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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

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing actors Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Virginia Bruce, and Dennis Morgan. An ace pilot is grounded due to his failing eyesight, leading him to pursue a career as an instructor in an airline stewardess school, where he falls in love with a student. Set… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film, showing Erich von Stroheim in costume as the tyrannical director Arthur von Furst. RKO Radio Pictures and Cinevogue stamps on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping. Based on the 1932 novel by Dick Grace, about three World War… Read more about this item

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film, including a Revised Draft screenplay, three original character design illustrations, and a hand drawn storyboard. A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race, bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory, and… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1941. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1941 12-episode film serial trailer. An ace pilot and his friend operate an airplane manufacturing business that has fabricated a high-speed pursuit plane for the US Army. Unfortunately, the plane has also garnered the interest of a number of enemy spies. White titled self wrappers,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Post-production Final script for the 1933 film. Lt. Henry Crocker, a blithe Royal Air Force pilot, realizes that the constant violence of war is beginning to take a harsh toll on Lt. Jerry Young, his flying ace buddy. When Young breaks down and eventually commits suicide, Crocker decides to stage his death as… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1939 film. With a single manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. A commercial pilot grounded for reckless flying decides to start his own flying school, which becomes the profitable hub of a new government-funded civilian pilots' training program. Blue titled wrappers, noted as… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1965. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Incomplete as issued, with an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and a single manuscript annotation in pencil on page 29. A pilot returning to the US after being blinded in the Vietnam War is trapped in his own fear and post-traumatic memories, leading his fiancee… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1996. Draft script for the 1997 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member, with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and throughout, noting scenes with special effects. A recently paroled ex-con finds himself traveling home on a prison transport plane also carrying a group of high-risk… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Three screenplays from the 1956 film, including two draft scripts dated 7-21-55 and one partial draft script dated 2-16-56. One script with manuscript pencil annotations to the inside rear wrapper, noting revisions, and one with manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper, noting "22" and "Comp". Also included in the collection is a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. An Air Force pilot is hesitant to accept his newly assigned copilot, but a top secret military mission in South America, with significant interference from Russian agents, quickly bonds the two. The first and only known co-writing effort… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1950. Treatment script for the 1951 film. Copy belonging to Universal-International film executive Leo Spitz, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing, romance, and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War, an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal-International, 1957. Vintage reference photograph of actors Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, and Jack Carson relaxing between takes on the set of the 1957 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1935 novel "Pylon" by William Faulkner. A disillusioned war hero now works as a barnstorming pilot at rural air shows, accompanied… Read more about this item

Paris: Consortium Cofram Franco-Americano, 1955. Vintage oversize color reference photograph from the 1955 French film, showing a topless María Félix. A former French fighter pilot turned bush pilot in Africa decides to sell a large quantity of diamonds he has been tasked with smuggling. Meanwhile, the owner of the diamonds hires a German fighter pilot to recover… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Desilu Productions, 1957. Draft script for the 39th episode of season one of the 1957-1960 syndicated television series, which originally aired on September 24, 1957. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. The series followed the adventures of Chuck… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Desilu Productions, 1956. Revised Draft script for the seventh episode of season one of the 1957-1960 syndicated television series, which originally aired on February 14, 1957. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. With a shooting schedule bound in after the… Read more about this item

Paris: Union Aéromaritime de Transport, 1950. Two vintage Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) airline ticket envelopes, circa 1950s. UAT was founded in 1949 in Paris by a group of technicians and the shipping line Chargeurs Réunis, and was headquartered out of the 8th arrondissement of Paris. In 1963 the company merged with Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux to form… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film, showing actors Dan Dailey, Edmund Lowe, Maureen O'Hara, May McAvoy, and Mae Marsh. With the stamp of Dell Publishing Company Library to the verso. Based on the life of naval aviator Frank "Spig" Wead, who became a Hollywood screenwriter following a spinal injury which left… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1982. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. Two photographs with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. A young cadet begins dating a beautiful working girl during his time at the Naval Aviation training camp, while attempting to survive in the punishing attitude of a hard-nosed Marine Corps… Read more about this item