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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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.....

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).....

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.....

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. 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.....

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.....

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.....