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1960ref. 141013N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter from the Paul Kohner Agency. A travel group's Indian guide dies at the campfire and his companions discover among his possessions several photographs of a Spanish Galleon in the desert. A search begins for the ship and the treasure that it presumably holds. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Ten leaves with last page of text numbered nine. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 141016N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter from a producer expressing regret about not working on the production. Single annotation on the title page noting the address and signature of Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency. A charter boat accepts a contract to go hunting for sharks while also transporting scientific equipment. They head to the island of Tonga where the indigenous inhabitants worship the Great White. Set on Tonga. Yellow titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 147354N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television film. Bandit Samuel Thaddeus Tartar arrives in town injured from a gunfight forcing his mother to admit that she has lied about his profession for years to preserve both of their reputations. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" 1960 and for his prolific work in Western films such as "Outlaw Gold" 1950 "Whistling Hills" 1951 and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" 1965. Set in the American West. TItled self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with one gold brad. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 146419N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television film. With the name "ILSE LAHN" a reader for the Paul Kohner Agency in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. Bandit Samuel Thaddeus Tartar arrives in town injured from a gunfight forcing his mother to admit that she has lied about his profession for years to preserve both of their reputations. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" 1960 and for his prolific work in Western films such as "Outlaw Gold" 1950 "Whistling Hills" 1951 and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" 1965. Set in the American West. Mustard yellow generic Paul Kohner Talent Agency card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Rear wrapper stamped No. 555 on the lower edge of the recto. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141009N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Signature of reader Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency on title page in manuscript ink. A desert prospector strikes it rich but is promptly robbed by two masked gunmen. The local lawman decides to investigate. Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered seven. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a staple. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141010N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A local entertainer sues a traveling medicine man claiming that his product caused her hair to fall out. The medicine man protests that his daughter has been using the solution since her birth and has beautiful hair. It is revealed the entertainer has always been bald and simply wanted to con a scam artist. Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Eleven leaves with last page of text numbered eleven. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 140889N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A new school for native children has been built on the reservation but no parents want to send their children distrusting the white establishment. An old scout seeks out a chief who is an old friend to convince him to send his children to the school. Yellow titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present noted as television Outline with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 12 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 11. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 140746N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script ribbon copy typescript for the pilot episode of an unproduced television series. Jonothan Doom an ex-war correspondent has turned private investigator in this series along with his sidekick old cop Shannon Muldoon. Using their wits and judo techniques instead of firearms their unorthodox approach to crime will bring them fame and infamy in an age where they will bring bad guys to justice but perhaps end up behind bars themselves much to the chagrin of the police commissioner. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining on the front wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 132579Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage black-and-white still photograph of Jack Lemmon from the 1960 US film. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. Based on a story by Herbert Carlson about a lieutenant who gets tricked into commanding garbage scow with a crew of dimwitted misfits on a secret mission in Japanese controlled waters. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning with a few faint creases. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1999ref. 170727Hollywood: Do We 1999. Revised shooting script for the 1999 television movie originally aired on December 5 1999 on ABC. Based on Mitch Albom's 1997 memoir about his time spent with his former college professor who is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. Winner of several Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jack Lemmon and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Hank Azaria. Lemmon's final film role before his death in 2001. Set in Detroit and Boston shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 4 1999 noted as Shooting Script with credits for Albom screenwriter Tom Rickman and director Mick Jackson. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 6 and August 9 1999. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Do We unknown books
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1999ref. 170727Hollywood: Do We 1999. Revised shooting script for the 1999 television movie originally aired on December 5 1999 on ABC. Based on Mitch Albom's 1997 memoir about his time spent with his former college professor who is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. Winner of several Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jack Lemmon and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Hank Azaria. Lemmon's final film role before his death in 2001. Set in Detroit and Boston shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 4 1999 noted as Shooting Script with credits for Albom screenwriter Tom Rickman and director Mick Jackson. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 6 and August 9 1999. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Do We unknown
1954ref. 168236Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 British film seen here under the US title "The Golden Mask." An adventure film about an ancient history scholar whose obsession with finding the legendary Golden Mask of Moloch leads to conflict with dangerous tomb robbers. Set in Algeria shot on location in Djemila Algeria and in Tunis. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 139915N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black manuscript annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956ref. 139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three-sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. 41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956ref. 139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three-sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. 41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. The Rank Organization unknown
1956ref. 139915N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black manuscript annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown
1968ref. 161640N.p.: Chancellor Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. Loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell wherein wealthy beatnik Virginia offers a former wrestler played by boxer Jake LaMotta a washed up actor and a drug dealer $100000 if they can survive being hunted down in the streets of Manhattan. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Chancellor Films unknown books
1968ref. 161640N.p.: Chancellor Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. Loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell wherein wealthy beatnik Virginia offers a former wrestler played by boxer Jake LaMotta a washed up actor and a drug dealer $100000 if they can survive being hunted down in the streets of Manhattan. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Chancellor Films unknown
1959ref. 160564N.p.: N.p. 1959. Four vintage reference photographs by John Cohen from the 1959 short film. Three with the title in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto and one with a provenance label on the verso. Based on a purportedly true incident in the life of Beat icons Neal and Carolyn Cassady wherein a couple's dinner party for a visiting bishop is crashed by their zany bohemian friends. Adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play "Beat Generation" with voiceover narration by Kerouac and a title taken from the poem of the same name co-written by Kerouac Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. For years the film was rumored to have been entirely unscripted capturing a real event at co-director Alfred Leslie's loft in the Bowery until Leslie revealed in a 1968 interview that the film had in fact been scripted heavily rehearsed and shot in a photography studio. 10 x 8 inches. Small chips at the top edges else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 160564N.p.: N.p. 1959. Four vintage reference photographs by John Cohen from the 1959 short film. Three with the title in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto and one with a provenance label on the verso. Based on a purportedly true incident in the life of Beat icons Neal and Carolyn Cassady wherein a couple's dinner party for a visiting bishop is crashed by their zany bohemian friends. Adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play "Beat Generation" with voiceover narration by Kerouac and a title taken from the poem of the same name co-written by Kerouac Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. For years the film was rumored to have been entirely unscripted capturing a real event at co-director Alfred Leslie's loft in the Bowery until Leslie revealed in a 1968 interview that the film had in fact been scripted heavily rehearsed and shot in a photography studio. 10 x 8 inches. Small chips at the top edges else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1930ref. 167854N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1930 film showing actor Jack Holt. The retiring supervisor of a trading post in West Africa begins an affair with the wife of his replacement a stuffy tightly wound man from London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good. N.p. unknown books
