New York Locals and Russian Strangers (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by George Ganchev (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones, 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Two men stumble into an unlikely friendship in Moscow, but their cultural differences and the strained diplomatic relations between their two countries threatens to separate them. Set in Moscow. Pink untitled wrappers, dated May 13, 1983. Title page present, dated February... Read More
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A Holiday in France (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by G.E. Moore (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript, with type in black and red. A family visits France and deals with all sorts of upper class conveniences and distractions, including eating dinner and being invited for tea. Text in English and French. Set in France. Unbound leaves. Title page integral... Read More
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Tehuantepec (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Giorgio Bontempi (screenwriter); Miguel Sabido (screenwriter)
Rome: Vogue Film, 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a two-page typed summary dated 2-17-72. Text in English. A married lawyer travels to Tehuantepec to seek the extradition of a vicious killer to Italy. He falls in love with a beautiful Mexican woman and decides to leave his wife and... Read More
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Honeymoon (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Eric Ferro (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Eric Ferro. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two silver binder clips. Pagination available upon request.
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Letter of Recall (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Nicola Badalucco (screenwriter)
Rome: Pegaso, Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. Text in English. Three brothers battle the local Mafia in a small province in central Sicily. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco, who was best known for "The Damned" (1969), which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Set in Agrigento, Sicily. Pink... Read More
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Magistra Ludi: Die Glasperlenspieler [Master of the Game: The Glass Bead Game] (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Hermann Hesse (novel); Titus Leber (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced television project, variously described as a television series or prospective feature film. Text in German. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel, set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future, a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits, encapsulated in the... Read More
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Game of Love: Game of Chance (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Jaime Camino (screenwriter); Rosa Regas (screenwriter)
Barcelona: Tibidabo Films, Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Heavily annotated throughout in manuscript ink and pencil, mostly noting grammatical revisions and deletions, with a few additions. Text in English. A woman trapped in a loveless marriage finds pleasure in an affair with a young orchestra conductor. Spanish screenwriter Jaime Camino was best known for his wartime... Read More
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Zeit der Purpurmuschel [Time of the Purple Shellfish] (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Karoly Makk (intended director); Gunther Heller (screenwriter)
Munich: Terrafilm, 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film, original ribbon copy typescript. Laid in with the script is a two-page typed letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner from Terra Film producer Lothar H. Krischer and director Karoly Makk, with manuscript ink annotations to the first page. Also included is a telegraph from Krischer to Kohner introducing the... Read More
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Aimee (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Joel Farges (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. In the winter of 1934, a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times, ultimately forcing all three... Read More
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Three original pressbooks for films written by Horace McCoy, 1933-1934
by Horace McCoy (screenwriter)
New York: Columbia Pictures, 1934. Collection of three vintage pressbooks for three pre-Code films written by noted hard-boiled novelist Horace McCoy: "Hold the Press" (1933), "Fury of the Jungle" (1933), and "Speed Wings" (1934). McCoy moved to Hollywood in 1931, hoping to pursue a career as an actor. After a failed screen test at MGM, McCoy discovered a... Read More
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The Speaker's Corner: The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Robin Maugham (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt, presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas, and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's... Read More
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Intimacy: "There's No Place Like Home" (Original screenplay for an unproduced television pilot)
by Harvey Miller (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1986. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot, in a post-feminist mode, about a pair of women named Maureen and Estelle. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present, dated November 11, 1986, noted as First Draft, with credit for screenwriter Miller. 36 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two... Read More
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Dr. Liverstone, I Presume (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Ralph Goodman Murray Naidich (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A man accidentally engaged to be the driver in two identical bank heists on the same night ends up using the heist money to build a modern hospital in Brazil while he evades capture. Yellow wrappers, with credits for screenwriters Naidich and Goodman. Title page present,... Read More
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A Thousand Several Tongues (Original agency screenplay for the an unproduced film)
by Jeremy Fey (screenwriter)
Hollywood: Paul Kohner Inc, 1964. Draft agency script for the an uproduced film called "A Thousand Several Tongues," written by Jeremy Fey, whose film credits include three episodes of the 1976-1977 television series, "ABC Afterschool Specials," his job being Productions Assistant. Agency copy, with the address imprint and label present from the Paul Kohner, Inc. agency in Hollywood. Copy... Read More
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The Winds of Change (The Times of John Knox) (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by [John Knox] Allan Sloan (screenwriter)
New York: Louis de Rochemont Associates, 1963. Third Draft script for an unproduced film about John Knox, the Scottish clergyman and theologian, considered to be the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland. Screenwriter Sloane (credited as Sloan here) was a screenwriter and wardrobe consultant, whose film credits include "Martin Luther" (1953), "Stalag 17" (1953), "The Monster That Challenged... Read More
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Africa (Original screenplay for the 1985 play)
by Steve Shagan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman, who played the character of Lewis in this production, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any... Read More
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Ibsen's Master Builder (Original teleplay script for an unproduced film)
by Henrik Ibsen (playwright); Edward Bond (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Hollywood Television Theatre, 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on Ibsen's 1892 play, considered one of his most revealing works, about Halvard Solness, a master builder who returns to his hometown to construct a church with a towering steeple. Iit is revealed Solness has a... Read More
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Drumbeat (Original treatment script for an unproduced television series)
by Emil Nofal (screenwriter)
Pretoria, South Africa: Emil Nofal Films, N.D.. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A half-hour television series, focusing on the unique cultures of Africa and how different groups interact with each other, especially in the modern age. Written for South African television by Nofal, an acclaimed South African director, producer and screenwriter. Set in... Read More
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The Staircase (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Christopher Lofton (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera, "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory, a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation, where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are... Read More
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Portrait of Catherine (Archive of three original screenplays for an unproduced film)
by G.E. Moore (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film, the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. A man experiences constant ennui in high society life, and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around... Read More
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Beverly High (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Dean Kenneth Goodhill (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1975. Revised script for an unproduced film. Jim turns 18 years old and attends Beverly Hills High School where he begins fawning over Stephanie, a model and fellow senior with an abusive mother. Stephanie is leading a double life, concealing her lesbian inclinations while also losing her virginity to Jim, which brings on the condemnation... Read More
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4 ft. 2 [Four Foot Two] [4 Foot 2] (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by J. Michael Nicholson (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much... Read More
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The Inside Story of a Kidnapping (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Charles Martin (screenwriter)
Hollywood: Goldwyn Studios, 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a steel magnate is kidnapped from her college and being held for ransom by a group called the Army of the Oppressed, whose insane leader demands ten million dollars in food for the poor. His enemy, Turkey, the leader of the Liberators in Detroit... Read More
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Catch the Lightning (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Michael Joseph (screenwriter)
London: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set in the near future, the Ayatollah Khomeini has recently died and the new leftist regime in Iran has begun to work together with the Soviet Union. The young and untraditional US president embarks on an diplomacy trip to address The Soviet Unions recent breach of an anti-nuclear... Read More
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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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