Jerome Coopersmith (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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HC. 118pp very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. 1966 - Book Club Edition - Hardcover with DJ. Book is in Very Good condition with some light wear to edges and spine. Pages are flat and off-white with some foxing throughout. Binding is good. DJ is in Very Good condition with some wear to edges, corners and spine, Discoloring to inside jacket. Archival protection. AL SKU-222692 Plays.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff an Raymond Jessel. Adapted from the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Pictorial wrappers. Moderate rubbing and edgewear, very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Rare musical comedy about Sherlock Holmes. Folded edge on front cover. Edgewear.

bookclub. fine book near fine jacket bumped spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1989 television series. Based on the 1985-1988 television series "Spenser: For Hire," which was based in turn on Robert B. Parker's long-running detective novel series. In this episode, Hawk helps an old friend, a defense attorney, who has taken on a seemingly hopeless murder case. Originally aired on February 18, 1989, on ABC. Shot on location in Washington DC. Red titled wrappers, dated December 23, 1988, and noted as First Draft on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated December 23, 1988, noted as First Draft, with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. 57 leaves, with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Music and Lyrics script for the 1973 musical, created circa 2000s, likely for an unproduced revival. Includes only the musical numbers from the play. Based on the classic 1812 children's book by Johann David Wyss. The play was produced by Barry and Fran Weissler for their National Theater Company, a touring group founded in 1968, and played to schools throughout the US in the 1970s. Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays, including a biographical play about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for Coopersmith, lyricist Annette Leisten, and composer Sheldon Markham. Approximately 50 leaves, lacking pagination. Xerographic duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine, partially bound with a paper clip at the center of the top edge.

Final Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1969-1976 television series. A long-running medical drama that followed doctors Paul Lochner and Joe Gannon as they went about their daily lives at a university hospital in Los Angeles. In this episode, Gannon reconnects with an old flame, a doctor with a troubled past. Originally aired on January 19, 1972, on CBS. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays, including a biographical play about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Orange titled MGM wrappers, dated November 18, 1971, noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 7852, stamped copy No. 61, with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 62 leaves, with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Near Fine, with light foxing to the page edges, bound with two gold brads.

Draft script for an unproduced television movie. Brief editorial annotations in manuscript pencil on three leaves. A drama about several criminal figures at a bar who learn that one of their former conspirators has escaped from death row and is out for revenge. Self-wrappers. Title page present, copyright year noted as 1947, with credits for Coopersmith and screenwriters Walter Geier and Harvey Pack. 42 leaves, with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good or better, bound with a paper clip at the top left corner.

Draft script for an unproduced two-part play, both parts bound together. Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays. Self-wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credit for Coopersmith. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner.

Revised script for a 1998 revival of the off-Broadway play, first staged the same year by the Arena Players at the Main Stage Theater in Long Island, New York. A ballerina is murdered, with her unstable son fingered as the key suspect. Winner of the Charlotte Repertory Theatre's New Plays in America competition. Playwrights Jerome Coopersmith and Lucy Freeman previously collaborated on the stage play "The Mystery of Anna O," about the first psychoanalysis patient, first staged off-Broadway in 1992. Self wrappers. Title page present, year noted as 1998, with credits for Coopersmith and Lucy Freeman. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-95. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. LIGHT SHELFWEAR, OTHERWISE FINE.

Draft script for an unproduced 2015 revival of the 1993 musical. Based on the 1992 book written by Ruth Gruber, recounting her real-life experience rescuing 1000 Holocaust refugees who were held at Fort Oswego, New York, after arriving in America. The play was first staged in 1993 at the California Institute of the Arts under the title "Oswego," but was later staged under the alternate title "Haven," at the Gindi Theatre in Los Angeles in 2001. Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays. Self wrappers. Title page present, noted as Revised and dated September 2015, with credits for Gruber, Coopersmith, composer William Goldstein, and lyricist Joe Darion. 108 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-100. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Evidence of erasure to the first page in Coopersmith's hand, else pages Near Fine, unbound, housed in a manila folder.

Two vintage unpublished memoirs written for family members by noted screenwriter and playwright Jerome Coopersmith, one titled "Jerry" and one titled "Final Draft: My Life as a Dramatist." The latter inscribed by Coopersmith to his daughter and her husband: "For my wonderful daughter Jill and her husband Bob who have helped me in every possible way. With my love, Dad / JC." Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays, including "Eleanor" (1967), about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. "Jerry": Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for Coopersmith. 53 leaves, with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrappers Near Fine, bound with three gold brads. "Final Draft": Blue titled wrappers, with credit for Coopersmith on the front wrapper. Title page present, copyright year noted as 2018, with credit for Coopersmith. 114 leaves, pictorial inserts throughout, with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads. Signed.

Revised script for an unproduced film. A drama about a psychology professor who gets involved with a sexual abuse case against a respected therapist. Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays, including "Eleanor" (1967), about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Coopersmith and Cates Films would work together in 2004, on the television movie adaptation of the 1980 Mary Higgins Clark novel "The Cradle Will Fall." Untitled William Morris Agency wrappers, with clear front wrapper and navy rear wrapper. Title page present, noted as Revised, dated November 1983, with credit for Coopersmith. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine, bound internally with three silver brads.

Draft script for a 2016 staging of the successful 1965 Broadway musical, held at 42nd Street Moon Theatre in San Francisco. The play made its Broadway debut at the Broadway Theatre in February of 1965, running through the end of October of the same year and later transferring to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (then known as the Martin Beck Theatre). The original cast included Fritz Weaver, Peter Sallis, Martin Gabel, and Inga Swenson, and garnered four Tony nominations, winning one for Best Scenic Design. Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for playwrights Jerome Coopersmith, Marian Grudeff, and Raymond Jessel, and story credit to Arthur Conan Doyle. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-34. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with undated, tipped-in revisions throughout. Pages about Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top edges.

Vintage script for an unproduced play, circa 2016. A comic drama about the Jewish community in early New York. Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays, including "Eleanor" (1967), about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Self wrappers. Title page present, with credits for playwright Jerome Coopersmith and director and narrator Richard Sabellico. 71 leaves, with last page of text numbered 73. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, partially bound with a paper clip at the top edges.

Revised Draft script for the 1993 musical. Copy belonging to writer Jerome Coopersmith, with his annotations in manuscript pencil to the interior of the manila folder. Based on the 1992 book written by Ruth Gruber, recounting her real-life experience rescuing 1000 Holocaust refugees who were held at Fort Oswego, New York, after arriving in America. The play was first staged in 1993 at the California Institute of the Arts under the title "Oswego," but was later staged under the alternate title "Haven," at the Gindi Theatre in Los Angeles in 2001. Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Combat!," "Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays. Self wrappers. Title page present, noted as Revised and dated November 1993, with credits for Gruber, Coopersmith, composer William Goldstein, and lyricist Joe Darion. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-42. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, unbound, housed in a manila folder.

Revised script for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1953-1954 ABC television series. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith's working copy, with his substantive annotations in manuscript ink throughout, marking deletions, editorial notes, and revisions. The "Johnny Jupiter" program appeared in two iterations throughout 1953 and 1954: the first aired on the DuMont Television Network from March to June of 1953, and the second aired on ABC and aired between September 5, 1953, and May 29, 1954. Both series featured 30-minute episodes, blended hand puppetry and live action, and featured a shop employee interacting with aliens through a magical television set, but the second series was geared toward adults, while the first was geared toward children. The ABC series followed a young television shop employee as he fielded interactions with his human colleagues (his boss and his boss' daughter) and the Jovian aliens from Jupiter (the titular Johnny Jupiter and two robots). In this episode, the Frisby general store is paid a visit by the chief scoutmaster of the Frontier Scouts of America, throwing Duckweather, Horatio, and Katherine into a tizzy, and causing the Jovians to intervene in an (unwanted) attempt to help. Self wrappers. Title page present, with credit for series writer Jerome Coopersmith, noted as "Script #1" and "'Frontier Scout Story'". 53 leaves, with last page of text numbered 48. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with undated pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, first and last leaves detached from the binding, partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner.

Draft script for the 1974 animated Christmas television special, originally aired on CBS on December 8, 1974. From the archive of screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. A children's Christmas tale loosely based on Clement Moore's classic 1823 poem. Although produced in the US, the special was animated in Japan by Topcraft, an animation studio later linked to Studio Ghibli. Topcraft would collaborate numerous times with Rankin/Bass throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most notably on "The Hobbit" (1977) and "The Last Unicorn" (1982). Script housed in a mylar folder with a navy blue binding. Pink titled William Morris Agency wrappers. Title page present, dated 3-12-74, with credits for Moore and screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. 36 leaves, with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Near Fine, bound internally with three silver brads.

Revised script for the 1965 Broadway musical. Loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1891 Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia," with elements of "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House" drawn in. The play was first staged at the Broadway Theatre in February of 1965, running through the end of October of the same year and later transferring to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (then known as the Martin Beck Theatre). Nominated for four Tony nominations, winning one for Best Scenic Design. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated February, 1964, noted as Revised, with credits for Doyle and playwrights Jerome Coopersmith, Marian Grudeff, and Ray Jessel. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-6-31. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good or better, with moderate chipping to the edges, and front hinge starting. Bound with two gold screw brads.

Revised script for the off-Broadway 1968 staging of the 1967 musical, seen here under the alternate title "Ballad for a Firing Squad." Copy belonging to playwright Jerome Coopersmith, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and his annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Loosely based on the life of undercover German spy and exotic dancer Mata Hari, about a French intelligence officer's quest to expose Hari's treachery, falling in love with her in the process. The play was originally staged in 1967, receiving a pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre in Washington DC, but the Broadway production was canceled after the show was met with negative reviews. It was then staged off-Broadway in 1968, at the Theatre de Lys (then known as the Lucille Lortel Theater) under the new title "Ballad for a Firing Squad," only running for 15 performances. In 1996, the show was revived at the York Theatre, under the original title, but unfortunately met with a similar fate to its predecessors. Black Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers. Title page present, dated August, 1968, noted as Revised, with credits for Coopersmith and playwrights Martin Charnin and Edward Thomas. 91 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-7-29. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Revised Draft script for the 1992 play, first staged off-Broadway at the John Houseman Studio Theater in the autumn of 1992. Copy belonging to Jerome Coopersmith, with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout in his hand (as well as some annotations in another hand), denoting dialogue for multiple characters and providing blocking for same. A dramatization of the experiences of "Anna O.," the pseudonym given to Bertha Pappenheim, the first-ever psychoanalytic patient, treated by Josef Breuer, a friend and collaborator of Sigmund Freud. Playwrights Jerome Coopersmith and Lucy Freeman would go on to collaborate on "Reflections of a Murder," a 1998 off-Broadway murder mystery. Pale yellow titled wrappers, with credits for Coopersmith and Freeman on the front wrapper, year noted as 1989. Title page present, noted as REVISED 1989, with credits for Coopersmith and Freeman. 86 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-32. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining to the front wrapper, bound with three gold brads.

Revised script for the debut staging of the 1967 musical. Loosely based on the life of undercover German spy and exotic dancer Mata Hari, about a French intelligence officer's quest to expose Hari's treachery, falling in love with her in the process. The play received a pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre in Washington DC, but the Broadway production was canceled after the show was met with negative reviews. It was then staged off-Broadway in 1968, at the Theatre de Lys (then known as the Lucille Lortel Theater) under the new title "Ballad for a Firing Squad," only running for 15 performances. In 1996, the show was revived at the York Theatre, under the original title, but unfortunately met with a similar fate to its predecessors. Orange titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated September 1967, noted as Revised, with credits for playwrights Edward Thomas, Martin Charnin, and Jerome Coopersmith. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-8-42. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrappers Very Good, unbound.

Four vintage scripts for multiple stagings of the off-Broadway play. Two scripts dated 1970 and noted as First Draft and Revised, and two scripts undated, one circa 1970 and one circa 1984. Copies belonging to playwright Jerome Coopersmith, with his occasional annotations in manuscript ink and pencil to two scripts. Laid in with the Revised Draft are three manuscript leaves in Coopersmith's hand, noting editorial thoughts and revisions to dialogue. The play was first staged at Massachusetts State College in 1967, then in a musical version at Hunter College in 1974, and finally, in 1984, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, in conjunction with the Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial. A dramatization of the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt, focusing on her romance and eventual marriage to Franklin and her attempts to balance motherhood with political involvement and a career. Coopersmith's first venture into writing for the stage, following a successful career writing for television. First Draft: Green untitled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, noted as copy No. 11C in manuscript ink, dated September 1970, noted as First Draft, with credits for Coopersmith, composer Cy Coleman, and lyricist Dorothy Fields. 89 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-6-28. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads. Final Draft: Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, noted as Revised and dated December 1970, with credit for Coopersmith. 80 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-6-27. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads. Undated, circa 1970: Green titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credit for Coopersmith. 89 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-8-38. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads. Undated, circa 1984: Blue wrappers with a title label crediting Coopersmith. Title page present, with a credit for Coopersmith, and a return address at the bottom right corner noting Coopersmith's name and a Rockville Centre address. 89 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-6-37. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Near Fine, bound with three gold screw brads.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Lyrics by Martin Charnin. Music by Edward Thomas. Quarto. 134 mimeographed leaves printed on the rectos only in screwbound red Studio Duplicating Service wrappers titled in gilt. Small, neat handwritten control number ("#21") on titlepage, plasticized wrappers are lightly rubbed and with a modest tear, very good or better. The show received a pre-Broadway tryout in December 1967 in Washington, DC, starring Austrian actress Marisa Mell in the title role opposite Pernell Roberts, who left the television series *Bonanza* to star in the show; directed by Vincente Minnelli. Scathing reviews caused Merrick to cancel the Broadway production. In December 1968, the authors brought a more modest version of it off-Broadway under the title *Ballad for a Firing Squad*, which lasted fifteen performances. In *The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway*, William Goldman called *Mata Hari* "the one genuinely ambitious musical of the year" but was critical of Vincente Minnelli's work as director: "Again, and consistently, [producer David] Merrick was requested to bring in a new director [during the show's tryout in Washington, DC]. Again, and consistently, Merrick refused. Merrick was definitely the Muscle here, and if the show was to be saved before it got to New York, Minnelli clearly was not the man to direct it." Rare. *OCLC* appears to locate a single copy of *Mata Hari" (from September, 1967), and another of *Ballad for a Firing Squad* (from November, 1968), but no copies of this earlier version with the original title: *Melody of Drums*.