Native American Interest from Royal Books, Inc.

Tarzana, CA: Safari Films, 1976. First Draft script for the 1976 film, here under the working title "Mountain Mavericks." With annotations in manuscript ink on several pages, checking the authenticity of several scenes involving Native American characters. Two orphans seeking their inheritance at the end of the Oregon Trail enlist an unlucky gambler's help in crossing the Rocky… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage photograph of actress and activist Jane Fonda giving a television interview, circa 1969. Agency stamps and annotations in manuscript ink in French on the verso, discussing Fonda's activism on behalf of Native Americans. Fonda participated in several demonstrations for civil rights for Native Americans through the early 1970s, including a demonstration in Seattle to… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Final script for the 1967 film. One of the great Westerns, and one that epitomizes the revisionist trend sparked by Elmore Leonard's early novels of the 1950s and 1960s. Paul Newman plays a white man who was raised by the Apaches, and has since had to straddle two worlds, feeling truly comfortable… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions, 1968. Second Draft script for the 1968 film, seen here under the working title "Hell's Angels Ride Again." Loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai," about the leader of a motorcycle gang's romance with an American Indian waitress. Hot on the heels of the biker films of the same era,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Revised scenes for second unit post-production re-shooting and editing for the 1973 film, seen here under the working title "Valdez Horses." With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1967 novel "The Valdez Horses" by Lee Hoffman, about a mixed-race horse breeder who lives on the outskirts of New Mexican society, a… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 18 black-and-white photographs, and 10 gatherings of promotional reading material. A television consultant is hired to organize a telethon in order to raise funds for the now-bankrupt US government, who are on the brink of losing the country to wealthy… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Native American named Red Wind attends Princeton University, where he faces discrimination from his professors and fellow students. Set in Princeton, NJ. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Tim Perior. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter discussing credits. Based on screenwriter Norman Thaddeus Vane's 1973 novel, a fictionalized account of the Native American chieftain Geronimo and the band of twenty-five he led into the Arizona caves in order to avoid capture by American troops. Set in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Graybill Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting the name and telephone number of talent agent and producer Bill Shiffrin. A thrill-seeking sadist arrives in town intending to ride broncos, soon teaming up with a local prostitute and an American Indian alcoholic. The trio… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing seven black and white photographs, and one gathering of promotional reading material. A young indigenous woman running away from her abusive husband seeks shelter with two curmudgeonly but good-hearted, mountain-dwelling fur trappers. Shot on location in Wyoming. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A new school for native children has been built on the reservation but no parents want to send their children, distrusting the white establishment. An old scout seeks out a chief, who is an old friend, to convince him to send his children to the school. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced television film. With a single manuscript pencil deletion to page I-7. An American Indian man arrives at the White House, claiming the land is rightfully his and demanding recompense for the years of missed rent. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" (1960) and for… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter rejecting the script for production. A new school for native children has been built on the reservation but no parents want to send their children, distrusting the white establishment. An old scout seeks out a chief, who is an old friend, to convince… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Archive of material from the 1991 film belonging to carpenter Jamie Upham. Included in the archive is a Shooting script dated 8/15/90, and approximately 150 pages of production ephemera, including memos and notes regarding housing, filming locations, transportation, and catering, contact sheets, and call sheets. Based on the 1982 novel by Tony Hillerman, the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The second film in the Billy Jack series, following "The Born Losers" (1967) and preceding "The Trial of Billy Jack" (1974). Although a critical failure, the Billy Jack movies were enormously popular, and largely successful at the box office. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1952. Vintage German program for the 1952 film. A man comes to town and attempts to facilitate communication between the half-Apache leader of the Apache tribe and the white townspeople who believe there is gold under the ground of the reservation. Set in Arizona, shot on location in Los Angeles,… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Selznick International, 1946. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and two vintage bordered reference photographs of director King Vidor on the set of the 1946 Western film. Three linen-backed with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Niven Busch's 1944 novel. Two brothers fight over their love for a young relative while their… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Archive of material from the 1965 Western film belonging to actor Johnny Crawford. Archive includes a script supervisor's heavily annotated working script, manuscript notes regarding scenes and blocking for the film, a page of sheet music for the film's theme song, six pages of wardrobe and props lists for individual characters, call sheets, and various documents… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Conrad Richter. A young white boy who was raised by Native Americans is forced to return to white society following the signing of a peace treaty. Trouble ensues as he attempts to fit in. Staring Disney… Read more about this item

N.p.: Romson Productions, 1956. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film with Columbia Pictures sticker on recto listing stars, title and Technicolor adhered to left of bottom margin. Based on Arthur Gordon's 1950 novel "Reprisal," about the 1946 lynching of two black couples, George Sherman's "Reprisal!" recasts the victims as Native Americans. Frank Madden (Guy Madison)… Read more about this item