A Grave Undertaking (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Stella Linden (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man must secretly transport the body of his newly deceased mother-in-law, knowing that her will stipulates that she must die at home in order for him to receive the inheritance. Originally slated to have been produced by CKF Productions for release by United Artists in 1968. ... Read More
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The Sentries (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Robert Dozier (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1965. Estimating script for an unproduced film. The story of a small contingent of militant mercenaries who attempt to stir up a conflict between Cuba and the United States by piloting a hostile decoy Navy ship into enemy waters off Key West, only to be thwarted by the actual Navy and a few... Read More
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I Regret Nothing (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Ken Englund (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Members of the French Foreign Legion experience their own conflicts of romance and resentment in the final weeks before they leave Algiers. Prolific screenwriter Ken Englund was known for "No, No, Nannette" (1940), "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (1943), and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), among others. Set... Read More
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Track's End (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by [Johnny Crawford] Hayden Carruth (novel); Eric Bercovici (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a brief handwritten note clipped to the first leaf, on PanArts letterhead, dated 9/7/89, addressed to actor Johnny Crawford from Robert Crawford, introducing the script. Based on the nineteenth-century novel by Hayden Carruth. A young boy finds himself lost in a snowstorm in the northwestern prairie,... Read More
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Ursula and David (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Julie and Michael Ventura Reichert (screenwriters)
Santa Monica, CA: Self published, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Ursula and David," written by Julie Reichert and Michael Ventura, who both worked on Sam Firstenberg's 1984 musical film, "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogalo." Based on a novel by Reichert (per the script title page), the story follows Ursula, an aging doctor in New York... Read More
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The Sailor and the Girl (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Martha Chapin (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1943. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "The Sailor and the Girl," written by Martha Chapin, whose notable film credits include "Gambling with Souls" (1936), "Slaves in Bondage" (1937), and "Lightning Strikes West" (1940). Typeovers on a few pages. Set in New York during World War II, with a touch of hard-boiled attitude,... Read More
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Baglady (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Lindsay Flickinger (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. The wife of a wealthy Los Angelean developer realizes that her mother has become homeless, and has been living on the street for six months after having lost the money her husband left her when he died. The discover forces the developer to realize that the "under-utilized"... Read More
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The Strange Case of Miss Chant (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by G.E. Moore (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1950. Original treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. In a nonspecific, Communist-occupied country in Central Europe during the Cold War, a group of military police arrest a woman they believe to be a spy. She maintains her innocence, yet still she has an interesting alibi, married an artist three days before and... Read More
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Crescent Doom (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by James Kevin Fenwick (screenwriter)
West Hollywood: N.p., 2000. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Dedication on the front wrapper to "Eric Olsen and all the firefighter's who died in 9/11" White titled wrappers, lacking rear wrapper, noted as First Draft on the front wrapper. Title page integral to front wrapper, with credits for screen writer James Kevin Fenwick. 60 leaves,... Read More
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Sylvan Magic (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Sachs (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p.. Draft script for an unproduced film by the noted film director and screenwriter, responsible for cult classics such as "There is No 13" (1974), "The Incredible Melting Man" (1977), "Van Nuys Blvd." (1979), "Galaxina" (1980), and "Exterminator 2" (1984). A young man finds himself living in an alternate reality, set in the 15th century but with... Read More
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Relics of Angels (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Sachs (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script are seven copies of a page of reviews for screenwriter William Sach's film "There is No 13" (1974), as well as a small typed list labeled "BILL SACHS / DISTRIBUTORS HE IS CALLING IN NY." Convinced she is turning into a vampire due to... Read More
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Kean: A Play for Life [Kean: A Film Biography] (Two original screenplays for an unproduced film)
by Frederic Kimball (screenwriter)
New York: N.p., 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film, a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script, titled "Kean: A Film Biography," contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script... Read More
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He Who Never Sinned (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by John Tarangelo (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young woman dreams of being a painter, but is forced by her controlling mother into being a concert pianist. She begins to break down when her mother decides to be a matchmaker, bringing home prospective suitors for her daughter. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present,... Read More
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Automobiles (Original treatment script for an unproduced television series)
by Robert J. Koster (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Selected vignettes on the history of luxury cars and automobile racing. One vignette of note involves the creator of the Bugatti. Clear untitled front wrapper and red rear wrapper. Title page present, dated 1971, with credit for screenwriter Robert J. Koster. 22 leaves, with last leaf... Read More
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The Bitter Duel (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by James Byrnes (screenwriter); Joseph De Reda (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. A former sheriff turned bounty hunter takes on the formidable task of capturing and collecting the bounty on an old friend, an outlaw who has killed six men. Set in Mexico. Black titled wrappers, with the title on the rear wrapper. Title page present, with... Read More
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Kid Million (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Helene Flaster (screenwriter)
New York: Orner Productions, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man loses his job and begins to doubt his ability to provide for his family. His wife encourages him to keep up appearances while pursuing his dreams. Title page integral with front wrapper, dated March 11, 1980, with credit for screenwriter Helene Flaster. 59... Read More
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Legend of Evil (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An American working for the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco has to get a supply caravan across the desert. A woman begs to come along in order to find news of her husband, a captain known by the American to be dead already. She stows away on the... Read More
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Scramble (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by C. Arthur Davis (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles, but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard. Set in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves,... Read More
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Brandon (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Robert Anderson (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas, determined to confront his former business partner, a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas, near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, dated 1985, with credits for... Read More
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With These Hands (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Kevin Rodney Sullivan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film. Seeking money for drugs, an African American man breaks into an ER surgeon's apartment, leading her to kill him in self-defense. The man's grieving brother seeks revenge for what he sees as his brother's unwarranted, racially motivated death, beginning a bitter cycle of violence and retribution. Set... Read More
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The Marble Faun (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (author); Leonardo Bercovici (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Copa, 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of his four major romances. In Italy, four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author... Read More
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Who Loves Jackie (Original typescript treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Richard G. Berry (screenwriters)
N.p.: Self published, 1970. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "Who Loves Jackie?" written by Richard G. Berry. Copy belonging to Paul Kohner agency representative Ilse Lahn, with two manuscript letters addressed to her from Berry: one letter requesting that Lahn read the script, noting a date of 9/7/78, and the other thanking Lahn for reading the... Read More
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Matters of State (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Andrew; Meier Clark Freshman (screenwriters)
Oxford: University College, 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. The wife of a retiring Minister of Law in Johannesburg is assassinated just before her son begins school at Oxford. Set in Johannesburg, South Africa. Brown textured card wrappers. Title page present, dated 1987, with credits for screenwriters Andrew Meier and Clark Freshman.... Read More
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...so help me God. (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William J. Cassidy (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Pomegranate Productions, Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a Pomegranate Productions business card belonging to president Robert French stapled to the title page. When her abusive mother dies in a freak accident, young Sylvia believes she's lucked out and will be able to finally live as a family with her caring stepfather. Nobody else... Read More
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Operation Sub Rosa (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by R. Delano Brown (screenwriter)
N.p.: Hemdale / Double Eagle, 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the name of actor Aaron Norris on the front wrapper, an unusual indication of a perhaps intended role. 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 with the... Read More
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