Hollywood: Berkshire Productions, Circa 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film, with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker, script containing a few copied annotations, striking dialogue and altering actions. From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel. When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli (Vittorio De.....
Beverly Hills, CA: EK / United Artists, Circa 1974. Early Draft British script for the 1974 British heist film. Based on Gerald Browne's 1972 novel, adapted by Charles Grodin. Howard Chesser (Grodin) is a diamond merchant supervising the cutting of a large and rare diamond. When the diamond is stolen, he is blackmailed and pulled into a jewel heist at.....
London: Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures, 1961. Draft British script for the 1961 film "Bomb in the High Street" seen here as "Bomb in High Street." An elaborate and highly entertaining British thriller in which a Nazi-era bomb is found in an English town. A bomb squad is called in, but the men in the squad are not who they seem, and.....
New York: H.B.L. Productions, 1972. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film called "Such Men Are Dangerous," written by Lorenzo Semple, Jr., based on a novel by "J.O. Kerr" (joker), the pseudonym originally used by Lawrence Block for his 1969 titular novel, but the novel was released as written by Paul Kavanagh, the lead character of the script and another.....
![Going in Style [Stepping Out] (Two original screenplays for the 1979 film). Martin Brest, Edward...](/pictures/thumb/133649a.jpg?v=1418081667)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1978, 1979. A Final Draft and a Revised Draft script for the 1979 film "Going in Style," seen here as "Stepping Out." Based on the short story "Here on a Visit" by Edward Cannon. Copies belonging to producer Tony Bill with his signature in black holograph ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill producer." Included.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1924. Continuity Draft script for the 1925 film. Studio File Copy, rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. Brief notation on one page in holograph pencil. Based on Tod Robbins' 1917 novel, a classic of horror fiction about a trio of circus freaks who escape captivity in the circus, open a curiosity shop, and use it as.....
![The Blackbird [The Mocking Bird] [The Black Bird] (Original screenplay for the 1926 film). Tod...](/pictures/thumb/140430.jpg?v=1492980533)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1925. Draft script for the 1926 silent film "The Blackbird," seen here under the working title "The Mocking Bird." Lon Chaney again serves as a versatile "man of a thousand faces," here playing the role of high-profile thief The Blackbird who lives a double-life as a beloved local bishop. He falls in love with a......
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Likely unique copy from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] library, with the following identification markers on the front endpaper (1) a standard 1950s-era MGM receipt label affixed to the center of the page, (2) three rubber stamps running down the center that read "VAULT COPY," (3) three rubber stamps (each marked through) also running.....
![La Sortie de Versailles [Leaving Versailles] (Original screenplay for an unproduced film). Hubert...](/pictures/thumb/147427.jpg?v=1590295337)
N.p. N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. An unassuming couple accidentally overhears a gang's plans to rob a bank, and decide to personally interfere, with the end goal of securing the money for themselves. Screenwriter Hubert Cornfield was best known as a director for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1950s and 60s. From the estate of.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Filmways Pictures / United Artists, 1964. Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards from the French release of the 1964 US film. Based on the 1962 novel by Eric Ambler, about a con man forced to help a group of thieves steal a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. Peter Ustinov won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for.....
N.p. British Lion Film Corporation, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph of Maurice Denham and Lionel Jeffries, with Peter Sellers, David Lodge, and Bernard Cribbins behind, from the 1960 film. Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers) and two of his prison mates plan to break out of prison the day before their release, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back in before.....
N.p. Carolco, 1978. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1978 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Complete collation details available on request.
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.....
N.p. N.p., 2000. Draft script for the 2002 film printed on all red leaves, with annotations in holograph pencil on three pages referring to location and sound effects (e.g., "gas hissing"). Loosely inspired by Terence Young's 1967 film "Wait Until Dark," starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Recently divorced Meg Altman (Jodi Foster) and her diabetic.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1973. Original British quad poster for the 1973 US film. Harry (Coburn) is a professional pickpocket who teaches Ray (Sarrazin) and Sandy (Devere) the ways of the trade, and how to work as a team. Ray and Sandy are good, but Harry is better... until he is caught. . 30 x 40 inches, folded as.....
![First Name: Carmen [Prenom Carmen] (Original photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film)....](/pictures/thumb/150041.jpg?v=1601614549)
Paris: Interpress, 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement, with typos, on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank, but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and.....
N.p. Sara Films, 1983. Vintage reference photograph from the 1983 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank, but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris.....
![First Name: Carmen [Prenom Carmen] (Original photograph of Jean-Luc Godard from the US release of...](/pictures/thumb/151105.jpg?v=1608072614)
N.p. International Spectrafilm Distribution, 1984. Vintage reference photograph of Jean-Luc Godard and Valerie Dreville from the 1984 US release of the 1983 French film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank, but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and.....
![The Nabob Affair [Au Voleur] (Original screenplay for the 1960 film). Ralph Sacha Guitry Habib,...](/pictures/thumb/138391.jpg?v=1492979942)
Paris: Omnifilms, Circa 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film "The Nabob Affair" here under the French title, "Au Voleur!" (translated: Thief!). Written by Sacha Guitry but subsequently reworked by Jean Bernard-Luc, and released after Guitry's death. Laid in are eight pages detailing production, including sets and shooting times, from Sacha Guitry, carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rubber-stamped "Carlton Cole,".....
Norway: Shamrock Studio, Circa 1971. Vintage Norwegian one sheet poster for the 1970 UK film. Distributor annotations on the verso in holograph ink. Bank-heist film following Mr. Graham (Baker), an assistant bank manager, who meets Lady Britt Dorset (Andress). They devise a plan to rob the bank, involving counterfeit money, and a close call with the local inspector. Set in.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film, showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored, kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the.....
![The Thomas Crown Affair [The Crown Caper] (Original screenplay, signed by Norman Jewison). Norman...](/pictures/thumb/118801.jpg?v=1497555031)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation, 1967. First Draft script for the 1968 film, here under its working title, "The Crown Caper." INSCRIBED on the title page by director and producer Norman Jewison: "To — / With regards / Norman Jewison." Written for the screen by Alan R. Trustman and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. At.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Kim Novak from the 1955 film. "1955 Columbia Pictures" stamp, photo credit stamp for [Irving] "Lippman" and mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1954 novel by Jack Finney. Four buddies enjoying a night on the town in Reno get the idea that robbing a casino would be an intellectual challenge.....
Hollywood: Self published, 1980. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film called "Instant Withdrawal," written by Anton Kothuis (as Anton Kothuys), whose film credits include "Overload" (1972), "The Assault" (1986), and television movies "Gossamer" (1980), and "Kopzeer Aan Die Waanzee" (1985). A story about a young group of filmmakers who decide to rob a bank to fund their project for.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 Euro-Western (aka "Euro Western") film, a US-UK co-production shot in Spain. Notations throughout in holograph pencil. Euro-Westerns were made quickly and on tight budgets, and scripts for them are rare. Based on L'Amour's 1963 novel. Catlow (Brynner) is a renegade outlaw determined to pull off a gold heist.....
![The] Golden Rendezous (Original screenplay for the 1977 film). Ashley Lazarus, Ann Turkel Richard...](/pictures/thumb/147368.jpg?v=1603781051)
New York: Film Trust Overseas, 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. With a single holograph notation to the title page noting the number 26. Based on Alistair Maclean's 1962 novel, wherein a crew of a luxury liner foils the attempts of a group of international hijackers to use the ship as bait to steal gold bullion from a US.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1975 film, mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card, showing actors Charles Durning, Penelope Allen, and Al Pacino. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann, which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece, a snapshot.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film, mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card, showing actor Charles Durning shouting into a megaphone. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann, which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece, a snapshot of New.....
![The Thief of Paris [Le Voleur] (Collection of 21 original double weight photographs from the 1967...](/pictures/thumb/152383.jpg?v=1618523165)
N.p. N.p., Circa 1967. Collection of 21 vintage borderless double weight photographs from the 1967 film. Many with the stamp of still photographer Vincent Rossel on the verso, one with the stamp of Globe Photos, and one with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle, a young man embarks.....
![The Thief of Paris [Le Voleur] (Two original double weight photographs of Louis Malle, Paul...](/pictures/thumb/149639.jpg?v=1599279956)
Paris: Nouvelles editions de films, 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo (who is in costume) conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film, as well as holograph annotations regarding layout, on the verso. The.....
London: ITC Entertainment, 1979. Collection of 6 vintage full color British lobby cards from the 1979 international film. Produced in Italy, the UK, Brazil, and the US. Jewel heist gone wrong in piranha-infested waters, with a band of thieves struggling to find cohesion. Shot on location in Brazil. Hot on the tail of Joe Dante's satirical horror film, "Piranha," itself.....
![Un Flic [A Cop] (Four original photographs of Jean-Pierre Melville, Catherine Deneuve, Alain...](/pictures/thumb/149967.jpg?v=1604282856)
N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Four borderless reference photographs (one oversize) of Jean-Pierre Melville, Catherine Deneuve, Alain Delon, and Richard Crenna on the set of and on location for the 1972 film. A police detective, played by Delon in a switch from his usual criminal roles in Melville pictures, is on the trail of a gang of thieves, unaware that they are.....
![Ocean's Eleven [11] [Oceans Eleven or And the Angels Sing] (Original screenplay for the 1960...](/pictures/thumb/133731.jpg?v=1571076600)
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.....
England: Cinevision Films, 1970. Original British quad poster for the 1970 British film. Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. Distributor notation in holograph ink on the verso. Based on Joe Orton's 1965 play. Two young thieves, Hal (Roy Holder) and Dennis (Bennett), rob a bank and stash the loot in a coffin. Unfortunately, the body in the coffin often.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1967. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the 1967 release of the 1966 film. Cropping annotations on the verso. Scheming career cat burglar Harry Dean (Caine) prepares to steal a priceless statue from the world's richest man, with the assistance of Eurasian showgirl Nicole Chang (MacLaine). Harry's plan seems foolproof as he conveys the details.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Detail," with no screenwriter credited, about a gold bar heist from a TWA flight in Los Angeles, and stolen money and counterfeit bills in London. Brief notation in holograph ink on the title page, noting that the script is to be returned to "Mr. Ladd at.....
New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures, Circa 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts, side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger, and various headline suggestions. Dillinger (Tierney) robs a store, meets fellow gangster Specs (Lowe) in jail, and continues his heists once freed from prison, this time with a moll named Helen (Jeffreys).....
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1967. Shooting script for the 1968 film, Edward G. Robinson's copy, with his name written boldly on top right of front wrapper, with the copy number "2," in holograph marker. Annotations to dialogue, primarily Robinson's character Joe, written in holograph blue and graphite pencil throughout. Laid in is a two page "Staff & Crew Sheet,".....
![Ambush [I Robbed a Bank] (Original screenplay for the 1939 film). S. J. Perelman, Kurt Neumann,...](/pictures/thumb/135920.jpg?v=1515181446)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Revised White script for the 1939 film, seen here with the title "I Robbed a Bank," which has been stricken through on the title page. A gang attempts a bank robbery, only to find that one of the gang member's sisters works there. The gang abducts her and a truck driver while attempting their getaway, and.....
Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1966 novel by William P. McGivern. Included is a mimeograph letter signed from Harold Berowitz to Arnold Burk regarding Peter Lawford's salary for starring in the film. An ex-bank robber living a straight life in Pamploma, Spain is lured into one final con by his.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, ca. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to producer Tony Bill, with his signature in black holograph ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill exec. producer." Also included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. A star-studded film in which a third-rate vaudeville duo decides to attempt a large.....
N.p. N.p., 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Criminals plan a massive theft from a military air base in order to secure the materials to build a nuclear warhead. Screenwriter Josef Shaftel was better known for "The Biggest Bundle of them All" (1968). Set in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated June 15.....
N.p. Stanley Chase Productions. Draft script for an unproduced film. Barney Slater was a screenwriter best known for "Cahill U.S. Marshal" (1973), "The Tin Star" (1957), and "Lost in Space" (1965-1968). A father and son scam duo pay off a pilot to fly close to the water in order for them to push a container of gold down below, so.....
![The Seventh Coin [King Herod's Children] (Original screenplay for the 1993 film). Dror Soref,...](/pictures/thumb/138021.jpg?v=1492979836)
N.p. Self published, 1982. Early Draft script for the 1993 film, "The Seventh Coin," here under the working title, "King Herod's Children," dated a full decade before the film's release. Credited on the title page to Kikuo Kawasaki, for an original concept. An Arab boy (Chowdhry) meets a beautiful American tourist (Powers) in modern-day Jerusalem. By accident, the two are.....
![Mug Town [Skidrow] (Original screenplay for the 1942 film). Ray Taylor, Lewis Amster Brenda...](/pictures/thumb/130910.jpg?v=1497985647)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film "Mug Town," seen here under the working title "Skidrow." A crew of teenage tramps finds themselves about to be framed for a freight heist, and must clear their names of the charges. Once they are able to do so, they enlist in the US Army in order to.....
New York: National General Pictures, Circa 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw and Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1972 film Printed snipe on the verso. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers, a ballet of violence, and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made.....
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.....
![The Hot Rock [How to Steal a Diamond] (Original British poster for the 1972 film). Donald E....](/pictures/thumb/139958.jpg?v=1492980408)
England: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972. Original British quad poster for the 1972 American film, "The Hot Rock," here under the British release title, "How to Steal a Diamond." Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. Distributor notation in holograph ink on the verso. New Hollywood director Yates' adaptation of Westlake's 1970 novel "The Hot Rock." Dortmunder (Redford) and Kelp (Segal) are.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage double weight, borderless still photograph of actress Shirley MacLaine from the 1966 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Although not indicated on the photograph, shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer.....
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.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates, cinematographer Ed Brown, and other crew members manning a camera setup on the set of the 1972 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. One of the most engaging and hilarious crime films of the early 1970s, a bright gathering of New Hollywood cinema's finest, including actor Robert.....