London: National Screen Service / MGM 1957. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1957 UK release of the 1957 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the verso. A lighthearted comedy about a sports writer and a fashion designer who get married in a hurry but realize they have nothing in common upon returning to New York. The sportswriter gets involved with the mob and pretends to be covering baseball games on the road to avoid death. Screenwriter Wells won an Academy Award for his story. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with several short creases overall and pinholes at the extremities. National Screen Service / MGM unknown
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. American one sheet film poster for the witty 1950s romantic comedy "Designing Woman" directed by Vincente Minnelli written for the screen by George Wells and starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. Style B with striking original illustration of Bacall and Peck by Kapulick. Folded 27 x 41 inches. Fine condition with only a couple of tiny pinholes at the corners to note. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. Snipe printed on the verso in blue ink. An American comedy about a middle aged man coping with his daughter's upcoming wedding. Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1955 film musical. Holograph pencil annotations on the versos of two stills and a tiny slip noting cropping annotations adhered with cello tape on the verso on one still. Based on Edward Knoblock's 1911 play about a poor poet in Baghdad who is mistaken for a man who put a curse on an elderly thief. "MASH" star Jamie Farr makes a brief appearance as does future television producer Aaron Spelling. 8 x 10 inches. Small stain to one still and faint creasing and toning overall else Near Fine. Hirschhorn p. 350. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of Kirk Douglas from the 1956 film. Based on the 1934 novel by Irving Stone about the tumultuous life of the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh played by Kirk Douglas. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and nominated for three others. Shot on location in Belgium France and The Netherlands. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of 7 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1971 UK release of the 1970 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos 2 are lacking with distributor rubber-stamps on the versos. Based on the play by Alan Jay Lerner about Daisy Gamble Streisand a woman who hears phones before they ring. In order to quit smoking to please her fiance she undergoes hypnosis but multiple personalities and past lives emerge one particularly alluring to the doctor Montand. 4 stills 8 x 10 inches 3 stills 7 x 9.5 inches all with no borders as issued. Very Good plus 2 stills moderately toned. Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown
MGM/UA Great Books on Viceo 1961 Video Cassette in plastic pictorial box. VG cond. Color. Runs about 2 1/2 hours. Stars Glenn Ford Ingrid Thulin Charles Boyer Lee Cobb. Director Vincente Minnelli. A classic of love and war. Spans two continents in WW II. The Nazi has set brother against brother. Epic in scope searing in drama. Very Good/Unknown. MGM/UA Great Books on Viceo 1961 unknown
London: National Screen Service / MGM 1959. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1959 UK release of the 1958 US film. An American girl comes to London to visit her father and his new wife who is determined to make the girl a debutante. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creases and tiny closed tears. National Screen Service / MGM unknown
London: National Screen Service / MGM 1962. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1962 UK release of the 1962 US film. Based on Irwin Shaw's 1960 novel about an ex-film star who gets released from a sanitarium and tries to acclimate back into life in the entertainment industry at the same time trying to connect with his ex-wife and his former director's new wife. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny corner creases else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown
NEW BRUNSWICK: RUTGERS. Fine with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0813510651 . Fine in rose-colored cloth without dj. as issued. 500 copies printed in cloth. . RUTGERS. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 312596 ISBN : 0813510651 9780813510651
Tokyo/Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1970. Final script for the 1970 Japanese film seen here under the alternate title "Zatochi: The Killer's Song." Single folded leaf with a Xerographically duplicated character list laid in with single holograph ink notation. Text in Japanese. The longest-running action series in Japanese history and one of the screen's great heroes the character of Zatoichi a blind masseur and swordmaster was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa first appearing on film in 1962. A total of 26 films were made from 1962 to 1989. "Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival" is the 21st film of the series where Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband. Set in the Japanese Edo period. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered c-50. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with mild foxing on papers edge wrapper Very Good plus title on spine. Criterion Collection 679. Daiei Studios unknown
Apollo Leisure Theatres 1995. Glossy stapled theatre programme for the production performed at the Liverpool Empire between the 13 and the 24 June 1995 and starring Marti Webb Christopher Corcoran Duncan Smith Leo Andrew and Poppy Tierney etc. Includes many local advertisements of the day. Prompt dispatch. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Apollo Leisure Theatres Paperback
New York NY Random House. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. English edition. New York, NY Random House unknown
U.S.A.: Grand Central Publishing 1999. Wraps have only light wear spine unbent. Pages are clean text is unmarked. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Grand Central Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113000A ISBN : 0446676373 9780446676373
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Post-production Title List for Foreign Language Versions script for the 1944 film. <br/><br/>The popular screen team of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray stars in this wartime farce. MacMurray is an army pilot who develops engine trouble during a vital mission. Thinking he's about to die MacMurray radios back his undying affection for his dog "Piggy." But the radio reception is fuzzy and it is assumed that he has said "Peggy"-which happens to be the character name of Colbert who intercepts the message. MacMurray survives the plane crash whereupon he is whisked back home into the arms of Peggy which is not to the liking of Peggy's gormless fiance Gil Lamb. <br/><br/>Tall white titled wrappers dated March 28 1945. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1936. Continuity and Dialogue script pre-production for the 1936 film here under the working title "Twenty Hours by Air." With faint holograph pencil annotations throughout. Typescript in black and red type.<br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers rubber-stamped Paramount Production No. 1801. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kenyon Nicholson. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Black and red typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with yapping to the front wrapper's right edge bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary.<br/><br/>During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph for the 1937 film showing stars Lombard McMurray and Butterworth relaxing with director Leisen behind the scenes. With an archive stamp of Argentine writer and film critic Israel Chas de Cruz and holograph ink annotations identifying the subjects on the verso. <br/><br/>The second of three adaptations of the Broadway play "Burlesque" following "The Dance of Life" 1928 and preceding "When My Baby Smiles at Me" 1948. The second teaming of Lombard and MacMurray with Mitchell Leisen after the classic screwball comedy "Hands Across the Table" 1935 and the third of four on screen pairings between Lombard and McMurray. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine with some light wear to the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Collectible - Good. Collectible - Good. No date stated. Volume 1. Slightly dampstained. Owner's name on front cover. Nuclear Regulatory Commission unknown
Miyazaki Hayao Curator/ Director w/afterword by Shuji Takashina. Ghibli Museum 2001 ncrd soft cover fine w/fine dj 96 pages Text in English & Japanese color photographic illus. 4to "Spirited Away" A Special Exhibition at the Ghibli Museum Mitaka $37.50 paperback
Bookseller reference : 334126 ISBN : 4198100071 9784198100070
Tokyo: Shintoho Film 1950. Two Draft scripts for the 1950 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Selichi Funabashi . A young servant girl Hamako has recently begun working for her hero Madame Yuki who quickly disillusioned her to her dream when she is presented with a list of the Madame's personal problems. First draft: White illustrated titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Second draft: White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Shintoho Film unknown
Kanagawa Japan: Dalei Studios 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. With annotations on a few pages in holograph ink. Based on the novel "Susaki No Onna" by Yoshiko Shibaki. The last film of Mizoguchi this film is a vivid portrayal of prostitution in 1950s Japan shot before the Japanese government's anti-prostitution bill told through the perspective of several different women who work in the business for various reasons. Set in Tokyo and shot on location there. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. Criterion Collection Eclipse 13. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Dalei Studios unknown
Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the 1964 US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Complete collation details available on request. Toho Company unknown
New York New York: Playbill 1989. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine. Play opened October 26 1989. Octavo 9 " tall 82 pages wire saddle stitch pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition clean with little edge wear. Contains many advertisements for current shows automobiles hotels etc. Playbill unknown
New York: New School Arts Center 1965. Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Like New. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Page Number: N/A. Clean fresh copy with very light shelf wear crisp pages and clean text. <br/> <br/> New School Arts Center paperback
1986. Softcover. Fine/No dj. An Exhibition organized by The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco with the National Gallery of Art Washington San Francisco CA. 1986 2nd edition 2nd printing wraps The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco fine condition profusely illustrated A paperback
N.p.: N.p. 1976. Original Treatment script for the 1977 Italian giallo film. Director John Huston's copy. Laid in is a typed letter signed dated January 28 1977 from noted agent Paul Kohner on Kohner's stationery encouraging Huston to read the script and consider directing the film: "Dear John / Please find enclosed copy of the screenplay of PYJAMA GIRL / the Australian project about which we spoke this evening. / Fondly / Paul / P.S. / This is not yet a firm offer John but it may well be one by Monday." Huston did not direct the film instead it became an Italian-Spanish co-production shot in Australia and directed by Flavio Mogherini based on one of Australia's most famous unsolved murders. A little seen but curious entry into the giallo canon lacking the usual shocking moments of most giallos the film would not receive a wide release or any at all in the US until 2006 DVD by Blue Underground Teal titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 1976 with credits for screenwriters Pupi Avati Antonio Avati and Flavio Mogherini. 133 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with silver spring binding. Blue Underground. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse II. N.p. unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1943 film. A French Underground melodrama based on a story by Georges Kessel. Dr. Andre Marbel Sanders is a seemingly apolitical Parisian doctor who is actually a resistance leader. His nurse Yvonne Marshall is equally apolitical more than her disillusioned husband Jean Dorn. Jean decides to join the Resistance though he and several others die in the fight against the Germans. Several of the film's crew and cast were actual French refugees including director Moguy and husband-and-wife supporting actors Marcel Dalio and Madeleine LeBeau. Tan titled wrappers noted as Shooting Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 856 dated May 1 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated May 1 1943 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriters Buchman and Moguy and for writer Kessel. 141 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 144. Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-7-43 and 5-20-43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 262. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Peter Lang Gmbh Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 338 pages. German language. 8.31x5.94x0.91 inches. Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften paperback
Bookseller reference : __3631366256 ISBN : 3631366256 9783631366257
Paris: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 12 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade director Molinaro in white straw hat and images of starring actress Petit including a striking portrait image of her under an elegant sconce and with Auclair reading scripts. All but one photograph with annotations in the verso in holograph ink film title names of persons pictured and all but two photographs with numerical annotations on the verso in holograph pencil. Based on a novel presumed by screenwriter Clavel. Philippe Auclair is an unsung artist with a mistress he does not love. He spends leisurely vacations at Paule's Presle in the Riviera where he meets Manette Petit a poor girl whom he befriends and lusts for to the chagrin of Manette herself under the romantic allure of Philippe. Late in the canon of cinematographer Jean Bourgoin whose credits include some of Jean Renoir's films in the 1930s Orson Welles' film noir "Confidential Report" 1955 and Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" 1958. 1 photograph 3.25 x 4.25 inches remaining photographs 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine overall slight curling. Filmsonor unknown
1979: MGM Home Entertainment. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine. DVD movie. 97 minutes. Widescreen format. In French with optional English subtitles or in dubbed English. <br/><br/>Starring Ugo Tognazzi Michel Serrault Claire Maurier Remi Laurent Benny Luke. MGM Home Entertainment unknown
Bookseller reference : DVD259 ISBN : 079285036x 9780792850366
MGM/UA 1981. VHS Movie. Starring Ugo Tognazzi Michel Serrault Marcel Bozzuffi Paola Borboni Giovanni Vettorazzo Clauco Onorato Robert Bisacco Benny Luke. 102 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Fine copy in a slip-case which lacks the top flap. Screenplay by Francis Verber from a story by Francis Veber Jean Poiret Marcello Danon. Music by Ennio Morricone. MGM/UA unknown
Bookseller reference : VHS039 ISBN : 0792808576 9780792808572
MGM/UA 1978. VHS Movie. Starring Ugo Tognazzi Renato and Michel Serrault Albin. 1978. 91 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Fine copy in original slip-case. The Cage aux folles is a night club at St. Tropez run by two men. A crisis arises when Renato's son announces he is to marry. MGM/UA unknown
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. n.d 1977 . Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Colour and black & white photographs. Unpaginated A lengthy introductory essay by Mollison who was appointed as permanent Director in 1977 about the Gallery existing collections and plans for the future including the new building. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Australian Government Publishing Service paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB288989 ISBN : 064292967X 9780642929679
Cambridge Massachusetts: Robert Bentley Inc. 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Quarto. 241 1pp. Illustrated. Boards lightly foxed with wear to the bottom edges near fine in a near fine dustwrapper lightly rubbed with wear to the extremities. Robert Bentley, Inc.) hardcover
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1994. HC. good gray boards hardcover couple small edge bumps to boards. B&W illustrations. Limited to 1500 copies for the "New York Gala Celebration October 27 1994." Erratum slip laid in. Internally a very good copy. 107pp. Smithsonian Institution unknown
New York: Julian Messner Inc. 1963 608 pp. Original brown decorative cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends and bottom corner of rear cover a bit bumped. DJ lightly rubbed w/ wear to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ drawings paintings engravings historical maps documentary art old prints woodcuts and lithographs. Contents very nice. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Julian Messner Inc. Hardcover
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1969. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Several chips and tears. ; 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. . Simon and Schuster hardcover
Editorial Uritorco 1990-01-01. Paperback. Good. Editorial Uritorco Published Date: 1990. Softcover 181 pp. Text in Spanish. First Edition. Good/ No dust jacket. Glossy illustrated paper covers have bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight. Light soiling to edges of text block. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Editorial Uritorco paperback
Bookseller reference : 20140103001 ISBN : 950747000X 9789507470004
Ottawa Canada: National Film Board Canada Still Photography Div 1976. Special Ed. Discarded Library Book. Hardbound. Folio. 292 Pgs. Nr Fine. Between Friends/Entre Amis. Lorraine Monk Art Director/Editor. Published by National Film Board Canada Still Photography Div Ottawa Canada 1976. Special Edition. Hardbound no DJ. Folio up to 15'' tall. Condition: Nr Fine. Discarded Library Book. 292 Pgs. Produced by the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada to honor the American Revolution Bicentennial. This book is a photo essay about people about the Canadians and Americans who live in harmony close to that long thin line know as the International Boundary. It is about the boundary itself that both links these people and helps to define their separate national identities. Text in English and French. 263 pages of color photos with appropriate colloquialisms full description of each photo is listed by page number in the back of the book. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22657. National Film Board Canada Still Photography Div hardcover
Ottawa Canada: McClelland and Stewart Ltd 1976. First Edition third impression. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair Dustjacket. owner's note on page opposite title page otherwise very good. McClelland and Stewart Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3726 ISBN : 0771067186 9780771067181
Paris France: Nagel 1950. Text/BRAND NEW showing trace margin discoloration and humidty staining to lower text edge. Gilt embossed linen boards/NF. Pale blue ribbon bookmark. Near New 7 showing text ed discoloration. Linen boards/NF w/fading to spine. DJ/None. Blue ribbon bookmard & 5 fold-out color maps. English language travel guide to 1950s France. First Edition First Thus. Hard Cover. Collectible - Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition First Thus. Nagel Hardcover
Hollywood:: Monogram Pictures 1919. original printed wrappers. Short splits at the horizontal folds; moderate edge wear. 18 x 12 inches. Press campaign book illustrated with scenes from the motion picture starring Ann Corio. With the "Approved" stamp of the Advertising Advisory Council Hollywood 1919 on the front wrapper. Exhibitor's campaign book. Monogram Pictures, unknown
<br/><br/>Monplaisir Mme; Monplaisir Mons.; Bartholomin Mons. Victor Director. "La Zingarilla" as Danced by Mad. & Mons. Monplaisir in the Grand Asiatic Ballet of l'Almee as Performed Under the Direction of Mons. V. Bartholomin at the Broadway Theatre. New York: Atwill 1847. Hand-colored lithographic cover with 3-6pp. music 1f. blank. Lithograph by New York: Sarony & Major H. De Trobriand Fecit. shows dancing couple on pointe. Dancers are Madame and Monsieur Plaisir. Foxed and aged. Reference: Levy. GLIMG #88. unknown
<br/><br/>Monplaisir Mme; Monplaisir Mons.; Bartholomin Mons. Victor Director. "La Zingarilla" as Danced by Mad. & Mons. Monplaisir in the Grand Asiatic Ballet of l'Almee as Performed Under the Direction of Mons. V. Bartholomin at the Broadway Theatre. New York: Atwill 1847. Hand-colored lithographic cover with 3-6pp. music 1f. blank. Lithograph by New York: Sarony & Major H. De Trobriand Fecit. shows dancing couple on pointe. Dancers are Madame and Monsieur Plaisir. Foxed and aged. Reference: Levy. GLIMG #88. unknown books
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