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1982ref. 141766Australia: Embassy Pictures 1982. Shooting script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript annotations highlighting camera shots throughout. Rogue KGB agents posing as Islamic terrorists steal a nuclear weapon and threaten to blow up Saudi oil fields unless their demands are met. Enter The Soldier a CIA operative whose actions have been disavowed by the US government who must find and stop the terrorists before the nuke is launched. Self wrappers with credits for Glickenhaus. Title page present dated 6/29/81 noted as First Draft Shooting Script. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication first generation with no copied holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a generic ring binder. Embassy Pictures unknown
1970ref. 152433N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A beloved rock star named Wednesday's Child battles with his record label for control over the rights to his music. African American screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson was known for his work for television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s including "Beyond Atlantis" 1973 "That Man Bolt" 1973 "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" 1973 and "The George McKenna Story" 1986. White self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few small splashes to the title page partially bound with a binder clip to the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1922ref. 159875Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1922. Vintage reference photograph of director John Stahl cameraman Ernest Palmer and a camera crew setting up a shot with actors Grace Darmond and Gaston Glass on the set of the 1922 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with two provenance labels. A woman runs away from her husband and child in order to lead a more fulfilling life. Years later she helps her son reconcile with his own wife. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned and wavy along the top edge. First National Pictures unknown
1944ref. 167538Munich Munchen: Film-Bühne 1944. Vintage program for the 1944 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on Hermann Bahr's 1907 play "Die gelbe Nachtigall" "The Yellow Nightingale". German director and actor Theo Lingen appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1980 and directed 21 films between 1929 and 1978. Bi-fold measuring 5.75 x 8 inches when folded. About Fine. Film-Bühne unknown
1972ref. 142998New York: Cinema 5 1972. Original American program for the 1969 French documentary film. A two-part film exploring collaboration and resistance to the Vichy government and Nazi Germany in the French town of Clermont-Ferrand. Nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Documentary. 7.5 x 11 inches in self wrappers. Printed on newsprint. Near Fine with a shallow horizontal fold crease and light soil. Cinema 5 unknown
1969ref. 171148Los Angeles: David Diamond 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a 14-page carbon typescript summary of the film dated January 2 1969. Based on screenwriter Bill S. Ballinger's 1968 novel "The Source of Fear." In modern-day Israel archaeologists search for the Biblical city of Zoar eventually uncovering and getting trapped in an ancient cave that holds the key to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1st 1969 with credit for Ballinger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. David Diamond unknown
1935ref. 158590Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of actors Helen Twelvetree and Donald Cook with director Lewis D. Collins examining celluloid strips from the day's production on the set of the 1935 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on the 1935 Ellery Queen novel about a detective whose vacation on the California coast is interrupted by a murder in the neighboring cabin. Set in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a hint of wear at the corners. Republic Pictures unknown
1955ref. 107862N.p.: N.p. 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's Corner' is a screenplay based on three stories by Robin Maugham including 'Broken Cellophane' 'The Prodigal Son' and 'The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses.' Maugham worked with Rodney Ackland on the adaptation." Mauve titled wrapper noted as a short story on the front wrapper copy No. 20 with credits for screenwriter Robin Maugham. Title page present with credits for Maugham. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 152344N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 Western film one showing director Sergio Corbucci actors Johnny Hallyday and Gastone Moschin and various crew members between shots the other showing Corbucci and Hallyday inspecting a gun. A lone stranger named Hud arrives in a small western town in hopes of avenging his brother who was hanged after being wrongly accused of robbing a bank. The third and final film in Corbucci's "Mud and Blood" trilogy preceded by "Django" and "The Great Silence" in 1968. Shot on location in Italy in the Venetian Prealps the Dolomites and the outskirts of Rome. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 146993West Germany: Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion 1983. Third Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Based on Joseph Roth's 1923 novel about a mercenary World War I veteran who swears vengeance on those he deems responsible for Germany's downfall-Democrats Jews and and socialists. Set in Germany shot on location in West Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated 01-06-83 noted as 3rd Version with credits for director Bernhard Wicki screenwriter Wolfgang Kirchner and novelist Joseph Roth. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion unknown
1957ref. 146973Paris: Filmsonor 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Text in English. Loosely based on Egon Hostovsky's 1954 novel "The Midnight Patient." In order to finance his failing private clinic a psychiatrist accepts a bribe to temporarily shelter a defecting Soviet scientist hotly pursued by a number of international secret agents. Set and shot in Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines France. Teal titled wrappers. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two silver clasps. Filmsonor unknown
1971ref. 153167N.p.: N.p. 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1957 novel by Robert Bright. In postwar France an art collector discovers clues to the whereabouts of a major masterpiece long considered lost to time and sets off in pursuit of the treasure. Set in Paris. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Michael and novelist Robert Bright. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 167403Burbank CA: Warner Brothers Television 1986. Third Draft script for the 1987 television film which aired on ABC on July 31 1987. Bound in following the script is a two page Staff and Crew List dated March 7 1986 a 19 page Shooting Schedule dated 3/7/86 a ten page Revised Shooting Schedule dated 3/9/86 an eight page Revised Shooting Schedule dated 3/21/86 and a second two page Staff and Crew List dated March 26 1986. Laid in is a Call Sheet dated March 11 1986. Not to be confused with the 2008 film directed by Frank Miller starring Gabriel Macht and Eva Mendes. Based on the comic book character created by Will Eisner in 1940. Created as a pilot for ABC's proposed 1986 Fall series the project was shelved after ABC changed ownership with the new management finding the pilot "too offbeat and morbid." ABC shelved the pilot without even arranging for test screenings and eventually released it too late for the possibility of a series pickup and with little to no promotion. Sam J. Jones stars as Denny Colt a Central City Police Department detective who after an assassination attempt in which he is believed to be dead by the general public becomes the Spirit a mysterious masked vigilante in a blue suit and fedora who is not bound by the rules of regular cops. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 10 1986 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Steven E. de Souza. 131 leaves with last page of script numbered 84A. Xerographic duplication on yellow leaves rectos only with salmon and cherry revision pages throughout dated 03/19/86 and 03/24/86. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown
1968ref. 152562Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Jim Brown Diahann Carroll Julie Harris Ernest Borgnine Warren Oates Jack Klugman and Don Sutherland. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968ref. 152561Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1968 film one showing Brown with basketball star Bill Russell the other showing Brown play-fighting with boxer Muhammad Ali. Mimeo snipe to the verso. In 1967 Brown and Russell both participated in the infamous "Cleveland Summit" a meeting of prominent Black athletes to discuss the controversy around Ali's draft dodging charges. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1967ref. 151844Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Three striking vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Roger Corman film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. A dramatization of the 1929 mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang by members of Al Capone's gang led by George "Bugs" Moran. Set in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1977ref. 141868N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are far too high for a typical staircase. The nuns must find some able-bodied men willing to work hard for very little to build them a proper staircase. Set in New Mexico Territory. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1977 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Lofton. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 163546N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Gregory Peck and Nathaniel Narcisco. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by T.V. Olsen about a US Army scout who befriends a white woman and her mixed race son although he fears the woman's violent ex-husband an Apache will seek revenge. Set in New Mexico and Arizona shot on location in Sonora Mexico in Wolf Hole Valley Arizona and in Red Rock Canyon and Overton Nevada. Approximately 10 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 4113. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 143322US: Gray City 1983. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1983 film. With a manuscript notation on the verso identifying the film by its French language title. A film crew holes up in an abandoned hotel having run out of money while shooting a science fiction film waiting for the director to track down their missing producer who is hiding from the mob. Filmed by Wim Wenders during a delay in the production of his 1981 film "Hammett" using much of the same cast and crew as Raul Ruiz's "The Territory" whom Wenders was assisting at the time. 6.25 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Gray City unknown
1951ref. 163823N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1951. Vintage insert poster for the 1951 film. Director Samuel Fuller's underrated and influential Korean War film wherein a group of ragtag soldiers battle against overwhelming Communist forces in an abandoned Buddhist Temple. Fuller's first of several war films with probably his most gripping and realistic depictions of life and death on the battlefield. The film was shot in ten days on a budget of $100 000 and dealt with themes of American racism bigotry and war crimes which caused Fuller as well as actor Gene Evans to be a target of an FBI investigation. 14 x 36 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 5. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby Master. Spicer US. Lippert Pictures unknown
1988ref. 142577N.p.: Millimeter Films 1988. Vintage First Re-Write script for the 1989 film. A rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor. Following up on the cult horror classic "The Stepfather" Terry O'Quinn reprises his pitch-perfect role as a psychotic killer escaped from an insane asylum who obsessed with "family values" marries into broken homes and murders his new family when he is inevitably unsatisfied with the results. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Vancouver and California. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as copy No. 172 dated November 15 1988 with a credit for screenwriter John Auerbach. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Noted at copy No. 79 in manuscript ink on the title page. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with punch holes with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/07/88. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Millimeter Films unknown
1972ref. 162257N.p.: Magic Eye of Hollywood Productions Crown International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Architect Frank Delgado murders a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife and attempts to conceal the crime. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Magic Eye of Hollywood Productions [Crown International] unknown
1961ref. 141895N.p.: N.p. 1961. Fifth Draft script for an unproduced film. Neil Paterson is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter from Scotland who won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Room at the Top" 1959. Additional films he wrote for include "High Tide at Noon" 1957 and "The Spiral Road" 1962. He also had a successful career as a soccer player in his native Scotland. Pink titled self wrappers noted as 5TH DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 and production No. 3649 dated February 27 1961 with credits for producer Henry Blanke and screenwriter Neil Paterson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication with green and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 20 1961 and February 27 1961. Pages Very Good plus front wrapper Good only now preserved in archival mylar rear wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 159690Bradford: W.E. Berry 1973. Vintage British quad poster for the 1973 Italian-English film. Based on John Gardner's 1969 novel "A Complete State of Death." A detective uncovers a plot by the mob to use Vietnam veterans in a vast murder scheme. Shot on location in New York and California. 40 x 30 inches folded. Fine. Grant Italy. W.E. Berry unknown
1980ref. 164131N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft treatment script for an unproduced television series with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Screenwriter Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. The Stoned Ranger and his sidekick Wanto attempt bring outlaws Burt Bart and Burp to justice for stealing a diamond ring a charm bracelet and panties from siblings Tim and Shelly. Set in Wakka Nukka Pooka Wooka City. Front wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall unbound. N.p. unknown
