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‎Deborah Kerr starring; Jean Negulesco director; Nancy Mitford novel; Karl Tunberg screenwriter; Rossano Brazzi Maurice Chevalie‎

‎Count Your Blessings Collection of 3 British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film‎

‎London: National Screen Service / MGM 1959. Collection of 3 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1951 Nancy Mitford novel "The Blessing" about a couple who cant seem to figure out how they feel about each other. Set during the Second World War. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and faint indentations. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132423

‎Decla Dunning screenwriter; Blackstock Charity novel‎

‎The Briar Patch Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the novel by Charity Blackstock a pseudonym of Ursula Torday who is here mis-attributed as "Charity Blackstone."<br/><br/>In a post-World War II French village a young Jewish survivor of a concentration camp and a girl away at finishing school experience a budding romance only to be stymied by a wealthy local Anti-Semite. Written by Decla Dunning who also wrote the adaptation for Orson Welles' 1946 film "The Stranger."<br/><br/>Front wrapper integral with title page as issued with credits for screenwriter Dunning and novelist Blackstone. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. photocopy with typescript title page. Pages about Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 135186

‎Decoin Henri director screenwriter; Michel Audiard Claude Brule Pierre Roustang Albert Valentin screenwriters; Paul Apoteke‎

‎Too Late to Love Pourquoi viens-tu si tard. Collection of 370 original keybook still photographs from the 1959 film‎

‎Paris: Ulysse Production / Cinedis 1959. Collection of 370 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French film consisting of two unique and complimentary pieces one being a studio film still keybook with 97 contact prints of small format transparencies most with 12 images per print amounting to over 1000 images captured nearly all images with series number etched in the original film negative before development and credits at the top for photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Ulysse film title and photographer Apoteker housed in an oblong 2-ring paper binder with printed French titles on the front. Laid in is a small piece of graph paper addressed "Cher Christian" presumably filmmaker Christian-Jaque with brief slightly illegible note in French in holograph ink. The remaining 273 photographs are single photos with similar etched series numbers mounted with cello tape on thick stock in two quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrapper printed French titles affixed to the front wrapper of one. Small "x" annotations in holograph ink on several pages. All three keybooks capture the film and photographer Apoteker's sense of desperation in composed and candid moments. Michele Morgan and Gil Vidal dominate the imagery hamming for the camera and in action scenes with Vidal emerging from a car crash and rarely without a glass in-hand and stunning images of Morgan hula-hooping off-set and in several placid studio portraits. Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. Notebook photos 3.75 x 5 inches most pages with four mounted photos keybook photos to 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with light foxing and curling and rubbing to the studio keybook a few photos with small edge tears. Ulysse Production / Cinedis unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 144588

‎Defoe Daniel story; Maxwell Shane screenwriter‎

‎Male and Female Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River." Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 141710

‎Dein Edward director screenwriter; Mildred Dein screenwriter; Angie Dickinson Herb Jeffries starring‎

‎Calypso Joe Original poster for the 1957 film‎

‎Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1957. Original US insert poster for the 1957 film. An airline hostess dumps her boyfriend to chase after a South American millionaire and when her ex tries to win her back by reciprocating the millionaire's sister's affections comedy and 14 Latin-themed musical numbers ensue. With appearances by a number of Calypso greats including Herb Jeffries' Calypsomaniacs Lord Flea and His Calypsonians and Terry Gilkynson and The Easy Riders. Set in South America and on a plane. 14 x 36 inches creased and rolled. Very Good plus condition with a tiny chip and a couple of closed tears at the extremities. Allied Artists unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 134810

‎Del Ruth Roy director; Robert Lord screenwriter; Edward G. Robinson Mary Astor starring‎

‎The Little Giant Little Giant Still photograph from the 1933 film‎

‎Burbank CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers 1933. Collection of 1 vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1933 film. With a typewritten tag affixed to the verso as issued. Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Complete collation details available on request. First National Pictures / Warner Brothers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 131639

‎Delannoy Jean director screenwriter; Francis Ryck novel; Jean Cau screenwriter; Stephane Audran Klaus Kinsi Lilli Palmer Mi‎

‎The Deathmakers Only the Cool Collection of 8 photographs from the 1970 film‎

‎California: National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates 1972. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1972 US release of the 1970 French-Italian-German film. Title layovers affixed to the rectos over the original titles. Based on a novel by French writer Francis Ryck aka Yves Delville about a woman who kills her husband under the suspicion of infidelity when in reality the man was a secret agent. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 132630

‎Delbert Mann director; Philip Benjamin novel; Dale Wasserman screenwriter; George Maharis Robert Morse Anjanette Comer starrin‎

‎Quick Before It Melts Original photograph from the 1964 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1964 film. A portrait style shot of actress Anjanette Comer. <br/><br/>Based on Benjamin's 1964 novel. Oliver Morse is a reporter on his way to Antarctica who meets an island native named Tiare Comer and romance ignites. <br/><br/>Shot on location in international waters in the Bering Sea. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Tiny corner creases else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 138569

‎Delbez Maurice director screenwriter; Robert Sabatier novel; Jean Cosmos screenwriter; Madeline Robinson Rene Lefevre Serge‎

‎Un gosse de la butte Original double weight photograph from the 1964 film‎

‎Paris: Les Films de Mai 1964. Vintage borderless double weight studio still photographs from the 1964 French film. Featuring an image of two men boxing in front of a couple onlookers. A woman Madeline Robinson begins a relationship with a West Indian boxer Rene Lefevre twenty years her junior who wins the admiration of her young son until neighborhood drama forces the two apart. Set in Paris and shot there on location. 8 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Les Films de Mai unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 139875

‎Delmer Daves director screenwriter; Joan Leslie Robert Hutton Dane Clark starring‎

‎Hollywood Canteen Collection of six original photographs from the 1944 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1944. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1944 film. <br/><br/>Two soldiers celebrate at the Hollywood Canteen before departing for active duty in the South Pacific. Featuring brief cameos from several top-name Hollywood stars including Joan Leslie Joan Crawford Jack Benny Peter Lorre and Roy Rogers. Set and shot on location at the Hollywood Canteen a Los Angeles club founded in 1942 by Bette Davis and Andrew Garfield to entertain servicemen on leave from active duty. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 149894

‎Delmer Daves director screenwriter; Rumer Godden novel; Maureen O'Hara Rossano Brazzi Richard Todd starring‎

‎The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Original photograph from the 1965 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Two children manipulate their estranged mother into returning home with from Italy. The final film to be directed by Delmer Daves. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a stamp to the verso. Warner Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 140523

‎Demicheli Tulio director; Casey Robinson Rafael Sabatini Mario Caiano Arturo Rigel screenwriter; Sean Flynn Alessandra Pana‎

‎The Son of Captain Blood Collection of eight original photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale 1962. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1962 film. The son of a notorious pirate abandons his lawless ways to gain the affection of a beautiful woman. Shot on location in Alicante and Valencia Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph graphite notation to the verso. Complete collation details available on request. Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 141471

‎Demme Jonathan director; Thomas Harris novel; Ted Tally screenwriter; Ken Regan still photographer; Jodie Foster Anthony Hopki‎

‎The Silence of the Lambs Collection of 8 original lobby cards from the 1991 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1989. Collection of 8 vintage full-color lobby cards from the 1991 film. This set dated 1989 two years before the film's official release produced for press advertisement. Of note is a "tasty" image of Hopkins' bloody mouth and a shot of director Demme surveying his work with many images not seen in the film. Based on Thomas Harris' 1988 best selling novel. Clarice Starling Foster is a young F.B.I. cadet who is tracking a serial killer Levine who skins his victims. In hopes of gaining knowledge of the killer and his whereabouts she must confide in an incarcerated man himself a killer and confessed cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter Hopkins. One of the greatest films of the 1990s from many aspects the defining horror film of the decade and arguably one of the scariest most nightmarish films ever made. Winner of Academy Awards in the top five categories only the third film to do so the other two being "It Happened One Night" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" the film boosted the careers of Foster Hopkins and Levine with Hopkins reprising his devilish role as Hannibal the Cannibal in Ridley Scott's 2001 sequel "Hannibal" and Brett Ratner's 2002 prequel "Red Dragon." Set in Virginia shot on location throughout the American Mid-Atlantic region. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 138418

‎Demy Jacques director screenwriter; Catherine Deneuve Nino Castelnuovo Anne Vernon Marc Michel Ellen Farmer starring‎

‎The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Original photograph from the set of the 1964 film‎

‎Paris: Parc Film 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of Jacques Demy and Catherine Deneuve on the set of the 1964 French musical. With extensive holograph annotations in blue marker and the production company's rubber stamp on the verso. Genevieve Catherine Deneuve works at her widowed mother's umbrella boutique and Guy Nino Castelnuovo a young mechanic fall in love in the beautiful coastal town of Cherbourg. She becomes pregnant just before Guy goes off to fight in the Algerian War. In his absence Genevieve is faced with the difficult decision of whether to move-on and marry another man or to wait for Guy to return. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards. Shot on location in Cherbourg France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 144378

‎Demyan Lincoln screenwriter‎

‎Big Poker Game Friday Night Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 144003

‎Demyan Lincoln screenwriter‎

‎Stosh Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎Simi Valley CA: Self published 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1970s. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. Set in post WWII West Virginia where Stosh and his buddies gamble on billiards games. Stosh's father is interred at a sanitarium with a black man named Catfish a friend to Stosh. The young pool hustler gets involved with the law smuggling moonshine and fist-fights with his friends. Untitled tan wrappers with a label for the Paul Kohner Agency on the front wrapper and the title page. Title page present undated noted as Registered: WGAw with a credit for Demyan. Last leaf of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine green velo binding. Self published unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 138153

‎Dennis Hopper director screenwriter starring; Peter Fonda screenwriter starring; Terry Southern screenwriter; Jack Nicholson‎

‎Easy Rider Original photograph from the 1969 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. <br/><br/>About as close to the very start of the New Hollywood era as can be imagined. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes on May 8 1969 but would not debut in the US until July 1969 in a significantly edited form. <br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location throughout California New Mexico Arizona Louisiana and Utah.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases throughout.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert III. Criterion Collection 545. Columbia Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 149384

‎Denys de La Patelliere director screenwriter; Michel Audiard screenwriter; Marcel Dole photographer; Rene Lefevre novel; Jean G‎

‎Rue de Paris Rue des Prairies Collection of 322 original photographs for the 1959 film‎

‎Paris: Les Films Ariane 1959. Collection of 322 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Small photos affixed with cello tape on thick stock in a folio "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Each photo is numbered in holograph ink on the page and in mimeograph on the verso all credited to photographer Dole on the recto. The keybook illustrates a few film sequences most with a stoic Gabin in hat with several composed studio portraits of actress Nat. Included are four larger single photographs of Gabin doing a chair trick in a pub a sequence present in the keybook also credited to Dole on the recto. <br/><br/>Based on Lefevre's novel "Rue des Prairies" 1955. Gabin plays a POW who returns a widower and in charge of three children. His experiences during the war are relieve through heavy drinking but he has a warm side that proves beneficial. Photographer Dolé was consistent if anything a regular with directors like Denys de La Patelliere Jean Delannoy and Grangier and several Jean Gabin films. <br/><br/>Keybook photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches four photos 9.25 x 11.75 inches small white borders. Light curling else Near Fine. Notebook Very Good plus. Les Films Ariane unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 144663

‎Denys de la Patelliere director screenwriter; Michel Audiard screenwriter; M. Dole photographer; Jean Gabin Annie Ducaux Jean‎

‎The Possessors Les grandes familles Collection of 33 original keybook contact sheets from the 1958 film‎

‎Paris: Cinedis 1958. several with square cuts all leaves hole-punched. Very Good plus overall with curling and light foxing a few with discoloration. Cinedis unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 144083

‎Denys de la Patelliere director screenwriter; Michel Audiard screenwriter; J. Kirchmeyer photographer; Jean Gabin Annie Ducaux‎

‎The Possessors Les grandes familles Four original photographs from the 1958 film‎

‎Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Four vintage black-and-white candid photographs of Nadine Tallier from the 1958 French film. Tallier played the role of "Sylvain" in the film pictured here enjoying a cigarette. Notations in holograph ink and rubber stamp for photographer Kirchmeyer on the versos. <br/><br/>Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. <br/><br/>Tallier was an actress from 1949 to 1964 notable films include "The Girl in the Bikini" 1952 "Royal Affairs in Versailles" 1954 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1956 "Folies-Bergere" 1956 and "Cigarettes Whiskey and Wild Women" 1959. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine with slight curling. Filmsonor unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 143312

‎Derek Ford director screenwriter; Stanley Long Barry Jacobs screenwriters; James Donnelly Larry Taylor Valerie St. John Den‎

‎The Swappers Original poster for the 1970 film‎

‎N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. <br/><br/>Despite the subject matter a tame release from director Ford who would move into more explicit pornographic films in the late 1970s. Posters for the film are not often seen at auction. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of pinholes and tiny closed tears and a few faint tape ghosts to the verso. Trans American Films unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 128362

‎Derek Jarman director screenwriter; Jenny Runacre Nell Cambell Toyah Wilcox Ian Charleson Karl Johnson starring‎

‎Jubilee Original poster for a screening of the 1978 film‎

‎Sydney: Balmain Bijou 1979. Vintage offset lithograph poster for a series of screening of the 1978 UK film at the Balmain Bijou theatre in Sydney Australia circa 1979. <br/><br/>Queen Elizabeth I travels to a dystopian 1970s London witnessing a lawless city overrun by a gang of punk girls. A cult classic featuring a soundtrack by Brian Eno performances by Adam Ant and Wayne County and the Electric Chairs who also appear in the film alongside a number of British punk icons including Jordan and Toyah Wilcox and cameos by the Slits and Souixse and the Banshees. <br/><br/>29 x 38.75 inches folded as issued. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners with light edgewear including some minor chipping and a single short closed tear and a tape shadow. Balmain Bijou unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 149864

‎Derwin Abrahams director; Herbert Purdum screenwriter; Charles McGraw starring‎

‎Adventures of the Falcon: The Case of the Deadly Welcome Original screenplay for the 1954 television episode‎

‎N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show which originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations on nearly every page. <br/><br/>Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 140533

‎Desmond Davis director; George Melly screenwriter; Rita Tushingham Lynn Redgrave Michael York starring‎

‎Smashing Time Original photograph from the 1967 film‎

‎Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1967. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1967 UK film. <br/><br/>A musical romp through northern England about two young women venturing out to find fame and fortune. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few light creases and an ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132399

‎Desmond Davis screenwriter director; Robert Bob Willoughby photographer; Anne Piper novel screenwriter; Barbara Ferris Gladys‎

‎A Nice Girl Like Me Original screenplay for the 1969 film‎

‎London: Anglo-Embassy Productions 1968. Draft British script for the 1969 UK film. From the collection of still photographer Bob Willoughby. <br/><br/>Bob Willoughby 1927-2009 studied with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles worked as a photographer for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" and as a set photographer for every major studio documenting some of most important films of the era and creating intimate portraits of some of Hollywood's greatest celebrities. <br/><br/>Willoughby moved his family to County Cork Ireland in 1972 working on only a handful of films through the late 1970s and early 1980s this was one of his final films though he would continue to photograph exhibit and publish books for the remainder of his life. <br/><br/>Based on Anne Piper's 1959 novel "Marry at Leisure" about Candida Ferris who goes to live with her relatives after the death of her father. Bored with life she leaves for Paris where she meets a young student and becomes pregnant but keeps the baby a secret from her family. Bored yet again with life she leaves for Italy where she meets an American and is soon pregnant again. As she leaves Italy a woman gives her baby to Candida at the train station. So with two babies and one on the way her life is unraveling quickly and her only confidant is Savage Andrews the caretaker of her late father. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1968 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Piper and screenwriter Davis. 113 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. Anglo-Embassy Productions unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 131473