New York: Arthur Allen Studios, 1915-1925. Photo album portfolio sold to subscribers by Allen from his Arthur Allen Studios circa 1915-1925, containing more than 40 pages of original nude photographic prints pasted onto stiff pages. Each photo is discreetly rubber stamped (1 to 40) at the bottom right corner. Each leaf has between two and four different images, with many leaves... (read more)
New York: Film-makers' Cinematheque, 1966. Original film program for the 1966 screening of six Kenneth Anger films, being shown on the Spring Equinox (March 21, 1966). SIGNED by Anger on the verso of the front wrapper. Screened at Jonas Mekas's Film-maker's Cinematheque coopperative theater, then located at 125 West 41st Street in New York. Films at the screening included "Kustom... (read more)
Rome: Cino del Duca, 1960. Vintage oversize double weight borderless glossy press photograph by Enrico Appetito from the 1960 film. Bold notation on the verso noting that the photograph is from the archives of the French cinephile magazine, “Cinema 60.” The first film in Antonioni's famed trilogy, followed by La Notte and L'eclisse. A classic scene from the film, from the... (read more)
N.p. N.p. 1967. Vintage double weight borderless photograph of Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, shot by Richard Avedon for a fashion shoot in conjunction with the film. With two stamps on the verso: one crediting Richard Avedon, and one noting that the photo must be returned to Time, Inc. An unpublished photograph relating to a film with heavy fashion pedigree. McQueen's... (read more)
![Filmkultúra [Theory of the Film] (First Edition, inscribed the year prior to publication). Béla Balázs.](/pictures/thumb/122140.jpg?v=1434404413)
Budapest: Szikra Kiadas, 1948. First Hungarian Edition, preceding all others. Lengthily INSCRIBED by the author in Hungarian in the year preceding publication on the first blank leaf, ending with "Budapest / 47.XII.14." A rare signature. A renaissance man in the world of early cinema, Balázs began writing film criticism, poetry, librettos, and screenplays in 1907, and died after a very prolific... (read more)
![Scenes from a Marriage [Scener ur ett äktenskap] (Three original photographs from the set of the 1973 TV mini-series). Ingmar Bergman, screenwriter director, Erland Josephson Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, starring, Sven Nykvist, cinematographer, Gunnar Lantz, photographer.](/pictures/thumb/138770.jpg?v=1492980074)
Sweden: Cinematograph AB, 1973. Three vintage photographs from the set of the 1973 six-part Swedish television mini-series, "Scenes from a Marriage," written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. All photos feature director Ingmar Bergman, cinematographer Sven Nykvist, Liv Ullman, and Erland Josephson on the set, gesticulating over scripts. Early photocopy snipe cello-taped to the verso, alongside photographer's rubber stamp, and pink... (read more)
![Island Women [Calypso Island] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film, Marie Windsor's copy). William Berke, producer director, Philip Yordan Andrew Alexander, screenwriters, Vince Edwards Marie Windsor, Leslie Scott, Marilee Earle, starring.](/pictures/thumb/137620.jpg?v=1492979723)
Hollywood, CA: Security Pictures, 1957. Revised draft script for the 1958 film, "Island Women," here under the working title, "Calypso Island." Copy belonging to actress Marie Windsor, with her name in holograph ink on the first page of text, notations in holograph pencil and ink throughout, one page noting scene wardrobe changes, and custom place markers at the fore-edges noting... (read more)
![Point Break [Riders on the Storm] (Original screenplay and production archive for the 1991 film). Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter director, James Cameron, screenwriter, W. Peter Iliff Rick King, screenwriters, Patrick Swayze Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, starring.](/pictures/thumb/138320.jpg?v=1492979922)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Fox, 1991. Shooting script and production archive, with rainbow revisions, for the 1991 film, belonging to the film's production manager, Burt Bluestein. Includedg are the script, with many holograph notations and drawing, as well as two binders full of legal research and documents, cast and crew contact sheets, shooting schedules, continuity lists, one-line schedules, and production... (read more)
![Archive of 89 photographs from various Pre-Code films starring Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], 1933-1934. Julie Bishop, Jacqueline Wells, subject.](/pictures/thumb/138844.jpg?v=1492980117)
Various cities: Various Publishers, 1933-1934. Archive of 89 photographs belonging to actress Julie Bishop, featuring film still and publicity photographs from five Pre-Code films made in 1933 and 1934 while she was still being credited under her birth name, Jacqueline Wells. The photographs have been tipped into a contemporary photo album, with the exception of three photographs, which are laid... (read more)
![...D'entre les morts [Vertigo] (First Edition). Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac.](/pictures/thumb/131410.jpg?v=1418080785)
Paris: Denoël, 1954. First French Edition, preceding all others. The French crime fiction duo's third novel, preceding the British edition by two years and the American by three. Basis for the iconic 1958 film noir "Vertigo" directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. Not only is "Vertigo"' widely recognized as Hitchcock's masterpiece, it recently... (read more)
San Francisco: Pasteurize Press / Zephyrus Image, 1975. First Edition. An offprint of Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute, Nov 18, 1974. A variant of the first edition described in the Zephyrus Image bibliography by Alastair Johnston, this copy without the inner printed Mylar wrapper and printed envelope... (read more)
New York: Galeria Bonino, 1967. Complete set of four matching exhibition catalogs for a staggered series of installations by avant-garde film director Robert Breer, held at the Galeria Bonino in New York between 1965 and 1970. The first catalog is for an exhibition at the gallery titled "Constructions and Films," and was held in early 1965, noted as Exhibition No. 10. The... (read more)
N.p. N.p. Circa 1933. Original dialogue notes for the 1933 Tod Browning film, "Fast Workers." Handwritten notes on two pages of legal-size notebook paper in holograph pencil, presumed to belong to one of the screenwriters for the film. The notes are as follows, with several lines marked through in various places: [First page] Spike: What'd you do to her, when you found... (read more)
Eureka, CA: Hearse Press, 1960. First Edition. One of no more than five "author's edition" copies with an original illustration by the author bound in. During the 1970s, Bukowski still had a number of copies of this book and decided to make between three and five unique copies by binding in original artwork or poetry--beginning a practice that would continue... (read more)
Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution, 1967. Vintage black-and-white borderless press photograph of director Luis Bunuel with cinematographer Christian Matras and the cast on the set of the 1967 film. With a European press agency stamp on the verso ("Photo exclusive / EUROPANEWS"), a date stamp of April 8, 1969, and a few other notations. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Very Good to Near Fine. (read more)
Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution, 1967. Vintage black-and-white borderless still photograph of Catherine Deneuve and her fellow brothel workers (including Geneviève Page) on the set of the 1967 film. With the French distributor's stamp on the verso, and a rubber stamped reference number (33). Buñuel's first color film, about a young housewife who begins working in a brothel... (read more)
N.p. N.p. 1966. Set of three remarkable double weight photograph of Carol Burnett, Rock Hudson, Frank Gorshin, and Ken Berry on the set of one of Carol Burnett's earliest television specials, "Carol and Company," which aired on October 9, 1966. CBS tested the waters with Carol Burnett four times with specials between 1963 and 1966. This photograph was shot on the... (read more)
New York: Dial Press, 1958. First printing of this edition (first published in 1929). INSCRIBED by W.R. Burnett to press agent and Hollywood figure Jimmy Starr in the year of publication on the second blank: "Apr 14 '58 / Dear Jimmie / Here's the new edition of Little Caesar. I know you have quite a collection of my books--thought you'd... (read more)
Los Angeles: Paramount, 1942. Draft Script for the 1942 film. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Third of the seven classic and highly successful "Road" movies Bob Hope made with Bing Crosby. Yellow titled wrappers, dated February 4, 1942, with credits for screenwriters. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 130 leaves on yellow stock, mimeograph. Pages Near Fine, wrapper... (read more)
N.p. N.p. 1979. Original arwork depicting exotic birds in a glorious psychedelic landscape, also known as Don Van Vliet's mind. Signed "Van Vliet / 79." From the collection of Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas, for whom the painting was made. It was around this time that Van Vliet famously began to contribute artwork to the covers of two of his finest recordings... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: Faces, 1974. Original one-sheet poster for the 1974 film. One of four variants issued by Cassavetes' production company Faces, Inc., this variant picturing Peter Falk's shadowed countenance. Along with "Faces" (1968), considered to be one of the groundbreaking director's most important and uncomfortable films, a painfully intimate study of a couple--and a family--in deep emotional crisis. 27 x 41... (read more)
Culver City, CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures, 1970. Original oversize program for the 1970 film. SIGNED next to their photographs in the program by John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk. Additionally signed by Cassavetes' wife, actor Gena Rowlands (who does not appear in the film), and two unidentified cast or crew members. All signatures in the same red... (read more)
Ealing Green: Ealing Studios, 1944. Draft script for the 1945 British horror anthology film. Original typescript and carbon typescript leaves bound throughout. Studio file copy, rubber-stamped SCENARIO DEPARTMENT on the front wrapper. Brief notations throughout in holograph pencil. An architect named Walter (Johns) hosts a party with guests that he has never met but has seen in dreams. He is able... (read more)
![Le testament d'Orphée [Testament of Orpheus] (Original French lobby card photo). Jean Cocteau, starring director, Charles Aznavour Claudine Auger, starring.](/pictures/thumb/128562.jpg?v=1442008820)
Paris: Cinédis, 1960. Original black-and-white photographic lobby card from the 1960 film, "Testament of Orpheus," Jean Cocteau's final work in the cinema. The last film in Cocteau's "Orphic" trilogy, following "The Blood of a Poet" (1930) and "Orphée" (1950). The only film in the trilogy featuring Cocteau himself, as an aging poet who knows he is dying (as indeed he was)... (read more)
Culver City, CA: Culver City Studio / United Artists, 1980. Revised draft script for the 1980 film. Vincent (Calhoun) is the proprietor of a hotel, where he and his family bring kidnapped victims and bury them alive in a garden. The victims are kept alive and fattened up for the meal they are to become: Farmer Vincent's Fritters. A low-budget but... (read more)