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  • Original photograph of Robert Wilson, 1974
    Wilson, Robert (subject)

    Original photograph of Robert Wilson, 1974

    N.p. N.p. Vintage borderless photograph of experimental theater director Robert Wilson in Paris on the occasion of the Paris Autumn Festival, October 1974. With typed description and agency stamps on the verso. Robert Wilson founded The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds, an experimental performance group in 1968. He is well known...

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  • One-Eyed Jacks
    Brando, Marlon (director, screenwriter); Charles Neider (novel); Guy Trosper, Calder Willingham (screenwriters);...

    One-Eyed Jacks

    Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / Pennebaker Productions, 1961. Collection of four vintage oversize double weight matte finish photographs from the 1961 film. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort, after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and...

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  • One Way Street [Death on a Side Street
    Fregonese, Hugo (director); Lawrence Kimble (screenwriter); James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea...

    One Way Street [Death on a Side Street]

    Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1949. Revised First Continuity script for the 1950 film noir, here under the film's working title, "Death on a Side Street." That title has been struck through in pencil, with the film's final title, "One Way Street," written just above it. Copy belonging to studio...

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  • Shaft
    Tidyman, Ernest

    Shaft

    New York: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. Copy from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] library, with two of their rubber stamps on the front endpaper at the bottom center, one that reads "FILE COPY," overstamped by another that reads "VAULT COPY," at the top center. Also on the front endpaper is a holograph...

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  • Original photograph of Josephine Baker, circa 1930
    Baker, Josephine (subject); Murray Korman (photographer)

    Original photograph of Josephine Baker, circa 1930

    N.p. N.p., Circa 1930. Vintage double weight photograph of Josephine Baker, circa 1930. With photographer Murray Korman's studio logo in white at bottom right corner of the recto. Baker moved to France in 1925, where she quickly gained success as a dancer and actress, starring in several films throughout the...

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  • Paris nous appartient [Paris Belongs to Us
    Rivette, Jacques (director); Jean Gruault (screenwriter), Betty Schneider, Daniel Crohem, Francoise Prevost...

    Paris nous appartient [Paris Belongs to Us]

    Paris: Ajym Films, 1961. Original French moyenne poster (affiche) for the 1961 French film. Winner of the 1962 Sutherland Trophy for best first or second feature by the British Film Institute. Scarce, with only two copies found in Cine-ressources. A labor of love released after numerous financial woes and a....

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  • This Happy Feeling
    Edwards, Blake (director, screenwriter); F. Hugh Herbert (playwright); Debbie Reynolds, John Saxon...

    This Happy Feeling

    Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Revised Final script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1947 play "For Love or Money" by F. Hugh Herbert. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter, bound in full navy calf with gilt titles and design, with Hunter's name on the front board...

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  • Caligula
    Camus, Albert

    Caligula

    N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Draft English language script of Camus' 1944 play. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin, circa 1940s, largely faithful to the 1947 Stuart Gilbert English translation, "Caligula and Cross Purpose," but with modifications made apparently for a smaller production. The adaptation includes the removal of incidental characters (patricians...

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  • Horseman, Pass By
    McMurtry, Larry

    Horseman, Pass By

    New York: Harper and Brothers, 1961. First Edition. The author's first book. Basis for the classic 1963 film, "Hud," directed by Martin Ritt, and starring Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, and Melvyn Douglas, the latter two in Oscar-winning performances. Easily Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A strip...

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  • Orson Welles and John Gielgud on the set of "Chimes at Midnight"
    Welles, Orson (director, starring); Nicolas Tikhomoroff (photographer); William Shakespeare (play); Jeanne Moreau...

    Orson Welles and John Gielgud on the set of "Chimes at Midnight"...

    Wengen, Switzerland: Alpine Films, 1965. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Orson Welles and John Gielgud on location in Spain for the shooting of "Chimes at Midnight" in 1965. Shot and struck by noted photographer Nicolas Tikhomoroff, with his rubber stamp and the stamp of his Parisian agency, V.I.P., on...

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  • Speck's Orient-Cinema
    Deutsch-Dryden, Ernst

    Speck's Orient-Cinema

    N.p. N.p., 1916. Vintage Swiss one sheet lithograph poster, made to promote the 1916 opening of Speck's Orient-Cinema in Zurich, during the heart of the silent film era. Designed and illustrated by costume and commercial designer Ernst Deutsch-Dryden. The poster's illustration portrays well-dressed clientele watching a Western movie, likely meant...

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  • Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
    Pasolini, Pier Paolo (director); Marquis de Sade (book source); Deborah Imogen Beer...

    Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    Italy: Produzioni Europee Associati [PEA], 1975. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white double weight photograph from the set of the 1975 Italian film. With the stamp of photographer Deobrah Imogen Beer (as Deobrah Beer) on the verso, along with a typescript snipe. Also described in an ink notation on the verso is...

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  • Die Nibelungen: Siegried and Kriemhild's Revenge
    Lang, Fritz (director); Thea von Harbou (screenwriter); Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schon (starring)

    Die Nibelungen: Siegried and Kriemhild's Revenge

    Berlin: Film-Kurier, 1924. Original German programs for duology "Die Nibelungen," one each for "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge." Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Text in German. Film-Kurier was the first German film journal, published daily beginning in 1919. Film-Kurier's classic era lasted until 1933...

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  • The Glass Key
    Tuttle, Frank (director); Dashiell Hammett (novel); Kathryn Scola, Kubec Glasmon, Harry Ruskin...

    The Glass Key

    Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1935. Vintage photograph of author Dashiell Hammett, star George Raft, and director Frank Tuttle on the set of the 1935 film noir. Snipe, stamps, and annotations on the verso, all indicating that this photo was used a number of times since it was struck in 1935. Based...

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  • Snarl of the Beast
    Daly, Carroll John

    Snarl of the Beast

    New York: Edward J. Clode, 1927. First Edition. In the first state dust jacket, priced $2.00 and with a blurb for this title on the front flap and an advertisement for Richard H. Watkin's "Half a Clue" on the rear flap. From the collection of Otto Penzler. In the early days of...

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  • Tarzan the Ape Man
    Van Dyke, W.S. (director); Ivor Novello, Cyril Hume (screenwriter); Edgar Rice Burroughs...

    Tarzan the Ape Man

    Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Draft script for the 1932 film, based loosely on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel "Tarzan of the Apes." Two black and white reference photographs for the film also laid in. The first of Weissmuller's twelve Tarzan films, and the first appearance of Cheeta, Tarzan's chimpanzee...

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  • La Notte
    Antonioni, Michelangelo (director); Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni (starring)

    La Notte

    Italy: Nepi Film, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1961 film. A candid aerial photograph of Mastroianni, Moreau, and two other cast members conversing around a table. With a stamp for Telecine and a few annotations on the verso. The second film in the trilogy that begins...

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  • Can-Can
    Willoughby, Robert [Bob] (photographer); Walter Lang (director), Dorothy Kingsley, Charles Lederer (screenwriters);...

    Can-Can

    Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960. Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless film still from the 1960 musical film depicting Shirley MacLaine involved in a hand of cards with assistant director Joseph E. Rickards while Frank Sinatra and director Walter Lang look on. Based on the 1953 Broadway musical by Abe Burrows...

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  • Liquid Sky
    Tsukerman, Slava (director, screenwriter); Nina V. Kerova (screenwriter); Ann Carlisle (screenwriter, starring);...

    Liquid Sky

    London: Metro Tartan, Circa 1982. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. Aliens seeking heroin land their UFO on top of a New York apartment building, where they witness the antics of bisexual, androgynous fashion model Margaret and her cocaine-addled friends. A bizarre new wave science...

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  • Zero for Conduct [Zero de conduite
    Vigo, Jean (director, screenwriter)

    Zero for Conduct [Zero de conduite]

    Paris: Franfilmdis / Argui-Film, 1933. Collection of four vintage oversize double weight studio still photographs for the landmark 1933 silent film by Jean Vigo. Each with the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" on verso, two with holograph annotations regarding layout. Although he only made four films before his death...

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  • Wuthering Heights
    Wyler, William (director); Mordaunt Shairp (treatment); Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Samuel...

    Wuthering Heights

    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...

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  • The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper
    MacDonald, John D.

    The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper

    New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1973. First printing of this edition, and first American edition in hardcover. INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the front endpaper to Denver Post book editor Clarus Backus: "For Clair and Earlene / Thank you for one of those very good, very rare evenings /...

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  • Original photograph of Henry, Peter, and Jane Fonda in New York City, circa 1965
    Ornitz, Don (photographer); Henry Fonda, Peter Fonda, Jane Fonda (subjects)

    Original photograph of Henry, Peter, and Jane Fonda in New York City...

    N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage borderless press photograph of Fondas Henry, Peter, and Jane outside of the a Whelan's Drugstore in New York City, circa the mid-1960s. With the New York stamp of photographer Don Ornitz, and the stamp of UK press agency Pictorial Press on the verso. 8 x....

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  • Les Echanges Malandreux
    Gorey, Edward

    Les Echanges Malandreux

    Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1985. First Edition. One of 500 copies (this being No. 196) SIGNED and numbered by Gorey. Prospectus for the edition laid in. A cut-apart style book in illustrated tan wrappers with two side-stapled spines. The book is "read" by independently flipping the captions and illustrations on...

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  • Gloria [One Summer Night
    Cassavetes, John (director, screenwriter); Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Buck Henry (starring)

    Gloria [One Summer Night]

    Hollywood: Faces, 1979. Fifth Draft script for the 1980 film, here under the working title "One Summer Night." Name of uncredited editor Jack McSweeney and "#36" in holograph ink on top right of title page. After her neighbors are killed in a mob hit, a woman goes on the run...

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  • Play It Again, Sam
    Allen, Woody (playwright, starring); Joseph Hardy (director); Leo Stern (photographer); Diane Keaton...

    Play It Again, Sam

    New York: Sabinson, 1969. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1969 Broadway play, written by and starring Woody Allen, as well as Allen's first production with a young Diane Keaton. Each photo with a mimeograph snipe on the verso crediting photographer Leo Stern and the Sabinson Agency...

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  • The Snake Woman [The Lady is a Snake
    Furie, Sidney J. (director); Orville H. Hampton (screenwriter); John McCarthy, Susan Travers...

    The Snake Woman [The Lady is a Snake]

    Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / Caralan Productions, 1961. Draft script for the 1961 British horror film, here under the working title "The Lady is a Snake," with the release title in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Though made in the UK, the film was a US co-production, and...

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  • The Last Word [The Number
    Boulting, Roy (director); Michael Varhol, Greg P. Smith, L.M. Kit Carson (screenwriters);...

    The Last Word [The Number]

    N.p. N.p., 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1979 film, here under the working title "The Number." Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau, with his extensive holograph pencil and ink annotations throughout. Realizing that his family faces eviction due to a corrupt real estate deal, a desperate inventor takes a police...

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  • Easy Rider
    Hopper, Dennis (director, screenwriter, starring); Jack Nicholson (starring); Marc Alfieri (photographer); Peter...

    Easy Rider

    N.p. Alfieri, 1969. Vintage oversize double weight color photograph of Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, at an outdoor press conference held in front of the Carlton Hotel at the Cannes Film Festival, where Hopper was awarded the Cannes First Film Prize. Shot by Marc Alfieri, and signed by him in...

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  • Hellcats of the Navy
    Juran, Nathan (director); David Lang, Bernard Gordon (screenwriters); Charles A. Lockwood, Hans...

    Hellcats of the Navy

    Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur, who played Freddy Warren, with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink, and holograph ink annotations, additions, and changes to his scenes throughout. Based on the novel "Hellcats of the...

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  • The Lady from Shanghai
    Welles, Orson (director, screenwriter); Jean Louis (designer); Robert Coburn (still photographer); Van...

    The Lady from Shanghai

    Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, Circa 1947. Vintage press photograph of Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, and the film's still photographer Robert Coburn on the set of 1947 film noir. Mimeograph snipe on the verso notes that here Welles and Coburn are discussing the Jean Louis clothing designs for the film...

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  • A Woman's Face
    Cukor, George (director); Donald Ogden Stewart, Elliot Paul (screenwriters); Joan Crawford, Melvyn...

    A Woman's Face

    Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1940. Revised Draft script for the 1941 film noir. Studio file copy, with rubber-stamps on the front wrapper. Brief annotations in holograph pencil on both sides of the front wrapper. Text ends with scene 392, as called for. Based on Francis de Croisset's 1932 play...

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  • The Shaggy D.A. [Double Trouble
    Stevenson, Robert (director); Don Tait (screenwriter); Suzanne Pleshette, Jo Anne Worley, Tim...

    The Shaggy D.A. [Double Trouble]

    Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "The Shaggy D.A.," seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones, who played the role of Policeman #2, with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. The sequel to the...

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  • Christo Wraps the Museum: Scale Models, Photomontages, and Drawings for a Non-Event; June 5-25
    Christo and Jeanne-Claude

    Christo Wraps the Museum: Scale Models, Photomontages, and Drawings for a Non-Event;...

    New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. Vintage poster for an exhibition of work associated with an unrealized Christo project, intended to wrap the New York Museum of Modern Art. INSCRIBED by the artist on the poster in orange crayon: "For Betsy Jones / Christo 1968." In early 1968 Christo and...

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  • Murder Over New York [Charlie Chan
    Lachman, Harry (director); Earl Derr Biggers (characters); Lester Ziffren (screenwriter); Sidney Toler...

    Murder Over New York [Charlie Chan]

    Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Collection of 38 vintage keybook set design photographs from the 1940 film. Based on the Charlie Chan character created by Earl Derr Biggers. The twenty-fourth entry in the famed "Charlie Chan" film series, and the eighth to feature Sydney Toler, wherein the great Honolulu-based detective...

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  • Muriel, or the Time of Return [Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour
    Resnais, Alain (director); Jean Cayrol (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Jean-Baptiste Thierree...

    Muriel, or the Time of Return [Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour]...

    Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Argos Films, 1963. Archive of 15 vintage borderless photographs from the 1963 film, each photograph showing director Alain Resnais on the set, often accompanied by cast, crew, or camera and lighting set ups. With holograph annotations on the verso of a few photographs. In a small seaside town...

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