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Los Angeles: DreamWorks SKG, 2000. Original 128 page working draft script for the award winning film,Bound in William Morris Agency printed wrappers, this script was used in the casting process for the film. Very good. A Beautiful Mind, written by Akiva Goldsman, directed by Ron Howard, starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer, Josh Lucas, and Judd Hirsch. Bradbound. Near fine copy with a minor touch of wear to the outer covers. A Beautiful Mind is based on the real life and career of the mathematical genius, John Forbes Nash, Jr. (Crowe - nominated for Best Actor Oscar), and his struggles with schizophrenia, over which after many years of turmoil, he eventually triumphed and late in life received the Nobel Prize. Throughout his journey into wellness he is supported by his beautiful and brilliant wife, Alicia (Connelly). The film was nominated for, and received many awards, including Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Ron Howard), Best Actress in a… Read More

Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1985. First Edition. 8 1/2” x 11 3/4”. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film musical, ‘A Chorus Line’ for reviewers and members of the motion picture industry, specifically for Academy Award consideration. The film is based on the Broadway musical, was directed by Richard Attenborough, and starred Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Charles McGowan, Gregg Burge, Cameron English, Yamil Borges, Vicki Frederick, Audrey Landers, and Alyson Reed. Fine in printed wrappers. It was nominated for Oscars for Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Song, and Best Sound.

Los Angeles: Fox Searchlight, 2019. First Edition. Small format, paperbound, 5 1/4” x 8 1/4”, 103 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Screenplay. Prints the complete shooting script for the film A Hidden Life. Fine in printed wrappers. The film was written and directed by Terrence Malick and stars August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, and Ulrich Matthes. Based on real events, A Hidden Life tells the story of Austrian Franz Jagerstatter (Diehl), a conscientious objector, who refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.

Los Angeles: Castle Rock, 2003. Original World Premiere Movie Invitation for the film A Mighty Wind, dated April 14, 2003, to be screened at the Directors Guild Theatre in Los Angeles with a reception following the screening. The invitation is a single sheet, folded to measure 5” x 7”. Illustrated on the front panel with the film’s ensemble cast. In fine condition. A Mighty Wind was directed by Christopher Guest, and stars Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, and Bob Balaban.

Los Angeles: Focus Features, 2014. First Edition. Small format, paperbound, 5 1/2” x 8 3/8”, 237 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay. Shooting script for the film A Monster Calls written by Patrick Ness, based on his novel by the same name, and inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd, directed by J.A. Bayona, starring Lewis MacDougal, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, and Liam Neeson as the voice of the monster. Fine bright copy in printed wrappers. The film tells the story of a boy who seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.

Los Angeles: Before the Door Pictures, n.d. (2014). First Edition. Small format, paperbound, 5 1/4” x 8 1/4”, 131 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Original Screenplay for the film A Most Violent Year written and directed by J.C. Chandor, starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, and Albert Brooks. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. Fine in printed wrappers. Jessica Chastain was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1984. First Edition. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 11” when folded into three panels. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film of the Oscar nominated film, A Passage to India, screenplay by David Lean, based on the novel by E.M. Forster, directed by David Lean, starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guiness, and Nigel Havers. The film won two Oscars: Best Supporting Actress (Ashcroft) and Best Music - Original Score (Maurice Jarre), and received nine more nominations; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Davis), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction - Set Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, and Best Sound. It won three Golden Globes; Best Foreign Film, Best Supporting Actress (Ashcroft), and Best Original Score. With two Golden Globe nominations; Best Director and Best Screenplay. Fine in printed wrappers.

Los Angeles: Paramount, 2018. First Edition. Small format, paperbound, 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, 81 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Original Screenplay for A Quiet Place written by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski, story by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. The film is directed by and stars John Krasinski, co-starring Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Cade Woodward. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. Covers rubbed and used, interior fine. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

Los Angeles: BRON Studios, 2018. First Edition. Specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 11”. 119 page complete revised shooting script for the film A Simple Favor written by Jessica Sharzer, based on novel by Darcey Bell, starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding. Fine in printed wrappers. The film tells the story of Stephanie (Kendrick), a single mother with a parenting video log who befriends Emily (Lively), a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1984. First Edition. Single sheet, two-sided, 8 1/2” x 11”. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film ‘A Soldier’s Story’ for reviewers and members of the motion picture industry, specifically for Academy Award consideration. The film is based on the play by Charles Fuller who also wrote the screenplay, was directed by Norman Jewison, and starred Howard Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, Denzel Washington, and David Alan Grier. Fine in printed wrappers. The film was nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Adolph Caesar), and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

New York: Warner Books, 1986. First Edition thus with a new introduction by WIlliam Styron. Signed by author, Tedd Thomey, on the title page. Paperbound. Fine in printed wrappers. Styron describes the book as “a work of such striking originality that one may declare it a masterpiece without hesitation.” The book is the quirky memoirs of the romance between 15-year-old Beverly Aadland and 48-year-old Errol Flynn, told by the girl’s mother. Contains one of the great opening lines: “There’s one thing I want to make clear right off: my baby was a virgin the day she met Errol Flynn.”

New York: Lancer Books, 1961. First Edition. Paperback Original. Signed by author, Tedd Thomey, on the title page. The true first edition. Ink stamp on bottom, else near fine in printed wrappers. The book is the quirky memoirs of the romance between 15-year-old Beverly Aadland and 48-year-old Errol Flynn, told by the girl’s mother. Contains one of the great opening lines: “There’s one thing I want to make clear right off: my baby was a virgin the day she met Errol Flynn.”

New York: Lancer Books, 1961. First Edition. Paperback Original. The true first edition. Signed by author, Tedd Thomey, on the title page. Slight crease to rear cover, else near fine in printed wrappers. The book is the quirky memoirs of the romance between 15-year-old Beverly Aadland and 48-year-old Errol Flynn, told by the girl’s mother. Contains one of the great opening lines: “There’s one thing I want to make clear right off: my baby was a virgin the day she met Errol Flynn.”

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1937. First Edition. Very good plus copy with a trace of fading to the top and bottom edges of the spine and very minor darkening to the gutters in a very good bright slightly used dust jacket with the front jacket flap detached, a hint of edge wear, and a few shallow chips and tiny tears. Illustrated ‘memoirs’ from a young trio of siblings who write of their famous celebrity friends, including Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Eddie Cantor, Bing Crosby, Myrna Loy, Hal Roach, Marion Davies, Robert Taylor, and others, with a special section about Shirley Temple when she was around eight, and time spent as guests of William Randolph Hearst at Hearst Castle.

New York: Dutton, 1979. First Edition. Review copy with the publisher’s dated notice laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Issued largely as a trade paperback, the small clothbound edition was made for the library market.

Salt Lake City/Santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press/Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Presentation Copy, so stated on the colophon, one of 500 deluxe numbered copies signed by Kirk Douglas, who has written an introductory essay. Also with a signed inscription by Kirk Douglas to Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer on the front free endpaper: “For Brian Grazer, When I was a young producer like you, I bought the rights to this novel to make Lonely Are the Brave, my favorite film. Read it, you’ll like it. With thanks for Greedy. Kirk Douglas, 1994. P.S. I don’t send you the books I write, I expect you to buy them.” Mr. Douglas’s inscription refers to the film Greedy which was produced by Grazer and starred Douglas and Michael J. Fox. Kirk Douglas produced and starred in the 1962 motion picture adaptation of the novel released as Lonely Are the Brave, and the book is illustrated with photographs from the film. As new in dust jacket. The book is printed on acid-free paper and bound… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Third printing. Signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Hardbound. 275 pages.

Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L, 1986. First Edition. Paperbound, 7 7/8” x 8 7/8”. A loose page catalogue presenting a series of four bronze figurative sculptures by Richard Aber. With an essay by Joachim Smith. Enclosed in a printed folder. 1” tear to the bottom spine fold, else fine in printed wrappers.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1972. Michael Blankfort (1907-1985) was an American screenwriter, author and playwright. He served as a front for the blacklisted Albert Maltz on the Academy Award-nominated screenplay of Broken Arrow (1950). The Writers Guild of America, West, in its 1991 restoration of credit for the Broken Arrow screenplay to Maltz, expressed "a strong statement of appreciation for the courage of screenwriter Michael Blankfort" for his action in fronting for Maltz, in which Blankfort "risked being blacklisted himself to help his friend". Among his own screenplays were The Juggler (1953) and The Caine Mutiny. He was president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1967 to 1969 and won the Guild's Valentine Davies Award (along with Norman Corwin) in 1972. He also served on the Board of Governors of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1969 to 1971. Michael Blankfort and his wife Dorothy Stiles Blankfort were among the founding members of the Los Angeles… Read More

Los Angeles: Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, 1985. First Edition. Oversize format, 9 inches x 12 inches. Fine. The host for the event was Jack Lemmon and it was held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 25, 1985. The top winners of the night included Amadeus for Best Picture, Milos Forman for Best Director (Amadeus), F. Murray Abraham for Best Actor (Amadeus), Sally Field for Best Actress (Places in the Heart), Haing S. Ngor for Best Supporting Actor (The Killing Fields), Peggy Ashcroft for Best Supporting Actress (A Passage to India), Robert Benton for Best Original Screenplay (Places in the Heart), Peter Shaffer for Best Adapted Screenplay (Amadeus, based on his play), and Dangerous Moves for Best Foreign Film, directed by Richard Dembo.