N.p.: Lion's Gate Films 1979. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Lion's Gate Films unknown
N.p.: Lion's Gate Films 1979. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a small dampstain to the margin of image 1. Complete collation details available on request. Lion's Gate Films unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Collection of six vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Collection of five vintage borderless oversize photographs from the 1970 film. With a small French distribution label from Twentieth Century-Fox on the recto of each photograph. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker and in turn the basis of acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actress winning for Best Adapted Screenplay. 12 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes to the corners of a single photograph Near Fine overall. National Film Registry. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Deluxe original press kit for the 1974 film. Includes 29 vintage black-and-white still photographs each with the Paramount two-color folding snipe a facsimile cover of Newsweek drawn from the film's content a dense program that includes essays on the making of the film and several stapled information sheets. Housed in the original gold-and-blue folder. Folder 9 x 11.5 inches. Contents 8 x 10 inches. Contents Fine folder Very Good. Paramount Pictures unknown
Los Angeles: Commonwealth United Entertainment 1969. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Based on the novel by Peter Miles. The feature film that brought Robert Altman to the attention of the film world giving him the break he needed to make "MASH" in the year that followed. A gothic psychological thriller that explores a spinster's depth of loneliness and sexual longing. She happens upon a young mute man in the park who she invites to live in her house. The film was not a box office success and has received a relatively negative reception mostly due to its unclarified theme. Shot on location in Vancouver Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine condition. Olive 540. Commonwealth United Entertainment unknown
Chicago: Olive Films 1969. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1969 film. Based on the novel by Peter Miles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Complete collation details available on request. Olive Films unknown
N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A woman checks into a motel in Wyoming renting a cabin for a week and begins cleaning a rifle. No one has the slightest suspicion that she is responsible for a string of murders and will likely strike again. <br/><br/>Set in Wyoming. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1973 with credits for screenwriter Alton Wilde. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
N.p.: Cinerama Releasing Corporation 1970. Vintage one sheet poster from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>A May-December romance wherein Jean Simmons stars as a suburban British housewife who meets the young and brash Leonard Whiting on a commuter train and together enjoy an all-too-brief day-long affair in London.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in London England. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus two small closed tears. Cinerama Releasing Corporation unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1984. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1984 miniseries. Snipe printed on the verso. <br/><br/>A US miniseries broadcast on NBC that dramatizes the events surrounding the modern Olympics' founding in 1896. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Greece. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures Television unknown books
Buckinghamshire: British Lion Film Corporation 1964. Draft script for the 1964 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 novel of the same title by Douglas Hayes. A middle-aged stage actor moves from a conservative life in the provinces to the very center of Swinging London and tries to revitalize his career by performing in commercials. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location there. <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Peter Yeldham and author Douglas Hayes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
London: Hemdale Film Distributors 1972. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1972 UK release of the 1972 US film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the collaborative novel by director Amateau and screenwriter Robinson about a crooked hospital administrator. Pat Morita "Mr. Miyagi" in "The Karate Kid" 1984 plays the part of a lab technician with glee. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hemdale Film Distributors unknown
Los Angeles: Warner Bros. 1944. Vintage 11 x 14" pictorial color lobby card. Snagged marginal pinhole in center top with tear barely touching the top edge of the image otherwise a very good bright example. One of the set of lobby cards issued to promote this film adaptation of Eric Ambler's 1939 espionage thriller directed by Jean Negulesco based on a script by novelist/pulp writer Frank Gruber his fourth screen credit. The drama features Sydney Greenstreet Zachary Scott Faye Emerson and Peter Lorre et al. This card depicts Emerson confronting Greenstreet in a tense moment wrapped by a quite stylish title banner. Warner Bros. unknown
Np: Two Cities / Eagle Lion 1948. Original color stone-lithographed one-sheet 41 x 27". Folded as issued. Stabholes in top blank corners from intended use lower blank margin has some mild discoloration otherwise in very good order the colors bright and fresh. A highly atmospheric poster for the 1948 US release of the 1947 UK film based on Ambler's original screenplay. Ambler is also credited as producer of the film. John Mills Joan Greenwood and Edward Chapman starred and Roy Ward Baker directed. The release of the film prompted the publication of a novelization of the script in the UK. The artwork for the US one sheet reflects the noir tone of the film far better than does the UK one sheet. Two Cities / Eagle Lion unknown
Los Angeles: United Artists 1954. 16 pp. Folio 17 X 11 inches. Highly pictorial self-wrappers Heavily illustrated. Folded with clean partial splits to spine else very good. A pressbook for the US distribution of Eric Ambler's adaptation to the screen of H. E. Bates's 1947 novel. Directed by Robert Parrish the film stars Gregory Peck supported by Win Min Than Brenda de Banzie Bernard Lee and Morris Denham et al. Filmed in Sri Lanka Peck portrays an embittered bomber pilot who lost his wife in a Luftwaffe air raid and is acting on a death wish. United Artists unknown
Np: Two Cities / Eagle Lion 1948. Original color stone-lithographed one-sheet 41 x 27". Folded as issued. Stabholes in top blank corners from intended use lower blank margin has some mild discoloration otherwise in very good order the colors bright and fresh. A highly atmospheric poster for the 1948 US release of the 1947 UK film based on Ambler's original screenplay. Ambler is also credited as producer of the film. John Mills Joan Greenwood and Edward Chapman starred and Roy Ward Baker directed. The release of the film prompted the publication of a novelization of the script in the UK. The artwork for the US one sheet reflects the noir tone of the film far better than does the UK one sheet. Two Cities / Eagle Lion unknown books
Los Angeles: United Artists 1954. 16 pp. Folio 17 X 11 inches. Highly pictorial self-wrappers Heavily illustrated. Folded with clean partial splits to spine else very good. A pressbook for the US distribution of Eric Ambler's adaptation to the screen of H. E. Bates's 1947 novel. Directed by Robert Parrish the film stars Gregory Peck supported by Win Min Than Brenda de Banzie Bernard Lee and Morris Denham et al. Filmed in Sri Lanka Peck portrays an embittered bomber pilot who lost his wife in a Luftwaffe air raid and is acting on a death wish. United Artists unknown books
Los Angeles: Warner Bros. 1944. Vintage 11 x 14" pictorial color lobby card. Snagged marginal pinhole in center top with tear barely touching the top edge of the image otherwise a very good bright example. One of the set of lobby cards issued to promote this film adaptation of Eric Ambler's 1939 espionage thriller directed by Jean Negulesco based on a script by novelist/pulp writer Frank Gruber his fourth screen credit. The drama features Sydney Greenstreet Zachary Scott Faye Emerson and Peter Lorre et al. This card depicts Emerson confronting Greenstreet in a tense moment wrapped by a quite stylish title banner. Warner Bros. unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for a 1956 student film. Front wrapper title in decorative holograph black ink presumably by the screenwriter. Based on the 1890 story by Ambrose Bierce. 22 pages of storyboards corresponding with the script that follows all bound together. Decorative cast and crew invite to premiere and wrap party laid in. <br/><br/>The second filmed version of Bierce's short story the first one titled "The Bridge" was made by Charles Vidor in 1929 virtually unknown preceding both the well known 1959 version filmed for the fifth season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and the French version made in 1962 by Robert Enrico. <br/><br/>According to the 1956-57 Film Review of Student Productions presented by Department of Cinema and Delta Kappa Alpha at the University of Southern California USC the film was part of the Productions of the Graduate Workshop in the fall of 1956. Laid in is an invitation to premiere screening held at CineManor where USC's California National Honorary Cinema Fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha hosted screenings and social events. Douglas W. Gallez served as President of the Alpha USC Chapter at the time. Not in IMDB. <br/><br/>Presumably shot in Southern California. Set in Civil War era Alabama. <br/><br/>Pale untitled wrapper with credits for screenwriter. Title page present with credits for story writer Ambrose Bierce and screenwriter Douglas W. Gallez. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph both storyboards and script. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
London: ITC Films 1980. Original British one sheet poster for the 1980 UK film. Printed in England. Based on a story by John Barry and Amis' only foray into screenwriting. Alex and Adam Fawcett and Douglas are two scientists working at a space station on one of Saturn's moons. Their romance is interrupted by a murderous official from Earth Keitel who intends to build a demigod robot to replace the scientists. As is often the case the robot starts to think for itself with the usual results. 27 x 39.75 inches folded as issued. Stress at the folds and a few central pinholes else Near Fine. ITC Films unknown
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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>6.75 x 9 inches. United Artists unknown books
N.p.: Benagoss Productions 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Based on Alfred Hayes' novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia."<br/><br/>A romantic drama set in south France during WWII. An American soldier begins a doomed romance with a French peasant woman. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning and a chip to the top margin. Benagoss Productions unknown books
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Collection of three vintage black-and-white double reference studio still photographs from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>A dramatic love triangle occurs between two fellow pilots and one pilot's wife to the backdrop of WWI. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning overall and light soiling to the verso. Blue and red holograph annotations to the verso and a stamp to the verso of image E-88. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 7 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. <br/><br/>Based on Marcelle Maurette's 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. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Tiny faint creases overalland light soil to one still else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Faint discoloration else Near Fine. Films in London Publications unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1960 US film. Blank white space at the foot of each still where film credits would later be printed. A dramatic romance about a minister and his son. The son impregnates his girlfriend but with no future job or money the son is abandoned and the girlfriend goes to Yale with a young student. Redd Foxx makes his film debut as a piano player and husband-and-wife Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood make their first film appearance together. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Final Draft script for 1989 science fiction film adapted by John Varley from his 1977 short story "Air Raid" which he then expanded into the 1983 novel "Millennium." In a custom wrapper with a two-color logo for the film's initial production company prior to being picked up by Twentieth Century-Fox First Millennium Partnership. A soldier from the future Ladd is sent back in time to prevent a present day NTSB investigator Kristofferson from uncovering a conspiracy where people about to die in air crashes are sent forward in time to repopulate Earth after pollution has made everyone in the future sterile. White titled wrappers with First Millennium Partnership logo on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for Varley. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Photocopied. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light soil bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1977. Original Treatment script for the 1977 horror film here under the alternate title of "Orc." A blatant attempt to cash in on the popularity of "Jaws" two years earlier the film follows a fishing vessel being stalked by a killer whale bent on avenging the death of its pregnant mate at the hands of the crew. The treatment begins with eight pages of scientific information on orcas culled from various scientific and popular sources a commitment to scientific accuracy and realism belied by the story itself. Goldenrod wrappers with the title of the film in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with the name and address of Famous Films production company present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Muir 1970s. Paramount Pictures unknown
New York NY: Pocket Star Books. 2003. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Mass market rack paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. . No previous owner's name. Clean tight pages. No bent corners. . Pocket Star Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Alibris.0037486 ISBN : 074347676X 9780743476768
Crown International Pictures 1971. Very Good. Original b/w film still photograph featuring blonde Patricia Wymer briefly notable B-movie actress of "The Babysitter" 1969 and costar Stewart. High school graduate Mindy Wymer has a fling with a teacher Stewart resulting in a questionable pregnancy that Mindy avoids by taking a road trip to California with her best friend. Lead actors and director all destined for short Hollywood careers each with no more than 5 credits. Overall a mature movie about a juvenile delinquent. 8 x 10 inches small white border. Very Good light creasing and curling. Crown International Pictures unknown
Paris: Franco London Films 1969. Four vintage UK reference photographs from the 1969 French film based on the 1969 novel "Les Chemins de Katmandou" by Rene Barjavel. With snipes on the verso from Cinecenta Film the film's UK distributor. <br/><br/>A young man travels to Nepal in search of his wealthy father where he falls in love with a hippie who encourages him to scam his father to feed her drug habit. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Franco London Films unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Muriel Catala pulling on her stocking while actor Michel Albertini reclines on the floor next to a record player. <br/><br/>A woman whose son stands accused of murder blackmails the judge in an attempt to force him to acquit. <br/><br/>9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. N.p. unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Revised Final Draft script for the 1960 film "Man on a String" seen here under the early working title "Ten Years a Counterspy." <br/><br/>Espionage thriller in which Ernest Borgnine stars as Boris Mitrov a US secret agent sent to Berlin to act as a double agent for the USSR. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as production No. 8514 and as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated Mar. 16 1959. Title page present dated March 16 1959 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Shaler and editor Cavanagh. 149 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. <br/><br/>Safari guide Van Heflin is hired to hunt murderer Abel McCracken in the wilds of Africa though the guides motives may go beyond his assigned task. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated September 24 1953. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 147 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow carbon typescript revision pages collected at the end dated variously between 10-3-53 and 10-10-53. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
London: S. F. Film Distributors / Girosign 1961. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1961 French film. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A young man is enamored by the daughter of King Louis XI and will stop at nothing to get her hand and dowry in marriage including kidnapping. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light corner creases. S. F. Film Distributors / Girosign unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1964 French film. <br/><br/>A 1960s update on the deathless French crime figure. Fantomas is an infamous criminal with uncanny impersonation skills. With the use of various masks and disguises he assumes a plethora of identities in order to successfully carry out his crimes. Pictured in these photos is the hapless Inspector Juve here played by Louis de Funes for whom Fantomas is always just a few steps away but still out of reach. <br/><br/>Shot on location in various locations around France. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a holograph notation to the verso. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
France: Cinetel 1962. Archive of 64 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1962 French film. Seen in the images are starring actor Phillippe Noiret actor Rene Lefevre and actresses Berthe Granval and Zouzoue as well as several shots of the film crew and director Michel in action. Numerical annotations and some with cropping annotations on the verso of nearly all photos in holograph pencil. Housed in a vintage French Kodak brand photo paper box. <br/><br/>Little known drama about a man who aspires to be a sailor. One of director Michel's final films after notable others "Confession Under Four Eyes" 1954 and "The Blonde Witch" 1956. <br/><br/>Most photos approximately 7 x 9.25 inches several 5 x 7 inches and one slightly smaller. Very Good plus overall photos with moderate curling and photo box Very Good plus. Cinetel unknown books
Paris: Studio Canal 1981. Vintage borderless photograph of Catherine Deneuve Patrick Dewaere and Etienne Chicot on the set of the 1981 film. With holograph annotations regarding layout and photographer Tony Frank's name typed on the verso. <br/><br/>Helene Catherine Deneuve an anesthetist depressed and mourning her recently drowned lover almost crashes her car into Gilles Patrick Dewaere a young working class man who lives at his mother's hotel. The two fall into a difficult relationship that brings up their painful past histories. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>10.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Studio Canal unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in autograph letter signed by Andrea Ireland Stapley addressed to an anonymous editor recipient dated March 4th 1976. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Andrea Ireland Stapley. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 176. Xerographically reproduced Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 Russian film showing actress Irma Raush.<br/><br/>Director Andrei Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev from his humble origins as a traveling monk to his later years returning to painting after a long and meditative sabbatical. <br/><br/>Set in medieval Russia shot on location in Moscow. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 34. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
N.p.: Crimson 1986. Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1986 film including two of director Andrei Tarkovsky and cinematographer Sven Nykvist on the set. One with a printed label affixed to the verso and three with the stamps of Israel Film Archive. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>As World War III looms a former philosopher decides to sacrifice everything he cherishes to God to prevent nuclear war from decimating humanity. Tarkovsky's final film before his death from lung cancer in 1986. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Sweden.<br/><br/>Three 7 x 5 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Three with wide margins. One with stamp ink residue on the recto else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. Crimson unknown books
N.p.: Crimson 1986. Vintage borderless matte-finish reference photograph of director Andrei Tarkovsky adjusting a miniature house with its life-size equivalent in the background on the set of the 1986 film. With a German agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>As World War III looms a former philosopher decides to sacrifice everything he cherishes to God to prevent nuclear war from decimating humanity. Tarkovsky's final film before his death from lung cancer in 1986. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Sweden.<br/><br/>7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Crimson unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1983. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. Printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov Oleg Jankovsky and his interpreter Eugenia Domiziana Giordano journey to Italy to research a forgotten eighteenth-century composer. Director Andrei Tarkovsky's first film directed outside of the USSR.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Schrader 51. N.p. unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. First draft script for the 1988 film. <br/><br/>Steven Seagal's debut role as Nico Toscani an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths to stop Zargon Henry Silva the corrupt CIA agent behind it all. <br/><br/>Shot on location in O'ahu and Chicago. <br/><br/>Orange titled studio wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated March 4 1987 with credits for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. Title page present dated March 4 1987 noted as First Draft with credits for for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Photocopy rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Vintage one-sheet poster for the 1972 film featuring vignette artwork by the renowned Bob Peak. <br/><br/>Based on the life of composer Johann Strauss and his family and a remake of Julien Duvivier's 1938 musical. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Very Good plus with a few tiny tears and rubber stamps and annotations on the verso in holograph ink. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Universal City: Andrew L. Stone Productions 1958. Collection of 23 vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film.<br/><br/>When electronics expert Jim Molnar James Mason sees a news broadcast about an airplane bomb threat he realizes he had been tricked into making the bombs by his ex-Army buddy Paul Hoplin Rod Steiger. As Hoplin tries to extort a half a million dollars from the airlines Hoplin kidnaps and holds Molnar his wife Joan Inger Stevens and their daughter hostage. Hoplin forces Joan to collect the money escorted by thug and predator Steve Neville Brand. An amazing cast rounded out with the help of Angie Dickinson and Jack Klugman.<br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location in New York New Jersey and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall some mostly faint creasing 4 have minor chipping to corners or edges 3 have pinholes in margins and 8 have uniform fading of varying degrees. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Andrew L. Stone Productions unknown books
New York: Famous Music Corporation 1941. Original sheet music for the song "Fireflies on Parade" from the 1941 film "The Hard-Boiled Canary" here under the working title "There's Magic in Music."<br/><br/>Words and music by Ann Ronell whose notable songs include "Rain on the Roof" "Let's Go Out in the Open Air" "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" and "Willow Weep for Me." <br/><br/>9 x 12 inches. Eight pages 2 folded leaves in illustrated wrappers. Very Good with brief creasing and tears. Famous Music Corporation unknown books
London: National Screen Service / MGM 1960. Collection of 7 vintage black-and-white and 7 full-color still photographs from the 1960 UK release of the 1960 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos black-and-white stills. <br/><br/>An explosion in the engine room of a cruise ship on its last voyage causes a leak and the captain of the ship refuses to believe his ship will sink. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall and a hint of toning black-and-white stills else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1939 film. <br/><br/>A musical drama that follows the romantic and professional arc of two performers. Louise Hall abandons her humble beginnings to become a singer in New York City where she meets and falls in love with John Ramsey the star of Victor Herbert's operas. Ramsey takes her under his wing introducing her to New York's musical society. Their relationship is tested however when Louise's career begins to eclipse her husband's. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Titled white self wrappers dated July 11 1939 and July 14 1939. Title page present with credits for the entire cast. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Two small chips to the top margin of the front wrapper. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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