N.p. N.p., 1945. Vintage reference photograph of actor Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man for the film "House of Dracula" (Erle C. Kenton, 1945), getting his makeup applied by legendary Universal Pictures makeup artist Jack Pierce, circa 1940s. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.Chaney appeared as the Wolf Man in five Universal monster mash-up films.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Steven Spielberg and director Joe Dante on the set of the 1984 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso.The story of a family besieged by small, troublemaking creatures that wreak havoc on their town over the Christmas holiday. Criticism of the film's blend of horror and comedy caused.....

Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1960. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1960 film. Mimeo snipe affixed on the verso. Based on a story by Ben Pivar and Francis Rosenwald. A doctor journeys to Africa with his wife, hoping to obtain an anti-aging drug promised him by a native woman.8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with short creases.....

N.p. Hammer Film Productions, 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs (two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs) from the 1959 film.Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images.Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film, Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" (1940) and "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942), with.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Outpost Productions / Multicom Entertainment, 1994. Revised Shooting script for the 1995 film "Mind Ripper," seen here under the title "Wes Craven Presents: The Outpost." Round robin copy, SIGNED on the front wrapper by director Joe Gayton, producers Jonathan Craven and Peter Shepherd, cast members Lance Henriksen, Adam Solomon, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, and Dan Blom.....

Los Angeles: American-International Pictures, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film, here under the working title "The Spider." SIGNED by director Bert I. Gordon. With holograph pencil annotations throughout. Fodder for for an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Season 4, Episode 13, Sept 14, 1991), where Gordon was resurrected as a master of bad taste.Small-town teenagers and their high.....

Austin, Texas: Vortex, 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing director Tobe Hooper coaching actress Marilyn Burns in between shots, with cinematographer Daniel Pearl adjusting the camera in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget.....

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1945. Vintage photograph of Onslow Stevens lighting Lon Chaney, Jr.'s way up a macabre stone stairway from the 1945 film. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon, a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein," which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters, all in Dracula's house, including the Prince of Darkness himself (John Carradine), the.....

London: Hammer Films, 1964. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso, noting the film's German title, "Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore."A small village in the early twentieth century is terrorized by Megaera the Gorgon, a......

Italy: Dania Film, Circa 1978. Draft script for the 1979 Italian film, "L'isola degli uomini pesce" (Island of the Fishmen), here under the working title, "Volcano Island." Rereleased in America in 1980 as "Something Waits in the Dark," and again in 1981 as "Screamers," by Roger Corman's New World Pictures, and in 2009 under its directly translated title "Island of.....

N.p. N.p., 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and Mia Farrow in front of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Ave, New York City, during the filming of the 1968 film.Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski on the set of the 1968 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Of note, the Paramount Pictures mimeo snipe announces that playing with "Rosemary's Baby" is the Neil Simon "laugh hit, 'The Odd Couple.'" Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best.....

Universal City: Universal Studios, 1955. First Draft script for the 1956 film. With a few holograph ink annotations throughout, mostly correcting grammatical and spelling errors, and a holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper reading "File Copy."The third and final installment in the Creature from the Black Lagoon series, and longtime Universal Pictures assistant director Arthur Sherwood's directorial debut. Having.....

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1943. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney, Jr. and Louise Allbritton from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe and "Photofest" label, obscuring a "Carlos Clarens Collection" stamp, on the verso. The third Dracula film from the Universal Classic Monster series, preceded by "Dracula" (1931), directed by Tod Browning, starring Bela Lugosi, and "Dracula's Daughter" (1936), directed by.....

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1941. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film, showing Lon Chaney Jr. in costume as the eponymous Wolf Man, getting groomed by makeup artist Jack P. Pierce. A man visiting his ancestral home in Wales is bitten by a strange, wolf-like creature, leading to his occasional, moonlit transformation into a bloodthirsty werewolf. Universal Pictures' second.....