Cook Robert Director (7 results)

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, stapled apper covers, 81-96 pp., tables.

audioCD. Condition: Brand New. 5.63x5.04x1.06 inches. In Stock.

Draft script for the 1946 film. "Sections of script" copy with multiple revisions of the majority of pages in place of thirteen pages omitted (in other words, complete). Annotations of the name of screenwriter Whitfield Cook on the top of nine pages, along with the name of stenographers Ken Schwartz (eight times) and Helen Van Vlack (once) to top left, all in manuscriptic pencil. Front wrapper stamped three times with "Vault Copy," and every page stamped "Permanent Script File." Several annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. Missing 13 pages, likely as used or issued. Brilliant pianist Larry Adams' (Richard Derr) frustrated ambitions leads him to suicide, leaving behind a new wife Lee Addams (Claudette Colbert) and his two young children Penny and Chase (June Allyson and Robert Sterling) from his previous marriage. Blue titled wrappers, noted as Sections of script on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped production No. 5157, dated 5-11-45, with credits for screenwriter Whitfield Cook. Title page integral with first page, dated 5/11/45, with annotated credits for screenwriter Whitfield Cook. 231 leaves, with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 5/9/45 and 7/26/45. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus with three small closed tears and small chip on rear wrapper, bound with two gold brads.…

Early Draft script for the 1965 British comedy film. Based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. In 1818, the parents of 20 boys establish a tontine, a fund to go to the last surviving boy. It is now 1882 and only 2 elderly brothers are left, Joseph (Ralph Richardson), protected by his nephews (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) determined to keep him alive, and Masterman (John Mills) in ill health and poverty, protected by his perpetually confused grandson (Michael Caine). Shot on location in Surrey, England. Yellow untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated May 21, 1965, with credits for screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove. 127 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two flat metal brads. …

Final Draft script for the 1951 film, dated October 18, 1950. Although the front wrapper and the first distribution page identify the script as Part I, the script presented here is the complete Final Draft divided into four parts (Parts I-IV), each with its own distribution page. Laid in are twelve call sheets, dating from October 31, 1950 through December 23, 1950, with all but one heavily annotated in manuscript pencil. Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1950 novel. A Hitchcock classic, following a psychotic socialite and tennis pro who meet on a train and promptly form a partnership to "exchange murders." The plan seems infallible until one person shirks his end of the deal. Shot on location in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Connecticut. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 115, dated OCT. 18, 1950. Four distribution pages present, one for each Part, with the first receipt removed, all others intact. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 153. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/30/50 and 11/20/50. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with edgewear and a closed tear to the center left front wrapper, bound with two gold brads. Call sheets: 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall. Grant US. Selby Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Vintage photograph showing two shots from the 1951 film struck onto the single print. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a Warner-Pathe stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1950 novel. A Hitchcock classic, wherein two passengers on a train form a partnership to permanently rid themselves of incessant problems. The plan seems infallible until one person shirks his end of the responsibilities. Shot on location in New York, Los Angeles, District of Columbia, and Connecticut. Nominated for an Academy Award. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned overall. Grant US. Hardy, BFI Crime Companion. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Vintage black and white photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1960 film, silhouetted against the Bates Motel. The most sought after image from the known stills produced. Far and away the highest grossing film of Hitchcock's career, nominated for 4 Academy awards, including Hitichcock's fifth and final Best Director nomination, and a key film in expanding allowable depictions of both violence and sexuality under the eroding Production Code. Selected by the National Film Registry in 1992. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a few pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Spicer US.…