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George Cukor director; Alan Jay Lerner play screenwriter; George Bernard Shaw play; Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Hollo
My Fair Lady Original photograph of Cecil Beaton on the set of the 1964 film SIGNED by Beaton
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage publicity photograph of art director Cecil Beaton on the set of the 1964 film. SIGNED by Beaton in holograph ink to the top left corner of the recto. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1956 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe itself adapted from George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion." Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor for Rex Harrison reprising his Broadway and West End role as Henry Higgins. <br/><br/>Noted photographer writer and interior designer Cecil Beaton served as art director for the film and received the Academy Award for Best Production Design for his work alongside Gene Allen and George James Hopkins. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly edgeworn and wavy with faint soil to the corners. <br/><br/>Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 152336
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George Cukor director; Clarence S. Bull photographer; Philip Barry play; Donald Ogden Stewart screenwriter; Cary Grant Katharin
The Philadelphia Story Original photograph from the 1940 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1940 film. Starring actress Ruth Hussey is seen in action stealthily snapping photographs. Rubber-stamps on the verso crediting "Silver Screen Archives" and photographer Clarence S. Bull.<br/><br/>Based on Philip Barry's 1939 play. A socialite with plans to marry is interrupted by her ex-husband as well as a tabloid journalist and his partner a female photographer. Winner of two Academy Awards including Best Actor for James Stewart and Best Adapted Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture Best Director Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn and Best Supporting Actress for Hussey. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches double-weight small white border. Short corner creases else Near Fine.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedies. Criterion Collection 901. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 145413
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George Cukor director; Clemence Dane playwright; Howard Estabrook Harry Wagstaff Gribble screenwriter; Katharine Hepbun John B
A Bill of Divorcement Post-production script for the 1957 re-release of the 1932 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1957. Post-production Combined Continuity script for the 1957 re-release of the 1932 film. Based on the 1921 play by Clemence Dane. <br/><br/>Katharine Hepburn's debut a role in which she plays the daughter of a mentally ill man whose wife has divorced him and now intends to marry someone else. When Hepburn realizes that the psychiatric problems are likely inherited she breaks from her fiance to ensure the genes are not passed to another generation and stays with her father instead. <br/><br/>Tall white titled wrappers dated March 3 1957 noting 4 reels and footage of 6195 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 130391
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George Cukor director; Graham Greene novel; Jay Presson screenwriter; Hugh Wheeler screenwriter; Maggie Smith starring
Travels With My Aunt Original screenplay for the 1972 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Based on Graham Green's 1969 novel. One of George Cukor's final films described by Roger Ebert as a "sort of art deco journey across Europe on the Istanbul Express" wherein a bank clerk is summoned by his elderly but still youthful aunt to rescue her lover Mr. Visconti who is being held for ransom in the Turkey. Merging the early 1970s with high British culture the film explores marijuana hippies brothels paramours fancy trains gigolos and a preference for journey over destination. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers dated February 25 1972 with credits for screenwriters Wheeler and Allen and for director Cukor. 109 leaves mechanical duplication. Studio information at the top of the front wrapper has been crossed through in black marker. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 143098
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George Cukor director; James Costigan screenwriter; Katharine Hepburn Laurence Olivier starring
Love Among the Ruins Original screenplay for the 1975 television film
N.p.: ABC Circle Films 1974. Draft script for the 1975 television film first aired on ABC on March 6 1975. Prominent underlined "29" in holograph pencil on top right of front wrapper. <br/><br/>Set in late Edwardian London aging actress Jessica Medicott Katharine Hepburn is being sued for breach of promise and hires her old suitor lawyer Sir Arthur Granville-Jones Laurence Olivier to defend her unaware he is still in love with her.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in London and Buckinghamsire England. <br/><br/>Lavender titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 29 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Costigan. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered "120-123.". Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/2/74. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ABC Circle Films unknown books
Bookseller reference : 147020
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George Cukor director; Maurice Maeterlinck play; Hugh Whitemore Alfred Hayes Aleksei Kapler screenwriter; Elizabeth Taylor Ja
The Blue Bird Bluebird Original photograph from the 1976 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film and co-production of the US and the Soviet Union. Based on Maurice Maeterlinck's 1908 play of the same name. <br/><br/>In the vein of "The Wizard of Oz" complete with a personified dog cat and various inanimate objects. Two you peasants venture forth on a quest to find the Blue Bird of Happiness and are aided in their quest by a host of unusual creatures. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Russia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140334
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George Fitzmaurice director; Benjamiin Glazer Leo Birinski screenwriter; Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis St
Mata Hari Original screenplay for the 1931 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Draft script for the 1931 film with annotations in holograph pencil primarily in later half of script largely regarding dialogue but also setting and shots. <br/><br/>A largely fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by France for espionage during World War I. A sensation in the US and Europe it was Greta Garbo's most commercially successful film. The pre-Code Hollywood film was censored upon its reissue in 1936 which was the only version believed to exist until 2005 when an uncut French and Dutch subtitled version was screened at the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique in Brussels.<br/><br/>Set in 1917 Paris shot on location in Agoura California. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Benjamin Glazer and Leo Birinski and M-G-M label dated "Copied May 4 1931." Title page present with credits for screenwriters Benjamin Glazer and Leo Birinski. 172 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with six white revision pages dated June 5 1931. Pages Very Good plus with foxing and edgewear and stain to upper right of title page Wrapper Very Good with light soiling and chipping and closed tears to extremities and spine and upper right section cut from rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151422
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George Fitzmaurice director; Sidney Howard screenwriter; Evelyn Laye John Boles Leon Errol starring
One Heavenly Night Lilli Original screenplay for the 1931 film
Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1930. Draft script for the 1931 film here under the working title "Lilli." Copy belonging to uncredited assistant director H. Bruce Humberstone with his holograph pencil annotations throughout. Accompanying the script is a mechanically duplicated folded "Day Out of Days" map with holograph ink annotations correlating actors scenes and days.<br/><br/>A lowly flower girl agrees to impersonate a famed opera diva sentenced by the local police to a six month reprieve in the countryside.<br/><br/>Set in Budapest Hungary.<br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers dated July 25 1930 with credits for screenwriters LOUIS BROMFIELD and SIDNEY HOWARD. Partial title page present with credits for screenwriters LOUIS BROMFIELD and SIDNEY HOWARD. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>"Day Out of Days" map is 32 x 29 inches folded five times as issued. Very Good plus with a few tiny tears to the folds and some pinholes to the corners housed in a tan card folder noted in holograph pencil on the front as "Original breakdowns on 'Lilli' / Geo. Fitzmaurice / Prod #4900 / Sam. Goldwyn Inc. Ltd. The Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 149228
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George Furth screenwriter
America's Sweetheart Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. Includes a humorous letter from the screenwriter to "Sally" laid in. <br/><br/>A starlet's rise is threatened by her relationship with a longtime lover. Written by Hollywood staple George Furth best known for his award-winning musical "Company."<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1972 with credit for screenwriter Furth. 152 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 129776
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George Gage director screenwriter; Dick Wolf screenwriter; Allen Garfield Kathleen Lloyd Leif Garrett Richard Van der Wyk T
Skateboard Original screenplay for the 1978 film
Venice CA: Blum Group 1977. Third Draft script for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>A Hollywood agent has racked up huge gambling debt and needs to quickly pay back the bookie. He organizes a group of talented skateboarders and enters them into a major competition with a $20000 prize. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Lime green titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 10 1977 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Richard A. Wolf and George Gage on the title page along with a notation of copy No. 68 in holograph ink. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Blum Group unknown books
Bookseller reference : 145176
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George Lucas director screenwriter; Robert DuVall starring
THX-1138 Original oversize double weight candid photograph from the 1971 film
Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage black-and-white oversize double weight still photograph from the 1971 film. Shown are George Lucas and an assistant setting up a shot of Robert DuVall with Lucas placing calipers on DuVall's head. With the Warner Brothers studio stamp on the verso along with a notation regarding the shot and its reference number. Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. Written by Lucas and Walter Murch the film set a standard for dystopian stories that would inform dozens of films in its wake. Oddly Lucas did not continue down the pessimistic path choosing instead to engage in the broader appeal of "Star Wars." 14 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 134494
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George Lucas director screenwriter; Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Peter Cushing Alec Guinness Peter Mayhew starr
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1977 film showing director George Lucas sitting with actor Alec Guinness while shooting on location. <br/><br/>A breakaway blockbuster space epic the first entry in what would eventually become an ongoing series of films and an even larger monolithic franchise. Winner of six Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. <br/><br/>Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away and shot on location in Mexico Guatemala Tunisia England and California and Arizona in the US. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151306
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George Lucas director screenwriter; Robert DuVall starring
THX-1138 Original oversize double weight candid photograph from the 1971 film
Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage black-and-white oversize double weight still photograph from the 1971 film. Shown are George Lucas and an assistant setting up a shot of Robert DuVall with Lucas placing calipers on DuVall's head. With the Warner Brothers studio stamp on the verso along with a notation regarding the shot and its reference number. <br/><br/>Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. <br/><br/>Written by Lucas and Walter Murch the film set a standard for dystopian stories that would inform dozens of films in its wake. Oddly Lucas did not continue down the pessimistic path choosing instead to engage in the broader appeal of "Star Wars."<br/><br/>14 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 134494
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George Marshall director; Corinne Griffith memoir; Jack Rose screenwriter; Jackie Gleason Glynis Johns Charles Ruggles starrin
Papa's Delicate Condition Collection of four original photographs from the 1963 film
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 memoir by Corinne Griffin. Jack Griffith Jackie Gleason known to everyone as "Papa" goes a bit too far to impress his daughter Corinne Linda Bruhl after he's had a few drinks.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light even fading to two. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 147676
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George Marshall director; George Wells screenwriter; Alec Coppel Frederick Brisson playwrights; Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Ca
The Gazebo Original screenplay for the 1959 film
N.p.: Avon Productions 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his name and character's name to the front wrapper in holograph pencil. Included with the script are two film programs and a set of laid-in revision pages.<br/><br/>A black comedy based on the 1958 play by Alec Coppel about a television writer who shoots and kills a would-be blackmailer and buries him under a gazebo in his family's backyard-but soon discovers he has murdered the wrong man. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers dated 6-18-59 rubber-stamped copy No. 109 with credits for director George Marshall and screenwriter George Wells. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-10-59 and 7-17-59. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and dampstained to the rear wrapper bound with three gold brads. Avon Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 147169
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George Marshall director; Gladys Unger Jesse Lasky Jr. playwrights; Edward Eliscu Lou Breslow screenwriter; Alice Faye Ray Wa
Music is Magic Original photograph from the set of the 1935 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1935. Vintage photographs of actors Alice Faye Ray Walker and director George Marshall among other members of the cast on the set of the 1935 film. Mimeograph description and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Diane De Valle Bebe Daniels an aging theater actress struggles to face her imminent replacement by a young chorus girl Peggy Alive Faye. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 145006
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George Medeluk director; Charles Templeton novel; Rob McEwan still photographer; Richard Murphy screenwriter; William Shatner H
The Kidnapping of the President Original photograph from the 1980 film
London: Bordeaux International Films 1980. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1980 Canadian film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the novel of the same name by Charles Templeton about two revolutionists who manage to kidnap the president while on a visit to Toronto and somehow keep him locked in a van strapped with explosives for most of the film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Near Fine. Bordeaux International Films unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132153
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George Miller director screenwriter; James McCausland screenwriter; Mel Gibson Joanne Samuel Hugh Keays Byrne Steve Bisley s
Mad Max Original press kit for the French release of the 1979 Australian film
Beverly Hills CA: Warner Columbia Film 1979. Vintage press kit for the French release of the 1979 Australian film containing seven black and white photographs a ten-page booklet of promotional reading material and several promotional stickers.<br/><br/>An unhinged policeman seeks revenge for the murder of his wife and son by a violent motorcycle gang. An Australian New Wave classic the first film in the dystopian Mad Max series followed by "Mad Max 2" 1981 "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" 1985 and "Mad Max: Fury Road" 2015. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Melbourne Australia. <br/><br/>Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine.<br/><br/>Harris Not Quite Hollywood. Warner Columbia Film unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151347
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George Miller director; AB. 'Banjo' Paterson poem; Cul Cullen John Dixon screenwriter; Tom Burlinson Terence Donovan Kirk Dou
The Man from Snowy River Original photograph from the 1982 film
N.p.: Cambridge Productions 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film. Based on Banjo Patterson's 1890 poem of the same name. <br/><br/>Ostensibly conceived of during a dinner party George Miller's dramatic coming of age film tells the story of a young Australian who upon the death of his father takes a job at a cattle ranch in order to prove himself as a man. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Australia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small bruise to the verso. Cambridge Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140584
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George P. Cosmatos director screenwriter; Robert Katz Tom Mankiewicz screenwriters; Sophia Loren Richard Harris Martin Sheen
The Cassandra Crossing Original screenplay for the 1976 film
N.p.: ITC Entertainment 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German-Italian-British film. <br/><br/>A train traveling in Europe has been exposed to a deadly disease and the passengers are forbidden to leave the train. Terrorism and disaster follow with a star-studded cast including Richard Harris Martin Sheen and producer Carlo Ponti's wife Sophia Loren. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 with credits for director Cosmatos and screenwriter Mankiewicz. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with a green Vello binding. ITC Entertainment unknown books
Bookseller reference : 137880
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George Pal director; Charles G. Finney novel; Charles Beaumont screenwriter; Tony Randall Barbara Eden Arthur O'Connell starri
7 Faces of Dr. Lao Collection of eight original photographs from the 1964 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. <br/><br/>Based on Charles G. Finney's 1935 fantasy novel "The Circus of Dr. Lao." A magical circus arrives in a small western town whose inhabitants see themselves reflected in its assemblage of mystical performers and animals. <br/><br/>Set in the American west. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Six Near Fine two Very Good plus with small nicks and brief accompanying creasing to the edges.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 3783. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 150639
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George Roy Hill director; Chevy Chase Madolyn Smith starring; Jay Cronley novel; Jeffrey Boam screenwriter
Funny Farm Original screenplay director George Roy Hill's working copy
Los Angeles: Pan Arts / American Broadcasting Company ABC 1987. Shooting script for the 1988 film comedy. Director George Roy Hill's working copy with his typically profuse holograph annotations throughout as well as handwritten drafts and drawings for establishing shots scene setups screen credits sequences ideas etc. Also included are 2nd Unit shot lists Montage Arrangements Staff and Crew List a One Line Schedule and internal memorandums including an interesting summary of the cost for rights to various musical properties used in the film. <br/><br/>A well-loved and overlooked comedy in which Chase plays a sportswriter who moves his family to rural Vermont in order to write a novel. The townspeople however turn out to be more than a little eccentric and the relative seclusion sought by the family is interrupted by one disaster after another. <br/><br/>Materials housed in director Hill's black three-ring binder. Various loose materials in the binder pockets. Screenplay: orange titled wrappers; title page present with credits for novelist Cronley and screenwriter Boam and a date of 7/20/87. 131 leaves xerographically duplicated with pink blue green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/26/87 and 9/5/87 some undated. Pages wrapper and binder Near Fine; loose inserted leaves Very Good plus to Near Fine. Pan Arts / American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 121465
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George Roy Hill director; John Irving novel; Steve Tesich screenwriter; Robin Williams Mary Beth Hurt Glenn Close John Lithgo
The World According to Garp Original screenplay for the 1982 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in holograph pencil annotation to the front wrapper and a single holograph ink annotation to the title page noting copy No. 201. <br/><br/>Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. Director George Roy Hill capped an impressive career with this film one of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively.<br/><br/>Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing to the first and last leaves wrapper Very Good plus with dampstains and light soil to the binding and rear wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 152765
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George Roy Hill director; Michel del Castillo novel; Irving Gaynor Neiman screenwriter; Edgar Barrier Beppie De Vries George D
Playhouse 90: Child of Our Time Original screenplay for the 1959 television episode
N.p.: N.p. 1959. Draft script for the 18th episode of season 3 of the 1956-1961 television playhouse series which originally aired on February 5 1959. Copy belonging to director George Roy Hill with a printed label noting his name on the verso of the front wrapper and his holograph ink annotations throughout noting deletions and substantive changes. <br/><br/>A kinescope of the program survived and is available for viewing only at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>Based on Michel del Castillo's autobiographical 1957 novel "Tanguy." A young Spanish-French refugee is captured by the Nazis and interned in a concentration camp but finds happiness in Spain after the war. An early effort from the great George Roy Hill who was best known in the ensuing years for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" 1969 and "The Sting" 1973. <br/><br/>Set in France and Germany. <br/><br/>Housed in an untitled black spring binder. Title page present dated 1-19-59 with credits for director George Roy Hill novelist Michel del Castillo and screenwriter Irving Gaynor Neiman. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/23/59 and 2-3-59. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151411
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George Roy Hill director; Tennessee Williams play; Isobel Lennart screenwriter; Anthony Franciosa Jane Fonda Jim Hutton Lois
Period of Adjustment Collection of five original press photographs of Jane Fonda from the 1962 film
N.p.: N.p. 1962. Collection of five vintage press photographs of actress Jane Fonda from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 play by Tennessee Williams. On their ill-fated honeymoon George and Isabel visit George's war buddy whose wife has just walked out on him. Director George Roy Hill's directorial debut and a breakthrough role for Fonda. <br/><br/>Set in Tennessee. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 152380
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George Schaefer director; Daniel Taradash screenwriter; Frank G. Slaughter novel; Dylan Cannon Richard Crenna Gene Hackman sta
Doctors' Wives Original screenplay for the 1971 film
Culver City CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television garnering seven Emmy wins and 21 total nominations. Life or death become the stakes as infidelity unfolds in the hospital ward. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 28 1968 noted as First Estimating Draft with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Xerographic duplication with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/20/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 142538
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George Schaefer director; William Goodhart screenwriter; David Janssen Kim Darby Peter Duel Carl Reiner starring
A Time for Giving Generation Original photograph from the 1969 film
London: National Screen Service 1969. Vintage full-color still photograph from the UK release of the 1969 US film. <br/><br/>A businessman receives news that his daughter is pregnant in New York where she quickly marries the child's father and even has him deliver the baby personally. Kim Darby whose rose to fame with her performance in the 1969 gem "True Grit" stars as the daughter. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no border as issued. A few faint creases else Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132124
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George Schafer director producer; James Prideaux screenwriter producer; Katharine Hepburn Ryan O'Neal starring
The Man Upstairs Original screenplay for the 1992 film
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1992. Revised Script for the 1992 television movie. <br/><br/>Katharine Hepburn plays an elderly woman who houses an escaped convict and the pair become unlikely friends. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with Burt Reynolds production company insignia. Title page present dated October 23 1992 with credits for screenwriter Prideaux. 107 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 125889
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George Seaton director; Arthur Hailey novel; George Seaton screenwriter; Burt Lancaster Dean Martin Jean Seberg starring
Airport Original photograph from the 1970 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1970 film. <br/><br/>The harbringer of what would be a decade full of disaster films packed with Hollywood actors metaphorically in search of a way to revive their careers in the wake of a crumbling studio system. Nonetheless and perhaps by accident a film that is as entertaining today as it was when it was released. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography and winner of one Best Actress going to Helen Hayes. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Minnesota and California. <br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 139848
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George Seaton director; Henry Denker screenwriter; Kirk Douglas Robert Walker Jr. Nick Adams Pancho Magalona starring
The Hook Original screenplay for the 1963 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Revised Draft script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member "Brokaw" with that name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper and marginal annotations throughout in holograph ink. Shooting schedules bound in. Included is a vintage production photograph of Kirk Douglas from the film. <br/><br/>Based on Vahe Katcha's 1957 novel "L'hamecon." During the Korean War a group of American soldiers capture an enemy pilot and orders are to execute the prisoner. Sgt. P.J. Briscoe Douglas orders his men to kill the prisoner but their reluctance forms a wedge in their allegiance. <br/><br/>Shot on location in the Catalina Harbor. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 63 dated May 1 1962 with a credit for screenwriter Denker. Title page integral with front wrapper. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered "133-137" followed by 24 leaves bound upside down. Mimeograph duplication with white pink yellow gray green and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/19/62 and 5/11/62. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Davenport p. 171. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 139565
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George Sherman director; Harold Medford screenwriter; Mark Stevens Alex Nicol Robert Douglas starring
Target Unknown Prisoner of War Original screenplay for the 1951 film
Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Final Shooting script for the 1951 film here under the working title "Prisoner of War." With detailed extensive holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout the script. Likely copy belonging to Harold Medford with many annotations ending in "HM" throuhgout<br/><br/>Disoriented and exhausted from multiple missions over occupied France an American bomber squadron is forced to bail out leading to their capture and interrogation by the Germans.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7724 dated July 20 1950. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Harold Medford. 179 leaves. Mimeographed rectos only with yellow blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/12/50 and 10-3-50. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 146051
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George Sherman director; Herb Meadow screenwriter; Van Heflin Joanne Woodward Raymond Burr starring
Count Three and Pray The Calico Pony Original screenplay for the 1955 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Draft script for the 1955 film here under the working title "The Calico Pony." Actor Van Heflin's copy with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Heflin plays a Civil War soldier returning to his hometown as a minister but his violent past follows him. The film debut of Joanne Woodward. <br/><br/>Red and black titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for writer Meadow. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 130854
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George Sherman director; William R. Cox screenwriter; Victor Mature Mari Blanchard Virginia Field Guy Rolfe starring
The Veils of Bagdad Collection of 7 photographs from the 1953 film
London: Unviersal International Pictures 1954. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1953 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>A man is sent to Baghdad to prevent the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire falling in love with a dancer while on his journey. <br/><br/>A story set in Baghdad shot in Palm Springs California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to 1 still else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132721
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George Sidney director; Edna Ferber novel; Jerome Kern Oscar HammersteinII play; John Lee Mahin screenwriter; Kathryn Grayson
Show Boat Collection of eight original photographs from the 1951 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Collection of eight vintage photographs from the 1951 film two promotional headshots of Joe E. Brown and eight studio stills two of which have "PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE" stamps and cropping annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1927 musical which was in turn based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. A wildly popular MGM musical hit wherein the daughter of the captain of the Cotton Blossom a traveling show boat falls for a roguish unlucky gambler. Nominated for two Academy Awards. The definitive version of the musical following adaptations in 1929 and 1936.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Mississippi. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Nine Near Fine with minor creasing in margins and edge wear. One Very Good with significant chipping to top right corner. Two have stiffening coating on verso.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 147663
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George Sidney director; H. G. Wells novel; Bert Cann still photographer; Beverly Cross screenwriter; Tommy Steele Julia Foster
Half a Sixpence Original British front-of-house card from the 1967 film
Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1967. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1967 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1905 H. G. Wells novel "Kipps" starring Tommy Steele as Arthur Kipps an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile. His grandfather dies and leaves him a vast wealth prompting a sudden life change. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso and faint creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 389. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132880
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George Sidney director; John O'Hara musical; Edward Cronenweth still photographer; Dorothy Kingsley screenwriter; Rita Hayworth
Pal Joey Original photograph from the 1957 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth from the 1957 film. "Columbia Pictures" stamp "Advertising Code" dated "June 14 1957" stamp and mimeo snipe on verso.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1940 musical with book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.<br/><br/>Womanizing heel Joey Evans Sinatra woos former flame and wealthy widow Linda English Hayworth to help finance his dream club "Chez Joey" but feelings for the beautiful nice young chorus girl Linda English Kim Novak get in the way.<br/><br/>Nominated for four Academy Awards.<br/><br/>Set in San Francisco shot on location in San Francisco Oakland and Berkeley California. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 150480
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George Sidney director; Michael Stewart play; Irving Brecher screenwriter; Janet Leigh Dick Van Dyke Ann Margret starring
Bye Bye Birdie Two original photographs from the set of the 1963 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs of Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke rehearsing on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe "ORIGINAL A RENDRE PARIMAGE" "COPYRIGHT CAMERA PRESS LTD." and a struck through with holograph pencil "Holmes-Lebel" stamps on the verso. One contains an "impress" sticker on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse.<br/><br/>Unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson Van Dyke is convinced he can make his fortune and marry girlfriend Rosie Leigh if he can get recently drafted Rock and Roll star Conrad Birdie Jessie Pearson on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss high school girl Kim MacAfee Ann Margret goodbye. <br/><br/>Nominated for 2 Academy Awards.<br/><br/>1 - 9 x 12 inches 1 - 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus edgewear and creasing to far corners. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 146931
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George Sluizer director; Tim Krabbe novel; Tod Graff screenwriter; Jeff Bridges Kiefer Sutherland Nancy Travis starring
The Vanishing Original screenplay for the 1993 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. <br/><br/>Hollywood remake of George Sluzier's 1988 Dutch thriller a film cemented in cinema history for its notorious ending. Sluzier was brought on to direct the 1993 adaptation which stars Kiefer Sutherland and Sandra Bullock as the doomed couple and Jeff Bridges as the sociopath Barney Cousons. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Washington California and Wyoming. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Revised Draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Todd Graff. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographically duplicated with blue green and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/19/92 and 4/9/92. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140646
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George Stevens director screenwriter; Fulton Oursler book; James Lee Barrett screenwriter; Max von Sydow Michael Anderson Jr.
The Greatest Story Ever Told Collection of 8 original British front-of-house cards from the 1965 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Collection of 8 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1965 US film. <br/><br/>Based on the book by Fulton Oursler about the life of Jesus Christ. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light corner creases else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132217
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George Stevens director; Anne Frank book; Frances Goodrich play screenwriter
The Diary of Anne Frank Original poster for the 1959 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Original US insert poster for the 1959 film directed by George Stevens and the definitive adaptation of the seminal memoir of a Jewish family's experience during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and nominated for 5 others including Best Picture and Best Director. <br/><br/>14 x 36 inches. Very Good plus overall with a faint tide mark along the bottom edge some shallow creasing at a few extremities one tiny chip and one short closed tear briefly mended with tape at the verso. Colors bright and unfaded presents well. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 119196
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George Stevens director; Frank D. Gilroy playwright screenwriter; Elizabeth Taylor Warren Beatty starring
The Only Game In Town Original photograph from the 1970 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit.<br/><br/>Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151463
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George Stevens director; Jack Schaefer novel; AB. Guthrie Jr. screenwriter; Alan Ladd Jean Arthur and Van Heflin starring A. B
Shane Collection of 4 original photographs from the 1953 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1953. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. <br/><br/>Though not nominated Alan Ladd gave an Oscar-worthy performance. Jack Palance despite saying only 12 lines received an Academy Award nomination for his creepy career-defining role. One of the greatest Westerns of the twentieth century "Shane" is a classic that transcends the genre and can be appreciated on many levels. <br/><br/>Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming and California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a small repair to the bottom margin of one image. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Pitts 3808. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 139438
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George Stevens director; Morrie Ryskind screenwriter; Irene Dunn Cary Grant Beulah Bondi starring
Penny Serenade Original photograph of George Stevens and Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens in conversation with actress Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>As she prepares to leave her husband a woman reflects on the highs and lows of her marriage including the couple's courtship wedding day and unfulfilled desire for a child. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light wear to the top edge. <br/><br/>Olive Films 702. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 149904
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George Waggner director; Curt Siodmak screenwriter; Lon Chaney Jr. Claude Rains Warren William Ralph Bellamy Bela Lugosi sta
The Wolf Man Original photograph from the 1941 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1941. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing Lon Chaney Jr. in costume as the eponymous Wolf Man getting groomed by makeup artist Jack P. Pierce. <br/><br/>A man visiting his ancestral home in Wales is bitten by a strange wolf-like creature leading to his occasional moonlit transformation into a bloodthirsty werewolf. Universal Pictures' second werewolf film preceded by the less successful "Werewolf of London" 1935 and followed by several "Wolf Man" monster mash-up sequels including "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" 1943 and "House of Frankenstein" 1944. <br/><br/>Set in Llanwelly Wales.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Universal Pictures unknown books
Bookseller reference : 149752
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Georges Franju director screenwriter; Emile Zola novel; Jean Ferry Sandro Continenza screenwriter; Francis Huster Gillian Hil
The Demise of Father Mouret La Faute de L'Abbe Mouret Two original photographs from the 1970 film
Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1970. Two vintage borderless photographs from the set of the 1970 film. With Production company stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>Based on the 1875 novel of the same name by Emile Zola. Father Mouret Francis Huster is a young priest working in a rural parish who falls in love with his nurse after suffering from a nervous breakdown and amnesia. As he regains his memory he is struck with immense guilt and ends their relationship. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
Bookseller reference : 144470
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Geraghty Maurice director screenwriter; George Montgomery Paual Corday Berry Kroeger starring
The Sword of Monte Cristo Original photograph from the 1951 film
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1952 UK release of the 1951 US film. In 1858 France Emperor Napoleon sends military officers to Normandy in search of a group of rebels. They encounter a masked cavalier and his companions including an heiress to the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and a hint of rubbing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Bookseller reference : 132396
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Gerald Mayer director; Emmet Lavery screenwriter; Mary Elizabeth Vroman story writer; Dorothy Dandridge Harry Belafonte starrin
Bright Road Set of 4 lobby cards for the 1953 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Set of 4 original lobby cards for the 1953 film "Bright Road" based on the Christopher Award winning story "See How They Run" written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman and first published in 1951 in the Ladies' Home Journal. <br/><br/>Notable for its nearly all-black cast "Bright Road" stars Dorothy Dandridge as an Alabama schoolteacher intent on motivating one of her more lackluster students. Dandridge is said to have accepted the role because of the film's lack of racial tension as a central theme. As a result she hoped that young women of all colors could identify with her character. Harry Belafonte's debut feature film. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Both lobby cards quite clean with no pinholes about Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 134790
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Gerald Thomas director; Bruce Montgomery screenwriter; James Robertson Justice Leslie Phillips Paul Massie Kenneth Williams s
Raising the Wind Roommates Two original photographs from the 1961 film
London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors 1961. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK film. <br/><br/>A group of students at an elite music school decide to share a flat in order to cut their living costs and have somewhere to practice together. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creasing to the extremities else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132359
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Gerald Thomas director; Joanna Jones novel; Norman Hudis screenwriter; Juliet Mills Ronald Lewis Joan Sims starring
Nurse on Wheels Collection of 6 photographs from the 1963 film
London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe 1963. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1963 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on 1958 Joanna Jones novel "Nurse Is a Neighbour" about a young woman who moves with her slightly crazy mother to a country village to take up her position as the local nurse. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall and one still with brief sticker removal else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132562
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Gerald Thomas director; Joanna Jones novel; Norman Hudis screenwriter; Juliet Mills Ronald Lewis Joan Sims starring
Nurse on Wheels Collection of 8 photographs from the 1963 film
London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors 1963. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1963 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on 1958 Joanna Jones novel "Nurse Is a Neighbour" about a young woman who moves with her slightly crazy mother to a country village to take up her position as the local nurse. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A faint crease here and there else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132561
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