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Screenplay
by Field, Syd
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A play for television is known as a teleplay.
Richard Wright (source, co-screenwriter) NATIVE SON (1951) Pressbook
by Classic Pictures
Classic Pictures. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. New York: Classic Pictures, [1951]. Vintage original 15 1/4 x 10 7/8" (39 x 28 cm.) promotional pressbook, 8 pp., pictorial self-wrappers. Folded once (as issued), near fine. Richard Wright had hoped to have Canada Lee star in the adaptation of his classic novel, for which Wright wrote the dialogue and collaborated on the screenplay with director Pierre Chenal,...
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(African American film) CAR WASH (1976) Third draft film script by Joel Schumacher
by Joel Schumacher
Universal. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios, 1976. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.), printed studio wrappers, brad bound, mimeograph, 130 pp., script lightly creased in middle, overall near fine. Directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, the film stars a primarily African American cast (Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin,...
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€803.42
The French Lieutenant's Woman: A Screenplay
by PINTER, Harold
Boston: Little Brown, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, preceeding the English edition. Foreword by John Fowles. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Well-adapted by Harold Pinter for the film with Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep.
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€33.08
IT'S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE (1986) Signed archive
by Larry Cohen
Warner Brothers. Softcover/Paperback. Just About Fine. Larry Cohen (screenwriter, director) Consisting of: Vintage original film script. Revised 1/26/86 Printed wrappers, 11 x 8.5" (28 x 22 cm.), brad-bound, mimeograph, 117 pp. (with many pages of undated revisions on blue paper). Boldly signed by Larry Cohen on front wrapper. Just about fine. Approximately 50 pp. of letters sent to...
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Man of La Mancha (Revised script for the 1965 Broadway musical)
by Written by Dale Wasserman. Music by Mitch Leigh. Lyrics by Joe Darion
New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 1968. 92 pages, in red staple-bound flexible leather binding, mimeograph duplication, printed rectos only. The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Original Score and Scenic Design. It has been revived 4 times on Broadway, and its song "The Impossible Dream" has become a standard. Near Fine,...
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€189.04
![[Screenplay]: Bobby Ware is Missing](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/247/688/572688247.0.b.2.jpg)
[Screenplay]: Bobby Ware is Missing
by ULLMAN, Dan
Hollywood: Allied Artists Prods, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. Revised script. Quarto. 105 leaves printed rectos only, revisions inserted on blue paper. Bradbound without external wrappers. First leaf partially pulled from brads and corner neatly clipped, very good. Script for the 1955 film about the kidnapping of two young boys, with noir elements. *OCLC* locates no copies of the script.
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€80.34
SOUTH PACIFIC (1957) Final Script dated June 10, 1957 by Paul Osborn
by Paul Osborn, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein (source)
Twentieth Century Fox. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein (source) [Hollywood]: Twentieth Century Fox, 1957. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8.5" (28 x 22 cm.), yapped printed wrappers, brad-bound, mimeograph, 138 pp. Yapped edges bent and creased at edges (as usual) wear to top and bottom of spine, lower part of distribution page torn off. Various pages of revisions on blue paper dated up through 7-17-57. There is a handwritten cast list on the distribution page,...
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![[Movie screenplay]: Who Killed Bambi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/943/486/1595486943.0.b.jpg)
[Movie screenplay]: Who Killed Bambi
by EBERT, Roger, Malcolm McLaren, Russ Meyer, and others
[no place]: Matrixbest, 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. Movie screenplay. Quarto. 145pp. Brad-bound, under textured green covers. Front cover with faint sunning, just a bit of wear, brads lightly oxidized, a very near fine copy. Title page states "Seventh Draft Revisions by Russ Meyer, October 8, 1977." The screenplay outlines a film about British punk rock band the Sex Pistols. Manager Malcolm McLaren's hope was to use the film to propel the band into the American music scene. The film, to be directed by...
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TOM SAWYER (Jul 20, 1930) First white script adapted from Mark Twain
by Sam Wintz, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt (screenwriters), Mark Twain (source)
[Hollywood: Paramount Pictures], July 20, 1930. Vintage original film script, folio, self-wrappers, 143 leaves, printed on rectos only. Mimeograph, pages near fine in very good wrappers, detached at punch holes, with closed tears and light soiling, side with three staples. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Screenplay by Sam Wintz, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt. Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain.
The third film adaptation of Tom Sawyer -- preceded by a silent short in 1907 and a... Read more about this item
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HALLELUJAH (1929; ca. 1930 first French release) Program
by Les Miracles Cinema
Les Miracles Cinema. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Paris: Les Miracles Cinema, [ca. 1930]. Vintage original French program, pictorial wrappers, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2" (22 x 14 cm.), stapled, 16 pp. Light creasing, near fine. A program for King Vidor's Black-cast film, the second such talking film, with six full-page images of actors, four half-pages of scenes from the movie, and one 2 x 9" (5 x 23 cm.) image of the actors with their arms raised. This...
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STREET SCENE (1931) Revised film script Jun 20, 1931 by Elmer Rice
by Elmer Rice
Elmer Rice (source, screenwriter), King Vidor (director) [Hollywood: Samuel Goldwyn Productions], 1931. Vintage original film script, USA. Quarto, brad bound, printed wrappers, mimeograph, 146 pp., moderate fraying of edges of yapped covers, JUST ABOUT FINE in NEAR FINE wrappers. Signed on front wrapper by assistant director Bruce Humberstone, using his nickname "Lucky".Elmer Rice won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1929 play about the interactions between an ethnically diverse group of poor residents of a...
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FLYING DOWN TO RIO (Aug 25, 1933) Final film script
by Louis Brock
RKO. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. [Hollywood]: RKO, 1933. Vintage original film script, quarto, brad-bound, carbon typescript on onionskin. Tan titled wrappers, noted as FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped production No. 687, dated August 25, 1933, with credits for author Louis Brock. 161 leaves, with last page of text numbered 159. Ribbon copy typescript, rectos only. Brad-bound, light vertical creasing, near fine....
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FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965) Pressbook
by Eve Productions
Eve Productions. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. [Hollywood]: Eve Productions, [1965]. Vintage original 17 x 11" (43 x 28 cm.) campaign book, pictorial wrappers, 8 pp., light creasing, near fine. Director Russ Meyer's cult classic about three go-go dancers who embark on a wild spree of kidnapping and murder in the California desert. The film was not really appreciated at the time of its 1965 release, but it has come to be recognized as a forward-looking...
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KENNETH ANGER | MAGICK LANTERN CYCLE (1966) Program
by Film-Makers' Cinematheque
Film-Makers' Cinematheque. No binding. Near Fine. New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, 1966. Vintage original 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.) film program, stiff front pictorial wrapper, nine loose leaves printed on recto only, with glassine protector binding (as issued), near fine. Program for a 1966 screening of six of Kenneth Anger's films, including the premiere of a new version of his Inauguration of the Pleasure...
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OF MICE AND MEN (1939) Promotional book
by United Artists
United Artists. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Vintage original 14 x 11"" (36 x 28 cm.) promotional book, USA. Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney, Jr., Betty Field, dir: Lewis Milestone; United Artists. Folio, 24 pp., stapled at spine, pictorial wrappers exhibit faint tanning with light diagonal crease to bottom right corner of front wrapper. Generally near fine in very good+ wrappers. A sumptuous and...
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Kenneth Anger (screenwriter, director) THE GNOSTIC MASS (2002) Film script
by Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger. Softcover/Paperback. Very Good+. Np [Los Angeles?]: 2002. Vintage original film script, quarto, brad bound, [1], 20 pp. Photomechanically printed first generation screenplay. Various scattered creases (with the final page, which is mostly blank, most affected), very good+. An unproduced screenplay generated by Kenneth Anger. It was intended to be the basis of a forty-minute film adaptation of...
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(African American film) A PIECE OF THE ACTION (Nov 1, 1976) Film script
by Charles Blackwell
Vernon Productions. No binding. Very Good+. [Los Angeles]: Vernon Productions, November 1, 1976. Vintage original film screenplay, 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.), printed wrappers, brad bound, mimeograph, 149 pp. Script has a vertical crease in middle, overall very good+ or better. A 1977 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby. It was the third film pairing of Poitier and...
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Baby Doll & Tiger Tail: A Screenplay and Play
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions Book, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First New Directions edition thus. Topedge lightly soiled, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with lightly age-toning on edges.
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€28.36
John Frankenheimer (director) BLACK SUNDAY (Jan 15, 1976) First draft film script
by Ivan Moffat
Paramount. Softcover/Paperback. Just About Fine. Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, January 15, 1976. Vintage original film screenplay, 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.), die cut studio wrappers, brad bound, mimeograph, 117 pp., just about fine. First draft script by Ivan Moffat based on previous work by Ken Ross and Ernest Lehman and adapted from the novel by Thomas Harris....
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La Grande Illusion
by Renoir, Jean. Preface By Francois Truffaut
France: Balland Publishers, 1974. 1st French Edition . Large Cloth with Dustjacket. TEXT IN FRENCH. A beautiful documentation for Renoir's great anti-war film of 1937 that is generally considered to be one of the great films of the sound period. The film starred Jean Gabin & Erich Von Stroheim who both gave superb performances. The book includes the complete screenplay (dialogue) printed under 100's of well printed frames. Also includes bios & reviews. Fine/fine. Also included is the...
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Arthur Penn (director) NIGHT MOVES (Sep 17, 1973) Final revised film script
by Alan Sharp
Warner Brothers. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. [Burbank, CA]: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage original film screenplay, brad bound, printed wrappers, mimeograph, with many pages of revisions on colored paper, 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.), 126 pp. Script (under working title The Dark Tower, 1973. Script internally near fine, with some toning to a few initial leaves. Wrappers very good+, with the lower brad coming loose, and a few short closed tears and a light vertical crease to front wrapper....
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We're No Angels
by MAMET, David
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Paperback original fine in illustrated wrappers. The screenplay of the 1989 movie starring Robert De Niro and Sean Penn.
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€18.90
Russ Meyer (director) FRENCH PEEP SHOW (1952) Program
by P. A. DeCenzie
P. A. DeCenzie. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Oakland: P.A. DeCenzie, 1952. Vintage original 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.) film program, pictorial wrappers, 36 pp. Minor creasing, near fine. At the very beginning of his career in film, Russ Meyer served both as cameraman and director for this 40 minute short documenting a burlesque show headlining Tempest Storm at the El Rey Theatre in Oakland (IMDb lists a...
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![[Screenplay]: The House of Rothschild](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/581/477/40477581.0.b.1.jpg)
[Screenplay]: The House of Rothschild
by JOHNSON, Nunnally
[No place]: Twentieth Century Pictures, 1949. Softcover. Near Fine. Dialogue and Continuity Script Taken from the Screen. Mimeographed sheets bradbound in blue wrappers. Near fine. The 1949 film was directed by Alfred L. Werker, and featured George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, and Robert Young. Ex-Carter Burden.
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€425.34
RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT, A (1987) Larry Cohen-signed film script
by Stephen King (source) Larry Cohen
Fifi Oscard Assoc.. Softcover/Paperback. Just About Fine. Stephen King (source) New York: Fifi Oscard Associates, [1987]. Printed wrappers, brad bound, 11 x 8.5" (28 x 22 cm.), 121 pp. Signed twice by writer-director Larry Cohen. Just about fine. Cohen's sequel departs from King's original in several significant respects. In the King novel and miniseries, a vampire, Mr. Barlow, and his familiar, arrive in the town of Jerusalem's Lot and proceed to...
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