Beverly Hills, CA: EK Corp. / 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...
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...
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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...
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...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, circa 1966. Draft script for the 1966 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Jack Finney. A band of incompetent treasure hunters (including Frank Sinatra) unsuccessfully attempts to highjack the Queen Mary by utilizing an old World War II Nazi submarine that they find sunk in the Bahamas. Lacking original wrappers. Credits for screenwriter Rod Serling and...
N.p. Carolco Entertainment, 1978. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1978 film. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). 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...
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. . 29.75 x 40 inches (75.5 x....
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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: United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation / Solar Productions, 1968. Two vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1968 caper film. Shown are Steve McQueen and Norman Jewison. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of one photo. 8 x 10.25 inches. Both photos Near Fine.
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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...
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 "Spaghetti 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...
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...
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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...
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1959. Early Draft script, consisting of mixed thermofax printing and ribbon copy typescript, for the 1960 film. One of the most well-loved, classic heist films, "Ocean's Eleven" is the quintessential Rat Pack picture, in which a group of World War II veterans attempt a series of high-profile casino robberies in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve. Steven...
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)...
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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. An ex-bank robber living a straight life in Pamploma, Spain is lured into one final con by his former partner. Shot on location in Spain. Green studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title...
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...
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.....
![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...
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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...
![St. Ives [St. Ives' Big Score] (Original screenplay for the 1976 film). Ross Thomas, Oliver...](/pictures/thumb/137673.jpg?v=1492979748)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives," here under the working title, "St. Ives' Big Score." Brief notation in holograph ink on the title page. Based on the 1972 crime novel, "The Procane Chronicle," by Ross Thomas (writing as Oliver Bleeck). The first of no fewer than ten films director Thompson would make with...
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...
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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...