A RACE OF STRANGERS by Bercovici, Eric [screenwriter] - 1960

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1978. Final Draft script for the 1979 television film. Based on the novel by Pete Hamill, a convict begins boxing while in prison, excelling to great lengths in his newfound sport. Upon release, he begins training and pursues a career as a professional boxer. Nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present, dated November 22, 1978, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriter Eric Bercovici, and novelist Pete Hamill. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 107. Mechanical duplication, with white, green, pink, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between October 11, 1978 and November 22, 1978. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1978. Final Draft script for the 1979 television film. Based on the novel by Pete Hamill, a convict begins boxing while in prison, excelling to great lengths in his newfound sport. Upon release, he begins training and pursues a career as a professional boxer. Nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Salmon titled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 5, 1978, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriter Eric Bercovici, and novelist Pete Hamill. 112 leaves, with last page of text numbered 204. Mechanical duplication, with blue, pink, yellow, and green revision pages throughout, dated variously between October 13, 1978 and December 5, 1978. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a brief handwritten note clipped to the first leaf, on PanArts letterhead, dated 9/7/89, addressed to actor Johnny Crawford from Robert Crawford, introducing the script. Based on the nineteenth-century novel by Hayden Carruth. A young boy finds himself lost in a snowstorm in the northwestern prairie, and must struggle to survive, aided by his cat Pawsy and his dog Kaiser. Set in the Dakota Territory. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated February 28, 1985, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for novelist Hayden Carruth and screenwriter Eric Bercovici. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall, bound with two gold brads.

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1967. Final Draft script for episode 19 of the 1967-1968 television anthology show. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with the name of his character in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript annotations on nearly every page. "The Danny Thomas Hour" ran for one season on NBC as an anthology show, with Thomas presenting dramas, comedies, and musical variety shows. In "Fear the Chain," Van Heflin plays a deserter from the German army trying to reach Switzerland. Goldenrod titled wrappers with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Title page present, dated April 20, 1967, noted as Final Draft, with credit for screenwriter Bercovici. 66 leaves, mechanical duplication, with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout, dated variously between 5-18-67 and 5-29-67. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.