1967-1983 WALT DISNEY Original Film Movie Script LOT of 11 Very Rare Collection

Description: Original LOT of 11 Walt Disney Movie Scripts from 1967-1983. These are rare, the only ones listed on eBay, some have never surfaced before and they are the only ones currently available for purchase anywhere in the world. These are NOT copied or reproductions (nor will I ever copy and make reproductions of them, everything I sell is exclusive), they are all original and came once upon a time directly from Walt Disney. A complete list of all scripts included can be found below. ***NOTE: ONE SCRIPT REMOVED FROM THIS LISTING DUE TO BEING SOLD SEPARATELY ON 9/11/2024 ~ TOTAL SCRIPTS ADJUSTED FROM 12 to 11. THANK YOU*** ————————————————————————— [ 1967 The Happiest Millionaire ] - Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless (Tommy Steele) manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray), his unflappable wife, Cordelia (Greer Garson), and their spitfire daughter, Cordy (Lesley Ann Warren). When Cordy goes to boarding school and becomes engaged to handsome heir Angier Duke (John Davidson), it's up to John the butler to help mesh the two families and keep the nuptials on track. PAGES: 224, DATE: June of 1967, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney & Bill Anderson, DIRECTED BY: Normal Tokar, RUNTIME: 2hrs, 39mins, 5secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions, PRODUCTION NO: 2195 CONDITION: Cover wear in the form of staining, yellowing, discoloration, edge wear, corner wear, crimps or creases may be found on some internal pages as well as edge wear and discoloration. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1971 The Biscuit Eater ] - American drama film directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, and Godfrey Cambridge. Based on a short story of the same name by James Street, it was released by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the last 'One Boy and his Animal' themed film made by Disney, as this subgenre eventually grew out of fashion. The 1972 film is a remake of a 1940 film starring Billy Lee as Lonnie. PAGES: 133, DATE: November 1971, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 3620, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: Bernard McEveety, RUNTIME: 1hr, 32 mins, 25 secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions CONDITION: Title page wear in the form of foxing, discoloration, corner and edge wear, small crimps and creases. Slight foxing to internal pages as well as corner and edge wear and slight crimp or crease makes here and there. Rust on metal bind. Overall: VERY GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1972 Run, Cougar, Run ] - American Western film starring Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman, Douglas Fowley, Harry Carey Jr. and Alfonso Arau. PAGES: 92, DATE: September 1972, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 3557, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: Jerome Courtland, RUNTIME: 1hr, 26 mins, 56 secs., COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions CONDITION: Title page wear in the form of foxing, discoloration, corner and edge wear, small crimps and creases. Slight foxing to internal pages as well as corner and edge wear and slight crimp or crease makes here and there. Rust on metal bind. Overall: VERY GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1972 Napoleon & Samantha ] - Napoleon is an 11 year old boy being brought up in the Rocky Mountains by his grandfather. Napoleon has befriended a circus clown, and when the clown has to return to Europe, Napoleon agrees to look after the clown's ageing lion. Contrary to popular belief he's a gentle creature, so boy and animal form a friendship. However, Napoleon's world is turned upside down when his grandfather dies. PAGES: 120, DATE: April 1972, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 3598, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: Bernard McEveety, RUNTIME: 1hr, 31 mins, 20 secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions CONDITION: Title page wear in the form of foxing, discoloration, corner and edge wear, small crimps and creases. Slight foxing to internal pages as well as corner and edge wear and slight crimp or crease makes here and there. Rust on metal bind. Overall: VERY GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1976 Freaky Friday ] - Annabel Andrews (Jodie Foster) and her mother, Ellen (Barbara Harris), don't always see eye to eye. After a particularly frustrating argument on Friday the 13th, the two simultaneously wish they could switch places -- and suddenly their wish is granted. Each discovers how difficult it is to be in the other's shoes, with Ellen causing chaos at Annabel's school, and Annabel unable to deal with her mother's domestic duties. The two learn a lot about themselves and their relationship in the process. PAGES: 110, DATE: December 1976, PRODUCED BY: Ron Miller, DIRECTED BY: Gary Nelson, RUNTIME: 1hr, 38mins, 11secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions, PRODUCTION NO: 0151 CONDITION: Cover wear, top right staining, foxing, rust on metal bind. Slight page wear - corner wear - edge wear. Small crimps or creases may be found on isolated pages. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1976 The Shaggy D. A. ] - American comedy film and a sequel to The Shaggy Dog (1959) produced by Walt Disney Productions. As with the first film in the series, it takes some inspiration from the Felix Salten novel, The Hound of Florence. PAGES: 105, DATE: November 1976, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 0155, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: Robert Stevenson (last film directed), RUNTIME: 1 hour, 31 mins, 45 secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions CONDITION: Title page wear in the form of foxing, discoloration (severe on back and portions of front), corner and edge wear, small crimps and creases. Slight foxing to internal pages as well as discoloration apparent on pages towards the back, corner and edge wear and slight crimp or crease makes here and there. Rust on metal bind. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1977 A Tale of Two Critters ] - A Tale of Two Critters is an American adventure documentary film produced by Walt Disney Productions, written and directed by Jack Speirs and released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution on June 20, 1977. PAGES: 39, DATE: May 1977, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 3795, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: Jack Spiers, RUNTIME: 47 mins, 37 secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions CONDITION: Title page wear in the form of foxing, discoloration (blue pen mark on front), corner and edge wear, small crimps and creases. Slight foxing to internal pages as well as discoloration apparent on pages towards the back, corner and edge wear and slight crimp or crease makes here and there. Rust on metal bind. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— SOLD [ 1977 The Rescuers ] SOLD THIS MOVIE SCRIPT HAS BEEN SOLD 9/11/2024 for $320. Main display image still shows this script, but it is NOT included in this LOT. Lot has been updated from 12 scripts to 11, price has been adjusted and revised downward. This sale will end September 14th, 2024 as mentioned above due to buying season for these scripts. ————————————————————————— [ 1981 Night Crossing ] - Thriller drama film starring John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families, who on September 16, 1979 escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot-air balloon during the Inner German border-era when emigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German government. It was the final theatrical film directed by Delbert Mann, and the last in which Kay Walsh appeared before retiring. PAGES: 89, DATE: December of 1981, PRODUCED BY: Tom Leetch, DIRECTED BY: Delbert Mann, RUNTIME: 1hr, 47mins, 8secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions, PRODUCTION NO: 0206 CONDITION: Cover wear in the form stains, yellowing, discoloration. Rust on the metal bind. Page crimps or corner crimps/creases. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1981 The Watcher in the Woods ] - Supernatural horror film starring Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, and David McCallum. Based on the 1976 novel by Florence Engel Randall, the film tells the story of a teenage girl and her little sister who become encompassed in a supernatural mystery regarding a missing girl in the woods surrounding their new home in the English countryside. PAGES: 71, DATE: July 1981, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 3874, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: John Hough & Vincent McEveety, RUNTIME: 1hr, 23mins, 16secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions CONDITION: Title page wear in the form of foxing, discoloration, cover has circular rust stains as well as light blue staining, corner and edge wear, small crimps and creases. Slight foxing to internal pages as well as discoloration apparent on pages, corner and edge wear and slight crimps or creases here and there. Rust on metal bind. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— [ 1983 Never Cry Wolf ] - Research scientist Tyler (Charles Martin Smith) is sent to the desolate Canadian tundra to find out whether the local wolf population is responsible for decimating Canada's caribou herds. Helped by Ootek (Zachary Ittimangnaq), a local Inuit native, Farley manages to establish an observation post and, while braving the harsh climate, begins to study a family of wolves, as well as the caribou. He eventually determines that the greatest danger to the caribou doesn't move on four legs. PAGES: 65, DATE: September 1983, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney, DIRECTED BY: , RUNTIME: 1hr, 45mins, 18secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Pictures, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 0210, INCLUDES: Mailing envelope from Buena Vista CONDITION: Slight yellowing and discoloration, rust on metal clasps. Overall: VERY GOOD. ————————————————————————— [ 1983 Trenchcoat ] - An aspiring mystery writer (Margot Kidder) hooks up with a real, live CIA agent (Robert Hays) during a two-week stay in Malta. PAGES: 80, DATE: March of 1983, PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney Productions, DIRECTED BY: Michael Tuchner, RUNTIME: 1hr, 31mins, 49secs, COPYRIGHTED: Walt Disney Productions, PRODUCTION NUMBER: 0242 CONDITION: Cover wear in the form stains, yellowing, discoloration. Rust on the metal bind. Page crimps or corner crimps/creases. Overall: GOOD ————————————————————————— - ALL SCRIPTS MEASURE: 8.75” x 14” - ALL SCRIPTS FRONT COVER TITLE PAGES AND BACK COVER PAGES ARE THICK (double weight, almost like card stock). - ALL SCRIPTS ARE CUTTING CONTINUITY’S WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ACTION IN THE SCENES AS WELL AS SOUND EFFECTS, ACCENTS, EMOTIONS (IN SOME INSTANCES) & THEIR RESPECTIVE LINES. WHEN YOU READ THESE SCRIPTS YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISUALIZE AND HAVE A FEELING OF BEING IMMERSED IN THE MOVIE ITSELF! - ALL SCRIPTS ARE ORIGINAL (Printed date on title/cover page directly by Walt Disney / Buena Vista. These are NOT copies or reproductions). ***Scripts have been preserved inside of filing cabinets for more than 50 years (in some cases). I have provided images of the filing cabinets, in my possession - that I personally own and have these stored in (inside my office, smoke free, temperature controlled, no animals). More information on where these scripts came from and how I came to own them can be found detailed at length further below.**** ——VERY RARE SCRIPT INCLUDED—— ———WATCHER IN THE WOODS——— WATCHER IN THE WOODS had its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on April 17, 1980, but was pulled from release after only ten days, and future screenings were canceled by the studio because of an overwhelming negative response from critics and audiences. Several changes were made thereafter, including the excision of a pre-credits sequence, and they even re-filmed an entirely new ending, which was directed by Vincent McEveety without Hough's involvement. Disney re-released the revised cut of the film on October 9, 1981 and that is what makes this script so valuable is that it is for the revised and final ending scene(s). STORY DEPARTMENT: The very end of this script contains an unusual Synopsis of WATCHER IN THE WOODS by Disney’s Story Department dated 7/9/81 and it spans 2 pages. Typically there are no story lines at the end but being that this is the revised ending script perhaps McVeety and Disney felt it would be privy to run it by themselves just one more time to make sure that the $1,000,000 extra it cost them to film sounded right this time around? Unsure 😅 CREDITS: Also has revised credits which were revised in England at the end dated 5-29-81. ————————————————————————— ————MY SCRIPTS & THEIR HISTORY———— These scripts are EXTREMELY rare (as are the vast majority on my account). Rarer than many release or post scripts because not only is this script original, but it was most likely utilized during the course of production of the film itself and handled by an executive, a director or someone in the production studio (lighting specialists, etc) - and they surface rarely as a result. In the case of continuities vs. movie scripts, they too are original (at least they are on my account - from the looks of scripts available elsewhere on eBay I would wager 95% are fake/copies freshly printed anymore) and also were used during production and include all of the information generally contained within a standard release script PLUS the background, lighting and stage effects that otherwise are left out of your standard scripts. Again, all of the scripts that I sell are original, they are not reprints or copies, all were collected overtime from the major studios from a PROMINENT serial collector in Ohio over the course of 50+ years (along with everything else that I sell on my account)… An important element in Cleveland’s success as a movie studio hub was the CLEVELAND FILM EXCHANGE BUILDING (also known as Cleveland Film Service and The Academy Film Service) located on the southeast corner of Payne Ave. and East 21st St. Studios and distributors in the specially constructed building performed a film pickup and delivery service, rewound and inspected returned movies, and stored films between showings. In an age when movie theaters would change their offerings several times a week, the films had to be ready to ship. Trucks would move in and out of the Film Exchange Building at all hours of the day and night to serve the more than 700 theaters of northern Ohio. At its peak, fourteen national studios had offices in the building. Cleveland was also home to over a dozen sponsored film studios, including CINECRAFT PRODUCTIONS (established in 1939), ESCAR (1942), GENERAL PICTURES CORP. (1957), and TRI-STATE MOTION PICTURES (1926). Other film studios, with their main offices in other cities, also had sales offices in Cleveland. These included Wilding Studios out of Chicago, the Jam Handy Organization out of Detroit, Roland Reed Productions, Jerry Fairbanks, Inc., and Riviera Productions out of Los Angeles. My items all come from Elmer Kadar - who partially owned the film exchange and The Academy Film Service, as well as Vienna Books and a host of other properties (Kadar was also very wealthy, attended Le Rosey, Exeter and Yale and was family to the ruler of Hungary - Janos Kadar). I am the sole owner of the vast majority of the Cleveland film exchanges receipts, records, photos, lobby cards, posters, scripts, that Kadar meticulously stored in filing cabinets and documented because I purchased his entire estate more than a decade ago. He was a serial collector in many facets. If you browse my items it’ll really shed light into the legitimacy of this listing. A MODERN RECORD: In March of 2024 MegaTraders set a world record for the most valuable set (8) of original lobby cards for a “modern” cartoon fantasy film in the past decade. The set - 1982 The Last Unicorn sold for $4,600 right here on eBay! A COSTLY MISTAKE: In 2012 I mistakenly sold the Gone With The Wind continuity signed by Selznick (I missed the signature as well as the rarity of the piece) for $300 here on eBay. It went on to sell for almost $15,000-$20,000 years later. A rookie mistake and one I vowed to never make again! SOME OF MY RECENT MOVIE SCRIPT SALES: 7/2/2024 “1966 Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones” $1,600 | 12/10/2023 “1969 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” $1,300 | 12/08/2023 “1977 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo” $500 NOTE: These scripts are also available for reference across my eBay account. In the event that a bid or outright purchase of this collection is made all other existing listings will immediately end on my account for the scripts listed within this auction. In the event that an individual script is directly purchased during the course of this auction I will adjust the listing and or take down this listing and restart it with the updated scripts included. Thank you for your understanding! —————————————————————————— SHIPPING: Fast & free via USPS (for USA). I may decide to next day deliver this depending on several factors, such as final sale price and your location. I will ship same day if payment is received by 3pm EST! Shipped with care (cardboard backers, bubble wrap, peanuts & or double or triple boxed in this case). Signature confirmation for this collection is required. Scripts will be insured for full dollar amount paid. Thank you for taking the time to read my lengthy listing if you’ve made it this far! 🥂

Price: 5500 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-02T04:03:23.000Z

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