Published by Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1963
Photograph
Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. During the Cold War, a Strategic Air Command B-52 wing commander attempts to whip his unit into shape in time to pass a readiness test. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine.
Published by National Broadcasting Company [NBC], Burbank, CA, 1975
Photograph
Vintage reference photograph from "The Adventure of Veronica's Veils," season 1 episode 9 of the 1975-1976 television series. With detached mimeo snipe. Loosely based on the 1929 novel, "The Roman Hat Mystery" by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee under their joint pseudonym Ellery Queen. The series follows a detective solving various absurd crimes. In this episode a producer who works a t burlesque club has a heart attack and dies. He left a tape before he died asking someone to find his murderer. Set in New York City. 7 x 9 inches. About Fine.
Published by Martin Rackin Productions, North Hollywood, 1973
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Final Draft for the 1974 television film, which aired on NBC on March 16, 1974, here under the working title "Boselli's World." Bound in, preceding the script, is a fifteen page Shooting Schedule for December 2-21, 1973 with manuscript red marker annotations noting names and striking dates. Bound in following the script are 26 script pages, replaced by revision pages. Preceding the script is a page entitled "Episode Title Suggestions," implying the television movie was originally intended as a possible pilot for a series which never transpired. Ernest Borgnine stars as tugboat operator Vince Boselli, who along with Della Reese, the owner of a waterfront cafe, clash with a dock foreman trying to change the way things are done on the piers. Orange titled wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated November 16, 1973, with credits for screenwriters Martin Rackin and Robert Pirosh. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 11/26/73. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
Published by United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1957
Photograph
Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film, showing actress Betty Hutton mugging for the camera while sitting with actor Dana Andrews, while director Robert Pirosh looks on. A successful businesswoman runs into an old flame at her high school reunion, leading to a rekindling, albeit somewhat troubled, of their romance. Hutton's intended screen comeback after leaving Paramount Studios five years prior, and ultimately her last feature film appearance. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes to the corners.