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... (read more) about 11 Harrowhouse (Original screenplay for the 1974 film)

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... (read more) about Going in Style [Stepping Out] (Two original screenplays for the 1979 film)

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.... (read more) about The Blackbird [The Mocking Bird] [The Black Bird] (Original screenplay for the 1926 film)

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... (read more) about Topkapi (Collection of 16 lobby cards from the 1964 film)

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. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Serling and... (read more) about Assault on a Queen (Original screenplay for the 1966 film)

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. (read more) about The Silent Partner (Three original photographs from the 1978 film)

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... (read more) about A Thousand Several Tongues (Screenplay for the an uproduced film)

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... (read more) about The Thomas Crown Affair [The Crown Caper] (Original screenplay, signed by Norman Jewison)

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... (read more) about Catlow (Original screenplay for the 1971 film)

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 notations throughout. Lawford owned the rights to the film, and accompanying this script is a signed note written on his... (read more) about Ocean's Eleven [11] [Oceans Eleven or And the Angels Sing] (Original screenplay for the 1960...

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... (read more) about Loot (Original poster for the 1970 British film)

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... (read more) about The Detail (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

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... (read more) about Ambush [I Robbed a Bank] (Original screenplay for the 1939 film)

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... (read more) about Harry and Walter go to New York (Original screenplay for the 1976 film, producer Tony Bill's copy)

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... (read more) about The Seventh Coin [King Herod's Children] (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)

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... (read more) about St. Ives [St. Ives' Big Score] (Original screenplay for the 1976 film)

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... (read more) about The Hot Rock (Collection of five original photographs from the 1972 film)

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... (read more) about Gambit (Original double weight photograph of Shirley MacLaine from the 1966 film)