Burbank, CA: Warner-Pathe, Circa 1951. Vintage photograph showing two shots from the 1951 film struck onto the single print. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a Warner-Pathe stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1950 novel. A Hitchcock classic, wherein two passengers on a train form a partnership.....

N.p. N.p., 1957. Oversize double weight photograph of screenwriter Ben Hecht standing with his boss, producer and mogul extraordinaire David O. Selznick, on a snow covered set in the Italian Alps during the 1957 filming of Selznick's "A Farewell to Arms." Based on the 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway, directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1954. Final script for the 1954 television special, an anthology of stories commemorating the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison. An ambitious undertaking, with adaptations and original stories by G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Gordon, Irwin Shaw, Max Shulman, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain. Much of the script doctoring and.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1990s. Photograph of Truman Capote and Anita Loos at the El Morocco Club, New York City, July 11, 1956, struck circa 1990s. "PPCM," "Corbis-Bettmann" labels, and a third obscured label on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955. First Edition, two volumes bound in red cloth housed in a black cloth covered slipcase. Issued for Carl Van Vechten's 75th birthday. Warmly INSCRIBED by Van Vechten on the front endpaper of the first volume to noted screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita with admiration and love from Carl / Christmas, 1955 / New York.".....

Los Angeles: Springfield Productions, circa 1957. Original story treatment script for an unproduced 1957 film by legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, based on an idea by producer Alec March, with screenwriter Ben Perry fronting the script for the blacklisted Trumbo. Written in the prose style of most treatments. Trumbo bought out the rights of March and Perry, and sold the film.....

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1939. Estimating script for the 1939 film.In his 1970 biography of Nathanael West, Jay Martin notes: "On June 6, 1938, [West] was hired for his 'established' salary of $350 a week by RKO Pictures—the first of five major studios to employ him—to make a screenplay from an original story by Richard Carroll. Putting everything.....

N.p. N.p., 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film, written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman.Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel, and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1935. Vintage portrait photograph of noted screenwriter Frances Goodrich, circa 1935. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Alongside her creative partner and husband Albert Hackett, Goodrich was responsible for many of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's biggest hits.....

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1940. Estimating script for the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Christopher Morley, about a scrappy young woman who falls in love with the handsome scion of an old Philadelphia family, but faces the disapproval of his parents, leading to the dissolution of their relationship. A breakthrough role for Ginger Rogers, who.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1977. Final Draft script for the November 7, 1977 television episode, "The Crypt," season 1, episode 7 of the science fiction series "Logan's Run." This episode is based on an original story by Harlan Ellison. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member named Chuck Sereci, with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper.....

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.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film, showing actress Shelley Winters. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, a lawyer meets three fellow travelers, all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer.....

N.p. N.p., circa 1970s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three page "Author's Note on the script: ..." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973), "The.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director John Huston and screenwriter Arthur Miller on the set of the 1961 film. A famously difficult shoot, and just as famously, the final film of both Clark Gable's and Marilyn Monroe's careers, it also ranks among their best work, as it does for co-stars Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach, and director.....

Hollywood: Republic Pictures, 1938. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1938 film. Featuring images of Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, and others. Written for the screen by Nathanael West. Ralph Byrd and Ward Bond play two rough and tumble truckers who agree to take a dangerous load of dynamite to a city in danger of being.....

Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures / Vanguard Films, 1946. An archive of 3 scripts relating to an unproduced film version of "Joan of Arc" developed by Selznick International Pictures and Vanguard Films. The archive includes:Early partial treatment (but complete as issued) for an unproduced film, "Joan of Arc," written for the screen by Ben Hecht. The treatment ends with Joan.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Archive of loose typescript materials for four unproduced television series. Two pages signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen, and many pages with holograph ink and pencil annotations by him, noting editorial and substantive revisions. Included in the collection are treatment drafts and draft script pages for four television series: one show called "Play Ball," a quiz show.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], Circa 1960s. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. Signed on the title page by screenwriter Larry Cohen. A crime series loosely based on "Tarzan," about a semi-feral, highly agile man who captures criminals in the Amazon Rainforest. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen, best known for his blaxploitation films "Bone" (1972).....

New York: Plautus Productions, 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1963 television episode, which originally aired on October 17, 1963, on CBS. Holograph ink annotations by screenwriter Larry Cohen to the first 19 pages, noting substantive revisions, and Cohen's playful annotation to the title page, crossing through "The Nurses" and writing "Florence Nightmare" (possibly a working title) over the printed.....

New York: Filmways, 1964. Draft script for the 1964 television episode, seen here under the working title "Fade Away," which originally aired on April 18, 1964, on CBS. Signed on the title page by screenwriter Larry Cohen, below an annotation noting the episode name. The series, which ran from 1961-1965, followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team.....

N.p. N.p., 1979-1997. Archive of 22 pieces of correspondence between writer Larry Gelbart and director Robert Parrish, consisting of nine typescripts, six of which are INSCRIBED, plus three autographed letters signed, one typed letter signed, and six autographed notes from Gelbart to Parrish, as well as three outgoing carbons of letters written from Parrish to Gelbart and a seven-page typescript.....

New York: Francis Productions, Inc, circa 1968. First Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to Frank Perry, with his name in red holograph ink on the title page. Perry considered making the film, but it was ultimately directed by Christian Marquand. This draft is credited solely to Southern, though Buck Henry was ultimately given full credit for the.....

Cambridge, MA: American Repertory Theater, 1991. Revised draft script for the 1991 play. INSCRIBED by playwright Larry Gelbart: "4-30-91 / Tom - As promised - changes will be made as rehearsals and previews dictate but, basically, this is it — best, Larry Gelbart." Debuted at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 24, 1991.A dark satire influenced by.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1990. Revised Shooting Script for the 1991 film.Harrison Ford stars as Henry Turner, an unscrupulous New York corporate lawyer, who is shot during a convenience store robbery, leaving him with retrograde amnesia and virtually paralyzed. As he recovers at home, under the care of his wife Sarah, played by Annette Bening, and his eleven year old daughter.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1965-1966. Archive of material belonging to screenwriter Mann Rubin from the 1968 film. Included in the archive are one Treatment script dated June 4, 1964, two Treatment scripts dated 2/23/65, one Treatment script dated March 19, 1965, one Draft script dated October 1, 1965, and one Final script dated March 1, 1966. 1965. Additionally included in.....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1958. Archive of material for the 1958 television episode, which originally aired on August 13, 1958, on NBC, including one Revised First Draft script, a ten-page typescript treatment, and approximately 70 unnumbered typescript draft leaves. Revised First Draft script, treatment script, and one draft page signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen, with Cohen's holograph annotations.....

London: Unviersal International Pictures, 1961. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 US film. Based on Howard Rigsby's novel, "Sundown at Crazy Horse," about a cowboy who, on the lam from the law, travels to visit an old flame in Mexico, only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1974. Vintage borderless studio still photograph, with bottom margin, of Roman Polanski from the 1974 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. A definitive entry in the New Hollywood canon and a worthy rival to director Roman Polanski’s 1968 masterpiece “Rosemary’s Baby." Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, winning one for Best Original Screenplay for Robert Towne. Set in.....

N.p. N.p., 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman, who played the character of Lewis in this production, with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in holograph ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays, and thus.....

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Southern to noted producer Si Litvinoff on the front endpaper: "To Seymour and Joy with greatest admiration / Terry Southern." The two men collaborated on an unproduced version of "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), to be produced by Litvinoff and adapted for the screen by Southern, based on the 1962 novel by.....

N.p. N.p., circa 1979. Composite typescript by Terry Southern, with paste-ups, white-outs, holograph corrections, etc. 5 pages, complete and unpublished. An outline for a film version of Southern's novel, "Blue Movie."The film outline appears to be unique and unpublished, a parallel piece of sorts to "Outline for Blue Movie," an essay about the novel (not the film version), written in.....

New York: Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1976. Draft script for the 1977 Broadway play, dated 1976, which premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 6, 1977, then moved to the Belasco Theatre on April 12, 1977 and closed on June 11, 1977, for a total of 122 performances. Copy belonging to actor Jim Staskel, who was a stand-in for Kenneth.....

New York: Jack Rollins - Charles H. Joffe Production, Circa 1969. Early Draft script for the 1969 film by uncredited screenwriter Marshall Brickman, with annotations on six pages in holograph ink, and two issuances of page 79A laid in, ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript, respectively.Screenwriter-director Brickman is best known for his four screenwriting collaborations with Woody Allen, "Sleeper" (1973).....