Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1929. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. Holograph pencil annotations throughout by an unknown editor, with an unsigned typescript note of revisions to producer Hunt Stromberg bound in at the front of the script. Lon Chaney's penultimate film appearance, and his last silent film...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1978 film, one showing director Sam Peckinpah laughing with actress Ali McGraw in the desert, the other showing Peckinpah on a camera car with a walkie-talkie, directing McGraw and actor Kris Kristofferson, who are driving...
US: National General Pictures, 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Lee H. Katzin and actors Steve McQueen and Elga Andersen on the set of the 1971 film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. McQueen stars as a racing driver competing in Le Mans one year after an...
Mexico City: Libreria Madero, 1969. First Mexican Edition, preceding all others. Slim quarto, perfect-bound softcover. A cornerstone of Latin American pop photography, and included in "The Latin American Photobook." Designed by Vicente Rojo, with photographs by Hector Garcia, one of the most important Mexican photojournalists. A private edition published by a....
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N.p. N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 French film, showing director Jean-Luc Godard with a shovel, patting the sand surrounding actors Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo, who are buried neck deep. Based on the 1962 novel "Obsession" by Lionel White, about an unhappily married man who goes...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Final Draft script for the 1934 pre-Code film musical, here under the working title "Hot Air." Holograph annotations in pencil on front wrapper and throughout. Multiple leaves watermarked with the name of the mimeograph company "Waterfalls Mimeograph duplication." A pre-Code musical comedy following a singing waiter...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1954. Revised Final Draft script for the 1955 film. The 8th and final collaboration of James Stewart and Anthony Mann, and the second film to be released in VistaVision. "Dutch" (Stewart) is a professional baseball player and an ex-pilot who fought during WWII who is recalled to...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1949. Draft script for the 1949 film noir. A sadistic police inspector stationed in South Africa hopes to find a legendary lost diamond field, but the only person who knows the location of the rich lode is a roguish hunting guide who hopes to claim the treasure...
N.p. N.p., 1960s-1980s. Archive of material belonging to director George Roy Hill, including an AFI Award for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” a brass plaque dated May 22, 1976 declaring Hill an Honorary Lugan of Johnstown, one alumni achievement award dated 1985 and presented to Hill from The Blake...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1959. Original carbon typescript manuscript of Carl Sandburg's 1959 poem. INSCRIBED by Sandburg to Nelson Riddle: "Nelson Riddle / ever good wishes / Carl Sandburg." Additional annotations in holograph pencil and ink by Sandburg throughout, as well as a few annotations relating to tempo and structure, presumably...
London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1965. Draft script for the 1965 BBC television movie "Tea Party," adapted by Pinter from his 1963 short story. The film first aired live on March 25, 1965 on the BBC program "The Largest Theatre in the World." INSCRIBED by screenwriter Pinter on that day...
New York: William Morrow, 1938. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Noni / Who wrote the stuff word by word from the 'Boss' / Erle Stanley Gardner." According to Dorothy Hughes' biography of Gardner, Noni Bibler was one of Gardner's early assistants, and as...
Boston: Self published, 1902. Collection of eight original dry plate glass negatives featuring images of Boston and New York area trolleys, circa 1902-1914 but developed shortly after, shot and struck by photographer Paul W. Rowell, with his last name in holograph pencil on a few of the accompanying manila envelopes...
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New York: Covici-Friede, 1928. First Edition. Basis for the seminal 1949 film noir directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Wise and Audrey Totter. An epic poem about an aging African-American boxer, extremely popular on its release, resulting in a number of later printings. While the poem's ominous mood was maintained...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1933. Draft script for the 1934 film. The second Tarzan film to star Johnny Weissmuller, with Jane famously portrayed by Maureen O'Sullivan. One of the best Tarzan films, and a landmark film in the history of film censorship. A big budget followup to MGM's first...
Hollywood: Icon Entertainment, 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film. An early draft, produced prior to the film having an association with Mel Gibson's production company, Icon Entertainment International. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and nominated for another five, including Best Original Screenplay. Orange...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1957. Vintage borderless oversize satin-finish black and white photograph of actor Anthony Perkins juggling small gourds on the set of the 1957 film. With the stamps of photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso, along with holograph pencil cropping annotations. A veteran bounty hunter...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1974. Draft script for the 1974 production of two 1966 plays. With a handwritten label on the front wrapper noting the production title "Coward in Two Keys," written in holograph ink on a piece of masking tape that has been placed over the original title, "A Song...
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Tokyo: Toei Animation, circa 1968. Vintage post-production script for the animated 1968 Japanese film "Horus: Prince of the Sun," also known under the title "The Little Norse Prince." This listing also includes a pamphlet of character designs for the film. A milestone in the history of Japanese animation, heralded as...
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Champaign, IL: Gate 5 Records, 1956. First and only pressing. Issue No. 6 in Harry Partch's self-released Gate 5 series, sold by mail order. INSCRIBED by Partch in 1960 to noted film scholar Amos Vogel on the rear flap: "For Amos Vogel / With all best wishes / Harry Partch...
France: 79th Division, 1919. An archive of material from James M. Cain's estate, originally from his office, relating to the newspaper edited (and largely written) by James M. Cain, The Lorraine Cross, during his service with the 79th Division of the US Army of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World...
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N.p. N.p., 1979-1980. Collection of two Final Draft scripts, one First Draft script, and one Revised Draft script for four episodes of the popular sitcom television series "Soap," including scripts for episodes 55, 71, 72, and 75. Scripts belonging to actor Jimmy Balo, with his name in holograph ink annotation...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs, one of Donovan in the titular lead, and one of John Hurt, Jacques Demy, and Donald Pleasance on the set of the 1972 film. One with mimeo snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso, one...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1962. Substantial archive of material relating to the 1962 film "Lawrence of Arabia," belonging to production manager John Palmer, including 75 vintage black and white photographs taken by Palmer while on location in Jordan, and six film negative wallets containing over 180 negatives, some corresponding to the...
Tokyo: Imamura Productions, 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in holograph ink. Based on Ryuzo Saki’s novel, about real life con man, thief, and multiple murderer Akira Nishiguchi (changed to Iwao Enokizu in the film), told in multiple flashbacks as he awaits...
London: Parlon Productions, 1979. Draft British script for the 1981 UK film. Based on the 1969 novel by John Fowles. While shooting a film about tragic lovers, the actors find their relationship begins to parallel that of their characters. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated November, 3, 1979, with credits...
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Gaumont, 1913. Vintage double weight matte finish photograph from the legendary 1913 silent film serial. Printed onto heavy card stock for use as the equivalent of a modern day lobby card. With the Gaumont logo at the lower right corner. The first of Feuillade's three film serial masterpieces...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1982. Vintage album with approximately 300 reference photographs, a mix of black-and-white and color, from the 1982 horror film. Included with the album are four contact sheets (presenting approximately 120 images), one loose black-and-white reference photograph, and four negative strips housed in individual sleeves, all housed in...
Culver City, CA: Loew's Incorporated, 1952. Treatment script for the 1953 film on yellow paper, created by screenwriter Louis Morheim, who received a story credit in the final film. With a single annotation in holograph pencil, changing the revision date, on page five. Robert Aldrich's directorial debut, wherein a baseball scout...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1937. Treatment script (here called a "Suggested Screen Treatment") for the 1939 film by British playwright and screenwriter Mordaunt Shairp. Annotation in holograph pencil on upper left of front wrapper, partially lost because of chipping. Shairp, during his brief three year run as a screenwriter, worked previously...
Hollywood: Mercury, 1942. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1942 film showing director Orson Welles, cinematographer Stanley Cortez, and members of the cast, including Joseph Cotton, Anges Moorehead, and Anne Baxter, conferring during a lunch break. Mimeo snipe promoting Welles' Mercury Players, and "APR 13 1942" stamp on verso. Based...
Berlin: Film-Kurier, 1929. Original program for the legendary 1929 silent film. Replete with beautiful gravure-printed production photographs, many unique to this publication. Film-Kurier was the first German film journal, published daily beginning in 1919. Film-Kurier's classic era lasted until 1933, when its publisher, Alfred Weiner, had to flee Germany because...
Paris: Filmsonor, 1962. Collection of 67 original single weight borderless film stills for the 1962 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Cartouche." Action sequences, men in military regalia, and romantically charged images of Belmondo and Cardinale, with most representing Belmondo either charming people or dueling with swords. Housed...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], circa 1944. Collection of 14 original preliminary advertising concept art sketches for the release of sultry 1944 B-picture. Executed variously in graphite, charcoal, and gouache on onion skin paper, each leaf tipped on to white paper stock at the corners, some with annotations at the...
Los Angeles: Saul Bass and Associates, 1960. Original glossy photographic title card for plate No. 3 in the title sequence from Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film, "Spartacus." This plate was used for the portion of the title card sequence showing "LAURENCE OLIVIER as Crassus." Only a small portion of the photographic...
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Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1981. First Edition. Published as the document of a major exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art between December 21, 1979 and February 10, 1980. Near Fine in illustrated card wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities and spinefolds.
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