The Beard (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Nicholas Kazan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A film producer's constant philandering lands him in hot water with his wife, leading him to hire a peevish, ill-tempered screenwriter to keep an eye on his young mistress until his wife cools down. Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan was best known for co-writing the screenplays for "Matilda" (1996), and... Read More
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Straight Down a Crooked Lane (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Gene Fiskin (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. In order to force their brother's release from prison, two dimwitted men decide to steal the Liberty Bell. Set in Philadelphia. Brown wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present, undated, with credits for... Read More
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Ship in the Desert (Original treatment script for an unproduced television series)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter from the Paul Kohner Agency. A travel group's Indian guide dies at the campfire and his companions discover among his possessions several photographs of a Spanish Galleon in the desert. A search begins for the ship and the treasure that it presumably... Read More
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Dummy Partner (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Signature of reader Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency on the title page in manuscript ink. Three men rob a bank and almost get away with it until a young ventriloquist intervenes, allowing the lawmen to capture the crooks. Lacking wrappers. Title page present, with... Read More
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The Medicine Man (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A local entertainer sues a traveling medicine man, claiming that his product caused her hair to fall out. The medicine man protests that his daughter has been using the solution since her birth and has beautiful hair. It is revealed the entertainer has always been bald and simply... Read More
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The Golden Stogie (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Jack Lewis (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Signature of reader Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency on title page in manuscript ink. A desert prospector strikes it rich but is promptly robbed by two masked gunmen. The local lawman decides to investigate. Lacking wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis.... Read More
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Blood Ice (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Dirk Evans (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A police officer discovers a brutal and seemingly random massacre of nine people in a store. With no motives or leads, he must track down and stop the killer. Screenwriter Dirk Evans is better known for his work as an actor, most notably in "The Professionals" (1966), "Branded"... Read More
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The Boat Comes After Midnight (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Fritz Habeck (novel); Peter A. Schnitzler (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact," about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers, with credit for screenwriter Peter A.... Read More
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Citizen Hearst (Two original screenplays for an unproduced television film)
by James Castigan (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Two Draft scripts for an unproduced television film. A two-part biopic about wealthy businessman and newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, with particular focus on his less-than-savory journalistic practices. Set in New York. Part 1: White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated January 1984, with credits for screenwriter James Costigan. 119... Read More
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Cable Address: No. 1 Europe (Original treatment script for an unproduced television series)
by Albert J. Cohen (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. An American private investigator lives on the French Riviera, where he is tasked with bringing perpetrators of white-collar crime to justice. Set in France and Italy. Orange titled wrappers, with credit for screenwriter Albert J. Cohen. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Albert... Read More
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Dark Angel (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Jean Holloway (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1965. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Incomplete as issued, with an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and a single manuscript annotation in pencil on page 29. A pilot returning to the US after being blinded in the Vietnam War is trapped in his own fear and post-traumatic memories, leading his fiancee... Read More
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Walesa (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Zbigniew Kaminski (screenwriter)
Munich: Sunset Films, Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters, one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role, and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. ... Read More
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Jason of the Jungle (Original screenplay for an unproduced television pilot)
by Larry Cohen (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1960. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. A crime series loosely based on "Tarzan," about a semi-feral, highly agile man who captures criminals in the Amazon Rainforest. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen, best known for his Blaxploitation... Read More
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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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As My Dinner Turns (Original screenplay for an unproduced television series)
by Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television series with manuscript marker annotations on one page. 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 was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" (1998-2004).... Read More
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The Death Sentence (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p.. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink. Four characters swept up in the Mexican revolution go from no possibility of ever meeting each other to their fates becoming intertwined. Set in Mexico. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present, no with credit to the screenwriter. 224... Read More
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Get Petrosino (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by [Unproduced Screenplays]
Rome: Filmes Cinematografica, 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film, with no screenwriter credit. The true story of a New York detective who hunted down the Mafia in New York City in an effort to protect the Italian-American community from extortion, terror and crime. He was still called a traitor by his own community and traveled to Sicily... Read More
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Sotheby's at Isleworth, 2007: Monumental (Softcover)
by [Sotheby's] [Sculpture]
New York: Sotheby's, 2007. Softcover. As New.
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Encino Man (Six original photographs from a re-release of the 1992 film)
by Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore (starring); Les Mayfield (director); Shawn Schepps (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Showtime / The Movie Channel, 1992. Six vintage photographs from the Movie Channel re-release of the 1992 film, including three compilation photographs. Two teenage misfits discover a frozen caveman in their backyard, deciding to thaw him and help introduce him to the joys of modern life in Los Angeles. The film debut of actress Rose McGowan. ... Read More
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The Red Tent (Seven photographs from the 1969 film)
by Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Kruger, Peter Finch (starring); Mickail K. Kalatozov (director); Richard L. Adams, Ennio De Concini (screenwriters)
Hollywood: Cinema International / Paramount Pictures, 1969. Seven vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1969 Soviet Union film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos, with studio and distributor rubber-stamps. An ex-Arctic ship commander remembers the fallen members of a failed Italian expedition. A bobbed Claudia Cardinale lightens the film's desolation in her performance... Read More
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Goldfinger (Original photograph from the 1964 film)
by Sean Connery, Honor Blackman (starring); Ian Fleming (novel); Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn (screenwriters); Gert Frobe, Shirley Eaton (starring); Guy Hamilton (director);
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The third James Bond film, and the first to achieve blockbuster status, introducing many of the elements that would become staples of the franchise, including the pre-credit sequence, futuristic technology and gadgets, and Bond's Aston Martin. Winner... Read More
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Anna Karinena (Original photograph from the 1961 television movie)
by Sean Connery. Claire Bloom, Jack Watling (starring); Rudolph Cartier (director); Leo Tolstoy (novel); Donald Bull (screenwriter); Marcelle Maurette (play)
London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 television movie adaptation. Snipe stamped to the verso. Television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel detailing the doomed romance between two Russian socialites. This version starring Claire Bloom as Anna Karenina and Sean Connery as Count Alexis Vronsky. Set in Russia, shot... Read More
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Goldfinger (Two original photographs from the 1964 film)
by Sean Connery, Shirley Eaton, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe (starring); Guy Hamilton (director); Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film, both showing Sean Connery and Shirley Eaton. With the stamps of Top magazine on the verso, along with layout annotations in manuscript pencil. The third James Bond film overall, but the first to achieve blockbuster status, introducing many of the elements that would become staples... Read More
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The Frightened City (Two original photographs from the 1961 film)
by Sean Connery (starring); John Lemont (director, story); Leigh Vance (screenwriter); Herbert Lom, Kenneth Griffith, John Gregson (starring)
London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Zodiac Productions, 1961. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1961 UK film. Sean Connery stars as Paddy Damion, the best friend of a gangster who is killed in opposition to the extortionist mob that runs a decrepit area of London. Paddy swears revenge on those responsible for his friend's... Read More
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Original photograph of Amy Heckerling and Judge Reinhold from the set of the 1982 film)
by Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Nicolas Cage, Eric Stolz, and Forrest Whitaker (starring); Cameron Crowe (screenwriter); Amy Heckerling (director)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1982. Vintage reference photograph of director Amy Heckerling and actor Judge Reinhold from the set of the 1982 film. Based on the 1981 book "Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story" by Cameron Crowe. Filmed in five weeks, Heckerling's adaptation of Crowe's autobiographical account of high school life not only jump-started the... Read More
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