Los Angeles: Goldwyn Films / Green Parrot / Rysher Entertainment / Trinity Films, 1996. Vintage photograph from the set of 1996 film, showing Paul Thomas Anderson giving literal direction to Philip Baker Hall. Anderson's feature debut, a taut crime story, smaller in scale than most of his subsequent career defining work, but with several of Anderson's trademark touches arriving fully... (read more) about Hard Eight (Original photograph from the set of the 1996 film)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Operators," written by novelist Norman Bogner, and set in London in the 1960s. A crime-based drama about ex-cons and their cons. Brief notation in holograph ink on two pages. Bogner's other credits include "Privelege" (1967, screenwriter, his only film), "Emerald Soup" (1963 television series, story editor)... (read more) about The Operators (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

Kansas City, MO: A.M. Wilson / The Sphinx, 1913. First Edition. A small pamphlet detailing tricks of the trade for magicians and performers, written during the height of the vaudeville era. Very Good in stapled wrappers. Stamp from the Magic House of Charles on the title page. Bruise to the front wrapper, with some light toning to the edges. Page... (read more) about Side-Show and Animal Tricks: Tricks of the Side-Show Performer, Animal Tricks, Gambler's Tricks,...

Hollywood: Paul Kohner Inc., Circa 1963-1964. Draft agency script for the an uproduced film called "A Thousand Several Tongues," written by Jeremy Fey, whose film credits include three episodes of the 1976-1977 television series, "ABC Afterschool Specials," his job being Productions Assistant. Agency copy, with the address imprint and label present from the Paul Kohner, Inc. agency in Hollywood. Copy... (read more) about A Thousand Several Tongues (Screenplay for the an uproduced film)

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1962. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Mimeo snipe once affixed to the verso (detached but present). Featured is Nita Talbot, who played "Saturday Knight" in the film. Based on Alexander Rose's 1960 novel, "Four Horse Players Are Missing." Steve (Martin) is a horse-race better whose habits get the better of him, so his... (read more) about Who's Got the Action (Original photograph from the 1962 film)

Las Vegas: New Frontier Hotel, Circa 1950s. Original menu from the Venus Room in the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, circa the mid-1950s. Designed by Saul Bass, with his name to the front panel. Likely an early Bass design, bearing striking resemblance to his billboard designs for the 1956 film "On the Threshold of Space." Originally built with... (read more) about Menu for the New Frontier Hotel's Venus Room in Las Vegas, circa 1950s