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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1980. Revised Final script for the 1948 film. Reproduced by Warner Brothers in-house in the 1980s, with a reader's carbon typescript report from 1948 summarizing the film's plot laid in, dated 5/11/48. Based on the 1927 novel by B. Traven, about two American drifters who join forces with an aging prospector to search for… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film, showing Marilyn Monroe playing paddle ball. A bleak, haunting film exploring the loss of independence, about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. The final completed feature for Gable and Marilyn Monroe before… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1951. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Cecil B. DeMille and director Frank Tashlin talking with actress Jane Russell on the set of the 1951 film, while crew members set up the shot. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A comedy Western about a young tenderfoot who returns to his small hometown in… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 short film. A small town church loses its parishioners every Sunday to the local saloon, leading the pastor to institute radical changes to bring townsfolk back into the fold. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the left edge. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Based on Paul Leslie Leil's 1967 novel "Town Tamer." A famed lawman tries to bust up a robbery on a train, only to discover the robbery is staged and actually an advertisement for a touristy "outlaw" town. The lawman suspects something more is at play, and decides… 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

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas, determined to confront his former business partner, a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas, near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, dated 1985, with credits for… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 film, which premiered at The Regent Theater in Westwood Village in Los Angeles on October 3, 1973. With his cowboy days suddenly behind him, as the American West becomes tame, Kid Blue decides to try his hand at a factory job. He finds the routine workday to… Read more about this item

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, 1967. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 2021 film directed by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket. Two small cello tape repairs on the verso. A superior example.

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Final script for the 1968 film. With a single manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper, noting No. 8673. An oil rig firefighter is hospitalized after a bulldozer accident, leading him to reflect on his family and foundering personal relationships. Set in Louisiana and Texas, shot on location in… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Seven Arts / Warner Brothers, 1969. Original pressbook from the 1969 film. Laid in with the pressbook is a tri-fold brochure promoting the film. A group of cowboys living in the dying culture of the American West during the 1910s decide to do one last job together. Set in the American West and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper, noting the title and "First Draft", as well as annotations to the bottom right corner of the title page noting "first draft" and the name of screenwriter Johnny Crawford. Note that this script bears no relationship at all to the "Predator"… 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

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Revised Draft script for an unproduced Western film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated letter from Cinerama executive vice president Joseph M. Sugar to producer Mark Anthony, noting the actors slated to appear in the film and confirming financing. Two criminals… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three pages with annotations in manuscript ink. Returning home from a trip to the fort, a man finds his friend and wife dead, and his money and livestock stolen. He searches for the men responsible in order to seek vengeance. Set in Arizona. Tan untitled wrappers.… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paul Kohner, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Alsheimer's other film credits include "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), "Bachelor Party" (1984), "Trancers" (1984), and "After Midnight" (1989). Quinn's credits include the "Goldy" trilogy, "Bloody Pom Poms" (1988), "Crack House" (1989), "Fallen Angel" (1997), and "The Awakening of Gabriella" (1999). A schoolteacher heads to Wyoming… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957. Final script for the 1958 film, also seen here under the working title "The Townsend Harris Story." A dramatization of the experiences of American diplomat Townsend Harris, sent to serve as the first US Consul General to Japan in 1856, during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate. Set and… 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

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. A former sheriff turned bounty hunter takes on the formidable task of capturing and collecting the bounty on an old friend, an outlaw who has killed six men. Set in Mexico. Black titled wrappers, with the title on the rear wrapper. Title page present, with… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1970. Vintage two-color banner poster from the 1970 film, printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Jake Remy (Warren Oates) and his gang of outlaws need to cross the river into Mexico following a successful robbery, but barge operator Travis (Lee Van Cleef) refuses to let them cross. Set in… Read more about this item