N.p. N.p., 1961. Vintage photograph of singer, activist, actress and writer Eartha Kitt on British television, 1961. With a mimeo snipe, agency stamps and holograph annotations on the verso. Kitt was pregnant during this performance, stirring controversy amongst her audience. As well as being a prolific and multi talented performer and writer, Eartha Kitt was a civil rights activist and.....
N.p. Golan-Globus Productions, 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Actor. Original screenplay written by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa, who intended the film to be his color debut. His plans were thwarted, however, when difficulties with American financiers led to the film being shelved. Starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, and Rebecca.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1959. Vintage press photograph of director Stanley Kramer and actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1959 film. With brief holograph annotations on the verso. Based on Nevil Shute's 1957 post-apocalyptic novel, set in 1964, about a nuclear submarine that survives the Third World War. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers (Peck) confirms that the world.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Anthony Quinn and Stanley Kramer on the set of the 1969 film. Mimeo snipe and photographer "L. Trumpler" stamps on verso. Based on the 1966 novel by Robert Crichton. A group of poor Italian winemaking villagers attempts to hide their substantial stashes of wine from the newly arrived German.....
Koln: Self published, 1982. Draft script for an unproduced German film called "Cabrio 174," written by Lennart Kremser, slated to star Klaus Kinski. Laid in is a holograph letter addressed to Kinski from Kremser, dated 1982, and signed by Kremser. The letter states that Kremser wrote the screenplay with Kinski in mind as the lead role, in a film that.....
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Vintage press photograph of actress Irene Dunne and director Gregory La Cava on the set of the 1942 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. A screwball comedy about Jane Palmer (Irene Dunne), a wealthy heiress who recklessly spends away her fortune, worrying her guardian Billinglsey (Eugene Pallette) who arranges for her to see Dr.....
Hong Kong: Golden Way Films, 1992. Vintage Hong Kong double crown poster for the 1992 film. A goofy film featuring actor Jackie Chan, who plays identical twins separated at birth. The brothers, unaware of each other's existence and living drastically different lives, become aquatinted when they are mistaken for one another. Shot on location in Hong Kong and New York.....
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1937. Draft script for the 1937 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with holograph annotations regarding his lines throughout. One of RKO's famed B-films, involving a group of cargo pilots in the Andes and their cut rate boss who uses worn out aircraft to keep costs down...with deadly consequences. Lacking front wrapper. 119 leaves, mimeograph.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960. Two original souvenir film program variants for the 1960 film "Can-Can." Loosely based on the 1953 musical by Abe Burrows and composed by Cole Porter. This listing contains both a larger folio and a smaller quarto variant for the film, both very different programs. The larger program is quite uncommon, in stiff, color illustrated wrappers.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1936. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1936 film. Based on the short story "Spinster Dinner" by Faith Baldwin, first published in the July 1934 issue of "Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan." Carole Lombard is engaged to one man, but romanced by another, a wealthy oil baron who attempts to woo her in ways that enrage her.....
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Paris: Pan American Airways, 1958. Original single weight press photograph of Vittorio de Sica smoking a cigarette, smiling, and entering (or leaving) an automobile, during the filming of the 1958 Italian-French film. French titles and de Sica's name in holograph ink, and a Pan American Airways rubberstamp, on the verso. Parisian paparazzi were likely on-hand as the cast and crew.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1957. Final Draft script for the 1958 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with his annotations throughout. A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is.....
Hong Kong: Eastern Renaissance Pictures, 1994. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1994 film. Chow Yun-fat plays a Chinese American CIA operative tasked with escorting a Chinese national treasure to the US. 27 x 41 inches. A small tear to the margin, else Near Fine.
N.p. Billy Jack Enterprises. Two vintage press photographs from the set of the 1975 film. With an studio stamp on the verso of one. Riding high on his fame from "Billy Jack," probably this was Tom Laughlin's most ambitious effort as a director-star. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. A remake of the 1969 Japanese film, "Goyokin," although anchored.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1955. Vintage candid photograph of Robert Mitchum, sharing a moment with his wife Dorothy while on the set of "The Night of the Hunter." Dressed in costume as Harry Powell, the image of a smiling, relaxed Mitchum is incongruous with the severe, terrifying nature of the character he played, one of the most iconic villains.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1955. Vintage reference studio still photograph of Charles Laughton being playful with child actor Cheryl Callaway on the set of the 1955 film. Cheryl Callaway played Mary, one of the children living at the home of Rachel Cooper (Lilian Gish). Based on the 1953 novel by David Grubb. Charles Laughton's only directorial credit, with tremendous performances.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Collection of five vintage studio still color photographs from the 1957 film. Based on Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel "Le Pont de la riviere Kwai," about Allied POWs forced to build a railway over a bridge during World War II. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director for David Lean.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1937. Vintage photograph of actors Chester Morris, Thomas Mitchell and director D. Ross Lederman on the set of the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe, holograph annotations, and the photographer's rubber stamp on the verso. Eddie Lang (Chester Morris) finances his family's vacation with loans that bring him into the criminal underworld of loan-sharks, turning his life.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1930s. Vintage photograph of actor Fritz Leiber, circa 1930s. Not to be confused with science fiction author Fritz Leiber, Jr., who was the son of the actor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. With diagonal creases to the top left corner, and a couple of small chips at the margins.
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton," because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly (Stanwyck) is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom (Heflin).....
Los Angeles: Mervyn LeRoy Productions, 1965. Two vintage photographs of director Mervyn LeRoy and actors Jean Seberg, Sean Garrison, and Honor Blackman on the set of the 1966 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. Kay Seaton (Jean Seberg) and her psychiatrist husband Neil Stanton (Arthur Hill) live on the French.....
Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1931. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the US release of the 1931 film. With a typewritten tag affixed to the verso, as issued. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, one of the first (and still, few) genre films to receive a nod. A classic of crime cinema, foundational to much.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1964. Final Script for the 1964 film. Marlon Brando stars as a love-them-and-leave-them womanizer who meets a man (David Niven) equal in skill for deceiving women, but with an added knack for conning them out of money at the same time. The two men attempt to seduce a naive American woman to settle a bet.....
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1937. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Set in the 1840's, Ramsey Mackay (Joel McCrea), a Wells Fargo mail courier is promised an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters from New York City to Buffalo. Along his way he rescues Justine Pryor (Frances Dee) and her.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1931. First White script for the 1931 Pre-Code film. An early starring performance for Carole Lombard, made prior to her 1934 star breakthrough in Howard Hawks' "Twentieth Century." Included is a studio still photograph of Lombard and Lilyan Tashman from the film, with the unusual feature of having an associated quote from the scene added to the.....
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N.p. N.p., 1976. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of director Joseph Losey and Alain Delon on the set of the 1976 film. With a few contemporary ink annotations on the verso. Shot in Paris and Strasbourg, France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant, p. 434.
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Collection of one color and two black and white vintage double weight studio still photographs from 1968 film. Featuring Mia Farrow and Elizabeth Taylor. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine condition. Complete collation details available on request.
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Vintage borderless still photograph from the set of the 1968 film. Featuring Mia Farrow on a horse during filming, with Jo Losey and Liz Taylor in the background. A dark, psychologically twisted film in which Liz Taylor plays a boozy prostitute who stubles upon a family drama between young, wealthy Mia Farrow (coming off.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Two vintage reference photographs of Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. One with cropping annotations in holograph red and graphite pencil and "Modesty Blasie" stamp on verso. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise, a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service, must protect a shipment of diamonds.....
Universal City: World Film Services / Universal, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1968 film, showing director Joseph Losey working with Elizabeth Taylor while the crew resets between takes. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Adapted for the screen by Tennessee Williams, based of his 1963 stage play "The Milk Train Don't Stop Here Anymore.".....
London: Keystone [Press Agency], 1974. Vintage borderless photograph of Linda Lovelace at Lord's cricket grounds on the first day of the England vs. India Test Match, June 21, 1974. Mimeo snipe and "Keystone" stamp on verso. Linda Lovelace (Linda Susan Boreman) traveled to London in 1972 to promote Gerard Damiano's adult film "Deep Throat." She garnered headlines by appearing in revealing.....
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1952. Collection of three vintage linen backed keybook photographs of members of the cast and crew on the set of the 1952 film. Mimeo snipe and holograph annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. A family facing financial troubles realizes that the two trees they recently brought home from.....
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1955. Three vintage linen backed photograph from the set of the 1955 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A telling of the 11th century legend of the English noblewomen, Lady Godiva who famously rode on horseback with only her long hair covering her body, as an appeal to her husband's oppressive taxation of his.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1923. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford on the United Artists lot, circa 1923. Mimeo snipe on verso describes Lubitsch preparing to direct Pickford in an upcoming production of "Faust," with Fairbanks dressed as Mephistopheles (likely just donning a hat from his production of "Robin Hood" the year before). Lubitsch left.....
Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions, 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of director Sidney Lumet, playwright Arthur Miller, and actors Ralf Vallone and Raymond Pellegrin on the set of the 1962 film. With the stamp of photographer Jacques Moreau, a mimeo snipe, and holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller, about an unhappily married man whose obsession.....
N.p. Artists Entertainment Complex, 1974. Original US three sheet poster for the 1973 American-Italian film, variant produced for international release. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography, "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System." In two sections, as issued. Al Pacino stars in the drama based on the real-life experiences of Frank Serpico, a......
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1973. Two vintage still photographs of Al Pacino from the 1973 film, issued for use in the UK. One shot of Pacino standing on a corner in overalls, with size markings on the margins of the recto, the second a portrait photo with a snipe on the verso. 6.5 x 9.25 and 7.5 x 10.5.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1960 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. With a Hollywood bookshop stamp on the verso, along with an inked price notation. Complete collation details available on request. Criterion Collection 515.
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N.p. N.p., 1984. Vintage oversize borderless candid photograph of actor Kyle MacLachlan jogging in a promotional shirt for David Lynch's 1984 film "Dune." With a snipe printed on the verso crediting photographer Christian Simonpietri, and with a Sygma Agency watermark to same. Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's breakthrough 1965 science fiction novel was MacLachlan's film debut, and the first of five.....
Culver City, CA: Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 military training film. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with his holograph name on the front wrapper and holograph annotations throughout. White titled wrappers, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper, and production No. 112, rubber-stamped copy No. 20, dated October 11, 1943.....
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1978. Vintage double-weight black-and-white candid photograph of director Louis Malle and actress Brooke Shields diving into a pool in Louisiana during the filming of "Pretty Baby," 1978. With the stamp of photographer Maureen Lambray on the verso, along with a mimeo snipe for the French release of the film, dated Avril 1978 (April 1978). 11 x......
N.p. N.p., 1968. Vintage press photograph of directors Louis Malle and Roman Rolanski, and actress Monica Vitti strolling down the street during the 1968 Cannes Film Festival. With the stamp of photographer "Paul-Louis / Studio Starlet" in Nice, as well as holograph annotations identifying the subjects and location and regarding layout on the verso. Malle, Polanski, and Vitti were all.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage borderless press photograph of Italian film star Silvana Mangano, standing in the middle of the highway, and wearing an impossibly cool dress. With the stamp of photographer Georg Michall on the verso. Taken circa 1965, between 1964's "Il disco volante" and Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1967 adaptation of "Oepidus Rex." 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine.....
Paris: Paris Match, 1954. Original black-and-white single weight press photograph of the comedy troupe, La Comedie-Francaise, as they arrived in Moscow in 1954. Several members are being photographed with the main building of Moscow State University in the background, the highest of the "Seven Sisters," a group of Stalin-era skyscrapers in Moscow. Of the troupe, generally consisting of 20 or.....
N.p. Palomar Pictures, 1972. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Academy Award winning film starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier. A psychological thriller filled with twists and reveals in which a successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with the intention of humiliating the man. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1953. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. Paper snipe affixed to the verso of some of the stills. Featuring a booming, articulate Marlon Brando, in a notable departure from previous films. At first thought to be too incoherent due to his mumbling slurred speech in "A Streetcar Named Desire," Brando.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. Original one sheet for the 1955 film. The seventh of nine spectacular revisionist Westerns Anthony Mann directed between 1950 and 1960, and his fifth with James Stewart. One of the best and leanest films by the acclaimed director-actor pairing, one you will hear come up in a discussion that always includes "Winchester '73" (1950).....
N.p. Afton-Linebrook, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. What "Valley of the Dolls" is to drugs, "BUtterfield 8" is to sex. Extremely watchable trash, a big-budget film with lowdown agenda, and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor, who won an Oscar for her performance, could have been accurately described as young and radiant, bravely taking on.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Marlon Brando was cast to portray a Japanese native, and underwent an extensive makeover to try and look the part. The film follows a misfit captain sent to westernize the Japanese village of Tobiki on Okinawa. Brando stars as Sakini, a rowdy local.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1935. Vintage photographs of actors Alice Faye, Ray Walker and director George Marshall among other members of the cast on the set of the 1935 film. Mimeograph description and holograph annotations on the verso. Diane De Valle (Bebe Daniels), an aging theater actress struggles to face her imminent replacement by a young chorus girl, Peggy (Alive.....
Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation, 1934. Vintage photograph of actors Claire Trevor and Roger Imhof from the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Steve Miller (John Boles) is in love with nightclub singer Jerry Jordan (Claire Trevor). They are stranded together in Nevada gold country after he sabotages their car so that he can spend more time.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938. Vintage reference photograph of actor Tony Martin to publicize the 1938 film "Sally, Irene, and Mary." With a mimeo snipe to the verso. Martin performed as a singer and actor for over seven decades, most notably in "The Big Store" (1941) and "Two Tickets to Broadway" (1951). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Vintage sheet of 35 Empress Brand collectible color transfer stickers, made in a philatelic style, featuring illustrations of six scenes from the 1932 pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film. Noted on the top right corner as "Made in Japan." Very Good, lightly toned, with two rust marks and associated small tears from having been previously stapled, at.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1952. Vintage double weight photograph of director Rudolph Mate, cinematographer Charles Lawton, and actors Loretta Young and Kent Smith on the set of the 1952 film noir. With a mimeo snipe, holograph annotations and studio stamps on the verso. Distraught after her second miscarriage and learning that she will never have children, Paula Rogers (Loretta.....
Burbank, CA: Touchstone, 1986. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1986 US film. Paul Mazursky's remake of Jean Renoir's 1932 comedy "Boudu Saved From Drowning." Similar to the original, a wealthy gentleman saves a hobo from drowning and invites him into his home in an attempt to civilize the man. Contrary to plans, the bum's presence turns the once.....
Los Angeles: Sol Lesser Productions / Principal Distributing Corporation, 1934. Original pressbooks for the first 4 film adaptations of H.C. McNeile's famed private eye, made in 1937-1938. Drummond was played in the first film by a young Ray Milland, then in the ensuing 3 entries by John Howard, ably accompanied by Colonel Neilson (John Barrymore). Howard became the quintessential Drummond.....
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 accident killed a fellow racer, one which both the racer's.....
Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film, showing noted science fiction author Forrest J. Ackerman, who makes a cameo appearance in the film, in costume as a space technician. With the stamps of Israel Film Archive on the verso. A team of scientists create a time traveling device which teleports them to Earth in.....
N.p. N.p., 1967. Collection of 8 borderless reference photographs from the French release of the 1967 film. Arguably Jean-Pierre Melville's crowning achievement (though we feel there are no low points among his crime films), wherein Delon plays an icy hitman who is utterly anonymous, living alone in a single bedroom apartment with only a small bird in a birdcage for.....
Paris: Cinedis, 1958. Original borderless single weight black-and-white photograph for the 1958 French-Italian film. Child actor Joel Flateau and costumed chimp holding Rolleiflex camera present in the image, both customers at a bar. "La Marseillaise" rubber stamp, and brief notation in holograph ink, on the verso. Based on Malot's 19th-century novel, "Sans famille" (1878), about an orphan boy who travels.....
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, ca. 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film "Ocean's Eleven," seen here as "Oceans Eleven or And the Angels Sing." Copy belonging to actor Peter Lawford, with his name to the front wrapper and his holograph annotations throughout. Lawford owned the rights to the film, and accompanying this script is a signed note written on his.....
Los Angeles: Melville Productions, 1959. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1959 film, belonging to actor Martin Landau, his screen debut, housed in paper envelope bearing Landau's name, film title, script, and "Will pick up at the gate" on label. Annotations of Landau's name and character's name, written on the top of page 36 of script, and Landau's name.....
N.p. N.p., 1957. Original slightly oversize borderless photograph of composer Darius Milhaud and actors Gerard Philipe, Francoise Arnoul, and Micheline Presle in San Francisco, 1957. With holograph annotations on the verso. 12 x 8.5 inches Near Fine.
Paris: N.p., 1972. Vintage photograph of Liza Minnelli and Romy Schneider in Paris, 1972. With holograph annotations and an agency stamp on the verso. 10.5 x 8 inches Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1956. Vintage photograph of Marilyn Monroe and then-husband Arthur Miller arriving in London for Monroe's filming of "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957) with Laurence Olivier. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with photo agency stamps and copyright sticker. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.
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Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1971. Draft script for the 1971 television movie, here under the working title "The Day They Took the Babies Away." Actor Van Heflin's working copy, with his holograph annotations throughout. A film produced for ABC's now-legendary "Movie of the Week" series. A pregnant woman goes on the run in a dystopian future where having.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1971. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1971 film. Nostalgic screenplay about a teenager during the war years who becomes infatuated with an older war widow. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and nominated for three others. Set in Nantucket Island, shot on location in California and Ontario. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1944. Post-production Censorship Dialogue script for the 1944 film. Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground. Tall white side-stapled titled wrappers, dated.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1944. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1944 film. Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground. Tall white brad-bound titled wrappers, dated.....
Paris: N.p., 1953. Original borderless single weight promotional photograph of Italian actor and voice-over regular, Giannia Musi, circa 1953. On the verso in holograph ink is Musi's name (as "Glori"), his agent's name (Olga Horstig), and two small annotations in holograph ink on the recto. Musi was known as Gianni Glori in his early films, and his work as a......
N.p. Harold Huth Productions, 1951. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1951 film featuring screenwriter Roger Vadim and a young Anouk Aimee watching a night shoot of the production. Mimeo snipe and Marc Allegret stamp on the verso. Mimeo identifies the production as "Mrs. Christopher." Based on the 1946 novel "Mrs. Christopher" by Elizabeth Myers. A volunteer hospital worker.....
N.p. Sumar Productions, 1956. Vintage studio photograph of Gloria Grahame on location, from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and French 20th Century Fox Stamp on verso. Based on Ewen Montagu's 1954 book, based on a true story about a British attempt to trick their German enemies, using the name and credentials of a dead man as bait. The real intelligence.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford, the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist, the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates, hoping to tease out.....
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Los Angeles: Kayos Productions, 1967. Revised Final Draft script for the 1968 film, "Rachel, Rachel," here under the working title and source novel title, "A Jest of God." Copy belonging to uncredited camera operator, Ron Munkacsi, with his name in holograph ink on a laid-in shooting schedule, and on a letter addressed to him by associate producer Harrison Starr, who.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970. Vintage black-and-white still photograph featuring Tony Award-winning actress Phyllis Newman, from an undetermined film, in extravagant jewelry and garb, blowing a kiss, circa 1970. Phyllis Newman began her film career in 1955, as "Jaunita Bader - Cool Girl" in Joshua Logan's "Picnic." Her other film credits include "Let's Rock" (1958), "The Naked Witch" (1967), "Bye Bye.....
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, as he would develop walking pneumonia during the film's production.....
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New York: Cannon Films, 1986. First Draft script for the 1988 film. Seen here under the film's working title, "Missing in Action III," with "Braddock" added above in holograph pencil on the title page. Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is told that his wife and son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, so he mounts a one-man assault to free them.....
N.p. N.p., 1978. Archive of three typescript drafts relating to author Don O'Melveny's novel, "No City for Dreaming: A Memoir on the Murder of Marilyn Monroe." Each draft is accompanied by an autograph letter signed explaining the premise of its manuscript. Though the drafts date between 1978-1979, the novel was not published until 2002. From the archive of publishing agent.....
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Paris: Franco London Films, 1953. Vintage film still photograph of Charles Boyer as "General Andre de..." in the 1953 French-Italian film. In the film he wears a mustache, not so in this image, and likely this session occurred just before or after filming was complete. Based on de Vilmorin's 1951 novel. Generally considered to be Max Ophuls' masterpiece, the third.....
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. Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., 1983. Vintage Japanese B2 poster for the 1983 Japanese-British co-production. Nominated in 1983 for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on the 1963 novel, "The Seed and the Sower" by Laurens van der Post, about his experiences as a British soldier who was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. An international co-production.....
Germany: Nero-Film AG, 1932. Vintage double weight press photograph of Brigitte Helm for the 1932 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1919 novel "L'Atlantide" by French writer Pierre Benoit, and a remake of the 1921 film of the same name by Jacques Feyder. The film was shot in French, German, and English, each version starring Brigitte Helm.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1957 film, one showing actors Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon relaxing between takes, the other showing Hayworth and actor Robert Mitchum waiting while the camera crew sets up on a boat. Mimeo snipe to the verso of the second photograph. Based on the 1954 novel by.....
Minneapolis: Mill Creek Entertainment, 1984. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1984 film. The drama that elicited an irritated response from president Ronald Reagan, who claimed it was "a blatant propaganda message against our agricultural programs." Gilbert Ivy (Sam Shepard) and his wife Jewell (Jessica Lange) desperately try to weather the disaster that besets their.....
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.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage photograph on Jane Fonda taking a peek through a camera during shooting on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote, about a small town sheriff on the look out for an escaped prisoner he believes is innocent.....
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1962. Vintage oversize borderless double weight press photograph of actor Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1962 film, "Five Miles to Midnight," a thriller directed by Anatole Litvak, shot in Paris. Quite candid, with the actor smiling at his dressing table. An exceptional candid shot that reminds of us of how time has honored the deep.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1955. Vintage contact sheet containing 12 test images of a sultry Kim Novak in a somewhat otherworldly parlor room setting, shot by noted photographer Peter Basch for the 1955 film. With Basch's name and studio address along two margins of the recto, and two different stamps, crediting both Basch and his studio, on the verso.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1957 film. Remake of the 1947 film "Singapore," directed by Jerry Bresler and starring Ava Gardner and Fred MacMurray. An ex-American Air Force pilot finds himself embroiled in a diamond-smuggling operation, headed by the beautiful German tourist he falls in love with. Shot on location in Istanbul.....
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1975. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of director Joseph Pevney and actor Cornell Borchers on the set of the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. An ex-American Air Force pilot finds himself embroiled in a diamond-smuggling operation, headed by the beautiful German tourist he falls in love with. Shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey.....
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1957. Two vintage press photographs from the set of the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. A San Francisco priest is murdered and cop Joe Martini (Tony Curtis), who was close to the priest quits the force after being rejected from the case so.....
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1957. Vintage reference photograph of James Cagney, in makeup as Lon Chaney's Quasimodo, with Bud Westmore, head of Universal-International Make-up Department, and his assistant Jack Kevan, on the set of the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto. A loose biography of actor Lon Chaney, played by James Cagney, portraying his.....
Paris: Cinedis, 1957. Seven vintage black-and-white photographs of French actor Gerard Philippe, seen signing autographs at a record store. Included is a typed letter from J. Reboulieau at Cinedis, a short-lived film distributor in Paris, addressed to Christian de la Maziere, an impresario of press relations and former Waffen-SS soldier, detailing the included photographs, and noting "Hernandez" as the photographer.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. The 1941 version of "The Black Cat" is neither a remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1934 Karloff-Lugosi film of the same name, nor does it bear much relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story (though, in fairness, neither did the 1934 version). It is more of a horror-comedy.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1941. Post-production Continuity and dialogue script for the 1941 film. The 1941 version of "The Black Cat" is neither a remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1934 Karloff-Lugosi film of the same name, nor does it bear much relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story (though, in fairness, neither did the 1934 version). It is more.....
N.p. N.p., 1965. Collection of three reference photographs featuring Roman Polanski and Catherine Deneuve on the set of the 1965 film. Shot by still photographer Laurie Turner. Two of the photos in this set reflect one another, one showing Polanski in the foreground and Deneuve in a mirror, and the other in reverse. The third shows Polanski at work on.....
London: Compton Films, 1966. Three vintage press photographs of director Roman Polanski and actor Catherine Deneuve at the world premiere of "Repulsion" on January 7, 1966 in Paris. With press agency mimeo snipes on the verso, one from AFP and two from AGIP. Polanski's second film, and first in English, which originally screen at the Cannes Film Festival the previous.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Two vintage reference photographs, one of Catherine Deneuve and Roman Polanski, and one of Deneuve and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor, from the 1965 film. Mimeo snipes on versos. Polanski's second feature film, and first film in English, heralding the arrival of one of the twentieth century's greatest directors. Set in and shot on location throughout London, England.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1974. Second Revised Final Screenplay for the 1975 film "Rooster Cogburn," seen here with a working subtitle, "A Man of True Grit." Copy belonging to uncredited producer's assistant Monique James, with her name in holograph ink (obscured) on the front wrapper. Based on the manly central character from Charles Portis' classic 1968 novel, "True Grit.".....
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, circa 1947. Post-production Feature Spotting List script for the 1947 film. Based on the Finnish play "Juurakon Hulda" by Hella Wuolijoki, under the pseudonym Juhani Tervapaa. Loretta Young gives a standout performance as a woman who initially leaves home to study nursing in Washington DC but ends up running for Congress through a convoluted.....