Mother-lode Robby (Original screenplay for an unproduced television series)
by Elaine Ryan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Typescript for an unproduced television series including an introduction, short synopsis and full treatments of each episode. The series follows the childhood adventures of Robby Mcdonald, a turn of the century mountain boy raised by his pioneer grandmother. Set in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Yellow untitled Paul Kohner, INC. wrappers.... Read More
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Twist (Original screenplay for an unproduced film, Ken Hughes' working copy)
by Ken Hughes (director); Tudor Gates (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film "Twist." Copy belonging to director Ken Hughes, with his annotations throughout. A police investigator shoots a longtime nemesis while chasing him after a heist, and must cope with the loss of his greatest equal. Set in England. Tall black wrappers, with a die-cut title window in... Read More
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Mexico Suena [Mexico Dreams] (Original treatment script for an unproduced television series)
by Charles Pavlich (screenwriter); Patrick Griffin (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico, using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as a reference. Set in Mexico. White untitled generic Paul Kohner casting agency wrappers. Title page present, noted as Tratamiento, with... Read More
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Disorientation (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Philip S. Lyren (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man suffers frequent blackouts, often waking with strange injuries all over his body, and becomes convinced he is being stalked due to his role in a nefarious, unknown plot. White titled self wrappers. Title page present, copyrighted 2002 to Philip S. Lyren. 74 leaves, with... Read More
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The Biggest Caper Of Them All (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Josef Shaftel (screenwriter); Paul Wheeler (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Criminals plan a massive theft from a military air base in order to secure the materials to build a nuclear warhead. Screenwriter Josef Shaftel was better known for "The Biggest Bundle of them All" (1968). Set in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York. Black untitled... Read More
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He Had It In Him (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Frederic Mauzens (play); Robert Wyler (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1954. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a copied manuscript annotation on the front wrapper and title page noting: "BASED ON the play and NOVEL / "THE HUMAN STRONGBOX" / by / Frederic MAUZENS." Based on Frederic Mauzens' 1941 play "The [Human] Strong Box," about a daffy young man who accidentally swallows a priceless... Read More
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County Hospital (Original photograph from the 1932 short film)
by Stan; Laurel Oliver Hardy (starring); James Parrott (director); H.M. Walker (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 short film. With provenance stamps on the verso, along with manuscript ink annotations noting the film's title and associated cast and crew members. Hardy goes to visit Laurel in the hospital. Chaos ensues. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, moderately toned and edgeworn overall, with a... Read More
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The Royal Pain (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Edward Savio (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Eduardo Rossoff, 1988. Draft script for an unproduced film. Edward Savio is a novelist and screenwriter best known for the "Battle for Forever" science fiction novels, "Alexander X" (2016) and "Ancient Among Us" (2019). An unemployed American mechanic discovers he is heir to the throne of England. Untitled gray wrappers. Title page... Read More
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Mondo (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Mario Licu (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation film. Laid in with the script is a typed letter signed from screenwriter Mario Licu to producer Frank Saletri, dated May 18, 1974, introducing the script. Letter paper clipped to a manila return envelope. A young Black teenager arrives in a remote western town, where he inadvertently involves... Read More
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99 Women in 3D (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Peter Welbeck (screenwriter)
Nassau, Bahamas: Film Accounting Services, 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A proposed reboot of the 1969 film "99 Women" (also written by Peter Welbeck), with the same plot, but now in 3D. A woman arrives at a penal colony on an island, where she is controlled by a cruel lesbian who oversees all the prison's... Read More
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Number One With a Bullet (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Henry Rosenbaum (screenwriter); Leslie Stevens (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Robert Carradine and Billy Dee Williams. After his brother—a hotshot country singer secretly overloaded with debt—commits suicide, a Wyoming rancher travels to LA to help unravel the mystery of his brother's death. Set in Wyoming and Los Angeles. ... Read More
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St. Mawr (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by D.H. Lawrence (novel); Martha Peitzke (screenwriter)
New York: Tristan Productions, 1984. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from producer Monica Tidwell to agent Walter Kohner, introducing the film. Based on the 1925 novella by D.H. Lawrence, about an intrepid woman who abandons her loveless marriage and leaves England for the US, where she settles at... Read More
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Island Thunder (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Diana Hansen-Young (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. A former English teacher is framed by the yakuza and sent to prison, seeking revenge upon his release while also searching for his long-lost daughter. Set in Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Diana Hansen-Young. 124 leaves, with last page... Read More
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Bitter Kill (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by James Edward Grant (screenwriter)
Hollywood: F and F Productions, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to producer Sam Wiesenthal, with his name and address on the title page in manuscript pencil. An American tourist on vacation in South America finds himself stranded in a small town with his blind cat after his car breaks down. When a prominent... Read More
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The Taming of Little Chief (Original treatment script for an unproduced television program)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A new school for native children has been built on the reservation but no parents want to send their children, distrusting the white establishment. An old scout seeks out a chief, who is an old friend, to convince him to send his children to the school. ... Read More
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Boiling Point (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by David Harmon (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson, 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Police receive a suicide call and head to the scene, only to find the caller shooting wildly at anyone who tries to approach him. To make matters worse, police discover one of the building's other inhabitants has declared that he plans to use his... Read More
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The Key to the Doorway (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Harley Cokeliss (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film, agency copy, photocopied for internal distribution. With manuscript ink annotations on the title page, noting a change in address for screenwriter Harley Cokeliss. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the screenplay adaptation of... Read More
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Magnum P.I.: Little Higgins (Original screenplay for an unproduced television episode)
by Victor H. Royer (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Draft script for an apparently unproduced episode of "Magnum P.I." Jonathan Higgins asks private investigator Thomas Magnum to help clear the name of an old army friend, with the help of the friend's son—who looks, talks, and acts exactly like Higgins. "Magnum, P.I." ran for eight seasons, and won actors Tom Selleck and John Hillerman... Read More
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Easy Come, Easy Go (Original typescript for an unproduced television episode)
by Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriter)
N.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... Read More
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Dining Out (Original screenplay for an unproduced short film)
by Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Draft script for an unproduced short film. A down-on-his-luck man flirts with a waitress at a run down restaurant. Set in the Bronx, New York City. White titled self wrappers, lacking rear wrapper, with credits for screenwriter Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 15 leaves, with... Read More
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New Love American Style: Love and the Busy Husband (Original screenplay for the 1986 television episode)
by Greg Mullavey (starring); Terry Ryan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1986. First Draft script for an episode of the 1985-1986 television series. This episode originally aired on March 18, 1986. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love, American Style," focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this installment, a workaholic husband is so distracted by... Read More
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Operation Sub Rosa (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Aaron Norris (starring); R. Delano Brown (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from Kodiak Films producer Wolf Schmidt to agent Walter Kohner, declining to produce the film. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist, who threatens to kill thousands of people... Read More
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Screwdriver Heaven (Original screenplay for the pilot of an unproduced television series)
by Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for the pilot of an unproduced television series. Bound in preceding the script is a one-page treatment, a "Suggested Casting" page, a "Set" page, a two-page description of the primary characters , an "Occasional Characters" page, and a two-page description of "Guest Characters." Attached to the title page by a paper clip is... Read More
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Lucky You (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Lester Cowan (producer); Victor Wolfson (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train, and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29... Read More
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Another Claudia [Claudia] (Original screenplay synopsis for the 1943 film)
by Edmund Goulding (director); Rose Franken (playwright); Morrie Ryskind (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942. Story synopsis, basis for the 1943 film "Claudia," based on a story by Franken that appeared in Redbook magazine between July 1941 and October 1942. McGuire and Young are memorable in their portrayal of a young, innocent couple struggling to break from the ties of their respective families, as well as the... Read More
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