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1972ref. 153863London: VPS 1972. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Natalya Bondarchuk and Donatas Banionis. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso specific to the film's UK release. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1961 novel by Stanislaw Lem about a psychologist who is sent to a distant space station in order to observe and treat the station's crew who have fallen into unexplained mental and emotional disorder. An open-ended and conceptually faithful adaptation of Lem's novel concerning itself with the inability of the human species to communicate with other intelligent life forms based simply on the fact that a more advanced life form would exist outside the sphere of human experience and understanding. Set in outer space and shot on location in Ukraine Japan and Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 164. VPS unknown books
1954ref. 130503Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Revised Final script for the 1955 film based on the 1954 novel by Ernest K. Gann. Cinematographer Leo Tover's working copy with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his minimal annotations mostly regarding time of day and lighting throughout. With two glossy stills laid in one in black-and-white and other in hand-tinted color. The first of two Clark Gable films produced by Twentieth Century-Fox with Gable as an American mercenary running a successful smuggling operation in and out of Hong Kong. Gable is hired by Susan Hayward who hopes to locate her missing husband a photographer Gene Barry. Peach titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 29 and production No. 630 dated October 1 1954. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1954ref. 130503Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Revised Final script for the 1955 film based on the 1954 novel by Ernest K. Gann. Cinematographer Leo Tover's working copy with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his minimal annotations mostly regarding time of day and lighting throughout. With two glossy stills laid in one in black-and-white and other in hand-tinted color. The first of two Clark Gable films produced by Twentieth Century-Fox with Gable as an American mercenary running a successful smuggling operation in and out of Hong Kong. Gable is hired by Susan Hayward who hopes to locate her missing husband a photographer Gene Barry. Peach titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 29 and production No. 630 dated October 1 1954. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960ref. 153707N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Incomplete as issued. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1925 short story about a young man dealing with discontent and malaise while living with his family after returning from World War I. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set in Oklahoma. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for story writer Ernest Hemingway and screenwriter Larry Cohen. 13 leaves not numbered. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 153707N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Incomplete as issued. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1925 short story about a young man dealing with discontent and malaise while living with his family after returning from World War I. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set in Oklahoma. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for story writer Ernest Hemingway and screenwriter Larry Cohen. 13 leaves not numbered. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 164097N.p.: Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid 1974. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. A former Green Beret turned detective and nightclub owner seeks revenge on the men responsible for his girlfriend's death. Written produced and directed by Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts the film was for years considered lost until 2022 when it was re-released in a restoration by Deaf Crocodile Films. Set in California and the Middle East shot on location in Oakland. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly worn at the creases with a couple small chips at the left and right edges. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid unknown
1974ref. 155950N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage two-color one sheet poster for the 1974 film here under its original release title "Black Agent Lucky King." Former Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts in response to complaints from his audience about current black action films was determined to make a quality motion picture for African American audiences. The result was "Solomon King" which Watts produced wrote co-directed and starred a first for an independent black producer. Believed lost this obscure Blaxploitation classic is scheduled for restoration and re-release from Deaf Crocodile Films in 2022. Ex-Green Beret Solomon King Watts vows vengeance when his former lover Princess Oneeba is murdered by Arab agents from the country she once escaped. With the aid of several fellow Vietnam veterans brother Maney King and CIA agent O'Malley King plans a commando raid into the Arab country to kill the hit man. Featuring a cameo from Watt's friend baseball player Tito Fuentes. Set in Oakland California and an undisclosed Arab nation shot on location in Oakland California. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes some creasing and soiling two modest closed tears three small chips and an annotation in manuscript ink on the outer middle right margin. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 155950N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage two-color one sheet poster for the 1974 film here under its original release title "Black Agent Lucky King." Former Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts in response to complaints from his audience about current black action films was determined to make a quality motion picture for African American audiences. The result was "Solomon King" which Watts produced wrote co-directed and starred a first for an independent black producer. Believed lost this obscure Blaxploitation classic is scheduled for restoration and re-release from Deaf Crocodile Films in 2022. Ex-Green Beret Solomon King Watts vows vengeance when his former lover Princess Oneeba is murdered by Arab agents from the country she once escaped. With the aid of several fellow Vietnam veterans brother Maney King and CIA agent O'Malley King plans a commando raid into the Arab country to kill the hit man. Featuring a cameo from Watt's friend baseball player Tito Fuentes. Set in Oakland California and an undisclosed Arab nation shot on location in Oakland California. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes some creasing and soiling two modest closed tears three small chips and an annotation in manuscript ink on the outer middle right margin. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 164097N.p.: Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid 1974. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. A former Green Beret turned detective and nightclub owner seeks revenge on the men responsible for his girlfriend's death. Written produced and directed by Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts the film was for years considered lost until 2022 when it was re-released in a restoration by Deaf Crocodile Films. Set in California and the Middle East shot on location in Oakland. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly worn at the creases with a couple small chips at the left and right edges. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid unknown books
1976ref. 146368Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice. Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown
1976ref. 146368Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice. Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown books
1953ref. 152341N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film showing actress Cyd Charisse dancing near a "magically" suspended sword. With a date stamp and manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. Based on the 1954 short story collection "The Mexican Village" by Josefina Niggli. Three couples from feuding Mexican villages face discrimination and difficulty in marriage. Set and shot on location in Mexico City Cuernavaca Tetecala and Tepoztln. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the edges. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 152341N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film showing actress Cyd Charisse dancing near a "magically" suspended sword. With a date stamp and manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. Based on the 1954 short story collection "The Mexican Village" by Josefina Niggli. Three couples from feuding Mexican villages face discrimination and difficulty in marriage. Set and shot on location in Mexico City Cuernavaca Tetecala and Tepoztln. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 145963Beverly Hills CA: James B. Harris Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 cult film here under the working title "Never Call It Loving." Based on John Collier's 1938 short story. A woman drugged and kept asleep for years as a carnival attraction is bought and awakened by a jazz musician. The musician begins to realize however that reality will never measure up to his fantasies of his "sleeping dream girl." Shot on location in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director James B. Harris and story credit to John Collier. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Typescript rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/28/72 and 2/14/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two silver brads. Etiquette Pictures 3. Rosenbaum 1000. James B. Harris Productions unknown
1973ref. 145963Beverly Hills CA: James B. Harris Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 cult film here under the working title "Never Call It Loving." Based on John Collier's 1938 short story. A woman drugged and kept asleep for years as a carnival attraction is bought and awakened by a jazz musician. The musician begins to realize however that reality will never measure up to his fantasies of his "sleeping dream girl." Shot on location in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director James B. Harris and story credit to John Collier. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Typescript rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/28/72 and 2/14/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two silver brads. Etiquette Pictures 3. Rosenbaum 1000. James B. Harris Productions unknown books
1968ref. 161478Hollywood: Mirisch Productions / Dramatic Features 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film seen here under the working title "The One with the Fuzz." A bank teller in Manhattan develops a rash from a bee sting and decides to grow a beard to mask the ailment. His new facial hair causes him to be fired from his job although his coworkers stand behind him. Shot on location in Manhattan Los Angeles and Pasadena. Red titled wrappers dated April 8 1968 stamped copy No. 92. Title page present dated April 8 1968 with credit for screenwriter Garson Kanin. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the left edge of the front wrapper and bottom right corners of the first six leaves and front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Mirisch Productions / Dramatic Features unknown
1982ref. 130416Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1982 film written for the screen by James Kirkwood based on his 1975 novel. Credited solely to Kirkwood and with a paper spine label indicating the script dates to December 1976 over five years prior to the film's production. With brief but substantive corrections in manuscript pencil on four pages. A key Vietnam film and an underrated performance by Richard Pryor serving in both dramatic and comedic capacities. A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country. Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter novelist Kirkwood. 166 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Parish and Hill 188. Paramount Pictures unknown
1968ref. 161478Hollywood: Mirisch Productions / Dramatic Features 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film seen here under the working title "The One with the Fuzz." A bank teller in Manhattan develops a rash from a bee sting and decides to grow a beard to mask the ailment. His new facial hair causes him to be fired from his job although his coworkers stand behind him. Shot on location in Manhattan Los Angeles and Pasadena. Red titled wrappers dated April 8 1968 stamped copy No. 92. Title page present dated April 8 1968 with credit for screenwriter Garson Kanin. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the left edge of the front wrapper and bottom right corners of the first six leaves and front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Mirisch Productions / Dramatic Features unknown books
1982ref. 130416Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1982 film written for the screen by James Kirkwood based on his 1975 novel. Credited solely to Kirkwood and with a paper spine label indicating the script dates to December 1976 over five years prior to the film's production. With brief but substantive corrections in manuscript pencil on four pages. A key Vietnam film and an underrated performance by Richard Pryor serving in both dramatic and comedic capacities. A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country. Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter novelist Kirkwood. 166 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Parish and Hill 188. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 129936Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Carbon typescript studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as copy No. 3 on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown
1945ref. 129935Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown
1945ref. 129936Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Carbon typescript studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as copy No. 3 on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
1945ref. 129935Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
1971ref. 155075N.p.: N.p. 1971. Four borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. On Christmas Eve a group of gay men and lesbians gather at the Mafia-controlled Blue Jay Bar to discuss their lives and relationships. Set in Greenwich Village shot on location at the Zodiac Bar in Manhattan. Two photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 9.25 x 6.75 inches and one photograph 7.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 155075N.p.: N.p. 1971. Four borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. On Christmas Eve a group of gay men and lesbians gather at the Mafia-controlled Blue Jay Bar to discuss their lives and relationships. Set in Greenwich Village shot on location at the Zodiac Bar in Manhattan. Two photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 9.25 x 6.75 inches and one photograph 7.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
