Jerry Belson Screenwriter (8 results)

Vintage publicity photograph of Dom DeLuise from the 1980 film. The second "Smokey" installment, this one about transporting a live elephant across the country in three days or less. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage black-and-white publicity photograph of Burt Reynolds from the 1980 film. With layout annotations and a mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. The second "Smokey" installment, this one about transporting a live elephant across the country in 3 days or less. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with moderate toning and faint crease. …

Vintage one sheet poster for the 1975 film, with the original PG rating blanked at the bottom left. Not to be confused with 2002 horror film directed by Parker Finn. The third and final film of Michael Ritchie's "American Dream Trilogy," following his 1969 film "Downhill Racer," and his 1972 film "The Candidate." A shrewd and brutal satire wherein used car dealer Big Bob Freelander (Bruce Dern) and frustrated housewife Brenda DiCarlo (Barbara Feldon) are in charge of putting on the Santa Rosa Jaycees Young American Miss beauty contest. A savage satire with a brilliant performance from Dern, which, though generally favorably reviewed upon release, was a box-office bomb, and has subsequently become a cult classic. Set in and shot on location in Santa Rosa, California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus.…

Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1975 film "Smile," a biting satire on the American beauty pageant. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage press photograph of actor Bruce Dern and director Michael Ritchie on the set of the 1975 film. Xerographically reproduced snipe on the verso. A biting satire on the American beauty pageant. Shot on location in Santa Rosa, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Final Draft script for the fourthteenth episode of the third season of the 1987-1990 television series which aired on Fox Television on May 19 1989. Copy belonging Twentieth Century-Fox business affairs executive Larry Jones, with his name in marker on the top of the title page. The script on offer here, noted on the front wrapper and the title page as "Production Script No. 5W13 (36)" with a shooting date on the title page of "10/28/88," is comprised of three skits, "Kay Babysits," "Stress Management," and "Brick House." The first skit, "Kay Babysits," aired on Season Three, Episode 7 on January 15, 1989. "Stress Management" and "Brick House" aired on Season Three, Episode 14. "The Tracey Ullman Show" was a sketch comedy variety show which aired on Fox Television for four seasons, from 1987 through 1990, and featured the first appearance of the animated Simpson family, later adapted into the longest running scripted primetime series, the beloved animated series,"The Simpsons." The fourteenth episode of the third season of "The Tracey Ullman Show" featured four segments when aired, "Stress Management," "Bart's Nightmare," Rudy Visits Omi," and "Brick House" only two of which ("Stress Management" and "Brick House") appear in the script offered here. "Kay Babysits" features the recurring character Kay Clark forced to babysit her boss' daughter. "Stress Management" features the recurring yuppie family taking a stress management class. And "Brick House" features a prudish woman shopping for sexy lingerie. Beige titled wrappers, noted as Production Script No. 5W13 (36). Title page present, dated October 25, 1988, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Michael Sardo, Dan Castellaneta, and Deb Lacusta. 32 leaves, with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.…

Draft script for the 1982 film. Satirical horror farce, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Jerry Belson's cinematic directorial debut, based on a late-night sketch from ABC's answer to Saturday Night Live, "Fridays," wherein comedian Mark Blankfield played a recurrent cocaine-snorting pharmacist. Belson, most often noted for sharing writing credits with Steven Speilberg for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and winning three Emmy's for "The Tracey Ullman Show," co-wrote with notable sitcom screenwriters, Michael J. Leeson (two time Emmy winner for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series 1981 "Taxi" and "The Cosby Show" 1985), sister Monica Johnson ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Laverne & Shirley") and Harvey Miller (head writer, director of "The Odd Couple"). The script was championed at Paramount by Michael Eisner and part of Paramount's "Magnificent Seven," a reaction to increasing budgets and a potential director strike in 1981 where six films were rushed to production under budget in order to finance a seventh. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Jerry Belson, Michael Leeson, Monica Johnson and Harvey Miller. 108 leaves, with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, velo binding. Carlson and Connolly, Destroy All Movies. Olive Films 1264.…

Final draft script for the 1982 film, with annotations in manuscript ink striking dialogue on three pages. A cocaine fueled spoof of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella, "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," that could have only been made in the early 1980s. With tag lines like, "They told Dr. Jekyll to take his amazing scientific discovery and shove it up his nose. So he did." and "The comedy that examines modern living through chemistry," one has a good idea what to expect. The film allows Mark Blankfield, of the sketch comedy television show "Fridays," free range for a completely over-the-top performance as the shy, timid Dr. Jekyll and the mustachioed, gold-toothed, hairy chested party-animal Mr. Hyde, and, aptly, closes with a shot of Robert Louis Stevenson spinning in his grave. Tan titled Paramount wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated March 31, 1981. Title page present, dated March 31, 1981, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters Jerry Belson, Michael Leeson, Monica Johnson and Harvey Miller, with a "DUPLICATED BY PARAMOUNT PRINT SHOP" stamp on lower right corner. 112 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near FIne, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Carlson and Connolly, Destroy All Movies. Olive Films #1263. …