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Leonide Massine artistic director; Sol Hurok producer; Dimitri Shostakovitch Richard Wagner Claude Debussy Jacques Offenbac
Metropolitan Opera House; S. Hurok Presents The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Thursday Evening October 31 1940 program; Rouge et Noir; Bacchanale; L'Apres Midi d'un Faune; Gaite Parisienne
New York New York: Sol Hurok 1940. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo 9 1/4" tall wire saddle stitch 16 pages stiff illustrated wraps. A very good clean original program with minor shelf wear but some light finger stains on the cover. Sol Hurok paperback
Bookseller reference : 24928
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Lerner Irving director; Benjamin Appel novel "Fortress in the Rice"; Bernard Gordon screenwriter
Cry of Battle To Be a Man Original screenplay for the 1963 film actor Van Heflin's working copy
Hollywood: Petramonte Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with his holograph annotations throughout. Based on the 1951 novel "Fortress in the Rice" by Benjamin Appel. The only film ever released by Petramonte Productions and eventually distributed by Allied Artists. During World War II the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the Philippine guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese. Shot on location in the Philippines. Gray titled wrappers with credit for with credit for screenwriter Marcus. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Marcus and writer Appel. 141 leaves roneograph with annotations throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine. internally bound with three gold brads. Petramonte Productions unknown
Bookseller reference : 130735
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Lerner Irving director; Peter Shaffer playwright; Philip Yordan screenwriter producer; Christopher Plummer Robert Shaw starri
The Royal Hunt of the Sun Original screenplay for the 1969 film
London: National General Pictures 1968. Revised British script for the 1969 film a UK-US co-production. Based on the play by Peter Shaffer written for the screen by Philip Yordan. Dan Pavlides: Fueled by promises of gold Pizarro Robert Shaw and his explorers make a third trip across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru where they meet King Atahuallpa Christopher Plummer considered to be a god by his faithful followers. The two leaders overcome their initial mistrust and suspicion garnering admiration for each other. When the King is sentenced to die Pizarro tries unsuccessfully to prevent the monarch's death at the hands of gold-hungry explorers. Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1 June 1968 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Yordan. 163 leaves mechanical duplication with pink blue green white tan and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 16 May and 22 July. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three screw brads. National General Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 131823
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Lerner William Director of Preparation; Bureau of the Census Department of Commerce
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 Part 1 and Part 2
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1975. Bicentennial edition. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. 2 volume set. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 1200 pages plus appendix and introductory materials. Time Period Index. Subject Index. 93rd Congress 1st Session House Document No 93-78 Part 1 and Part 2. This is the third in a series of volumes started in 1949. This edition as built upon the two prevous editions. Prepared by the Bureau of the Census. U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
Bookseller reference : 64134 ISBN : 0160004608 9780160004605
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LeRoy Mervyn director; Virgil Apger still photographer; Jan Lustig and Paul Osborn screenwriters; Clark Gable Lana Turner Ann
Homecoming Original double weight photograph from the 1948 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph from the 1948 film. Based on a story by Sidney Kingsley about a doctor who enlists with the Army during World War II. The third collaboration of Clark Gable and Lana Turner. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Contemporary seller stamp on the verso else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Bookseller reference : 132087
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LeRoy Mervyn director; WR. Burnett novel; Francis Edwards Faragoh screenwriter; Edward G. Robinson Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star
Little Caesar Still photograph from the 1931 film
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 of what would come both in crime films and film noir. The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Sooner he becomes the leader of the gangsters and known as Little Caesar and gets closer to the great mobster Pete Montana. In a robbery of a night-club he kills the Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure and his pal Joe witnesses the murder. When Rico orders Joe to leave his mistress Olga Strassoff she takes a serious decision. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Complete collation details available on request. First National Pictures / Warner Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 131635
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LeRoy Mervyn director; Andrew Solt Sarah Y. Mason Victor Heerman screenwriters; Louisa May Alcott novel; Elizabeth Taylor Ja
Little Women Original screenplay for the 1969 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Third Draft script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1933 film which in turn was based on the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott. An early David O. Selznick production script for the film which was canceled due to a studio strike and which would later be purchased by MGM and filmed with the same completed screenplay and director that were slated to be used on Selznick's picture. Director Mervyn LeRoy claimed that he had always wanted to direct an adaptation of the classic children's story "Little Women." Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for one more. Set in Concord Massachusetts. Light blue titled wrappers noted as THIRD DRAFT SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 99 dated September 10 1946 with credits for screenwriter Andrew Solt novelist Louisa M. Alcott producer David O. Selznick and director Mervyn Leroy. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for screenwriter Solt. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 176. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Bookseller reference : 145357
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LeRoy Mervyn director
Moment to Moment "Love and Terror!"
U.S.A.: Universal Pictures; National Screen Service 1965. Four color prints. 8 x 10". Movie stills featuring Jean Seberg Honor Blackman Sean Garrison. Printed in U.S.A. U.S.A.: Universal Pictures; National Screen Service, 1965 unknown
Bookseller reference : 08-0113
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LeRoy Mervyn director; Henryk Sienkiewicz novel; John Lee Mahin SN. Behrman Sonya Levien screenwriters; Robert Taylor Debora
Quo Vadis Collection of 4 photographs from the 1951 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still reference photographs from the 1951 film. Holograph annotations in ink noting lengths of fabric on the verso of one still. Featured are Robert Taylor Deborah Kerr Marina Berti and Leo Genn. Based on Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1895 novel about the love between a young Christian woman named Lygia Kerr and Marcus Vinicius Taylor a Roman patrician circa 64 A.D. Nominated for several Academy Awards. Elizabeth Taylor was set to play Lygia until production changed hands and instead she makes a cameo as a prisoner. Sophia Loren also makes a cameo her first American film credit. Set in Rome shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and toning overall and two stills with brief stains. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Bookseller reference : 134367
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LeRoy Mervyn director; Liam O'Brien screenwriter; Frank Sinatra Spencer Tracy and Barbara Luna starring
The Devil at Four 4 O'Clock Original screenplay for the 1961 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Revised Final Draft script for the 1961 film. Three convicts Frank Sinatra Spencer Tracy and Gregoire Aslan are en route for Tahiti but make an unexpected stop on the island Talua where they are put to work under the eccentric Father Doonan at his leper hospital for children. When disaster strikes the volcanic island Doonan entreats the men to save him and the children. Set in Talua a fictional Pacific island shot on location in California and Hawaii. Cream titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 8525 dated 07/20/60. Title page present dated 07/20/60 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with holograph credits for actors Spencer Tracy Frank Sinatra Kerwin Mathews Jean Pierre Aumont Barbra Luna and director Mervyn Leroy.193 leaves with last page of text numbered 190. Mimeograph on eye rest green stock with yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
Bookseller reference : 139031
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LeRoy Mervyn director; Don Whitehead story; Richard Walling still photographer; Richard L. Breen and John Twist screenwriter; J
The F.B.I. Story The FBI Story Two original photographs from the 1959 film
Burbank CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers 1960. Two vintage full-colopr still photographs from the 1960 UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Don Whitehead's 1956 book "The FBI Story: A Report to the People" about one man's experience as an FBI agent including encounters with gangsters con artists the KKK and members of the Nazi party. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 132603
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LeRoy Mervyn director producer; Richard L. Breen screenwriter; Howard Singer novel; Ernie Kovacs Dick Shawn Margo Moore Jac
Wake Me When It's Over Original screenplay for the 1960 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film. Due to a clerical error Gus Brubaker is drafted for a second following his stint in the Korean War. This time he is sent to a tiny Japanese island full of bored natives and airmen to which Brubacker responds by resolving to build a hotel based around the hot springs on the island. Light blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 4002 and production No. 843 dated November 11 1959. Title page present dated November 11 1959 with credit for screenwriter Breen. 156 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 129183
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Les Rose director; Andrew Peter Marin screenwriter; Patti D'Arbanville Michael Biehn Tony Rosato starring
Hog Wild Original photograph from the 1980 Canadian exploitation film
London: Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC / AVCO Embassy Pictures 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Canadian exploitation comedy film. With a printed mimeo snipe for the film's UK distributor Bordeaux International Films affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Freshly expelled from military boarding school a teenage boy returns to his hometown only to discover a rough motorcycle gang terrorizing his old school and that he is falling in love with the girlfriend of the gang's leader.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Montreal.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the verso. Canadian Film Development Corporation [CFDC] / AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 149599
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Lesley Selander director; Adele Buffington Thomas W. Blackburn screenwriters; Curtis Bishop novelist; Barton MacLane Edmond O'
Cow Country Original screenplay for the 1953 film
Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1953. Draft script for the 1953 film. Based on the 1947 novel "Shadow Range" by Curtis Bishop. <br/><br/>A group of Texas cattle ranchers must sell their stock for tallow and hide when the beef market drops out. Unfortunately a couple of desperate cutthroats choose this moment to show their true colors and the community must prevent them from hurting and even murdering others. Set in Texas shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as production No. 59 with credits for screenwriter Buffington. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the distribution page noted as picture No. 59 and copy No. 81 with credits for screenwriter Buffington. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Monogram Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 137497
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Lesley Selander director; Frank Gruber novel screenwriter; Dana Andrews Terry Moore Pat O'Brien Lon Chaney Jr. starring
Town Tamer Two original photograph from the 1965 film
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 novel by screenwriter Frank Gruber.<br/><br/>Gun-for-hire Tom Rosser Dana Andrews is almost killed by gunslinger Lee Ring Lyle Bettger who inadvertently kills Rosser's wife. A few years later Rosser arrives in a town in need of his services is run by Riley Condor Bruce Cabot the man who paid the killer of Rosser's wife.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus with a small closed tear in bottom margin. One Very Good with several pinholes throughout.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 147879
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Lesley Selander director; George Waggner screenwriter; Jacland Marmur journalist; Jan Sterling Neville Brand John Doucette Pa
Return From the Sea Home From the Sea Original screenplay for the 1954 film
Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Porter with his character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and profuse holograph pencil annotations to his scenes throughout. <br/><br/>Chuck MacLish Brand is having a tough time readjusting to civilian life after a life in the Navy until he meets a lonely waitress Sterling who loves him and hopes to change his ways. <br/><br/>Set in Korea and America shot on location in San Diego USA and the Pacific Ocean. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 23 1954 with credits for screenwriter George Waggner and author Jacland Marmur. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 24 1954 and March 15 1954. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allied Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140241
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Lesley Selander director; John Rathmell Harrison Jacobs screenwriters; William Boyd Russell Hayden George 'Gabby' Hayes starr
Renegade Trail Collection of six original photographs from the 1939 film
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 film. <br/><br/>The twenty-fourth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy films and the last to feature George 'Gabby' Hayes. <br/><br/>Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd goes to town to help Marshal Windy Haliday Hayes with rustlers and the widow Mary Joyce Charlotte Wynters with confidence men trying to take her herd.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some light creasing and edgewear one with pinholes in margins and 1 1/2 inch silver ink stain along bottom one with 2 inch closed tear on top right. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 147844
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Lesley Selander director; Norman Houston screenwriter; Tim Holt Richard Martin Jacqueline White starring
Riders of the Range Original photograph from the 1950 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. <br/><br/>Out of work cowboys Kansas Jones Tim Holt and Chito Rafferty Richard Martin are hired to work at Dust Willis' Jacqueline White ranch and to help save her brother Harry Robert Clarke whose in debt to the vicious Clint Burrows Reed Hadley. <br/><br/>Shot on location at the Jack Garner Ranch in San Bernardino California and the RKO Encino Ranch in Los Angeles California.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 148049
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Lesley Selander director; Robert C. Dennis screenwriter; John Dehner Gregg Palmer Frances Helm starring
Revolt at Fort Laramie Original screenplay for the 1957 film actress Frances Helm's heavily annotated copy
Hollywood: Prospect Productions Inc 1956. Revised Final Shooting draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Fort Laramie." Copy belonging to actress Frances Helm heavily annotated in holograph ink and pencil throughout with all dialogue and action of Helm's character Melissa Brader underlined and frequent annotations regarding action motivation and dialogue. Annotation on leaf preceding title page lists all pages with dialogue or action of Brader character in holograph ink and Helm's name and character's name in holograph pencil. Copy number "26" in holograph ink on top right of front wrapper.<br/><br/>Fort Laramie an undermanned garrison is trying to keep peace with the Sioux when the Civil War breaks out dividing loyalties down the middle. Chief Red Cloud head of the Sioux Nation sees an opportunity to split and wipe out the garrison.<br/><br/>Harry Dean Stanton's film debut.<br/><br/>Set in Wyoming shot on location in Utah. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated April 24 1956 noted as Revised Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Robert C. Dennis. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between April 24 1956 and 5/4/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Pitts 3404. Prospect Productions, Inc unknown books
Bookseller reference : 148999
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Lesley Selander director; Shimon Wincelberg screenwriter; Sterling Hayden J. Carrol Naish Joy Page Kenneth Tobey starring
Fighter Attack Collection of 3 photographs from the 1953 film
London: Associated British-Pathe 1954. Collection of 3 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1953 US film. <br/><br/>From prolific director Selander who is credited with over 100 feature westerns the most of all time comes WWII action in Italy featuring the usual traits: danger romance and dimwitted enemies. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light soil to 1 still else Near Fine. Associated British-Pathe unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132608
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Leslie Arliss director screenwriter; Lady Eleanor Smith novel; Doreen Montgomery Margaret Kennedy screenwriters; James Mason
The Man in Grey Post-production script for the 1943 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1943 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Lady Eleanor Smith. <br/><br/>After a brutish hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow' he begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers dated January 8 1946. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Leslie Baker photographer; Carol Reed director producer; Graham Greene screenwriter; Joseph Cotten Orson Welles starring
The Third Man Original candid still photograph of actor Joseph Cotten on set with two miniature Pinschers
London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. <br/><br/>From the archive of Maurice Bessy with his stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Leslie Baker and another for Carol Reed Productions and The London Films Studios in Shepperton England. A mimeo snipe also on the verso describes the photo in which the film's star Joseph Cotten looks down lovingly on two miniature Pinscher dogs who are sitting in Welles' directing chair. Noted is the fact the two dogs are from the only known family of the breed in the United Kingdom. <br/><br/>Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only originally screenplay. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a lovely museum-quality frame with archival UV glass double mounted with both sides exposed for viewing. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Carol Reed Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 133625
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Leslie Baker photographer; Carol Reed director producer; Graham Greene screenwriter; Joseph Cotten Orson Welles starring
The Third Man Original candid still photograph of director Carol Reed working on the set of the film
London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. Shown are Carol Reed and his crew setting up a shot while Graham Greene looks on a rare shot of the two collaborators at work together. Stamped on the verso is "A CAROL REED PRODUCTION / "THE THIRD MAN" / PRODUCED AT / THE LONDON FILM STUDIOS / SHEPPERTON-ENGLAND."<br/><br/>Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only original screenplay. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Carol Reed Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 133983
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Leslie Charteris novel; Charles David director; Edmund Beloin Robert O'Brien screenwriters; Deanna Durbin Ralph Bellamy Dan D
Lady on a Train Original screenplay for the 1945 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Revised Draft script for the 1945 film. Carbon typescript with brief annotations throughout in holograph pencil. Noted as "Cockle Script" on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Leslie Charteris wrote the original screen story but not the screenplay for this film and subsequently published the story as a novel in conjunction with the film's release. <br/><br/>A light mystery with a terrific Woolrich-esque plot wherein a young girl Deanna Durbin sees a man being murdered from her train car window. Known for her addiction to mystery novels she is not taken seriously by the police and begins her own investigation. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriters Beloin and O'Brien. 200 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock with revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/17/44 and 2/22/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good now encapsulated in mylar bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant p. 363. Spicer p. 413. Universal Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 129114
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Leslie Goodwins director; Henry Blankfort Lester Pine screenwriters; Nathanael West novel; Lee Tracy Brenda Joyce Thomas Gome
I'll Tell the World Original US half sheet poster for the 1945 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage US half sheet poster for the 1945 film. Remake of the 1934 Universal film "Advice to the Lovelorn" that also starred Lee Tracy. Both films were based on West's novel "Miss Lonelyhearts."<br/><br/>Lee Tracy plays a radio announcer born with the inability to shut up both a blessing in terms of finding fame in the radio business and a curse in terms of constantly talking over his singer girlfriend while she is performing. He is eventually demoted to the position of writing a newspaper column for the lovelorn. <br/><br/>22 x 28 inches folded. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Leslie Goodwins director; Nathanael West screenwriter; Richard Dix Wendy Barrie Kent Taylor starring
Men Against the Sky Original US insert poster for the 1940 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage US insert poster for the 1940 film. <br/><br/>A disgraced alcoholic pilot regains his honor by helping a company to develop a new type of aircraft wing. Nathaniel West's final screenplay before his death. <br/><br/>36 x 14 inches folded. Very Good with pinhole tears and short closed tears at the extremities cello tape shadow and paper tape repair to the verso. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 141093
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Leslie H. Martinson director; Bob Kane characters; Lorenzo Semple Jr. screenwriter; Adam West Burt Ward Lee Meriwether Cesar
Batman Batman: The Movie Three original photographs from the 1966 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Three vintage photographs one publicity still photograph of Adam West as Batman and two studio still photographs one of Frank Gorshin and Lee Meriwether as The Riddler and The Catwoman respectively and one of Burgess Meredith Cesar Romero and Frank Gorshin as The Penguin The Joker and The Riddler respectively from the 1966 film. <br/><br/>The first full-length film adaptation of the DC Comic character Batman originally planned as the pilot film for the television series which aired on ABC from 1966 to 1968 the film was released shortly after the end of the series' first season and featured the original members of the television cast with the exception of Lee Meriwether replacing Julie Newmar as Catwoman.<br/><br/>The Joker the Penguin the Riddler and Catwoman join forces to control the world with a dehydrator which reduces humans to dust. It is up to the Dynamic Duo to save the world.<br/><br/>Set in Gotham City shot on location in Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 150654
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Leslie Howard Ingrid Bergman starring; Gregory Ratoff director; George O'Neil screenwriter
Intermezzo Post-production script for the 1939 film
Beverly Hills CA: Selznick International Pictures 1939. Post-production Dialogue Continuity script for he 1939 film dated "September 22 1939" on front wrapper. <br/><br/>A richly produced American remake of the 1936 Swedish film by Gustav Molander with Ingrid Bergman-new to the American studios at that time-recreating her role. A famed concert violinist Leslie Howard who is married with children falls in love with a young pianist Bergman and begins an affair with her. Nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Cinematography and Best Musical Score. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapper dated September 22 1939. Title page integral with first page. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL FOUR-B PAGE ONE. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Selznick International Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151708
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Leslie Norman director; Willis Hall playwright; Wolf Mankowitz screenwriter; Richard Harris Richard Todd starring
The Long and the Short and the Tall Original screenplay for the 1961 film actor Richard Todd's copy
London: Continental Distributing / Michael Balcon Productions 1960. Draft British script for the 1961 UK film "The Long and the Short and the Tall" released in the US as "Jungle Fighters." Actor Richard Todd's copy with his name written in red holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Based on a play by Willis Hall. <br/><br/>On a mission in the Burmese jungle during World War II to record sounds to be used in sonic warfare a small platoon of seven men capture a solitary Japanese soldier. Tensions result within the group as they begin to differ on what to do with their prisoner. <br/><br/>Gray wrappers with title and credits label affixed at the top right corner. Marked copy No. 123 dated 6th May 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mankowitz and playwright Hall. Title page present dated 1st February 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mankowitz and playwright Hall. 187 leaves mimeograph duplication with white revision pages and blue "American Version" pages throughout dated either 26.2.60 or 6.5.60. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Continental Distributing / Michael Balcon Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 131701
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Lesquereux Leo; F. H. Kowlton ed. United States Geological Survey J. W. Powell Director
THE FLORA OF THE DAKOTA GROUP
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1891. 1st edition. Hardcover. black and white plates. pp. 400.Heavy 4toBound in original ribbed wine-red cloth with gilt letteringThis is volume XVII of this series containing text and 66 monograph plates. This copy from the Science Library of The University of Manitoba with usual markings. Boards scuffed and rubbed at edges. Spine chipped. Hinges starting; binding a bit loose but intact; contents clean. A good copy. Note: this is a large heavy book. Please enquire first as to costs and options to ship. <br/><br/>A title in the monograph series of the Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey. Government Printing Office hardcover
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Lessac Michael director; Wendy Kout Dennis Koenig screenwriter; Jamie Lee Curtis Richard Lewis Sandy Falson starring
Anything but Love: Fear of Flying Original teleplay script for the 1989 television episode
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Final Draft script for Episode 1 from Season 1 of the 1989 television series. Pilot episode of a sitcom which ran for four seasons beginning in 1989 featuring two co-workers who must keep their attraction to each other under control and their business on strictly friendly terms. Following a rough breakup with her boyfriend Hannah Miller Curtis quits her teaching job to move home to Chicago. On the flight home she meets Marty Gold Lewis who has a great fear of flying but also knows of a journalist position opening at the Chicago Monthly where he works. She aces her first assignment and snags the job and a desk directly across from Gold and the two become attracted to each other but must consider their careers first. Set in Chicago. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated February 2 1989. Title page present dated February 3 1989 with credits for screenwriters Koenig and Kout. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographically duplicated first generation photocopy with no copied punch holes with yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between Febraury 2 1989 and February 3 1989. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 140682
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Lester Richard director; The Beatles starring
A Hard Day's Night Original still photograph from the 1964 film
Beverly Hills CA: Proscenium Films / United Artists 1964. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 British film. A candid shot in which all four Beatles are present along with three lovely ladies Paul practicing a dance step with one of them. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Proscenium Films / United Artists unknown
Bookseller reference : 134998
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Lester Richard director; The Beatles starring
A Hard Day's Night Original still photograph from the 1964 film
Beverly Hills CA: Proscenium Films / United Artists 1964. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 British film. A candid shot in which all four Beatles are having their hair done by four uniformly dressed female hairdressers. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Proscenium Films / United Artists unknown
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Lester Richard director; Oscar Abolafia and Federico G. Grau still photographers; Charles Wood screenwriter; Sean Connery Broo
Cuba Collection of 4 photographs from the 1979 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1979 film. General Batista's army is in need of some training if they hope to squash Castro's guerillas in pre-Revolution Cuba and Sean Connery is just the man for the job. He simultaneously romances an old flame. 8 x 10 inches. Two with ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown
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Lester Richard director; Charles Wood screenwriter; Sean Connery Brooke Adams Jack Weston Hector Elizondo starring
Cuba Original screenplay for the 1979 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. First Draft script for the 1979 film SIGNED by the director Richard Lester. With three pages of synopsis laid in. A former British major lands in Cuba to train the Cuban army to resist Castro where he encounters an old flame who is recently brushed off by her husband. Finally a strike and the overhaul by Castro causes the British and Americans to flee leaving his girlfriend crying and facing a new Communist government. Set in Cuba shot on location in Spain. Purple blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as a first draft screenplay with credits for screenwriter Charles Wood. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. United Artists unknown
Bookseller reference : 140955
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Lester Richard director; The Beatles starring
Help Collection of 4 still photographs from the 1965 film
Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson Films / United Artists 1965. Collection of four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the release of the 1965 British-American film. All four of the boys wonderfully represented here gals in tow having a fine time on the ice John and George in the jungle Paul in a bubble car George and on top of a tank everyone. Richard Lester's auteur take on the Fab Four propelled United Artists far into the black at a time when most of the aging Hollywood executives had never even heard of the Beatles. As with "A Hard Day's Night" the year before a wonderful intersection of pop youthful innocence culture shift and legend-making. Shot on location in London Liverpool Buckinghamshire throughout Middlesex and in Salzburg Austria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Walter Shenson Films / United Artists unknown
Bookseller reference : 133010
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Lester Richard Director
Juggernaut
MGM Home Entertainment 1974. DVD Movie. Fine copy. DVD movie. 110 minutes. Widescreen format. Written and produced by Richard DeKoker. Starring Richard Harris Omar Sharif David Hemmings Anthony Hopkins Shirley Knight Ian Holm Clifton Webb. MGM Home Entertainment unknown
Bookseller reference : DVD198 ISBN : 0792856317 9780792856313
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Lester Richard director; John Haase novel; Nicolas Roeg cinematographer; Bob Willoughby still photographer; Lawrence B. Marcus
Petulia 3 original photographs from the 1968 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Collection of 3 vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. From the library of Christopher C. Geest with his stamp on the verso of each photograph. Based on John Haase's 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" about newlywed San Francisco socialite Petulia Danner Christie who is determined to have an affair with physician Dr. Archie Bollen Scott. Petulia's pursuit of Archie is relentless even as he dates another woman and culminates in a curious twist. The film makes use of various time jumps but even with an uneven plot still remains an overlooked gem of 1960s New Hollywood. The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company lend tunes for the soundtrack. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
Bookseller reference : 135691
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Lester Richard director; John Haase novel; Robert Willoughby still photographer; Lawrence B. Marcus Barbara Turner screenwrite
Petulia Collection of eleven original photographs from the 1968 film
N.p.: N.p. 1968. Collection of eleven vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1968 film. All with "Petulia" stamps on verso five with Spanish "Aprobado" stamps on verso three with faint illegible oval Spanish stamp and single annotation in holograph ink on recto. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petuia" by John Haase. A masterpiece of screenwriting cinematography editing and direction shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead that are not so much cameos as they are part of movie's atmosphere. Newlywed San Francisco socialite Petulia Danner Julie Christie is determined to have an affair with physician Dr. Archie Bollen George C. Scott. Petulia's pursuit of Archie is relentless even as he dates another woman and culminates in a curious twist. The film makes use of various time jumps but even with an uneven plot still remains an overlooked gem of 1960s New Hollywood. Listed to compete at Cannes but the festival was closed due to events of May 1968 in France. Set in San Francisco and shot there on location during the Summer of Love. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus three with stamp and a single annotation in holograph ink on recto one with light rubbing to center image. Complete collation details available on request. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
Bookseller reference : 148812
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Lester Richard director; Ann Jellicoe playwright; Charles Woodscreenwriter; Rita Tushingham Ray Brooks Michael Crawford Dona
The Knack.and How to Get It Original photograph from the 1965 film
London: Woodfall Film Productions 1965. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1965 film. With holograph annotations in pencil on the verso. Set amidst the cultural shifts of the 1960s. Colin Michael Crawford an awkward school teacher is desperately trying to have the kind of sexual experiences as his womanizing friend Tolen Ray Brooks. When Nancy Rita Tushingham arrives in London from the countryside Tolen's macho disposition and Colin's trepidation's are brought to the surface. Shot on location in London. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Woodfall Film Productions unknown
Bookseller reference : 144366
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Lester Richard director; Leonard Wibberly novel; Michael Pertwee screenwriter; Margaret Rutherford Ron Moody Bernard Cribbins
The Mouse on the Moon Original photograph from the 1963 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1963 UK film. Features June Ritchie Bernard Cribbins and Ron Moody. The sequel to "The Mouse that Roared" finds the tiny of country Grand Fenwick using a fake space program to finagle money from both the US and USSR to fix the plumbing in their castle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with brief insect damage to the top edge and light creasing. United Artists unknown
Bookseller reference : 132047
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Lester Orlebeck director; J. Benton Cheney screenwriter; Bob Steele Jimmie Dodd starring
Shadows on the Sage Purple on the Sage Original screenplay for the 1942 film
North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name to the front wrapper his copious holograph annotations throughout and holograph notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. <br/><br/>Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. <br/><br/>Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. <br/><br/>Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 141919
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Lester Wm. Berke director story; John McPartland Jerome Bixby screenwriters; Robert Loggia Ellen Parker Phillip Pine Larry
The Lost Missile Original photograph from the 1958 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1958 film. <br/><br/>The lost missile circles Earth and destroys everything in its path using a mysterious technology gained from outer space. Incorporates Cold War propaganda stock footage and the mid-century focus on the importance of science relating to aviation and military weaponry. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York and Canada. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing staple holes to the center. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1283. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : 138662
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Letocha Louise Director
5 Attitudes: 1963-1980 : Ayot Boisvert Cozic Lemoyne Serge Tousignant French Edition
Montreal: Musee D'Art Contemporain. Very Good. 1981. 1st Edition. Paperback. Softcover in glossy pictorial wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean with a touch of tanning to edges of wraps. Catalogue published to accompany a 1981 exhibition of the work of five Canadian artists at the Musee d'art contemporain in Montreal from Feb. 5 to March 22 1981. Text is in French. Most plates in black and white. Oblong 4to. 132 pp. . Musee D'Art Contemporain paperback
Bookseller reference : 86648
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Lettick Birney artist; Albert Brooks writer director
Lost in America
Hollywood: Geffen 1985. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded One-Sheet Movie Poster 1sh; measures 27" x 41" 69 x 104 cm Lost in America the classic 1985 Albert Brooks California-to-New-York-via-Las-Vegas-and-Arizona yuppie traveling comedy "Written by Albert Brooks & Monica Johnson"; about two baby boomers who quit their jobs to take on a bohemian kind of life sort of like "Easy Rider" but with a luxurious motorhome starring Albert Brooks Julie Hagerty Sylvia Farrel Maggie Roswell and Gary Marshall the well-known director in an extremely funny cameo role! Hollywood: Geffen, 1985 unknown
Bookseller reference : 16-3012
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Letts Don director
Punk Rock Movie Original handbill from the film's earliest showing in the London
London: Don Letts 1979. Original handbill for the London premiere of the 1977 film documentary held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Cinema Club preceding the New York premiere of the film by nearly 10 months. The definitive London punk documentary. Shot by Don Letts on 8mm film almost exclusively at The Roxy in Covent Garden London during the club's brief but blazing one-year existence. Featured in the film are some of the earliest performances by The Clash The Sex Pistols Wayne County Johnny Thunders and Billy Idol. Letts continued to edit the film after this showing and the version that premiered in New York the following year ran 86 minutes. The most raw and timely documentary of the London punk scene-and certainly The Roxy itself-ever made. 8.25 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Don Letts unknown
Bookseller reference : 127352
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Levente Malnay director screenwriter; Sandor Hunyady novel; Bela Ernyey Tibor Kristof David McCallum starring
Az aranyifju The Playboy Original screenplay for the 1986 television film
N.p.: N.p. 1986. Partial Draft script for the 1986 television film. Incomplete as issued. Text in English.<br/><br/>A chambermaid a wealthy count and an unscrupulous chauffeur are all under suspicion of murder and jewelry theft. <br/><br/>Set in Austria.<br/><br/>Clear plastic front wrapper and red rear wrapper. Lacking title page. 36 leaves pages not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus misidentified as "Oberst Redl" in holograph ink notation on the page fore edge wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 146383
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Levin Henry director; George Agnew Chamberlain novel; Winston Miller screenwriter; Pat Boone Shirley Jones Dolores Michaels
April Love Collection of 7 photographs from the 1957 film
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. Based on George Agnew Chamberlain's 1941 novel "The Phantom Filly" about a juvenile delinquent and his stay at a run down Kentucky ranch. Eventually he gains an interest in all things mechanical including the hot sports car owned by a neighboring young woman. A story set and shot in Kentucky. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 132726
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Levin Henry director; Phoebe Ephron Henry Ephron screenwriters; Frank Gilbreth Jr. Ernestine Gilbreth Carey novelists; Jeanne
Belles on Their Toes Original screenplay for the 1952 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Frank Gilbreth Jr. with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. Based on Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey's autobiographical novel and a sequel to the movie "Cheaper by the Dozen" this film follows the life of the Gilbreth family when the patriarch of the family Frank Gilbreth Sr. passes away. Their mother struggles to make ends meet and eventually finds help in her children and romance finds her daughters who rapidly approach adulthood. Shot on location in Santa Monica California. Salmon titled wrappers noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 19 and production No. 414 dated August 19 1951. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated August 17 1951 noted as Revised Final with credits for screnwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 140120
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Levin Henry director; Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey novel; Phoebe and Henry Ephron screenwriter; Jeanne
Belles on Their Toes Collection of 8 photographs from the 1952 film
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Collection of 8 vintage hand-tinted still photographs from the 1952 UK release of the 1952 US film. Based on the 1950 book by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey about Mrs. Gilbreth Myrna Loy an industrial engineer and widowed mother of twelve trying to remain financially stable even as her children grow up and find romance. Sequel to "Cheaper By the Dozen" 1950. A story set in New Jersey shot on location in Malibu and Santa Monica California. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning and a few faint corner creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 132813
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