Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1932. Vintage reference photograph, with snipe printed on the verso identifying director Harry Beaumont on the set with actresses Anita Page and Joan Marsh in the 1932 film, based on the 1932 J.P. McEvoy novel of the same name. With an additional stamp on the verso reading "Country of origin USA." Left jobless and about... (read more) about Are You Listening (Original photograph from the set of the 1932 pre-Code film

Various cities: Various Publishers, 1933-1934. Archive of 89 photographs belonging to actress Julie Bishop, featuring film still and publicity photographs from five pre-Code films made in 1933 and 1934 while she was still being credited under her birth name, Jacqueline Wells. The photographs have been tipped into a contemporary photo album, with the exception of three photographs, which are laid... (read more) about Archive of 89 photographs from various pre-Code films starring Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells],...

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, published in the "Saturday Evening Post"... (read more) about Clark Gable on the set of Sporting Blood (Original photograph from the set of the 1931 film

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Draft script for the classic 1931 pre-Code film. Copy belonging to Joan Crawford, bearing the holograph inscription "Miss Crawford" on the front wrapper. Classic pre-Code romantic melodrama, following Mariane's (Joan Crawford) rise from country girl to sophisticated high class mistress, who falls for an aspiring politician (Clarke Gable), though her existence may harm her... (read more) about Possessed [The Mirage] (Original screenplay for the 1931 film

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1933. Collection of 70 vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1933 film, including seven of cast and crew at work on the set, three of which feature director Tod Browning. Also included is a later print of a fourth image of Browning on the set. From the estate of Tod Browning, housed in a.... (read more) about Fast Workers (Collection of 70 original photographs from the 1933 film

N.p. Harry Langdon Corporation, 1926. Vintage photographic proof trial poster from the 1926 film. Harry Langdon plays Paul Bergot, a Belgian immigrant who has fallen in love with Mary Brown, a blind woman. Paul desperately searches for Mary, accidentally rescuing her town from crooks and bootleggers in the process. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Holograph ink notation... (read more) about The Strong Man (Original photographic proof trial poster from the 1926 film

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1932. Pre-production Dialogue Continuity Draft script for the 1933 film "Hell Below," here under the working title "Pigboats." Copy belonging to Felix Feist, an uncredited member of the crew, with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink. Studio File Copy, rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. Brief notations in holograph pencil throughout. Based on... (read more) about Hell Below [Pigboats] (Original screenplay for the 1933 film

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1927. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the US release of the 1927 film. The first talking picture to be in wide release. Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family's traditions and heritage. For five generations, men in the family have been Cantors in the... (read more) about The Jazz Singer (Still photograph from the 1927 film

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Original lobby card for the 1933 pre-Code film, based on William Faulkner's 1931 novel, "Sanctuary." An interesting image from the film’s final dramatic courtroom scene. The film has a relatively upbeat ending, in which Temple tells the truth and is disgraced. This in marked contrast to the ending of Faulkner’s novel, in which Temple perjures herself..... (read more) about The Story of Temple Drake (Original lobby card from the 1933 film

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Proposed Treatment script for the 1935 film. In a later white leatherette binding with Jean Harlow's name and the date of the treatment (Dec. 15, 1931) in gilt on the front board and the spine. Original front wrapper bound in. Based on the 1931 novel by Crosbie [here spelled Crosby] Garstin, with Garstin and... (read more) about China Seas (Original screenplay treatment script for the 1935 film

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1933. An early draft, in script format, of the 1933 novel, "Gabriel Over the White House," written by Thomas Frederic Tweed. This draft was developed the same year into the 1933 pre-Code film directed by Gregory LaCava, written for the screen by Carey Wilson, and starring Walter Huston, Franchot Tone, and Jean Parker. The novel... (read more) about Gabriel Over the White House (Original Draft MGM script of the novel's text

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1930. Post-production Censorship Dialogue script for the 1930 pre-Code film. An early lead performance for Claudette Colbert. Nominated for an Academy Award. White brad-bound titled wrappers, dated April 16, 1930. Mimeograph. Near Fine. (read more) about The Big Pond (Post-production script for the 1930 pre-Code film

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... (read more) about Up Pops the Devil (Original screenplay for the 1931 film

Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1933. Final script for the 1934 film. Copy belonging to a unknown cast member, with his signature on front wrapper. With some holograph pencil notations. A pre-Code comedy featuring a stranded actress in a small town, who becomes a manicurist and inadvertently has a great impact on the lives of the local citizenry. Red titled wrappers... (read more) about The Meanest Gal in Town [Once Over Lightly] (Original screenplay for the 1934 film

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Final Draft script for the 1933 pre-Code film. Francois dreams of working as a tour guide in his beloved Paris, but instead works for Bibi, a pimp, who hires Francois to craft alibis for the adulterers who engage in this business. While working the streets, he meets Madeleine, who works as a target for her knife-throwing... (read more) about The Way to Love (Original screenplay for the 1933 film

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures. Early Draft script for the 1931 film "The Good Bad Girl," here under the working title "Columbia No. 14." Mae Clarke's first feature following her famous role as James Cagney's moll in "The Public Enemy" the year before, a pre-Code drama vehicle for the actress' subtle, direct style. Pale blue titled wrappers, rubber stamped copy... (read more) about The Good Bad Girl (Original screenplay for the 1931 film

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Collection of five vintage photographs from the 1933 film, including three double weight and two single weight photographs. With stamps or holograph notations to most of the photographs. Based on William Faulkner’s 1931 controversial literary potboiler, "Sanctuary." The story concerns a wealthy and neurotic Southern belle who falls in with a violent bootlegger who rapes her... (read more) about The Story of Temple Drake (Collection of five original photographs from the 1933 film

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1932. First Draft script for the 1932 pre-Code film (though it is what would later be known as a revised shooting script, as it was a rewrite issued during shooting). AFI Catalog provides some context around the October 20, 1932 date on the script, revealing a somewhat troubled production that resulted in a fine film: "On 23... (read more) about No Man of Her Own (Original screenplay for the 1932 film

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1930. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1930 film. With holograph notations and a typed description on the verso. A pre-Code musical comedy regarded as a masterpiece of the emerging musical genre and remembered primarily for the song "Beyond the Blue Horizon." Based on the 1900 novel, "Monsieur Beaucaire" by Booth Tarkington, later adapted as... (read more) about Monte Carlo (Original photograph from the set of the 1930 film

Various cities: Various Film Studios, 1918-1961. A collection of 153 black and white photographs from 88 films featuring images of women being bound or restrained, dating from 1918 to 1961. An impressive set of mild bondage and domination film stills, amassed by a Southern Californian amateur collector, all featuring images of women (plus the occasional man) who are bound, gagged... (read more) about Collection of film still photographs of bound women from over 80 films

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1931. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1931 film. Based on the 1930 play "Waterloo Bridge" by Robert E. Sherwood. James Whale's first film preceding his cinematic classic "Frankenstein." Widely censored for its controversial material, "Waterloo Bridge" tells the tale of a desperate American Chorus girl (Mae Clarke), stranded in London during World War... (read more) about Waterloo Bridge (Post-production script for the 1931 film