London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 BBC television special "Chicago in the Roaring Twenties," seen here under the working title "The Bootleggers." Based on British broadcaster and naturalist Kenneth Allsop's 1961 book "The Bootleggers." A BBC special in which the infamous gangster Al Capone's Chicago mafia reign is illustrated in song and dance, directed.....

N.p. N.p., circa 1940s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A corrupt politician places one of his cronies in charge of a boy's home, where he intends to misuse funds in the home's budget. Unluckily for him the crony finds that he has much in common with the unruly boys he's been put in charge of. Tan wrappers. 12 leaves.....

New York: Crown, 1952. First Edition. Basis for Sergio Leone's 1984 mob epic, "Once Upon a Time in America," starring Robert DeNiro and James Woods. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket with none of the usual fading to the spine panel, only a tiny hole at mid-spine (see image).

Culver City, CA: National Screen Service Corp. / Columbia Pictures, 1974. Vintage full-color still photographs from the 1974 US release of the 1974 Italian-American film. Based on a stories by Nicholas Gage (New York Times), about the rise and fall of mobster "Crazy" Joey Gallo. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine.

Rome: Cinecitta / Lux Film, 1958. Collection of 18 vintage borderless single weight film still photographs for the 1958 Italian-Spanish film. Starring actress Schiaffino and costar Suarez are prominently featured, both in action and in heated embrace, including close-up portraits. Notations in holograph pencil, and press agency Dial Press rubberstamps, on the versos, and one photo with a ditto-style mimeo.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Set of 3 black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Scorsese's breakthrough film, one of the establishing pillars of New Hollywood cinema, setting the template that would guide the best of his work to follow. Set in New York City and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1976. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1976 film. Both photographs picture director Scorsese: one borderless candid shot of the director in a Panama hat on the set, the other a studio still from his brief cameo in the film, where he memorably plays an irate passenger. A film that would prove to be the.....

Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film noir.The story of real life detective Joe Petrosino, an Italian NYPD detective who worked from 1906-1909 trying to put an end to the Mafia's protection rackets. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with receipt removed, dated September 25, 1959, with credits for screenwriter Richard Collins. 137 leaves, with last.....