Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1985. Vintage French mini poster for the 1985 US film. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing. 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...
Norfolk, VA: Donning, 1986-1987. Archive of five issues of the graphic novel series, "Thieves' World," adapted by Robert Aspirin and Lynn Abbey, with artwork by Tim Sale, from original stories by Poul Anderson, Robin Bailey, John Brunner, C.J. Cherryh, Diane Duane, Philip Jose Farmer, Joe Haldeman, Vonda McIntyre, Andrew J. Offutt, and more. From the estate of Andrew J. Offutt.....
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1959. Two original film still photographs from the 1959 US film, here under the French title, "Quelle vie de chien!" Shaggy appears in both photos, starring teen actors Tommy Kirk and Tim Considine in one. French title on the versos in holograph ink, numerical notation on the versos in holograph pencil. Immensely popular fantasy film...
N.p. N.p., 1983. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Written by film producer Richard Bluel (best know for his work on the 1966 television series "The Green Hornet") and screenwriter Pat Fielder (best known for the 1962 film "Geronimo"). "The Summoning" follows a man who seeks psychiatric help for his nightmares, believing that he is seeing visions of his...
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Pictures, 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. A Canadian Christmas fantasy film directed by Phillip Borsos and starring Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Harry Dean Stanton, and Arthur Hill. Shot on location in Ontario, Canada. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Near Fine with a black holograph ink notation to the...
![The Slave Woman [The Queen of Babylon] (Collection of 8 photographs from the 1954 film). Carlo...](/pictures/thumb/132398.jpg?v=1451427876)
London: British Lion Films, 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1954 French-Italian film. An Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) film, set in 600 BC, about a rebellion against a king, a plot on his life, and the beautiful queen caught in the middle of it all. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25...
London: Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd., Circa 1959. Vintage full-color still photograph from the UK release of the 1959 Italian -French film. A Peplum (sword-and-sandal) film co-written for the screen by Sergio Leone and others, about Marcus Valerius, a Roman military commander, who is defeated and taken as a slave. He seduces the Queen of Palmira, the ruler of his...
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...
![Alice or the Last Escapade [Alice ou la derniere fugue] (Two photographs from the set of the 1977...](/pictures/thumb/142613.jpg?v=1507736199)
France: Filmel, 1978, 1986. Two photographs for airings of the 1977 film on French public television channel France 3. The first photograph, for a September 6, 1978 airing, is borderless and shows director Chabrol and star Kristel in between takes, with the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and a mimeo snipe on the verso. The second photograph, for an October...
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: Walt Disney Productions, 1977. Collection of 8 studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A young orphan, raised by his dysfunctional hillbilly family, befriends a goofy dragon in this live-action animated musical. It was the first animated Disney film in which none of the legendary "nine old men" were involved in the animation process. Ken Anderson created the...
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...
![I Married a Witch [Ma Femme est une Sorciere] (Original film program from the 1942 film). Rene...](/pictures/thumb/140921.jpg?v=1530309466)
N.p. Rene Clair Productions, 1942. Vintage French film program from the 1942 film. On the heels of his success as the screenwriter for the Marx Brothers' "A Day at the Races" and "A Night at the Opera," Robert Pirosh and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Marc Connelly collaborated on this adaptation of Thorne Smith's posthumously published 1942 novel, "The Passionate Witch," for...
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...
Paris: DisCina, 1946. Collection of four vintage borderless photographs of Jean Marais on the set of the 1946 film. With mimeo snipe, holograph notations, and agency stamps on the verso of each photograph. A sequence of photographs showing how Marais would transform himself from actor to "animal." A classic 1946 French romantic fantasy film adaptation of the traditional fairy tale written...
![The Ravagers [Ravagers] (Original screenplay for the 1979 film, producer Walter Mirisch's copy)....](/pictures/thumb/142679.jpg?v=1509127278)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Walter Mirisch, with his name in blue holograph ink on the title page, and with a holograph note in the same blue ink paper-clipped to the front wrapper. A grim...
N.p. Amicus Productions, 1969. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Based on the 1961 novel of the same name 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...
Ottawa, Canada: Crawley Films Limited, 1963-1966. Archive of press material and photographs for the 1963 Canadian film, and for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the production company, Crawley Films. F.R. "Budge" Crawley was Canada's answer to Hollywood's Sam Goldwyn, and he produced hundreds of films during his 40-year career, including the Academy Award-winning 1975 documentary, "The Man Who...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film, and co-production of the US and the Soviet Union. Based on Maurice Maeterlinck's 1908 play of the same name. In the vein of "The Wizard of Oz," complete with a personified dog, cat, and various inanimate objects. Two you peasants venture forth on a quest to find...
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...
Paris: Filmsonor, 1962. Collection of 67 original single weight borderless film stills for the 1962 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Cartouche." Action sequences, men in military regalia, and romantically charged images of Belmondo and Cardinale, with most representing Belmondo either charming people or dueling with swords. Housed in original brown envelope, noted as "CARTOUCHE" on the flap...
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...
Rome: N.p., 1962. Archive of four vintage borderless photographs of Anita Ekberg from the 1962 film. With holograph notations in pencil and the photographer Paul Ronald's stamp on the versos. A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love. Anita Ekberg is featured here in Federico Fellini's "Le Tentazioni del Dottor Antonio", a fantastical story about a doctor who...
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...
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...
![Bye Bye Monkey [Reve de singe] (Original photograph from the 1978 film). Marco Ferreri, Rafael...](/pictures/thumb/144304.jpg?v=1538508772)
Paris: Roissy Films, circa 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With holograph ink notations on the verso. An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist...
![The Wooden Horse of Troy [The Trojan Horse] (Original photograph from the 1961 film). Giorgio...](/pictures/thumb/132585.jpg?v=1436541031)
London: Grand National Pictures, 1961. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 Italian-French film. Steve Reeves stars, several years after his Mr. Universe triumph, in what is commonly perceived as one of the better films to take on the Trojan War. A handsome Peplum (sword-and-sandal) installment, and one carrying a surprisingly high budget. 8 x....
![Meetings In The Forest [Les Rendez-Vous en Foret] (Original photograph from the 1972 film). Alain...](/pictures/thumb/144851.jpg?v=1548702831)
Paris: Argos Films, 1971. Vintage photograph of Catherine Jourdan and Heinz Bennent from the 1972 film. An experimental fantasy film full of erotic themes set in a fairytale-like forest. 8.5 x 10.5 inches (22 x 26.6 cm). Near Fine.
London: National Screen Service Ltd., 1960. Two vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1960 Italian film. After Francisi's immensely popular "Hercules," an onslaught of sword-and-sandal (known as "Peplum") films quickly followed. There were comedies, romances, adventures, and the occasional sci-fi romp. This stars Tina Louise (before her tenure with "Gilligan's Island") as Sappho, the "world's boldest...
Beverly Hills, CA: Orion, 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to Brad Ricker, an unknown crew member, with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink. EVE VIII is a military cyborg, designed to look like her creator. When it is damaged during a bank robbery, it begins accessing dark and tragic personal memories of...
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...
![Keep Your Right Up [Une Place Sur La Terre Comme Au Ciel] (Original photograph from the 1987...](/pictures/thumb/144497.jpg?v=1547500031)
Paris: Gaumont, 1987. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Jean-Luc Godard from the 1987 film. With holograph notations 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. Blazer Films, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Based on John Fowles 1965 novel of the same name. Snipe affixed to the verso. Based on John Fowles critically acclaimed novel of the same name, in which a young British expatriate begins to unravel psychologically during his tenure teaching English on the Greek island of Phraxos. Nicholas...
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 full-color double weight photograph from the US release of the 1968 UK film. Pictured are Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes in a heated embrace. Based on the 1964 three-part novel by James Bond creator, Ian Fleming (and produced by Albert. R. Broccoli, who produced nearly all of the "Bond" films)...
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1968 film. 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. 10 x 8 (25 x 20 cm). Near Fine.
![Tucker's Witch [The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon] (Original screenplay for the 1982 television...](/pictures/thumb/138008.jpg?v=1492979833)
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...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Vintage still photograph of Gene Kelly from the 1956 film. With holograph notations on the verso. Comprised of three separate stories told only through dance and mime. Each featuring Gene Kelly in the lead role, first as Kelly the clown in "Circus", a Marine in "Ring Around The Rosy" and as Sinbad in "Sinbad...
N.p. N.p., circa 1980. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1980 novel of the same title by Bert Kopperl. A wealthy businessman dies of a heart attack while on the job, only to find his spirit has gone on to inhabit the body of a six year old boy, who then attempts to continue the businessman's...
Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA, 1924. Original program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Sigfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14, 1924, based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Also included is a supplemental program for UFA theatres, featuring another brief essay on the film, information on the theatres, and advertisements. Text of both in...
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...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1956. Vintage US three-sheet poster for the 1956 film. "Quebec Bureau de censure du cinema" rubber stamp on the top leaf. Notation in holograph pencil on the verso. Based on Morey Bernstein's 1956 book. Ruth Simmons (Wright) is hypnotized by Morey (Hayward), subsequently revealing that she was previously Bridey Murphy, an Irish woman who lived in Cork...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1967. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white glossy still photographs from the US re-release of the 1967 film. The photographs essentially reproduce the film's original poster art in a photographic format. A nice piece for the "Camelot" completist. House in the original brown paper envelope, with the following in holograph type on the upper...
![The Damned [These Are the Damned] (Publicity manual for the 1962 film). Joseph Losey, Evan Jones,...](/pictures/thumb/144548.jpg?v=1557764124)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films, 1961. Deluxe publicity manual for the 1962 film. Based on H.L. Lawrenece'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)...
New York: Ballantine / Del Rey, 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 novel...
![Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [The Undiscovered Country] (Original screenplay for the 1982...](/pictures/thumb/144873b.jpg?v=1550772625)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1981. Revised Final Draft script for the 1982 film, seen here under the working title "The Undiscovered Country" (a title that actually wound up being used for a subsequent installment in the franchise). In the undisputed, eminently re-watchable classic amongst the Star Trek feature films, Admiral Kirk is back to save the universe by preventing Khan Noonien...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1985. Revised 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...
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Pictures, 1985. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Sequel to Victor Fleming's classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." The sequel has been condemned for its darker content, sometimes described as unsuitable for its target audience of young children. Set in Kansas, shot on location in England. 10 x 8...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Basis for the little-seen but unforgettable 1948 William Dieterle film starring Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Light toning to the spine panel, affecting both book and jacket, with rubbing to the jacket extremities and wear to the spine ends and corners.
![Hellbound [Voices] (Original screenplay for the 1994 film). Aaron Norris, Anthony Ridio Ian...](/pictures/thumb/141881.jpg?v=1510770813)
Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video / Cannon Group, 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: Ace Books, 1980. No. 53503-8. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. 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...
New York: Ace Books, 1981. No. 79138-7. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. 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...
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: Ace Books, 1980. No. 44469-5. First Edition, a paperback original. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page to his son, noted writer Chris Offutt: "For Chris / my son / Andrew J. Offutt." From the author's estate. Cover art by Rowena. An illustrated paperback, with fifty illustrations by Esteban Maroto. Very Good in illustrated wrappers. Moderate rubbing...
London: Magnum Books / Methuen, 1979. Vintage British paperback. First printing of this edition. An strong-armed warrior named Valeron wins the hand of Princess Aleysha, and he must fight to keep his innocence in a frame-up. Cover art by Melvyn. From the collection of Chris Offutt. Light rubbing overall, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.
New York: Ace Books, 1987. Book Club Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper to his son, noted writer Chris Offutt: "For Chris Offutt / from the other writer in the family / Love, Dad aka Andrew J. Offutt / 5-89." From the author's estate. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, faint toning.
New York: Ace Books, 1987. First Edition, a paperback original. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page to his son, noted writer Chris Offutt: "For Chris / First copy of this one I've signed / Monday 24th, August (planetary holiday) '87 / Dad aka Andrew J. Offutt." From the author's estate. Cover art by Ruddell. Very Good plus in...
New York: Zebra Books / Kensington, 1977-1979. First Edition, first printing, all paperback originals. Each volume INSCRIBED by the editor, Andrew J. Offutt on the first page to his son, noted writer Chris Offutt. From the author's estate. Anthology series of knights, rogues, vampires, and wizards, with stories by Ramsey Campbell, Richard L. Tierney, Wayne Hooks, David C. Smith, Tanith...
New York: Ace Books, 1983. No. 81925-7. 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...
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: Grove Press / Black Cat Books B-535, 1986. First Edition, first printing, a paperback original. The final volume of John Cleve's (Andrew J. Offutt) expansive adult saga of the legendary Crusader. From the author's estate. Faint toning and light foxing, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.
New York: Grove Press / Black Cat Books B-440, B-441, 1980-1981. First Edition, first printings. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. Collects four previously published books in two volumes: "The Accursed Tower" (Book I), "The Passionate Princess" (Book II), "Julanar the Lioness" (Book III), and "My Lady Queen" (Book IV). The fifth and...
New York: Grove Press / Black Cat Books / Dell, 1974-175, 1986. First Edition, first printings, paperback originals. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. John Cleve's (Andrew J. Offutt) expansive adult saga of the legendary Crusader. Titles included: "The Accursed Tower" (Book I, Dell-Grove 3444, 1974), "The Passionate Princess" (Book II, Dell-Grove 6039...
New York: Grove Press / Black Cat Books B-441, 1981. First Edition, first printing. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. Collects two previously published books in one volumes: "The Accursed Tower" (Book I), "The Passionate Princess" (Book II), "Julanar the Lioness" (Book III), and "My Lady Queen" (Book IV). The fifth and final...
Germany: Nero-Film AG, 1932. Vintage double weight press photograph of Brigitte Helm for the 1932 film. With holograph notations 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...
California: American International Pictures [AIP], 1967. Vintage US one-sheet poster, black-and-white variant, for the 1967 re-release of the 1963 film. Poster art Reynold Brown. Production rubber stamps and brief notation in holograph ink on the verso. Based on Poe's 1845 narrative poem. Vincent Price is a sorcerer mourning his dead wife, played by Court. Lorre is a wizard, whose young...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1971. Original British quad poster for the 1971 film. Based on Potter's many "Tales of.." books for children. With music by John Lanchbery and the Royal Opera House orchestra, Frederick Ashton choreographed members of the Royal Ballet, who performed in animal costumes. The BBC produced an adaptation in 1982, more as a biography of Potter...
London: Koninck Studios, 1995. Vintage British poster for the 1995 film. The first of two full-length live action films directed by the Quay Brothers, the sibling duo best known for their surrealistic stop-motion animations. The film is steeped in the heavily dreamlike aesthetic that has come to define much of their work. It has been likened stylistically to David Lynch's...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1976. Final Draft script for the 1977 film. Laid in are three blue revision pages. God (Burns) appears to an unassuming supermarket manager (Denver) in the form of an old man, bidding him to spread his word and save the world. Facing a range of skeptics including religious theologians, legal authorities and his own wife, Jerry...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990. Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 play of the same name, also by Craig Lucas. A young pessimistic woman who is a communist also works as a bartender and gets married to a conservative young man who works at a Chicago publishing house. At their wedding, an old man asks to...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Revised Third Draft for the 1984 film. One of the great science fiction films of the 1980s, and probably the most iconoclastic. Relentlessly arch, and hilarious. And while seemingly nonsensical, a story with a complete internal logic that reveals itself upon multiple viewings. Along with "Robocop," the film that defined Peter Weller as an actor...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Final Draft Shooting script for the 1984 film. Alex Gardner (Quaid) is a psychic who uses his telepathic abilities for personal gain, namely gambling and womanizing, until he is approached by a government agency developing a technique to link the mind of a psychic to someone deep in REM sleep. While the technique is said...
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...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1977. REVISED DRAFT for the 1978 film. SPIN. The Beatles' legendary 1967 masterwork is turned into a film musical, represented by a star-studded ensemble, with appearances by Donald Pleasence, George Burns (only actor with speaking lines not accompanied by song), Steve Martin, Alice Cooper, Jack Bruce, Keith Carradine, Carol Channing, Donovan, Leif Garrett, Etta James...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1935. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1935 film. The film is a comical twist on the Mitus story, in which an eccentric scientist creates a ring that can turn living creatures into statues and bring statues to life. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Near Fine...
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 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 California...
Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1953. Revised Final script for the 1954 film. A few typeovers throughout, indicating starring actors and actress at their inclusion. Similar to the Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) epics, this film centers a Roman centurion's (Jeff Chandler) attempts to prevent Attila the Hun (Jack Palance) from conquering Rome. Also features Rita Gam and a bit part...
N.p. Self published, Circa 1990. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film, an original story written by Terry Southern and two co-writers. A story set in South America, about a "mad scientist" experimenting on animals, and eventually people. Animal rights, Greek Mythology, and an ending involving a depiction of Goya's famous painting, "Saturn Devouring His Children," as well as a....
![The Shaggy D.A. [Double Trouble] (Original screenplay for the 1976 film). Robert Stevenson, Don...](/pictures/thumb/141945.jpg?v=1544132928)
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "The Shaggy D.A.," seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones, who played the role of Policeman #2, with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. The sequel to the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog," based on the 1923 Felix...
N.p. Self published, 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film called "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...
![Der Orchideengarten: Phantastiche Blatter [The Orchid-Garden: Fantastic Pages] Magazine...](/pictures/thumb/140553.jpg?v=1492980551)
Munich: Dreilander Verlag, 1919-1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy, horror, and early science fiction stories. Text in German. One of the world's first fantasy periodicals, (alongside the Swedish "Hugin") "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature (largely French), including works by Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Voltaire...
![Somewhere in Time [Bid Time Return] (Original screenplay for the 1980 film, production designer's...](/pictures/thumb/130571a.jpg?v=1418059177)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1979. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. Production designer's copy, with holograph pencil notations throughout denoting objects, transportation, and scenarios that will require advance work. Also laid in is a Shooting Call, dated 5/24/79, and noted as the second date of shooting. A blend of science fiction and romance that has over time become...
![My Son, the Hero [Les Titans] (Original French screenplay and press material for the 1962 film)....](/pictures/thumb/143828c.jpg?v=1534366277)
Paris and Rome: Les films Ariane and Filmsonor, 1961. Original French production script and press material for the 1962 film, here under the original French title, "Les Titans." The film was distributed by Cinedis, and this script was likely used by Cinedis during production, with press materials printed on the company's stationery. Housed in manilla folder, noted as "LES TITANS"...
N.p. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1918. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1918 film. Based on Harley Granville-Barker and Laurence Housman's 1906 play, "Prunella, or, Love in a Dutch Garden." A delightful romantic fantasy, now almost entirely lost, in which Margierite Clark plays a young woman living in a garden with her three aunts, completely shielded from the exterior world. One day...
London: Walt Disney Pictures, 1973. Original British full-color program for the 1973 release of the 1964 US film. Printed by Sackville Smeets Limited. Based on Travers' 1934 novel and subsequent books. Julie Andrews is a magical nanny briefly employed by a dysfunctional Edwardian London family in this classic Disney feature that combines both live action and animated sequences. The film...
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 (11.5 x 15 cm)...
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1992. First Draft script for the 1993 television mini-series. Based on the novel by Jules Verne, this film is a science fiction fascination of the exploration of the center of the Earth. One of many adaptations of the story for visual consumption, the plot features a crew which navigates a vessel through an active...
Burbank, CA: Hollywood Pictures, 1993. First Draft script for the 1997 film, preceding the film's release by four years. Based on characters from John Landis' 1981 film, "An American Werewolf in London." Andy (Scott) is touring Paris, where he meets Serafine (Delpy), the daughter of a man who can change from human to werewolf. Andy saves Serafine from suicide, unaware...
![The Last Roman [A Struggle for Rome] (Original screenplay for the 1968 film). Orson Welles,...](/pictures/thumb/131331A.jpg?v=1418080772)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Seen here under its literal English translation "A Struggle for Rome" on the front wrapper, with credits for production company C.C.C. Film (CCC Filmkunst). Extensive notations throughout, unattributed, in various colors of holograph ink and in pencil, including substantive deletions and changes to dialogue and direction. One of Siodmak's...