Unproduced Films from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1935. Draft script for an unproduced film, with a single manuscript pencil annotation of screenwriter Jerry Wald's name on the registration page. Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Wald, with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Follows the travels of a Vietnam veteran and expatriate living abroad in France. Set in Paris. Red titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter E. Lourie. Title page present, dated 1974, with credits for screenwriter Lourie. 21 leaves, unnumbered. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1957 novel by Robert Bright. In postwar France, an art collector discovers clues to the whereabouts of a major masterpiece, long considered lost to time, and sets off in pursuit of the treasure. Set in Paris. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text and titles in German. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Janusz Henryk Kryst. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with a Very Good black Velo binding.

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Based on Paul Leslie Leil's 1967 novel "Town Tamer." A famed lawman tries to bust up a robbery on a train, only to discover the robbery is staged and actually an advertisement for a touristy "outlaw" town. The lawman suspects something more is at play, and decides… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Jerry Adler Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A drama about the no-man's land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, technically claimed by America but unofficially belonging to bands of roving outlaws and social outcasts. Set in Texas. Black titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Gunnar Hellstrom's address on the title page in manuscript ink. German and Italian ambassadors meet in Stockholm in discuss how neutral Sweden will work for the Axis war effort in 1943, with a particular focus on acquisition of the Swedish steel industry. Set in Stockholm. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1973 novel by James Jones. A private eye vacationing in the Greek islands is drawn into an investigation of international hashish smugglers. Set in Greece. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for novelist James Jones and screenwriter Paul Jarrico.… Read more about this item

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

Los Angeles: Monarex, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1970 film directed by Carol Reed. Years into the future, World War III has decimated most of the planet, leaving the final battle to take place in southeast Asia. Clear mylar front wrapper, red rear wrapper. Title page present,… Read more about this item

Venice, CA: Capricorn Productions, 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script, and another on the first page of text, noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Patrola Films, 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film, here seen under the working titles "The Third Eye" and "Blood Trap." A serial killer launches a string of attacks on university students, severing the boys' heads and conducting cold-blooded medical experiments on the girls. Set in San Francisco, CA. White titled self… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1987. First Draft script for an unproduced film. The white heir to a substantial fortune wakes up one day to discover that his skin has rapidly darkened, leading his family to mistake him for an African American and subsequently disown him. Red titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Abraham Eban. Title page present,… Read more about this item

London: Hemisphere Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A dramatization of the life of infamous English aristocrat Jane Elizabeth Digby, who married four times and had a succession of unusual lovers, including an earl, two European kings, an Arabian sheik, an Austrian statesman, and the generals of India and Austria. English screenwriter Arthur Hopcraft was best… Read more about this item

Liechtenstein: Michael Arthur Film Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Frisch. A man is seized and interred at the Swiss border after he is accused of being a long-missing Swiss sculptor. He maintains that he is not the sculptor and is in fact who he says he is,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas, determined to confront his former business partner, a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas, near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, dated 1985, with credits for… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the treatment is a copied letter addressed to writer John Sack from Lawrence S. Dietz, the west coast editor of Playboy magazine, discussing a Playboy assignment for "a piece tentatively titled 'Confessions of an Old Maid Man,' which will reflect on the experience-yours-of being an adult male,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. During a visit to the 1890 Annual Bicycle Race in Boston, a young man gets inspired to take up bicycle riding. He improves, and eventually is ready to compete on a professional level. Set in Boston. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A British expatriate living in Burma decides to travel to Hong Kong, but is imprisoned en route when heroin is found in his luggage. He also finds himself the target of assassination attempts for no discernible reason. Set in Hong Kong. Red untitled wrappers. Title… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles, but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard. Set in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves,… Read more about this item