New York: N.p., 1967. Draft script for an unproduced play. Although not indicated on the script, copy belonging to actor Van Heflin, who was presumably considering a role in the play. From the estate of the actor. A comedy about a con man who founds a fictional, absurdist island-based country. Orange titled wrappers with credit for playwright Wallach. Title page.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Vintage black and white photograph from the set of the 1938 film. Shown are director Raoul Walsh, explaining a scene to George Burns and his wife (and co-star) Gracie Allen. With a mimeo snipe describing the photo printed on the verso. The only photograph from the set of this film we have ever seen. Gracie sets.....
N.p. N.p., 1947. Vintage press photograph of Raoul Walsh, 1947. With a rubber stamp crediting photographer Madison Lacy, other stamps, holograph annotations, and a small clipping of a newsprint article (mentioning the 1954 film "The Forty-Niners" with Errol Flynn) on the verso. Walsh suffered the loss of an eye while in a car accident on location for a film in.....
New York: New Directions Books, 1950. First Edition of Tennessee William's 1950 play, profusely annotated for a 1959 West End production. Copy belonging to actor-director-producer Sam Wanamaker, with his holograph annotations throughout. Red boards, worn overall, with Wanamaker's name inscribed in holograph black ink to the front board. Includes a loose sheet with the actors' addresses laid in. Wanamaker had.....
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1985. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1985 film. A detective (Harrison Ford) goes undercover to protect a young Amish boy (Lukas Haas) who is the sole witness of a murder. Set is the Lancaster County (Amish country), Pennsylvania. Shot in Philadelphia, Lancaster County, and Strasberg, Pennsylvania. Winner of the Academy Awards for Best.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1967. Vintage photograph of actress Raquel Welch, circa 1967. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures / Winkler and Ramen, 1941. Vintage American program for Welles' 1941 masterpiece, "Citizen Kane," sold only at the 1941 first-run screenings of the film in the United States. The program begins with references to Welles' then-well-known productions of Shakespeare with the Mercury Theatre, followed by a guide to the making of "Citizen Kane," a......
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1947. Archive of seven vintage single and double weight fashion publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Mimeograph snipe on the verso of a few photos notes the Jean Louis clothing designs for the film. Photographers’ rubber stamp also to the versos. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1947. Three vintage photographs of Orson Welles from the 1947 film. Photographer's rubber stamp to all three photos, with mimeograph snipe to the verso of two photos as well. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Featuring photos of actor/director Orson Welles. Surreal and visually stunning, "The Lady.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, Circa 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Orson Welles and his then-estranged wife, actress Rita Hayworth, waving from the cockpit of a plane preparing to fly to Acapulco, Mexico, to shoot location scenes for their 1947 film "The Lady from Mexico." Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Welles promised.....
N.p. N.p., 1951. Vintage oversize black-and-white double weight photograph of Orson Welles by British photographer Jane Bown. Photographed during the same shoot as one of the most iconic Welles portraits of all time, the renowned director is seen here in a simple suit and tie. The photo was taken during his period of self-imposed European exile, after both his 1947.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1984. Three vintage borderless color vernacular photographs from the 1984 film. Even more than "Wings of Desire," "Paris, Texas" stands as Wim Wenders' definitive work, and Sam Shepard's original screenplay for the film stands among his finest work as both a novelist and a playwright. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Set in.....
N.p. Road Movies Filmproduktion, 1984. Two vintage borderless photographs on the set of the 1984 film. One candid shot of director Wim Wenders laughing with actors Aurore Clement and Harry Dean Stanton, and one of actors Nastassja Kinski and Hunter Carson. Even more than "Wings of Desire," "Paris, Texas" stands as Wim Wenders' definitive work, and Sam Shepard's original screenplay.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, Circa 1930s. Vintage photograph of Mae West, circa 1930s, promoting her generally as a contract player for Paramount, where she nearly single-handedly saved the studio from bankruptcy with the success of "She Done Him Wrong." By the middle of the decade was the highest paid actress in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Stamp of famed French bookstore.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972. Collection of five vintage black-and-white double reference studio still photographs from 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake. Featuring images of Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, and more. One of the most engaging and hilarious crime films of the early 1970s, a cat-and-mouse heist film in which Redfield played the foil.....
Paris: N.p., 1960. Two original borderless single weight press photographs of starring actors Giani Espositio and Pascale Petit at a showing, presumably the premiere, of the 1960 French film. Their names in holograph pencil on the versos. Costar Nelly Borgeaud is also seen in one photo. Based on Alleins' novel "L'étrangère dans les portes" (1954). Catherine (Petit) marries a wealthy.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, Circa 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of director Billy Wilder and actress Marlene Dietrich inspecting a film strip on the set of the 1948 film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists a US army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1966. Collection of five vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1966 film. All photographs show Billy Wilder giving direction, including scenes in a bedroom, on a football field, in a cemetery, and more. Walter Matthau won an Academy Award for his role in the film. 8 x 10 inches. Near.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1954. Original half-sheet poster for the 1954 film, adapted to the screen by Samuel Taylor, based on his play, "Sabrina Fair." A highspot performance for Audrey Hepburn, and a film that Humphrey Bogart took because he liked the idea of playing a character named "Linus." Wilder would work again with Hepburn 3 years later, on "Love in.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original title sequence artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film, the credit for director George Sidney, carved into a wall with two Romans standing by to the right, leading to a stormy sky. Archivally framed, mounted, and matted, with a description of the film in a die cut window in the matte.....
Rome: Publifoto-Keystone, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of Tennessee Williams and Anna Magnani in Rome, 1960, with Italian mimeo snipe and rubber agency stamp on the verso. Williams, with Meade Roberts, would write the screenplay for "The Fugitive Kind" (1960), directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Marlon Brando and Magnani, based on Williams' 1957 play "Orpheus Descending." 9.5 x 7 inches. Light edgewear, else.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1991. Collection of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1991 film. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a left leaning director who returns from a vacation to find Hollywood in the full swing of McCarthyism. He is asked to either implicate colleagues with supposed Communist sympathies or sacrifice his own career. The film.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Vintage studio still photograph for the classic 1951 science fiction film. Shown are the film's leads Patricia Neal and Michael Rennie in a portrait shot. Widely considered one of the best and most intelligent science fiction films ever made, beautifully balancing elements of suspense and dramatic depth. Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke ranks it seventh.....
Hong Kong: Cinema City, 1986. Vintage French mini poster for the 1986 Hong Kong film. John Woo's 1986 film had a profound impact on Hong Kong's film industry, inspiring a number of proceeding pictures and setting the tone for the genre at large. It served as a breakout role for then little-known actor Chow Yun-fat who, although not the lead.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1935. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the 1935 film. Blindstamp of the French Customs office just to the left of Myrna Loy's head in the shot. G-Man Ross McBride (Tracy) goes undercover to join a gang of jewel thieves when they transport stolen jewels from Paris to New York. Vivian Palmer (Loy) is.....
Los Angeles: First National Pictures, 1929. Two vintage photographs from the 1929 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Cornell Woolrich, one of six Fitzgerald-esque novels written by the author before he turned to a life of crime (writing). A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur, but their situation is partially reversed when her family loses all their.....
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Vintage reference photograph of William Wyler, Vanessa Brown, and Olivia de Havilland from the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe, two "Culver Pictures" stamps, a "3051" stamp, and two bar code stamps, on verso. Based on the 1947 play by screenwriters Ruth and Augustus Goetz, which itself was based on the 1880 novel "Washington.....
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 with producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1935 on "The Dark Angel,".....
N.p. Les Films Corona, 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, and Alain Delon star in this European made Western about the unlikely partnership between an outlaw and a samurai. When a train carrying a Japanese ambassador is ambushed, Mifune and Bronson are charged with retrieving the stolen loot: a ceremonial katana intended for.....
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest, 1995. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1995 film, here under the original English language title "My Father is a Hero." Jet Li stars in this 1995 action-packed film directed by Corey Yuen. 20 x 30 inches. Near Fine.
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1981. Vintage press photograph of actors Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt and director Franco Zeffirelli on the set of the 1981 film. Based on Scott Spencer's 1979 novel. Jade (Shields) and David (Hewitt) are two students deeply in love, despite Jade's parents' disapproval. David cannot take "No" for an answer, and things start getting really complicated. Shot.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Based on William Shakespeare's classic play and starring a feisty Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina. The film was marketed with a notably misogynistic tag-line: "A motion picture for every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved... and for every woman who.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1984 film. An adventure quest in the vein of "Raiders of the Lost Arch." To the surprise of the studio, the film faired quite well and is considered among the best films released in 1984. The script was written by an unknown Malibu waitress, Diane Thomas. Thomas was.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1984 US film. Nominated for an Academy Award. An adventure quest in the vein of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." To the surprise of the studio, the film faired quite well and is considered among the best films released in 1984. The script was written by an unknown.....
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Paris: Albina Productions, 1975. Vintage borderless photograph of director Andrzej Zulawski working with actress Romy Schneider on the set of the 1975 film. With the stamp of S.A. Telemagazine on the verso, along with a few contemporary holograph ink annotations. Based on the 1972 novel "La Nuit americaine" by Christopher Frank. A photographer meets a failed actress who has resorted to.....