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1950ref. 142337N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of four Draft scripts for four different films all unproduced. Set in London. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 255 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript variously on white green and yellow stock. Pages Very Good plus with some foxing at the edges housed in a green spring binder that is dampstained and Good only. N.p. unknown
ref. 143946London: Losey Williams Partnership Limited. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set on an island in England amongst eerie old castles a group of explorers search for buried relics and antique treasure and inadvertently unearth the island's haunted past. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gordon Williams. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver two piece prong fastener. Losey Williams Partnership Limited unknown books
ref. 143946London: Losey Williams Partnership Limited. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set on an island in England amongst eerie old castles a group of explorers search for buried relics and antique treasure and inadvertently unearth the island's haunted past. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gordon Williams. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver two piece prong fastener. Losey Williams Partnership Limited unknown
1947ref. 151519Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1947. First Draft script for the 1952 film. The script's development history began in the US with Vanguard Films and this draft by Dinelli and was ultimately produced by Republic Pictures in conjunction with Herbert Wilcox Productions in the UK. Script credit was ultimately given to Pamela Bower. Based on the 1913 novel by E. C. Bentley. A reporter is assigned to cover the case of an international businessman in town who was found dead. He poses as a member of the family to gain access to the businessman's house and information from the lead detective on the case who suspects the death was a suicide. Set in Hampshire England. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 12 dated May 22 1947 with credits for novelist E.C. Bentley and screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 151519Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1947. First Draft script for the 1952 film. The script's development history began in the US with Vanguard Films and this draft by Dinelli and was ultimately produced by Republic Pictures in conjunction with Herbert Wilcox Productions in the UK. Script credit was ultimately given to Pamela Bower. Based on the 1913 novel by E. C. Bentley. A reporter is assigned to cover the case of an international businessman in town who was found dead. He poses as a member of the family to gain access to the businessman's house and information from the lead detective on the case who suspects the death was a suicide. Set in Hampshire England. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 12 dated May 22 1947 with credits for novelist E.C. Bentley and screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Republic Pictures unknown
1996ref. 167666N.p.: N.p. 1996. Draft script for the 1996 film. Steve Buscemi's feature film directorial debut about an unemployed single ex-mechanic who spends all of his time at the eponymous Trees Lounge a neighborhood bar with a motley cast of characters. Set and shot on location throughout New York in Queens Brooklyn Valley Stream and Long Island. Generic white "Live International" wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Buscemi. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1996ref. 167666N.p.: N.p. 1996. Draft script for the 1996 film. Steve Buscemi's feature film directorial debut about an unemployed single ex-mechanic who spends all of his time at the eponymous Trees Lounge a neighborhood bar with a motley cast of characters. Set and shot on location throughout New York in Queens Brooklyn Valley Stream and Long Island. Generic white "Live International" wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Buscemi. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 141594Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. Snipe folded around the image. Bobby Driscoll plays Jim Hawkins a young cabin-boy in competition with the infamous pirate Long John Silver for a trove of treasure. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with manuscript pencil annotations to the verso. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1992ref. 154689Pittsburgh and Rome: ADC Films 1992. Second Draft script for the 1993 film INSCRIBED by screenwriter and author T.E.D. Klein on the title page. Theodore 'Eibon' Donald Klein T.E.D. Klein is an American horror writer and editor who despite his sparse output is highly regarded for his meticulous prose and provocative essays. He was the acclaimed editor of The Twilight Zone Magazine from 1981 to 1985 and author of the bestselling novel "The Ceremonies" 1984 and the award winning four novella collection "Dark Gods" 1985. "Trauma" is his only screenplay. Dario Argento's underrated first feature-length American production a giallo horror film wherein Asia Argento stars as Aura an anorexic young woman who with the help of her new young lover David searches for "The Headhunter" killer responsible for the beheading of both of her parents. Asia Argento's character was partly inspired by her half-sister Anna who suffered from anorexia and died in a scooter accident shortly before the film's release and is seen during the closing credits sequence. Featuring memorable performances from Piper Laurie Frederic Forrest and Brad Dourif. Set in Minneapolis shot on location in Minneapolis Hopkins and St. Paul Minnesota. Self wrappers with front wrapper integral with title page dated April 1992 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter T.E.D. Klein and story credits for Franco Ferrini Giovanni Romoli and Dario Argento. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with light toning and adhesive shadow to the title page bound with three gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse Vol. 2. ADC Films unknown books
1992ref. 154689Pittsburgh and Rome: ADC Films 1992. Second Draft script for the 1993 film INSCRIBED by screenwriter and author T.E.D. Klein on the title page. Theodore 'Eibon' Donald Klein T.E.D. Klein is an American horror writer and editor who despite his sparse output is highly regarded for his meticulous prose and provocative essays. He was the acclaimed editor of The Twilight Zone Magazine from 1981 to 1985 and author of the bestselling novel "The Ceremonies" 1984 and the award winning four novella collection "Dark Gods" 1985. "Trauma" is his only screenplay. Dario Argento's underrated first feature-length American production a giallo horror film wherein Asia Argento stars as Aura an anorexic young woman who with the help of her new young lover David searches for "The Headhunter" killer responsible for the beheading of both of her parents. Asia Argento's character was partly inspired by her half-sister Anna who suffered from anorexia and died in a scooter accident shortly before the film's release and is seen during the closing credits sequence. Featuring memorable performances from Piper Laurie Frederic Forrest and Brad Dourif. Set in Minneapolis shot on location in Minneapolis Hopkins and St. Paul Minnesota. Self wrappers with front wrapper integral with title page dated April 1992 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter T.E.D. Klein and story credits for Franco Ferrini Giovanni Romoli and Dario Argento. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with light toning and adhesive shadow to the title page bound with three gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse Vol. 2. ADC Films unknown
1976ref. 157080Laren NH: Actueel Film NV 1976. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1976 UK film. Included with the photographs is a press sheet specific to the film's release in The Netherlands with text in Dutch. Struggling to finish his second book while experiencing vivid nightmares and increasing paranoia an author rents a cottage in the British countryside and hires an attractive mysterious secretary to help type the manuscript. Shot on location in Essex. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. Actueel Film NV unknown books
1976ref. 163741N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1976 British horror film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Struggling to finish his second book while experiencing vivid nightmares and increasing paranoia an author rents a cottage in the British countryside and hires an attractive mysterious secretary to help type the manuscript. Shot on location in Essex. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 163741N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1976 British horror film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Struggling to finish his second book while experiencing vivid nightmares and increasing paranoia an author rents a cottage in the British countryside and hires an attractive mysterious secretary to help type the manuscript. Shot on location in Essex. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 157080Laren NH: Actueel Film NV 1976. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1976 UK film. Included with the photographs is a press sheet specific to the film's release in The Netherlands with text in Dutch. Struggling to finish his second book while experiencing vivid nightmares and increasing paranoia an author rents a cottage in the British countryside and hires an attractive mysterious secretary to help type the manuscript. Shot on location in Essex. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. Actueel Film NV unknown
1971ref. 160553Berlin: Keystone 1971. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Jane Forth and producer Andy Warhol attending the German premiere of the 1970 film which took place on February 19 1971 in Berlin. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Actor Joe Dallesandro's fifth film with director Paul Morrissey and the film debuts of Factory regulars Holly Woodlawn in a role that George Cukor unsuccessfully put forth as a write-in candidate for an Academy Award and Jane Forth. 6 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy on the bottom edge. Keystone unknown books
1970ref. 158489N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph of actors Jane Forth Joe Dallesandro and Holly Woodlawn with director Paul Morrissey on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe and "Auditing Dept." stamp on the verso dated August 1 1970. Actor Joe Dallesandro's fifth film with Morrissey and the film debuts of Factory regulars Holly Woodlawn in a role that George Cukor unsuccessfully put forth as a write-in candidate for an Academy Award and 17-year-old model Jane Forth. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with a hint of wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 162954N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced short play. A group of criminals get stuck inside a bank vault with the owner and two bank employees. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 29. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 162954N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced short play. A group of criminals get stuck inside a bank vault with the owner and two bank employees. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 29. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 159170Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 US release of the 1957 Italian film. An American police detective investigates a series of murders. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1936ref. 164529Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1936 film with three stamps on the verso one crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe printed on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Llye Talbot is an earnest intrepid inventor of a television system who inadvertently gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters out to steal his invention. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 164529Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1936 film with three stamps on the verso one crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe printed on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Llye Talbot is an earnest intrepid inventor of a television system who inadvertently gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters out to steal his invention. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966ref. 160544N.p.: N.p. 1966. Four vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1966 French film. All four with annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 9 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 153193N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet with cinematographer Willy Kurant and a cameraman on the set of the 1966 French film. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 162088New York: Trans American Films 1968. Three vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1966 French film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France. Trans American Films unknown books
1968ref. 162088New York: Trans American Films 1968. Three vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1966 French film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France. Trans American Films unknown