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.....

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.....

N.p. Amicus Productions, 1969. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Charles Eric Maine, and one of the classics from Amicus Productions in the 1960s. A man has been in a coma since birth, and awakens for the first time at the age of 30 with the mind of an infant. Set in London.....

Paris: France Cinema, 1961. Collection of 9 vintage borderless black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film, here under the original French title, "Les Mongols." Rubber-stamps on the versos, crediting photographer Dorka and street address. Palance and Ekberg are present in a few photos, including two candid images of Ekberg. Housed in brown envelope and fold, both with French film.....

New York: Ace Books, 1984. Vintage paperback. Later printing. Based on Robert E. Howard's "Conan" stories, "Cormac mac Art" is a king by birth, a "freebooter" by choice, and a man destined for greatness. Written by Andrew J. Offutt (a few co-authored by Keith Taylor), who wrote sleaze paperbacks as John Cleve, Turk Winter, and other pseudonyms. From the author's.....

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).

Dharma Productions, 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. Escaping her recent divorce and death of her child, Leslie, an American, ends up in India where Buddhism has its roots, Banhasa, along the banks of the Ganges. A mysterious man gives her a ring that will not come off her finger, with a strange symbol on it, later revealed to.....

N.p. Self published, 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Dracula," written and originally to have been directed by Ken Russell. Based on Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel of vampire vengeance. Copy belonging to editor Rik Friday, who worked with Russell in post-production on "Altered States" (1980). Blue wrappers with paper spine label. Title page present, dated July 21.....

N.p. Cimesa, 1943. Original small Spanish language brochure for the 1943 Mexican film. The second color feature film and the first children's fantasy film produced in Mexico. With a live-action cast set in a fantastical world, the film follows the adventures of Pinocho, the same character revived in Disney's classic 1940 animation. 4.5 x 6 inches. Fine.

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.....

N.p. 5 Continents, 1976. Vintage oversize borderless studio still photographs from the 1976 film.Bizarre 1970s softcore sci-fi film about disembodied aliens from the dying planet Spermula who take the form of Earth women to collect semen to save their planet. featuring Udo Kier 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus, pinholes at the corners else clean and bright.

Glendale, CA: Roy A. Squires, 1974-1977. First Xiccarph Editions, each copy number No. 20 of variously sized limitations, and each in the original publisher's titled envelope with the corresponding limitation number. Laid in to Volume Five is a "Notes to accompany The Fanes of Dawn and Seer of the Cycles ..." from publisher Squires regarding changes to design and type.Each.....

N.p. N.p., 1977. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1977 French film, showing actress Sylvia Kristel variously with director Claude Chabrol, and actors Charles Vanel and Jean Carmet.A young woman in the process of leaving her husband discovers her car's windshield has mysteriously shattered, forcing her to spend the night at an isolated mansion.....

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.....

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.....

N.p. Coscarelli / Pepperman, 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. An internally duplicated copy made during production, with an old paper clip rust stain on one page which bleeds through five additional pages. Loosely based on the 1959 novel "The Beast Master" by Andre Norton. Horror maestro Don Coscarelli's sword and sorcery cult classic, which has since spurred two.....

London: Unviersal International Pictures, 1954. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1954 US film. Similar to the Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) epics, this film centers on a Roman centurion's (Jeff Chandler) attempts to prevent Attila the Hun (Jack Palance) from conquering Rome. A story set in Eastern Europe, shot at Universal Studios in.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1952. Vintage publicity photograph of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) and young actor Tommy Rettig from the 1953 film.The only feature film written by Geisel (Dr. Seuss), who wrote the story, co-wrote the screenplay and the lyrics to songs. A Technicolor musical fantasy about a boy (Rettig) who dreams he is a world ruled by.....

N.p. SITO-STAMPA STOJKOV/NOVI SAD, Circa 1971. Vintage Yugoslavian two-color silkscreen half-sheet poster from the 1971 film, with the film title in Serbo-Croatian, French, German, and English. A whirlwind hybrid of documentary, detournement, and fiction, Yugoslavian filmmaker Dusan Makavejev explores the relationship between Eastern European communist politics and sex. Beginning as a documentary investigation into the life and work of controversial.....

Glendale, CA: Jim Danforth, Circa mid 1970s. Draft script for an unproduced film, SIGNED on the title page by screenwriter and stop-motion animator Jim Danforth, circa mid 1970s.Special effects artist James Danforth is a stop-motion animator and matte painter, best known for his work as designer, director, and animator of visual effects for the 1970 Hammer Film production of "When.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1988. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 Yugoslavian film. With stamps specific to the film's French release on the verso. A coming-of-age film which follows a young Romani man who discovers he has telekinetic powers, but is tricked into using his abilities to aid a criminal gang in Milan. Nominated for the Palme.....

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.....

N.p. N.p., 1965. Collection of four vintage black and white reference photographs from the 1965 Italian-French film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, one with holograph ink and pencil annotations on the verso regarding cropping and layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.A middle-aged woman experiences a variety of strange visions and.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph of an animated Federico Fellini with Martin Potter on the set of the 1969 film. "1969" stamp 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 grotesque episodes, following the pan-sexual scholar.....

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., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Federico Fellini reclining in a shooting pit with his camera crew. With the stamp of still 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.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1936. Vintage double weight press portrait photograph of Frank Capra, by photographer Alfredo Valente, to promote the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe, stamp of photographer Alfredo Valente, filing stamp with annotations in holograph pencil, dated "6-25-36," and "Kenneth G. Lawrence" stamp, all on the verso.Based on the 1933 novel by James Hilton. Remade in 1973 as.....

N.p. Taliafilm II, circa mid 1980s. Draft script for the 1987 film. An early draft written solely by the creator of the story, Menno Meyjes.Loosely based on the 13th Century Children's Crusade, we follow the knight Robert Nerra (Eric Stoltz) as he joins up with King Richard the Lionheart (Neil Dickson) to protect orphan children from the Black Prince (Gabriel.....

Berlin: Film-Kurier, 1924. Original German programs for duology "Die Nibelungen," one each for "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge." Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Text in German. Film-Kurier was the first German film journal, published daily beginning in 1919. Film-Kurier's classic era lasted until 1933, when its publisher, Alfred Weiner, had to flee Germany because.....

Germany: Nero-Film AG, 1932. Vintage double weight press photograph of Brigitte Helm for the 1932 film. With holograph annotations on the verso.Based on the 1919 novel "L'Atlantide" by French writer Pierre Benoit, and a remake of the 1921 film of the same name by Jacques Feyder. The film was shot in French, German, and English, each version starring Brigitte Helm.....

Glendale, CA: Roy A. Squires, 1971. First Edition, one of 80 numbered copies (this being No. 25), in the original publisher's titled envelope, with the corresponding limitation number. Laid in is a "Notes from the printer" which details the publication's meticulous design and manufacturing, which publisher Roy A. Squires considered "perhaps my favorite of my imprints..."A series of postcards sent.....

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film, showing noted science fiction author Forrest J. Ackerman, who makes a cameo appearance in the film, in costume as a space technician. With the stamps of Israel Film Archive on the verso.A team of scientists create a time traveling device which teleports them to Earth in.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray on the set of the 1984 film. With a small stamp noting No. 1319 on the verso.From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.A breakthrough science fiction classic, following three paranormal experts who go into business exterminating malicious spirits from the.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs, one of Donovan in the titular lead, and one of John Hurt, Jacques Demy, and Donald Pleasance on the set of the 1972 film. One with mimeo snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso, one with remainder of mimeo snipe, since removed, on verso, and.....

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault, with numerous references to Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast."Upon the deathbed of his beautiful wife, the Blue Queen, the Blue King promises he would only marry someone more beautiful than her.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 French film, showing director Jacques Rivette laughing arm-in-arm on the streets of Paris with actresses Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, who are wearing roller skates and black bodysuits. Rivette's most critically acclaimed film, co-written with Berto and Labourier, about two young women who become involved in a series of.....

Paris: Gaumont, 1987. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Jean-Luc Godard from the 1987 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. An experimental film that irreverently mixes genres, twisting together a broad range of references to literature, film comedy, and the history of cinema. Starring Godard himself as a filmmaker, thus blurring the fictional category from the outset. Made the same.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1989. Vintage black and white photograph of puppeteer, inventor, and filmmaker Jim Henson and actor Harry Dean Stanton, circa 1989. Stanton made a guest appearance on Henson's Emmy-winning television series The Jim Henson Hour, for the episode "Monster Maker," which originally aired on July 9, 1989 on NBC. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with a wide.....

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.....

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).....

Paris: Filmsonor, 1955. Collection of 17 original single weight still photographs from the 1955 French-West German film. Starring actress Hold is seen in heated embrace and anxiously gazing off-camera, with portraits of Isabelle Pia and Hold, and images of Vidal and Vaneck together. Mimeo snipe on the verso of a small Hold portrait, and on the verso of eight are.....

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: 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.....

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.....

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.....