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1932Best.-Nr. 167298N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film showing actors Bela Lugosi and Leon Ames looking on while Sidney Fox encounters a sinister ape Joe Bonomo in a monkey suit. Loosely based on the 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe an atmospheric tale heavily influenced by German Expressionism about a mad scientist who kidnaps the women of Paris in order to mix their blood with his pet gorilla's. The film was the first to have Lugosi in the role of a mad scientist or doctor a role he would reprise throughout his career. 9 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately soiled on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 166250N.p.: N.p. 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 British film. Noted as copy No. 101 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1980 play by Ronald Harwood loosely based on his own experiences as a personal dresser to Shakespearean actor and manager Donald Wolfit. The dresser and confidante of a faded veteran actor struggles to keep his employer's life together eventually realizing that the actor's mental capacities are failing in his advanced age. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for both Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 8th February 1983 noted as Second Draft with credit for Harwood. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine in a blue cloth binder. N.p. unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 166412Los Angeles: Avon Productions 1983. Draft script for the 1983 pornographic film. With annotations in manuscript pencil on the first leaf presumably made by screenwriter-director Phil Prince indicating the name of the actor to be associated with each character. A cult leader called "The Confessor" hears confessions from rape victims "cleanses" the female ones with sex and then arranges for all victims and sometimes himself to then recursively rape their own male or female rapists. IMDB. Title page integral with cast of characters no wrapper as issued undated. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 29. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. Avon Productions unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 166414Los Angeles: Avon Productions 1982. Draft script for the 1982 pornographic film. Three violent escaped convicts on the run from the law break into a house where a young girl is being given a wedding shower and they proceed on a rampage of violence rape and sexual assaults. IMDB. Title page integral with the first page of narrative text. No wrapper as issued undated. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine staple bound at the top left corner. Avon Productions unknown books
2002Best.-Nr. 163819N.p.: Eye Productions Inc./Spelling Television 2002. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 9 of the 2003 television series. This episode was unaired as the series was canceled after three episodes. This courtroom drama comedy followed the cases at a Supreme Court in Queens New York. In this episode two Muslim men are arrested for a petty crime who homeland security believe to be terrorists. Set in Queens New York. Blue titled self-wrappers noted as WHITE DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 12/10/02 with credits for screenwriters Kevin Fox and Stephen Godcahaux and director Adam Bernstein. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 12/10/02. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a Near Fine blue manila folder. Eye Productions Inc./Spelling Television unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 163690Los Angeles: Cunningham Productions 1991. Early Reading Draft script for the 1993 film seen here under the working title "Johnny Zombie." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Jim Calvert with his name and role on a tipped-in credit on the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout likely used for a casting read-through of the script during pre-production. A teenage boy rises from the grave as a zombie in order to ask his crush out on a date. Shot on location in Lockhart Bastrop Austin Round Rock and Georgetown Texas. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 27 1991 noted as Reading Draft with credit for screenwriter Dean Lorey. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with loss on the top right corner of the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Cunningham Productions unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 163699Universal City: Universal Studios 1974. Collection of vintage press and promotional ephemera for the 1974 film. Includes a flyer three gatherings of promotional material the November 1974 issue of "American Cinematographer" magazine featuring an article about the film two flyers promoting the Japanese release of the film and a composite studio still photograph from the film. A catastrophic earthquake destroys much of Los Angeles killing a huge number of citizens and leaving the rest to struggle for their lives. Hugely successful at the box office ranking as the third highest-grossing film of the year. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Ephemera generally Near Fine with "American Cinematographer" magazine Very Good plus. Universal Studios unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 163928Culver City CA: Tingle Productions 1998. Shooting Draft script for the 1999 film here under working title "Killing Mrs. Tingle." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A high school student seeks revenge on a teacher who gave her a bad grade threatening her ability to become valedictorian. Shot on location in Southern California. 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. Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as Shooting Draft on the front wrapper dated 5/17/98 with credits for screenwriter Kevin Williamson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/30/98 and 5/16/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tingle Productions unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 162400N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Vanessa Redgrave in costume as Isadora Duncan. A biographical film about Isadora Duncan an American dancer and artist who gained fame for her innovation in modern dance and outspoken bohemian lifestyle. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Paris and Chicago. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 163385Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1990. Revised Second Draft script for the 1991 film comedy. Based on Neil B. Shulman's 1979 book "What Dead. Again" After crashing his car in a small town a doctor who dreams of a wealthy life in Beverly Hills is forced to spend several days working at the town hospital. Set in Grady South Carolina and in Beverly Hills and shot on location in Santa Clarita and Beverly Hills California and in Gainesville McIntosh Mechanicsville Micanopy Florida and in Richmond Virginia. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 10 1990 noted as "Rewrite: Second Draft" with credit for screenwriter Daniel Pyne. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/6/90 and 1/11/91. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 151977London: Roadshow Productions 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film. Based on the 1979 book by Joan and Clay Blair detailing a 1944 Japanese naval transport of thousands of British and Australian prisoners-of-war during which the ships used to transport the prisoners were torpedoed by US submarines causing 1559 of the captives to perish. Set in Japan shot on location in the Philippines. Tall red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Paul Mayersberg and writers Joan and Clay Blair. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Roadshow Productions unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 152260London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film including a Revised Draft screenplay three original character design illustrations and a hand drawn storyboard. A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory and grabbing the attentions of various women. A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane. Set and shot on location in England including at Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire. Fuchsia titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1963 noted as REVISED SCRIPT with credits for director-screenwriter Ken Annakin and screenwriter Jack Davies. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Storyboard and design illustrations varying sizes Near Fine overall housed in a manila folder. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 161147N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage French mini-poster for the 1973 French film. Based on the groundbreaking 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen. Nora leads a quiet existence with her authoritarian husband Torvald but is forced to reconsider her marriage when a blackmailer threatens to reveal secrets from her past. Shot on location in Reros Norway. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. N.p. unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 146343London: Ealing Studios 1950. Draft Shooting script for the 1950 British comedy film. With a few manuscript ink annotations and a single copied manuscript notation to page 81 noting a single line of dialogue in Chinese. A young boy cons a friend out of a toy magnet and consumed by guilt donates the magnet to a man collecting items for a charity auction. The story of the boy's assumed sacrifice drives the bids for the magnet up higher and higher and the lowly magnet begins to take on astronomical significance. Set and shot on location in New Brighton Wirral Cheshire and Liverpool. Tan titled wrappers noted as Draft Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated 13th January 1950. Title page present noted as DRAFT SHOOTING SCRIPT. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Ealing Studios unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 154836N.p.: N.p. 1973. Four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1973 film including several shots of director Joseph Losey actors Jane Fonda and Edward Fox and other cast and crew members. Cinemagence stamp on the verso. Based on the 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen about a woman named Nora who leads a quiet existence with her authoritarian husband Torvald but is forced to reconsider her marriage when a blackmailer threatens to reveal secrets from her past. Shot on location in Reros Norway. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 150119N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1963 film with a blind stamp in the upper corner of each. Based on the 1948 novella by Robin Maugham. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set in and shot on location in London. 8 x 10.25 inches. Light creases and edgewear at the extremities else Near Fine. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 152264Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1986. Early Draft Spec script for the season 5 episode 12 "My Mother My Friend" of the popular NBC television sitcom which aired on December 18 1986 here under the working title "Elyse's New Friend." Leading Artists agency wrappers with card stock note laid in on Leading Artists letterhead to "Webster" screenwriter Robbie Jayson from the assistant of Leading Artists partner Robb Rothman on behalf of screenwriter Kate Boutilier. When Mallory brings her college friend Allison home to visit and she immediately bonds with Elyse Mallory grows jealous questioning her relationship with her mom. The series was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards over its 7 season run winning 5 including 3 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy awards for Michael J. Fox in a star-making role. Untitled Leading Artists wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kate Boutilier. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper with light rubbing else Near fine bound internally with three gold brads. Leading Artists Inc unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 150134N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph of director Robert Altman with Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett on location at Roissy Airport Charles de Gaulle Airport for the 1994 film. French and English printed "Sipa Press" snipe and "Pica Pressfoto" label on verso. Altman's sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous and star-studded ensemble cast of international actors models and designers. Set in and shot on location in Paris France . 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 128914Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. The sixth and final Inner Sanctum installment featuring spiritualists a haunted house and a murder by suffocation in what was seemingly a last gasp from the studio's film series. Sadly the film's failure superseded its potential even with all the right elements of a chilling melodrama. ChaneyJr. plays attorney Wayne Fletcher who is engaged in an affair with his secretary Donna Joyce who is tied to a rich family. He arrives home after a late night at the office to discover his wife has been murdered a death by asphyxiation with Wayne as the suspect. With the help psychic Julian Julian Bromberg the police investigate the murder. The psychic's motives are questionable but he says he can contact Wayne's dead wife. At a seance to reach Vivian's spirit the reluctant Wayne hears what he thinks is her voice but discovers Julian Julian in the shadows and accuses him of conspiracy. After several sleepless nights haunted by the voice of his lost wife Wayne finally "gives in" to her spirit and attempts to kill Donna with a pillow but is overpowered by police and leaps from a window to his death per his wife's instructions. Gray card titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7285 dated February 19 1945 with credits for screenwriter Bricker and story writer Babcock. 106 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good lacking rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 146913N.p.: Estree Distributors 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Sarah Miles and Joseph Losey on the set of the 1963 film. Crop annotations in manuscript marker on recto crop annotations in manuscript pencil and "Theo Cowan LTD" and "Paris-Presse" stamps and 1 1/4" mimeo snipe on the verso. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set in and shot on location in London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus some faint creasing. Estree Distributors unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 149757N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 British film showing director Joseph Losey watching a scene between actors James Fox and Wendy Craig. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a familiar servant-becomes-master tale but surpasses mediocrity through a journey into the psyche of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 146779Universal City: Universal Pictures 1973. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1973 film. Based on Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel about the titular professional assassin hired by a militant French underground organization to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. Set in and shot on location in Paris Versailles and Hautes-Alpes. 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. Very Good with no restoration. Several vertical creases with some cracking three closed tears measuring tow four and five inches several small closed tears in margins otherwise bright and unfaded. Penzler 101. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 144984Universal City: Universal Pictures 1974. Three studio still photographs from the set of the 1974 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of each. A catastrophic earthquake destroys much of Los Angeles killing a huge number of citizens and leaving the rest to struggle for their lives. The film was hugely successful at the box office ranking as the third highest-grossing film of the year. Winner of the Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Special Effects nominated for three others. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 145519Universal City: Universal Pictures 1974. Vintage studio still photograph of director Mark Robson and actress Ava Gardner on the set of the 1974 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A catastrophic earthquake destroys much of Los Angeles killing a huge number of citizens and leaving the rest to struggle for their lives. The film was hugely successful at the box office ranking as the third highest-grossing film of the year. Winner of the Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Special Effects nominated for three others. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
