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1980ref. 146511Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1980. Draft script for the 1983 German film directed by Andrzej Wajda. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly regarding a character's name change and changes to pagination. Laid in with the script is a handwritten letter discussing films with KO-Productions. Text in German. Missing page 59 likely as used or issued. Based on the 1980 novel. In 1983 a middle-aged man returns to his hometown village with his teenage son in an attempt to discover the details of his mother's affair with a Polish prisoner of war during World War II. Set in Brombach shot on location in Baden-Wurttemberg and Berlin. Yellow titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present dated Januar 1980 with credits for screenwriters Rolf Hochhuth and Werner Jorg Luddecke. 216 leaves with last page of text numbered 210. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown
1967ref. 139948London: National Screen Service 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. National Screen Service unknown books
ref. 162755Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon Lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Self wrappers integral with title page dated October 21 1987. Noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication circa late 1980s font rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 160028Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers undated. Title page present dated February 22 1990 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated between 4/27/90 and 6/27/90. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 162755Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon Lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Self wrappers integral with title page dated October 21 1987. Noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication circa late 1980s font rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 160028Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1990 film. Tim Burton's second "Modern Prometheus" film following his 1984 short "Frankenweenie" about a mad scientist who dies before he can complete his latest creation: a nearly complete human being. The creation is left with scissors for hands and doomed to live a life of solitude until a kindly mild-mannered Avon lady welcomes him into her home. Often cited as the director's masterpiece released two years after his hilarious and creepy romp "Beetlejuice" 1988 one year after his beloved comic adaptation "Batman" 1989 and two years before his second and final contribution to the Dark Knight legend "Batman Returns" 1992. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers undated. Title page present dated February 22 1990 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated between 4/27/90 and 6/27/90. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1949ref. 152063Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage pressbook for the 1949 film. Based on the 1947 play by Noel Langley and Robert Morley. A businessman's attempts to shelter his son from the world mask his own ambition greed and desire to protect his family name. Twelve pages saddle stitched 12.25 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956ref. 155318Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director Hugo Haas behind a camera on the set of the critically acclaimed 1956 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A film directed by and starring Haas about a former thespian-now a tramp-who performs with his dog on the streets of an unnamed city fighting with diminishing success to survive in a cruel and unforgiving environment. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1956ref. 125417Universal City CA: Hugo Haas Productions / Universal 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film. A later film from noted director Hugo Haas and actress Francesca de Scaffa's only credited role. One of the "milder" Haas films where a man and his dog try to survive on tough streets. One sheet folded once as issued with one insert sheet 12 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages and a few short closed tears and creases. Hugo Haas Productions / Universal unknown books
1956ref. 155318Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director Hugo Haas behind a camera on the set of the critically acclaimed 1956 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A film directed by and starring Haas about a former thespian-now a tramp-who performs with his dog on the streets of an unnamed city fighting with diminishing success to survive in a cruel and unforgiving environment. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1956ref. 125417Universal City CA: Hugo Haas Productions / Universal 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film. A later film from noted director Hugo Haas and actress Francesca de Scaffa's only credited role. One of the "milder" Haas films where a man and his dog try to survive on tough streets. One sheet folded once as issued with one insert sheet 12 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages and a few short closed tears and creases. Hugo Haas Productions / Universal unknown
1958ref. 168234Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film noir. Based on Robert M. Coates' 1948 novel "Wisteria Cottage" about a struggling artist and war veteran who befriends a mother and her two daughters convinces them to let him rent their guest cottage at the beach and proceeds to slaughter them all. Actress Jean Allison's debut. Shot on location in Myrtle Beach. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1958ref. 168234Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film noir. Based on Robert M. Coates' 1948 novel "Wisteria Cottage" about a struggling artist and war veteran who befriends a mother and her two daughters convinces them to let him rent their guest cottage at the beach and proceeds to slaughter them all. Actress Jean Allison's debut. Shot on location in Myrtle Beach. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Grant US. United Artists unknown
1976ref. 168154N.p.: Cine Artists Pictures 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 Canadian-American film showing Jodie Foster and Richard Harris. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1962 play "Isle of Children" by screenwriter Robert L. Joseph. An eleven-year-old with an incurable heart condition takes one last summer trip to her family's lake house to celebrate her twelfth birthday. Set in Mahone Bay Nova Scotia shot on location in Chester Bay Nova Scotia and Montreal Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cine Artists Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 147136Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm 1984. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper and a few copied manuscript annotations to page 59 and 60 noting grammatical revisions. A young pizza delivery worker falls for his new roommate a single mother who wants to be an actress but can only find work as a telegram-singing stripper. Meanwhile their next door neighbor an Austrian bodybuilder idolizes Arnold Schwarzenegger and dreams of true love. Set and shot on location in Echo Park Los Angeles and Vienna Austria. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ventura. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm unknown books
1984ref. 147136Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm 1984. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper and a few copied manuscript annotations to page 59 and 60 noting grammatical revisions. A young pizza delivery worker falls for his new roommate a single mother who wants to be an actress but can only find work as a telegram-singing stripper. Meanwhile their next door neighbor an Austrian bodybuilder idolizes Arnold Schwarzenegger and dreams of true love. Set and shot on location in Echo Park Los Angeles and Vienna Austria. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ventura. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm unknown
1969ref. 149384Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. "Bonnie and Clyde" may have given the New Hollywood era its legs but "Easy Rider" gave it the gas. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969 but would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson. Set and shot on location throughout California New Mexico Arizona Louisiana and Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases throughout. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Criterion Collection 545. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 149384Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. "Bonnie and Clyde" may have given the New Hollywood era its legs but "Easy Rider" gave it the gas. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969 but would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson. Set and shot on location throughout California New Mexico Arizona Louisiana and Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases throughout. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Criterion Collection 545. Columbia Pictures unknown
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 162706N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft typescript for an unproduced television episode. With typeovers and whiteout annotations throughout. A brief comedy about a wealthy family's reactions to the loss of their family fortune. Screenwriter Stephen 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. Lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present undated with credit for Sustarsic. 19 leaves lacking page numbers. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 162706N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft typescript for an unproduced television episode. With typeovers and whiteout annotations throughout. A brief comedy about a wealthy family's reactions to the loss of their family fortune. Screenwriter Stephen 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. Lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present undated with credit for Sustarsic. 19 leaves lacking page numbers. Typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 141716Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The son of a Bulgarian oligarch has just completed his postgraduate degree at Oxford and been promoted in the Navy when he announces to his father that he wishes to marry his English sweetheart. His father tries desperately to change his son's mind and not to throw away his career for romance. Pink untitled wrappers dated June 30 1983. Title page present dated May 25 1983 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. 17 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown books
1983ref. 141716Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The son of a Bulgarian oligarch has just completed his postgraduate degree at Oxford and been promoted in the Navy when he announces to his father that he wishes to marry his English sweetheart. His father tries desperately to change his son's mind and not to throw away his career for romance. Pink untitled wrappers dated June 30 1983. Title page present dated May 25 1983 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter George Ganchev. 17 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown
1953ref. 147898Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage set design photograph from the set of the 1953 film. The manager of a Malaysian tin mine travels to a remote jungle island with the hopes of establishing a new mine only to be met with resistance from the locals. Set in Malaysia and the South Seas. 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus with two perforated holes at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
