Screenwriters from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A recently paroled ex-con gets out of prison and immediately murders someone, leading to a large-scale media scandal. Screenwriter Christy Cabanne was one of the most prolific directors in the history of early American film, beginning in the silent era, later working with Universal on a string of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1935. Vintage photograph of architect Timothy L. Pflueger, civil engineer Charles H. Purcell, editor and writer Rob Wagner, and photographer Walter G. Swanson, standing at the base of the then-incipient San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, circa 1935. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Purcell and Pflueger both oversaw the construction of the Bay Bridge-Purcell… Read more about this item

New York: Abbott-Dunning, 1932. Draft script for the Broadway premiere of the 1932 play. Working copy belonging to playwrights Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. An early theatrical effort by legendary playwrights, authors, and creative collaborators Hecht and MacArthur, preceded by "The Front Page" (1928) and "The Great Magoo" (1932). … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Original printed manuscript of the first five chapters of the 1972 book, housed in the its original gray envelope with the annotations "'Save the Tiger' / Original Novel MS. / (First 79 PP.)." Steve Shagan's Academy Award nominated debut feature screenplay, "Save the Tiger," was originally written in 1970, three years before the film's 1973… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978. Draft script for the 1979 film, here under the working title "Bambino." SIGNED by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Steve Tesich on the title page. Four small-town teenage boys become involved in a bicycle race against an Italian cycling team. Nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film, using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 20. An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania, by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer… Read more about this item

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2001. First Edition. First Edition, INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, "For Gregory, This includes some scenes from the novel that would have made as film unwieldy / Best Wishes, Bud Schulberg / At Hofstra Univ. with your father: Steinbeck 100 / 3/21/02." Fine and unread, with no dust jacket as… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage double weight portrait photograph of playwright, screenwriter, and actor Bartlett Cormack, circa 1930s. Stamp of Los Angeles studio photographer Ray Huff on the verso. Cormack wrote his best-remembered play, "The Racket," in 1927. The work would go on to be adapted twice for film: once in 1928 as a silent film, and once… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage portrait photograph of actor, playwright, and screenwriter Frank Craven, circa 1930s. Stamp of New York photography studio Pach Brothers on the verso. Frank Craven is best remembered today for his acting roles in "State Fair" (1933), "Barbary Coast" (1935), "Our Town" (1940), and "Son of Dracula" (1943). 8 x 10 inches.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1936. Two vintage black-and-white photographs of publisher Rob Wagner and director Frank Capra on KFWB radio in 1936. One photograph shows Wagner and Capra with KFWB executives Harry Maizlish and Bob White in the background. Both photographs with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. KFWB first signed on the air in 1925,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage double-weight borderless portrait photograph of director, editor, and writer Rob Wagner, circa 1920s. Insignia of photographer George H. Seeley from the negative at the bottom right corner of the recto. Prolific pictorialist photographer George Henry Seeley attended the Massachusetts Normal Art School from 1897 to 1901 for painting, before a meeting with photographer… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage photograph of Canadian writer John Irving peeling an apple, circa 1980s. Cropping annotations in manuscript ink on the verso, and an annotation on the left margin of the recto. Irving gained renown after the publication of his fourth novel, "The World According to Garp," in 1978. His books published throughout the ensuing decade, which… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.P., 1954. Draft script for the 1954 play, undated, circa 1954. The last theatrical effort to be written and directed by Clifford Odets. Paper tabs stapled along top edges, with scene numbers written in red manuscript ink indicating scenes. Title and Odet's name in manuscript ink on card stock affixed to the title page with cello tape, with… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: ICM [International Creative Management], 1973. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film, written by Paul Schrader. Undated, but according to the 1979 James Monaco book "American Film Now: The People, the Power, the Money, the Movies," written by Schrader in 1973. Schrader wrote the script to Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 1976 film, "Taxi Driver" in fifteen… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1960. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. Signed on the title page by screenwriter Larry Cohen. 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… Read more about this item

New York: Filmways, 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode, which originally aired on April 27, 1963, on CBS. Signed on the title page by screenwriter Larry Cohen. The series, which ran from 1961-1965, followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this installment, the duo arrive in a small southern town to… Read more about this item

New York: Filmways, 1964. Draft script for the 1964 television episode, seen here under the working title "Fade Away," which originally aired on April 18, 1964, on CBS. Signed on the title page by screenwriter Larry Cohen, below an annotation noting the episode name. The series, which ran from 1961-1965, followed the legal adventures of a father-son… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Archive of loose typescript materials for four unproduced television series. Two pages signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen, and many pages with manuscript ink and pencil annotations by him, noting editorial and substantive revisions. Included in the collection are treatment drafts and draft script pages for four television series: one show called "Play Ball," a… Read more about this item

New York: Filmways, 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode, which originally aired on October 12, 1963, on CBS. Signed on the title page by screenwriter Larry Cohen. The series, which ran from 1961-1965, followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this installment, the duo become involved in an international espionage case.… Read more about this item

New York: Plautus Productions, 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1963 television episode, which originally aired on October 17, 1963, on CBS. Manuscript ink annotations by screenwriter Larry Cohen to the first 19 pages, noting substantive revisions, and Cohen's playful annotation to the title page, crossing through "The Nurses" and writing "Florence Nightmare" (possibly a working title) over the… Read more about this item