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Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Revised White script for the 1939 film, seen here with the title "I Robbed a Bank," which has been stricken through on the title page. A gang attempts a bank robbery, only to find that one of the gang member's sisters works there. The gang abducts her and a truck driver while attempting their getaway, and the hostages must secretly try to help the cops find the fugitives. Written by well loved humorist S.J. Perelman and his wife Laura Perelman, "Ambush" marks a significant but entertaining departure from their best-known works, such as their co-writing work on Marx Brothers films "Monkey Business" and "Horse Feathers." White side-stapled titled wrappers, dated December 13, 1938, noted as production No. 1198 and copy No. 0038. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 115 eaves, with last page numbered D-28. Mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout dated between 10-10-38 and 10-21-38. Very Good plus, lacking rear wrapper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. First Edition. Likely unique copy from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] library, with the following identification markers on the front endpaper (1) a standard 1950s-era MGM receipt label affixed to the center of the page, (2) three rubber stamps running down the center that read "VAULT COPY," (3) three rubber stamps (each marked through) also running down the center that say "FILE COPY," (4) a rubber stamp at the top right corner indicating the film's production number, "5329," and (5) a rubber stamp reading "METRO-GOLDWYN LIBRARY / CULVER CITY" at the bottom right. Bottom margin of a few other pages also with the "METRO-GOLDWYN LIBRARY / CULVER CITY" rubber stamp, including the title page. Jacket has a strip of off-white fabric tape affixed to the bottom half of the spine, on rubber stamped "VAULT COPY," now faded but barely visible. Kept on file MGM during the making of the cornerstone 1950 film noir directed and adapted for the screen by John Huston… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1950 film noir directed and adapted for the screen by John Huston, starring Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, and Marilyn Monroe. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed and toned. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with a short closed tear on the heel. The Dark Page II: 1959-1965, p. 18.

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Criminals plan a massive theft from a military air base in order to secure the materials to build a nuclear warhead. Screenwriter Josef Shaftel was better known for "The Biggest Bundle of them All" (1968). Set in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated June 15, 1978, noted as Film Treatment, with credits for screenwriters JOSEF SHAFTEL and PAUL WHEELER. 32 leaves, with last page of text numbered 31. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with silver prong binding.

Hollywood: Berkshire Productions, 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film, with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in manuscript marker, script containing a few copied annotations, striking dialogue and altering actions. From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel. When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli (Vittorio De Sica), he sides with his kidnappers (Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch) and offers to help them pull off a huge heist, even bringing in criminal mastermind Professor Samuels (Edward G. Robinson) to help run the operation. Set in and shot on location in France and Italy. Green hand titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Sy Salkowitz and author Josef Shaftel. 151 leaves, with last page of text numbered 150. Spirit duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, with fading at edges, wrapper Very Good plus, with creasing and light foxing on lower outer edge, bound with prong binding.

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1978. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1978 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Fed up with the lies of factory management and union heads, three working-class, Rust Belt auto workers decide to rob a safe at their union headquarters. The directorial debut of Paul Schrader. Set and shot on location in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1978. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. With mimeo snipes on the verso. Fed up with the lies of factory management and union heads, three working-class, Rust Belt auto workers decide to rob a safe at their union headquarters. The directorial debut of Paul Schrader. Set and shot on location in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

London: Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures, 1961. Draft British script for the 1961 film "Bomb in the High Street" seen here as "Bomb in High Street." An elaborate and highly entertaining British thriller in which a Nazi-era bomb is found in an English town. A bomb squad is called in, but the men in the squad are not who they seem, and the ultimate goal is revealed to be a bank heist. Tall red titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Simcoe. 68 leaves, mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Draft script for an unproduced film, circa 1940s. Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter George Bruce, bound in full brown leather with gilt titles and rule, and Bruce's name in gilt on the bottom right corner of the front board. A grizzled con man arranges to swindle a hard-of-hearing gold mine heiress nicknamed Death Valley Ann by having a young pickpocketer pose as Ann while holding the actual heiress in fake medical confinement. Screenwriter George Bruce was best known for "The Duke of West Point" (1938), "South of Pago Pago" (1940), and "Two Years Before the Mast" (1946). Housed in a brown paper slipcase. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter George Bruce. 161 leaves, with last page of text numbered 160. Typescript, rectos only. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase.

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1966 novel by William P. McGivern. Included is a mimeograph letter signed from Harold Berowitz to Arnold Burk regarding Peter Lawford's salary for starring in the film. An ex-bank robber living a straight life in Pamploma, Spain is lured into one final con by his former partner. Shot on location in Spain. Green studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated April 13, 1966, rubber stamped copy No. 18, with credits for screenwriters Waters and Moessinger. 65 leaves, with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph on yellow stock, with goldenrod revision pages throughout, dated 4-20-66 and 4-26-66. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. A cool, disaffected criminal (James Coburn) recruits a group of con men to pull off a heist at a bank located in the Los Angeles International Airport. A wry take on the usual heist film. Shot on location in Boston and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Lee, The Heist Film.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Detail," with no screenwriter credited, about a gold bar heist from a TWA flight in Los Angeles, and stolen money and counterfeit bills in London. Brief notation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting that the script is to be returned to "Mr. Ladd at 20th-Fox," presumably Alan Ladd, Jr., who was Head of Creative Affairs at Twentieth Century-Fox at the time. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 5/10/74, with no screenwriting credits. 165 leaves, with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication, with revision pages throughout, dated variously between 2/1/74 and 5/10/74. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film, mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card, showing actor Charles Durning shouting into a megaphone. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann, which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece, a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics, city politics, police politics, personal politics, and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist, executed in order for the robber's girlfriend, a preoperative transgender woman, to afford gender confirmation surgery. Photograph 10 x 8 inches, Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches, Very Good plus, with pinholes to the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy, BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A security consultant teams up with a call girl to steal a fortune in dirty money from criminals' safe deposit boxes, which are stored in a high-tech bank vault. Set and shot on location in Hamburg, West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee, The Heist Film.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A security consultant teams up with a call girl to steal a fortune in dirty money from criminals' safe deposit boxes, which are stored in a high-tech bank vault. Set and shot on location in Hamburg, West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee, The Heist Film.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry, roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England, but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in England. Tan titled wrappers, dated May 24, 1944, with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. Title page present, dated April 27, 1944, with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only, with five blue revision pages bound in after the script, dated 10/24/44. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, dry and brittle, with wear to the top and bottom edges of the front wrapper, bound with three gold brads.

N.p.: Sunland Studios, 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, also seen here under the working title "One Last Heist." SIGNED on the title page by several actors, including Lori Petty, Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, David Beach, John O'Hurley, and Harry Van Gorkum. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum, with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout, and a call sheet laid in, dated May 16, 2000. A skilled burglar sets his sights on an advanced computer chip, but his first attempt to steal the chip is foiled by a mysterious fire-potentially set by one of the company's disgruntled employees. Blue generic card wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Diane Fine and Richard Preston Jr. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with pink revision pages bound in before the script, dated 5-6-00. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage double weight, borderless still photograph of actress Shirley MacLaine from the 1966 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Although not indicated on the photograph, shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 6 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1979. A Final Draft and a Revised Draft script for the 1979 film "Going in Style," seen here as "Stepping Out." Based on the short story "Here on a Visit" by Edward Cannon. Copies belonging to producer Tony Bill with his signature in black manuscript ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill producer." Included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. A warm, honest comedy that follows three retired men living on social security who decide to pull off a bank heist to finance their last days, and more importantly to bring some excitement to their otherwise humdrum lives. The first major feature film from director and screenwriter Martin Brest, who would go on to make the blockbuster success "Beverly Hills Cop," and who was only 28 at the time this film was shot. Set in New York City, shot on location there and in Las Vegas. Revised Draft: Red titled wrappers. Title page present, dated October 16, 1978, noted as REVISED, with credits for screenwriter Brest and… Read More

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1968. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly, Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. Tan titled wrappers, noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 99, dated August 1, 1968. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated August 1, 1968, with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph on yellow stock, with pink Confidential page and white distribution page bound in at the front. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads. Pitts 1631.