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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name. In the film, a man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town, prompting police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw). Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody’s wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.
Jaws 1975 Final Draft Script. Sold for Nearly $10,000.
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Lot of ”Jaws” memorabilia and props used on set, including life jackets worn by Steven Spielberg and his cast, call sheets and an album of behind-the-scenes photos. The classic horror tale about a man-eating shark was filmed at Menemsha, a fishing village on Martha’s Vineyard in 1974 and enjoyed record success in gross revenue. Fantastic lot comprises: (1) Photo album containing 75 snapshots from the set and hotel, including 9 images of one of the animatronic sharks. Photos measure 4” x 3.5”. Album measures 9” x 11.5”. Photos are mounted to lightly adhesive pages, else near fine. (2) Roster of set personnel; 2pp. measuring 8.5” x 11”. Near fine. (3) Call sheets for shoots on 18 July 1974 and 3, 18-19 September. One page for each day, 4 pages total. 8.5” x 11”. Near fine. (4) Yellow-orange life vest labeled inside in red felt tip, ”S-Spielberg ‘Dir”’. With ”JAWS” stamp in black ink on the back and brand insignia on the left breast. Adult size M. Corrosion to zipper from exposure to moisture and light soiling, else near fine. (5) Bright orange over-the-head life preserver stamped ”JAWS” in black on the left and inscribed in black opposite, ”Orca [name of the boat] / Robert Shaw / ‘Captain Quint’ / Shark Killer / Martha’s Vineyard / ‘Amity’ / Apr. – 28 – Sept. 19, 1974 / (J.W.D.-C.S.E. – Props)”. Surface soiling and fading, else near fine. (6) Bright orange over-the-head life preserver stamped ”JAWS” in black on the left and inscribed in black opposite, ”Orca / Roy Scheider / ‘Police Chief Brody’ / Martha’s Vineyard / ‘Amity’ / Apr. – 28 – Sept. 19, 1974 / (J.W.D.-C.S.E. – Props)”. Surface soiling, else near fine. (7) Bright orange over-the-head life preserver stamped ”JAWS” in black on the left and inscribed in black opposite, ”Richard Dreyfuss / ‘Hooper’ / Oceanographer / Martha’s Vineyard / ‘Amity’ / Apr. – 28 – Sept. 19, 1974 / (J.W.D.-C.S.E. – Props)”. Surface soiling, else near fine. Vests measure 16” x 20”. Provenance from a nautical technician who worked on set and is pictured with his wife in several of the photos. Sold for $50,330.
Signed copy of ”Jaws”, Doubleday & Co.: Garden City, NY: 1974. Book is signed on the half-title page by four key men: (1) its author ”Peter Benchley”, who adds a hand-drawn sketch of a shark’s face in profile above his signature, (2) by the classic film’s director ”Steven Spielberg”, (3) by actor Richard Dreyfuss, ”R Dreyfuss”, and (4) inscribed, ”’You’re gonna need a bigger boat!’ Roy Schneider”. Accompanied by a fifth signature on a separate slip, ”Robert Shaw”, who played shark hunter Quint. Book, from which the film was adapted, runs 311pp. Bound in black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Measures 6” x 8.5”. Cocking to spine, rubbing to corners and a shallow dent to the front board at top edge, else near fine. Signed slip measures 6.25” x 4”. Punch holes and small tear with Shaw’s name and ”actor” written to verso, else near fine. Sold for $676.
The terrifying ”DUN DUN” theme song almost jumps off the sheet in this autograph manuscript quotation signed by John Williams, who wrote the score for ”Jaws”, shown here in two bars of a handwritten stave by Williams. ”Jaws” screenwriter Peter Benchley also signs the cover, and sketches the head of a great white shark. First day cover is postmarked 4 April 1985 from Boston, Massachusetts. Measures 6.5” x 3.75”. Near fine condition with bold writing. Sold for $563.
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Marilyn Monroe’s personal copy of the unfinished 1962 film ”Something’s Got to Give,” abandoned after the star’s untimely death in 1962. In fact, most of the film’s completed footage remained unseen for many years. Monroe notoriously had missed a slew of shooting days due to a ”sinus infection” that disappeared at night, when she was photographed about town. This infuriated director George Cukor, and Twentieth Century-Fox went so far as to fire her on 11 June 1962 for missing 17 of the 30 shooting days. But, when co-star Dean Martin countered with, ”No Marilyn, no picture”, the studio relented and took her back, though she sadly died less than two months later. Script runs 161pp. long with 51 revised pages. Spine of script has the film’s title printed in black lettering with the date ”March 29, 1962.” Cover has ”Final / Confidential / For Planning Purposes Only” printed on it, as well as, ”Something’s Got to Give / March 29, 1962” and ”Property of / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation” imprinted with the studio logo. Script measures 8.5” x 11” with some minor creasing, else very good. Housed in a custom-made red cloth box with a matching red leather slipcase. With Christie’s provenance. Sold for $25,428.
A fascinating peek inside Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe’s creative process. Heavily annotated in her own hand, this 149-page screenplay from Monroe’s last and unfinished film, 1962’s ”Something’s Got To Give”, reveals Monroe as an actor who took deep care in finding the meaning behind each line of dialogue and her character’s motivations throughout the script. Monroe’s handwritten pencil notes begin with her character’s (Ellen Wagstaff Arden) introduction in the script on page 12 and carry through to the end on page 149, even including notes on the verso of the last page and back cover, such as a note reading, ”Joke writers Mel Brooks / Herb Gardner / Need spice / raisins / Need some funny lines”. There are notes in Monroe’s hand on approximately 42 pages in the script, ranging from simple dialogue corrections and changes to in-depth sense memory notes when doing a scene that required a deeper emotional connection and understanding. Regarding her character’s introduction, as she interacts with naval personnel who saved her after being marooned on an island for five years, Monroe writes, ”1 – Gayity [sic] 2 – Excitement 3 – Then Dazed”. In one scene, Monroe references Arthur Miller’s children to better help her relate to her character’s children, ”Bobby M. / and early Janie / except their [sic] mine.” Throughout the script, Monroe writes succinct dialogue and character notes: ”Stunned / Dazed – sky high with adventure”, ”dead pan/I really don’t know”, ”anticipating the joys”, ”Trying to think or remember”, ”start to wonder what’s from now on”, ”I don’t know he knows”, ”easy/very intimate/very real”, ”[L]et me get into something more comfortable / leading him on -”. Included is a small card with call times and scenes to be shot, and a small scrap of paper with a note in Monroe’s hand wondering why they are shooting out of sequence, as well as notes about using Miss vs. Mrs. Script measures 9.5” x 11.5”. Worn from use by Monroe, but with pages present and intact. Overall very good condition. Sold for $25,000.
Original typewritten draft of ”The War of the Worlds”, as famously read by Orson Welles on his radio series, Mercury Theater. Airing on CBS on 30 October 1938, the episode (titled ”An Attack by the Men of Mars” on the script) is known for its realistic depiction which many duped listeners took as fact after tuning in past the introduction. Welles was then forced to give a press conference in which he apologized for the panic he caused, stating it was not intentional, even though the story was read as a news bulletin. 17pp. script is typewritten on cream paper with numerous misspellings, corrections and incomplete sentences with one staple at top left and extra page inserted as 12-A. Comes with provenance from previous owner who purchased script from the estate of the radio pioneer James Jewell. Measures 8.5” x 11”. Last page is detached, minor holing at top left of first page, otherwise near fine condition. Sold for $14,000.
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Moe Howard’s 30pp. Script Dated August 1940
Moe Howard’s 30pp. Script Dated August 1940 for The 1941 Three Stooges Film ”An Ache in Every Stake” — Annotations in Moe’s Hand on Cover & Title Page — Very Good Condition . Sold for $13,589.
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Moe Howard’s 8pp. Script Dated May 1933
Moe Howard’s 8pp. Script Dated May 1933 for the MGM Ted Healy Short ”Nertsery Rhymes”, With Early Draft Working Title ”Nursery Rhymes” — Very Good Condition. Sold for $8,813.
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Script for ”David Copperfield”, signed by cast and crew. Cast signatures by 21 of the film’s top-billed stars comprise: Lionel Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O’Sullivan, Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, Roland Young, Madge Evans, Elizabeth Allen, Marilyn Knowlden, Harry Beresford, John Buckler, Lennox Pawle, Jessie Ralph, Lewis J. Stone, Mabel Colcord, Jean Cadell, Hugh Williams, Violet Kemble-Cooper and Hugh Walpole, who also adapted the Charles Dickens novel. Signed also by director George Cukor, screenwriter Howard Estabrook, cinematographer Oliver T. Marsh, art department Merrill Pye, Edwin B. Willis and Cedric Gibbons, propmaster Hugh Christie and recording director Douglas Shearer. Screenplay bears an MGM label to the front cover, which also contains all of the signatures. A typed label indicates it was production manager J.J. Cohn’s personal copy. Runs 169pp. Bound with brads. Measures 8.5” x 11”. Housed in a beautiful custom leather case with gilt lettering and marbled lining to an overall size of 10” x 12.25” x 1.5”. Toning to script and wear to edges of cover. Very good. Sold for $7,563.
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Bruce Lee’s personally owned scripts for ”The Silent Flute”. As indicated on the title pages, Lee collaborated with James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant in the development of the screenplay, dated 19 October 1970. Coburn abandoned the project after reportedly falling out with Lee, who moved on to star in ”Fists of Fury”. In 1978, five years after Lee’s death it was salvaged by producer Paul Maslansky and released as ”Circle of Iron”. Scripts both run 70pp., plus a final copied page of hand notes pertaining to the bizarre characters encountered by the film’s protagonist Cord the Seeker, including paragraphs on Rhythm Man, Mechanical Man, Monkey Man and Tara. One script, bound in a report cover appears to be a later generation copy of the other, which is bound with a large metal brad. Each measures 8.5” x 11”. Toning throughout, edge wear and foxing to the title page of metal-bound script. Toning to the title page of report cover bound script, else near fine. Accompanied by the original envelope in which the scripts were delivered to Lee, addressed in felt tip to Lee at his Roscomare Road address in Bel Air. From the impressive collection of Herb Jackson, whose well-documented friendship with Lee began while he trained in Jeet Kune Do at Lee’s Los Angeles martial arts academy, located at 628 West College St. in Chinatown. Jackson was present at Lee’s Bel Air home the day these screenplays were delivered, and Lee likely gifted them after severing ties with the project. With a COA from Herb Jackson’s son. Sold for $5,633.
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