‎Script-writer‎

‎John Carpenter director; Anthony Lawrence screenwriter; Kurt Russell Shelley Winters Bing Russell starring‎

‎Elvis Elvis the Movie Original screenplay for the 1979 television film‎

‎Los Angeles: Dick Clark Productions 1979. Final Shooting script for the 1978 television film which aired on ABC on February 11 1979. Annotation of copy number "147" in holograph marker on top right of title page.<br/><br/>One of three television films made by noted film director John Carpenter. Carpenter began working on "Elvis" after wrapping up his 1978 quintessential horror slasher "Halloween" offering him a chance to try his hand at a dramatic biopic. It was the first time Carpenter had worked with Kurt Russell who would become a frequent collaborator starring in Carpenter's "Escape from New York" 1981 "The Thing" 1982 "Big Trouble in Little China" 1986 and "Escape from L.A." 1996.<br/><br/>The television biopic follows the trajectory of Elvis Presley's career from his impoverished childhood to his sudden and unprecedented rise as a Rock and Roll icon to his years as a Las Vegas sensation. Featuring an outstanding performance by Russell as The King.<br/><br/>Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Television Motion Picture and nominated for three Emmy Awards including Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Russell.<br/><br/>Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/16/78 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Anthony Lawrence. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Dick Clark Productions unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 150583

‎John Carpenter screenwriter; Lee H. Katzin director; William A. Schwartz screenwriter; Suzanne Somers Steven Keats Mark Wheele‎

‎Zuma Beach Original screenplay for the 1978 television film‎

‎Burbank CA: Edgar J. Scherick and Associates 1978. Second Draft script for the 1978 television film. One of director John Carpenter's earliest efforts as a screenwriter released the same year as "Halloween" and the television movie "Someone's Watching Me." Originally aired on NBC on September 27 1978. While written as a vehicle for Suzanne Somers some actors that would soon eclipse her can be found in the supporting cast including Timothy Hutton Rosanna Arquette and Michael Biehn. <br/><br/>A glamorous but aging rock star takes a vacation to Zuma Beach where she unwittingly seduces the teenage beachgoers and gradually becomes involved in their lives. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in California.<br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 31 1978 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter William Schwartz. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly soiled on the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Edgar J. Scherick and Associates unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 147119

‎John Cassavetes director screenwriter starring; Ben Gazzara Gena Rowlands starring‎

‎Opening Night Original poster for the 1970 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Faces 1977. Original one sheet poster for the 1970 film issued by John Cassavetes' small production company Faces Music. The last film to be produced and distributed by Cassavetes' company and surprisingly one of the scarcest of its iconoclastic elegantly designed posters. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Rolled as issued Near Fine. Faces unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 138210

‎John Cassavetes director screenwriter; Ben Gazzara Catherine Wong Seymour Cassell starring‎

‎The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Original Faces poster Ben Gazzara variant‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Faces Music 1976. Original poster for the 1976 film this being the Ben Gazzara style with Gazzara in a "puffy shirt." <br/><br/>One of eight known one sheet styles no priority issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself and made small runs of posters in a wide variety of non-standard sizes and using an artful immediately recognizable style that represented a complete departure from standard film advertisement. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Music unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 136497

‎John Cassavetes director screenwriter; Ben Gazzara Catherine Wong Seymour Cassell starring‎

‎The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Original poster for the 1976 film "Seymour Cassell" style‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Faces Distribution 1976. Original US insert poster "Seymour Cassell" style for the 1976 film. <br/><br/>One of eight known one sheet styles no priority issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself and made small runs of posters in a wide variety of non-standard sizes and using an artful immediately recognizable style that represented a complete departure from standard film advertisement. <br/><br/>16.25 x 32 inches. Rolled as issued linen-backed. Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Distribution unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 136495

‎John Cassavetes director screenwriter; Gena Rowlands Julie Carmen Buck Henry starring‎

‎Gloria One Summer Night Original screenplay for the 1980 film‎

‎Hollywood: Faces 1979. Fifth Draft script for the 1980 film here under the working title "One Summer Night." Name of uncredited editor Jack McSweeney and "#36" in holograph ink on top right of title page. <br/><br/>After her neighbors are killed in a mob hit a woman goes on the run with their young son who is in possession of a book the gangsters want. One of eleven films star Gena Rowlands made with her husband director John Cassavetes who became attached to the movie after she was cast. <br/><br/>Remade in 1999 directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sharon Stone as well as the inspiration for the 2008 French film "Julia" directed by Erick Zonca and starring Tilda Swinton.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Rowlands.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. <br/><br/>Green leatherette titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 9 1979 noted as Fifth Draft with credits for screenwriter John Cassavetes. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-10-79 and 7-11-79. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Rosenbuam 1000. Grant US. Faces unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 146228

‎John Cassavetes director screenwriter; Richard Carr screenwriter; Bobby Darin Stella Stevens Everett Chambers starring‎

‎Too Late Blues Original photograph from the 1961 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. <br/><br/>A struggling jazz musician pursues a beautiful singer to the detriment of his career. The duo prove toxic to one another and the film follows the dissolution of their relationship and their band. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with two annotations to the verso one in red holograph pencil and the other in purple holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Olive Signature 391. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 141022

‎John Cassavetes director screenwriter; Robert Alan Arthur screenwriter; Lelia Goldoni Ben Carruthers Hugh Hurd starring‎

‎Shadows Original photograph from the 1959 film‎

‎N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. <br/><br/>The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. <br/><br/>After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. <br/><br/>A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 141014

‎John Cromwell director; Eddie Romero screenwriter; Vince Edwards Carol Ohmart Richard Loo starring‎

‎The Scavengers Original photograph from the 1959 film‎

‎N.p.: Lynn-Romero Productions 1959. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1959 American-Filipino film. Features Vince Edwards with masking tape obscuring "A Hal Road Production" on the front. <br/><br/>A low-budget adventure concerning a reformed smuggler who finds his missing wife in Hong Kong. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso and a short scratch on the recto. Lynn-Romero Productions unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132371

‎John D. MacDonald novel; Rod Taylor starring; Ed Waters screenwriter‎

‎Darker Than Amber Original screenplay for the 1970 film‎

‎Los Angeles: National General Pictures 1969. Final shooting script for the 1970 film "Darker than Amber" based on the 1966 novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his series character Travis McGee. Written for the screen by Ed Waters and starring Rod Taylor and Theodore Bikel. Boldly SIGNED by Rod Taylor on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Notable as the only feature film adaptation of MacDonald's wildly popular Travis McGee series long unavailable on any kind of viewing format. Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Waters and novelist MacDonald marked "FINAL" and dated 28 Jan. 1969. 114 pages all white. Pages and wrapper both in Fine condition. A fresh copy of an extremely scarce MacDonald item. National General Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 110611

‎John English director; Dane Lussier screenwriter; John Hamilton Roy Barcroft starring‎

‎The Port of 40 Thieves Original screenplay for the 1944 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1944. Shooting Script for the 1944 film. A thriller completely dominated by the formidable Stephanie Bachelor. The statuesque sophisticated Republic leading lady is cast as Muriel the scheming widow of the fabulously wealthy Hartford Chaney 3rd. Muriel's husband has disappearance under mysterious circumstances freeing her to marry her playboy paramour Frederick St. Clair George Meeker. Hal Erickson AllMovie Goldenrod titled wrappers with the original title written in holograph ink and changed in holograph pencil noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper as production No. 1258 dated April 4 1944. 77 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 130722

‎John English director; John K. Butler screenwriter; Richard Arlen Stanley Ridges Tom Powers starring‎

‎The Phantom Speaks Original screenplay for the 1945 film‎

‎Hollywood: Republic Productions 1944. Shooting script for the 1944 film. Single holograph pencil notation to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A physician researching life-after-death is possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer who uses the doctor's body to exact vengeance on those involved in his death. A Jekyll-and-Hyde-style supernatural horror B-movie unusual for Republic Productions who were better known for their Western pictures.<br/><br/>Tan partial titled wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1463 dated October 3 1944 with credits for screenwriter John K. Butler. Title page integral to the first page of text dated October 3 1944. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/14/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Republic Productions unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 146004

‎John Flynn director; Larry Cohen screenwriter; James Woods Brian Dennehy Victoria Tennant starring‎

‎Best Seller Original photograph from the 1987 film‎

‎N.p.: Hemdale 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 film. <br/><br/>The film follows a police officer turned true crime writer who bases his first book on break-in at the police department. Years later he is a detective experiencing writer's block trying to begin another manuscript. By coincidence he encounters an assassin who becomes the subject of his next book. The still features actors James Wood and Brian Dennehy. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California New York Texas and Oregon. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A stamp to the verso else Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Grant US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Olive Films 926. Hemdale unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 140363

‎John Ford director; James Webb screenwriter; John Wayne Harry Morgan starring‎

‎How the West Was Won Original scenario artwork for the 1962 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1961. Original scenario artwork for the 1962 film depicting the main drag of the town of Osage with various townspeople going about their business. Archivally mounted and double matted with a description in a die cut window in the matte just below the artwork. Unexamined out of frame. <br/><br/>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. <br/><br/>Gouache and pencil. Artwork 20.5 x 8.5 inches. Frame 26.25 x 16.25 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 138050

‎John Ford director; John Lee Mahin screenwriter; Wilson Collison playwright Jitendra Arya still photographer; Ava Gardner Clark‎

‎Mogambo Original photograph from the set of the 1953 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: MGM 1953. Vintage borderless photograph of Ava Gardner with the camera-crew on the set of the 1953 film. With mimeo snipe press agency stamps and holograph annotations in blue ink. <br/><br/>The remake of the 1932 MGM film Red Dust adapted from the play of the same name. Victor Marswell Clark Gable owns and operates a safari guide company. Eloise Kelly Ava Gardner is there to meet the former owner of the company and in his absence she falls for Victor. Linda Nordley Grace Kelly is the wife of Marswells client an anthropologist who wishes to travel deep into the jungle. Eloise goes along with them and quickly tensions run high as both Linda and Eloise are attracted to Victor. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Kenya Uganda Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. <br/><br/>10 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. MGM unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 144185

‎John Ford director; Lamar Trotti screenwriter; Henry Fonda Alice Brady Marjorie Weaver starring‎

‎Young Mr. Lincoln Original screenplay for the 1939 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1939. Revised Final script for the 1939 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name to the front wrapper in holograph pencil and a single pencil annotation to the verso of page 147. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the early years of future US president Abraham Lincoln following his upbringing in a log cabin to his first loves to his establishment of a law practice in Springfield Illinois. <br/><br/>Set in Springfield.<br/><br/>Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 191 dated February 27 1939. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 27 1939 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 147. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and age-toned bound internally with three gold brads.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 320. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 152809

‎John Ford director; Liam O'Flaherty novel; Dudley Nichols screenwriter; Victor McLaglen Heather Angel Preston Foster starring‎

‎The Informer Two original oversize photographs from the 1935 film‎

‎Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1935. Two vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1935 film. <br/><br/>The second of two films based on Liam O'Flaherty's 1925 novel the first being Arthur Robison's 1929 British feature about a former Republic Army member during the Irish War of Independence who turns in one of his comrades to the British in order to use the bounty money to book passage to America for himself and his girlfriend who has been forced into prostitution. <br/><br/>Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay Best Director and Best Actor for Victor McLaglen nominated for two others including Best Picture. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols became the first person to decline an Academy Award when his refused his Oscar due to an ongoing dispute between the Screen Writers Guild and the Academy though he would eventually claim it three years later. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches with irregular margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 146988

‎John Ford director; Wilson Collison play; John Lee Mahin screenwriter; Jitendra Arya still photographer; Clark Gable Ava Gardne‎

‎Mogambo Original photograph of John Ford and Ava Gardner on the set of the 1953 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless black and white photograph of director John Ford and actress Ava Gardner on the set of the 1953 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of photographer Jitendra Arya. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on the 1932 play "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small holograph pencil annotation on the bottom left corner noting No. 73. N.p. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 150222

‎John Francis Dillon director; Leon Gordon screenwriter; Alan Mowbray Warner Baxter starring; Denison Clift novel‎

‎Man About Town Post-production script for the 1932 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1932. Post-production Screen Continuity script for the 1932 film. Based on the 1932 novel by Denison Clift. <br/><br/>Government agent Stephen Morrow's boss and best friend is engaged to Morrow's ex-lover a Hungarian woman who they're now investigating for the murder of an ambassador ex-spy that has been blackmailing the woman's sister. Who will win her dangerous-yet-approachable heart in the end<br/><br/>Pale blue studio wrappers dated May 19th 1932 noting footage of 6357 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus condition. Fox Film Corporation unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 135145

‎John Frankenheimer director; Bernard Malamud novel; Dalton Trumbo screenwriter; Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde Georgia Brown starring‎

‎The Fixer Collection of nine original photographs from the 1968 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Snipe printed to the verso. <br/><br/>A semi-biographical film based on Bernard Malamud's novel of the same name. The story of a Russian-Jew unjustly prisoned on accusations of blood libel. <br/><br/>Set in Russia shot on location in Hungary. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Light wear to the top margin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 141612

‎John Frankenheimer director; David Ely novel; Lewis John Carlino screenwriter; Rock Hudson John Randolph starring‎

‎Seconds Two photographs from the 1966 film both candid shots with director Frankenheimer on the set‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 film. Both are reference photographs featuring director Frankenheimer on the set: one from a scene at the beach with his shooting crew the other in a social setting with the film's star Rock Hudson. <br/><br/>Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 131621

‎John Frankenheimer director; Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II novel; Rod Serling screenwriter; Burt Lancaster Kirk Doug‎

‎Seven Days in May Three original photographs from the 1964 film‎

‎N.p.: Seven Arts Pictures 1964. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Nominated for two Oscars including Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Based on Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey's 1962 novel of the same name. <br/><br/>A Cold War political thriller about an attempted coup in the US government. Although the pentagon expressed a dislike for the film President John F. Kennedy was encouraging even assisting in its production by arranging a visit to his home in Hyannis Port when the crew needed to shoot outside the White House. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona California Virginia DC and France. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Newman Pg. Spicer US. Seven Arts Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 140570

‎John Frankenheimer director; Richard Condon novel; George Axelrod screenwriter; Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey Janet Leigh Ang‎

‎The Manchurian Candidate Two original photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: M.C. Productions / United Artists 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. A film that managed the unlikely feat of being both timely and well ahead of its time combining several ambitious themes including thought control political assassination multinational conspiracy Oedipal issues and Cold War paranoia. Still riveting today and along with "Seconds" 1966 helped cast Frankenheimer as the master of the paranoid unsettling thriller. Contrary to popular belief the film was not pulled from circulation following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but did disappear in 1972 when rights reverted to Frank Sinatra who subsequently neglected to pursue continued distribution. This lapse continued until the 1988 when Sinatra re-released the film to theaters in conjunction with MGM and United Arists. <br/><br/>Set in Korea and Washington DC shot on location in New York California. Nominated for two Academy Awards. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. M.C. Productions / United Artists unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 143142

‎John Frankenheimer director; Robert Dillon screenwriter; Richard Harris Edmond O'Brien Bradford Dillman starring‎

‎99 and 44/100% Dead Original screenplay for the 1974 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. <br/><br/>A satirical neo-noir following a professional hit man who is contracted by a local mob boss to take out the competition but soon finds himself the target of several personal attacks in retaliation. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Seattle Washington and Silver Springs Florida. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL and copy No. 332 on the front wrapper dated JUNE 8 1973. Title page present dated June 8 1973 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Robert Dillon. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/1/73 and 9/10/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 151351

‎John Frankenheimer director; Thomas E. Gaddis novel; Guy Trosper screenwriter; Burt Lancaster Karl Malden starring‎

‎Birdman of Alcatraz Original poster for the 1962 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Original US half-sheet poster for the 1962 film. Based on the 1955 novel by Thomas E. Gaddis and a breakthrough role for Burt Lancaster. A very uncommon poster size for this film. <br/><br/>22 x 28 inches. Near Fine with very shallow faint creasing along the top edge. United Artists unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 119188