Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures Corporation, 1985. Vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. A delightfully crafted depression-era fantasy in which an unhappy wife indulges her knack for escapism through persistently visiting the cinema. Eventually, a handsome character in one of the films she frequents breaks the fourth wall, and what ensues is an unusual and fantastical romantic comedy.....

Culver City, CA: Associated Producers Inc., 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Sequel to Kurt Neumann's "The Fly," and taking place one year after the conclusion of that film. Phillipe Delambre (Brett Halsey) takes up his father's work of matter transmission, and with his uncle Francois (Vincent Price) they accidentally produce a monstrous creature, a man with the head.....

N.p. John Boorman Productions, 1974. Vintage borderless double weight photograph from the 1974 film. Rubber stamp crediting Michel Ciment on the verso. After the critical and commercial success of 1972's "Deliverance," director John Boorman was given almost total creative freedom for his next film. He responded by costuming Sean Connery (in only his second post-Bond film) in red briefs and.....

New York: Playbill, 1942. Vintage playbill for the 1942 Broadway play. Front wrapper illustration by Albert Hirschfeld, SIGNED by Hirschfeld in holograph ink to the front wrapper on the bottom right corner. The first fictional work to introduce the word “robot” and expand on the concept, originally performed in Czech at the Prague National Theatre in 1921. The play made.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1998. Draft script for Season one, episode 11 of the 1998-1999 television series, which originally aired January 29, 1999 on FOX. Copy belonging to actor Brian O'Sullivan who played Brian Reed in the episode, with his name and character on a label tipped onto the front wrapper. A deceased cop is sent back to earth.....

London: Morningside Worldwide Pictures, Circa 1975. Early Revised Draft script for the 1963 British-American film, dated two years prior to its release. First generation reproduction, likely made for educational purposes circa early-mid 1970s, evidenced by the use of a photocopy process (not employed in the UK until the early 1970s). The script's vintage is also evidenced by the postal code.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. During an earthquake, a Cro-Magnon girl (Hannah) is separated from her family and subsequently orphaned. A family of Neanderthals find her and raise her as their own. The film is primarily told through sign language. Nominated for an Academy Award. Filmed on location in British Columbia, Canada. Royal.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1935. Vintage photograph of director Rene Clair on the set of the 1935 film. With the stamp of Pathe-RKO on the verso. Based on the 1935 short story "Sir Tristram Goes West" by Eric Keown, first published in "Punch" magazine, about an American who buys a Scottish castle and has it moved to Florida, unaware.....

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1976. Collection of one vintage reference photograph and one contact sheet containing twelve test shots from the 1976 film, all images publicity shots of actress Caroline Munro for the film.Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1914 fantasy novel, the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1968. Three vintage borderless studio still photographs from the set of the 1968 film. Warner Brothers optioned the musical shortly after its premiere in 1947, but Harburg and Saidy were unwilling to tone down the racial satire to fit studio demands, holding out until the option was about to expire and Warner agreed.....

N.p. N.p., 1980. First Draft script for the 1983 film. Accompanied by a twenty-page German language program and single-page English promotional synopsis for the film. An early draft, written by screenwriter Jeffrey Boam a year after the novel's release at the request of Lorimar Film Entertainment, before they shuttered their film division and the rights went to Dino De Laurentiis.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford, 1981. Final Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. British script for the US-UK co-production, with the address of UK production company Peerford on the title page. The final film to feature creature design and visual effects by pioneering stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, a fitting send off.....

Rome: Cineriz, 1962. Original program for the Italian-French film, undated but issued upon the 1962 premiere. Unfolds to three panels of film synopsis and credits, and full-color film stills of Loren, Ekberg, Schneider and others. A four episode anthology exploring morality and love. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana in a secret marriage (Solinas, Gilioli), a billboard of a blonde woman.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1923. Vintage photograph of Cecil B. Demille, Jeanie Macpherson and Jack Holt on the set of the 1923 film. With holograph annotations and rubber stamp of noted collector Gene Ringgold on the verso.Filmed in two parts, first is the story of Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt to the Promised Land, receiving the tablets and.....

Culver City, CA: Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures, 1988. Vintage reference photograph of director Pen Densham and Joanna Pacula on the set of the 1988 film. Jet-setter model Felice moves in with her long estranged sister, Hilary, and her family, intent on passing a voodoo curse onto Hillary's daughter, Amy.Set in Albany, New York, shot on location in Quebec, Canada. 10 x......

Los Angeles: The Selznick Studio, Circa 1948. Three page post-production Synopsis for the 1948 film, from Selznick Studio Director of Publicity Paul MacNamara, including cast listing and "Suggested Picture Layouts."Based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. "Portrait of Jennie" was painstakingly developed by Selznick International and then released under the auspices of Vanguard Pictures (to whom Selznick International was.....

N.p. Vanguard Films, 1946. Draft script for an unproduced film by screenwriter Mel Dinelli, of note as the screenwriter of Robert Siodmak's 1946 Academy Award winning Horror Noir "The Spiral Staircase," Ted Tetzlaff's 1949 Film Noir "The Window," and Fritz Lang's 1950 Crime Noir "House by the River."Based on the classic 1940 comic fantasy novel by Frank Baker, wherein the.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1979. Collection of five studio still photographs, one of which is a compilation photograph of two images, from the 1979 rerelease of the 1959 film. Based on the story "La Bell au bois Dormant" ("The Sleeping Beauty") from the 1697 book "Histoires ou contes du temps passe," by Charles Perrault, which laid the foundation for.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1966. Collection of 108 vintage contact sheets from the 1966 film with approximately 1100 images. Stills as well as on the set shots.The only film in which Walt Disney received a story credit, as "Retlaw Yensid." Disney's take on Daniel Dafoe's 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe" features Dick Van Dyke as Naval Lieutenant Robin "Rob" Crusoe.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1964. Revised Final script for Season 1 Episode 31 of the 1964-1966 television show "The Outer Limits," originally aired April 27, 1964 on ABC. Robert Duvall plays a disaffected CIA agent sent to infiltrate an alien flying saucer that has crash landed. He finds that the genetic material used to alter his appearance has.....

New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Circa 1947-1948. Draft script for an unknown touring version, circa 1947-1948, of the stage musical originally produced on Broadway. In Tams-Witmark wrappers, a duplicating service associated with scripts printed for touring stage productions.Copy belonging to an uncredited cast member, Donald Burr, with his name in holograph pencil annotation to the title page and annotations to.....

N.p. Produzione Europee Associate (PEA), Circa 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph, with left margin, of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1969 film. Three "Christophe L." provenance stamps on verso. Loosely based on the late first century satire by Gaius Petronius. Fellini's dream-like depiction of first century imperial Rome, in a series of gloriously decadent, extravagant, and.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Federico Fellini directing actress Anita Ekberg on the set of the 1962 Italian film. With the stamp of photographer Paul Ronald on the verso. A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love, directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Mario Monicelli. Fellini's episode, "Le Tentazioni del.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Sophia Loren on the set of the 1962 film, leaning on a camera, with cinematographer Otello Martelli standing just behind her. With the stamp of Pierluigi agency on the verso. A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love, directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and.....

Universal City: Universal Studios, 1990. Early First Draft script for the 2008 film, dated 1990, from screenwriter Robin Swicord. Swicord, who received a joint Story credit with screenwriter Eric Roth in the film's final release, was first hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt Fitzgerald's short story as early as 1985, by 1989 the project moved to Universal Studios with producer.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1954. Final Shooting Script for the 1954 film, with blue, yellow, and green revisions throughout. Based on the 1870 novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. Walt Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was one of the most expensive and ambitious productions of its time. A 200 foot submarine, a 225 pound.....

London: Cinema 5, 1977. Early Draft British script for the 1977 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking Glass" (1871). Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after co-directing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Terry Jones. A comedy in the Python style—and with much of the Python cast—owing much to.....

N.p. N.p., 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two pages, one a letter dated November 4, 1982 and the other a synopsis of the film. Two men survive a nuclear blast in their city, only to be pursued relentlessly by roving bands of Nazi marauders. Set in California. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1982.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1968 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1964 novel by Ian Fleming, about a down-on-his-luck inventor who transforms an old race car into a magical machine and sets off with his children on an adventure. Set in and shot on location in England and France. 10.....

Los Angeles: Hill/Mandelker Films, 1982. Shooting Draft script for the pilot episode of the television series, "Tucker's Witch," here under the working title, and later the rebroadcast title, "The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon." Tim Matheson stars as Rick Tucker, with Catherine Hicks as Amanda Tucker, and together they operate a private detective agency in Hollywood. Amanda happens to be.....

Tokyo: Toho, Circa 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With holograph ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. Annotations relate to the following: (a) names of the chosen cast members, (b) set rehearsals and camera rehearsals, (c) times for.....

Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA, 1924. Vintage program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14, 1924. Contains a brief essay by von Harbou, and three additional short essays on the making of the film. Photo illustrated throughout with stills of characters from the films. Also included is a supplemental program.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films, 1961. Deluxe publicity manual for the 1962 film. Based on H.L. Lawrence's 1960 novel "The Children of Light." An extensive publication, containing cast and crew lists and biographies, a synopsis of the film, stories from the film's production, and captions for still photographs (though the stills are not included with the manual).....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1977. Vintage borderless matte-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1977 film, showing actors Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) walking through a sea of Rebel troops, while director George Lucas, assistant director Anthony Waye, and a camera crew capture the shot in the foreground. A breakaway, blockbuster space epic.....

N.p. N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Luchino Visconti adjusting the hair of actress Romy Schneider.A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love, directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Mario Monicelli. Schneider features in Visconti's episode "Il Lavoro," which follows a wealthy, well-known couple's dissolving marriage after the.....

Paris: Les Films Corona, 1968. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph of actress Ewa Aulin from the set of the 1968 film, showing director Christian Marquand with a hand-held camera, getting a close-up shot of Aulin sitting, fully clothed but soaking wet, on the floor of a shower. With a gold foil title label for the film's French release on.....

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1979. First Edition in hardcover. Preceded by a paperback original, also published by Ballantine Books in 1971. The second installment in Anne McCaffrey's prolific and celebrated "The Dragon Riders of Pern" series. Notable for its shift towards a feminine perspective in science fiction, basically unheard of prior to McCaffrey's influence. "Dragonflight," the first.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1985. First Draft script for the 1987 film, based on the 1984 novel by John Updike. Three dissatisfied women in Eastwick, Rhode Island lament over their misfortunes with men and unknowingly form a coven of witches which eventually summons a man into their presence. The mysterious man shows up randomly one day and buys the largest.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video / Cannon Films, 1994. Draft script for the 1994 film. Here under the working title, "Voices." Chuck Norris does his vigilante thing as no one else can in the this Cannon quickie, but with a horror twist. Two Chicago police officers are investigating the murder of a local Rabbi when their search leads them to.....

New York: Black Cat / Grove Press, 1981. First Combined Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by Andrew Offutt (under his pseudonym) to his son, noted author Chris Offutt: "For Chris / From this John Cleve." From the author's estate. Near Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers (softcover).

New York: Black Cat / Grove Press, 1981. First Combined Edition, first printing. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. Collects two previously published books in a single volume: "Julanar the Lioness" (Book III), and "My Lady Queen" (Book IV). Near Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers (softcover).

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. Based on Charles G. Finney's 1935 fantasy novel "The Circus of Dr. Lao." A magical circus arrives in a small western town, whose inhabitants see themselves reflected in its assemblage of mystical performers and animals. Set in the.....

N.p. San Marco, Circa 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas on the set of the 1969 film. Photographer "Mario Tursi" stamps on versos. Based on the ancient Greek myth, and loosely on the 431 BC play by Euripides, wherein the titular character famously kills her sons as revenge against an unfaithful husband. The.....

Los Angeles: JF Productions, 1982. First Draft script for the 1984 film. Water is the most valuable resource in the distant future. In space opera fashioin, two space pirates begin working for a princess in order to help find her father.Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated June 11, 1982, noted as FIRST DRAFT POLISH, with credits for screenwriter Stewart.....