in a botched sex reassignment surgery to escape East Berlin with Tommy immediately before the Berlin Wall fell and Tommy left her. Shot on location in Toronto. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell. Title page present dated 1/3/00 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell and Song Lyrics by Stephen Trask. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the bottom right of the front wrapper and first three leaves bound with a prong binding. Criterion Collection 982. N.p. unknown books
2000ref. 169959N.p.: N.p. 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film an internally duplicated copy with copied hole punches as issued housed in a red inkjet paper box with the title "Hedwig" in manuscript marker to the lid of the box. Based on the 1998 stage musical by director John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. Hedwig a genderqueer punk rock singer from East Berlin tours the US with her band the Angry Inch shadowing the tour of arena rock star Tommy Gnosis her former lover and protégé who stole her songs. As she travels she tells the story of her life culminating in a botched sex reassignment surgery to escape East Berlin with Tommy immediately before the Berlin Wall fell and Tommy left her. Shot on location in Toronto. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell. Title page present dated 1/3/00 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell and Song Lyrics by Stephen Trask. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the bottom right of the front wrapper and first three leaves bound with a prong binding. Criterion Collection 982. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 147278St. Albans: Tillman Trevone Productions 1974. Final draft script for an unproduced 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. John Briley Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" adapts his 1968 Vietnam War novel "The Traitors" released in England in 1971 as "How Sleep the Brave." Five soldiers ambushed by the Vietcong are taken to a camp where they are indoctrinated by an American defector who persuades two of the soldiers that America's cause is immoral and unjust. Not to be confused with the 1981 film by Lindsay Shonteff. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 1974 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and novelist John Briley. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Tillman Trevone Productions unknown books
1978ref. 141488New York: Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Based on the 1978 novel by Michael Barak. In order to win World War II and understand where Nazi Germany's bombs are going to fall Winston Churchill tasks his intelligence service with stealing the German Enigma machine. Set in London. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley and author Michael Barak. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay unknown books
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. 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. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 141488New York: Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Based on the 1978 novel by Michael Barak. In order to win World War II and understand where Nazi Germany's bombs are going to fall Winston Churchill tasks his intelligence service with stealing the German Enigma machine. Set in London. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley and author Michael Barak. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay unknown
1974ref. 147278St. Albans: Tillman Trevone Productions 1974. Final draft script for an unproduced 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. John Briley Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" adapts his 1968 Vietnam War novel "The Traitors" released in England in 1971 as "How Sleep the Brave." Five soldiers ambushed by the Vietcong are taken to a camp where they are indoctrinated by an American defector who persuades two of the soldiers that America's cause is immoral and unjust. Not to be confused with the 1981 film by Lindsay Shonteff. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 1974 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and novelist John Briley. 171 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Tillman Trevone Productions unknown
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. 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. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 158808London: Romulus Films 1965. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Based in the 1962 novel by John Braine. A sequel to the 1959 film Room at the Top. After marrying the daughter of the most influential man in town a man struggles with feeling like no one in his new family has any respect for him. Set in Bradford England shot on location in Surrey Yorkshire and London. Two photographs 8 x 10 inches two photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Romulus Films unknown books
1945ref. 148183Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1945. Two vintage studio still photographs one borderless from the 1945 film noir. Borderless photograph has folded mimeo snipe affixed to verso other photograph has a "King Features Syndicate Inc. Library" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1941 novel by John Brahm. The producers decided to move the setting from then-present-day early 1940s to the late 1800s giving the film a "Gaslight" feel in terms of atmosphere. But the story itself is far more harrowing one of the most effective and disturbing Film Noirs of the 1940s with a Bernard Herrmann score including an actual "invented" piano concerto to go with it. The second of two key films John Brahm made with the great Laird Cregar in an unsympathetic lead role. Cregar specialized in creepy ambiguous characters a type he virtually invented in "I Wake Up Screaming" 1941 honed in Brahm's "The Lodger" 1944 and perfected in this film which was to be his last -the actor died of self-imposed malnutrition before he could see the premiere. . 1 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing else Near Fine 1 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1941ref. 145094Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Vintage photograph of actor Henry Ford director John Brahm and cinematographer Lucien Ballard and various members of the crew on the set of the 1941 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1940 novel of the same name by Stewart Edward White. Henry Fonda portrays a lumberjack who leaves Seattle for Alaska in order to find gold. Arriving there he meets and marries dance hall girl Joan Bennett and subsequently discovers much about her past he did not know. Shot on location in San Bernardino National Forest California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1945ref. 148183Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1945. Two vintage studio still photographs one borderless from the 1945 film noir. Borderless photograph has folded mimeo snipe affixed to verso other photograph has a "King Features Syndicate Inc. Library" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1941 novel by John Brahm. The producers decided to move the setting from then-present-day early 1940s to the late 1800s giving the film a "Gaslight" feel in terms of atmosphere. But the story itself is far more harrowing one of the most effective and disturbing Film Noirs of the 1940s with a Bernard Herrmann score including an actual "invented" piano concerto to go with it. The second of two key films John Brahm made with the great Laird Cregar in an unsympathetic lead role. Cregar specialized in creepy ambiguous characters a type he virtually invented in "I Wake Up Screaming" 1941 honed in Brahm's "The Lodger" 1944 and perfected in this film which was to be his last -the actor died of self-imposed malnutrition before he could see the premiere. . 1 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing else Near Fine 1 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974ref. 170745N.p.: John Boorman Productions 1974. Vintage color reference photograph of Sean Connery and Sara Kestlman from the 1974 film. After the critical and commercial success of 1972's "Deliverance" director John Boorman was given almost total creative freedom for his next film. He responded by costuming Sean Connery in red briefs and suspenders thigh-high boots a handlebar mustache and a long braid and setting him loose in a utopian city of nearly catatonically bored immortals as a ruthless killer doing the violent bidding of a giant floating talking stone head. In his spare time he woos and has a child with Charlotte Rampling. Somewhat obviously the film has since become a cult classic. Shot on location in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1147. John Boorman Productions unknown books
1974ref. 170745N.p.: John Boorman Productions 1974. Vintage color reference photograph of Sean Connery and Sara Kestlman from the 1974 film. After the critical and commercial success of 1972's "Deliverance" director John Boorman was given almost total creative freedom for his next film. He responded by costuming Sean Connery in red briefs and suspenders thigh-high boots a handlebar mustache and a long braid and setting him loose in a utopian city of nearly catatonically bored immortals as a ruthless killer doing the violent bidding of a giant floating talking stone head. In his spare time he woos and has a child with Charlotte Rampling. Somewhat obviously the film has since become a cult classic. Shot on location in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1147. John Boorman Productions unknown
