Editore: N.p., N.p., 1950
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Draft script for an episode of an unproduced television series. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. An early script for an episode of an unproduced series intended to focus on the lives and love affairs of great women from history. The content would later be reused for the 1954 Italian anthology film "Loves of Three Queens," directed by Marc Allegret and Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Hedy Lamarr. Set in ancient Greece. Yellow generic agency card wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Aeneas MACKENZIE. 28 leaves, with last page of text numbered 24. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.
Editore: N.p., N.p.
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Treatment script for an unproduced film. Four interrelated vignettes about life in the American West featuring Will Bill Hickok, praised Indian killer, coming a wild town without law enforcement and him acting as sheriff until he humiliated by a woman, followed by a story in which he is found in a different town drinking himself to death. A different woman helps him get back on his feet, which ultimately leads to him enforcing justice again, only to be gunned down. The final two stories involve vengeance on the part of Hickok's friends seeking retribution for their gunned-down friend. Mint green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter MacKenzie. 59 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.
Editore: Paul Kohner, Hollywood, 1950
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Draft script for an unproduced film. Wild Bill Hickok must play a high stakes poker game in order to win back his beloved mare. The script is a partial treatment draft, with a moderate amount of script still in full paragraphs. Set in Deadwood, Dodge City, and the Chisholm Trail in 1867. Lacking wrappers, presumably as issued. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter AEneas MacKenzie. 55 leaves, with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine, bound with three gold brads.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1939
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph showing Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Montagu Love, and director William Dieterle on the set of the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based upon the 1939 biography of Emperor Maximilan of Mexico and his wife Charlotte, "Phantom Crown" by Bertita Loenarz and the 1925 play "Juarez and Maximilian" by Franz Werfel. Democratic-leaning Mexico President Benito Juarez (Paul Muni) threatens France's rule and battles with Napolean III's (Claude Rains) newly installed Emperor Maximilian (Brian Aherne). Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.