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Mekas Adolfas director screenplay; Kenneth Anger director screenplay
Hallelujah the Hills with Scorpio Rising Promotional broadside
Los Angeles 1963. Promotional broadside designed to resemble an oversized postcard for the Los Angeles premiere of Adolfas Mekas' feature film debut "Hallelujah the Hills" along with the debut of Kenneth Anger's short film "Scorpio Rising." Mekas was the brother of Jonas Mekas a film critic filmmaker and essentially father figure of the avant-garde New American Cinema of the 1960s which in turn spawned the underground film movement that continued into the 1970s. "Hallelujah the Hills" a surreal comedy satirizing politics American pop culture religion and sexual mores was the first feature film in that movement. 11.5 x 9.25 inches black and white type and illustrations on brown card stock printed on recto only. Slight toning at the edges brief creasing to one corner else Near Fine. unknown
Bookseller reference : 115508
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Mekas Jonas artistic director et al / edited by
Anthology Film Archives July and August 2005
Anthology Film Archives 2005. Close to fine tall illustrated stapled wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Terrific offerings with fascinating text and descriptions. Anthology Film Archives, 2005 paperback
Bookseller reference : 62758
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Mel Blanc Actor Don Brodie Actor Ben Sharpsteen Director Hamilton S. Luske Director
Pinocchio Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo BD Live Blu-ray 1940
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment March 10 2009. Multiple Formats. Like New. Like new Blu-ray/DVD Combo BD Live 3 discs in original case and slip sleeve with all art included from private collection plays great non-smoking home free upgrade to first class shipping in USA free delivery confirmation on all US orders West Coast APO Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico should opt for "expedited" shipping. Save a tree. Read Recycle & Reuse. Buy all your used books from Enough Books. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment unknown
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Mel Brooks book; Charles Strouse music; Lee Adams lyrics; Joshua Logan director
All American a new musical comedy / THE PLAYBILL a weekly magazine for theatregoers: March 19 1962 / volume 6 number 12 / Winter Garden Theatre / starring Ray Bolger Eileen Herlie Ron Husmann Anita Gillette and Fritz Weaver et al
New York New York: Playbill 1961. First Edition. Magazine. Very Good. Octavo 9 " tall 34 pages stated wire saddle stitch pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. minus pages 1-2 and 5-10 and corresponding pages 35-37 and 27-32--BUT nothing is removed and no information about this show is missing though unrelated editorial material may not be present. It is suggested by some authorities that editorial filler pages were often left out during this period if insufficient advertising were sold. This was the opening night of a new production and not yet a hit. This is the original theatre program in near fine condition with little edge wear slight yellowing to paper. Play opened December 26 1960 and closed June 13th 1962. Contains many advertisements for current shows automobiles hotels etc. Playbill unknown
Bookseller reference : 23910
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Mel Brooks director screenwriter producer starring; Madeline Kahn Dom DeLuise Harvey Korman Cloris Leachman Gregory Hines
History of the World: Part 1 Two original color photographs and one black and white photograph from the 1981 film
N.p.: Brooksfilms 1981. Two vintage color double weight studio still photographs of Gregory Hines and one vintage black and white studio still photograph of Mel Brooks and Gregory Hines from the 1981 film. <br/><br/>An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. In the film Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and Jacques "Jacques le garcon de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space."<br/><br/>Gregory Hines screen debut as Ethiopian slave Josephus.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Brooksfilms unknown books
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Mel Brooks director screenwriter producer starring; Madeline Kahn Dom DeLuise Harvey Korman Cloris Leachman starring
History of the World: Part I Original British poster for the 1981 film
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. Original British "bus stop" poster for the 1981 US film. Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. <br/><br/>An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and Jacques "Jacques le garcon de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space."<br/><br/>40 x 60 inchesfolded folded as issued. Faint foxing and brief annotations in ink and pencil to the verso light creasing else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 139023
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Mel Brooks director screenwriter starring; Norman Steinberg Andrew Bergman Richard Pryor Alan Uger screenwriters; Cleavon L
Blazing Saddles Original photograph of Mel Brooks from the set of the 1974 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Vntage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of Mel Brooks and producer Martin Hertzberg on the set of the 1974 film. <br/><br/>Director Mel Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A witty satire on the racism often inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards.<br/><br/>Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. <br/><br/>7.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151935
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Mel Brooks director writer producer starring; Barry Levinson screenwriter; Madeline Khan Cloris Leachman Harvey Korman star
High Anxiety Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1977 film. <br/><br/>Mel Brooks' delirious take on the most sacrosanct of all filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock made at the height of Brooks' fame as a filmmaker. Nominated for two Golden Globes. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles and San Francisco CA. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 145099
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Mel Damski director; John Sayles screenwriter; Linda Kelsey Michael Brandon Lisa Lucas starring
A Perfect Match Original screenplay for the 1980 television film
Culver City CA: Lorimar 1980. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. <br/><br/>A woman dying from a blood disease who needs a bone marrow transplant contacts the daughter she gave up for adoption at birth in the hopes that they might be a match.<br/><br/>Set in California. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 920102 dated February 5 1980. Title page present dated February 5 1980 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Sayles. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Lorimar unknown books
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Mel Ferrer director screenwriter; Felipe Lopez still photographer; Jose Maria Palacio screenwriter; Marisol Angel Peralta Raf
Every Day Is a Holiday Two original photographs from the 1965 film
London: Gala Films 1966. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1965 Spanish film "Cabriola" released in the US as "Every Day Is a Holiday." Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos noting cast synopsis and production company. Pictured is Marisol in action and smiley on horseback<br/><br/>Releasing during a time when female bullfighters were widely publicized in national periodicals this film tells the story of Chica Marisol a young Spanish girl who rises to fame as a bullfighter on horseback disguised as a boy. <br/><br/>Set in Spain shot on there location. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 145. Gala Films unknown books
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Mel Ferrer director; William Henry Hudson novel; Dorothy Kingsley screenwriter; Audrey Hepburn Anthony Perkins starring
Green Mansions Original photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1959 film
N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Anthony Perkins balancing a folding chair on his chin. With the stamps of Globe Photos and Pictorial Press on the verso and a printed mimeo snipe. <br/><br/>A Venezuelan man flees his home country to avoid a revolution traveling to the Amazon forest where he meets and falls in love with a young orphan named Rima. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Venezuela Guyana and Colombia.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and faintly toned. N.p. unknown books
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Mel Gibson director starring; Randall Wallace screenwriter; Sophie Marceau Patrick McGoohan Catherine McCormack starring
Braveheart Original screenplay for the 1995 film
Hollywood: Icon Entertainment 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film. An early draft produced prior to the film having an association with Mel Gibson's production company Icon Entertainment International. <br/><br/>Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for another five including Best Original Screenplay. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers production No. 53 dated March 24 1994 with credits for screenwriter Randall Wallace. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only dated 31-Mar-94. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some tears and folding at the extremities silver prong binding. Icon Entertainment unknown books
Bookseller reference : 144358
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Mel Stuart director; Theodore Strauss screenwriter; Richard Basehart John Brewer Wesley Frazier starring
Four Days in November Original Film Pressbook
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1964. Original Pressbook for the 1964 documentary film. From the director of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" a memorial to president John F. Kennedy and a look at the events surrounding his assassination. <br/><br/>8 pages saddle-stapled with one ad supplement 11 x 17 inches. Black-and-white throughout. A horizontal fold at the middle else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : 129477
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Melanie De Proft Director; Marie Abdisho Elaine Bechtel Loiise Bobzin et al. Contributors
Cakes & Tortes: 193 Sweet Treats for Every Occasion #105
Chicago IL: Culinary Arts Institute 1957. Copyright 1957/No. 105 . Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Davi Botts Illustrated by. 68 pp. #105 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Small stain on fore edge. Light foxing on page edges not affecting text. <br/> <br/> Culinary Arts Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 20Box0032
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Melanie De Proft Director
Cooking Magic: Step-By-Step Cookbooks Volume 1 and Volume 2
Culinary Arts Institute Chicago IL 1956 This is a set of step-by-step cookbooks bound in a two hardcover binders in metal clasp. Each paperback is about 65 pp. and in VG to near fine condition; a neat collection of recipes from the 1950s and each book has black & white photographs and color illustrations. 11 softcover books in each volume. hundreds of great recipes and photos. 68-page softcover Culinary Arts cookbooks. Volume 1 lists Cookbooks #101-#112 on the spine and actually holds 11 books-101 quick dishes for the woman in a hurry; casserole cookbook; French; chocolate; lunch box; Italian; breakfast/brunch; ground meat; elegant desserts; creole; dishes children love. missing Gourmet Foods Volume ll contains #113 The Scandinavian Cookbook. #114 The Hungarian Cookbook. #115 Entertaining Six or Eight. #116 The Cheese Cookbook. #117 Cooking Dishes for Hot Weather. #118 The New England Cookbook. #119 Sunday Night Suppers. #120 The German & Viennese Cookbook. #121 Cooking with SOur Cream & Buttermilk. #122 Thhe Southern & Southwestern Cookbook. #124 The Holiday Cookbook 123 low calorie missing. Very Good/Unknown. Illus. by Derwinski Beatrice. Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, IL, 1956 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32945
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Melanie De Proft Director; Sherrill Corley Bertha Gehrke Julie Griffith et al. Contributors
Elegant Desserts: 200 Deliciously Distinctive Desserts #109
Chicago IL: Culinary Arts Institute 1965. Copyright 1965/No. 109 . Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Kay Lovelace Illustrated by. 68 pp. Number 109 issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Stain on bottom edge. Minimal light or very mild discoloration/browning/tanning/foxing on page edges not affecting text. <br/> <br/> Culinary Arts Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 20Box0033
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Melanie DeProft Director of
My Favorite Recipes: Culinary Arts Institue
Chicago IL: Spencer Press. Good. 1959. Hardcover. 320 pp. Color photograph endpages. All extremities worn corners bumped. Binding tight. Contents clean. Illustrated with photographs and with period art accents. A very nice collection of easy to follow tested recipes important if you are actually going to make the recipes! Sections are introduced with instruction and tips. Of interest are the Luncheon and Supper Dishes section and the many types of molded dishes including various aspics loafs and molded salads. A few casserole's were found such as Creamed Finnan Haddie and Cracker Tips en Casserole but the heaviest representation 100 /- pages is dedicated to the dessert sections! Laid in are various inserts from the period 1958 including: Philadelphia cream cheese "Package of Family Treats" 4 pp.; Betty Crocker Date and nut cake; Better Homes and Garden's "How good a host or hosteess are you" 10 pp.; Hand written recipe card; and Parade Magazine clippings. ; 8vo . Spencer Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8090
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Melanie De Proft Director; Sherrill Corley Bertha Gehrke Julie Griffith et al. Contributors
Quick Dishes for the Woman in A Hurry: 332 Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less #101
Chicago IL: Culinary Arts Institute 1965. Copyright 1965/No. 101 . Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Kay Lovelace Illustrated by. 68 pp. #101 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges not affecting text. <br/> <br/> Culinary Arts Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 20Box0036
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Melanie De Proft Director Culinary Arts Institute
THE AMERICAN PEOPLES COOKBOOK
Chicago: Spencer Press Inc. 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Book is a collection of recipes submitted to the Culinary Arts Institute in a contest they ran. Over 1/3 of the recipes are award-winning recipes. Tight binding. No chips tears creases or written inscriptions on pages. Full-colour pictorial endpapers. Bottom corners of boards are bumped. Size: Sm 4to 9" to 11". 600 pp. Due to weight of book additional shipping charges may apply - please enquire. <br/><br/> Spencer Press Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3625
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Melanie De Proft Director; Sherrill Corley Bertha Gehrke Julie Griffith et al. Contributors
The Casserole Cookbook: 175 Main Dish and Dessert Casseroles #102
Chicago IL: Culinary Arts Institute 1965. Copyright 1965/No. 102 . Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Kay Lovelace Illustrated by. 68 pp. #102 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Small stain on bottom edge. Light foxing on page edges not affecting text. <br/> <br/> Culinary Arts Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 20Box0035
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Melanie De Proft Director; Barbara Albrecht Ruth Bell Kathryn Clifford et al. Contributors
The Chocolate Cookbook 218 Full-Flavored Chocolate Recipes
Chicago IL: Culinary Arts Institute 1955. Copyright 1955 . Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Catherine Scholz Illustrated by. 68 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Stain on bottom edge. <br/> <br/> Culinary Arts Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 20Box0022
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Melanie De Proft Director; Sherrill Corley Bertha Gehrke Julie Griffith et al. Contributors
The Ground Meat Cookbook: 204 Intriguing Ground Meat Recipes #108
Chicago IL: Culinary Arts Institute 1965. Copyright 1965/No. 108 . Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Selma Quateman Illustrated by. 68 pp. #108 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges not affecting text. <br/> <br/> Culinary Arts Institute paperback
Bookseller reference : 20Box0034
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Melendreras ER. director; Alfonso Mangada redactor jefe E. R.
Arte Comercial; Revista Tecnica de Publicidad y Organizacion. Abril 1946. Ano I Num. 1
Madrid: Zugel 1946. Magazine. 48p. b&w photoillustration and drawings and one color plate described below presswork on semi-glazed reasonably alkaline paperstock. Magazine in 10.5x7.5 inch artsy wraps edgeworn with a mouse-nibble dust-soil and creasing. The "color plate" mounted on a cardstock blank and bound in is a 6.5x4.5 inch cardstock flyer for vitamins B and C featuring a nicely-inked orange; it has partly torn away from its tipped-on margin NB stiff card fixed to lightweight paper is our director's design flaw!. The mouse-nibble is to a corner-tip trivial but quite noticible. Complete issue a reading or reference copy. Inaugural issue a project devoted to commercial art and overall to the principal and practice of active advertising by editors who hoped to create "a new type of advertising agency unknown in Spain" - as it were an ad collective. Erratic publication ended 1952. Zugel unknown books
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Melissa Leo starring; Jamil Dehlavi director screenwriter; James Wilby Shabana Azmi Zia Mohyeddin starring
The Immaculate Conception Vintage still from the 1992 film
London: Magraw Publicity 1992. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1992 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>A Western couple visits a fertility shrine in Karachi hoping to conceive but setting off a cultural clash. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Magraw Publicity unknown books
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Melissa Mills Director of Communications Warren Steibel Producer and Director and William F. Buckley Jr. Host
Firing Line: Read Any Good TV Lately Try Five Years of Firing Line! Transcript List Catalog of Programs for First Five Seasons 1971-1976
Columbia SC: Southern Educational Communications Association SECA. A left-stapled transcript measuring 5-3/4" by 8-1/2" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. This catalog contains a list of the first 280 programs of Firing Line commencing in 1971 with the program's move to the Public Broadcasting Service under the auspices of the Southern Educational Communications Association SECA. Each transcript was available for purchase at the time and the last page contains an order form. Each program in order of telecast was given a transcript number which was compiled and maintained by SECA although the number does not appear in the actual printed transcript. The catalog contains the transcript number from No. 1 to No. 280 the program subject and guest please note that the PBS air date is not provided in this catalog. In addition there is an introduction by Melissa Mills who indicates that "Firing Line is currently operating at a deficit" with encouragement to purchase transcripts in support of the program. . Fine. Stapled Wraps. 1st Edition. 1976. Southern Educational Communications Association (SECA) paperback
Bookseller reference : 009436
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Melissa Seley Editorial Director
Ember - A Journal of Cannabis and Culture. Issue 3 Holiday 2018
New York: ENTtech Media Group LLC 2018 New and striking in every way. See scans and description. New York: ENTtech Media Group LLC 2018. 'Ember - A Journal of Cannabis and Culture. Issue 3 Holiday 2018' Editorial Director Melissa Seley. Quarto illustrated perfect-bound wraps 80 pp. Brand squeaky new. A multi-directional stylish graphically engaging and knowledgeably written periodical with the focus of its sub-head: Cannabis and Culture. Genre-collectible. Ships in a sturdy box not an envelope. LPR49 ENTtech Media Group LLC paperback
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Mellett. Hon. Lowell Executive Director National Emergency Council
Report on the Economic Conditions of the South: Prepared for the President by the National Emergency Council
Washington D.C.: National Emergency Council 1938. Wraps. Very good. Stapled wraps. 64 pages. Yellow paper covers with title in black on the front cover. This report was prepared for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Some toning to the front cover. Contents in very good condition. National Emergency Council paperback
Bookseller reference : 17538
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Melman Seymour Director of Research and Baron Melvyn Research Associate and Ely Dodge Research Associate
In the Name of America: The conduct of the war in Vietnam by the armed forces of the United States as shown by published reports Compared with the Laws of War binding on the United States Government and on its citizens
New York: Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam 1968. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. ix 421 1 p. 22 cm. This is a study commissioned and published by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam. Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam paperback
Bookseller reference : 59876
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Melo Juan Vicente Director
LA PALABRA Y EL HOMBRE: NUMERO 23 JULIO-SEPTIEMBRE DE 1977
Xalapa Mexico: Universidad Veracruzana. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. In Spanish. Authors include: Jorge Luis Borges Paul Valery Jorge Lobillo Jose Revueltas Pierre Klossoswki more. ; 8vo; 74 pages . Universidad Veracruzana paperback
Bookseller reference : 22516
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Melton Founder/Director J Gordon
Encyclopedia of Protestantism Encyclopedia of World Religions
Checkmark Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Checkmark Books unknown
Bookseller reference : V09C-02048 ISBN : 0816077460 9780816077465
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Melton Founder/Director J Gordon
Encyclopedia of Protestantism Encyclopedia of World Religions
Checkmark Books. PAPERBACK. 0816077460 . New. Checkmark Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Z0816077460ZN ISBN : 0816077460 9780816077465
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Melton Founder/Director J Gordon
Encyclopedia of Protestantism Encyclopedia of World Religions
Checkmark Books. PAPERBACK. 0816077460 . New. Checkmark Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Z0816077460ZN ISBN : 0816077460 9780816077465
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Melton Founder/Director J Gordon
Encyclopedia of Protestantism Encyclopedia of World Religions
Checkmark Books. Paperback. 0816077460 . New. 2008-10-01. Checkmark Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Z0816077460ZN ISBN : 0816077460 9780816077465
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Melville Jean Pierre Director
Army of Shadows L'armee des ombres
Criterion Collection #385 1969. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine. DVD movie. 145 minutes. Color. Widescreen format. In French with optional English subtitles. Two discs. <br /><br />Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel. Starring Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Simone Signoret Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier. The second disc includes "Le journal de la Resistanceâ a black & white documentary filmed in Paris in August 1944 about the liberation of the city. It is narrated by Noel Coward. Criterion Collection #385
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Melville Herman Squier Robert director; Karen Thomas producer; F. Murray Abraham John Huston starring
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise Original Press Kit for the 1985 documentary
Washington D.C.: The Film Company / Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1985. Original Press Kit for the 1985 documentary. With a transcript of the program and a 32-page companion guide featuring facts about Herman Melville's life and work articles on Melville and a selected bibliography. This documentary tracks the personal and intellectual adventures of Herman Melville. Narrated by John Huston the film includes readings and commentary by F. Murray Abraham Robert Penn Warren Alfred Kazan and other notable writers and critics. Arthur Unger with The Christian Science Monitor reviewed the film in 1985: "Directed written produced and photographed mostly by Robert Squier a unique and dedicated artist himself. Mr. Squier has accomplished an inspired film about a writer and his writing which manages to combine the song of poetry and the zing of adventure with the shock of psychological recognition. not merely a labor of love; it is a probing and incisive study of how a man and his work interact with the environment physical and emotional. Utilizing real locations top literary scholars and a delicate sense of time and place with a minimal amount of reenactment Mr. Squier's film records the paradoxes in Melville's life his sense of hopelessness his disgust with brutality his agonizing search for religion his intellectual resolve his determination to survive personal disasters."not afraid of deep questions.'' Companion guide 32 pages transcript 36 pages and promotional letter from the publishers advertising a videocassette of the film rental $75 purchase $350 house in a dark green folder with silver titles and blind-stamped design. Near Fine overall. The Film Company / Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown
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Melville Jean Pierre director; Alain Delon Yves Montand starring
Le cercle rouge Original French poster for the 1970 film noir
Paris: Euro International Film 1970. Vintage French grande poster affiche for the 1970 French film noir. Director Melville's twelfth film his second in color and probably his most ambitious the culmination of many themes developed in his previous work played out through the filter of the crime genre. A triumph of visual storytelling as well with two stunning 30-minute sequences at the beginning and end of the film respectively played out with no dialogue whatsoever. 47 x 63 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 218. Buss French Film Noir. Grant US. Spicer US. Euro International Film unknown
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Melville Jean Pierre Director
Le cercle rouge
<p>Criterion Collection 1970. DVD Movie. Fine copy. DVD movie. Two disc set. The main feature is 140 minutes widescreen format in French with optional English subtitles. The second disc includes a 30 minute feature called "Jean-Pierre Melville portrait en 9 poses". Superbly presented by The Criterion Collection with the original artwork and a booklet. Stars Alain Delon Yves Montand Bourvil Gian-Maria Volonté Paul Crauchet and Franois Périer. This is one of the best policiers crime dramas ever made. It is about an audacious jewel robbery at an upscale dealer on the Place Vendôme. The gang is composed of Alain Delon Yves Montand and Gian Maria Volonté. Their antagonist is a police inspector played by Bourvil who throughout his career was known as a comedian. This film gave him the opportunity to take on one serious role before he passed away. Also of interest is the star turns taken by his three cats.</p> Criterion Collection
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Melville Jean Pierre director; Jose Giovanni novel; Lino Ventura starring
Le deuxieme souffle Original French poster for the 1966 film noir
Paris: Les Productions Montaigne 1966. Vintage French grande poster affiche for the 1966 French film noir. Director Melville's ninth film and while this is saying something probably his bleakest. Ventura plays a mobster who emerges from prison determined to reclaim his old crime empire only to find that times have changed since he left. Railing against said changes he sends himself and his family on a downward spiral that pits nearly everyone on both sides of the law against him. 47 x 63 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 448. Buss French Film Noir. Grant p. 181. Spicer p. 453. Les Productions Montaigne unknown
Bookseller reference : 137105
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Melville Jean Pierre director; Pierre Lesou novel; Jean Paul Belmondo Serge Reggiani starring
Le doulos Original French poster for the 1962 film noir
Paris: Pathe Contemporary Films 1962. Vintage French grande poster affiche for the 1962 French film noir. One of two styles issued with no priority. Director Melville's seventh film and narratively perhaps his most complex a major cinematic entry in the birth of the modern anti-hero. The story unfolds by way of two characters Maurice and Silien and consistently switches back and forth between them leading the audience to grasp randomly for a distinct protagonist despite the fact that both are criminals. As the story unfolds themes of loyalty and friendship subtly and devastatingly emerge. 47 x 63 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 407. Buss French Film Noir. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Pathe Contemporary Films unknown
Bookseller reference : 137102
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Melville Jean Pierre director; Alain Delon starring
Le Samourai Collection of 8 French reference photographs from the 1967 film
N.p.: N.p. 1967. Collection of 8 borderless reference photographs from the French release of the 1967 film. Arguably Jean-Pierre Melville's crowning achievement though we feel there are no low points among his crime films wherein Delon plays an icy hitman who is utterly anonymous living alone in a single bedroom apartment with only a small bird in a birdcage for company. Things are fine and then he meets a woman. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 306. Buss French Film Noir. Ebert I. Grant France. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
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Melville Jean Pierre director screenwriter; Beatrix Beck novel; Henri Decae cinematographer; Jean Paul Belmondo Emmanuelle Ri
Leon Morin pretre priest Original French promotional book 1961 film
Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica 1961. Original French promotional book for the 1961 French film. Based on the 1952 novel by Beatrix Beck. With a small red rubber stamp from a French movie house at the top center of the front wrapper. A departure for both Melville and Belmondo both turning from the crime films for which they were best known in order to make a moving adaptation of Beck's novel a complex story of unrequited love set during World War II and the Holocaust. 6 pages saddle stitched 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Single horizontal fold at the center likely as issued else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 572. Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica unknown
Bookseller reference : 134750
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Melville Herman Squier Robert director; Karen Thomas producer; F. Murray Abraham John Huston starring
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise Original Press Kit for the 1985 documentary
Washington D.C.: The Film Company / Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1985. Original Press Kit for the 1985 documentary. With a transcript of the program and a 32-page companion guide featuring facts about Herman Melville's life and work articles on Melville and a selected bibliography. <br/><br/>This documentary tracks the personal and intellectual adventures of Herman Melville. Narrated by John Huston the film includes readings and commentary by F. Murray Abraham Robert Penn Warren Alfred Kazan and other notable writers and critics. <br/><br/>Arthur Unger with The Christian Science Monitor reviewed the film in 1985: <br/><br/>"Directed written produced and photographed mostly by Robert Squier a unique and dedicated artist himself. Mr. Squier has accomplished an inspired film about a writer and his writing which manages to combine the song of poetry and the zing of adventure with the shock of psychological recognition. not merely a labor of love; it is a probing and incisive study of how a man and his work interact with the environment physical and emotional. Utilizing real locations top literary scholars and a delicate sense of time and place with a minimal amount of reenactment Mr. Squier's film records the paradoxes in Melville's life his sense of hopelessness his disgust with brutality his agonizing search for religion his intellectual resolve his determination to survive personal disasters."not afraid of deep questions.''<br/><br/>Companion guide 32 pages transcript 36 pages and promotional letter from the publishers advertising a videocassette of the film rental $75 purchase $350 house in a dark green folder with silver titles and blind-stamped design. Near Fine overall. The Film Company / Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 135071
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Melville Shavelson director screenwriter; Franco Nero Suzanne Pleshette Judd Hirsch Lesley Ann Warren starring
The Legend of Valentino Valentino Original teleplay script for the 1975 television movie
Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Final Draft script for the 1975 television movie. <br/><br/>A biography of Rudolph Valentino a silent movie star and widely-regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol who established the archetype of the <br/>"great lover" and popularized "gaucho" pants among other things. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 28 1975 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Melville Shavelson. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with yellow white blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between August 4 1975 and August 11 1975. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140151
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Melville Shavelson director screenwriter; Jack Rose screenwriter; Cary Grant Sophia Loren starring
Houseboat Original photograph from the 1958 film
N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless double-weight matte-finish photograph from the 1958 film showing actors Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. With the stamp of Globe Photos on the verso along with a stamp noting No. 11923A. <br/><br/>A widower has trouble caring for his three children after the death of his estranged wife and hires an Italian socialite to be their nanny. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Washington DC and Maryland. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 150172
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Melville Shavelson director screenwriter; Jack Rose Suso Cecchi D'Amico Michael Pertwee Jack Davies screenwriters; Clark Gab
It Started in Naples Original photograph from the 1960 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Vintage full-color still photograph from the UK release of the 1960 US film. <br/><br/>Clark Gable stars as a lawyer who helps manage the estate of his late brother who left behind a saucy Italian wife Loren and a young son. Gable also managed to gain significant weight during the filming in Italy due primarily to his acquired taste for the local cuisine. This would be the last film of his to be released during his lifetime. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to the top and bottom borders else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132093
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Melville Shavelson director screenwriter; James Thurber writer; Danny Arnold screenwriter; Jack Lemmon Barbara Harris Jason R
The War Between Men and Women Collection of 8 original photographs from the 1972 film
New York: National General Pictures 1972. Collection of 8 vintage still photographs from the 1972 film. Based loosely on the writings and illustrations of James Thurber which were in turn based on Thurber's own life. Adhesive residue to the verso of all photographs with mimeograph snipe tipped on to the verso of two photos. Item also includes a three page cast and crew list on Cinema Center Films letterhead. <br/><br/>Jack Lemmon plays a jaded nearsighted cartoonist who falls for a single mother of three Barbara Harris against his own bachelor tendencies. The film utilizes a combination of both live action and animated scenes in order to portray Thurber's life as he himself had done. <br/><br/>Set in Manhattan. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. All photos Near Fine or better. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National General Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 141606
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Melville Shavelson director screenwriter; Ted Berkman novel; Kirk Douglas Angie Dickinson Frank Sinatra John Wayne Yul Bryn
Cast a Giant Shadow Original photograph from the 1966 film
Beverly Hills CA: Batjac Productions 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Kirk Douglas and Angie Dickinson. With holograph pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the real experiences of David "Mickey" Marcus a US military officer recruited to command units of the Israel Defense Forces forces during the 1948 Arab-Israel War. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Israel and Italy.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Batjac Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 149516
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Melvin Frank director screenwriter; Jack Rose screenwriter; George Segal Glenda Jackson Paul Sorvino starring
A Touch of Class Original UK screenplay for the 1973 film with 4 original reference photographs of Glenda Jackson
London: Brut Productions / NBC 1973. British Draft script for the 1973 film. Included are 4 vintage double weight black-and-white reference photographs of Glenda Jackson from the film. <br/><br/>A romantic comedy with a touch of pathos that was a box-office hit on both sides of the Atlantic in which George Segal and Glenda Jackson can't seem to stop running into one another and finally bow to the inevitable. Jackson won the Oscar for Best Actress and the film was nominated for 4 others including Best Picture Best Music and Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style for this period. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Frank and screenwriter Rose along with Connaught Productions in England. 137 leaves eye-rest green mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Photos with cropping annotations on the versos and two with "Films in London" rubber stamps on the versos else Near Fine overall. Brut Productions / NBC unknown books
Bookseller reference : 142115
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Melvyn Douglas and Herman Levin producers; Harold Rome music and Lyrics; Arnold Auerback sketches; Robert H. Gordon director; L
Call Me Mister" ; the Gay Welcome Home Musical Revue; Souvenir Book--programe cover by Ralph Stein
New Rochelle New York: Al Greenstone 1946. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Quarto 12" x 9 " unpaginated 20 pages interior photo illustrated throughout wire saddle stitch three color cover two color interior. Good clean solid condition overall with minor shelf wear but chipping at the upper exterior spine and paper loss from insect gnawing at the inner gutter margin no text loss or stains; back cover creased at top edge front cover has a penned annotation from orginal owner in upper corner dated December 29th 1946 Al Greenstone paperback
Bookseller reference : 26936
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Menahem Golan director screenwriter; James Bruner screenwriter; Chuck Norris Lee Marvin Lainie Kazan Robert Forster Robert
The Delta Force Original screenplay and archive for the 1986 film
US: Cannon Films 1985. Draft script and archive for the 1986 film belonging to actor Lainie Kazan who played Sylvia in the film with her holograph annotations throughout and various other ephemera including call sheets cast and crew lists two thumbnail sized photographs of her in character and 16 additional revised script pages with occasional handwritten annotations. <br/><br/>Most significantly included is a handwritten notebook containing Kazan's notes on her character's background motivation reactions and relationships to other characters. While we occasionally to see working scripts such as the one offered here with actor's annotations this kind of separate in-depth character work is rare. <br/><br/>Lainie Kazan is an Emmy and Tony Award nominated actor and singer perhaps best known to mainstream audiences for playing Nia Vardalos' mother is the surprise 2002 hit "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." <br/><br/>In a decade of big loud jingoistic action films B-movie impressarios Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus made if certainly not the biggest and loudest then perhaps the most jingoistic one of the era. Chuck Norris in a role that would define his pre-"Walker Texas Ranger" career plays the leader of an elite counter-terrorism strike force based on the eponymous real-life US military unit tasked with rescuing hostages and eliminating the Islamist terrorists who have hijacked an Israeli airline. Loosely "inspired" by the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 the previous year. The great Lee Marvin's last film and the basis for one theatrical sequel starring Chuck and a second direct-to-video sequel starring his son Mike Norris. <br/><br/>Set in Greece Lebanon Algeria and Israel shot on location in Israel with the assistance of the Israeli military who provided the planes and vehicles. <br/><br/>Script: Title page present dated August 15 1985 with credits for screenwriters Jim Bruner and Menahem Golan. 252 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rainbow script with revision pages throughout dated variously between 18/8/85 and 15 SEPT/85. Pages Near Fine lacking the wrappers. <br/><br/>Notebook: 25 pages of handwritten annotations in a generic spiral bound notebook with card wrappers. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Call sheets and other material: Near Fine to Very Good plus. <br/><br/>All material housed in a generic blue two pocket three ring binder. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow 921. Cannon Films unknown books
Bookseller reference : 143638
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