john melson (9 Ergebnisse)

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Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid, where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later, a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead, her friends become concerned with who killed her and who is stalking them. Set in Madrid. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter John Melson, and author Ryan Anderson. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus bound in a spring binder.

Outline for an unpublished novel. After moving to Argentina from Nazi Germany at the end of World War II, a German man decides to go back to Germany. He is then recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, in order to bring more Nazis out of hiding. Black titled wrappers. Title page present, noted as Outline, with credits for author John Melson. 43 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 40. Xerographically duplicated, first generation copy, with no copied punch holes. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads.

Collection of 10 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1965 US film. Six stills are full-color, and four stills are black-and-white, with a studio stamp on the verso of one of the black-and-white stills. One of the most ambitious films about World War II made during the 1960s, but denounced by President Eisenhower due to its many inaccuracies. An epic story that details the events leading to the title confrontation, one of the bloodiest battles the US fought in WWII and one of the key turning points in the war. Filmed almost entirely in the Spanish desert. Set in France, shot on location in Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Six stills have small pieces of cello tape at the top and bottom edges, else Near Fine.

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1968 Spanish film. A blind sculptor has been working on a piece using bones, but he doesn't know they are real human bones of the victims of his wife. Shot on location in Madrid, and Andalucía, Spain. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine.

Revised Draft script for the 1979 film, here under the working title "Love and Bullets, Charlie." With some copied manuscript annotations throughout, but also with a few manuscript pencil annotations, made from a master. A lawman travels to Switzerland to convince the girlfriend of a well-known gangster to come back to America to testify against him. Meanwhile, the gangster has sent thugs of his own to Switzerland to find and stop the pair. Set in Switzerland and America, shot on location in Matterhorn, Switzerland. White titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Wendell Mayes. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, lightly soiled, bound with two silver brads.

Draft script for the 1979 film. Laid in is a 14-page shooting schedule. A lawman is sent to Switzerland to convince the girlfriend of a well-known gangster to come back to America to testify against him. The gang has sent people of their own to Switzerland, assassins who seek only to kill the messenger. Set in Switzerland, shot on location there, as well as Arizona. White titled wrappers. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two silver brads.

Revised Draft script for the 1982 film. With a single manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. Loosely based on Pierre Louys' 1896 erotic novel. In the early 20th century, a weapons dealer attempts to recreate a three-day erotic ritual of Aphrodite by hosting a large orgy at a mansion on a small Mediterranean island. Directed by Robert Fuest, best known for "The Abonimable Dr. Phibes" (1971) and "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" (1972). The director's final film. Set in Greece, shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes, France. White titled wrappers. Title page present, noted as REVISED VERSION, with credits for screenwriters John Melson and Jean Ardy, and novelist Pierre Louys. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with a white comb binding.