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‎Littlewood Joan director screenwriter; Stephen Lewis play screenwriter; James Booth Barbara Windsor Roy Kinnear Avid Bunna‎

‎Sparrows Can't Sing Original photograph from the 1963 film‎

‎London: Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited 1963. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1963 UK film. Noted director Joan Littlewood's first film credit after more than 15 years working at the Theatre Workshop an avant garde theatre she co-founded. This film centers around Charlie who returns home to find it demolished and his wife shacked up with a local bus driver. A scathing but poignant look at the real life in the East End. A story shot on location in and around London England. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132730

‎Litvak Anatole director; Marcelle Maurette play; Guy Bolton adaptation; Arthur Laurents screenwriter; Ingrid Bergman Yul Brynn‎

‎Anastasia Original screenplay for the 1956 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in holograph ink. Production number adjusted in holograph pencil with ".5." "#3" in holograph in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677 dated June 7 1956. Title page present dated June 7 1956 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate bound with two gold brads. Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 147087

‎Litvak Anatole director producer; Francoise Sagan novel; Raymond Voinquel still photographer; Samuel A. Taylor screenwriter; I‎

‎Goodbye Again Aimez-Vous Brahms Original photograph from the 1961 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage borderless black-and-white still photograph from the French release of the 1961 film. Featuring Ingrid Bergman holding up Anthony Perkins as he seems to be falling backwards outside of a large doorway. From the Tele Cine Documentation archive originally known as the Collection Daniel Bouteiller with their sticker to the verso. Also on the verso is the rubber stamp of Maurice Bessy from whose archives the photo originally came alongside another small rubber stamp and light holograph annotations in ink. Based on the 1959 novel "Aimez-vous Brahms" by Francoise Sagan. Ingrid Bergman is the mistress of a philandering business executive who refuses to change his ways until Bergman begins seeing the son of one of his wealthy clients played by Anthony Perkins. Fresh from his role as Norman Bates in Hitchcock's "Psycho" Perkins shines as a charming aimless bachelor in what would be one of the few non-typecast characters of his career. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes where Anthony Perkins also won Best Actor. 6.75 x 9 inches. United Artists unknown‎

Référence libraire : 138761

‎Litvak Anatole director; Myron Brinig novel; Bert Six still photographer; Milton Krims screenwriter; Errol Flynn Bette Davis‎

‎The Sisters Original photograph from the 1938 film‎

‎London: Films in London Publications 1939. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1939 UK release of the 1938 US film. Distributors rubber-stamps on the verso. Based on the Myron Brinig novel about three sisters who are considered the most desirable young women in a tiny town in Montana and the troubled marriages each faces. 8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Faint discoloration else Near Fine. Films in London Publications unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132529

‎Liv Ullman starring; Anthony Harvey director; Frederic Raphael novel screenwriter; Amanda Redman Tim Pigott Smith starring‎

‎Richard's Things Original photograph from the 1980 film‎

‎London: Southern Pictures 1980. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1980 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>After the death of her husband a wife confronts her husband's lover and the two share grief love and jealousy culminating in an unexpected relationship. Based on Frederic Raphael's novel of the same title. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. Southern Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 132077

‎Lloyd Frank director; John L. Balderston and Sonya Levien screenwriter; Leslie Howard starring‎

‎Berkeley Square Original screenplay for the 1933 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1933. Final Script for the 1933 film "Berkeley Square" directed by Frank Lloyd written for the screen by John L. Balderston and Sonya Levien based on Balderston's play. Starring Leslie Howard. A pre-Code film adaptation of Balderston's stage fantasy in which a scientist Leslie Howard is fascinated by the 18th century and winds up being propelled there by a freak accident where he then assumes the identity of one of his own ancestors. Green titled wrappers rubber-stamped project No. 908 and copy No. 50 dated 4/11/33 and with credits in manual type for Balderston and Levien. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page is integral to the distribution page and shows credits for the rest of the principal crew. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some flaking to the yapped edges bound with three gold brads. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Fox Film Corporation unknown‎

Référence libraire : 116129

‎Lloyd Frank director; Stuart N. Lake story; Paul Schofield Gerald Geraghty Frederick J. Jackson screenwriter; Joel McCrea Bo‎

‎Wells Fargo Original photograph from the set of the 1937 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Set in the 1840's Ramsey Mackay Joel McCrea a Wells Fargo mail courier is promised an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters from New York City to Buffalo. Along his way he rescues Justine Pryor Frances Dee and her mother still making his delivery on time. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 145471

‎Lloyd Bacon director; Forrest Halsey William Allen Johnston Cecile Kramer Bernard screenwriter; George Brent Priscilla Lane‎

‎Silver Queen Original photograph from the 1942 film‎

‎N.p.: Harry Sherman Productions 1942. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1942 film. <br/><br/>A strong willed young woman from the Barbary Coast sacrifices romance in order to pursue her love of card games. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light soiling to the verso and a holograph pencil notation to the verso. Harry Sherman Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140525

‎Lloyd Bacon director; J. Robert Bren Gladys Atwater Melvin LEvy Frank Gill Jr. screenwriter; Faith Domergue Jeff Chandler G‎

‎The Great Sioux Uprising Sioux Uprising Original screenplay for the 1953 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Revised final script for the 1953 film "The Great Sioux Uprising" seen here as "Sioux Uprising." <br/><br/>Though very loosely based on true events surrounding the two-year Red Cloud's War during which a Cheyenne Native American chief repeatedly attacked US forces in an effort to stem the flow of White settlers this film centers around a white man who attempts to help a Sioux tribe retrieve a large number of stolen horses white attempting to convince them to join up with the Union soldiers instead of the Confederates. Shot on location in Oregon with a cast partly comprised of local Native Americans. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated September 3 1952. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Levy and Gill. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 9/22/52 and 9/15/52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 137487

‎Lloyd Corrigan director; Sidney Buchman screenwriter; Percy Heath adaptation; Rupert Hughes novel; Alice Brand Leahy screenwrite‎

‎No One Man Original screenplay for the 1932 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1931. Revised Final Script for the 1932 pre-Code film an early starring role for Carole Lombard. Rubber stamped as a Paramount File Copy at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Penelope Newbold is a wealthy divorcée looking to remarry. She falls for her physician Dr. Karl Bemis but ends up marrying Bill Hanaway. Bill then has an affair with another woman. <br/><br/>Tall peach side stapled self wrappers noted as Third Buff Script on the front wrapper dated October 6 1931 with credits for writers Hughes Heath Buchman and Leahy. 205 leaves on peach stock mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 130961

‎Lo Wei director; Lei Pan screenwriter; Jackie Chan Chih Ping Chiang Hsiu yi Fang starring‎

‎Spiritual Kung Fu Original Hong Kong poster for the 1978 film‎

‎N.p.: Lo Wei Motion Picture Company 1978. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>A 1978 Honk Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan as Yi-Lang a sassy martial arts student who learns to master a once-lost style of fighting. <br/><br/>20 x 30 inches. Light holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Lo Wei Motion Picture Company unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140217

‎Lofton Christopher screenwriter‎

‎The Staircase Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are far too high for a typical staircase. The nuns must find some able-bodied men willing to work hard for very little to build them a proper staircase. Set in New Mexico Territory. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1977 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Lofton. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 141868

‎Logan Joshua director play; Thomas Heggen novel; Thomas Heggen play; Peter S. Feibleman screenwriter; Robert Walker Jr. Burl‎

‎Ensign Pulver Original photograph from the set of the 1964 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage photograph from set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Thomas Heggen's 1946 novel titled "Mister Roberts" that was later adapted for Broadway in 1948 and in 1955 for the screen using the same name by director Joshua Logan. This film is Logan's sequel to the 1955 film. Shot on location in Mexico and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown‎

Référence libraire : 145411

‎Logothetis Dimitri director; Melanie J. Alschuler Jeff Begun Dan Hoskins screenwriter; Tricia Leigh Fisher Dennis Cole Patri‎

‎Pretty Smart Original photograph from the 1987 film‎

‎N.p.: New World Pictures 1987. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1987 film. A young woman is forced to attend finishing school in the Mediterranean where she and the other girls are subject to the inappropriate interest of the school headmaster. Set in the Mediterranean shot on location in Greece. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Complete collation details available on request. New World Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 139729

‎London Jack sourcework: Rossen Robert screenwriter‎

‎Original Studio One Sheet for: THE SEA WOLF‎

‎Burbank: Warner Brothers 1941. Vintage one sheet 27 x 41" lithographed in shades of blue red and black. Folded with some small breaks at the junctions of folds mended on verso small area of smudging pinholes at corners from intended use some small marginal losses and breaks at edges of folds; a good unrestored example. A dramatic color lithographed one sheet promoting the fourth film adaptation of London's novel based on a screenplay by master screenwriter/director Robert Rossen directed by Michael Curitz and starring Edward G. Robinson Ida Lupino John Garfield and Barry Fitzgerald et al. London's novel had been filmed three previous times: silent versions in 1913 and 1920 and a sound version in 1930. Curiously enough London had a part in the 1913 version. An uncommon and fragile poster. Warner Brothers unknown‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT68279

‎Loos Anita. 1889 1981. Screenwriter playwright and author of the blockbuster comic novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".‎

‎AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY SCREENWRITER AND NOVELIST ANITA LOOS.‎

‎March 6 1969. 1969. Very good. . - Letter penned in black ink & filling both sides of a sheet of her 6-1/4 inch high by 6 inch wide magenta letterhead with her name printed in black at the top. Signed "Anita". A red pencil mark through the first paragraph of the letter indicates that the recipient has answered it. Near fine. <p>Though not indicated the letter was written to City Center producer Jean Dalrymple. Loos thanks Dalrymple for writing to her about "my tribute to the fabulous Tallulah Bankhead". She regrets missing a friend's recent dinner: "These days I live in a tunnel and haven't yet seen a light at the end of it. Luckily I have very sympathetic co-workers -- but I do miss seeing my personal favorites of which you are high on the list."</p><p>Anita Loos 1889-1981 was an American screenwriter playwright and author best known for her blockbuster comic novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". She wrote film scripts from 1912 and became probably the first-ever staff scriptwriter when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll of Triangle Film Corporation. She went on to write many of the scripts for Douglas Fairbank films. She also wrote the stage adaptation of Colette's "Gigi".</p><p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.</p> March 6, 1969.‎

Référence libraire : 36533

‎Loring Thomas Z. director; Samuel G. Engel screenwriter; Frank Craven Mary Howard June Walker Donald Woods starring‎

‎Thru Through Different Eyes Original screenplay for the 1942 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Brief annotations in holograph pencil on the versos of two pages. District Attorney Stephen Pettijohn Craven returns to his alma mater to lecture on circumstantial evidence and references a recent murder case. A local banker weds a young woman against the will of another man and the banker is later found dead. A remake of the 1929 John G. Blystone film of the same name. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 133 dated March 20 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 20 1942 noted as Final Script with a credit for screenwriter Engel. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/28/42. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 137103

‎Losey Joseph director; Tennessee Williams screenwriter playwright; Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Noel Coward starring‎

‎Boom! Original photograph of Joseph Losey on the set of the 1968 film‎

‎Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of director Joseph Losey on the set of the 1968 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Adapted for the screen by Tennessee Williams based of his 1963 stage play "The Milk Train Don't Stop Here Anymore." Taylor in a part written for a much older woman plays a terminally ill woman who has an encounter with a mysterious man played by Richard Burton in a part written for a much younger man who may in fact be the Angel of Death. Shot on location in Sardinia Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 144188

‎Losey Joseph director; Tennessee Williams screenwriter playwright; Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton starring‎

‎Boom! Original photograph from the set of the 1968 film‎

‎Universal City: World Film Services / Universal 1968. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1968 film. Richard Burton and a shirtless Joseph Losey stare into the distance on a slope of the island where the movie was shot surrounded by a camera crew. Adapted for the screen by Tennessee Williams based of his 1963 stage play "The Milk Train Don't Stop Here Anymore." Elizabeth Taylor in a part written for a much older woman plays a terminally ill woman who has an encounter with a mysterious man played by Richard Burton in a part written for a much younger man who may in fact be the Angel of Death. Set and shot on location in Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. World Film Services / Universal unknown‎

Référence libraire : 142078

‎Losey Joseph director; Peter O'Donnel Jim Holdaway comic strip; Evan Jones screenwriter; Monica Vitti Terence Stamp Dirk Bog‎

‎Modesty Blaise Original press photograph of Monica Vitti for the 1966 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage borderless press photograph of Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. With holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Based on an original comic strip by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. O'Donnell wrote an original screenplay for the film although much of it was never used and he novelized the film the same year it was released. One of the key "mod London" films of the 1960s directed in blazing saturated color by Joseph Losey the closest he would come to popular entertainment starring Monica Vitti in the sexy title role her first English-speaking role joined by Dirk Bogarde and Terence Stamp. Shot on location in Italy Netherlands and England. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 144421

‎Losey Joseph director; Peter O'Donnell novel; Norman Hargood still photographer; Evan Jones screenwriter; Monica Vitti Terence‎

‎Modesty Blaise Original photograph from the 1966 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1966 film. A split still showing Vitti in two different guises as a brunette spy and as a seductive blonde who is actually a brunette spy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 135049

‎Losey Joseph director; Marco Denevi short story; George Tabori screenwriter; Elizabeth Taylor Mia Farrow Robert Mitchum starr‎

‎Secret Ceremony Original photograph from the 1968 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage borderless still photograph from the set of the 1968 film. Featuring Mia Farrow on a horse during filming with Jo Losey and Liz Taylor in the background. A dark psychologically twisted film in which Liz Taylor plays a boozy prostitute who stubles upon a family drama between young wealthy Mia Farrow coming off her success in "Rosemary's Baby" and her stepfather played by Robert Mitchum. Taylor plays a matronly role in Farrow's life though she is unable to tell which of the family members is lying about the other until Farrow kills herself to escape her stepfather's sexual predation and Taylor exacts a bloody revenge. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine condition. Newman 35. Universal Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 140420

‎Losey Joseph director; Nicholas Mosley screenwriter; Richard Burton Alain Delon Romy Schneider starring‎

‎The Assassination of Trotsky Original photograph from the 1972 film‎

‎N.p.: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Directed by Joseph Losey the historical biopic focuses on the final chapter in Trotsky's life when he was living in exile in Mexico City. Stalin sends quiet meek assassin Frank Jacson to do away with the political dissident. Set in Mexico shot on location in Italy and Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica unknown‎

Référence libraire : 140380

‎Losey Joseph director; Alun Owen screenwriter; Stanley Baker Sam Wanamaker starring‎

‎The Concrete Jungle The Criminal Original still photograph from the 1960 film‎

‎London: Fanfare Films 1960. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1960 film. Though the film was released in the UK as "The Criminal" it is here under its working title "The Concrete Jungle" with a corresponding negative code. Set in England and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Fanfare Films unknown‎

Référence libraire : 135342

‎Louis Armstrong subject starring; Edward R. Murrow screenwriter starring; Leonard Bernstein James Young Barrett Deems Billy‎

‎Satchmo the Great Original photograph of Louis Armstrong and Edward R. Murrow from the 1957 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 documentary film showing jazz great Louis Armstrong and reporter Edward R. Murrow. <br/><br/>A biography following Armstrong and his band as they embark on a world tour. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Cape Town South Africa in London England and in Memphis New Orleans and New York in the US. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus faintly and evenly toned. United Artists unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 151290