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.....
Los Angeles: Zenith, 1964. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. All with a stamp noting production No. 65-527 on the verso, and seven with the same stamp on the bottom right corner of the recto. After many years living in northern Italy, a factory worker takes his wife and children.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn and actress Alexandra Stewart on the set of the 1965 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After angering the Mafia, a stand-up comedian (Warren Beatty) finds himself on the run, taking on an alias and heading to Chicago. The film received spotty reviews upon release.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1972. Collection of seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film, including five mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card. Based on the 1970 novel by Wally Ferris, about two New York City cops who become involved in a bloody struggle between the Italian mob, the Harlem mob, and a......
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N.p. United States Productions, Inc, 1959. Revised Estimating script for the 1960 film belonging to actor Martin Landau, here under the working title "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond." Laid in are five carbon typescript pages of script with Landau's name written in holograph ink to upper right and annotations to dialogue of lead character Legs in holograph pencil.....
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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.....
Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1931. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1931 film. With a typewritten snipe affixed to the verso, as issued. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, one of the first (and still, few) genre films to receive a nod. A classic of crime cinema, foundational to much of what would come.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage press kit for the 1954 film, containing one full-color illustrated promotional pamphlet, three black-and-white photographs of cast and crew members holding Academy Awards, and one page of promotional reading material introducing the photographs. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures Industries, 1978. Two studio still photographs from the 1954 film, struck by Columbia Pictures Television in 1978. Housed in a Columbia Pictures Television photos envelope stamped with title. Budd Schulberg based his 1955 novel "Waterfront" on the screenplay. Terry Malloy (Brando), who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage reference photograph of Marlon Brando and Elia Kazan on the set of the 1954 film. Budd Schulberg based his 1955 novel "Waterfront" on the screenplay. Terry Malloy (Brando), who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for the corrupt boss of the local union Johnny (Lee J......
Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures Corporation, 1984. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1984 film. Inspired by James Haskins' 1977 photo history book about the famed Harlem club. An extravagant production with a star-studded cast, the film follows the lives of musicians in the famed Jazz Age in Harlem who become embroiled with various local mobsters. Nominated for two.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Archive of 41 vintage photographs from the 1972 film. Represented in the collection are 24 keybook photographs, four keybook contact photograph sheets, six color reference photographs of actor Marlon Brando, and eleven headshots of Brando in makeup as Don Vito Corleone. Included among the keybook photographs are four color contact sheets, including two sheets with 12 images.....
New York: Crown Publishers, 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).
Paris: Fox Europa, 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Jean Gabin and Alain Delon from the 1969 neo-noir film. With holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton, about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by.....
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Paris: Adel Productions, Circa 1969. Draft script for the 1970 French film noir, here under the working title "Marseille 1930." Text in French. Annotation on front wrapper of release title, written large and boldly in cursive holograph pencil, with working title on title page. Erased annotations in holograph pencil still visible on upper left of title page of names of actors.....
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film, showing actors Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg in an intimate moment. A hitman for the Mafia hides from French drug kingpins at the home of a wealthy ambassador's daughter in Paris. Set and shot on location in New York and Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1956. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1956 French film noir, showing actor Roger Duchesne surrounded by Gallic toughs. With holograph ink annotations to the verso. Faced with an unlucky streak and debts to pay, a former bank robber turned gambler plans a heist of the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend. A key French New.....
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1967. Shooting script for the 1968 film, Edward G. Robinson's copy, with his name written boldly on top right of front wrapper, with the copy number "2," in holograph marker. Annotations to dialogue, primarily Robinson's character Joe, written in holograph blue and graphite pencil throughout. Laid in is a two page "Staff & Crew Sheet,".....
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film, showing Dan O'Herlihy menacing Mickey Rooney. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1959 book by Leo Katcher. A dramatization of the exploits of Arnold Rothstein, a small time gambler during the Prohibition Era who rises through the New York ranks to become an influential.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of actors Alain Delon and Karen Blanguernon counting money in bed, from the 1969 film. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton, about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being.....
Hollywood: Berkshire Productions, Circa 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film, with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker, script containing a few copied annotations, striking dialogue and altering actions. From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel. When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli (Vittorio De.....
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1968. Vintage poster for the 1968 film boldly signed by Kirk Douglas in holograph marker on lower right, adjacent name. Vince Ginetta (Alex Cord), son of powerful Mafia don Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas) returns home from the Vietnam War and is reluctantly dragged back into organized crime. Set and shot on location in Sicily, Italy and New York.....
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, Circa 1954. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1954 US film. Written for the screen by Horace McCoy and W. R. Burnett, with the help of Charles Bennett (a Hitchcock favorite), about a mob killing and a witness, young Louise Graham, who flees to Montana too afraid to.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his holograph ink annotations underlining lines to several pages, and with a letter to Miller from casting and voice director Andrea Romano regarding the project. From the estate of Dick Miller. Based on the 1992-1995 television show "Batman: The Animated Series." The first.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Complete-as-issued set of 15 black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Housed in the original sack envelope as issued, rubber stamped "MEAN STREETS / 15 STILLS / B." 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.....
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. Near Fine. Sack Very Good.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph of director Martin Scorsese on the set of the 1973 film. Lighting equipment is visible in the background, as Scorsese confers with Harvey Keitel and Cesare Danova on a dinner scene. Scorsese's breakthrough film, one of the establishing pillars of New Hollywood cinema, setting the template that would guide the.....
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Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1933. Vvintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1933 film. With a typewritten snipe affixed to the verso, as issued. Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and.....
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Final Draft script for the 1941 film, here under the working title "Corncob Kelly's Benefit." Production No. 301 and copy No. 105 rubber stamped on front wrapper, with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation, in holograph pencil, of two names on verso of page 119. Eight blue revision pages follow.....
New York: Metromedia Producers Corp. 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1973 television film which aired on March 1, 1973 on CBS. Copy belonging to uncredited still photographer Jack Stager, his name in holograph marker on top of the title page with the annotations of production dates "12-11-72 to 12-22-72" in holograph ink, and copy number "17" in holograph green.....
Culver City, CA: National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures, 1974. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 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. Near Fine. Curti,p. 108-109.
N.p. N.p., 1971, 1973. An archive of vintage New York City Police and production memorabilia belonging to director and producer Philip D'Antoni, relating to the filming of "The French Connection" (1971) and "The Seven-Ups" (1973). Collection comprises: wo Police badges, a "Detective" badge with badge number 351, a "City of New York Police Detective DEA [Detectives Endowment Association]" badge in a......
New York: The Disinformation Company, 2007. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Randy Jurgensen to film producer Philip D'Antoni on the front endpaper: "To my friend / What else can I say except I love you / your friend / Randy." With Jurgensen's business card laid in. D'Antoni was a major figure in 1970s New Hollywood Cinema, as the producer of "Bullitt".....
Beverly Hills, CA: Sean Inn, Inc., 1973. Shooting script for the 1973 film, with annotation of copy number "102," in holograph green pencil, on top right of title page. The mafia attempts to muscle in on an African American numbers running ring. Shot on location in Cleveland. Black wrappers with red titles. Title page present, dated Revised May 12, 1973, noted.....
New York: William Morrow, 2005. First Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author to producer Philip D'Antoni on the half-title: "10/1/05 / Dear Phil, / You are truly an icon in American cinema. I can't begin to explain the impact your vision and foresight has had on me and so many others before and after. I value.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967. Collection of three striking vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Roger Corman film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. A dramatization of the 1929 mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang by members of Al Capone's gang, led by George "Bugs" Moran.....
Hollywood: Howco Productions, Circa 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his holograph pencil annotations throughout. Miller was apparently considered for the role of Stanley, as many of Stanley's lines are marked with holograph pencil and then struck through, but was ultimately cast in the role of Ben. The gangster owner of a......
London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Zodiac Productions, 1961. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1961 UK film. Sean Connery stars as Paddy Damion, the best friend of a gangster who is killed in opposition to the extortionist mob that runs a decrepit area of London. Paddy swears revenge on those responsible for his friend's death, and after.....
N.p. Atlas Films, 1976. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1976 film, including five glossy and three matte-finish. A fearless WAVE (Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the US Navy embarks on a mission to find her missing friend, a search which leads her and her fellow WAVEs into a world of illicit Mafia corruption. 10.....
Hong Kong: Cinema City, 1989. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1989 film. In a notable deviation from his typical action roles, Chow Yun-fat stars in this character driven Hong Kong crime thriller, in which he plays the son of a recently deceased gang leader. Upon his father's death, he is nominated to assume his late father's role as.....
Hong Kong: Art Top Movie Productions, 1996. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1996 film. With early appearances for many actors who would go on to become stars in the Hong Kong film scene, Lau's adaptation of the popular comic book series, "Teddy Boy," follows a group of Triad members as they struggle to maintain loyalty and friendship in the.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1979. Vintage pressbook for the 1979 film. Based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick, about a fictitious New York street gang who must travel through the city, from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island, after having been framed for the murder of a well-known gang leader. Upon release the.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Chrislaw Productions, Circa 1962. Archive of material from the 1963 film, including two Draft scripts, a partial script, an 83-page treatment (here noted as a "Scene Breakdown"), four gatherings of revision pages (including two with annotations), and a contact sheet of eleven images. One script is undated and without revisions, likely a first draft. The other script contains.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Philip D'Antoni, bound in full blue leather, with gilt titles and rule, and D'Antoni's name in gilt to the bottom right corner of the front board. D'Antoni was a major figure in 1970s New Hollywood Cinema, as the producer of "Bullitt" (1968), "The.....