Published by N.p., N.p., 1970
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Draft script for an unproduced film. Three pages with annotations in manuscript ink. Returning home from a trip to the fort, a man finds his friend and wife dead, and his money and livestock stolen. He searches for the men responsible in order to seek vengeance. Set in Arizona. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Joy Dexter. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with staples.
Published by National Broadcasting Company [NBC], Burbank, CA, 1967
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Two Draft scripts for "The Barren Ground," the 1967 episode of "The Virginian" television show. Loosely based on the 1902 novel by Owen Wister. Television's first 90-minute western series, and one of the longest running western shows in history, having aired from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. The series revolved around the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch, a tough man known only as "The Virginian" (James Drury). Set in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Pink Revised Draft script: Lacking wrappers as issued. Title page present, noted as production No, 28533, dated 9/18/67, noted as Rev., with credits for screenwriters Joy Dexter and Andy Lewis. 77 leaves, with last page of text numbered 74. Mimeograph on pink stock, with pink revision pages dated 9/18/67. Pages Very Good plus, corner stapled. Blue Revised Draft script: Lacking wrappers as issued. 86 leaves, with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph on blue stock, with blue revision pages dated 9/18/67 and 9/22/67. Pages Very Good plus, corner stapled.