Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1981. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1981 film. The famed Japanese photographer's only cinematic work, a "pink" film for Nikkatsu Studio's "Roman Porno" series, known alternately as "High School Girl Fake Diary," "The Pseudo-Diary of a High School Girl," and "Diary of a High School Girl" in English. Pink film is a broad genre...
N.p. J. Arthur Rank Organisation, 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Oscar Wilde's witty play of the same name, in which a Algernon discovers that his friend, Earnest, has created a fictional brother in order to intermittently leave his country home to visit the city. Algernon decides to assume the...
N.p. N.p., 1995. Vintage Hong Kong double crown poster for the 1995 Hong Kong film, known in English as "A Touch of Evil." Tony Au's film follows the tangled love triangle between a narcotics officer, his undercover snitch, Coco, and a drug lord. 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). Near Fine.
Hollywood: California Department of Employment, 1945. Identification Card for Luis Bunuel, issued on November 26, 1945 by United States Employment Service, California Department of Employment. Signed and annotated with Social Security number by Bunuel in holograph ink on recto, continuing on the verso with Name, Address, Year of Birth, Sex, Height, Work For Which You Qualify and Code Number, also...
London: BBC, 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 television movie adaptation. Snipe stamped to the verso. Television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel detailing the doomed romance between two Russian socialites. This version starring Claire Bloom as Anna Karenina and Sean Connery as Count Alexis Vronsky. Set in Russia, shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches...
Hong Kong: Shaw Brothers, 1973. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1973 Hong Kong film. One of many martial arts films produced by the Shaw Brothers, in which an ambitious martial arts student infiltrates a gang in order to avenge his murdered father. Shot on location in Hong Kong, China. 23.5 x 32.5 inches (60 x 83 cm). Near Fine...
Various cities: Various Publishers, circa 1957 - 1967. A collection of 10 original lobby cards for the Mexican releases of nine films directed by or featuring Charlie Chaplin. Highlights of this bright, charming collection include lobby cards for the Mexican releases of Chaplin's "Limelight," "King of New York," and "The Circus," as well as two variants for "The Chaplin Revue,"...
Hong Kong: Media Asia Distribution, 1987. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1987 film. A young student travels from Hong Kong to New York with the intention of studying with her boyfriend in an American University. However, her plans begin to unravel from the moment she arrives, disillusioning and unsettling the hopeful girl. Shot on location in New York. 20...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1974. Original Japanese program for the US film "The Great Gatsby." Full color wrappers, with black and white text and black and white and full color photos throughout. Text in Japanese. The 1974 adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel has been praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Coupled with an all star cast and...
![Day of Wrath [Vredens Dag] (Two original photographs from the 1943 film). Carl Theodor Dreyer,...](/pictures/thumb/140833.jpg?v=1570930684)
N.p. Palladium Productions, 1943. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1943 film. French mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one image. Based on the 1909 play "Anne Pedersdotter" by Hans Wiers-Jenssen, about a young woman who begins to fall for her elderly husband's son from a previous marriage, while trying to save another woman from accusations of witchcraft...
Berlin: Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne, 1938. Original French program for the French and German film "Un fichu metier." Three-color wrappers, with black and white photos and color text headers throughout. Text in French. A comedy in which a wayward crown prince is causing trouble for his kingdom (Vodenia), so a minister decides to replace him with a....
Hong Kong: N.p., 1999. Vintage Hong Kong poster, printed in both Chinese and English, for the 1999 film. An experimental film by director Eric Kot, with cameos from numerous notable actors. Kot is notorious in the Chinese hip hop industry and has made a number of short films and television episodes. 40 x 25 inches (102 x 64 cm), folded. Near Fine.
Hong Kong: N.p., 1994. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1994 film. A Honk Kong crime film written and directed by Eddie Ling-Ching Fong and starring Jacky Cheung as Private Eye. 27 x 38 inches (69 x 97 cm). Light wear to the edges, else Near Fine.
![The Loves of a Blonde [Lasky jedne plavovlasky] (Original program for the 1965 film). Milos...](/pictures/thumb/138325.jpg?v=1492979933)
Prague: Barrandov, 1965. Original program for the 1965 film, with text in both French and English, made for the international release of the film. Illustrated throughout with images from the film and line drawings. One of the best known films from the Czechoslovak New Wave, nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and bringing Forman to international attention. 11.25...
N.p. N.p., 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. The script is preceded by a four page treatment credited to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, dated 1985, and detailed character and location lists. Holograph pencil annotations on the character list striking names of characters. The final page of the script notes "Guion literario, primera versio" ("Literary script, first version") with credits for...
Culver City, CA: Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures, 1959. Vintage photograph from the 1959 film. The third and final collaboration between director Carol Reed and author Graham Greene, with Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television...
N.p. Mediterranee Cinema, 1961. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Snipe affixed to the verso of each image. A wealthy Parisian returns home after making a fortune in Africa and places an advertisement in a newspaper seeking a wife. What he receives instead is the attention of a group of con-artists. 8 x 10 inches...
![Steppenwolf [Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf...For Madmen Only] (Original screenplay for the 1974...](/pictures/thumb/142743.jpg?v=1515181459)
New York: Magic Lantern Inc, 1971. Draft script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Hermann Hesse. A depressed half-man half-animal (played by Max von Sydow) is introduced to the hallucinogenic world of the "Magic Theater," where he seeks redemption via a metaphysical transcendence. The film took seven years of complicated pre-production to create, including building a....
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest Company, 1984. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1984 Hong Kong film. Golden Harvest created this documentary tribute to the legendary Bruce Lee, featuring archival footage of Lee, as well as costars and contemporaries such as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Jim Kelly, and Chuck Norris. 26 x 40 inches (66 x 102 cm). Near Fine.
Taiwan: 3H Productions, 1998. Vintage Taiwanese double crown poster, for the 1998 Taiwanese film. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film weaves together the tale of five courtesans throughout four elegant brothels in 19th-century Shanghai, proving an insightful glimpse into their time and daily struggles. 20.5 x 28.5 inches (52 x 72 cm). Fine.
Taiwan: International Film Company, 2016. French mini poster, printed in Chinese, French, and English, for the 2016 re-release of the 1971 Taiwanese film. The film received a Criterion Collection release in the same year.Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Originally released in two parts and later condensed into a single epic, King Hu's visually striking film...
![Da Zuo Deng Xiang You Zhuan [Signal Left Turn Right] (Two original Hong Kong posters for the...](/pictures/thumb/140248.jpg?v=1492980472)
N.p. N.p., 1996. Two vintage Hong Kong posters, designed to be displayed side by side, for the 1996 film. A comedy set to the backdrop of a Chinese driving school. Shot on location in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. 27 x 31 inches (69 x 79 cm) each. Fine.
N.p. N.p., 1996. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1996 Chinese film. A delightful comedy set to the backdrop of a Chinese driving school. Shot on location in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. 27 x 31 inches (69 x 79 cm). Fine.
N.p. Cos Group, 1990. Vintage Hong Kong double crown poster for the 1990 Hong Kong-Taiwanese film. SIGNED on the recto in Chinese by an unknown person. In Ann Hui's semi-fictional autobiography, she weaves a tale of familial dysfunction, uncertain origin, and self discovery. After being passed up for a job at the BBC, 26-year-old Cheung Hueyin returns home to Hong...
Tokyo: Imamura Productions, 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in holograph ink. Based on Ryuzo Saki’s novel, about real life con man, thief, and multiple murderer Akira Nishiguchi (changed to Iwao Enokizu in the film), told in multiple flashbacks as he awaits execution for his crimes. Black titled perfect bound wrappers. Title...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. Based on Sueko Yasumoto's novel, and one of the first examples of media dealing with the plight of zainchi or ethnically Korean Japanese citizens, and their identity and struggles. One man has always worked faithfully for the Toho Company and another man is working for an underworld boss...
Tokyo: Toho Company, 1966. Draft script for the 1966 film. Text in Japanese. A pornographer is keeping a low profile to keep out of the way of the mob, while also is trying to keep the various people in his life happy, including his stepdaughter, stepson, mistress, and wife (who believes her first husband was reincarnated as a carp). White...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Title based on a song popularized by the leading actor, Frank Nagai. A comedy featuring a drugstore owner, who begins an extramarital affair when his wife and child go on vacation. White illustrated titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 95 leaves, with last page of text numbered...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Shinju Fujiwara. Five people assemble ten years after the end of the Pacific War at a military station to uncover a stash of morphine worth a fortune now, whcih was buried by the medical officer Mashimoto at the abdication of the Emperor. One...
Tokyo: Imamura Productions, 1987. Draft script for the 1987 film. Text in Japanese. The greatest pimp in all of Japanese history, Iheji Muraoka, also known as Zegen or the "Boss of the South Seas" grew in power as Japan grew. Not only were his achievements contributing to his mantle of success, but he believed they advanced the global ambitions of...
Tokyo: Imamura Productions, 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Text in Japanese. A period drama featuring a man returning from exile in America during the Edo era and begins searching for his wife. He gets caught up in revolutionary fervor and his emotions get the best of him. Orange titled perfect bound wrappers, rubber stamped production number 133, dated...
![Inferno of Torture [Tattoo Generation, Hell's Tattooers] (Original screenplay for the 1969 film)....](/pictures/thumb/141454.jpg?v=1494029252)
Tokyo: Toei, 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Text in Japanese. With annotations throughout in holograph pencil. High demand for tattooed geishas come in from Europe, leading to a formidable production line of ladies receiving tattoos in order to please European men. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 34...
![Die Kronzeugin [L'affaire Cabano] (Original French pressbook for the 1937 film). Georg Jacoby,...](/pictures/thumb/142465.jpg?v=1508794889)
Berlin: Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne, 1937. Vintage French pressbook for the 1937 film "Die Kronzeugin," seen here as "L'affaire Cabano." A detective mystery in which a noted singer is found dead in his apartment, and the police must decide whether it was suicide, or whether he has been killed. Two pages, saddle stitched, 9.5 x 12 inches...
N.p. Mafilm, 1977. Dialogue script for the 1979 Hungarian film "Allegro Barbaro." The second of Jancso's two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century to World War II, as told by the conflicted son of a wealthy landowner. Shot on location in Hungary. Gray titled wrappers, dated 1977. Title page not present, presumably as issued. 122 leaves...
N.p. Objektiv Film, 1977. Studio Dialogue script for the 1979 Hungarian film, seen here under the Hungarian title "Magyar rapszodia." Text in Hungarian. The first of Jancso's two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century to World War II, as told by the conflicted son of a wealthy landowner. Nominated for the 1979 Palme d'Or at Cannes...
N.p. N.p., 1973. Vintage borderless press photograph of Alejandro Jodorowsky directing his third film, "The Holy Mountain." Mimeo snipe on the verso credited to the director's Mexican production company, Procinemex, describing the details of the photo in Spanish. 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24 x 19.5 cm). Near Fine.
![Long Live the Republic [At ije republika] (Original program for the 1965 film). Karel Kachnya,...](/pictures/thumb/138324.jpg?v=1492979932)
Prague: Barrandov, 1965. Original program for the 1965 Czechoslovak new wave film, with text in both French and English, made for the international release of the film. Illustrated throughout with both still images from the film and impressionistic illustrations. The end of WWII from the perspective on a boy in a rural farming village, equally worried about retreating German soldiers...
![The Shop on Main Street [Obchod na korze] (Original herald for the 1965 film). Jan Kadar, Elmar...](/pictures/thumb/138323.jpg?v=1492979932)
Prague: Barrandov, 1965. Re-release herald for the 1965 Czechoslovakia film "The Shop on Main Street," with four image from the film, and text in both Czech and English. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman, and one of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the...
Hong Kong: Park Productions, 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. A Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Pao-Shu Kao and starring Zhen Zhen, Yi Chang, and Hung Lieh Chen. 23 x 33 inches (58 x 84 cm), folded. Near Fine with light holograph annotations to the verso, light soiling to the verso, and pin holes to the margin.
![Gate of Hell [Jigokumon] (Original photograph from the 1953 film). Teinosuke Kinugasa, Kan...](/pictures/thumb/137133.jpg?v=1492979515)
Japan: Daiei Studios, 1954. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1954 US release of the 1953 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way, this copy belonged to screenwriter, director, and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. The first Japanese color film to ever be released outside of Japan, and a cornerstone Asian film. "Gate of Hell" tells the story...
Tokyo: Office Kitano, 1991. Vintage French mini poster for the 1991 Japanese film, in which a young hearing impaired man decided to fulfill a life long dream: he learns to surf. 16 x 21 inches (41 x 53 cm). Light holograph notation to the verso, else Near Fine.
Tokyo: Kurosawa Production Company, 1960. Shooting script for the legendary 1961 Japanese film. Working copy belonging to Omura Senkichi, who played a small role as a traveling servant in the film, with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. Though not credited as such, based thematically on Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel, "Red Harvest," and subsequently the basis for...
New York: Greenwich Film Productions, 1985. Draft script for the 1985 film. Text in Japanese. Based on Shakespeare's play, "King Lear." An elderly warlord in Medieval Japan divides his vast empire among his three sons. The power corrupts them and turns them on each other, as well as their father. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director for Kurosawa...
Hong Kong: Golden Way Films Ltd., 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...
![Vor Liebe wird gewarnt [Onny a le Beguin] (Original French pressbook for the 1937 film). Karl...](/pictures/thumb/142466.jpg?v=1508794890)
Berlin: Universum Film [UFA], 1937. Vintage French pressbook for the 1937 German film "Vor Liebe wird gewarnt," seen here as "Onny a le Beguin." Anny Ondra plays a woman, the youngest in a family of three sisters, who can't seem to find romance, and whose boss attempts to set her up. An unusual look at women's roles under the Nazi...
![Flitterwochen [Honeymoon] [Faux Depart] (Original French pressbook for the 1936 film). Karl...](/pictures/thumb/142464.jpg?v=1508794889)
Berlin Paris: Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne, 1936. Vintage French pressbook for the 1936 German film "Flitterwochen," seen here under the alternate title "Faux Depart." A German comedy in which a honeymoon goes wrong, beginning when the wife insists on bringing her pet dog on her honeymoon. Two pages, saddle stitched, 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30.5 cm)...
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 40 inches (69 x 102 cm). A small tear to the margin, else Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Jet Tone Production, 2002. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 2002 film. A rags-to-riches romantic fantasy about two sets of siblings, one royal and one common, who fall madly in love with one another. Shot on location in Shanghai, China. 27 x 38 inches (69 x 96 cm). Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Art Top Movie Productions Ltd., 1996. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1996 film. With early appearances for many actors who would go on to become stars in the Hong Kong film scene, Lau's adaptation of the popular comic book series, "Teddy Boy," follows a group of Triad members as they struggle to maintain loyalty and friendship in...
N.p. Lo Wei Motion Picture Company, 1978. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1978 film. A 1978 Honk Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan as Yi-Lang, a sassy martial arts student who learns to master a once-lost style of fighting. 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). Light holograph pencil notation to the verso, else Near Fine.
Berlin: Druck Gebr. Wolffsohn, 1927. Original pamphlet on early Hollywood cinema, written for German audiences by German film pioneers Ernst Lubitsch and E.A. DuPont. Seemingly an extended primer on early American films and filmmaking, with details on Hollywood's organized production methods, budgets, editing procedures, and actors, including Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Clara Bow, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Buster...
Bulgaria: Boyana Film, 1965. Three vintage reference photographs of actor Guy Madison from the 1965 Bulgarian film, with dialogue in German, based on the 1892 story by Karl May "Das Vermachtnis des Inka," originally published in the German magazine "Der Gute Kamerad." Following the cancellation of "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" in 1957, Guy Madison moved to Europe, where he...
Beverly Hills, CA: Paramount Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Warner Brothers / United Artists, 1939, 1941, 1950, 1956, 1968. Collection of six lobby cards amounting to a brief tour of the distribution of American cinema throughout Mexico. Featured are six items representing five films made 1939-1968 by Hollywood studios. Key to the collection are two lobby cards for Victor Fleming's...
Tokyo: Shintoho Film, 1950. Two Draft scripts for the 1950 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Selichi Funabashi . A young servant girl Hamako has recently begun working for her hero, Madame Yuki, who quickly disillusioned her to her dream when she is presented with a list of the Madame's personal problems. First draft: White illustrated titled perfect...
![Street of Shame [Akasen chitai] (Original screenplay for the 1956 film). Kenji Mizoguchi,...](/pictures/thumb/141466.jpg?v=1494029259)
Kanagawa, Japan: Dalei Studios, 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. With annotations on a few pages in holograph ink. Based on the novel "Susaki No Onna" by Yoshiko Shibaki. The last film of Mizoguchi, this film is a vivid portrayal of prostitution in 1950s Japan, shot before the Japanese government's anti-prostitution bill, told through the perspective...
![The Pyjama Girl Case [The Pyjama Girl] (Original treatment script for the 1977 giallo film)....](/pictures/thumb/141340.jpg?v=1492980696)
N.p. N.p., 1976. Original Treatment script for the 1977 Italian giallo film. Director John Huston's copy. Laid in is a typed letter signed, dated January 28, 1977, from noted agent Paul Kohner on Kohner's stationery, encouraging Huston to read the script and consider directing the film: "Dear John, / Please find enclosed copy of the screenplay of PYJAMA GIRL /...
Beverly Hills, CA: UFA / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1926. Vintage US reference photograph for the 1926 German film. With a printed snipe on the verso noting both UFA and MGM. Murnau’s final German film before emigrating to America, where he would make four more films before his untimely death, including the late silent masterpiece "Sunrise." 10 x 8 (25 x 20 cm) inches. Very Good plus.
Tokyo: Shockiku Ofuna, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. A young woman is hitchhiking when the driver who picks her up attempts to molest her. A young gangster comes to her aid and then leads her on a wild relationship through the Japanese underground towards the eventual destruction of both of them. White titled perfect bound...
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...
N.p. Romulus Films, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. An Academy Award winning musical and the seventh highest-grossing film of 1968. Based on Lionel Bart's stage musical of the same name, which is a take on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist." Shot on location in Surry, England. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Very Good plus. Complete collation details available on request.
Rome: Italian International Film, 1965. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 Italian film. One of Buster Keaton's last roles in which he plays an incompetent German general stationed in Italy. Two American POWs plan to steal the Nazi offensive strategy, and in a comic mixup for the Germans, who are wise to the plan from the beginning...
![Akuma No Machi [Satan's Town] (Original screenplay for the 1956 film). Seijun Suzuki, Goro...](/pictures/thumb/141458.jpg?v=1494029254)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. A yakuza boss and his right hand man escape from prison and examine their relationship, both matters of loyalty and betrayal, as well as the scams and crimes they pull in their criminal history. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 41 leaves, with last page of...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1967. Draft script for the 1967 film. Text in Japanese. An experimental, absurdist, pop art satire of yakuza films and film noir, Suzuki’s film was a failure on release, leading him to be fired and then blackballed by the studio for making films that made neither sense nor profit. The film rightly became a cult classic with its...
Burbank, CA: Cinema Epoch, 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Text in Japanese. A female golfer tries to perform to the very best of her abilities but must contend with the men in her life, her neighbors, her family and a stalker who will not leave her alone. Pink titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 118 leaves, with...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Text in Japanese. Based on the novel by Haruhiko Oyabu. A police detective tracking down stolen weapons, stumbles upon an underworld feud and turns the tide of the conflict into a full scale massacre. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 37 leaves, with last page of text numbered 36...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in holograph pencil. Small-time deliquent criminals greatly enjoy robbing other people, but fall into big trouble when they accidentally rob the Yakuza. Brown titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves, with last page of text numbered 18. Mechanically reproduced. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine.
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. Obsessed with the teenage trends of the time including going to the beach, jazz music and progressive attitudes toward sex, this film features a gang of high school students having fun at an amusement park, including one harrassing a young woman. He then returns home to his single...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. Two inmates are killed when a police truck is assaulted and the driver is held responsible for negligence. He takes it upon himself to find the bandits which attacked the van. Pink titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 23...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. The first film to be credited to Suzuki by his assumed name, a man released from prison needs money and goes to retrieve diamonds sought after by fellow yakuza members. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 12. Mechanically...
![Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase [Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab] (Original screenplay for the 1961...](/pictures/thumb/141438.jpg?v=1494029243)
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1961. Treatment script for the 1961 film. Text in Japanese. A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who might be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 39 leaves, with last page of text numbered 38. Mechanically reproduced. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus.
![Horus: Prince of the Sun [The Little Norse Prince] (Post-production script for the 1968 film)....](/pictures/thumb/143480.jpg?v=1534366276)
Tokyo: Toei Animation, circa 1968. Vintage post-production script for the animated 1968 Japanese film "Horus: Prince of the Sun," also known under the title "The Little Norse Prince." This listing also includes a pamphlet of character designs for the film. A milestone in the history of Japanese animation, heralded as the first animated feature to successfully disrupt the Walt Disney...
Tokyo: Shinchosha Company, circa 1988. Preparation Draft script for the 1988 Japanese animated film. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1967 short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. Text in Japanese. A draft script of the film, in which the ending had not yet been finalized. "Grave of the Fireflies" follows the final days of two Japanese children during World War II, and though...
![Family Nest [Csaladi Tuzfeszek] (Original promotional script for the 1977 film). Bela Tarr,...](/pictures/thumb/145506.jpg?v=1560892755)
Budapest: Balsz Bela Studio, 1977. Vintage post-production promotional script for the 1977 Hungarian film. Includes a prose narrative describing the film story, reviews, quotes, and critical essays. Text in Hungarian. Easily the most rigidly philosophical promotional script ever issued, with the narrative portion being essentially one long run-on sentence wherein Tarr describes his intentions for his first film. It would be...
Hong Kong: Lee Ming Film Company, 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. 23 x 33 inches (58 x 84 cm). Lightly soiled with a light holograph pencil notation to the verso, else Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Cosmopolitan Film Productions, 1997. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1997 film. A Honk Kong disaster thriller directed by Johnnie To and starring Ching Wan Lau, Alex Fong, and Carman Lee. 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). Near Fine, with light wrinkling.
Hong Kong: China Star Entertainment, 2003. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 2003 film. A Hong Kong thriller that examines the nature of karma. Andy Lau plays Big, an ex-Buddist monk with the unusual ability to see into a person's past and, based on his karma, predict his future. He becomes involved with a murder investigation, specifically with aiding a....
Hong Kong: China Star Entertainment, 2000. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 2000 film. A romantic comedy, the first produced by One Hundred Years of Film, a subsidiary of China Star Entertainment Group. Directed by Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai and starring Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, and Fiona Leung. 38 x 27 inches (97 x 69 cm). Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest Company, 1992. Vintage Hong Kong film poster, for the 1992 film, here under it's original title "Police Story 3: Super Cop." The third of Chan's "Police Story" films, released in the US after the success of his "Rumble in the Bronx," simply as "Super Cop" because the first two films did not see theatrical release in the...
Hong Kong: Golden Princess Film Production Limited, 1989. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1989 film. A loosely connected prequel to director John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow." A falling out between Woo and Hark resulted in Hark directing the film while Woo worked on a separate project. Shot on location in Vietnam. 27.5 x 40.5 inches (70 x 103 cm)...
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest Company, 1995. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1995 film. A young blacksmith apprentice, Ding-on, leaves his post in search of his father's assassin. He is severely injured in the process, and must learn to compensate for his handicap through innovative combat techniques. 27 x 39 inches (69 x 99 cm). Near fine.
Beijing: China Film Co-Production Corporation, 2001. Vintage French poster for the 2001 Chinese film. Directed by Tsui Hark, the film is laden with intense action sequences and elaborate CGI effects. 27 x 38 inches (69 x 97 cm). Light wrinkling to the margins, else Near Fine.
US: Clasa-Mohme / Azteca Films, 1955-1980. Collection of 67 vintage Mexican lobby cards for films released between 1955-1980. Included are lobby cards for 61 Mexican films or co-productions, and 6 international Spanish language films released in Mexico, all of which were distributed by either Clasa-Mohme or Azteca Films. Cards are full color and universally bright, illustrated or photo-illustrated, each with...
Mexico: Various, 1961-1981. Collection of 40 vintage Mexican posters for films released between 1961-1981. The majority of posters feature full color illustrations, but the collection also includes photo-illustration, collage, and other techniques, showcasing the variety of graphic design techniques which evolved over the two decades covered by the collection. Even among the illustrated posters, a variety of styles can be...
Spain: Various, 1961-1976. Collection of 30 vintage posters for Spanish or Spanish co-productions released between 1961-1976. The posters are predominently full color illustrations but also include photo-illustrations and other techniques, showcasing the variety of graphic design techniques which evolved over the decade-plus covered by the collection. Even among the illustrated posters, a variety of styles can be found, as the...
N.p. Cimesa, 1943. Original small Spanish language brochure for the 1943 Mexican film. The second color feature film and the first children's fantasy film produced in Mexico. With a live-action cast set in a fantastical world, the film follows the adventures of Pinocho, the same character revived in Disney's classic 1940 animation. 4.5 x 6 inches (11.5 x 15 cm)...
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest Company, 1993. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1993 film. Jackie Chan is a goofy, self-indulgent private investigator in Wong Jing's 1993 film, based on a Japanese manga of the same name. Shot on location in Hong Kong. 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Chan Ye-Cheng, 1995. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1995 film. Often viewed as a companion piece to Wong Kar-wai's "Chungking Express," the film is divided into two sections: the first focusing on a hit man and his enigmatic "partner," the second, on a prison escapee and his unusual female friend. 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Chan Ye-Cheng, 1995. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1995 film. Often viewed as a companion piece to Wong Kar-wai's "Chungking Express," the film is divided into two sections: the first focusing on a hit man and his enigmatic "partner," the second, on a prison escapee and his unusual female friend. 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Block 2 Pictures, 1997. Vintage Hong Kong poster, for the 1997 film. Wong Kar-wai won Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. A homosexual couple from pre-hand over Hong Kong travels to Argentina to mend their failing relationship. The film explores the mutual destruction that both men inflict upon one another, especially Ho Po-wing, who demonstrates some...
Hong Kong: In-Gear Film Production, 1988. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1988 Hong Kong film. Often compared to Matrin Scorsese's film, "Mean Streets," Wong Kar-wai's debut picture circles around a small time gangster trying to keep his irresponsible little brother out of trouble. 23 x 33 inches (58 x 34 cm). Moderate wrinkling to the margins, else Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest Company, 1993. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1993 film. In a deviation from his typical blend of comedy and action, Jackie Chan plays a psychologically tortured police officer in search of a kidnapped businessman. The plot was inspired by the actual kidnapping of businessman Teddy Wang in 1990. Shot on location in Hong Kong...
Hong Kong: Cinema City, 1989. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1989 film. In a notable deviation from his typical action roles, Chow Yun-fat stars in this character driven Hong Kong crime thriller, in which he plays the son of a recently deceased gang leader. Upon his father's death, he is nominated to assume his late father's role as...
Hong Kong: Film Workshop, 1989. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1989 film. A Hong Kong crime thriller in which an unlikely bond based on mutual moral integrity is forged between a police officer and an assassin. John Woo's admiration for directors Jean-Pierre Mekville and Martin Scorsese is stylistically evident throughout the film. Often compared to Scorsese's "Mean Streets," "The...
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...
Hong Kong: Golden Princess Film, 1990. Vintage French mini poster for the 1990 Hong Kong film. Originally intended as a prequel for Woo's 1986 crime drama "A Better Tomorrow," the 1990 film follows three close friends as they escape Hong Kong and move to war-torn Saigon to engage in a life of crime. Woo and his producer, Tsui Hark, had...
Hong Kong: Film City Co., 1998. Vintage Hong Kong Double Crown poster for the 1998 film. A Hong Kong crime thriller, part of the wave of films following John Woo's 1986 gangster film "A Better Tomorrow." Shot on location in China. 21 x 30 inches (53 x 76 cm). Light wrinkling to the left margin, else Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Hu Tong Communications, 1999. Vintage French mini poster for the 1999 Hong Kong film. Nominated for the Palme d'Or in the Cannes Film Festival. A group of people move from mainland China to Hong Kong with high hopes, and are frustrated by the reality that greets them. Set in Hong Kong. 16 x 21 inches (41 x 53 cm). Near Fine.
Hong Kong: Film Workshop, 1993. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1993 Hong Kong film. Championed by Quentin Tarantino, the film was an international success, bringing legendary Hong Kong director Yuen Woo-ping to the attention of Hollywood, where he went on to choreograph the memorable action sequences in the "Matrix" trilogy, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and the "Kill Bill" films...
N.p. Eastern Productions, 1993. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1993 film. Sequel to "The Legend," released earlier the same year, also starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. Shot on location in China. 21 x 30.5 inches (53 x 77 cm). Near fine.
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest Company, 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 (51 x 76 cm). Near Fine. Weldon 1996.