Editore: N.p., N.p., 1975
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Treatment script for an unproduced film. Translated from the French, a Stone Age tribe which values men above women, and fears fire conducts the yearly ritual of having young girls run to the hills and the men to chase after and catch them to impregnate them. A man with no hair known as the Pale Man raises an axe against his brother The Hawk in order to save a woman named Fair Girl, and for his crime, is banished from the tribe. Set in the Stone Age. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present, dated September 22, 1975, with credits for screenwriter Marcel Pagnol, translator Robert Wyler and commentator Paul Davids. Eight leaves, with last leaf of text numbered eight. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1954
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a copied manuscript annotation on the front wrapper and title page noting: "BASED ON the play and NOVEL / "THE HUMAN STRONGBOX" / by / Frederic MAUZENS." Based on Frederic Mauzens' 1941 play "The [Human] Strong Box," about a daffy young man who accidentally swallows a priceless ruby, and subsequently must defend his intestines from thugs and jewel thieves. Set in Manhattan, NY. Orange titled wrappers, dated November, 1954, with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. Title page present, dated November, 1954, with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. 28 leaves, with last page of text numbered 27. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
Editore: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1961
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless still photograph from the 1961 film. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1934 play, about two teachers at an all-girls boarding school accused of being in a lesbian relationship by one of the students, ruining the careers and personal lives of both. The play was previously adapted by William Wyler in 1936 as "These Three," though the Production Code forced Hellman to change the substance of the rumor from homosexuality to infidelity. The 1961 version restores the content of the child's lie, and is overall incredibly faithful to the stage play. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Fay Bainter. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 13.5 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: Allied Artists, Glendale, CA, 1955
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Final script for the 1956 film. Originally, screenwriter Michael Wilson went uncredited because he was on the Hollywood Blacklist. Credited here for screenwriting are novelist Jessamyn West and one of the film's producers Robert Wyler. Wilson was finally given the credit by the Screenwriters Guild in 1996. Based on the 1945 novel by Jessamyn West. Members of a Quaker family in 1860s Indiana must individually reassess their faith and morals as the Civil War looms closer and closer to their home. Set in Jennings County, Indiana. Brown Allied Artists' leather binder, with credits for director William Wyler. Title page present, dated 18 August, 1955, noted as Final, with credits for novelist Jessamyn West, screenwriters Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler, and director William Wyler. 164 leaves, with last page of text numbered 163. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with revision pages throughout, dated variously between 9/6/55 and 9/12/55. Pages Very Good, binder Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads. Martin 140.