Voice of the North End (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Victor Pisano (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A working-class Italian-American cobbler with dreams of becoming a classical singer falls in love with an upper-crust cellist. Set in Boston. Mustard titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present, dated February 9, 1979, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter Victor Pisano.... Read More
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No Place to Die (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Lawrence Holden (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A diverse group of American G.I.s fight to survive as they battle the Vietcong, learning more about each other and the Vietnamese people in the process. Set in Vietnam. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Lawrence Holden. 137 leaves, with last page... Read More
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The Skier (Original draft for an unpublished novel)
by Frederick Kohner (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft for an unpublished novel. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for author Frederick Kohner. 244 leaves, with last page of text numbered 242. Typescript. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
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Once a Year (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Edmund Morris (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: John F. Dugan, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An artist seeks employment at the local dog pound at the insistence of his wife. He makes an inquiry with a local government official, and suddenly becomes embroiled in a scandalous affair involving a loose bull and several cows. Set in Paris. ... Read More
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The House on Homestead Road (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Garrie Bateson (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript note laid in. In 1926, a sex worker decides to strike out on her own and form a bordello, finding women who are brave and courageous enough to do what they want. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present, with credit for... Read More
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A Movie Star of My Own (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Ellis St. Joseph (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An ambitious young man heads to Hollywood to make his fortune. There, he falls in love with a prostitute and begins hustling in order to get her off the streets. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Ellis St. Joseph. 118 leaves, with last... Read More
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Heinrich (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Heinrich Himmler (subject); Philip Hudsmith (screenwriter); Malcolm Dean (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script (here called a "Prospectus") for an unproduced film. The story of Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS and one of the most powerful men in the Nazi regime. Set in Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper, black rear wrapper. Title page present, noted as PROSPECTUS, with credits for screenwriters Philip... Read More
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Aftermath (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Michael Sloan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A barfly witnesses a bank robbery and getaway, making him the inadvertent target of the gang members responsible for the crime. Red titled wrappers, with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, noted as original treatment, with credit for screenwriter Michael Sloan.... Read More
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Slipstream (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Roger Ernest (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. During a visit to the 1890 Annual Bicycle Race in Boston, a young man gets inspired to take up bicycle riding. He improves, and eventually is ready to compete on a professional level. Set in Boston. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit... Read More
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Wir wollen nur das beste fur dich [We Only Want the Best for You] (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Janusz Kryst (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text and titles in German. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Janusz Henryk Kryst. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with a Very Good black Velo binding.
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New Love American Style: Love and the Stranger (Original screenplay for an unproduced television episode)
by Jack Burns (screenwriter)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1985-1986 television series. With xerographically duplicated Paramount Pictures script duplication form laid in the back of the script. 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... Read More
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Right To Life (Original screenplay for an unproduced radio play)
by Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced radio play, ribbon typescript copy with manuscript white-out annotations throughout. Screenwriter 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).... Read More
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The Kenpo Brotherhood (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Carl Johnson (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the first page. A group of Americans intent on overthrowing Castro's communist regime are held in a Cuban jail. They begin using martial arts to free themselves and take on the government forces. Set in Cuba. Tan titled... Read More
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Tall Story (Three photographs from the 1960 film)
by Jane Fonda Anthony Perkins (starring); Joshua Logan (director); Howard Nemerov (novel); Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse (play); Julius Epstein (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Mansfield Productions / Warner Brothers, 1960. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the novel, "The Homecoming Game," by Howard Nemerov and the Broadway play adaptation by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse. Jane Fonda's first screen role, a lighthearted comedy and a considerable departure for Joshua Logan, whose previous... Read More
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The Beloved Intruder (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Al Rogell Lester Cowan (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A corrupt politician places one of his cronies in charge of a boy's home, where he intends to misuse funds in the home's budget. Unluckily for him the crony finds that he has much in common with the unruly boys he's been put in charge of. ... Read More
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The Operators (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Norman Bogner (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Operators," written by novelist Norman Bogner, and set in London in the 1960s. A crime-based drama about ex-cons and their cons. Brief notation in manuscript ink on two pages. Bogner's other credits include "Privelege" (1967, screenwriter, his only film), "Emerald Soup" (1963 television... Read More
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The Hill of Hope: A Film of Modern Israel (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Herbert Kline (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Draft script for an unproduced fictional film, set on a kibbutz in Israel, by documentary filmmaker Herbert Kline. Accompanying the script is a typed letter signed by Kline, dated "May II, 1964," discussing casting of the film, plans for script rewrites, including the removal of some "overt political statements" that aided in getting Israeli financing, and... Read More
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Dance Congress (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Allen Rivkin (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1936. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A newsboy meets a professional dancer and the pair become highly respected in the couples dance circuit in New York City, before the newsboy's boss desires the dancer for himself and sends the newsboy to cover the dance circuit nationwide in order to get him out of the... Read More
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Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Joshua and Scott Spiegel Becker (screenwriters)
N.p.: Self published, 1983. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film called "Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter," written by Joshua Becker and Scott Spiegel, who released a short film of the same name a year earlier, in 1982, starring Bruce Campbell as the bounty hunter, and Sam Raimi as a Nazi. This script differs slightly in dialogue and scene changes... Read More
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Flight of the Dancing Bear (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Jack and Ken Annakin Davies (screenwriters)
London: Charwill Productions, 1967. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film, based on the 1959 novel by Mark Rascovich, co-written by Jack Davies and director Ken Annakin, who had received an Best Screenplay Oscar nomination for "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" the previous year. A man and his bear attempt to flee Soviet Russia after... Read More
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5 [Five] Branded Women [Jovanka and the Others] (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)
by Martin Ritt (director); Urgo Pirro (novel); Ivo Perilli (screenwriter); John Michael (screenwriter); Peter Achilles (screenwriter)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures. Final Draft script for the 1955 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with his name on the front wrapper and his manuscript annotations throughout. Based on the novel "Jovanka e le altre" by Urgo Pirro. Once branded himself by the House Un-American Activities Committee, award-winning director Martin Ritt focuses on the cruel branding of five women... Read More
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B.F.'s Daughter (Original screenplay for the 1948 film, Van Heflin's working copy)
by Robert Z. Leonard (director); John P. Marquand (novel); Luther Davis (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton," because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly (Stanwyck) is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, about to marry a lawyer. Then she... Read More
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The Life of Porfirio Guerrero (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Joseph A. Raciti-Carlyle (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p.. Draft script for an unproduced film. A cab driver in Mexico is devoutly dedicated to his daughter, which causes a great change in his life. Joe Raciti was an actor best known for his work in "The Firebrand" (1962), in which he portrayed Jack Garcia. Set in Mexico City. ... Read More
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Big Poker Game Friday Night (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Lincoln Demyan (screenwriter)
Simi Valley: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan, whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley," "The Great Impostor" (1961), "Man's Favorite Sport?" (1964), "The Brass Bottle" (1964), and "White Lightning" (1973). An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle.... Read More
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The Affair at Carson's Creek (Original screenplay for an unproduced television film)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television film. With the name "ILSE LAHN," a reader for the Paul Kohner Agency, in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. Bandit Samuel Thaddeus Tartar arrives in town, injured from a gunfight, forcing his mother to admit that she has lied about his profession for years to preserve... Read More
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