Leo Townsend Screenwriter (5 results)
Mamie and William dining (Original film still photograph from "Running Wild")
Abner Biberman (dir.); Ben Benson (novel); Leo Townsend (screenwriter); William Campbell, Mamie Van Doren, Keenan Wynn, Kathleen Case (starring)
Published by Universal-International Pictures, 1955
Seller: Well-Stacked Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Well-Stacked Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Original b/w film still photograph of Mamie Van Doren and William Campbell as they dine, in the film "Running Wild" (1955). British issue, with A rating and J. Arthur Rank logo inset. A rookie cop investigates an automobile chop-shop operated by juvenile delinquents who race hot rods. Mamie was prominently…featured in most of the ad campaigns, and the soundtrack includes early rockers Bill Haley and the Comets. Based on Benson's "The Girl in the Cage." 7.75 x 10 inches, double weight. Very Good, light curl, tiny creases, light dampstain to one edge, small bruise to verso.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1970
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerTreatment script for an unproduced film. A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage, so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. Set in New England. Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present, with credit for screenwrit…er Leo Townsend. 53 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with a spiral binding.
Seven Sweethearts (Original photograph from the 1942 film)
Frank Borzage (director); Ferenc Herczeg (play); Walter Reisch, Leo Townsend (screenwriter); Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker, Van Heflin (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1942
- Photo
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph from the 1942 film. With mimeo snipe on the verso. A 1942 film musical with a somewhat controversial trajectory. Seven years after its release, Hungarian playwright and concentration camp survivor Ferenc Herczeg sued MGM for plagiarizing his 1903 play, "Seven Sisters." Paramount legally adapted the p…lay into a film in 1915. However, during the 1941 production of "Seven Sweethearts" Herczeg was imprisoned within a Nazi concentration camp. Subsequently, he only learned of the film's existence years after his release. The suit settled out of court for a substantial sum of money. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Running Wild (Original publicity photograph from the 1955 film)
Mamie Van Doren, William Campbell, Keenan Wynn, Kathleen Case (starring); Abner Biberman (director); Leo Townsend (screenwriter); Ben Benson (novel)
Published by Universal-International, Universal City, 1955
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film, showing actress Mamie Van Doren leaning against a jukebox. Based on Ben Benson's 1954 novel "Girl in the Cage," about an undercover cop working to stop an automobile theft ring run by teenagers. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on… January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.
Seven Sweethearts [Tulip Time] (Original screenplay for the 1942 film)
Frank Borzage (director, producer); Walter Reisch (screenwriter); Leo Townsend (screenwriter)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1942
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for the 1942 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. A 1942 film musical with a somewhat controversial trajectory. Seven years after its release, Hungarian playwright and concentration camp survivor Ferenc Herczeg sued MGM for plagiarizing his 1903 play, "Seven Sisters." Paramount legally adapted the play into a film in 1915…. However, during the 1941 production of "Seven Sweethearts" Herczeg was imprisoned within a Nazi concentration camp. Subsequently, he only learned of the film's existence years after his release. The suit settled out of court for a substantial sum of money. Script is lacking front cover and some early pages. Rear cover is goldenrod. 153 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with pink revision pages throughout, dated 3-23-42. Pages Near Fine, rear wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold pins. Hirschhorn, p. 212. Warner Archive.
