Search Results: Titles starting with B from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: Aaron Spelling Productions, 1979. First Draft script for Episode 8 from the sole season of the 1980 television series. Two former race car drivers join the LAPD as part of the B.A.D. C.A.T. squad (Burglary Auto Detail Commercial Auto Thefts). The men often end up running the burglars off the road rather than taking them in for questioning, a method quietly encouraged by their superior, Captain Nathan. Michelle Pfeiffer costarred as Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen, another B.A.D. Cat. Orange titled wrappers, noted as First Draft on the front wrapper, dated 12/20/79, with credits for Aaron Spelling Productions. Title page present, dated 12/20/79, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriters Larry Alexander and Richard Carr, executive producers Aaron Spelling and Douglas S. Cramer, supervising producer E. Duke Vincent, and producer Everett Chambers. 60 leaves, mechanical duplication, with last page of text numbered 56. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1948. Three vintage vintage black-and-white double weight matte finish studio still reference photographs from the 1948 film. From the collection of actor Van Heflin, who played Thomas Brett in the film, in his personal tabbed file folder. Numerical rubber stamps on the versos. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton," because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly (Stanwyck) is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom (Heflin), who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences, they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital, and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton," because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly (Stanwyck) is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom (Heflin), who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences, they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital, and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. Lacks front studio wrapper and title page, rear wrapper is gray. 131 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with pink and white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 9-10-47 and 9-30-47. Pages Near Fine, rear wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive.

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, several leaves with corner creases. Jacket extremities moderately toned, with slight loss at the spine ends and corners. Indispensable for the Goodman collector, as noted on the rear jacket flap.

N.p.: Blue Period Productions, 1989. Draft script for the fifth episode of season two of the 1989-1990 television series. The series followed B.L. Stryker, a private eye who lives on a houseboat in southern Florida. In this episode, which originally aired on March 10, 1990, on ABC, Stryker must resolve a hostage situation. Shot in West Palm Beach. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated September 26, 1989, noted as production No. 65707, with credits for screenwriters Robert and Joan Parker. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/25/89 and 10/30/89. Pages Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1935. Collection of seven vintage black-and-white still photographs and two double weight sepia photographs from the UK release of the 1935 British documentary film. Included is the original trasmittal envelope, with the printed label, "On His Majesty's Service." Featured in two of the photographs are Henry Hall and his Orchestra (a.k.a., the BBC Symphony Orchestra), the BBC "house band" in the 1930s. The earliest, and perhaps the first, documentary on the British Broadcasting Service, paying tribute to its technological greatness, the span of its reach, the people affected by it, and its diversity of news, humor, lifestyle reporting, and music. Featured in the documentary were many of the BBC's literary voices, including H.G. Wells, G.K. Chesterton, J.B. Priestley, and George Bernard Shaw. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: Afton-Linebrook, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Extremely watchable trash, a big-budget film with lowdown agenda, and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor, who won an Oscar for her performance, could have been accurately described as young and radiant. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De..." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink, blue ink, and manuscript graphite.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1960. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Five with printed mimeo snipes on the verso. Loosely based on John O'Hara's 1935 novel. A promiscuous New York model falls in love with a married man following an illicit one-night stand. The most successful MGM release of 1960, well-received by most audiences, save actress Elizabeth Taylor herself, who called the film "Butterball Four" in private. Nevertheless, the film was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning Taylor her first Oscar for Best Actress. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW copy, with publisher's materials and two postcards addressed to science fiction writer George Zebrowski laid in. Fine and unread in illustrated gray wrappers.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1975. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1975 television movie. With MGM front folding snipe attached to the verso. Based on the autobiography of famous female athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who competed in the 1932 Olympics and won two gold medals in track and field. The film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture made for Television. Babe is played by actresses Susan Clarke, pictured in the studio still. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1990. Revised script for the 1992 film. A biography of famed baseball legend Babe Ruth, who was born in Baltimore and given to an orphanage there by his father. He soon demonstrates his amazing hitting ability and adopted by a scout who has him play for the Orioles until he is sold to the Red Sox, and consequently angers the owner and is sold to the Yankees, for whom he helps win the 1932 World Series. He is soon pushed out of the spotlight by Lou Gehrig and eventually sold to the Braves. At the end, a boy he met at the start of his career is all grown up and reminds him that Ruth is still his hero and that he's the best. Set in Baltimore, New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, shot on location in Chicago and California. Title page present, dated November 22, 1990, noted as Revised, with credits for screenwriter John Fusco. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 131. Later generation photocopy. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Read More

Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1935. First Edition. First Edition. Lightly rubbed at the corners, else about Near Fine in wrappers.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1939. Vintage photograph from the 1939 film musical, based on the 1937 Rogers and Hart Broadway musical play of the same name. With a printed snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Culver Pictures photo bureau, a date stamp of "Dec 1939," and manuscript annotations regarding layout. Rooney and Garland sing "God's Country" from the finale of the musical, in a scene spoofing Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the FDR's fireside chats. This scene was cut from the film after Roosevelt's death, and believed lost until it was rediscovered and restored in 1990s. Rooney received a Best Actor nomination for his role in the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners, with pinholes at the corners and light wear to the margins. Hirschhorn, p. 167.

New York: Walker and Co, 1983. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's review slip laid in. INSCRIBED at Bouchercon in 1984 (the year after publication) by fellow mystery writer Bill Pronzini on the endpaper: "Bouchercon '84 / For Barry Zeman / With all best wishes / Bill Pronzini." Additionally inscribed by author Max Collins just below, on the same page: "Me, too! Max." The first book in the Mallory series. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film, showing actors Carroll Baker and Karl Malden. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled, virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival, a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, shot on location in Benoit, Mississippi and Stockton, California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with light creasing to the top right corner, and a small chip to the left edge.

N.p.: Newtown Productions, 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker on the set of the 1956 film. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled, virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival, a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, shot on location in Benoit, Mississippi and Stockton, California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film, showing Elia Kazan astride a rocking horse, directing actor Eli Wallach. Warner Brothers stamp on the verso, crediting photographer Floyd McCarty. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled, virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival, a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional county of Tiger Tail, Mississippi, and shot on location in Benoit, Mississippi and Stockton, California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear along the left edge.

Los Angeles: Baby Huey Productions, 1998. Revised Draft script for the 1999 film belonging to an unknown crew member, with an annotation in manuscript ink on front wrapper of a telephone number, and annotations of dialogue changes, in manuscript pencil, on first two pages of script, with many pages creased from dog-ears and/or vertical folds, as is common with working scripts. Bound in, preceding script, is the full six page shooting schedule for August 6 through September 1, 1998, and a nine page "Staff & Crew List." Based on cartoonist Martin Taras' gargantuan baby duck cartoon character, made for Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios in the 1950s, most frequently appearing in Paramount's theatrical shorts "Noveltoons." Directed by and starring Stephen Furst (Flounder from "National Lampoon's Animal House"), the direct-to-video, live-action, children's musical comedy, finds Nick (Michael Angarano) and his friends protecting Baby Huey from the evil scientist Prof. von Klupp (Harvey Korman), and the… Read More

Hoboken, NJ: Double Play Productions, 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 film. Production memo laid in with the script, dated February 25, 1983. Included with the script is a satin-finish color photograph of cast and crew members posing together on the set. From the collection of production coordinator Shelley Houis. At a New Jersey high school, an upper-middle-class Jewish girl and an Italian blue-collar boy enjoy a whirlwind first romance, although their relationship is soon torn apart by their class differences. Rosanna Arquette's first starring role, and the first major studio production by director John Sayles. Set in New Jersey and New York. Script: Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, undated, noted as Second Draft, with credit for director-screenwriter John Sayles. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Photograph: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. First Estimating Draft script for an unproduced film. In ancient Babylon, Sargon, the king's physician, is sent by King Nebuchadnezzar to stir up a revolt in nearby Judah, in order to undercut the prophet Jeremiah. Screenwriter Oscar Millard was best known for "Come to the Stable" (1949), "The Frogmen" (1951), and "Angel Face" (1953). Blue titled wrappers, noted as FIRST ESTIMATING DRAFT on the front wrapper and production No. 8309, dated Dec. 16, 1955. Title page present, dated December 15, 1955, noted as FIRST ESTIMATING DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Oscar Millard. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.