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1955ref. 167605Culver City CA: RKO Pathe Studios 1955. Two vintage hand-tinted color photographs from the 1955 short documentary film. A Technicolor short film about hunting focusing in particular on the whitetail deer. The first entry in RKO's Wildlife Album series of short films. Shot on location in Virginia. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus. RKO Pathe Studios unknown
2010ref. 158461N.p.: N.p. 2010. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced episode for an imagined fifth season of the 1965-1969 Western television series. The series followed the adventures of the Barkley family in San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s. In this follow-up the fourth Barkley son Eugene makes a reappearance when he returns home from college. Written for the Williamsburg Film Festival in 2010. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised final draft with credit for Thomas M. Crawford. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2010ref. 158461N.p.: N.p. 2010. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced episode for an imagined fifth season of the 1965-1969 Western television series. The series followed the adventures of the Barkley family in San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s. In this follow-up the fourth Barkley son Eugene makes a reappearance when he returns home from college. Written for the Williamsburg Film Festival in 2010. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised final draft with credit for Thomas M. Crawford. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 137982N.p.: Self published 1972. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film. About a police officer in San Francisco his missing daughter and his troubled past. Green wrappers. Title page present dated 1972 noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY and REGISTERED WRITER'S GUILD WEST with a credit for screenwriter Hattan and agent Bert Steinberger. Last leaf of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1972ref. 137982N.p.: Self published 1972. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film. About a police officer in San Francisco his missing daughter and his troubled past. Green wrappers. Title page present dated 1972 noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY and REGISTERED WRITER'S GUILD WEST with a credit for screenwriter Hattan and agent Bert Steinberger. Last leaf of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Self published unknown
1967ref. 157320N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 British film showing director John Schlesinger talking with actress Julie Christie between takes. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel about a young flirtatious heiress who is relentlessly pursued by three young men. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location throughout Dorset and Wiltshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 143467Los Angeles: Selznick International 1946. Draft script for an unproduced film based on the 1892 Thomas Hardy novel. David O. Selznick held the movie rights to Hardy's story for many years with Jennifer Jones in mind for Tess. Selznick's two greatest dreams had been to film "Gone With the Wind" and "Tess of the D'Urber villes." He never fulfilled his second dream. At his death the rights to the novel remained in his estate. Goldenrod titled wrappers with copy number and with credits for novelist Thomas Hardy and screenwriter Allan Scott. Title page present with credits for novelist Thomas Hardy and screenwriter Allan Scott. 254 leaves with last page of text numbered 253. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. Selznick International unknown books
1967ref. 157320N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 British film showing director John Schlesinger talking with actress Julie Christie between takes. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel about a young flirtatious heiress who is relentlessly pursued by three young men. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location throughout Dorset and Wiltshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 146785N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German. Based on the 1978 novel by John Godey wherein a deadly black mamba is accidentally released into Central Park and hunted down by a rogue herpetologist. Set in New York City. Lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter THOMAS GSPANDL and novelist JOHN GODEY. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Early Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a tear running horizontal to the final leaf with gold prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 146785N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German. Based on the 1978 novel by John Godey wherein a deadly black mamba is accidentally released into Central Park and hunted down by a rogue herpetologist. Set in New York City. Lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter THOMAS GSPANDL and novelist JOHN GODEY. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Early Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a tear running horizontal to the final leaf with gold prong binding. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 143073Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1962. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a sticker noting the photograph is from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller on the verso. Loosely based on the 1822 novel by Thomas De Quincey the film transposes the setting to San Francisco's Chinatown and involves Price in mystery set in the criminal underworld. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Allied Artists unknown books
1962ref. 143073Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1962. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a sticker noting the photograph is from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller on the verso. Loosely based on the 1822 novel by Thomas De Quincey the film transposes the setting to San Francisco's Chinatown and involves Price in mystery set in the criminal underworld. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Allied Artists unknown
1978ref. 152815Miami FL: Worldfilm 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a newspaper advertisement for the screenplay dated December 4 1978. A handsome secret agent named Thomas Corrigan is sent to Miami to stop an influx of drugs from Cuba smuggled in by a mysterious drug baron with World War II connections. Gray titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Thomas Conners. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 205. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the first ten leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Worldfilm unknown books
1978ref. 152815Miami FL: Worldfilm 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a newspaper advertisement for the screenplay dated December 4 1978. A handsome secret agent named Thomas Corrigan is sent to Miami to stop an influx of drugs from Cuba smuggled in by a mysterious drug baron with World War II connections. Gray titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Thomas Conners. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 205. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the first ten leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Worldfilm unknown
1983ref. 132515Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1983. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1983 US film. Mimeograph snipe detached from verso previously affixed but present. The two burn-outs host a dope-a-thon to raise funds for a bankrupt film festival in Amstderam. 8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1992ref. 150001N.p.: N.p. 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. Set in Germany shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. Missing wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Jonathan Marc Feldman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 139615Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1953. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1953 film. A cowgirl tries to steal a gang of bandits' ill-gotten gains. All are pursed by the sheriff. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1954ref. 139626Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1954 film. Bill Elliott stars as Sam Nelson a California based federal agent hunting for his friend's murderers. Virginia Grey pictured in the stills makes a cameo as the wife of one of the fugitive killers. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall to one of the images and light creasing to the recto of both. Allied Artists unknown books
1992ref. 150001N.p.: N.p. 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. Set in Germany shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. Missing wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Jonathan Marc Feldman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141495Los Angeles: New American Cinema 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With several annotations in manuscript ink and pencil in an unidentified hand throughout. Based on Thomas Berger's 1975 novel "Sneaky People." A man living in the midwest resolves to murder his wife in the hopes of living happily with his mistress. Screenwriter Howard Berk is best remembered for "Target" 1985 and "Triangle" 1970. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Howard Berk and author Thomas Berger. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. New American Cinema unknown books
1970ref. 141495Los Angeles: New American Cinema 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With several annotations in manuscript ink and pencil in an unidentified hand throughout. Based on Thomas Berger's 1975 novel "Sneaky People." A man living in the midwest resolves to murder his wife in the hopes of living happily with his mistress. Screenwriter Howard Berk is best remembered for "Target" 1985 and "Triangle" 1970. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Howard Berk and author Thomas Berger. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. New American Cinema unknown
1949ref. 144415Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Final Draft script for the 1950 film. With a "New York Legal Department" rubber stamp on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript pencil annotations throughout likely by a professional reader regarding differences between the source novel by Thomas B. Costain and the script. Based on Costain's 1945 novel and partially conceived as a sequel to the 1949 film "Prince of Foxes" in order to reunite Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. "The Black Rose" features Power as a Saxon youth who runs away from England during the Crusades. Somehow he and his North African warlord friend Orson Welles make it to China where they get involved with the court of Kubla Kahn. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in England and the Far East shot on location in England and Morocco. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 19 and production No. 125 dated May 4 1949. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 4 1949. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/17/49 and 7/5/49. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1949ref. 144415Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Final Draft script for the 1950 film. With a "New York Legal Department" rubber stamp on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript pencil annotations throughout likely by a professional reader regarding differences between the source novel by Thomas B. Costain and the script. Based on Costain's 1945 novel and partially conceived as a sequel to the 1949 film "Prince of Foxes" in order to reunite Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. "The Black Rose" features Power as a Saxon youth who runs away from England during the Crusades. Somehow he and his North African warlord friend Orson Welles make it to China where they get involved with the court of Kubla Kahn. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in England and the Far East shot on location in England and Morocco. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 19 and production No. 125 dated May 4 1949. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 4 1949. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/17/49 and 7/5/49. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1939ref. 147689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in manuscript pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Missing one page likely as used or issued. Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 147689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in manuscript pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Missing one page likely as used or issued. Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
