Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1967. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Arthur Penn and actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty resting between takes while filming on location for the 1967 film, with cinematographer Burnett Guffey looking on to the right. With holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding cropping on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. From the archive.....

N.p. Franco-London Film, Circa 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Renoir listening while composer Joseph Kosma plays the organ on the set of the 1956 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with a stamp specific to the film's French release. In turn-of-the-century France, a young Polish princess agrees to marry a wealthy older man to.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1959. Estimating script for the 1960 film on yellow revision pages, except title/distribution page (white), and second ("This Script Is Not Final ...") page (pink), copy belonging to uncredited crew member Nick Bova, with name in holograph ink on front wrapper and annotations in holograph red pencil, graphite pencil, and ink throughout. Based on the 1960.....

N.p. N.p., 1979. Archive of material from the 1981 Broadway play, including one vintage draft script, three producers' invitations to the play's opening night, two Playbill programs, two drawstring plastic bags printed with the play's logo, one opening night ticket housed in a Palace Theatre envelope, an eleven-page xerographically duplicated reference page listing previous adaptations of "Frankenstein," seven promotional buttons.....

Minneapolis, MN: Into the Wild, LLC, 2006. Locked Shooting Rainbow Revision Draft script for the 2007 film, inscribed by Sean Penn, "To Jim Thank You! Sean Penn" on title page in holograph ink, and housed in a three ring binder. Based on the 1996 biography of Christopher McCandless by Jon Krakauer. Emile Hirsch stars as Christopher McCandless, who, after graduating.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1963. Collection of two vintage oversize borderless black and white set design reference photographs and one original charcoal pencil storyboard from the 1963 film. Photographs and illustration mounted on heavyweight cardboard, with holograph pencil annotations on the verso.Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious, bank-breaking venture, the most.....

London: Planet Film Productions, Circa 1967. Final Shooting script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to screenwriter Pip Baker, with his name in holograph ink to the top right corner of the front wrapper. Based on John Lymington's 1959 novel "Night of the Big Heat." In the dead of winter, the northern island of Fara experiences an unrelenting, unprecedented heat.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1985. Collection of 25 vintage black and white reference photographs from the 1985 film. A multiethnic group of pizza delivery boys are united by their shared interest in break dancing.Set and shot on location in New York.8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

N.p. N.p., 1963. Original spirit duplication instructions for Allan Kaprow's "Tree, A Happening," a performance art piece which took place as part of The Yam Festival, at painter and sculptor George Segal's farm in South Brunswick, New Jersey, on May 19, 1963, with Kaprow's contemporary signature, "Kaprow May '63" in holograph ink on top of first page. The instructions are.....

Miami, FL: N.p., Circa 1940s. Archive of sales material and design documents for the James O. Tice Company, a custom mechanical scoreboard firm active in the 1940s in Florida. Included in the archive are 19 vintage black and white photographs (including 14 original photographs and 5 xerographically duplicated photographs), 2 manuscript design documents, 1 original blueprint and 1 xerographically duplicated.....

Los Angeles: First National Pictures, 1930. Archive of 68 vernacular photographs, housed in a contemporary photo album, each photo with descriptions in silver holograph ink just below it, and distributed in three sections as follows: (1) 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" (Howard Hawks, 1930), an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots.....

N.p. N.p., 1973. Vintage oversize photograph from the 1973 film. With an annotation of the film's French title in blue holograph ink on the verso.Two young women enter what they believe to be an abandoned country house and find themselves confronted by a gang of thieves.French director Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil, better known as Jean Rollin gained notoriety.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Archive of ten vintage photographs of a full-size clay car model, which appears to be a prototype of a mid-1970s second generation Pontiac Firebird. Two photographs with holograph touch-up work to the images, all with annotations in holograph pencil noting catalog numbers on the verso. The photographs in the archive do not explicitly identify the model.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. A satirical neo-noir following a professional hit man who is contracted by a local mob boss to take out the competition, but soon finds himself the target of several personal attacks in retaliation. Shot on location in Seattle, Washington and Silver Springs, Florida. Blue titled wrappers, noted as.....

Santa Ana, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1942. Final Draft screenplay for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to legendary screenwriter Dudley Nichols, inscribed by Nichols to L.A. Times film critic Phil Scheuer on the title page: "By Dudley Nichols / Confidential! / For Phil Scheuer from D. Nichols—with admiration." Nichols' ownership name is also in holograph pencil at the top right.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Vintage satin banner with hand-sewn lettering, by an unknown artist, made after Paul Krassner and John Francis Putnam's 1963 poster. Krassner created the "Fuck Communism" poster for sale through his satirical underground magazine The Realist, with typography by longtime Mad magazine art director Putnam. In addition to publishing The Realist from 1958 to 2001, Krassner was.....

London: David Paradine Films, 1968. Draft script for the 1970 British film. An early effort by the stalwart British comedy writers who would a year later debut as Monty Python’s Flying Circus.A satire of late twentieth century British advertising and politics, created by following a mysterious young man who gradually assumes control of a small, unsuccessful advertising agency, and uses.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1971. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Williams in the studio, working on character studies for the 1971 animated short film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Based on Charles Dickens' classic 1843 Christmas novella. Williams was best known for his work with Disney Studios in the early 1950s, going on to create animated.....

Culver City, CA: Loew's Incorporated, 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. Script department copy, stamped as COMPLETE and RERUN JAN 3, 1952. With 94 small, borderless reference photographs tipped on the versos of script pages, and 23 additional photographs of the cast and crew on the set tipped on blank pages inserted after the end of the script, dated.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1978 Jamaican film. One with holograph ink annotations regarding cropping on the border. Young drummer Horsemouth (played by reggae musician Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace) wants to start a record business, but finds his plans waylaid by local gangsters who steal his motorcycle and terrorize the island inhabitants. An exploration.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1971. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 French sexploitation film. A provincial French woman falls down an elevator shaft and survives, but finds herself uncontrollably addicted to sex following the incident. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly curled and rubbed. Bier, p. 562.

N.p. N.p., 1945. Vintage reference photograph of actor Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man for the film "House of Dracula" (Erle C. Kenton, 1945), getting his makeup applied by legendary Universal Pictures makeup artist Jack Pierce, circa 1940s. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Chaney appeared as the Wolf Man in five Universal monster mash-up films.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Wise and actress Julie Harris on the set of the 1963 film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso.From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House." A group of disparate individuals are invited to a purportedly haunted house.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film noir. A wonderful fourth wall version of the film's most classic shot, only this one including cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, director Joseph Losey, actor James Fox (not in the original scene), and a guy adjusting the chandelier, all in the reverse mirror image.From the archive of film historian and author.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Archive of 13 vintage single-weight vernacular photographs and 1 vintage double-weight vernacular photograph of open-wheel racing events held at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, circa 1950s. The photographs in the archive show close-ups shots of races at the Iowa State Fairgrounds' original half-mile dirt track, with the idiosyncratic vehicle designs and paint schemes of.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Two vintage matte-finish, hand-tinted color photographs of Josephine Baker performing onstage in Lausanne, Switzerland, circa 1950s. Both photos signed in holograph pencil by photographer Henry C. Bovet on the bottom right corner, with the additional notation "Lausanne." Baker moved to France in 1925, where she quickly gained success as an erotic dancer and actress, starring in.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director John Cassavetes in conversation with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens on the set of the 1961 film. With holograph pencil cropping annotations on the verso.From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Struggling jazz musician John "Ghost" Wakefield (Bobby Darin) pursues a romantic relationship with beautiful singer Jess Polanski.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film, showing actress Shelly Winters. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, a lawyer meets three fellow travelers, all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1971. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and the stamp of Paramount Pictures, and two with the stamps of Israel Film Archive on the verso. Based on Roald Dahl's 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate.....

Burbank, CA: Warner-Pathe, 1965. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1965 British film, and one vintage photograph of actors Monica Vitti and Dirk Bogarde at the film's premiere in London in September 1965. Four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.A cynical look at Swinging London, about.....

Burbank, CA: Warner-Pathe, Circa 1951. Vintage photograph showing two shots struck onto the single print. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a Warner-Pathe stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1950 novel. A Hitchcock classic, wherein two passengers on a train form a partnership to permanently rid themselves.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1944. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1944 film, showing actors George Murphy, Ginny Simms, and Tommy Dorsey. With a small printed snipe affixed to the verso. Loosely based on the 1939 musical play "Very Warm for May" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. A retired vaudevillian clashes with his son, a successful Broadway producer.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1959 film, showing actor Anthony Perkins balancing a folding chair on his chin. With the stamps of Globe Photos and Pictorial Press on the verso, along with a stamp noting No. 9050 and a printed mimeo snipe. A Venezuelan man flees his home country to avoid a......

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film, showing a camera crew filming a scene between actors Betty Linley and Ralph Richardson, while director William Wyler looks on to the left. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film, showing actors Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, and Jack Drummond sitting around the dinner table.From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.An African American man contends with anger and boredom at his job in a Los Angeles slaughterhouse, affecting his relationships with his wife and.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film, showing actress Lynn Hancock. An unpopular, orphaned military cadet seeks revenge on his bullies by summoning demonic spirits through his computer. Shot on location in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1978. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Ulu Grosbard and actor Dustin Hoffman on location for the 1978 film. A recently released ex-con contends with his overzealous parole officer, resulting in a relapse that forces him back into crime, all while trying to maintain a budding love interest. A masterful neo-noir, the film debut of.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1951. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film, three showing crew members on the set, including novelist Rumer Godden, cinematographer Satyajit Ray, producer Kenneth McEldowney, and director Jean Renoir. One with a partially faded provenance stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1965 film, showing actresses Lucy Bartlett and Charlotte Rampling in between takes, wearing matching wetsuits. An awkward young man seeks out the help of his womanizing friend in learning how to seduce women, but trouble arises when both men fall for the same woman, a shy young.....

Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film, showing director Kurt Neumann, actor Audie Murphy, and a camera crew in between shots while on location in Idyllwild, California. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Famed gunslinger Billy the Kid becomes involved in land.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney, 1951. Vintage publicity photograph of producer Walt Disney, writers Erdman Penner and Winston Hibler, and animator Ted Sears examining drawings and animation cels for the 1951 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Based on Lewis Carroll's nineteenth-century "Alice" book series. Disney's thirteenth animated film, a box-office disappointment upon release which gained popularity.....

London: Virgin Films, Circa 1986. Draft script for the 1986 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with holograph pencil annotations throughout regarding shooting locations and times of day. Based on the 1983 book written by Lucy Irvine, which detailed her experiences living for a year on the remote, uninhabited island of Tuin in the Torres Strait with middle-aged.....

London: J. Arthur Rank, 1957. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to novelist and screenwriter John Masters, with his name in holograph pencil to the front wrapper, his holograph pencil annotations to virtually every page, and two handwritten pages stapled to the verso of the front wrapper, noting concerns about the script and deletions. Based on Masters'.....

London: J. Arthur Rank, 1960. Shooting script for the 1961 film. Laid in with the script is a 36-leaf gathering of revision pages on pink stock, bound with a single staple on the top left corner, dated 5.4.60. Based on the 1953 novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop. A Catholic priest is sent to establish a parish in a rural Mexican.....

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 1930s, including "Zouzou" (1935) and "Princesse Tam-Tam" (1935). 8 x......

N.p. N.p., Circa 1935. Two vintage reference photographs of Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the 1935 film, one with Henry Wilcoxon and C. Aubrey Smith. Mimeo snipes printed on versos. DeMille's typically spectacular dramatization of the Third Crusade, launched by King Richard the Lionheart in 1187 AD. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.8 x 10.25 inches.....

London: Ward Lock, 1933. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Basis for the quintessential 1946 film noir "The Spiral Staircase," directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Dorothy McGuire and George Brent. Rare.Very Good plus in brown cloth-covered boards, lacking the rare dust jacket. Contemporary gift inscription to the front endpaper, with moderate foxing to the page edges through about page 27.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman and Arthur Penn on the set of the 1958 film.Based on the 1955 teleplay "The Death of Billy the Kid" written by Gore Vidal for the NBC television series "The Pilco-Goodyear Television Playhouse," which also starred Paul Newman in the lead. Gore Vidal was reportedly displeased with Penn's adaptation, and.....

N.p. N.p., 1974-1976. Archive of material for the 1976 film belonging to Second Assistant Director Bill Venegas, including a First Draft screenplay dated December 12, 1974, a Revised Draft screenplay dated August 11, 1975, and several sets of production documents regarding location shooting in Louisiana, California, and Arizona, including shooting schedules, handwritten and xerographically duplicated maps, letters, and legal documents.....

New York: Music Theatre International, 1977. Vintage script for the 1977 Broadway revival of the 1971 musical. Copy belonging to actor Lennie Del Duca, who played an unnamed apostle, with his name to the title page in holograph ink, and his holograph pencil annotations (many of which are unfortunately now erased, but some visible) throughout. Andrew Lloyd Webber's third musical.....