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Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1980. Final Draft script for the 1981 film, seen here under the working title "Hawks." Copy belonging to sound mixer Les Lazarowitz, with his name in manuscript ink on several pages, and his profuse annotations throughout. Two undercover New York police officers are hired to take down a deadly European terrorist. Actor Rutger… Read more about this item

Universal City: MCA / Universal, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 re-release of the 1943 film, showing Akim Tamiroff, Franchot Tone, and Anne Baxter. Based on Lajos Biro's 1917 play "Hotel Imperial: Szinmu negy felvonasban." During World War II, a British soldier passes himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered by Nazis, later becoming… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film, showing two images of Jane Fonda. A television reporter surreptitiously records hazardous dealings at a nuclear power plant, but finds her planned report suppressed by a widening network of politicians and businessmen determined to keep the danger a secret. Set and shot… Read more about this item

New York: Cannon Films, 1985. First Draft script for the 1986 film. A hardened LAPD detective is framed by a vengeful ex-convict and sent to prison, where he befriends a foul-mouthed petty criminal, hatching a plot to escape together. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1998 film, showing actor Howie Long. A smokejumper fighting a raging forest fire must contend with several criminals in disguise as firefighters, who set the fire in order to distract from their hunt for millions of dollars in stashed loot. Set in Wyoming, shot… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal, in his film debut, stars as Nico Toscani, an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film, showing actor Martin Sheen. Provenance labels on the verso. Director Terrence Malick's transcendent and ferocious debut, loosely based on the 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in early outstanding performances. Kit, a… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Studios, 1974. Final Shooting script for the 1974 film, copy belonging to character actor J. Edward McKinley, with manuscript marker annotations of "J. Edw. McKinley" and "Passenger" along the top edge of the front wrapper. The script, printed on pink leaves, is preceded by a "Cast" and a "Sets" leaves. Laid in are two, two-page Shooting… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1993. Vintage studio still photograph of director John Woo and actor Jean-Claude Van Damme on the set of the 1993 film. A woman arrives in New Orleans in search of her father, where she meets a drifter who helps her uncover the terrifying story behind her father's disappearance. Shot on location in… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Cannon Films, 1984. Second Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting "Reg. W.G.A. West". The third film in the popular "Death Wish" film series, following "Death Wish" (1974) and "Death Wish II" (1982). In this entry, vigilante killer Paul Kersey battles a succession of New… 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

N.p.: N.p., 1988. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Single manuscript ink annotation on the title page, noting the name of intended director Donald Cammell. Small "With Compliments" card clipped on the front wrapper, on Winkast Programming letterhead. A pet project for Marlon Brando, about a CIA agent who returns to the field for one last… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Final script for the 1968 film. With a single manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper, noting No. 8673. An oil rig firefighter is hospitalized after a bulldozer accident, leading him to reflect on his family and foundering personal relationships. Set in Louisiana and Texas, shot on location in… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Seven Arts / Warner Brothers, 1969. Original pressbook from the 1969 film. Laid in with the pressbook is a tri-fold brochure promoting the film. A group of cowboys living in the dying culture of the American West during the 1910s decide to do one last job together. Set in the American West and… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1935. Draft script for the 1935 film. A pilot is tasked with helping a young child escape from California to his mother in Mexico, against the wishes of the boy's aunt, who is involved in an unpleasant custody dispute with her sister. Blue titled wrappers, rubber-stamped TEMPORARY COMPLETE and "FILE… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: The Producers Group, 1984. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the inside rear wrapper, noting a name and phone number. Loosely based on the 1982 "Life" magazine article "To Die in Lima: a Cocaine Tragedy, the Tale of an American Who Got Mixed Up in the Drug… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page four. A young boy must save himself and a young woman from a dangerous cobra. Intended for child actor Sabu, with his name throughout. Title page with credit for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Seven leaves, with last leaf of text numbered… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A barfly witnesses a bank robbery and getaway, making him the inadvertent target of the gang members responsible for the crime. Red titled wrappers, with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, noted as original treatment, with credit for screenwriter Michael Sloan.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A criminal and commander of a mobile oil rig discovers one of the biggest reserves of oil in international waters in the Gulf of Mexico, much to the contempt of other oilmen, who seek revenge. Set in the Gulf of Mexico. Brown titled wrappers,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Two slavers travel through the jungle and the desert, imprisoning people. Intended for child actor Sabu, with his name throughout. Title page integral with the first page of narrative text. 35 leaves, with last page of text numbered 35. Typescript, rectos only.… Read more about this item