Dearden Basil Director (6 results)

Final Shooting script for the 1963 British film, seen here under the working title "Bethnal Green." Based on the 1963 novel by Michael Fisher. A kitchen sink drama about a young man who decides to rob the cigarette factory where he works in order to escape his family's cramped house in the East End. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Set and shot on location in Bethnal Green. Tall titled beige wrappers, dated 24th January, 1963. Title page present, dated 24th January, 1963, noted as Final Shooting Script, with credit for novelist Michael Fisher. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 119. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong. …

Second Draft script for the 1953 film, here under the working title "Newmarket Heath." A former champion jockey who was discovered accepting bribes and subsequently banned from jockeying decides to train a young man to become his racing successor. Set and shot on location in England. Tall tan titled wrappers, noted as Second Draft Script on the front wrapper, dated 1st May 1953. Title page present, dated 1st May, 1953, noted as SECOND DRAFT SCRIPT. 131 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on lavender stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A scarce title. Illustrated boards, b&w and colour photos and illstns. An unmarked copy but with wear to the top of the spine. The dust jacket is unclipped and bright but has edge gaps, in a clear film protective sleeve.

Shooting script for the 1963 film. Copy from the StudioCanal archives, with a letter of provenance laid in. Based on the simultaneously-published novel "The Mindbenders" by screenwriter James Kennaway about a professor brainwashes himself to stop loving his wife in an attempt to clear the name of a colleague, suspected to be a Russian double agent, who killed himself after undergoing similar experiments. Released in the US as a double feature with "Operation Bikini." Shot on location in England. Tall blue titled wrappers, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, dated March 1962. Title page present, dated 26.3.62, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriter James Kennaway. 108 leaves, with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine, internal prong binding.…

Condition: Good. Five black and white movie stills, 8 x 10", picturing Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier with other characters.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film, showing actor Kenneth More. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of J. Arthur Rank Productions. A light, space race era romantic comedy, about a seemingly invincible man who is hired to be a guinea pig for the space program. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…