Archive of screenplay and manuscript material by W.R. Burnett
by W.R. Burnett [H.N. Swanson]
N.p.: N.p., 1963. An archive of 17 mimeograph manuscripts for short stories, novels, and screenplays, many never published or produced, by W.R. Burnett. All identified by stamp, label or cover sheet as being from H.N. Swanson, Inc., Burnett's literary agent. Four of the scripts are ribbon copy typescript or carbon typescript, two of the scripts have been briefly annotated... Read More
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The Shootist (First Edition)
by Glendon Swarthout
Garden City: Doubleday, 1975. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1976 film directed by Don Siegel and starring John Wayne, in his final role. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slightest spine lean. Jacket lightly rubbed, with faint toning on the spine and rear panel and a nick at the heel.
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Werewolf [Were-Wolf] (Original manuscript for the 1929 serialization of the 1928 mystery novel)
by Charles Lee Swem
Cleveland: The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1929. Original typescript for the 1929 serialization of the 1928 mystery novel. Bound in before the manuscript is a 47-page typescript short mystery story titled "The Virgin Tower," ostensibly also written by Charles Lee Swem, with a few brief manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the first leaf. Title page of "Werewolf" mentions... Read More
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Secret Dead Men (Signed First Edition)
by Duane Swierczynski
Holicong: Point Blank, 2005. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Additionally signed by editor Allan Guthrie on the copyright page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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Exit A (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by Anthony Swofford
New York: Scribner, 2007. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "To Chris and Melissa and the Boyz / Thank you for welcoming me home—and for being my family / Love / Anthony / I. 2007." Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction,... Read More
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Little Big Shot (Original screenplay for the 1935 film, presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald)
by Sybil Jason, Glenda Farrell, , Edward Everett Horton, Jack La Rue, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Armstrong (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, Hardy Andrews (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1935. Final script for the 1935 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946),... Read More
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Husbands-Report [Seitensprung-Report] (Original lobby card for the 1971 film)
by Sybil Danning, Ingrid Steeger, Elisabeth Volkmann, Renate Kasché (starring); Harald Philipp (director, screenwriter); Fred Denger (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage lobby card for the 1971 German film. Stamp noting No. 8 on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and... Read More
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The Appointment (Original photograph from the set of the 1969 film)
by Sydney Lumet (director); James Salter (screenwriter); Omar Sharif, Anouk Aimee (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film. Anouk Aimee walks down a Rome street toward the camera, while director Sydney Lumet and crew look on. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Lumet was nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes for the film, about a man who becomes suspicious... Read More
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Doctor Who (Original program for three days of screenings of the British television series at the 1979 Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Convention)
by Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson (creators); William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker (starring)
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Convention, 1979. Vintage program for three days of screenings of the classic British science fiction television series at the 1979 Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Convention. Program includes an introduction, a brief history of the television series, synopses of the episodes starring Tom Baker, and a biography of... Read More
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This Property is Condemned (Original photograph of Charles Bronson and Sydney Pollack on the set of the 1966 film)
by Sydney Pollack (director); Tennessee Williams (play); Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe, Edith Sommer (screenwriters); Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1966. Vintage studio still photograph of actor Charles Bronson and director Sydney Pollack on the set of the 1966 film. Based on the 1946 one-act play by Tennessee Williams, about a railroad representative who finds himself charmed by a girl he meets in the small town he is visiting in Mississippi. Set in... Read More
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The Firm (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)
by Sydney Pollack (director); Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter (starring); John Grisham (novel); David Rabe, Robert Towne, David Rayfiel (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script are three blue pages dated February 14, 1992, noted as "Casting." Based on John Grisham's 1991 novel, about a promising young lawyer who begins to untangle a web of violence and secrecy at his new law firm. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best... Read More
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Original photograph from the 1969 film)
by Sydney Pollack (director); Horace McCoy (novel); Robert E. Thompson, James Poe (screenwriters); Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1969 film, an establishing shot of the dance marathon venue that serves as the setting for the story. Annotations in manuscript ink and a provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1935 debut novel by Horace McCoy. One of the darkest films of the... Read More
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Original pressbook for the 1969 film)
by Sydney Pollack (director); Horace McCoy (novel); Robert E. Thompson, James Poe (screenwriters); Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young (starring)
Los Angeles: ABC Pictures, 1969. Vintage pressbook for the 1969 film. Based on the 1935 debut novel by Horace McCoy. One of the darkest films of the 1960s, bringing to the screen McCoy's classic, grim depiction of the dance marathons of the Depression era. An uncompromising and daring work, in our opinion the best film of Sydney... Read More
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The Electric Horseman (Original For Your Consideration pamphlet for the 1979 film)
by Sydney Pollack (director); Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson (starring); Paul Gaer, Robert Garland (screenwriters)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1980. Vintage bifold "For Your Consideration" advertising pamphlet for the 1979 film. A former rodeo star is unable to cope with his new life as a variety stage performer in Las Vegas, leading him to kidnap a race horse and set off into the desert, hotly pursued by a newspaper reporter. ... Read More
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The Entity (Original photograph from the 1982 film)
by Sydney J. Furie (director); Frank De Felitta (novel, screenwriter); John R. Hamilton, Dave Friedman (still photographers); Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982. Vintage borderless reference studio still photograph from the 1982 film. "1982 20th Century-Fox" stamp on verso. Based on the 1978 Frank De Felitta novel about a real case of an alleged haunting. In 1974, Culver City, Doris Bither claimed the ghosts of three men were raping her. De Felitta was present during... Read More
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The Entity (Five original photographs from the 1983 film)
by Sydney J. Furie (director); Frank De Felitta (novel, screenwriter); Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Five vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1983 film. Numbered E-1 through E-5 on the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on the 1978 Frank De Felitta novel, which was in turn loosely based on the 1974 case of a woman who claimed to have been sexually assaulted... Read More
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Hot Enough for June (Original photograph of Sylva Koscina from the 1964 British film)
by Sylva Koscina, Dirk Bogarde (starring); Ralph Thomas (director); Lukas Heller (screenwriter); Lionel Davidson (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 British film, showing actress Sylva Koscina undressing. Stamp of photographer Georg Michalke on the verso. Based on Lionel Davidson's 1960 novel "The Night of Wenceslas," about an ordinary man who is unknowingly pulled into a Cold War plot. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. ... Read More
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Collection of 14 original promotional brochures for Italian and international actresses, circa 1950
by Sylvana Mangano, Isa Miranda, Annamaria Gerrero, Yvonne Sanson, Alida Valli, Delia Scala, Ingrid Bergman, Silvana Pampanini, Lea Padovani, Lucia Bose, Eleanora Rossi, Gina Lollobrigida, Carla Del Poggio, Anna Magnani (subjects)
Rome: Unitalia Film / IFE, 1950. Collection of 14 vintage oversize promotional brochures for Italian and international actresses. Each brochure features a one-page biography in Italian and a full-page black-and-white photograph of each actress. Actresses represented are Sylvana Mangano, Isa Miranda, Annamaria Gerrero, Yvonne Sanson, Alida Valli, Delia Scala, Ingrid Bergman, Silvana Pampanini, Lea Padovani, Lucia Bose,... Read More
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Agent 8 3/4 [Hot Enough for June] (Original British front-of-house card from the 1964 film)
by Sylva Koscina Dirk Bogarde (starring); Ralph Thomas (director); Lionel Davidson (novel); George Courtney Ward (photographer); Lukas Heller (screenwriter); Robert Morley, Leo McKern (starring)
London: Rank Organisation, 1964. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. Base on the Lionel Davidson novel, "Night of Wenceslas" (1960), about a man who gets caught up in Cold War espionage, in a romantic spy-spoof. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, and a few... Read More
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Nighthawks [Hawks] (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
by Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer (starring); Bruce Malmuth (director); David Shaber (screenwriter)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1980. Final Draft script for the 1981 film, seen here under the working title "Hawks." Copy belonging to sound mixer Les Lazarowitz, with his name in manuscript ink on several pages, and his profuse annotations throughout. Two undercover New York police officers are hired to take down a deadly European terrorist. Actor Rutger... Read More
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Samaritan (Original screenplay for the 2022 film)
by Sylvester Stallone, Dascha Polanco, Martin Starr, Moises Arias, Javon 'Wanna' Walton (starring); Julius Avery (director); Bragi F. Schut (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 2019. Production Design script for the 2022 film. Copy likely belonging to props handler Brennon Foster, with their manuscript annotations throughout. A child believes his reclusive neighbor is a vigilante super hero presumed dead twenty-five years ago. Set in the fictional Granite City, shot on location in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Read More
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Tango and Cash [Setup] (Original screenplay for the 1989 film)
by Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher (starring); Andrei Konchalovsky (director); Randy Feldman (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1989 film, seen here under the working title "Setup." Copy belonging to Director's Guild of America trainee Brad Michaelson, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page, and his annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Two cops with an intense rivalry must work together... Read More
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Rhinestone (Original screenplay for the 1984 film)
by Sylvester Stallone (starring, screenwriter); Dolly Parton, Tim Thomerson (starring); Bob Clark (director); Phil Alden Robinson (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Final script for the 1984 film. An aspiring country music star bets the owner of a nightclub that she can turn an ill-mannered New York cab driver into a singer. Set in New York and Tennessee, shot on location in Santa Clarita and Piru, California, and in Leipers Fork, Tennessee. ... Read More
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Rambo: First Blood Part II [2] (Original photograph from the 1985 film)
by Sylvester Stallone (starring, screenwriter); James Cameron (screenwriter); Richard Crenna, Charles Napier (starring); George P. Cosmatos (director)
Los Angeles and New York: Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures, 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The second entry in the successful "Rambo" series, in which Rambo is released from prison in order to document prisoners of war in Vietnam. Shot on location in Guerrero, Mexico, and in... Read More
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Daylight (Original screenplay for the 1996 film)
by Sylvester Stallone, Viggo Mortensen, Danielle Harris, Amy Brenneman (starring); Rob Cohen (director); Leslie Bohem, Kevin Wade (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1995. Revised Draft script for the 1996 film. Copy belonging to physical trainer John Lees, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page, and several notations throughout. An underground tunnel in New York explodes, trapping everyone inside. The former chief of the city's Emergency Medical Services is called in to help save the survivors... Read More
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