Waldo Salt (28 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Vocal score for SATB 4 voices with piano accompaniment. Clean and bright copy.

Softcover. Vintage original 8" x 10" black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo of the 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey. It is a remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 German film of the same title about a child murderer. This version shifts the location of action from Berlin to Los Angeles and changes the killer's name from Hans Beckert to Martin W. Harrow. Very Good with some lightÊ handling wear and a few light creases along the edges.

Vintage reference photograph from a 1980 re-release of the 1969 film. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, about the unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema, nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Set in New York City, shot on location in Miami, Manhattan, and Big Spring, Texas. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 2, Number 3, Slim folio. Measuring approximately 10" x 13". Address label on cover, moderate general wear and pages tanned, very good. Features articles about Fellini's *Fellini Satyricon*, producer Lawrence Turman, Waldo Salt, The New Kinston Trio, and Dionne Warwick.

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1978 film, one showing Jane Fonda and Jon Voight, the other showing Fonda and Bruce Dern. A key Vietnam-era film, and one of noted director Hal Ashby's finest efforts. Ostensibly a war film, "Coming Home" is really more about the lives of the women left behind during the war, tracking the progress of a housewife who finds herself unexpectedly liberated in her husband's absence, falling into an affair with a wounded veteran. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay, and nominated for five others, including Best Picture and Best Director. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: Very Good. /COMPLETE SCREENPLAY BY WALDO SALT AND BOB JONES/PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS FASTENERS/.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: Very Good. /SCREENPLAY, REVISED DRAFT, 6/1973/PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS FASTENERS/.

Vintage 45 RPM vinyl record of four radio spot announcements for the 1973 film. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System," about the titular plainclothes officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in New York. 7 inches. Very Good plus, with light surface wear, in the original Very Good white paper sleeve. Eureka MOC 79. Spicer US Neo-Noir.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 407 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover, some staining on covers and edges of text block; shelf wear. Xeroxed typescript in commercial binding. Waldo Salt was a two-time Oscar winning screenwriter who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. His papers are at UCLA.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. / 1942 SHOOTING FINAL DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES / THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS /.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. / 1961 DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES /THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS /.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. /1979 REVISED DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES /THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. /1973 REVISED DRAFT/ I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER TITLES /THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. / I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER TITLES /THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS.

Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited apprentice editor Harvey Rosenstock, with his name in manuscript ink on the verso of the front wrapper and the top of the first page. With a memo on "Serpico" letterhead, noting script adjustments, laid in. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System," about the titular plainclothes officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in New York. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. 130 pink revision leaves, dated 6/18/73, with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads. Eureka MOC 79. Spicer US Neo-Noir.

Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to Lucile Jones, credited in the film as a "friend who did everything," with her first name in manuscript ink on the title page. Laid in with the screenplay are three photographs from the set of the film: one black-and-white studio still photograph showing actors Bruce Dern and Jane Fonda, and two borderless color reference photographs of director Hal Ashby with an unknown woman (possibly Jones) on the set. A key Vietnam-era film, and one of noted director Hal Ashby's finest efforts. Ostensibly a war film, "Coming Home" is really more about the lives of the women left behind during the war, tracking the progress of a housewife who finds herself unexpectedly liberated in her husband's absence, falling into an affair with a wounded veteran. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay, and nominated for five others, including Best Picture and Best Director. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Screenplay: Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Waldo Salt and Bob Jones and director Hal Ashby. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with four blue revision pages, dated 1/3/77. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold screw brads. Photographs: Two 7 x 5 inches, one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to the film's still photographer Ron Munkasci, with his name in red manuscript ink at the top right corner of the title page. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy about an unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema, nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Set in New York City, shot on location in Miami, Manhattan, and Big Spring, Texas. Dark blue titled wrappers, noted as DRAFT SCREENPLAY at the bottom right, and with the logo for JEROME HELLMAN PRODUCTIONS at bottom center. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt, novelist James Leo Herlihy, producer Jerome Hellman, and director John Schlesinger, noted as "A JEROME HELLMAN-JOHN SCHLESINGER PRODUCTION." 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine with some offsetting to the title page due to a newspaper clipping (still present) laid in, wrapper Very Good plus. National Film Registry.

Draft script for the 1938 film. Based on the short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana Burnet, and published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on September 14, 1918. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Jimmy Stewart plays an idealistic soldier who convinces a Broadway star (Margaret Sullavan) to pretend they're dating in order to impress his other soldier friends. Meanwhile, Sullivan's manager (Walter Pidgeon) has always been in love with her, and objects to the pair's closeness, even as they decide to get married before Stewart is shipped out to France. Stewart and Sullivan pull off surprisingly believable roles for a plot of such sickly sweetness in this, their second on-screen pairing. The third film based on Burnet's "Saturday Evening Post" story, the first two being the 1919 George Melford silent film "Pettigrew's Girl," and Richard Wallace's part-talkie "The Shopworn Angel" (1928), starring Gary Cooper. Set in New York. Goldenrod titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 2268 and production No. 25077, dated 3/16/38, with credits for producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Waldo Salt. Distribution receipt laid into the script. Title page integral with the first page of the text, as issued. 108 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive.

Draft script for the 1975 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Nathanael West, and equal to it as a dark, funny, and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of those caught up in it. Nominated for two Academy Awards, considered by many to be Donald Sutherland's finest performance, and one of the most underrated films of the 1970s. Teal studio wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt, novelist Nathanael West, producer Jerome Hellman and director John Schlesinger. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/31/73 and 10/12/73. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.

Original 132 page shooting script for the award-winning film, Coming Home, screenplay by Waldo Salt and Robert Jones. Bradbound in stiff red paper covers with the title gilt-stamped to the front. With a hint of use, else fine. The film was directed by Hal Ashby, and stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voigt, Bruce Dern, and Penelope Milford. The film won 3 Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Voigt), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Fonda), and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. And it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Dern), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Milford), and Best Film Editing. It also won 2 Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama (Voigt) and Best Actress - Drama (Fonda). With 4 nominations: Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director - Motion Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Dern), and Best Screenplay. The film tells the love story between a woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam (Fonda) who falls in love with another man (Voigt) who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.

Original Polish poster for the 1973 film designed by Jakub Erol. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System," about a plainclothes police officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers. Nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in New York. 19 x 26.75 inches. Very Good plus, with three faint horizontal creases near the top margin. Eureka! MOC 79. Spicer Neo-Noir.

Set of 28 vintage snapshot-size photographs from the 1962 film (with one being a keybook photo, with two hole punches at the margin). Photos are a mix of candid shots, test shots, and on the set shots. To our knowledge, snapshot-size reference photographs were utilized only by Twentieth Century-Fox, during a period roughly between 1940-1965, and are very scarce. Set in Egypt, shot on location in Death Valley and Red Rock Canyon in California. 5 x 4 inches. All photos Near Fine or better.

Original British quad poster for the 1975 US film. Printed in England by Leonard Ripley. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s, Schlesinger's "The Day of the Locust" translates Nathanael West's masterpiece into a dark, funny, and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of an array of characters lost in it. Since its release, the film has come to be considered by many Donald Sutherland's finest performance, as well as a grand achievement in terms of script, cinematography, acting, and design. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 30 x 40 inches, folded as issued. Very Good plus, with staple holes to the top edge, and a notation in manuscript ink on the verso.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 film, showing a blonde, bobbed Karen Black smoking a cigarette while perched in the trunk of a car. Printed mimeo snipe in German on the verso. Based on the 1939 novel by Nathanael West. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s, New Hollywood's postmortem of old Hollywood. Set in 1930s Hollywood, shot on location throughout Hollywood and Los Angeles, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film, showing actors Jon Voight, Paul Rossilli, Viva, and Dustin Hoffman. French distributor stamp on the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy. One of the earliest films to receive an X rating and the only X-rated release to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture, also winning for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Nominated for four other Academy Awards, including Best Actor for both Hoffman and Voight, and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Miles. Set and shot on location in Big Spring, Texas, New York City, and Miami, Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry.

Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1969 film. Jon Voight plays a naive Texan who moves to New York to hustle his body and finds himself in an unlikely friendship with an ailing con artist played by Dustin Hoffman. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, and nominated for four others. Set in New York and Texas, shot on location in New York, Texas, Florida, and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame, archivally mounted, with UV glass. National Film Registry.

Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1973 film. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System," about a plainclothes police officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers. Nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in New York. 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. Very Good plus overall with no restoration. Lightly soiled, with a few pin holes in upper right of image, two holes about 1/8," one small closed tear in bottom margin and 1 chip in the upper right margin, bright and unfaded. Eureka! #79. Spicer US Neo-Noir.

Mimeographed, 118 pages, plus additional revised pages, dated , 9/26-10 /73, pinned in plain covers. Occasional pencil marks and dog ears reveal it was obviously used at some point in production. Directed by John Schlesinger. Signed by the cinematographer Conrad L. Hall, and inscribed and signed by Karen Black.