N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Draft script for the 1965 Yugoslavian made-for-television film, first aired on November 15, 1965. With a few holograph ink annotations throughout, mostly noting deletions and grammatical revisions. Text in English. An aging actor recalls his experiences twenty years earlier during World War II, in particular remembering an older artist nicknamed "Maestro" who encouraged him to pursue.....

N.p. N.p., 1996. Draft script for the 1996 television film. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis, warmly INSCRIBED on the title pages by playwright Jonathan Tolins and members of the cast and crew, including actors Garry Marshall, Brendan Fraser, and Jon Tenney (though not Faye Dunaway). Lacking the last few leaves, but complete as used by Maginnis. From the.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1979. Collection of three vintage studio still photographs and two advertising mockups from the 1979 film. Both the photographs and the advertising mockups have been hand-retouched, adhered to a backing board, and prepared for use in advertising. A stark black comedy in which a man who is caretaker for his mentally disabled mother becomes.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 Swedish television film, showing actor Anders Ek in a menacing demonic mask. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso.From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.A theatrical troupe is called before the Swedish courts due to their obscene performance material.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1997. Revised Draft script for the 1997 television movie. Based on the 1994 novel "The Advocate's Devil" by Alan Dershowitz. A film whose message regarding the nature of sexual assault remains potent and relevant, "The Advocate's Devil" follows an attorney who successfully helps a young athlete shake rape charges that have been brought against.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Draft script for the 1972 play, which premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington DC. With copy No. 23 notated in holograph pencil on the title page.Basis for the 1982 television movie directed by Rudi Goldman, about the serpentine network of misdeeds performed by US government officials.Set in Washington, DC. Maroon titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers.....

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], Circa 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film, "Suicide Batallion," here under its working title, "Hell Raiders." The screenwriter-director team of Rusoff and Kahn worked together on several AIP films, including "Girls in Prison" (1956), "The She-Creature" (1956), "Shake, Rattle & Rock" (1956), "Runaway Daughters" (1956), "Dragstrip Girl" (1957), and "Motorcycle Gang" (1957). Rusoff.....

Burbank, CA: Edgar J. Scherick and Associates, 1978. Second Draft script for the 1978 television film. One of director John Carpenter's earliest efforts as a screenwriter, released the same year as "Halloween" and the television movie "Someone's Watching Me." Originally aired on NBC on September 27, 1978. While written as a vehicle for Suzanne Somers, some actors that would soon.....

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1989. Draft script for the 1989 television film, originally broadcast on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Billy O'Sullivan, who portrayed Teddy, with his autograph on the title page. Two parents discover horrible stories of abuse coming from the daycare their children attends, especially since the people running the center are moral pillars of the.....

Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan, 1986. Shooting script for the television film, here under the working title "Hoover," first aired on Showtime on January 11, 1987.A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty.....

Culver City, CA: Lorimar, 1980. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. A woman dying from a blood disease who needs a bone marrow transplant contacts the daughter she gave up for adoption at birth in the hopes that they might be a match.Set in California. Brown titled wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped production No.....

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1988. Third Draft script for the 1988 television film, originally broadcast on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Brandon Marsh, who portrayed Tommy, with annotations in holograph ink related to his role. Country musician John Denver stars as John Clayton, a disillusioned CIA agent, who retires to become a bush pilot in the Alaskan wilderness.....

N.p. Warner Brothers, 1986. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 television film, housed in original glassine envelope. Premiered on NBC on March 31, 1986.Ann Jillian stars as twin sisters Samantha and Karen. Evil twin Samantha steals her sister's wealthy boyfriend Jason (Len Cariou), marries and kills him, then frames her sister for the murder.8 x 10.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1997. Draft script for the 1997 television film, which originally aired on CBS on November 24. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis, warmly INSCRIBED by members of the cast and crew on the front wrapper, including Olympia Dukakis and Julie Hagerty. Laid in with the script is an inscribed borderless black-and-white photograph of actress Olympia.....

Grunwald, Germany: Bavaria Film, 1980. Vintage photograph showing director Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the set of 1980 German television mini-series. With the stamps of German magazine "Der Spiegel" and photo agency Presse-Seeger, as well as holograph annotations, on the verso. Based on the 1929 novel by Alfred Doblin, previously filmed in 1931, directed by Phil Jutzi. Despite taking place over.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1986. Fifth Draft script for the 1986 television movie, directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by Gerald Petievich. "C.A.T. [Counter Assault Tactical] Squad" was the first of two television movies, intended to become a series but never further developed. The sequel, "C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf," was broadcast two years later, in.....

Culver City, CA: Harry Bennett Productions, 1981. Final Draft script for Part II the 1982 television movie (shown in two installments, at a length of 240 minutes). Winner of three Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actress, and nominated for four more. A biopic on the life of Israel's first female prime minister, Golda Meir, who tells her story at her old.....

London: ITC, Circa 1971. First Draft script for the 1972 British television film which aired on ABC on January 15, 1972 and was theatrically released in Europe. Copy number "29" in holograph marker on title page.This early First Draft was written by screenwriter Philip Levene, best known for his screenwriting and consultant work on the television series "The Avengers" from.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles," seen here under the title "No Help Required."A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers, noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper, production No. 42128, dated.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1954. Final script for the 1954 television special, an anthology of stories commemorating the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison. An ambitious undertaking, with adaptations and original stories by G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Gordon, Irwin Shaw, Max Shulman, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain. Much of the script doctoring and.....

N.p. Televison Film Production, circa late 1940's. Draft shooting script for an unproduced British television film, circa late 1940's. Note on title page, in holograph ink, in hand of "Punch" editor E. V. Knox, "See article on this subject [arrow] Argus," "(EVK)" to right of note, with "(sent by producers)" below. Eight page "Foreword" bound in after title page, details.....

Hollywood: Westgate, 1987. Draft script for the 1987 television film. Copy belonging to host and narrator Telly Savalas, with his autograph on the title page, and his annotations throughout in holograph ink and pencil. A live television event broadcast in 1987, featuring the latest footage of the sunken vessel, shot via a French submarine expedition. The event was highly publicized.....

Los Angeles: Hollywood Television Theatre, 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in holograph pencil. Based on Ibsen's 1892 play, considered one of his most revealing works, about Halvard Solness, a master builder who returns to his hometown to construct a church with a towering steeple. Iit is revealed Solness has a great fear of.....

London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1965. Draft script for the 1965 BBC television movie "Tea Party," adapted by Pinter from his 1963 short story. The film first aired live on March 25, 1965 on the BBC program "The Largest Theatre in the World." INSCRIBED by screenwriter Pinter on that day: "March 25th 1965 / To Peter Colin Holder / Congratulations.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1967. Final Draft script for episode 19 of the 1967-1968 television anthology show. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with the name of his character in holograph ink on the front wrapper and holograph annotations on nearly every page. "The Danny Thomas Hour" ran for one season on NBC as an anthology show, with Thomas presenting.....

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1987. First Draft script for the 1987 television movie. Based on the true crime story from the 1970's, and adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh. Susan Reinert is a schoolteacher in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania who goes missing and is found murdered with her two children. Nominated for two.....

N.p. N.p., Unknown. First Draft script for an unproduced television film. With a single holograph ink annotation to the first leaf reading "Return to: Paul Kohner." Based on Aristophanes' ancient Greek comedy, wherein a group of women decide to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek states by refusing to have sex with their husbands until the battles end.Set in ancient.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1972. Final Draft script for the 1972 television movie. Copy belonging to prop assistant Paul Marco, with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and title page, with other production ephemera laid in. Based on the infamous 1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks. A mostly tasteful, surprisingly non-exploitative look at 1970s teenage drug.....

N.p. N.p., Unknown. Second Draft script for the 1995 television film, which originally aired on September 12, 1995 on Showtime.Based on Ella Leffland's 1970 novel, about a woman who seeks revenge on her wealthy, wheelchair-bound father-in-law. An early draft of a project that underwent heavy rewrites by director Diane Ladd before finally being shot in 1995. Shot on location in.....

Studio City, CA: Charles Fries Productions / Stonehenge Productions, 1977. Draft script, circa 1977, for the 1978 television movie. Jeannie Haskins (James) is a schoolteacher who is told, during labor, that her baby has died. Soon after she is haunted by nightmares that seem to indicate her child is alive, so she seeks the help of a dream therapist. Director.....

N.p. N.p., 1979. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. With a single holograph pencil annotation to the title page noting a telephone number. Based on Alistair MacLean's novel, which was written deliberately for adaptation to film, wherein a criminal mastermind plots to blow up the Eiffel Tower and murder the US President's mother unless his ransom demands are met.Set.....

N.p. Omnibus Productions Inc., 1968. Treatment script for the 1970 television film which aired on NBC on January 4, 1970 and released theatrically in Europe. Annotations on top right, and copy number "3" circled, all in holograph pencil on front wrapper. Treatment is broken into a prologue, three acts, then an epilogue which follow character and sets. Producer Frederick H......

N.p. N.p., 1980. First Draft script for an unproduced television film. Laid in are six pages of letters urging the production of this film. Based on Ed McBain's police procedural novels set in "The 87th Precinct" specifically the 1972 novel "Sadie When She Died," but not to be confused with the 1961-1962 television series also based on this series of.....

London: Independent Television, 1986. 3rd Draft script for the television movie. Based on the 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh, which in turn was based on Waugh's own experiences working at the Daily Mail. Working copy, with holograph annotations in blue, red, and black ink and pink highlighter throughout, as well as handmade tape tabs marking the scenes. Laid in are.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1971. Draft script for the 1971 television movie, here under the working title "The Day They Took the Babies Away." Actor Van Heflin's working copy, with his holograph annotations throughout. A film produced for ABC's now-legendary "Movie of the Week" series. A pregnant woman goes on the run in a dystopian future where having.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1969. Draft script for the 1969 television movie. During the latter days of WW2 an American Lieutenant (Berry), accidentally falls out of an airplane that he was on and falls into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness (Gabor). She is taken with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she.....

New York: Cypress Point Productions, 1983. Shooting script for the 1983 television film, which originally aired on December 19 on NBC. Copy belonging to apprentice editor Suzy Elmiger, with her name in holograph ink annotation to the title page, along with an ink annotation noting copy No. 68.Two older men begin a do-gooder business called "Invisible Friend, Inc.," with the.....

Santa Monica, CA: HBO, 1992. Shooting script for the 1992 television film, with lines and phrases highlighted in yellow throughout. Included with the script are three separate sets of color revision pages (blue, pink, and yellow), dated between 2/7/92 and 2/11/92.Based on the true story of Joseph McCarthy's chief council Roy Cohn, who acted as one of the head proponents.....

France: Radio-Television Francaise [RTF], 1959. Vintage photograph of Jean Renoir and members of the crew on the set of the 1959 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Renoir's loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," premiering at the Venice Film Festival, followed by airing on French television and an.....

Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film, originally aired on April 9, 1978 on NBC. Presentation copy belonging to producer, Ross Hunter, bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine, with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their.....

Los Angeles: CBS Television Network, 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film, which originally aired May 1, 1990 on CBS. Copy belonging to casting director Barbara Claman, with her name in holograph ink on front wrapper. A nine-year-old boy witnesses his father's murder. A psychologist works with him to retrieve important information for the criminal investigation. Elijah Wood's debut.....

Hollywood: MCA TV, 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 television film.Sequel to the 1963 film by Alfred Hitchcok. A family grieving the death of their son relocates to a summer house on a remote East Coast island, where flocks of birds begin to attack the town. Director Rick Rosenthal's dissatisfaction with the final film led him to remove his.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1976. First Draft script in two volumes for the 1976 television miniseries based on Arthur Hailey's 1975 novel. Presentation script belonging to producer Ross Hunter with Hunter's name on the front board of each volume. Boris Sagal directed this star-studded miniseries based on Arthur Hailey's fastidious novel. The laboriously researched story follows the happenings.....

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1960. Draft script for Season Four, episode Eleven of the anthology drama show "Playhouse 90," which aired on February 24, 1960. Actor Van Heflin's working copy, with his holograph name on the first page and holograph annotations throughout. Also included are two rehearsal schedules for the production. "Playhouse 90" ran from 1956 to 1960.....

Hollywood: Lawrence Schiller Productions, 1981. Feature Draft script (television equivalent of a Shooting script) for the 1982 television film, which originally aired November 28, 1982 on NBC.Based on the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Norman Mailer, who adapted his own book for the screen, about the final years in the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, following his release.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1975. Final Draft script for the 1975 television movie. A biography of Rudolph Valentino, a silent movie star and widely-regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol, who established the archetype of the "great lover" and popularized "gaucho" pants, among other things. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present, dated July 28, 1975, noted as.....