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1978ref. 140768Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With three pages of synopsis laid-in. Peter Conrad is a successful American defense attorney and he is on a tour of Europe revisiting places he had seen during World War II places where his friends died. He ends up in Sicily where he hopes to reconnect with a young woman he met during the war. He finds her but she has been promised to another and amidst a backdrop of Mafia activity he vows to win her over and prove his true Sicilian heritage. Set in Sicily. Black titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter David Chantler. Title page present with credits for screenwriter David T. Chantler. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown
1967ref. 132095Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Collection of 5 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1967 US film. Based on the Shepherd Mead novel about a man in a dead-end job who rises through the corporate ladder without any substantial effort. Robert Morse was nominated for a Golden Laurel for his comedic performance and would go on to star as Bertam Cooper in AMC's multi-award winning series "Mad Men." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hirschhorn p. 388. United Artists unknown books
1994ref. 162973New York: MTV 1994. Four draft scripts 6 treatment scripts and some ephemera related to an unproduced pilot episode of a television series set to air on MTV. Set to star former MTV VJ Ed Marqus this series would have followed a laid-back Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who takes a job teaching a journalism class at a stuffy private high school. Set in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Fourth Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 1 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Third Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated February 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 1: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 12 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 2: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 5 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Treatment script 1: Lacking wrappers. 4 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine unbound. With manuscript ink annotations to each page. Treatment script 2: Lacking wrappers. 2 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with staple at top left corner. Treatment script 3: Lacking wrappers. 3 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near fine bound with staple at top left corner. With manuscript ink annotation to each page. Treatment script 4: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with paperclip at top left corner. Treatment script 5: Lacking wrappers. 13 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only printed on gray stock. Near Fine unbound. Treatment script 6: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Very Good plus bound with paperclip at top left corner. 1 Deal proposal to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic: 2 leaves Near Fine. Housed in a Major Clients Agency envelope Very Good plus with some tearing from opening and with manuscript ink annotation on the verso. 1 set of handwritten notes: 11 leaves rectos only unbound. Very Good plus. All materials housed in a generic three-ring binder. MTV unknown
1970ref. 142128New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown
1970ref. 141473New York: Moerae Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American sailor is sent to Scotland to inspect and perhaps purchase a new fleet of ships for a Greek crew based in America. Set in Scotland. Teal titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Moerae Productions unknown
1980ref. 166551New York: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1980. Not to be confused with the 1978 television movie starring Sissy Spacek and William Hurt. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for screenwriter David Shaber. Title page present undated with credits for Shaber and story writer Paul Gallico. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown
1936ref. 164450Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage reference photograph of Lew Ayres and Joan Perry from the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe and two studio stamps one crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso. 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. Lew Ayres stars as an unemployed young engineer in love with but refusing to marry the very wealthy Joan Perry in her film debut until he has a job and can support her. After taking a job for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business he discovers a plot to kidnap Perry. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 140895N.p.: N.p. 1972. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Two idiotic football players are unwittingly involved in the murder of the kingpin of an illegal car running operation. Set in New York City. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 5/1972 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter David Scott Milton and story credit for Dick Richards. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141838N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A group of US Marines reflect on life after the war. Screenwriter David Scott Milton was best known for his work on "Born to Win" 1971. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter David Scott Milton. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 149971Los Angeles: Orion 1990. Revised Draft script for the 11th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on June 19 1991 on ABC. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 28 underlining a prop. The third-to-last episode in the brief two-season series which followed the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Gray titled Orion Television generic wrappers. Title page present dated Dec. 18 1990 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy LeVine. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/90 and 12/18/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown
1991ref. 149969Los Angeles: Orion 1991. Revised Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 13 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on July 3 1991 on ABC. Copy belonging to a crew member with their first name in manuscript ink on the title page. The last episode of the series which ended after two seasons following the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. In this entry a popular basketball coach is prosecuted for the death of his star player. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Silver Orion Television wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated Jan. 17 1991 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Paris Qualles. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/91 and 1/17/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown
1966ref. 134748New York: Clifford Hayman 1966. Draft script for an unproduced play. Laid in is an ALS to actor Peter Lawford here associated with Chrislaw Productions from producer Hayman in which Hayman requests Lawford consider funding the project for both a play and a film. A philandering husband is found out by his wife who has an affair in order to teach him a lesson but ends up falling for her "other man." Set in New York. Black wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Davis and producer Hayman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-2-46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near fine bound with two silver screw brads. Clifford Hayman unknown books
1999ref. 164193N.p.: N.p. 1999. Revised Production Draft script for the pilot episode of the 2000 series which aired on July 23 2000 on the USA Network. Brian McNamara stars as an ex-Los Angeles Vice Cop who moves to Manhattan Arizona and becomes the sheriff after his wife is canned in spring light water when attempting to cut dolphins out of tuna nets for Greenpeace. In this episode McNamara takes the job of Manhattan's sheriff and begins to realize just how strange the residents are. Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 13 1999 noted as Production Draft and listing revisions from 9/14-17/99 with credits for screenwriter David Richardson. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 129794Los Angeles: Goldwyn Studios 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film adaptation of the novel by Ludwig Bemelmans by screenwriter David Odell. The script is undated but the style of the wrapper and the mention of the short-lived Goldwyn Studios would put the development effort at right around 1979. Odell is best known for having written the screenplay for "The Dark Crystal" Jim Henson 1982. Black titled wrappers with silver titles on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Odell and novelist Bemelmans. 148 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Goldwyn Studios unknown books
1983ref. 167921N.p.: Titan Productions 1983. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1983 film. The eighth film in the Pink Panther series and the second film in the series after actor Peter Sellers' death. David Niven's final film appearance. Shot on location in New York Nice Valencia and Ibiza. 8 x 10 inches. One photo with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom recto margin else about Fine. Titan Productions unknown
1964ref. 160701Beverly Hills CA: Mirisch G.E. Productions / United Artists 1964. Collection of vintage photographs and ephemera from the 1963 film including four reference photographs one internal studio-issued photograph of the proposed artwork for the one sheet poster one stapled gathering of press release material and a flyer advertising the film's German release. The first film in the classic wildly successful "Pink Panther" series about an inspector's botched attempts to catch a notorious jewel thief before he steals a priceless diamond. Set in Switzerland shot on location in France Italy and California. Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Press gathering: 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus. Flyer: 12.25 x 4 inches. Very Good folded once vertically as issued with a small dampstain and accompanying tear at the top of the fold. National Film Registry. Mirisch G.E. Productions / United Artists unknown
1978ref. 142871Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1961ref. 139620Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1961. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on Fannie Hurst's 1931 novel "Back Street." Wealthy heir begins an illicit affair with a shop owner on his way through Nebraska. A far more dramatic film than the 1932 and 1941 versions and one which deviates considerably from the source material. Set in New York Nebraska and Italy shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 145078Universal City CA: Joel Productions 1962. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1962 film. Based on Edward Abbey's 1956 novel "The Brave Cowboy." Drifter cowboy Jack Burns Kirk Douglas hears that his old friend Paul Bondi Michael Kane is serving time in jail. Burns gets himself arrested with the intention of helping Bondi escape with him. Once inside he finds that Bondi would rather serve his sentence than risk a longer one leading Burns to break out on his own. Shot on location in New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Joel Productions unknown books
1962ref. 145078Universal City CA: Joel Productions 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1962 film. Shown are Kirk Douglas director David Miller cinematographer Philip Lathrop and other crew members. Based on Edward Abbey's 1956 novel "The Brave Cowboy." Drifter cowboy Jack Burns Kirk Douglas hears that his old friend Paul Bondi Michael Kane is serving time in jail. Burns gets himself arrested with the intention of helping Bondi escape with him. Once inside he finds that Bondi would rather serve his sentence than risk a longer one leading Burns to break out on his own. Shot on location in New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Joel Productions unknown
1978ref. 142871Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1998ref. 171263Santa Monica: Steven Bochco Productions 1998. Vintage Draft script for Season 1 Episode 17 of the 1997-1998 television series. Originally aired March 9 1998 on CBS. This short-lived procedural followed the uniformed police officers at a Brooklyn precinct. In this episode tensions are high at the precinct following one of the officers acting as an informant for Internal Affairs. Winner of an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for its Pilot episode. Set in Brooklyn. White titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. C117 dated February 9 1998 with credits for screenwriters Doug Palau and Nicholas Wootton and director Marc Buckland. Title page integral with front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Steven Bochco Productions unknown
1984ref. 171229N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for Season 5 Episode 2 of the 1981-1987 television series. Originally aired October 4 1984 on NBC. With two sets of revision pages and one production document with this script. Written by David Milch a significant contributor to the series who went on to create "NYPD Blue" for ABC and "Deadwood" for HBO. Police procedural following officers in an understaffed precinct of an anonymous inner city patterned after Chicago with each episode taking place over the span of a single day. In this episode one officer tries to arrest his ex-wife's rapist one goes undercover and one is scrutinized for his behavior during a hostage situation. Draft script: Pink titled self wrappers production No. 4402 dated 7/02/84 with credits for screenwriters David Milch and Roger Director. Title page integral with front wrapper. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages About Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1st Revision pages: Yellow titled self wrappers production No. 4402 dated 7/03/84 with credits for screenwriters David Milch and Roger Director. Title page integral with front wrapper. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with a staple at the top left corner. 2nd Revision pages: Eye-rest green self wrappers production No. 4402 dated 7/05/84 with credits for screenwriters David Milch and Roger Director. Title page integral with front wrapper. 8 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages About Fine wrapper About Fine bound with a staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1992ref. 131074New York: Rosenstone / Wender Agency 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1992 play. Brief notation in holograph pencil on the title page noting a date of 6/12/92. The final page of text notes this draft was revised on May 24 1992. Mamet's play premiered in May 1992 in Cambridge Massachusetts starring William H. Macy and Rebecca Pidgeon. Loosely based on the Thomas-Hill Hearings of 1991 the play starred Macy as a university professor accused of sexual misconduct by one of his female students played by Pidgeon who one critic described as "Mamet's most fully realized female character.a mousy confused cipher." Macy would reprise his role in Mamet's own 1994 film adaptation starring opposite Debra Eisenstadt. The play finally opened on Broadway in 2009 starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles. White wrappers dated 1991 and 1992 with a credit for playwright Mamet. Title page present identical to front wrapper. 65 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine plastic ring bound. Rosenstone / Wender Agency unknown books
1990ref. 138817New York: Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. The third film to be written and directed by Mamet. Script belonging to actor Paul Butler a Mamet regular who plays Commissioner Walker in the film. Laid in is an unrelated legal agreement addressed to Butler regarding his involvement in the 1986 television series "Crime Story." Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a nameless American city shot in Baltimore. White self wrappers integral with title page dated JULY 1990 with a credit for screenwriter Mamet and with mention of Ed Pressman Productions and Cinehaus Inc. Xerographically reproduced. 146 pages last leaf numbered 145. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good only with some edgewear bound with three gold brads. Criterion Collection 486. Grant US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions unknown books
