Robert Anderson Screenwriter (15 results)

Condition: Very Good. Original b/w film still photograph, featuring blonde Patricia Wymer, briefly notable B-movie actress of "The Babysitter" (1969), and costar Stewart. High school graduate Mindy (Wymer) has a fling with a teacher (Stewart), resulting in a questionable pregnancy that Mindy avoids by taking a road trip to California with her best friend. Lead actors and director all destined for short Hollywood careers, each with no more than 5 credits. Overall, a mature movie about a juvenile delinquent. 8 x 10 inches, small white border. Very Good, light creasing and curling.…

Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas, determined to confront his former business partner, a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas, near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, dated 1985, with credits for screenwriter Robert Henderson. 16 leaves, with last page of text numbered 15. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall, partially bound with one staple.…

Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 film. After stopping a gang of guerillas from hijacking an airliner, an American spy named Scorpion helps protect an imprisoned kingpin from harm. Shot on location in Amsterdam, and in Honolulu and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1953 play by Robert Anderson. A teenage boy is tormented by his classmates and his father for not being masculine enough. His high school coach's wife pursues him because he reminds her of her first husband who died in World War I. Shot on location in Malibu, California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.…

Condition: Very Good. Unproduced script by Robert Bloch, based on the novel by Anderson and Dickson. In a navy folder branded with Tri-Star Pictures, bound with metal button clasps. Folder is very good with light shelf-wear and edgewear. Metal clasps are secure, free of rust; they have also scraped into the inside back cover a little. Binding sound. 167 pages are bound in, with 9 additional revision pages laid-in. Revision pages toned; original pages bright. Free of markings.…

Draft script for Episode 7 Season 4 of the long-running 1997-2007 television series. Originally aired on August 11, 2000, on Showtime. Loosely based on the 1994 science fiction film, about the discovery of an ancient alien device that holds unusual powers of space travel and communication. In this episode, the Stargate crew help Russian scientists with their own Stargate portal. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated April 4, 2000, noted as WRITERS DRAFT and production No. 6712, with credit for screenwriter Robert C. Cooper. 46 leaves, with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1966 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel by Richard McKenna, about a rebellious sailor aboard the titular US gun boat patrolling China on the brink of civil war. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Steve McQueen, and Best Supporting Actor for Mako. Set in China, shot in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear.…

Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 story by James A. Michener. During WWII, three sisters fall in and out of love with the soldiers who are stationed in Christchurch, though one sister is married. Set and shot on location in New Zealand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with some small splashes at the top center.…

Treatment script for the 1974 television movie, seen here under the working title "Trial By Fire." Originally aired on January 20, 1974, on ABC. A dramatization of the struggle for power between President Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan, focusing on the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation. Gray untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated July 6, 1973, with credit for screenwriter Theodore Strauss. 56 leaves, with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine, lightly faded on the fore-edges, with a black Velo binding.…

Draft script for an unproduced film written by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. Based on Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson's "Hoka" comedy science fiction stories, first compiled in the 1957 collection "Earthman's Burden," about a race of aliens who resemble teddy bears. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1959), although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels, short stories, radio, cinema, and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch received the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Navy Tri-Star Pictures wrappers, with a title label affixed to the front wrapper. Lacking title page, presumably as issued. 167 leaves, with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.…

Revised Shooting Draft script for the 1996 film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the rear wrapper verso. Wes Anderson's feature film directorial debut, cowritten with actor Owen Wilson, about three friends who plan a heist in the southwestern suburbs. Based on Anderson's 1992 short film of the same title, whose success at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival persuaded filmmaker James L. Brooks to finance a full-length version of the film. Shot on location in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Hillsboro, Texas, and at the Camarillo State Mental Hospital in Camarillo, California. White generic Gracie Films wrappers. Title page present, dated September 20, 1994, noted as Shooting Draft, and credits for Anderson and Wilson. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member, with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the title page and three leaves of the script. While waiting for the results from a pregnancy test, a precocious high school senior decides to leave her family, older lover, and boyfriend behind and hitchhike to Big Sur, California, with her best friend. Red titled wrappers, noted as copy No. 23 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present, undated, noted as Revised Final Draft, with credit for screenwriter David Allen Dixon. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. A low-fi grindhouse classic, one of the great examples of regionally-made horror films in the 1970s, this one shot in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three chilling tales of supernatural mystery and murder, loosely based on true events, narrated by Rod Serling. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA. Code Red Blu-ray.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing Shelley Duvall holding a baby kitten. French release stamp and layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson, previously adapted by Nicholas Ray as "They Live by Night" (1950). One of Altman's many high spots during the 1970s, an early and unusual entry in the American neo-noir canon, and one of the most artful gangster films made. Set and shot on location in various towns and cities in central and southern Mississippi, including Jackson, Hermanville, Pickens, and Canton. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir.…

Five vintage reference photographs from the 1966 film, showing Herman's Hermits, who appear as fictionalized versions of themselves in the film. A NASA scientist is sent to covertly gather information about Herman's Hermits after the children of US astronauts pick "Herman's Hermits" to be the name of the newest Gemini space capsule. The second US film to feature the British-based band, following "When the Boys Meet the Girls" (1965). 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…