Screenplay from

Hollywood, 1940. First draft typescript (ribbon copy on Fidelity onion skin paper). 84 pages. Brad-fastened into textured paper covers from The Orsatti Agency, with typed cover label. Screen adaptation of the popular 1920 play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, which itself was adapted from her 1908 classic mystery "The Circular Staircase". A silent version had been produced… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948. Mimeographed sheets, 159 pages. Brad-fastened in covers stamped with the working title and the date, January 15, 1948; blue revised pages dated 1/19/1948. Copy number "16": stamped on cover and first page, distribution receipt removed. Covers show some use. The original screenplay for Sturges's first film for Fox. This classic dark comedy starred Rex… Read more about this item

1975. Mimeographed, 118 pages, plus additional revised pages, dated , 9/26-10 /73, pinned in plain covers. Occasional pencil marks and dog ears reveal it was obviously used at some point in production. Directed by John Schlesinger. Signed by the cinematographer Conrad L. Hall, and inscribed and signed by Karen Black.

1983. Screenplay by Bradbury from his own novel. Cover title. 126 pages, brad-bound. Dated as "Revised 8/24/81". Title penned on spine edge. Inside rear cover notes this a the "prop shop copy" and there is a short handwitten "buy-list". Fine.

1946. Mimeographed, 23-page undated early treatment of Busch's novel, mimeographed cover, brad bound. Some spotting to cover; very good. Other than Busch's, no name appears in this treatment. The adaptation credit went to Oliver H.P. Garrett, and the screenplay was written by David O. Selznick (aided by uncredited Ben Hecht).

1969. Screenplay by Coppola, based on the Harry Segall play (previously filmed as Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941, and then in 1978 under this its original title).115 pages. Mimeographed, brad-fastened, covers with light edge wear, title and date inked on spine. Unproduced. This script was written for Bill Cosby, and he was to play a boxer in his first… Read more about this item