Beverly Hills CA: Warner Columbia Film 1979. Vintage press kit for the French release of the 1979 Australian film containing seven black and white photographs a ten-page booklet of promotional reading material and several promotional stickers.<br/><br/>An unhinged policeman seeks revenge for the murder of his wife and son by a violent motorcycle gang. An Australian New Wave classic the first film in the dystopian Mad Max series followed by "Mad Max 2" 1981 "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" 1985 and "Mad Max: Fury Road" 2015. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Melbourne Australia. <br/><br/>Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine.<br/><br/>Harris Not Quite Hollywood. Warner Columbia Film unknown books
N.p.: Cambridge Productions 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film. Based on Banjo Patterson's 1890 poem of the same name. <br/><br/>Ostensibly conceived of during a dinner party George Miller's dramatic coming of age film tells the story of a young Australian who upon the death of his father takes a job at a cattle ranch in order to prove himself as a man. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Australia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small bruise to the verso. Cambridge Productions unknown books
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film showing actors Elizabeth Allan and Fay Bainter. <br/><br/>Based on the 1876 novel "Michel Strogoff" following a Russian courier as he travels cross-country to deliver a message to the troops on the Tartar battlefront.<br/><br/>Set in Russia.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Washington D. C: U. S. Government Printing Office 1915. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Single volume. Octavo 9 1/4" tall 142 pages with intertextual illustrations 33 b&w plate pages 19 fold out map pages complete gilt spine titles on maroon cloth. A very good copy overall cloth worn at all extremities with one corner bumped; hinge and binding solid; paper lightly yellowed with some light tomoderate foxing to the fore-edges and endpapers. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover
Department of the Interior 1934. Map 17" by 20". Quite clean. Paper. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Topographic Map. Department of the Interior Paperback
N.p.: ITC Entertainment 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German-Italian-British film. <br/><br/>A train traveling in Europe has been exposed to a deadly disease and the passengers are forbidden to leave the train. Terrorism and disaster follow with a star-studded cast including Richard Harris Martin Sheen and producer Carlo Ponti's wife Sophia Loren. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 with credits for director Cosmatos and screenwriter Mankiewicz. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with a green Vello binding. ITC Entertainment unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. <br/><br/>Based on Charles G. Finney's 1935 fantasy novel "The Circus of Dr. Lao." A magical circus arrives in a small western town whose inhabitants see themselves reflected in its assemblage of mystical performers and animals. <br/><br/>Set in the American west. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Six Near Fine two Very Good plus with small nicks and brief accompanying creasing to the edges.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 3783. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Los Angeles: Pan Arts / American Broadcasting Company ABC 1987. Shooting script for the 1988 film comedy. Director George Roy Hill's working copy with his typically profuse holograph annotations throughout as well as handwritten drafts and drawings for establishing shots scene setups screen credits sequences ideas etc. Also included are 2nd Unit shot lists Montage Arrangements Staff and Crew List a One Line Schedule and internal memorandums including an interesting summary of the cost for rights to various musical properties used in the film. <br/><br/>A well-loved and overlooked comedy in which Chase plays a sportswriter who moves his family to rural Vermont in order to write a novel. The townspeople however turn out to be more than a little eccentric and the relative seclusion sought by the family is interrupted by one disaster after another. <br/><br/>Materials housed in director Hill's black three-ring binder. Various loose materials in the binder pockets. Screenplay: orange titled wrappers; title page present with credits for novelist Cronley and screenwriter Boam and a date of 7/20/87. 131 leaves xerographically duplicated with pink blue green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/26/87 and 9/5/87 some undated. Pages wrapper and binder Near Fine; loose inserted leaves Very Good plus to Near Fine. Pan Arts / American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in holograph pencil annotation to the front wrapper and a single holograph ink annotation to the title page noting copy No. 201. <br/><br/>Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. Director George Roy Hill capped an impressive career with this film one of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively.<br/><br/>Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing to the first and last leaves wrapper Very Good plus with dampstains and light soil to the binding and rear wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1959. Draft script for the 18th episode of season 3 of the 1956-1961 television playhouse series which originally aired on February 5 1959. Copy belonging to director George Roy Hill with a printed label noting his name on the verso of the front wrapper and his holograph ink annotations throughout noting deletions and substantive changes. <br/><br/>A kinescope of the program survived and is available for viewing only at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>Based on Michel del Castillo's autobiographical 1957 novel "Tanguy." A young Spanish-French refugee is captured by the Nazis and interned in a concentration camp but finds happiness in Spain after the war. An early effort from the great George Roy Hill who was best known in the ensuing years for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" 1969 and "The Sting" 1973. <br/><br/>Set in France and Germany. <br/><br/>Housed in an untitled black spring binder. Title page present dated 1-19-59 with credits for director George Roy Hill novelist Michel del Castillo and screenwriter Irving Gaynor Neiman. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/23/59 and 2-3-59. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1962. Collection of five vintage press photographs of actress Jane Fonda from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 play by Tennessee Williams. On their ill-fated honeymoon George and Isabel visit George's war buddy whose wife has just walked out on him. Director George Roy Hill's directorial debut and a breakthrough role for Fonda. <br/><br/>Set in Tennessee. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
New York New York: New York Theatre Program 1928. First Edition. Magazine. Very Good. Originally opened December 28 1927 on Broadway. Octavo 7 2/3" tall 48 pages wire saddle stitch pamphlet style magazine with stiff three color wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition clean with light shelf wear overall but one corner bumped. Contains color Lucky Strike cigarettes Kelly Springfield Tires Djer-Kiss Toiletries and black and white advertisements for current shows shops restaurants hotels etc. New York Theatre Program unknown
New York: Music Theatre Inc 1960. Draft script for the 1965 play. Revival run at New York City Center April 28 to May 9 1965 for a total of 15 performances. Props and costume plot bound in. <br/><br/>Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" two short stories by Damon Runyon. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Won five Tony Awards in 1951 including Best Musical. 1965 production starred Alan King as Nathan Detroit Sheila MacRae as Adelaide Jerry Orbach as Sky and Anita Gillette as Sarah. <br/><br/>Set in Broadway Save-a-Soul Mission Havana Cuba and The Hot Box Club. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for story writer Damon Runyon music and lyricist Frank Loesser book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-7-50. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Music Theatre, Inc unknown books
Culver City CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television garnering seven Emmy wins and 21 total nominations. Life or death become the stakes as infidelity unfolds in the hospital ward. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 28 1968 noted as First Estimating Draft with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Xerographic duplication with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/20/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
London: National Screen Service 1969. Vintage full-color still photograph from the UK release of the 1969 US film. <br/><br/>A businessman receives news that his daughter is pregnant in New York where she quickly marries the child's father and even has him deliver the baby personally. Kim Darby whose rose to fame with her performance in the 1969 gem "True Grit" stars as the daughter. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no border as issued. A few faint creases else Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1992. Revised Script for the 1992 television movie. <br/><br/>Katharine Hepburn plays an elderly woman who houses an escaped convict and the pair become unlikely friends. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with Burt Reynolds production company insignia. Title page present dated October 23 1992 with credits for screenwriter Prideaux. 107 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1962. Collection of 3 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1962 UK release of the 1962 US film. <br/><br/>Based on Alexander Klein's 1958 novel starring William Holden as an ex-American citizen living in Sweden who gets blackmailed into spying for the Allies during WWII. He is reluctant to help until his relationship with a beautiful German double agent causes him to rethink his decision. The great Klaus Kinski even makes a brief appearance. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in Denmark Sweden and Germany. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1970 film. <br/><br/>The harbringer of what would be a decade full of disaster films packed with Hollywood actors metaphorically in search of a way to revive their careers in the wake of a crumbling studio system. Nonetheless and perhaps by accident a film that is as entertaining today as it was when it was released. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography and winner of one Best Actress going to Helen Hayes. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Minnesota and California. <br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Revised Draft script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member "Brokaw" with that name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper and marginal annotations throughout in holograph ink. Shooting schedules bound in. Included is a vintage production photograph of Kirk Douglas from the film. <br/><br/>Based on Vahe Katcha's 1957 novel "L'hamecon." During the Korean War a group of American soldiers capture an enemy pilot and orders are to execute the prisoner. Sgt. P.J. Briscoe Douglas orders his men to kill the prisoner but their reluctance forms a wedge in their allegiance. <br/><br/>Shot on location in the Catalina Harbor. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 63 dated May 1 1962 with a credit for screenwriter Denker. Title page integral with front wrapper. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered "133-137" followed by 24 leaves bound upside down. Mimeograph duplication with white pink yellow gray green and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/19/62 and 5/11/62. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Davenport p. 171. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Final Shooting script for the 1951 film here under the working title "Prisoner of War." With detailed extensive holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout the script. Likely copy belonging to Harold Medford with many annotations ending in "HM" throuhgout<br/><br/>Disoriented and exhausted from multiple missions over occupied France an American bomber squadron is forced to bail out leading to their capture and interrogation by the Germans.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7724 dated July 20 1950. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Harold Medford. 179 leaves. Mimeographed rectos only with yellow blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/12/50 and 10-3-50. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Draft script for the 1955 film here under the working title "The Calico Pony." Actor Van Heflin's copy with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Heflin plays a Civil War soldier returning to his hometown as a minister but his violent past follows him. The film debut of Joanne Woodward. <br/><br/>Red and black titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for writer Meadow. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
London: Unviersal International Pictures 1954. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1953 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>A man is sent to Baghdad to prevent the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire falling in love with a dancer while on his journey. <br/><br/>A story set in Baghdad shot in Palm Springs California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to 1 still else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Collection of eight vintage photographs from the 1951 film two promotional headshots of Joe E. Brown and eight studio stills two of which have "PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE" stamps and cropping annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1927 musical which was in turn based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. A wildly popular MGM musical hit wherein the daughter of the captain of the Cotton Blossom a traveling show boat falls for a roguish unlucky gambler. Nominated for two Academy Awards. The definitive version of the musical following adaptations in 1929 and 1936.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Mississippi. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Nine Near Fine with minor creasing in margins and edge wear. One Very Good with significant chipping to top right corner. Two have stiffening coating on verso.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1967. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1967 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1905 H. G. Wells novel "Kipps" starring Tommy Steele as Arthur Kipps an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile. His grandfather dies and leaves him a vast wealth prompting a sudden life change. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso and faint creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 389. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth from the 1957 film. "Columbia Pictures" stamp "Advertising Code" dated "June 14 1957" stamp and mimeo snipe on verso.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1940 musical with book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.<br/><br/>Womanizing heel Joey Evans Sinatra woos former flame and wealthy widow Linda English Hayworth to help finance his dream club "Chez Joey" but feelings for the beautiful nice young chorus girl Linda English Kim Novak get in the way.<br/><br/>Nominated for four Academy Awards.<br/><br/>Set in San Francisco shot on location in San Francisco Oakland and Berkeley California. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs of Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke rehearsing on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe "ORIGINAL A RENDRE PARIMAGE" "COPYRIGHT CAMERA PRESS LTD." and a struck through with holograph pencil "Holmes-Lebel" stamps on the verso. One contains an "impress" sticker on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse.<br/><br/>Unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson Van Dyke is convinced he can make his fortune and marry girlfriend Rosie Leigh if he can get recently drafted Rock and Roll star Conrad Birdie Jessie Pearson on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss high school girl Kim MacAfee Ann Margret goodbye. <br/><br/>Nominated for 2 Academy Awards.<br/><br/>1 - 9 x 12 inches 1 - 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus edgewear and creasing to far corners. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. <br/><br/>Hollywood remake of George Sluzier's 1988 Dutch thriller a film cemented in cinema history for its notorious ending. Sluzier was brought on to direct the 1993 adaptation which stars Kiefer Sutherland and Sandra Bullock as the doomed couple and Jeff Bridges as the sociopath Barney Cousons. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Washington California and Wyoming. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Revised Draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Todd Graff. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographically duplicated with blue green and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/19/92 and 4/9/92. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Collection of 8 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1965 US film. <br/><br/>Based on the book by Fulton Oursler about the life of Jesus Christ. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light corner creases else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
N.p.: George Stevens Productions 1959. Vintage studio photograph on the set of the 1959 film revealing the house interior set design. <br/><br/>Based on Anne Frank's diary and Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's 1955 stage play that was adapted from it. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and for 8 Academy Awards winner of 3 including Best Supporting Actress for Shelly Winters.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light edgewear light creasing on bottom right and small tear in lower left border. George Stevens Productions unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Original US insert poster for the 1959 film directed by George Stevens and the definitive adaptation of the seminal memoir of a Jewish family's experience during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and nominated for 5 others including Best Picture and Best Director. <br/><br/>14 x 36 inches. Very Good plus overall with a faint tide mark along the bottom edge some shallow creasing at a few extremities one tiny chip and one short closed tear briefly mended with tape at the verso. Colors bright and unfaded presents well. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens promoting the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe photographer "Floyd McCarty" stamp and "Libreria De Cine" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 novel by Edna Ferber. James Dean's final film for which he received a posthumous Academy Award nomination. Nominated for eight additional Oscars including Best Picture with Stevens winning a ninth for Best Director. <br/><br/>Set in Texas shot there on location and in Arizona and Virginia.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some edgewear and creasing. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1956 film showing James Dean in rehearsal with Elizabeth Taylor. With the stamp of still photographer and Dean's close friend Sanford Roth on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 novel by Edna Ferber about the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family. James Dean's final film for which he received a posthumous Academy Award nomination. Nominated for eight additional Oscars including Best Picture with George Stevens winning a ninth for Best Director. <br/><br/>5.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit.<br/><br/>Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1953. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. <br/><br/>Though not nominated Alan Ladd gave an Oscar-worthy performance. Jack Palance despite saying only 12 lines received an Academy Award nomination for his creepy career-defining role. One of the greatest Westerns of the twentieth century "Shane" is a classic that transcends the genre and can be appreciated on many levels. <br/><br/>Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming and California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a small repair to the bottom margin of one image. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Pitts 3808. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1948 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto "1948 RKO" stamp with photograph credit for Gaston Longet on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1944 play by John Van Druten which was in turn based on the 1943 novel "Mama's Bank Account" by Kathryn Forbes. Young Norwegian immigrant Katrin Hanson chronicles the lives of herself her three siblings and her parents in turn of the century San Francisco. Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Shot on location in San Francisco California. <br/><br/>9 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with horizontal creasing along top edge. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens in conversation with actress Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>As she prepares to leave her husband a woman reflects on the highs and lows of her marriage including the couple's courtship wedding day and unfulfilled desire for a child. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light wear to the top edge. <br/><br/>Olive Films 702. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1942. Collection of seven vintage keybook photographs from the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe and "Approved Advertising Advisory Council Apr 21 1942 Hollywood" stamp on verso of each. <br/><br/>Political activist Leopold Dilg Cary Grant is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison he hides out in former schoolmate and sweetheart Nora Shelley's Jean Arthur house currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap Ronald Coleman. <br/><br/>Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in fictional Lochester New England. <br/><br/>8 x 11 inches images 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1942. Vintage reference photograph of a supine Cary Grant surrounded by Jean Arthur director George Stevens and crew from the set of the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe on verso here under the working title "The Talk of the Town." <br/><br/>Political activist Leopold Dilg Cary Grant is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison he hides out in former schoolmate and sweetheart Nora Shelley's Jean Arthur house currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap Ronald Coleman. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in fictional Lochester New England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. <br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Two vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1930 film one showing actors Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler and one showing Dressler alone. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Lorna Moon's 1929 novel. A beleaguered dockside innkeeper Dressler tries to protect and raise her young adopted daughter while loving and frequently fighting with an alcoholic fisherman Beery who resides at the inn. A wildly successful sharp drama co-written by two successful female screenwriters at the height of their careers Frances Marion and Marion Jackson. <br/><br/>10 x 13 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and slightly wavy. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Collection of five original concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1944 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1909 play by Edward Locke about a doctor who becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice reminds with of his deceased financee whom he murdered out of jealousy. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Very Good plus or better. <br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Original preliminary advertising concept art sketch for the release of the 1944 Universal horror film from the director of "The Wolf Man." Executed in graphite charcoal and gouache on onion skin paper and mounted on to white paper stock. <br/><br/>11.5 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to right margin and a single horizontal crease faint tape residue at upper margin. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Draft script for the 1944 Universal horror film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper and throughout mostly noting deletions and page number changes. Included with the script is a bound set of revision pages attributed on the front wrapper and at the top of numerous leaves to dialogue director Gene Lewis dated from 1/6/43 to 1/14/44. <br/><br/>Ostensibly based on the play by Edward Locke but bearing little resemblance in plot the film follows a physician who becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice reminds him of his late wife's whom he murdered because of a similar obsession. Originally intended to be a sequel to Universal Pictures' "Phantom of the Opera" 1943. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set in Vienna. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 7203 dated DECEMBER 6 1943. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 147. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/22/43 and 12/28/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1941. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing Lon Chaney Jr. in costume as the eponymous Wolf Man getting groomed by makeup artist Jack P. Pierce. <br/><br/>A man visiting his ancestral home in Wales is bitten by a strange wolf-like creature leading to his occasional moonlit transformation into a bloodthirsty werewolf. Universal Pictures' second werewolf film preceded by the less successful "Werewolf of London" 1935 and followed by several "Wolf Man" monster mash-up sequels including "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" 1943 and "House of Frankenstein" 1944. <br/><br/>Set in Llanwelly Wales.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Universal Pictures unknown books
Washington DC: Department of the Interior 1900. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Elephant folio 18 1/2" x 21 3/4" unpaginated contains 6 color maps and approx. 8 pages text 4 single page maps and two double page maps stiff printed wraps. A very good clean neat soft covered edition with minor exterior wear covers and text pages moderately yellowed map pages cream white binding solid. Maps include topography economic geology structure sections historical geology. Department of the Interior paperback
Washington: Special Research Group George Washington University. Near Fine. 1969. Softcover. Contract Number 41-7-004-09; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 139 pages; Mimeographed. Stapled. . Special Research Group, George Washington University paperback
Berlin: Film-Kurier 1929. Original program for the legendary 1929 silent film. Replete with beautiful gravure-printed production photographs including a stunning deep focus shot on the rear panel from a party scene in the film with Louise Brooks at the center of attention. <br/><br/>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 of his Jewish origins. The issues from this era remain striking to this day because they were printed using a gravure reproduction process. Each day's issue would focus on a single film. <br/><br/>8 pages saddle stapled with only the lightest wear at the edges. About Near Fine. Film-Kurier unknown books
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