‎Scénariste‎

‎Van Dyke WS. director; William Anthony McGuire screenwriter play; Guy Bolton play; Cole Porter composer; Nelson Eddy Eleanor‎

‎Rosalie Original photograph of W.S. Van Dyke on the set of 1937 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage photographs of director W.S. Van Dyke instructing a bleacher full of young women including stars Eleanor Powell and Ilona Massey on the set of the 1937 musical film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1928 Broadway musical about a West Point cadet who falls for a Vasser student who just happens to be a princess in disguise with most of the original songs by George and Ira Gershwin replaced with new material by Cole Porter including the classic "In the Still of the Night." 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown‎

Référence libraire : 143347

‎Van Dyke WS. director; Ivor Novello Cyril Hume screenwriter; Edgar Rice Burroughs novel; Maureen O'Sullivan Johnny Weissmulle‎

‎Tarzan the Ape Man Original screenplay for the 1932 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Draft script for the 1932 film based loosely on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel "Tarzan of the Apes." Two black and white reference photographs for the film also laid in. The first of Weissmuller's twelve Tarzan films and the first appearance of Cheeta Tarzan's chimpanzee friend. In this variation of the much-adapted Burroughs tale Tarzan and Jane fall in love and although Jane desires to take him back to England when Jane's father James Parker dies on the expedition Jane remains behind in the jungle instead. Set in Africa shot on location in California and Florida. Pale yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped VAULT COPY and FILE COPY on the front wrapper and rubber-stamped copy No. 1871 and production No. 4608 dated Dec. 11/31 with credits for screenwriter Novello. Title page not present as issued. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-20-31 and 12-16-31. Pages Near Fine. Front wrapper detached else wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. Photos both 8.25 x 10 inches Fine condition. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown‎

Référence libraire : 134294

‎Van Sant Gus director screenwriter; James Fogle novel; Daniel Yost screenwriter; Matt Dillon Kelly Lynch Heather Graham Wil‎

‎Drugstore Cowboy Original photograph from the 1989 film‎

‎Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 145724

‎Varda Agnes director screenwriter; Liliane de Kermadec still photographer; Corinne Marchand Antoine Marchand starring‎

‎Cleo from 5 to 7 Collection of 4 photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films 1962. Collection of four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1962 French film. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director writer and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work including this film prefigures stylistically the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Varda was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Cleo from 5 to 7" her second feature film about a female pop singer whose spends two adventurous and winsome hours on her own and talking to friends while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Edges slightly toned. Complete collation details available on request. Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132899

‎Varley John sourcework & :screenwriter‎

‎MILLENIUM‎

‎Los Angeles: Creative Artists Agency Inc. nd. 1117 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in agency wrappers. Wrappers a bit bumped and creased; very good. A "final" draft of Varley's own adaptation of his 1983 novel expanded from his earlier story "Air Raid". The 1989 production was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Kris Kristofferson Cheryl Ladd and Daniel J. Travanti. Creative Artists Agency, Inc. unknown‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT68006

‎Varnel Max director; Mark Grantham screenwriter; John Bennett Jean Cadell Donald Eccles Dick Emery starring‎

‎A Taste of Money Two photographs from the 1960 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1960 UK film. An aging cashier decides to rob an insurance company. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132116

‎Veber Francis director screenwriter; Pierre Richard Gerard Depardieu Anny Duperey starring‎

‎Les Comperes The ComDads Original photograph from the 1983 film‎

‎N.p.: Fideline Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1983 film. A goofy French comedy about two men enlisted by their former lover to find her son. In order to secure their help she assures each man that she believes him to be the boy's true father. The hopeful duo sets out to finally reunite with their "son." Shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Red holograph notation to the verso else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Fideline Films unknown‎

Référence libraire : 140394

‎Vera Caspary story; George Cukor director; John Patrick screenwriter; Gene Kelly Mitzi Gaynor Kay Kendall starring‎

‎Les Girls Collection of 3 original photographs from the 1957 film‎

‎N.p.: Sol C. Siegel Productions 1957. Collection of 3 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film one featuring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor during the title track "Les Girls" sequence and two of the trio of Mitzi Gaynor Joy Henderson and Kay Kendall in Jack Cole's brilliantly choreographed "Ladies in Waiting" sequence.<br/><br/>Based on a 1959 story by Vera Caspary. "Les Girls" was the winner of an Academy Award fro Best Costume Design and nominated for two more. The film was also the final film score for Cole Porter and the final musical for Gene Kelly under his contract with MGM ending an era defining association that produced several classic musicals. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine light creasing. One has 3 pieces of clear tape on margin at top corners and center bottom. Sol C. Siegel Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146154

‎Verne Jules author; William Dear director; David M. Evans Robert Gunter screenwriter; David Dundara Farrah Forke Kim Miyori‎

‎Journey to the Center of the Earth Original screenplay for the 1993 film‎

‎Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1992. First Draft script for the 1993 television mini-series. Based on the novel by Jules Verne this film is a science fiction fascination of the exploration of the center of the Earth. One of many adaptations of the story for visual consumption the plot features a crew which navigates a vessel through an active volcano on a journey to the Earth's core. Along the way they encounter a yeti and name him Daedalus and an evil force which controls all the oddities they encounter on their trip. Set at the Earth's core shot on location in the jungles of Australia The Basin Victoria the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds in Flemington Victoria Australia and New Zealand. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated March 11 1992 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters David Mickey Evans and Robert Gunter. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown‎

Référence libraire : 140596

‎Verneuil Henri director screenwriter; Francois Boyer Annette Wademant screenwriters; Yves Mirkine still photographer; James H‎

‎A Kiss for a Killer Une manche et la belle Original still photograph from the 1957 film‎

‎Nice: Studios de la Victorine 1957. Original black-and-white single weight still photograph from the 1957 French film here under the original title "Une manche et la belle." Vidal and Demongeot are seen sunbathing worriedly on marble. Numerical annotations in holograph pencil French film title and Demongeot's and Vidal's names in holograph ink on the versos. Noirish murder drama loosely based on Chase's novel "The Sucker Punch" 1954. Betty Farnwell Miranda is a rich widow living in Nice with a bewitching daughter Eva Demongeot. Betty marries Philippe Vidal a good-looking but self-interested man. Cue Eva. Philippe falls for the calculating femme fatale who has plans to marry someone else. Betty's life is in danger as Philippe struggles with his transgressions. 7 x 9.25 inches small white border at the foot. Very Good plus with brief ink on the recto and faint creases. Selby France. Studios de la Victorine unknown‎

Référence libraire : 144615

‎Verneuil Henri director screenwriter; Francois Boyer Annette Wademant screenwriters; Fausto Picedi photographer; James Hadley‎

‎A Kiss for a Killer Une manche et la belle Three original photographs from a television interview for the 1957 film‎

‎Paris: Cinedis 1957. Three original black-and-white photographs of a televised outdoor interview featuring cast members from the film here under the original French title "Une manche et la bell." Starring actress Demongeot is seen having fun off-camera and in one photo with Henri Vidal director Verneuil Isa Miranda in white and an unidentified blonde male presumably hosting the promotional. On the versos are film title Demongeot's and Vidal's names in holograph ink numerical annotations in holograph pencil and rubber stamps for photographer Fausto Picedi notable for his images of Grace Kelley in Monte Carlo. Noirish murder drama loosely based on Chase's novel "The Sucker Punch" 1954. Betty Farnwell Miranda is a rich widow living in Nice with a bewitching daughter Eva Demongeot. Betty marries Philippe Vidal a good-looking but self-interested man. Cue Eva. Philippe falls for the calculating femme fatale who has plans to marry someone else. Betty's life is in danger as Philippe struggles with his transgressions. Photographs 5 x 7 inches. Slight curling and a few tiny creases else Near Fine. Cinedis unknown‎

Référence libraire : 143302

‎Verneuil Henri director screenwriter; Auguste Le Breton novel; Jose Giovanni Pierre Pelegri screenwriter; Jean Gabin Alain D‎

‎The Sicilian Clan Original photograph from the 1969 film‎

‎Paris: Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Jean Gabin and Alain Delon from the 1969 neo-noir film. With holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Fox Europa unknown‎

Référence libraire : 144739

‎Vicario Marco director screenwriter; Noelle Gillmore and Mariano Ozores screenwriters; Rossana Podesta Philippe Leory Gaston‎

‎Seven Golden Men Sette uomini d'oro Original photograph from the 1965 film‎

‎London: Warner-Pathe Distributors 1966. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 Italian-French film. Full of twists criminals glamor and a swinging 1960s soundtrack this story centers around a brilliantly planned and executed robbery of a gold depository in Switzerland. Famed "Helen of Troy" 1956 star Rossana Podesta is captivating as the femme fatale girlfriend of the head robber. A story set in Switzerland shot on location in Switzerland and Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132755

‎Victor Fleming director; Andrew Solt screenwriter; Ingrid Bergman Francis L. Sullivan J. Carrol Naish Ward Bond starring‎

‎Joan of Arc Joan of Lorraine Original screenplay for the 1948 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. <br/><br/>Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. <br/><br/>Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 135635

‎VICTOR FORBIN‎

‎17000 Kms de film au Canada.‎

‎Editions Baudinière, collection Toute la Terre sous la direction de Maurice Dekobra, préface de R.Poincaré, 1928, 316 pages, in 12 broché, état correct, papier jauni, quelques usures et frottements.‎

Référence libraire : 12009

‎Victor Saville director; Sally Benson screenwriter; Humphrey Slater novel; Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor starring‎

‎Conspirator Original screenplay for the 1949 film‎

‎Culver City CA: MGM 1948. Composite script for the 1949 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Based on the 1949 Red Scare novel wherein a young American newlywed learns her husband is a spy for the Soviet Union and forces him to choose between their love and his dedication to the Communist cause. Elizabeth Taylor's first adult role and one that many of the film's detractors argued was too mature for the then-sixteen year-old star who played opposite a 37 year-old Robert Taylor. The film's release was initially delayed due to MGM's fear that it would cause diplomatic problems with the Soviet bloc and indeed "Conspirator" was banned outright in Finland and New Delhi India for similar reasons.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London and Wales.<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with an extra light blue wrapper from the final draft script bound in rubber-stamped VAULT COPY and COMPOSITE SCRIPT / COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 24 and production No. 5304 dated 8-26-48 with credits for screenwriter Sally Benson. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 256 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeographed rectos only with leaves dated variously between 8-27-48 and 10-1-48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with wear to the extremities bound with two gold brads. MGM unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146108

‎Vidal Gore sourcework: O'Brien Richard screenwriter‎

‎BLONDEL INSTRUMENT OF WAR A MUSICAL TREATMENT FOR FILM BASED ON GORE VIDAL'S RENDITION OF THE RICHARD - BLONDEL LEGEND‎

‎Brittany 1983. iii83 leaves. Quarto A4. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in hald-lettered stiff wrappers. A couple of creases and finger smudges to wrappers otherwise very good or better. Denoted the "3rd Draft" of this screenplay based in part on Vidal's treatment of the subject in A SEARCH FOR THE KING 1950. Robert Dornheim is noted as the prospective director for the film. Dornheim and musician/actor/writer O'Brien had worked together on the 1983 television film DIGITAL DREAMS featuring bassist Bill Wyman. Among O'Brien's considerable list of accomplishments is THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW writer and actor. Evidently unproduced and not directly related to the 1983 Rice and Olivier musical of similar subject and title. unknown‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT75515

‎Vidal Gore screenwriter‎

‎Original Australian Lithographed Daybill for I ACCUSE‎

‎Sydney;: MGM 1958. Vintage color lithographed daybill poster 30 x 13.25" 76 x 34cm. Folded as issued a couple of short closed tears in left margin one penetrating slightly into the color background a few mild creases along left margin but a very good bright copy. A striking daybill poster for the Australian release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed in company with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM unknown‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT68605

‎Vidal Gore screenwriter‎

‎Original Studio Publicity Pressbook for: I ACCUSE!‎

‎Culver City: MGM / Loews 1958. 8pp. Folio 43 x 31 cm. Pictorial self-wrappers. Black and white illustrations considerable amount of text very good. The studio pressbook produced for the purposes of advertising publicity and exploitation for the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed the film with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT69864

‎Vidal Gore screenwriter‎

‎Original Half-Sheet Poster for I ACCUSE!‎

‎Culver City: MGM / Loews 1957. Original color half-sheet 22 x 28"; 56 x 71 cm. Formerly folded in quarters display tack holes in each corner some small nicks at folds filing annotations on verso but a very good bright example. A graphically striking half-sheet poster for the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed in company with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT69198

‎Vidal Gore screenwriter‎

‎Set of Pictorial publicity Lobby Cards for: I ACCUSE!‎

‎Culver City: MGM / Loews 1957. Eight 11 x 14" color pictorial lobby cards. A few small tack or staple holes from being displayed distributor's stamps and annotations on verso card 7 has a coffee spill on verso mirrored faintly on recto remaining cards very good to about fine. A complete set of the lobby cards issued to promote the U.S. release of Jose Ferrer's film adaptation of Nicholas Halasz's book about the Dreyfus case based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. This was only Vidal's second screenplay credit although his writing for television had been substantial to this date. Ferrer starred as well as directed in company with Anton Walbrook Viveca Lindfors Leo Genn Emlyn Williams and Herbert Lom. MGM / Loews unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT76367

‎Vidor Charles director; Oscar Millard screenwriter; Dirk Bogarde Capucine Genevieve Page starring‎

‎Song Without End Collection of 8 photographs from the 1960 film‎

‎Culver City CA: National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures 1960. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1960 UK release of the 1960 US film. Based on events surrounding the life of Franz Liszt his scandalous affairs and the passion he displayed while performing. Dirk Bogarde is a natural actor at the piano being himself an accomplished artist. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132490

‎Vidor King director; David O. Selznick screenwriter producer; Niven Busch novel; Oliver HP. Garrett screenwriter; Jennifer Jon‎

‎Duel in the Sun Original treatment script for the 1946 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Selznick Studio 1946. Treatment script for the 1946 film. This draft deals with only the first portion of the film story written by Niven Busch a format typical for scripts issued by Selznick International in the 1930s-1940s. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for for writer Busch. 23 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three small silver brads. Selznick Studio unknown‎

Référence libraire : 129151

‎Vidor King director producer; Silvia Richards screenwriter Charlton Heston Jennifer Jones Karl Malden Tom Tully starring‎

‎La furia del deseo Ruby Gentry Original photograph from the 1952 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the Argentinean release circa 1953 of the 1952 film. Spanish rubber stamps on the verso including the Spanish title "La furia del deseo" The Fury of Desire. Pictured is Jennifer Jones giving Charlton Heston the "what for." Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and a bruise on the verso from the removal of a mimeo snipe. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 135626

‎Vidor King director producer; Silvia Richards screenwriter Charlton Heston Jennifer Jones starring‎

‎Ruby Gentry Post-production script for the 1962 re-release of the 1952 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1962 re-release in 16mm of the 1952 film. Continuity produced independently by director King Vidor and Joseph Bernhard under their moniker Bernhard/Vidor Productions subsequently sold to and released by Twentieth Century-Fox in the US. Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Charlton Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Karl Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this turns Boake on and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Tall self titled wrappers dated November 28th 1952 Re-run 29-3-1962 noting 10 reels. Mimeograph duplication. Bound with two silver brads at the top edge. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 143471