Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1977. Original Treatment script for the 1977 horror film, here under the alternate title of "Orc." A blatant attempt to cash in on the popularity of "Jaws" two years earlier, the film follows a fishing vessel being stalked by a killer whale bent on avenging the death of its pregnant mate at the hands of the crew.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film. With what we assume to be translator Alan Blair's handwritten ink annotations throughout the script, mostly in English but occasionally in Swedish, noting many substantive revisions and deletions. Text in English. Bergman's first English language film, shot in England and Sweden, and his first film to involve a major American.....

Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film, adapted from the 1949 novel by John Mason Brown. A comedic story about parents and children, the parent in this case being a conservative mystery novelist named John Timothy Adams. Blue titled wrappers, noted as treatment on the front wrapper, dated August 9, 1950, with credit for 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, the story follows.....

N.p. N.p., circa 1940s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train, and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves, mimeograph on onionskin.....

Los Angeles: Vanguard Films, 1947. Treatment script for the 1948 film. Painstakingly developed by Selznick International and then released under the auspices of Vanguard Pictures (to whom Selznick International was sold),"Portrait of Jennie" is a romantic fantasy so strange and concept-driven that it has always eluded mass popularity. Joseph Cotten portrays a struggling artist who becomes enamored with a little.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1929. Early Treatment script for the 1929 film, the first Sherlock Holmes film to have been produced with sound, and the first to include the Holmes utterance, "Elementary, my dear Watson" (a phrase never used by Doyle), though that statement regrettably does not appear in this draft. The first known treatment was written by Oliver P. Garrett.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Treatment script for an unproduced television series "The Bunglers." Written in part by H. Bud Otto, who would go on to be Script Supervisor on a large number of films and television shows, including "JAG," "Mr. Mom," "Short Circuit," "The Mack," and "Billie." Set in 1920's Chicago, we follow a group of lovable heist-pulling criminals as.....

Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, circa 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10, 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution, the studio would not go on to produce a film from the story. Red titled wrappers, with credits.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Proposed Treatment script for the 1935 film. In a later white leatherette binding with Jean Harlow's name and the date of the treatment (Dec. 15, 1931) in gilt on the front board and the spine. Original front wrapper bound in. Based on the 1931 novel by Crosbie [here spelled Crosby] Garstin, with Garstin and.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1935. Dashiell Hammett's original submitted Treatment script for the first sequel to "The Thin Man," here referred to only as "Thin Man Sequel," and ultimately titled "After the Thin Man." With a single holograph correction by Hammett, and letter of provenance from Hammett's daughter Josephine Hammett Marshall regarding the discovery of the treatment in the.....

N.p. N.p., 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in German. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel, set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future, a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits, encapsulated in the "glass bead game," an esoteric competition which requires a limitless knowledge of music, math.....

Culver City, CA: Vanguard Films, 1950. First Rough Draft script for an unproduced film, intended for development at Vanguard Films, inherited by Vanguard from Selznick International. Based on the novel by Henry James. Blue titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Stevenson, noted as First Rough Draft, and dated February 3, 1949. Title page present, dated February 3, 1949 noted as.....

N.p. N.p., Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An aging millionaire arranges to have his daughter—a cold-hearted, nosy serial bride—kidnapped and taken to a chateau in rural France in order to stop her from interfering in his libidinous affairs. Screenwriter Stephen Kandel was best known as a writer for television in the late 20th century, including episodes of "Sea.....

N.p. N.p., 1941. Story Outline for an unproduced film called "CinCUS," written for screen by Lieutenants Victor F. Blakeslee and Hartley E. How, and Welbourn Kelley, who was a witness in the Pearl Harbor Attack investigations, 1945-1946. A story about the CinCUS, a naval term for Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet. Admiral Todd Emery leads his Navy crew to battle "somewhere.....

New York: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1954. Treatment script for the 1955 film. Brief annotations in holograph pencil throughout, and two names, Collins and Swann (presumed, association unknown), on the first page. Noted in pencil on the last leaf of text as "13 page treatment / 28 story developments / The entire story related here / story of taming of a......

N.p. N.p., 1954. Treatment script for the 1955 film. Bound in after the outline are several sets of character descriptions and continuity notes. Santa Fe's first female doctor (Greer Garson) wants to introduce modern medical technology to the town, but encounters resistance both from the local hospital, which is run by a Catholic priest (Walter Hampden), and from the town's.....

N.p. N.p., 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Padre Pio, an Italian friar and mystic who was later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Screenwriter Giampaolo Lomi was best known for "Tropic of Cancer" (1972) and "The Barons" (1975).Set in Italy.Mustard cloth covered titled boards. Title page present, dated 1976, with.....

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., Unknown. Treatment script for the 1978 Italian poliziotteschi film, here under the working title "A Questionable Cop." Text in English.A tight crime thriller which takes place over 24 hours, about a young man seeking revenge on the police lieutenant who captured his father, leading to the father's death in prison.Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for.....

N.p. N.p., 1938. Treatment Outline script for an unproduced film. Though we have seen further treatment scripts indicating that screenwriter Budd Schulberg at Selznick International studios also tried his hand at this script, the film was never made. The story centers around the lives of several women on the home front during World War I, following their lives through to.....

Italy: Clesi Cinematografica, 1969. Typescript Treatment script for the 1970 film, "The Fifth Day of Peace," here under the working title, "Gott Mit Uns!!," its translated title being "God's On Our Side." Laid in is a single typescript leaf (author unknown), dated 9/8/69, detailing the story outline, and noting the possibility of actor Max von Sydow taking on the lead.....

N.p. N.p., ca. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street," based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos, with his name in holograph pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield, Story Magazine, and Harcourt, Brace and Company signing.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico, using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as a reference.Set in Mexico.White untitled generic Paul Kohner casting agency wrappers. Title page present, noted as Tratamiento, with credits for screenwriters Charles Pavlich and.....

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1937. Treatment script for the 1939 musical, here under the working title "Castles in the Air."Based on real-life ballroom dancers Irene and Vernon Castle, who rekindled an interest in Western ballroom dancing in the early 20th century. Irene Castle served on the film's production team and was purportedly quite difficult to please, criticizing actor.....

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., 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.....

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.....

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.....

Los Angeles: Selznick Studio, circa 1945-1946. Treatment script for the 1946 film. This draft deals with only the first portion of the film story, written by Niven Busch, a format typical for scripts issued by Selznick International in the 1930s-1940s. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for for writer Busch. 23 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages.....

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., 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.....