N.p. N.p., 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A black man and his son struggle to survive in Apartheid-era South Africa, where they find themselves constantly at odds with white society, whether at the hands of questioning police, the disrespect Mogane faces when he is promoted to foreman at his job, and his son struggling to earn respect and.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, circa early 1970s. Draft script for an unproduced television pilot by Howard Rodman, whose brief but extremely impressive docket includes the screenplay for three Don Siegel-directed films: "Madigan" (1968), "Coogan's Bluff" (1968), and "Charley Varrick" (1973). Rodman also served as a writer and story supervisor on three major television series: "Naked City" (1960-1963), "Route 66 (1960-1963).....
N.p. N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single ink notation in on the title page. Ted Halverson is a precious metals dealer who receives an offer for something incredible precious for $250,000 in Switzerland. He responds to the call, bringing the money and not even knowing what he is buying. A great mystery unfolds involving a beautiful.....
N.p. N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced television miniseries. Based on the true story of Erwin Rommel, a field marshal of the Nazi Army during World War II, who rose to infamy and great respect amongst comrades and foes during the North African campaign of the war, one of the longest campaigns of the entire war. The format of the.....
Tarzana, CA: Morning Star Films, Circa 1980s. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film, with the Paul Kohner-Michael Levy imprint on the title page. Laid in is a business card from Norton Wright Productions, with a brief inscription on the verso, addressed to Ilse (Ilse Lahn of Paul Kohner agency), thanking her for being patient in returning scripts. A young.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a typed letter to Ms. Lahn from screenwriter John Rose laid-in. A biopic on the French sculptor Auguste Rodin and his turbulent relationships with everyone around him including his mistress and, in the last year of both their lives, his eventual wife, Rose, as well as a host of.....
N.p. N.p., 1981. Treatment script for an unproduced film. After the independence of India from England and the dividing of the nation into both modern India and Pakistan, a farmer and Sikh is working when a Muslim woman throws herself at his feet. Upon seeing the man who owns her, the farmer realizes he must purchase the young woman as.....
Canada: Trinity Films, 1971. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two personal autograph notes from Hollywood agent Paul Kohner of the Kohner Agency and a two page synopsis of the film, dated November 21, 1973. A prison break story wherein the largest and the smallest prisoners on the block forming an unlikely team in order to escape.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. 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. Title page present with credits for.....
Los Angeles: Self published, Circa 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Nobody's Child," written by Robert Ryder, produced for circulation at Paramount for purposes of script development, with a "Paramount Print Shop" duplication rubber stamp on the title page. Ryder's name and telephone numbers present on the front wrapper verso in holograph pencil. Set in Rhode Island, with.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. 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 her undiagnosed.....
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 anachronistic aspects of.....
Los Angeles: Robert Weitman Productions, 1974. Revised Fourth Draft Screenplay, an early attempt at a script for the 1980 film, preceding its production by six years. Based on 1973 novel "The First Deadly Sin" by Lawrence Sanders. Not to be confused with the 1980 film also based on the novel by Sanders. It is the second installment in Sanders' Edward X......
New York: Dino De Laurentiis Corporation, Circa 1970s. Corrected proof of Sapir's 1975 novel, "Bressio," in wrappers bearing the address label of the Dino De Laurentiis Corporation, for uses of script development for an unproduced film. Sapir rose to prominence with the "Destroyer" novels in the 1960s, created with Warren Murphy. He also wrote "The Body" (1983), basis for Jonas.....
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Draft script for an unproduced film, also noted under the working title "Tennessee Overdrive," though it should be noted that by the writing of this draft the locale for the intended film was changed from Tennessee to Texas. A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper noting the title of the film. A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation, in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their.....
N.p. N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. After her father loses his grip on reality and murders his wife, Annie is picked up and taken in by her aunt and soon falls for a pony rider in the local fair. Their love last years and despite whatever distance may be between them. Set in the American Southeast. Brown titled.....
Dharma Productions, 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. Escaping her recent divorce and death of her child, Leslie, an American, ends up in India where Buddhism has its roots, Banhasa, along the banks of the Ganges. A mysterious man gives her a ring that will not come off her finger, with a strange symbol on it, later revealed to.....
Los Angeles: Max E. Youngstein, 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. The story of two of brothers, a prospector and an oceanographer, who drill for oil on a offshore drilling rig in the Caribbean. Screenwriter Schweitzer would go on to work predominantly in television, including writing for "The Bold Ones," "The Senator," "Mod Squad," and "Baretta," among others. Lavender.....
N.p. Self published, 1983. Fifth Final Draft script for an unproduced film called "Where the Sun Never Sets," written by Jeff Segal and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., based on an original story by Segal, about a Catholic priest who leads an adventurous search for the Holy Grail. Semple's notable film credits include "Batman: The Movie" (1966), "Fathom" (1967), "Papillon" (1973), "The.....
Culver City, CA: The Selznick Company, 1962. Rough Draft Outline script for an unproduced film. Not related to the 1953 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury. Rather, a story about culture clash in Japan toward the end of World War II, centering on a forward-thinking woman who ultimately ends her own life with a ceremonial knife, in an ironically.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the apocryphal tale of the Taj Mahal's origins, built to honor the deceased Persian wife of seventeenth-century Indian emperor Shah Jehan. At one point, the film was slated for the highly regarded directing-producing team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, a plan which was unfortunately never set into effect. Set.....
N.p. N.p., Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A couple hole up in a bunker with their newborn infant, setting up a television broadcast where they claim they will kill their child unless it is given citizenship in every country in the world. Screenwriter John W. Shadow was best known for writing and directing the mysterious and legendary giallo.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1972. Second Draft script for an unproduced film by Anthony Shaffer, with several holograph annotations in both marker and pencil striking, changing or adjusting dialogue and setting. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and “Heat” (Michael Mann, 1996). Novelist and.....
N.p. N.p., 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Criminals plan a massive theft from a military air base in order to secure the materials to build a nuclear warhead. Screenwriter Josef Shaftel was better known for "The Biggest Bundle of them All" (1968). Set in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated June 15.....
N.p. N.p., 1978. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on screenwriter Josef Shaftel's experiences working as a newspaper correspondent in 1948 in the Middle East during the Arab-Israeli conflict, during which time he falls in love with a Jewish refugee and gradually becomes sympathetic to the Zionist cause. Shaftel's story was also the basis for a 1962.....
London: Jon Thurley MA, Circa 1960s. Treatment (synopsis) script for an unproduced film called "The Richest Man in the World," written by Ian Shand, whose film credits include "Mischief" (1969), "Kadoyng" (1972), and the 1960-1962 television series, "Bonehead." Owner name ("H. Janis") in holograph ink on the title page. A story set in Dallas, Texas, about a cab driver who.....
New York London: Louis De Rochemont Associates / Grand Prize Films, 1962. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1909 one-act play. Blanco Posnet, a drunkard in a small Western town, faces hanging for stealing the sheriff's horse, but the situation grows complicated when the jury learns that Posnet gave the horse to a woman carrying her dying child to.....
Los Angeles: American Broadcasting Company [ABC] / Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1954. Final Script for the short from the 1954 film "Light's Diamond Jubilee." "Light's Diamond Jubilee" was a David O. Selznick television production aired simultaneously on all three of the major networks. The special was mounted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Thomas Edison's.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced film called "Voyage Out, Voyage Home," written by Sidney Buchman, based on stories by Irwin Shaw. Buchman's film credits include "Lost Horizon" (1937), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), and "Cleopatra" (1963). A story about Christine, who returns to her father in New York after a bad romance.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1961. Agency Treatment script for an unproduced film. A quaint, if dated, comedy concerning an American consulate in a small Southeast Asian country on the brink of a revolution, and their reactions as their first six Peace Corps volunteers are stationed there. A unique pre-Vietnam War look at American attitudes towards the area. Blue wrappers, with the.....
Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, 1954. Revised "partial" script for an unproduced film, dated 10/21/54. Based on the 1948 short story by Max Shulman, this adaptation possibly written by Shulman (though no credit is given). Shulman's short story was originally published in the April 18, 1948 issue of the Spokesman-Review, a newspaper published in Spokane, Washington. Selznick Productions commonly issued.....
N.p. N.p., 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed synopsis of the prospective film, with the copied signature of screenwriter Steven James Silva at the bottom. Stapled to the recto of the rear wrapper is a brown paper mailing envelope, ostensibly the one used to ship the script to its recipient. Loosely based.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1971. Draft script an unproduced film by Curt Siodmak, based on his 1971 novel of the same name, about a scientist who discovers how to induce ESP in people. Sidomak was the screenwriter for such horror classics as "The Wolf Man" (1941), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), and "The Beast with Five Fingers" (1946), as well.....
N.p. N.p., 1982. Draft script for an unproduced play. A play about an author attempting to write a story starring Jack the Ripper. Curt Siodmak is best known for writing the "The Wolf Man" (1941), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), "Donovan's Brain" (1953), and many other science fiction and horror classics. His work consistently revealed an imagination that combined.....
N.p. N.p., 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1964 novel by Curt Siodmak, with a typed letter SIGNED by Siodmak written to "Sid," discussing the possibility of joint European and American backing for the film. Curt Siodmak is best known for writing the "The Wolf Man" (1941), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), and "Donovan's Brain".....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1964. Draft script for an unproduced 1964 British remake of Robert Siodmak's 1933 German-Austrian film (the remake directed by Siodmak as well), based on the 1913 novella "Brennendes Geheimmnis" by Stephan Zweig, and with Siodmak once again attached to direct. Copy belonging to screenwriter Arbeid, with his name in holograph ink on the title page. The story.....
N.p. Stanley Chase Productions. Draft script for an unproduced film. Barney Slater was a screenwriter best known for "Cahill U.S. Marshal" (1973), "The Tin Star" (1957), and "Lost in Space" (1965-1968). A father and son scam duo pay off a pilot to fly close to the water in order for them to push a container of gold down below, so.....
Zurich: Ypsilon Films, circa 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in holograph pencil. A comedy-romance about a young scientist trying to find his way in today's society, a tongiue-in-cheek look at the world we all have to deal with, including the absurdities of the everyday. Gessner was a Hungarian filmmaker who mostly made television movies.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in autograph letter signed by Andrea Ireland Stapley addressed to an anonymous editor recipient dated March 4th, 1976. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Andrea Ireland Stapley. 191 leaves, with last page of text numbered 176. Xerographically reproduced Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with.....
N.p. N.p., 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. A con man and his partner rob some jewel thieves by posing as cops. However, later at a party, the con man sees the unique, priceless emerald he just stole around the neck of a rich American and begins to realize either that one or the one in his pocket is.....
N.p. N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper noting the film title and screenwriter's name. A scientist accidentally creates a new strain of the influenza virus, unaware that his coworkers intend to use the virus to solve the world's overpopulation problem by killing millions of people. Orange titled card wrappers, with.....
N.p. Self published, 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Dracula," written and originally to have been directed by Ken Russell. Based on Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel of vampire vengeance. Copy belonging to editor Rik Friday, who worked with Russell in post-production on "Altered States" (1980). Blue wrappers with paper spine label. Title page present, dated July 21.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970. Eight-page Treatment script for an unproduced film. Attached to the front wrapper is a handwritten note from producer Anthony Unger to casting agent Paul Kohner on Academy Players Directory letterhead introducing the script. A veteran posts an ad in the newspaper offering to perform any service—especially seeking out risky and problematic endeavors—for $107,941.72, which he intends.....
Tel Aviv: DAFNA International Films, 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. On her drive to work, Edna is rear ended by Dave, an American musicologist. Dave promises to pay for the damage, and uses this commitment as an excuse to get close to, and seduce Edna, who is raising her young son on her own. Set in Tel Aviv. Light.....
Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, 1947. First Draft script for an unproduced film, a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977, penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" (1952), "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "Picnic" (1955), and "Bell, Book, and Candle" (1956). Blue titled wrappers, noted as Second Draft on.....
Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film, a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977, penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" (Fritz Lang, 1952), "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "Picnic" (1955), and "Bell, Book, and Candle" (1956). Blue titled wrappers, noted.....
N.p. N.p., 1988. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A comedy about the titular fictional music variety show. The cast list notes several heavyweight comedic actors, including Richard Pryor, Lilly Tomlin, Dan Ackroyd, and Eddie Murphy, but it's unclear if they were attached to the project or if it's a wish list, as the script also calls for cameos.....
N.p. N.p., 1944. Agency Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the story by George Agnew Chamberlain that first appeared in Collier's Weekly on May 27, 1939. The daughter of a well known racehorse owner falls for the son of another owner, currently down and out, and their relationship hinges on the success of the young man's new wildcard.....
Nassau, Bahamas: McWhorter Productions, 1968. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Keep," adapted from Gwyn Thomas' 1962 play by Ray Jenkins. Bound in is an excised shooting schedule leaf, on one side noting $7000 owed to Jean McDonald, and the other side detailing production requirements for Ernest Lehman's 1972 film, "Portnoy's Complaint," the film with Richard.....
Hollywood: Andrews-Vagemann Productions, circa 1960s. Two treatment scripts for an unproduced television series "The Brutes." Written by Jerome B. Thomas, occasional writer for shows like "The Outer Limits" and the 1965 "Branded." This listing contains two scripts, "HERE COME THE BRUTES" and "THE BRUTES: THE IDOLS I HAVE LOVED SO LONG." "HERE COME THE BRUTES" introduces the principle characters, two.....
N.p. N.p., 1979. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the film treatment are a few pages discussing the film's purpose and prospective audience. A biography of two-time Olympic gold medal recipient and football great Jim Thorpe, as told from the perspective of his daughter Grace. Set in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Clear plastic front wrapper, with a white rear wrapper. Title.....
N.p. N.p., N.d. Typescript draft for an unproduced film. A soldier's father is killed when witnessing a gang hit in Los Angeles and the soldier, on 30 day leave from his tour in Vietnam in order to attend his father's funeral, is out for revenge. A blunt condemnation of violent gangs. Lacking wrappers, as issued. Title page present, with credits for.....
Los Angeles: Springfield Productions, circa 1957. Original story treatment script for an unproduced 1957 film by legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, based on an idea by producer Alec March, with screenwriter Ben Perry fronting the script for the blacklisted Trumbo. Written in the prose style of most treatments. Trumbo bought out the rights of March and Perry, and sold the film.....
N.p. N.p., Circa early 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film. A lurid yet touching tale of a white man whose perceptions of cultural normativity are broken when he encounters an African American pimp in Depression-era Hollywood, the two becoming lifelong friends and sharing the trials of the era in which their friendship is forbidden. Goldenrod titled wrappers, with credits.....
Munich [Munchen]: Alex Tudor, 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman, though no one present understands what one sees in the other. Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both.....
Munich: N.p., 1984-1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German language. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor, a screenwriter and director. Teal untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1984-1985, with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn, and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 170 leaves, with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographically duplicated, first generation copy.....
Munich: 1984-1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor, a screenwriter and director. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1984-1985, with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn, and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 55 leaves, with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with.....
Los Angeles: Stephen Friedman / Kings Road Productions, circa 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ron Turbeville's only produced screen credits were for "Buster and Billie" (1974) and a few episodes of television ("Adam-12," "The Name of the Game"). A coming-of-age story with what would appear to be a nearly all-black cast, about a 14-year-old black teenager named.....
Los Angeles: Vanguard Films, 1944. Mimeograph story reproduction for an unproduced Vanguard Films project in 1944. The original Mark Twain story, unabridged and unaltered, in script form, printed by and distributed internally for review by Vanguard after Selznick purchased the rights in 1944. Light blue titled wrappers, dated August 17, 1944, with credit for writer Twain. 59 leaves, mimeograph duplication.....
N.p. N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A twisted vision of the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic world, which starts with a plane exploding over southern Sweden. Soon everyone is a peninsular town begins getting sick with the same illness, which the doctor has never seen before. As soon as he calls the county medical examiner about it, the area.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Music and sound script for an unproduced film. In German-occupied France, a mother is brought to grief by news of her son's death. Set in France. 15 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with annotations throughout. Near Fine, top-stapled.
N.p. N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in holograph 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 leaves, with last page of text numbered.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Three men attempt to cash in on the tourism associated with Scotland by bringing in new kinds of entertainments that they hear have attracted tourists elsewhere in Europe, such as ballet. Problems begin to arise, however, when the men discover that they lack the necessary knowledge to promote such entertainments.....
N.p. N.p., 1965. Draft script for an unproduced film, accompanied by a typed letter signed from Weis to producer Milton Ebbins, another typed letter signed from Ebbins subsequently returning the script, and a third page of casting notes with holograph annotations in pencil and black ink. The casting notes propose a number of actors and screenwriters for the film, all.....
N.p. N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A biopic about the silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who died of a heart attack in 1933 at age 46. Considered an important figure in the early development of film studios, he mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. In 1920 he was one of the highest paid.....
London: Carter De Haven. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in holograph ink. Gerald Vaughan-Hughes is a British screenwriter best known for his work on "The Duellists" (1977), "To the Devil a Daughter" (1976), and "Sebastian" (1968). Damon is a young jazz singer in England, performing on the night club circuit, and dealing with the daily.....
London: Winkast Film Productions, 1969. First draft screenplay and copied second draft screenplay for an unproduced film from author Gore Vidal adapting his esteemed 1964 historical fiction novel "Julian." From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and “Heat” (Michael Mann, 1996). Vidal's account of.....
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Los Angeles: Selznick International, 1942. Second Draft treatment script for an unproduced film "Two Against Tomorrow," with alternate titles "The Big Parade of 1942," "No Time for Tears," "12 Stolen Hours," and "Lover Come Back" also written on the front wrapper. One of a number of original scripts written by noted screenwriter and novelist Viertel for producer David O. Selznick.....
N.p. N.p., ca. 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film, "Player Piano," based on Kurt Vonnegut's first novel. After his directorial debut with Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" in 1971, Alan Arkin wrote this adaptation of Vonnegut's legendary science fiction novel and announced plans to direct in the summer of 1972, with Edward Pressman and Burtt Harris producing. Green titled wrappers.....
N.p. N.p., 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film, based on the life of Malcolm X. With copied annotations throughout, mostly corrections to the text. Joseph A. Walker is best known as the writer of the 1972 play "The River Niger." The original Off-Broadway run received an Obie Award for Best Play, and Walker became the first African American writer.....
N.p. N.p., 1965. Synopsis for an unproduced film, based on the novel of the same name by Irving Wallace. Included with the synopsis is a two-page typed document on Brenco Pictures Corporation letterhead, dated November 11, 1965, discussing the popularity of Wallace's prior novels, and proposing a budget for the film, along with a small note addressed to casting agent.....
New York: William Morris Agency, Circa 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film called "Don't Bury Me At All," written by Robert Penn Warren and Max Shulman. An unusual collaboration between screenwriter Max Shulman ("The Affairs of Dobie Gillis," 1953) and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Penn Warren. A cursory look at the script leads us to believe the film would.....
N.p. N.p., 1975. An unproduced British Draft script for the "Vile Bodies," based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh and written for the screen by John Wells. Assembled mostly from mechanically-reproduced leaves, with two leaves (pp. 138-139) being ribbon copies. Written as a screenplay, with dialogue and location information, but lacking camera direction, typical of a draft that is.....
New York: N.p., Circa 1979. Archive including a Draft script for an unproduced film, and several associated typed letters signed relating to the possible casting of Liv Ullmann and Carol Kane. Based on the 1972 novel by Jerome Weidman. Laid in to the script are a three page handwritten letter on Film Friends letterhead from Marilyn Feinstein to Paul Kohner.....
Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, circa 1940. Report and Story Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Red titled wrappers, noted as Report and Synopsis on the front wrapper, with credit for screenwriter Weiss. 17 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA: Capitol International Pictures. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in holograph ink throughout. Alex, the playwright daughter of a famous actress is taking her mother's body to her homeland of Greece to bury her when she meets Kristo, a married man whose wife is pregnant with his brother's child. They begin a......
N.p. N.p., 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman checks into a motel in Wyoming, renting a cabin for a week and begins cleaning a rifle. No one has the slightest suspicion that she is responsible for a string of murders and will likely strike again. Set in Wyoming. Blue untitled wrappers with a die cut title window.....
N.p. N.p., 1989. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Not related to the 1997 movie of the same name. After his father's death, a young man travels to the small town of Anaconda to uncover the secrets of his father's past, which seem to include a long-lost half-sister. Set in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Montana. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 9/89.....
N.p. N.p., 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema, best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" (1953), "Room at the Top" (1959), "Our Man in Havana" (1959), "Charade" (1963), and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965). Based.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film A drama written in the wake of the Vietnam War. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Shimon Wincelberg. 154 leaves, with last page of text numbered 150. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
Los Angeles: Grenadier Productions, Circa 1970s. Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Man Who Was Alive and Well," written by Shimon Wincelberg, produced for circulation at Grenadier Productions in Los Angeles, for purposes of script development. Wincelberg's notable film credits include "Fighter Attack" (1953), "The Legend of Custer" (1968), and "Cold Sweat" (1970), as well as several television.....
N.p. N.p., 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A depiction of the struggles of two US soldiers after returning home from the Vietnam War. Copper untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1985, with credits for screenwriter Jesse Wolf. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three.....
Los Angeles: D.H. Wolfe and Associates, circa 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and “Heat” (Michael Mann, 1996). Lulu is an intrepid, astute young cellist studying at Julliard. While at home in Connecticut, playing in the.....
N.p. Self published, Circa 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film called "A Very Hot Summer," written by Mildred Woodruff and Nathalie Zeidman. Brief notation in holograph ink on one page. Set in New Orleans in 1897, with central characters being Edouard Maury and his wife Emily, a painter, the focus of the plot being Emily and her tribulations as.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1965. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in holograph pencil. Based on a 1924 adventure novel of the same name involving three brothers who seek adventure and find it by leaving England and enlisting in the French Foreign Legion, following the left of a valuable jewel from a relation.....
London: Excelsior Film Productions, Circa 1970s. First Draft script for an unproduced film with the tentative titles, "Kiss Me" and "In Confidence Limited," written by Peter Yeldham, whose notable film credits include "The Long Duel" (1967), "Age of Consent" (1969), and "The Call of the Wild" (1972). Brief notation in holograph ink on two pages. Set in London, where romance.....
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London: Excelsior Film Productions, Circa 1970s. First Draft script for an unproduced film with the tentative titles, "Kiss Me" and "In Confidence Limited," written by Peter Yeldham, whose notable film credits include "The Long Duel" (1967), "Age of Consent" (1969), and "The Call of the Wild" (1972). Brief annotations in holograph ink and pencil on a few pages. Set in.....
Beverly Hills, CA: William Morris Agency. Draft script for an unproduced film. A local criminal escapes from prisoner transport and bounty hunter Regan Chance is hot on his trail, as well as the mysterious J, another bounty hunter working for the father of the escaped, who wants his son brought back alive. Chance remains one step ahead of the cops.....
N.p. N.p., 1988. Revised First Draft script for the pilot episode of an unproduced 1988 television series. An aging rockstar named Trigger attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter. White titled self-wrappers, noted as revised second draft and production number 86240 on the front wrapper, dated March 5, 1988, with credits for screenwriter and producer Ron Zimmerman, producer Amy Heckerling.....
N.p. N.p., 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A divorce court judge awards a family's three children the house, forcing the two parents to alternate living there every week. Of course the expected high jinx occur: Dad lets them be messy and eat junk food, Mom requires they clean and eat green vegetables, and the kids misbehave at every.....
N.p. N.p., 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A witch has put a curse on a princess that will kill her on her 21st birthday but her court magician Merlin has invented a machine that sends her forward in time to 1981 Los Angeles. The witch and merlin have also followed her and all three are lost and.....
N.p. N.p., circa early 1990s. Draft script for an unproduced film. A cheesy, if moving, slapstick comedy of errors about a man whose wife is cheating on him with his business partner. A dog, a rat, an old landlady, and a bunch of gangsters all also make an appearance. Written by Jack Zurla, otherwise known for his work on the.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1922 novella by the same author, of the same title. The protagonist, a doctor who has moved to India from Germany to practice medicine is overcome by an obsession which eventually leads to his committing suicide. "Amok" is an Indonesian word of Malay origin, referring to people.....
San Francisco: Terry Zwigoff, 1988. First Draft script for an unproduced film, based on R. Crumb's cartoon character "Sassy, the female sasquatch." A project that was in development three years after Zwigoff's first film (a documentary about Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong), and preceded by six years the documentary about R. Crumb in 1994 that would establish him as a director. The.....