Search Results: Horse Racing from Royal Books, Inc.

California: Elliott-Shelton Films, 1953. Vintage US one-sheet poster for the 1953 film. A young boy (Courtney) is befriended by a horse trainer (Woods), who has the boy train a new horse for an upcoming, albeit fixed, race. Written for screen by Adele Buffington, a major proponent of using original screenplays during the silent film era, whose credits extend to over 100 Hollywood films. 27 x 41 inches, folded. A tiny tear, else Near Fine. Pitts 470.

Hollywood: Ventura Pictures, 1950. Draft script for the 1950 film, seen here under the working title "Blaze of Glory." Working copy belonging to actor Lon McCallister, with his annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, amending dialogue and noting deletions. Laid in with the script is a 15 page master schedule, and a document relating to rent regulations. A jockey dreams of being a sportswriter while falling in love with a woman who paints portraits of horses. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, noted as copy No. 27, with credits for screenwriter Otto Englander. 91 leaves, with last page of text numbered 89. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with undated yellow and blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937. Vintage black-and-white reference press photograph from the 1937 film. The photograph features child star Jane Withers, prolific child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, and her pet lamb, Snowdrop. Ditto-style mimeo snipe on the verso. Checkers (Withers) and a horse trainer named Edgar (Erwin), save a racehorse by mending its broken leg and entering it in a race. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.

N.p.: Astor Pictures, 1949. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film, here under the American re-release title "Ride a Reckless Mile." Based on the story of champion harness race horse Dan Patch who, born in 1896 and retired in 1909, won nine world records. The horse was also depicted in the 1948 Disney film "So Dear to My Heart." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

Hollywood: King Brothers [Bros.] Productions, 1965. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1990 film adaptation of Marguerite Henry's novel. Based on the 1948 Newbery Medal-winning novel, about the early life of the Godolphin Arabian, an Arab colt who becomes a successful racehorse in eighteenth-century England. Screenwriter John Fante is best remembered for his 1939 novel "Ask the Dust," and for his screenplay adaptation of his 1952 novel "Full of Life." OCLC and AMPAS locate no holdings. Beige wrappers with a typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present, dated November 18, 1965, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter John Fante and novelist Marguerite Henry. 145 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957. First Draft script for the 1958 film with single "?" notation in manuscript pencil. Good-guy Max (Tom Ewell) and mooch Gus (Mickey Rooney) are horse-race loving pals whose lives are going nowhere. Desperate, they turn to bank robbery and actually pull it off. Using the money to buy a race horse, their bookie pal Rocky (Mickey Shaughnessy) wants in. When they loose their bank roll after their horse is disqualified, they figured they'd rob a bank again. Blue titled wrappers, noted as First Draft on the front wrapper, and production No. 767, dated October 9, 1957. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated October 9, 1957, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter Sydney Boehm. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with three gold brads.

London: Ealing Studios, 1953. Second Draft script for the 1953 film, here under the working title "Newmarket Heath." A former champion jockey who was discovered accepting bribes and subsequently banned from jockeying decides to train a young man to become his racing successor. Set and shot on location in England. Tall tan titled wrappers, noted as Second Draft Script on the front wrapper, dated 1st May 1953. Title page present, dated 1st May, 1953, noted as SECOND DRAFT SCRIPT. 131 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on lavender stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Terry Moore from the 1948 film. Terry (Moore) thinks her horse October is the reincarnation of her Uncle Willie (James Gleason) and she is tried for insanity by her cousins to keep her from getting her Aunt Martha's (Dame May Whitty) inheritance. Top psychologist Professor Bassett (Glenn Ford) has written a book on Terry which is used against her in court. Bassett, feeling guilty and with romantic feelings for Terry helps get October in the Derby where Terry and the jury cheer October on, calling him "Uncle Willy." Set in California, shot on location in Santa Anita Park and Racetrack. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, some light creasing and 2 very small closed tears in right margin.

N.p.: N.p., 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt, presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas, and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's Corner' is a screenplay based on three stories by Robin Maugham, including 'Broken Cellophane,' 'The Prodigal Son,' and 'The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses.' Maugham worked with Rodney Ackland on the adaptation." Mauve titled wrapper, noted as a short story on the front wrapper, copy No. 20, with credits for screenwriter Robin Maugham. Title page present, with credits for Maugham. 13 leaves, with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, with a string binding.

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Two brothers with a patchy relationship both end up becoming competent jockeys, and one who had previously slighted the other throws the important race so the other can win. Self wrappers, with integral title page present, showing credits for screenwriter Pinkham. 9 leaves, original typescript. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1949. Second Revised Temporary script for the 1949 film, seen here under the working title "Always Sweethearts." An Irish horse trainer and his niece take a liking to a young Kentucky thoroughbred named Seabiscuit, deciding to convince the horse's owner to let them train the horse for races. A loosely fictionalized account of prizewinning racehorse Seabiscuit, incorporating black-and-white footage of Seabiscuit in several races, including the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap and the 1938 race against War Admiral. Set in Kentucky, shot on location in Los Angeles and Arcadia. Beige titled wrappers, noted as 2nd Rev. Temp. on the front wrapper, dated Feb. 28, 1949. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter John Taintor Foote. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.