Edward Savio (screenwriter)Biblio.com
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1988ref. 158192Beverly Hills CA: Eduardo Rossoff 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Edward Savio is a novelist and screenwriter best known for the "Battle for Forever" science fiction novels "Alexander X" 2016 and "Ancient Among Us" 2019. An unemployed American mechanic discovers he is heir to the throne of England. Untitled gray wrappers. Title page present dated February 1988 with credits for screenwriter Edward Savio. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Eduardo Rossoff unknown
1968ref. 131823London: National General Pictures 1968. Revised British script for the 1969 film a UK-US co-production. Based on the play by Peter Shaffer written for the screen by Philip Yordan. Dan Pavlides: Fueled by promises of gold Pizarro Robert Shaw and his explorers make a third trip across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru where they meet King Atahuallpa Christopher Plummer considered to be a god by his faithful followers. The two leaders overcome their initial mistrust and suspicion garnering admiration for each other. When the King is sentenced to die Pizarro tries unsuccessfully to prevent the monarch's death at the hands of gold-hungry explorers. Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1 June 1968 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Yordan. 163 leaves mechanical duplication with pink blue green white tan and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 16 May and 22 July. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three screw brads. National General Pictures unknown
1972ref. 162190N.p.: Group 1 Films 1972. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A runaway teenager finds herself adrift in early 1970s southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Light soiling on the bottom margins of two of the photographs else Near Fine. Group 1 Films unknown
1978ref. 138126Beverly Hills CA: Mel Simon Productions 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 film. Father Brian Dyke is a priest in a depressing mining town until one day a new Sister Rita Quinlan joins his parish and changes his perception of life. She is trusting and kind and listens to Father Brian but their relationship takes a turn for the worse landing Father Brian in the role of suspect. Blue production company Mel Simon Productions wrappers. Title page present dated May 10 1978 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Stitt and director Kramer. Last leaf of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Mel Simon Productions unknown
1963ref. 157290N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Carol Reed in conversation with actress Lee Remick on the set. Based on Shelley Smith's 1961 novel "The Ballad of the Running Man" about a man who fakes his own death in the hopes of gaining a substantial insurance payout but encounters trouble in the form of the company's nosy claim investigator. Shot on location in Cadiz Spain in Gibraltar and in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 149880London: British Lion 1959. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 short film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A surreal slapstick sketch comedy film filmed over 2 days on a shoestring budget of approximately 70 British pounds. Considered influential on mid-century British comedy particularly Monty Python's Flying Circus and a purported favorite of The Beatles. Two photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. British Lion unknown
1977ref. 147243N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With several manuscript ink annotations throughout noting grammatical revisions. Laid in with the script is a typed letter dated June 25 1982 addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner from screenwriter Leonard Yakir recommending actor Klaus Kinski for the lead role. The Old Testament story of Abraham who is asked to sacrifice his son Isaac on Moriah as a test of his faith to God. Set in Israel. White non-standard titled wrappers dated February 1977 with credits for screenwriter LEONARD YAKIR. Title page integral on the front wrapper as issued. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 172064N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 sexploitation horror film showing director Jess Franco during filming on location in Paris with Lina Romay and an unidentified woman to the left. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Franco began shooting his films in Paris in the early 1970s due to the country's increasingly liberal laws around sexual content. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Lightly faded else Fine. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 143239Tokyo: Toho Company 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film crediting Masahiro Makino as the director who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi originally released in 1937 as two parts "Saga of the Vagabonds Part One Tiger Wolf" and "Saga of the Vagabonds Part Two Forward at Dawn." Toshiro Mifune plays a feudal bandit accused of stealing money he was entrusted and assembles a revenge party to storm the family castle and attack his brother who betrayed him. Kurosawa would serve as 3rd assistant director to Eisuke Takizawa for both films and go on to write the latter screenplay previously penned by Sadao Yamanaka. Set in Japan's Edo period. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered f-16. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on paper edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Toho Company unknown
1976ref. 135482New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1976. Four vintage borderless black-and-white double weight studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Base on the 1965 novel by Yukio Mishima. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with AVCO Embassy descriptions tipped on to the verso. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1943ref. 129155N.p.: N.p. 1943. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "The Sailor and the Girl" written by Martha Chapin whose notable film credits include "Gambling with Souls" 1936 "Slaves in Bondage" 1937 and "Lightning Strikes West" 1940. Typeovers on a few pages. Set in New York during World War II with a touch of hard-boiled attitude the story follows Bill Jones an American sailor with shore leave in New York where he meets Carol a footloose woman with dark secrets involving theft and petty crime. Blue titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated January 6 1943 and 6/9/43 with credit for screenwriter Chapin. 44 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 44. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two small gold brads. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 151451N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film showing actors George K. Arthur Bruce Guerin Otto Matiesen and Georgia Hale. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light foxing to the verso. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 142627Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1966 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel by Richard McKenna about a rebellious sailor aboard the titular US gun boat patrolling China on the brink of civil war. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor for Steve McQueen and Best Supporting Actor for Mako. Set in China shot in Hong Kong Taiwan and Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 132533London: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1978 release of the 1976 US television film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos with distributor rubber-stamps and layout annotations. Mardi Gras is interrupted by African killer bees! Ben Johnson is cast as the local sheriff and would reprise his tenure with the bees in the 1978 follow-up "The Swarm." Of the many "killer bee" films this is regarded as one of the best. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1960ref. 150871Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Post-production Release Dialogue screenplay for the 1960 film. Laid in with the script is a single revision page. Based on Hans Ruesch's 1953 novel "Top of the World." An Inuit hunter kills a white missionary after misinterpreting the man's intentions and is pursued by police through the Arctic. Set and shot on location in the Canadian Arctic. Tall white titled wrappers dated AUGUST 26 1960. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with light dampstaining to the top edges bound with two staples. Olive Films 1349. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown
1968ref. 162612Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1968. Second Draft script for the 1968 film seen here under the working title "Hell's Angels Ride Again." Loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" about the leader of a motorcycle gang's romance with an American Indian waitress. Hot on the heels of the biker films of the same era but in particular the 1967 exploitation film "Hells Angels on Wheels" also directed by Richard Rush. Shot on location in Nipton California. Red titled wrappers undated with credit for screenwriter Michael Fisher. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown
1959ref. 153996Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her husband Sir Frederick Browning visiting actors Alec Guinness and Nicole Maurey on the set of the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Du Maurier about a lonely university professor who meets his lookalike a wealthy but discontented count while vacationing in France and finds himself unwittingly forced to swap places and assume the count's life. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1934ref. 151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown
1934ref. 137471Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage sepia reference photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Shown are director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in full regalia visiting with noted Mexican toreador Pepe Ortiz and a member of the Mexican Counsul in Los Angeles. Typescript snipe on the verso indicating same along with an ink notation of the photo date 9/15/34 and a contemporary illustrated label for "Photofest." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Paramount Pictures unknown
1926ref. 171492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film one showing Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne on the stocks the other showing actors Edna Lyons and Paulette Neville in costume playfully dancing out of character between takes on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. The second film Gish made while under contract with MGM still widely considered the finest screen adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel to date. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly faded and slightly edgeworn but with no loss. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1993ref. 170168Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Final Draft script for the 1994 film. Loosely based on a 1976 "New Yorker" article by Roger Angell about a baseball scout who discovers a promising new player and successfully negotiates his signing with the Yankees only to realize that the man is emotionally stunted after years of childhood abuse. Shot on location in Zempoala and Veracruz in Mexico in Bracken County Kentucky and in New York. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 12/5/93 noted as FINAL DRAFT and Revised. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/20/93 and 3/15/94. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1995ref. 146338London: Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment 1995. Four shooting scripts for the 1996 television film first aired in four parts on BBC on November 13 1997 complete in four volumes. With two typed leaves detailing the proposed cast list laid in. Several scripts missing pages as noted below likely as used or issued. Based on the 1993 crime novel. An author sets out to write a book about Olive Martin a young woman convicted of brutally killing her mother and sister and subsequently sentenced to life in prison. As the author delves deeper into the details of the crime she begins to uncover a conspiracy and is gradually persuaded of Olive's innocence. Set in the UK. Housed in a generic blue folder with a manuscript ink notation from screenwriter Reg Gadney on the front flap. Part One: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 25th AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8.9.95 and 28.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with rusting and creasing to the binding with silver prong binding. Part Two: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 25th AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8.9.95 and 20.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with rusting to the binding and the front wrapper partially detached with silver prong binding. Part Three: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 30th AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 13.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with rusting and creasing to the binding with silver prong binding. Part Four: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 31st AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 13.9.95 and 28.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with rusting and creasing to the binding with silver prong binding. Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment unknown
1941ref. 147912Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1941. Collection of 28 vintage double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. With mimeo snipes to the verso identifying actors in each photograph. Likely unique. Based on Jack London's 1904 novel following three fugitives who are rescued from the ocean and subsequently imprisoned by a cruel mariner who refuses to let them off the ship. 11 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and fading overall some with faint foxing to the verso and light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
1948ref. 156004N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph of William Wyler visiting the set of the 1948 film talking to director Fred Zinnemann and actress Jarmila Novotná between takes. A young Auschwitz survivor searches for his mother in the years following World War II. Actor Ivan Jandl was presented with a special juvenile Academy Award but was unable to travel to the US to receive the award due to restrictions by the communist government of his native Czechoslovakia. Shot on location in postwar Germany in Ingolstadt Munich Nuremberg and Würzburg. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and bottom edge. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 150913N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of director Christian-Jaque and Michele Mercier on the set of the 1966 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil "APIS" stamp and photographer "Jean Guyaux" stamp on verso. Based on the 1961 French novel by Jean Laborde. The married renowned lawyer Pierre Montant becomes infatuated and has an affair with the young student Nathalie a dancer in a discotheque working her way through medical school. When she breaks up with him unable to bear the clandestine affair he threatens her at gunpoint. 11 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with mild creasing and edgewear. N.p. unknown
