Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA, 1924. Original program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Sigfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14, 1924, based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Contains a brief essay by von Harbou, and three additional short essays on the making of the film. Photo illustrated throughout with stills of characters from.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Final Script for the 1939 Shirley Temple film, "Susannah of the Mounties," directed by Walter Lang, written for the screen by Muriel Dennison, Robert Ellis, Walter Ferris, Fidel LaBarba, and Helen Logan (with only Ellis and Logan credited here), and starring Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, and Margaret Lockwood. Shirley Temple is orphaned after an Indian.....

London: Cineguild, 1946. Two vintage black-and-white reference photographs, featuring director David Lean, actors Alec Guinness and John Mills, cinematographer Guy Green, camerman Bob Huke, and others on the set of the 1946 film. Both photos with mimeograph snipes detailing who is in the shot. From the estate of Guy and Celia Green. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm).....

N.p. N.p., 1897. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1897 short film, with the number 542 in holograph pencil on the verso, with a still image from the film corresponding to that number on the website Catalogue Lumiere showing a similar scene. While the importance of the Lumiere Brothers to the invention and popularity of the moving image is well known.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1966. Two pieces of original artwork from the 1966 film, likely created for proposed advertisement content. Both illustrations depict Paul Newman and Janet Leigh in bed together, Newman reclining and Leigh in a partial state of undress. Based on the 1949 Lew Archer novel "The Moving Target," by Ross Macdonald. The name of the main character.....

New York: Theatre 28 Company, 1971. Rehearsal Draft script for the short-lived play, MacLeish's last work. Based on Stephen Vincent Benet's short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Though originally intended to feature Dylan's songs exclusively for the soundtrack (some of his classics from the 1960s, and four songs that had appeared on the 1970 album "New Morning"), Dylan and.....

New York: Grove, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover issue. Not to be confused with the more common softcover issue or the Book Club edition, the latter having no price on the front flap. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of a difficult Mamet title.

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 service with the US Air Force. Many speculate that the.....

N.p. Various, Circa 1966-1996. Archive of material from the estate of Michael Dreyfuss, violinist for progressive folk-rock band McKendree Spring, including material spanning over four decades, with the majority of the material dating from the band's heyday in the 1970s. This listing includes 15 posters, 817 pages of material from the creation of at least five McKendree Spring albums, 158.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1959. Early Draft script, consisting of mixed thermofax printing and ribbon copy typescript, for the 1960 film.One of the most well-loved, classic heist films, "Ocean's Eleven" is the quintessential Rat Pack picture, in which a group of World War II veterans attempt a series of high-profile casino robberies in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve. Steven.....

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 prominent Mexico City bookstore and distributed gratis to its clients.....

Hollywood: Jed Buell Productions / Columbia Pictures, Circa 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Copy belonging to actor Joseph Herbst, with his last name in holograph pencil to the front wrapper. Herbst played the part of the sheriff in the film, and a year later would also go on to act as a Munchkin villager in The Wizard of.....

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1967. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf in the year of publication: "For Gunter — / With best wishes / Joyce Carol Oates / 9-22-67." Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction (1968), and winner of the M.L. Rosenthal Award (1968). The author's second novel. First of the "Wonderland Quartet".....

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 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine.

Italy: Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), 1975. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1975 film, showing director Pasolini behind the camera, surrounded by crew members. With the stamps of photographer Fabian and the Sygma photo agency, as well as a French language mimeo snipe, on the verso. Pasolini's final film, set during the last days of fascist rule in Italy, and inspired.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Revised White script for the 1939 film, seen here with the title "I Robbed a Bank," which has been stricken through on the title page. A gang attempts a bank robbery, only to find that one of the gang member's sisters works there. The gang abducts her and a truck driver while attempting their getaway, and.....

N.p. N.p., 1973. Draft script for the 1973 play. Based on the 1950 Broadway play "Out of this World" by Cole Porter, Dwight Taylor, Reginald Lawrence. George Oppenheimer, NY columnist, playwright and screenwriter, streamlined his interpretation for a tasteful revamp to fit a smaller stage. The musical opened Off-Broadway at the Equity Library Theatre in March 1973. Writer Howard Thompson.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1978. Draft script for the 1979 film. Illustrated front wrapper based on Saul Bass' poster design for the film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member David Hitchcock, with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Holographic annotations throughout primarily indicating deleted scenes. Also included is a carbon typed letter signed by Otto Preminger.....

N.p. Veriscope, 1897. Two vintage fragments from a 63mm film print of the 1897 boxing match between "Gentleman" Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. The first fragment consists of six frames depicting the fighters in a clinch, while the second consists of four frames depicting the fighters in the center of the ring about to trade punches. At over 100 minutes.....

Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1926. First French Edition, preceding all others. Copy No. 1 of seven copies on Japon, numbered 1-5, and two hors commerce copies numbered HCI and HCII. Warmly inscribed by the author on the half title page: "a Monsieur Brun / qui a si cordialement accueilli mon debut. / Avec la reconnaisance de Rene Clair," translating roughly to.....

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First Edition. Basis for the 1993 film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Uma Thurman. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Shallow vertical crease to the rear flap fold.

New York: New York Theatre Ensemble, 1977. Original poster for a Midnight Movies series hosted by the New York Theatre Ensemble's "Artists Present Artists" series in September and October 1977, featuring two films directed by Sheldon and Diane Rochlin, "Vali: The Witch of Positano" (1965) and "Dope: The London Drug Scene" (1968). Diane Rochlin later changed her professional name to.....

N.p. N.p., 1973. Collection of seven vintage vernacular color snapshots from the 1973 film, five featuring actress Gilda Arancio being tortured by kidnappers. One shot (shown) shows Arancio and Joëlle Coeur on their initial hike in the woods, and the final shot shows Coeur late in the film, where she is experiencing what could be described as Stockholm Syndrom. A......

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. Presumed estimating script, with "Budgeting" in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Notations in holograph blue and black ink throughout. A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s, in which MacLaine and Bancroft portray former dance.....

London: Longmans, 1931. First Edition. One of the most important books on the early sound era, an ambitious attempt to assess the state of world cinema, with a factual look at American films, British films, the role propaganda and education in films. The second half of the book is devoted to a series of Rotha's reviews of key films of.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers.One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized, swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film.....

N.p. Steve Schapiro, Circa 1979. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Woody Allen and Mariel Hemingway, circa 1979 during the shooting of Allen's seminal film, "Manhattan." With the stamp of photographer Steve Schapiro and his agency, Transworld Enterprises, on the verso. 8 x 10 inches, with irregular margins as struck. Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1969. Third Revision script for the 1969 television special, originally broadcast on November 5, 1969 on CBS. Presentation script belonging to music coordinator Irving Weiss, with his name and the title stamped on the front board of the custom spring binding. Weiss had a long career in television in film as a music coordinator.....

New York: McBride, 1927. First Edition. An attractive copy of this uncommon Smith title, a meditation on wayward youth that is a departure from his trademark ribald humor. Inner front hinge lightly cracked, minor soil to the rear board, else Near Fine lacking the rare dust jacket.

London: Arthur Barker, 1952. First UK Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Some light soil to the boards. Jacket has a chip at the crown (titling not affected) and a couple of smaller chips at the corners, with light rubbing overall. A very presentable copy of Spillane's first book, the first Mike Hammer mystery, and the.....

Universal City: Dreamworks, 2007. Draft rainbow revision script for the 2008 film. Copy belonging to Second Unit Clearance Coordinator Ashley Kravitz, her name in holograph pencil on an included one line schedule. Included are eight revision pages differing from those in script, two different one line schedules, and other ephemera relating to production. One of the best comedies of the.....

Burbank, CA: Cinema Epoch, 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Text in Japanese. A female golfer tries to perform to the very best of her abilities but must contend with the men in her life, her neighbors, her family and a stalker who will not leave her alone. Pink titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 118 leaves, with.....

Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. Obsessed with the teenage trends of the time including going to the beach, jazz music and progressive attitudes toward sex, this film features a gang of high school students having fun at an amusement park, including one harrassing a young woman. He then returns home to his single.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1948. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1948 film. Featuring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland laughing together in conversation, while then-toddler Liza Minnelli tugs on her mother's hand in the foreground. Mimeograph snipe and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer rubber stamp to the verso. A highly fictionalized (and especially glamorous) account of the creative partnership between Lorenz.....

Paris: Mercure de France, 1970. First French Edition, preceding all others. Warmly INSCRIBED by Truffaut to French cinema historian and writer Maurice Bessy on the half-title page. Bessy is best known for various associations with Orson Welles, most notably his work with the director on "Mr. Arkadin." Truffaut's second book, containing his screenplays for the first four Antoine Doinel films.....

Prague: Elektafilm, 1940. Collection of 44 vintage oversize, double weight photographs from the 1940 film, based on the 1897 novel by Vilem Mrstik. The photographs have been tipped into a contemporary photo album with a title page executed in holograph paint, and tissue paper between each page. The sweet and shy Helen, daughter of a game warden, lives with her.....

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 from tuberculosis at the age 29, Jean Vigo would come.....

New York: Theatre de Lys / Edison Theatre, 1970-1971. Archive of ten photographs, two programs, and an early mimeograph summary of performances for a little-seen production of Kurt Vonnegut's play, "Happy Birthday, Wanda June," directed by Michael J. Kane. Photographs by Bert Andrews, with his stamp on the verso of each, along with holograph ink annotations regarding the actors in.....

London: Merton Park Studios, 1960. Shooting script for the 1960 British film noir, "Clue of the New Pin," later rebroadcast as Season 1, episode 5 of the British series, "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre." Based on Wallace's 1923 novel. Trasmere is thrifty and does not trust banks, so he keeps all of his money in his house. One day he.....

Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures, 1964. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1964 film, a variant we have never before encountered.Considered one of the worst films of all time, as well as a legitimate so-bad-it's-good cult classic, which gained renewed notoriety after being shown in Season 3, Episode 21 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," a unimpeachable highlight of that show's original.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the 1960 film. Shot by Jean Schmidt for the French magazine Cinema, with stamps for both parties on the verso. A cinematic experiment tailor made for Welles, in which three actors portray two roles each, spinning two intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone.....

New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with a photostat (not a Xerox) of the publisher's review slip laid in. The last of Westlake's 1970s Parker novels under the Stark pseudonym, and one of the scarcest. A lovely copy. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is extraordinarily fresh and unfaded, with only a very.....

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Willeford on the front endpaper: "To John Melville / Sincerely / Charles Willeford." The first Hoke Mosley mystery, basis for the superb 1990 film starring Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and arguably the best of the author's many fine novels. Fine and unread in an about Fine.....

New York: Doubleday, 1978. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Joy Williams' scarce second novel, which many claim was "killed" from going into a second printing by an especially scathing review by New York Times writer Anatole Broyard. The novel would remain out of print until Fairy Tale Press rereleased it in 2008 with an introduction.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1954 film, nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Based on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Jean Seberg, Otto Preminger, David Niven, and the stand-ins for Seberg and Niven on the set of "Bonjour Tristesse" in the late summer of of 1957 in Cote d'Azur, France. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. Willoughby's annotations regarding same present on the.....

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage double weight, borderless still photograph of actress Shirley MacLaine from the 1966 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Although not indicated on the photograph, shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer.....

Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions, 1956. Draft script for the 1957 film noir, here under the working title "Night Target." A strike through the printed title and "Footsteps in the Night" and "1956" written in holographic ink on the wrapper with the name of an uncredited crew member written in holograph pencil on upper right of wrapper.The final of five Los.....

New York: Limelight Editions, 1992. First Edition. Copy belonging to "Playboy" magazine founder Hugh Hefner, with his holograph underling, annotations, and paper clip page markers throughout, primarily to sections regarding Playmate Dorothy Stratten, Playboy, or himself. Together with Hefner's copy of the First Edition of Peter Bogdanovich's "The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten 1960-1980." From the estate of Hugh.....