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ref. 140667Toronto: Roy Krost Productions. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman comes to a Vietnam vet turned private investigator to learn the truth about her dead fiance who she still believes is alive. Both are Irish and are led on a long road of Irish organizations some fighting for a United Ireland some old blood from the motherland some born in America and only know Ireland as an ideal classic Irish cops some gangsters who identify with Irish liberation and some gangsters who know no loyalties. All come together to work against this private investigator who has bitten off more than he can chew. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Kelly. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Roy Krost Productions unknown books
ref. 140667Toronto: Roy Krost Productions. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman comes to a Vietnam vet turned private investigator to learn the truth about her dead fiance who she still believes is alive. Both are Irish and are led on a long road of Irish organizations some fighting for a United Ireland some old blood from the motherland some born in America and only know Ireland as an ideal classic Irish cops some gangsters who identify with Irish liberation and some gangsters who know no loyalties. All come together to work against this private investigator who has bitten off more than he can chew. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Kelly. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Roy Krost Productions unknown
1992ref. 167922Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1992. Vintage studio still compilation photograph from the 1992 animated family film. A logger in a secluded Australian rainforest befriends the fairies who live in the forest learning about the detrimental effect of his work in the process. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1988ref. 157886Los Angeles: The Geffen Company 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 film showing actor Alec Baldwin. A shy married couple are killed in a freak road accident and find themselves reborn as ghosts unable to leave their former home. Unfortunately the house is sold to a family of unbearable yuppies prompting the ghosts to hire a devious poltergeist to drive the family out. Set in the fictional town of Winter River Connecticut and shot on location in East Corinth Vermont. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The Geffen Company unknown books
1985ref. 168490Burbank CA: Mainline 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Based in part on the 1948 Italian film "The Bicycle Thief" directed by Vittorio De Sica in which Pee-wee's beloved bicycle is stolen and he must follow a goofy cross-country trail of leads in order to retrieve it. Director Tim Burton's debut feature film and the first pairing of Burton and his longtime composer Danny Elfman. Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Mainline unknown books
ref. 162755Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon Lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Self wrappers integral with title page dated October 21 1987. Noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication circa late 1980s font rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 160028Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers undated. Title page present dated February 22 1990 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated between 4/27/90 and 6/27/90. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 162755Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon Lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Self wrappers integral with title page dated October 21 1987. Noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication circa late 1980s font rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 160028Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers undated. Title page present dated February 22 1990 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated between 4/27/90 and 6/27/90. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1985ref. 168490Burbank CA: Mainline 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Based in part on the 1948 Italian film "The Bicycle Thief" directed by Vittorio De Sica in which Pee-wee's beloved bicycle is stolen and he must follow a goofy cross-country trail of leads in order to retrieve it. Director Tim Burton's debut feature film and the first pairing of Burton and his longtime composer Danny Elfman. Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Mainline unknown
1998ref. 169960N.p.: N.p. 1998. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. An agency copy printed on the rectos and versos written seven months prior to the commencement of the production with the marker annotation of "O" on the front wrapper. A modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in a US high school wherein Odin James Mekhi Phifer the only black student at Palmetto Grove Academy who is the star basketball player and dating the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi Julia Stiles is the envy of his troubled friend Hugo Josh Hartnett who plots a deadly scheme to sow mistrust between Desi and Odin. Shot on location in Charleston South Carolina. Untitled International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present dated 08/12/98 noted as Revision with credits for screenwriter Brad Kaaya. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication on the rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the rear board bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1998ref. 169960N.p.: N.p. 1998. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. An agency copy printed on the rectos and versos written seven months prior to the commencement of the production with the marker annotation of "O" on the front wrapper. A modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in a US high school wherein Odin James Mekhi Phifer the only black student at Palmetto Grove Academy who is the star basketball player and dating the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi Julia Stiles is the envy of his troubled friend Hugo Josh Hartnett who plots a deadly scheme to sow mistrust between Desi and Odin. Shot on location in Charleston South Carolina. Untitled International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present dated 08/12/98 noted as Revision with credits for screenwriter Brad Kaaya. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication on the rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the rear board bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 70572Los Angeles: Betnic Productions Inc 1972. Wraps. Very good. Revised Draft of this unproduced screenplay. Veteran producer Frank P. Rosenberg hired Ernest Tidyman 1928-84 to adapt Jeanne Rejaunier's best-selling novel which deals with the glamourous sometimes sleazy life of topflight New York fashion models. Tidyman began work on the project in 1970 immediately prior to writing the screenplays for Shaft 1971 based on his 1970 novel and French Connection 1971 which established him as one of the top screenwriters in the business. The production was ultimately abandoned. However this draft includes casting notes with potential candidates for each role listed in order of preference - for instance the actresses targeted for the role of Charlene include Eleanor Parker Bette Davis Joan Crawford Susan Hayward Ava Gardner Rita Hayworth Anne Baxter and Angela Lansbury - as well as brief bios of the preferred producer Gordon Oliver director Gordon Douglas and production manager Nate Barrager. Green titled vinyl wrappers noted as "Revised Draft" on the title page which is dated November 8 1972 and includes credits for Tidyman Rejaunier and Betnic Productions. 169 mimeographed pages with the last page numbered 154. The contents are crisp and clean. Some very light edgewear to the wrappers which are bound with two brads with the remnants of a paper label to the spine; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates no copies. Betnic Productions Inc unknown
1972ref. 148888Hong Kong: Kwong Ming Film 1972. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. In early 20th century China a worker accidentally kills his boss in a fight. He flees to Thailand with his friends where they are forced to fight in an underground fighting ring. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and occasional light foxing. Kwong Ming Film unknown books
1972ref. 148888Hong Kong: Kwong Ming Film 1972. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. In early 20th century China a worker accidentally kills his boss in a fight. He flees to Thailand with his friends where they are forced to fight in an underground fighting ring. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and occasional light foxing. Kwong Ming Film unknown
1970ref. 141077N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Joseph Dispenza's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1927 novel. A bridge woven by the Incas collapses in Peru killing five people. A monk witnesses the event and afterwards becomes obsessed with finding information about the five victims in order to prove that the collapse was part of God's plan. Set in Peru. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Thorton Wilder and screenwriter Joseph Dispenza. 42 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 142134N.p.: N.p. 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 94. Photograph of child actor Nate Goldberg laid in. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1973 novel "Theophilus North" about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small wealthy town where rumors begin to circulate that he has the power to cure sickness and ailments. Originally planned as a project to be directed by Danny Huston. Set and shot on location in Rhode Island. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter James Costigan and author Thornton Wilder. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 142134N.p.: N.p. 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 94. Photograph of child actor Nate Goldberg laid in. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1973 novel "Theophilus North" about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small wealthy town where rumors begin to circulate that he has the power to cure sickness and ailments. Originally planned as a project to be directed by Danny Huston. Set and shot on location in Rhode Island. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter James Costigan and author Thornton Wilder. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141077N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Joseph Dispenza's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1927 novel. A bridge woven by the Incas collapses in Peru killing five people. A monk witnesses the event and afterwards becomes obsessed with finding information about the five victims in order to prove that the collapse was part of God's plan. Set in Peru. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Thorton Wilder and screenwriter Joseph Dispenza. 42 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1946ref. 132440London: Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors 1946. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1946 UK film. Mimeo layovers affixed to the versos and one still with sequence number noted on the recto. A musician decides to return to his native African home after years performing in London. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning and tiny closed tears to the layovers else Near Fine. Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors unknown books
1946ref. 132440London: Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors 1946. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1946 UK film. Mimeo layovers affixed to the versos and one still with sequence number noted on the recto. A musician decides to return to his native African home after years performing in London. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning and tiny closed tears to the layovers else Near Fine. Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors unknown
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown books
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown
1998ref. 156687N.p.: N.p. 1998. Four vintage color reference photographs from the 1998 film. Printed label of photographer Lars Høgsted on the versos and three with a provenance label. The first Dogme 95 film a pitch-black surreal comedy about a troubled family gathering to celebrate the patriarch's sixtieth birthday. Shot on location at Skjoldenæsholm Castle in Ringsted Denmark. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1998ref. 156687N.p.: N.p. 1998. Four vintage color reference photographs from the 1998 film. Printed label of photographer Lars Høgsted on the versos and three with a provenance label. The first Dogme 95 film a pitch-black surreal comedy about a troubled family gathering to celebrate the patriarch's sixtieth birthday. Shot on location at Skjoldenæsholm Castle in Ringsted Denmark. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
