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1985ref. 152520Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1985. Vintage promotional flyer from the 1974 film. The granddaddy of all modern vigilante movies and a watershed film for rugged American icon Charles Bronson who had roles in many crime and adventure films prior to 1974 but met with destiny as an iceman. The series became a franchise with Bronson's character falling deeper into a typecast mold with each outing. But this first film is a different matter quite faithful to Brian Garfield's novel one of the great films of the New Hollywood cinema a great New York location film and a statement on the rampant and epidemic spread of urban crime in the US during the 1970s. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease affecting the center of the flyer and a faint vertical crease running the length of the left edge. Grant US. 341. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1964ref. 143965France: Filmel 1964. Revised Draft script for the 1964 French film here under the original French title. Printed and bound by the Studio de la Copie in Paris operated by Mme. L. Lucienne Sotier with credits on the first page. Text in French. Based on Daniel-Rops' 1934 eponymous novel. Laure Audret is a young woman nearly raped by a member of her family Terzieff but she meets Jean Auclair who takes her in to help his dying wife and his children. Daniel-Rops was a member of the French Academy wrote dozens of works from 1926 to 1965 and was an active Christian and scholar. Director Bromberger was active in French film noir during the late 1940s including his sole debut "Paris Vice Squad" 1951 nominated at Cannes and he made a few sexploitation films notably "Secrets of a French Nurse" 1958 and this film was his second-to-last as director before "A Night in Tiberias"1965. Partially set in a castle in foggy France. Blue untitled wrappers with vellum spine. Title page present undated with credits for novelist/screenwriter Daniel-Rops screenwriter Grendel and director/screenwriter Bromberger. #PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 270. Mimeograph duplication with pink and yellow revision pages throughout all pages undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good side-stapled some loss to the spine. Filmel unknown books
1964ref. 143965France: Filmel 1964. Revised Draft script for the 1964 French film here under the original French title. Printed and bound by the Studio de la Copie in Paris operated by Mme. L. Lucienne Sotier with credits on the first page. Text in French. Based on Daniel-Rops' 1934 eponymous novel. Laure Audret is a young woman nearly raped by a member of her family Terzieff but she meets Jean Auclair who takes her in to help his dying wife and his children. Daniel-Rops was a member of the French Academy wrote dozens of works from 1926 to 1965 and was an active Christian and scholar. Director Bromberger was active in French film noir during the late 1940s including his sole debut "Paris Vice Squad" 1951 nominated at Cannes and he made a few sexploitation films notably "Secrets of a French Nurse" 1958 and this film was his second-to-last as director before "A Night in Tiberias"1965. Partially set in a castle in foggy France. Blue untitled wrappers with vellum spine. Title page present undated with credits for novelist/screenwriter Daniel-Rops screenwriter Grendel and director/screenwriter Bromberger. #PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 270. Mimeograph duplication with pink and yellow revision pages throughout all pages undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good side-stapled some loss to the spine. Filmel unknown
1976ref. 152516London: Brent Walker Film Distributing 1976. Vintage flyer for the UK release of the 1976 Canadian exploitation thriller. Included with the flyer are two pages of promotional material for the film. A wealthy dentist and his girlfriend are terrorized by a group of psychotic thugs. When it seems the man is too afraid to do anything Diane steps in to exact revenge. Hot on the heels of Wes Craven's successful 1972 revenge thriller "Last House on the Left." Shot on location in Ontario Canada. Flyer 10 x 7.5 inches. Flyer and promotional materials Very Good plus lightly creased. Canuxploitation Complete. Brent Walker Film Distributing unknown
1980ref. 147426N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in holograph pencil on the upper right likely a copy number as well as several pages with annotations again in holograph pencil commenting circling and striking scenes action and dialogue. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A year before Peter Billingsley would become the familiar face of Ralphie Parker in Bob Clark's 1983 "A Christmas Story" he was Billy a child coping with his parent's recent divorce flying to California with his mom Sally Catherine Hicks to meet her high school sweetheart Mike Paul Le Mat for a vacation in Death Valley. It isn't long before Billy comes across a killer's crime scene leading the killer to them and it is up to little Billy to outsmart him. Set in Death Valley California and New York shot on location in California Arizona and New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 28 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Rothstein. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. WRCLIT81005Los Angeles: Filmaster Inc. 1963. 21-58-36 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on recto only of white and blue stock bradbound in stencil printed studio wrapper. Some slight stains along top edges of front and rear wrapper two leaves absent; good. Episode aired 29 October 1963. Dated revises on blue paper are inserted in one case leaves 5-8 without including 6 and 7. Filmaster, Inc. unknown books
1963ref. WRCLIT81006Los Angeles: Filmaster Inc. 1963. 235leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on recto only of white and blue stock bradbound in stencil printed studio wrapper. Some slight stains along top edges of front and rear wrapper and a few leaves good. Episode aired 21 April 1964. Dated revises on blue paper are inserted. This episode focuses on Stephen F. Austin as the principal character. Filmaster, Inc. unknown books
1980ref. 147426N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in manuscript pencil on the upper right likely a copy number as well as several pages with annotations again in manuscript pencil commenting circling and striking scenes action and dialogue. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A year before Peter Billingsley would become the familiar face of Ralphie Parker in Bob Clark's 1983 "A Christmas Story" he was Billy a child coping with his parent's recent divorce flying to California with his mom Sally Catherine Hicks to meet her high school sweetheart Mike Paul Le Mat for a vacation in Death Valley. It isn't long before Billy comes across a killer's crime scene leading the killer to them and it is up to little Billy to outsmart him. Set in Death Valley California and New York shot on location in California Arizona and New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 28 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Rothstein. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown
2006ref. 156849Columbia NC: HPE Rights 2006. Shooting script for the 2007 neo-noir film. Based on the 1975 novel by Brian Garfield the sequel to his 1972 novel "Death Wish." Kevin Bacon seeks revenge after seeing his son killed in a gang initiation. Set in Columbia South Carolina shot on location in Columbia South Carolina and Los Angeles. Front wrapper dated 8/11/06 noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/13/06 and 9/14/06. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US Neo-Noir. HPE Rights unknown
1955ref. 144737Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Second Revised Draft script for the 1956 film noir. Loosely based on the death of Russian-born financier Serge Rubinstein. Copy belonging to Guy Prescott who plays an uncredited role in the film as the assistant to Captain LaFarge played by Morris Ankrum with Prescott's holograph annotations at the inclusion of his dialogue and appearances. George Sanders plays a wealthy hated businessman who has conned his way to the top and as the film begins has been found murdered. We see his life in a series of flashbacks as it is told to the police by his secretary and fellow con artist Yvonne DeCarlo. One of only two films in which Saunders and his real-life brother Tom Conway also play brothers onscreen. Shot on location in New York City and California. Tan titled wrappers noted as 2ND REVISION on the front wrapper copy No. 54 dated December 29 1955 with credits for producer Charles Martin. Title page present dated December 29 1955 noted as 2ND REVISE with credits for screenwriter/producer Martin. 179 leaves with last page of text numbered 190. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 144737Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Second Revised Draft script for the 1956 film noir. Loosely based on the death of Russian-born financier Serge Rubinstein. Copy belonging to Guy Prescott who plays an uncredited role in the film as the assistant to Captain LaFarge played by Morris Ankrum with Prescott's manuscript annotations at the inclusion of his dialogue and appearances. George Sanders plays a wealthy hated businessman who has conned his way to the top and as the film begins has been found murdered. We see his life in a series of flashbacks as it is told to the police by his secretary and fellow con artist Yvonne DeCarlo. One of only two films in which Saunders and his real-life brother Tom Conway also play brothers onscreen. Shot on location in New York City and California. Tan titled wrappers noted as 2ND REVISION on the front wrapper copy No. 54 dated December 29 1955 with credits for producer Charles Martin. Title page present dated December 29 1955 noted as 2ND REVISE with credits for screenwriter/producer Martin. 179 leaves with last page of text numbered 190. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1968ref. 163595Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage bound production budget and two cost reports for the 1969 Western film. This grouping of documentation does NOT include the film's script. Based on the 1968 novel by Lewis B. Patten. An old-fashioned lawman is fired after killing a man in self-defense but refuses to resign resulting in violence on both sides. Actor Richard Widmark was dissatisfied with the film's original director Robert Totten and arranged to have him replaced by Don Siegel. Each director felt that the film did not represent his creative vision and the resultant dispute over the directorial credit led the Directors Guild of America to create the pseudonym Alan Smithee. Set in the fictional Cottonwood Springs shot on location in California and Arizona. Tall green Universal Pictures leatherette wrappers dated June 26 1968 noted as production No. 2022 with credits for Totten actors Richard Widmark and Lena Horne and producer Richard Lyons. Approximately 50 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver screw brads. Pitts 1015. Universal Pictures unknown
1972ref. 132510Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to actress Tresa Hughes with her annotations and yellow revision leaves throughout. Rita a middle aged New York City homemaker finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life as well as her relationships with her mother her eye doctor husband her alienated daughter and estranged son. Hughes was nominated for a Tony award for Best Actress for her role in the 1961 production of "The Devil's Advocate." Black titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Stern. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stern. 112 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow revision pages throughout all dated 10/6/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold screw brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1958ref. 152538N.p.: N.p. 1958. Archive of production material for an unproduced television presentation presumably a pilot seen here under its alternate title "Silent Enemy." Included are one partial draft script several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and Theatre Guild executives William Herman and Arthur Heinemann. Also in the archive are several memos from within the Theatre Guild office discussing revisions to the script and ultimately declining to move ahead with production. Dated variously between May 12 and September 5 1958 with a three-page manuscript summary of revisions made to the script ostensibly in Hailey's hand and two carbon typescript summaries of the same. As noted in several letters from Maeve Southgate Hailey's screenplay was previously used for the television episode "Death Minus One" which aired on BBC on the British television anthology series "Encounter" on January 28 1958. A young American girl visiting her cousin in London is trapped when postwar ruins collapse leading a police sergeant to rescue her. As he works to retrieve the girl The sergeant discovers an unexploded bomb with her among the rubble. Set in London. Draft script: Lacking wrappers and title page. Approximately 60 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. All other materials lightly creased to the edges else Near Fine overall. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 152290N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. A class of predominantly Black students at Howard University College of Medicine share a variety of humorous sentimental and unusual experiences in their time at the school. Jefferson previously worked as a screenwriter for "Disco 9000" 1977 and "Death Drug" 1978. Set in Washington DC. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roland S. Jefferson and story credits to Jefferson and Eric P. Jones. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/16/77 and 4/20/77. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 151550N.p.: Alfa Cinematografica 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe "Parimage" stamp and "Camera Press" stamp on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his health and becomes increasingly obsessed with an adolescent Polish boy. The middle film of Visconit's "German Trilogy" an impressionistic conceptual cycle that begins with "The Damned" 1969 and ends with "Ludwig" 1972. Nominated for an Academy Award and for the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Venice Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and two small closed tears to left edge. Criterion Collection 962. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Alfa Cinematografica unknown books
1971ref. 151550N.p.: Alfa Cinematografica 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe "Parimage" stamp and "Camera Press" stamp on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his health and becomes increasingly obsessed with an adolescent Polish boy. The middle film of Visconit's "German Trilogy" an impressionistic conceptual cycle that begins with "The Damned" 1969 and ends with "Ludwig" 1972. Nominated for an Academy Award and for the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Venice Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and two small closed tears to left edge. Criterion Collection 962. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Alfa Cinematografica unknown
1968ref. 158067N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. In 1908 a deformed man in a small midwestern city becomes involved in an illicit grave digging operation in order to finance his wheelchair-bound sweetheart's surgery. Screenwriter Donald L. Brodie was best known as a character actor appearing in over 250 films and television programs between the late 1920s and late 1980s. He directed one film "A Fig Leaf for Eve" in 1944. Gray wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noting a copyright date of July 10 1968 with credits for screenwriter Donald L. Brodie. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 147160Unknown: Unknown 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution and a rare for its time discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic Koreans in Japanese society. Black titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 035. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered h-8. Mimeographed rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 798. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Unknown unknown books
1968ref. 147160Unknown: Unknown 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution and a rare for its time discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic Koreans in Japanese society. Black titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 035. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered h-8. Mimeograph duplication rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 798. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Unknown unknown
1986ref. 140590Atlanta GA: New World Pictures 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. With a few annotations in holograph pencil throughout. Gunnery Sergeant Burns Dryer is sent to the Middle East where he acts as a guard at the local US Embassy. However due to the pacific nature of the ambassador the marine corps detachment is severely limited in their ability to protect the base thus allowing terrorists to take over and take everyone hostage except Burns. Now Burns must act as an army of one to defeat the terrorists and save the Americans. Set in the Middle East. White titled self wrappers noted as Revised Draft on the front wrapper dated February 24 1986 with credits for screenwriter John Gatliff. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Photographically reprodcued with revision pages dated between February 18 1986 and February 24 1986. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 140590Atlanta GA: New World Pictures 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Gunnery Sergeant Burns Dryer is sent to the Middle East where he acts as a guard at the local US Embassy. However due to the pacific nature of the ambassador the marine corps detachment is severely limited in their ability to protect the base thus allowing terrorists to take over and take everyone hostage except Burns. Now Burns must act as an army of one to defeat the terrorists and save the Americans. Set in the Middle East. White titled self wrappers noted as Revised Draft on the front wrapper dated February 24 1986 with credits for screenwriter John Gatliff. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Photographically reprodcued with revision pages dated between February 18 1986 and February 24 1986. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown
1990ref. 164014Los Angeles: Astoria Films 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Based on the 1981 novel by Richard Hugo. A kindhearted homicide cop moves from Seattle to rural Montana hoping to lead a more peaceful life-a hope that is dashed when he is called to investigate a string of gruesome ax murders. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for Hugo and screenwriter Michael Hacker. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Astoria Films unknown
1967ref. WRCLIT38861New York: CBS Playhouse 1967. 3158 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in flexible studio wrappers. Light use at overlap edges of wrappers a few pencil annotations else very nice. The third revised draft of this original script by Rose for the CBS Playhouse series. Rose's contribution to original television drama and film has been considerable including the story and script for 12 ANGRY MEN. A collection of his television plays was published in 1956 but we find no record of the publication of this later work. CBS Playhouse unknown books
