1957ref. WRCLIT66792Culver City: The Selznick Studio 1957. 4173 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos. Bradbound in bright orange production company wrappers. Large chips at crown and toe of wrapper otherwise very good internally fine. Copy #6 of this preproduction draft of Hecht's adaptation of Hemingway's novel. It was the novel's second screen adaptation to reach production. This draft still designates John Huston as director but he left the project as a consequence of budget disputes a few months later and Charles Vidor took over. Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones starred. The Selznick Studio unknown books

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Hemingway Ernest source work: Petitclerc Denne Bart screenwriterABAA

A FAREWELL TO ARMS" BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY

1970ref. WRCLIT61276Np: Bart-Palevsky Productions 1970. 1132 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of blue stock. Bradbound in hot-stamped wrappers. Title hand- lettered on spine. Very good or better. An unspecified draft of this unproduced adaptation to the screen of Hemingway's novel. Petitclerc wrote the script for the 1977 adaptation of ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. Bart-Palevsky Productions unknown books

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Ernest Hemingway novel; Charles Vidor John Huston director; Ben Hecht screenwriter; Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones Vittorio De SiABAA

A Farewell to Arms Original screenplay for the 1957 film

1957ref. 136403Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick. Frederick Henry Hudson is an American serving in the Italian Army during WWI where he meets Catherine Barkley Jones a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair which results in pregnancy. The two gradually lose contact with one another. But Henry makes it to Switzerland where Barkley is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn and Barkley dies shortly afterward. Set in Europe shot on location in Italy. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Hecht original director Vidor and producer Selznick. Title page present dated 1957 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 173. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 122. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books

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Ernest Hemingway (novel); Charles Vidor (director); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica (staBiblio.com

A Farewell to Arms Five original British front-of-house cards from the 1957 film

1957ref. 173039Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Five vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1957 film. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel about an American soldier stationed in Italy whose romance with a Red Cross nurse becomes his only joy amidst the horrors of war. The second film adaptation of Hemingway's novel and the final film produced by David O. Selznick. Set in Italy and Switzerland shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown

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Ernest Hemingway (novel); Charles Vidor, John Huston (director); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, VittorioBiblio.com

A Farewell to Arms Original screenplay for the 1957 film

1957ref. 136403Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick. Frederick Henry Hudson is an American serving in the Italian Army during WWI where he meets Catherine Barkley Jones a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair which results in pregnancy. The two gradually lose contact with one another. But Henry makes it to Switzerland where Barkley is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn and Barkley dies shortly afterward. Set in Europe shot on location in Italy. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Hecht original director Vidor and producer Selznick. Title page present dated 1957 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 173. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 122. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown

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David Lowell Rich director; George Di Pego screenwriter; Helen Hayes Fred Astaire Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Pat Crowley Patty DukeABAA

A Family Upside Down Original screenplay for the 1978 television film

1977ref. 142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books

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David Lowell Rich (director); George Di Pego (screenwriter); Helen Hayes, Fred Astaire, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Pat Crowley, Patty DBiblio.com

A Family Upside Down Original screenplay for the 1978 television film

1977ref. 142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown

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Claude Chabrol director screenwriter; Stanley Ellin novel; Paul Gegauff screenwriter; Antonella Lualdi Madeleine Robinson JeaABAA

A Double Tour Leda Web of Passion Original oversize photograph of Antonella Lualdi from the 1959 French film

1959ref. 151991N.p.: Robert and Raymond Hakim 1959. Vintage oversize double weight studio still photograph with bottom margin of Antonella Lualdi from the 1959 film noir. "20" stamp on verso. Based on 1952 novel "The Key to Nicholas Street" by Stanley Ellin about a wealthy vintner finds it difficult to balance the demands of his wife his children his best friend and his recently murdered mistress. Director Claude Chabrol's first color film and his first psychological thriller a genre which would largely define Chabrol's long and prolific career. Set and shot on location in Aix-en-Provence France. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing in far corners and foxing along the bottom margin. Grant US. Robert and Raymond Hakim unknown books

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William Dieterle (director); M Marigold (photographer); Milton Krims (screenwriter); Edward G Robinson, Edna Best (starring)Biblio.com

A Dispatch from Reuters Original photograph of Edna Best from the 1940 film

1940ref. 152563Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actress Edna Best tenderly holding a pigeon. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of still photographer M. Marigold. A biographical film about Paul Reuter the originator of Reuters news service starting with its humble beginnings as a nineteenth-century messenger service using homing pigeons. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown

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Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill (starring); Charlie Chaplin (director, screenwriter)Biblio.com

A Countess from Hong Kong Original photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1967 film

1967ref. 170387N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Marlon Brando on the set with a camera crew in the background. Charlie Chaplin's final film as a director and his only color film viewed by many including Andrew Sarris and François Truffaut as being equal to his best silent work. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown

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MT. Wojciechowska screenwriter; Oriana Rodman screenwriter M. T.ABAA

A Column of Two Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1978ref. 147229N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is an interdepartmental memo from an agent at the Paul Kohner/Michael Levin agency to Paul Kohner and a copied page noting additional contacts in New York. Years after his twin sister's untimely death a troubled young man recalls their childhood together-a mostly unhappy one due to their neglectful parents' selfishness. Set in New York City. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters M. T. Wojciechowska and Oriana Rodman. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriters M. T. Wojciechowska and Oriana Rodman. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus watermarked throughout wrapper Very Good with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books

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Stanley Kubrick director screenwriter; Anthony Burgess novel; Malcolm McDowell Patrick Magee Michael Bates Warren Clarke staABAA

A Clockwork Orange Original photograph from the 1971 film

1971ref. 149596Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actors Malcolm McDowell Vivienne Chandler and Prudence Drage. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Cine-Revue and holograph ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge who forcibly undergoes experimental treatment developed by the government to cure him of his affinity for violence. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Warner Brothers unknown books

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Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); Anthony Burgess (novel); Malcolm McDowell (starring)Biblio.com

A Clockwork Orange Original photograph from a 1972 re-release of the 1971 film

1972ref. 172056Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage satin-finish double weight reference photograph from a 1972 re-release of the 1971 film though we believe this photo is unique to the re-release showing Miriam Karlin mid-scream. Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge who is forced to undergo an experimental treatment developed by the government to cure him of his affinity for violence. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine slightly wavy to the left edge. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Warner Brothers unknown

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John Cassavetes director; Abby Mann screenwriter; Burt Lancaster Judy Garland Gena Rowlands starringABAA

A Child is Waiting Original photograph of John Cassavetes and Stanley Kramer from the set of the 1963 film

1962ref. 149127Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Kramer and director John Cassavetes on the set of the 1962 film. Kramer and Cassavetes clashed throught the production disagreeing on technique as well as the overall message of the film leading Kramer to fire Cassavetes during the editing of the film. Dr. Matthew Clark Burt Lancaster the director of the Crawthorne State Mental Hospital for mentally handicapped and emotionally disturbed children clashes with newly arrived teacher Jean Hanson Judy Garland over the best methods in which to teach the children. Many of the students in the film were portrayed by actual intellectually disabled children from Pacific State Hospital in Pomona California. Shot on location at the Lanterman Development Center in Pomona California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with large bruise to upper right corner creasing on right side and two small closed tears on right margin repaired with paper tape on verso. Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books

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Arvin Brown director; Aaron Mendelsohn screenwriter; Jean Smart John Terry Gretchen Corbett starringABAA

A Change of Heart Original screenplay for the 1998 television film

1998ref. 143688Los Angeles: Freyda Rothstein Productions 1998. Draft script for the 1998 television film originally aired July 19 1998 on Lifetime Television. Elaine Marshall Jean Smart catches her husband John Terry with his male lover in a hotel room. Their idyllic family life is turned upside down as they are forced to confront his long kept secret. Shot on location in Portland Oregon. Green titled self-wrappers dated 3/21/98 with credits for screen writers Aaron Mendelsohn Ken Carter and Annette Haywood-Carter. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/98 and 3/21/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Freyda Rothstein Productions unknown books

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Arvin Brown (director); Aaron Mendelsohn (screenwriter); Jean Smart, John Terry, Gretchen Corbett (starring)Biblio.com

A Change of Heart Original screenplay for the 1998 television film

1998ref. 143688Los Angeles: Freyda Rothstein Productions 1998. Draft script for the 1998 television film originally aired July 19 1998 on Lifetime Television. Elaine Marshall Jean Smart catches her husband John Terry with his male lover in a hotel room. Their idyllic family life is turned upside down as they are forced to confront his long kept secret. Shot on location in Portland Oregon. Green titled self-wrappers dated 3/21/98 with credits for screen writers Aaron Mendelsohn Ken Carter and Annette Haywood-Carter. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/98 and 3/21/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Freyda Rothstein Productions unknown

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Jean Negulesco director; Francoise Sagan novel; Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett screenwriter; Rossano Brazzi Joan FontaineABAA

A Certain Smile Original photograph from the 1958 film

1958ref. 132555London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1958 UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on Francoise Sagan's 1956 novel about a law student Christine Carere at the Sorbonne engaged to a fellow classmate Bradford Dillman but more attracted to his philandering uncle. The two subsequently engage in a steamy affair. Johnny Mathis gives a stellar performance of "A Certain Smile" Dillman makes his film debut and Carere makes her US film debut. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and faint creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books

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Bill Melendez (director); Charles M Schulz (comic, screenwriter); Peter Robbins, Pamelyn Ferdin, Glenn Gilger, Andy Pforsich (stBiblio.com

A Boy Named Charlie Brown Original photograph from the 1969 film

1969ref. 173038New York City: Cinema Center Films 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 animated film. With a mimeo snipe adhered to the verso. Based on the comic by Charles M. Schultz. Charlie Brown tries to win the National Spelling Bee to boost his confidence after losing a baseball game. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Cinema Center Films unknown

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George Cukor director; Clemence Dane playwright; Howard Estabrook Harry Wagstaff Gribble screenwriter; Katharine Hepbun John BABAA

A Bill of Divorcement Post-production script for the 1957 re-release of the 1932 film

1957ref. 130391Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1957. Post-production Combined Continuity script for the 1957 re-release of the 1932 film. Based on the 1921 play by Clemence Dane. Katharine Hepburn's debut a role in which she plays the daughter of a mentally ill man whose wife has divorced him and now intends to marry someone else. When Hepburn realizes that the psychiatric problems are likely inherited she breaks from her fiance to ensure the genes are not passed to another generation and stays with her father instead. Tall white titled wrappers dated March 3 1957 noting 4 reels and footage of 6195 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books

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Fielder Cook director; Sidney Carroll screenwriter; Henry Fonda Joanne Woodward Paul Ford starringABAA

A Big Hand for the Little Lady Original screenplay for the 1966 film

1965ref. 145855Burbank CA: Eden Productions 1965. Revision Final script for the 1966 film. Copy belonging to actor Natalie Masters who played Mrs. Stribling with her name and role in the film in holograph ink on the front wrapper and extensive holograph annotations throughout. A hapless woman enters into a poker game in order to save her family's earnings from her wayward husband's gambling debts. Set in Laredo Texas. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REV. FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 49 dated July 9 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/9/65 with credits for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/19/65. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Pitts 317. Eden Productions unknown books

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Fielder Cook (director); Sidney Carroll (screenwriter); Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Paul Ford (starring)Biblio.com

A Big Hand for the Little Lady Original poster for the 1966 film

1966ref. 149281Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1966 film with corrected credits at the bottom margin on an affixed label. Adapted from the teleplay "Big Deal in Laredo" written by Sidney Carroll originally aired on "The DuPont Show of the Week" on NBC October 7 1962 starring Walter Matthau Teresa Wright and Zachary Scott. Meredith Henry Fonda his wife Mary Joanne Woodward and their young son are passing through Laredo Texas during an annual high-stakes poker game when Meredith decides to buy into the game. After losing all of their family savings he suffers a physical breakdown prompting the attention of a doctor and for his wife Mary Joanne Woodward to take over his hand. Because she has no more money to bet she takes a loan from the bank based on her hand. Set in Laredo TX and filmed on location in Flagstaff AZ. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Light splitting at bottom crease else Near Fine. Pitts 317. Warner Brothers unknown

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Fielder Cook (director); Sidney Carroll (screenwriter); Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Paul Ford (starring)Biblio.com

A Big Hand for the Little Lady Original screenplay for the 1966 film

1965ref. 145855Burbank CA: Eden Productions 1965. Revision Final script for the 1966 film. Copy belonging to actor Natalie Masters who played Mrs. Stribling with her name and role in the film in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript annotations throughout. A hapless woman enters into a poker game in order to save her family's earnings from her wayward husband's gambling debts. Set in Laredo Texas. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REV. FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 49 dated July 9 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/9/65 with credits for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/19/65. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Pitts 317. Eden Productions unknown

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John Woo director screenwriter; Hing Ka Chan Suk Wah Leung screenwriters; Lung Ti Chow Yun fat Leslie Cheung starringABAA

A Better Tomorrow Le Syndicat du Crime Original French poster for the 1986 film

1986ref. 140153Hong Kong: Cinema City 1986. Vintage French mini poster for the 1986 Hong Kong film. John Woo's 1986 film had a profound impact on Hong Kong's film industry inspiring a number of proceeding pictures and setting the tone for the genre at large. It served as a breakout role for then little-known actor Chow Yun-fat who although not the lead captured the screen with his notable performance. Shot on location in Hong Kong and Taiwan. 16 x 21 inches. Crease through the center else Near Fine. Cinema City unknown books

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James Cellan Jones director; Terence Rattigan play screenwriter; Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Michael Jayston Anthony Quayle sABAA

A Bequest to the Nation The Nelson Affair Original photograph from the 1973 film

1974ref. 147865Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage studio still photograph of Glenda Jackson and Margaret Leighton from the US release of the 1973 UK film. Based on the 1970 play by Terence Rattigan. Released in the US under the title "The Nelson Affair." Lord Nelson Peter Finch returning from battling Napoleon's navy resumes life with his mistress Lady Hamilton Jackson his family and beleaguered wife Margaret Leighton. Shot on location in Bath Somerset England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books

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James Cellan Jones director; Terence Rattigan play screenwriter; Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Michael Jayston Anthony Quayle sABAA

A Bequest to the Nation The Nelson Affair Original photograph from the 1973 film

1973ref. 132782Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1973. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1973 UK film. Cropping annotations on the verso. Based on a play by Terence Rattigan about Lord Nelson Peter Finch returning from battling Napoleon's navy resuming life with his mistress Lady Hamilton Glenda Jackson and his family and beleaguered wife Margaret Leighton. Shot on location in Bath Somerset England. 8 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with a partial label on the verso and a few moderate creases. Universal Pictures unknown books

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