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.....
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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.....
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.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1973. Second Draft script for the 1974 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Gerard Dery, with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. One of the greatest crime films of the twentieth century and arguably a better film than its predecessor, Part II functions dually as both prequel and sequel in continuing.....
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.....
Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1933. Collection of 1 vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1933 film. With a typewritten tag 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.....
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Los Angeles: Blake Edwards Entertainment, Circa 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film, here under the working title "The Music Box." The second page of the script is a statement from Blake Edwards expressing his intent of utilizing "broad improvisation," and leaving the concise script with relatively minimal dialogue. Noted in the AFI Catalog. Inspired by the classic, and Academy Award.....
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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: 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).
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......
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.....
Los Angeles: Zenith, 1964. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 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.....
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.....
Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1931. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the US release of the 1931 film. With a typewritten tag 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.....
Culver City, CA: National Screen Service / 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. Near Fine.
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,".....
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.....
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.....
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. A highlight of the Blaxploitation era, following two New York City cops who become involved in a bloody struggle between the Italian.....
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.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1952. Mini-poster for a circa 1952 re-release of the 1949 film. One of the great gangster films, based on an original screen story by screenwriter Virginia Kellogg, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. 8.25 x 13.25 inches. Very Good. Light toned, with tape residue to the top and bottom edges, a couple of.....
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.....