‎Script-writer‎

‎Robert Mulligan director; Bel Kaufman Novelist; Tad Mosel screenwriter; Sandy Dennis Patrick Bedford and Eileen Heckart starri‎

‎Up the Down Staircase Collection of 15 original photographs from the 1967 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Collection of 15 vintage black-and-white double studio still photographs from the American release of the 1967 film. <br/><br/>A young naive graduate begins teaching at an underfunded inner city high school. She faces daily problems from unnecessary bureaucracy to unruly students and begins to question whether or not she is making a difference in her students' lives. Actress Sandy Dennis featured in many of the photographs previously was awarded an Academy Award for supporting actress in the film "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"<br/><br/>Set in New York City shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes in the margin corners of image 497-5 and holograph annotations on the rear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 139427

‎Robert Mulligan director; Harper Lee novel; Horton Foote screenwriter; Gregory Peck John Megna Frank Overton starring‎

‎To Kill a Mockingbird Original photograph from the 1962 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. <br/><br/>The iconic film set to the backdrop of small-town Alabama explores the complexity of race and childhood in the deep south. Winner of three Academy Awards based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alabama and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive blue and black holograph ink annotations to the verso. <br/><br/><br/>Penzler 101. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 141379

‎Robert Mulligan director; Joseph Olshan novel; Mark Medoff screenwriter; Whoopi Goldberg Michael Ontkean Kathleen Quinlan Nei‎

‎Clara's Heart Original screenplay for the 1988 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Fourth Draft script for the 1988 film. Based on the 1985 novel by Joseph Olshan. <br/><br/>A family is in crisis following the death of their child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The mother takes a trip to Jamaica where she meets Clara Mayfield Goldberg who helps her overcome her grief with her no-nonsense straight talk. The mother invites her back to Baltimore to raise their young son Harris and Clara is eventually compelled to reveal dark secrets about her past. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 8 1987 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter Medoff and writer Olshan. 128 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine with some mild sunning bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 130708

‎Robert Parrish director; Vincent Rossell still photographer; Judd Bernard screenwriter; Michael Caine Anthony Quinn James Maso‎

‎The Marseilles Contract The Destructors Collection of 5 photographs from the 1974 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1974 French-English film. Photographer's rubber-stamp on the versos of 4 stills with cropping annotations on the versos of 3 stills and on the recto of 1 still. <br/><br/>When a US intelligence agent Anthony Quinn is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron James Mason to justice he hires an assassin. But the hired killer Michael Caine turns out to be an old friend. <br/><br/>1 still 8 x 10 inches; 3 stills 7.25 x 9.25 inches; 1 still 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Brief ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132633

‎Robert Pirosh director screenwriter; Karl Tunberg screenwriter; Robert Taylor Eleanor Parker starring‎

‎Valley of the Kings Original screenplay for the 1954 film‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Temporary Complete script for the 1954 film. File copy with rubber stamp to the front wrapper. Loosely based on a chapter from the 1949 book "Gods Graves and Scholars" by C.W. Ceram. <br/><br/>Robert Taylor plays a rough and tumble archaeologist who is convinced by another archaeologist's daughter Eleanor Parker to go searching for evidence of the life of the Biblical Joseph. A difficult production plagued the film including harsh purportedly underfunded filming conditions. One of only five directorial efforts from Robert Pirosh. <br/><br/>Set in Egypt shot on location in Egypt and Libya. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 96 and production No. 5576 dated 5/14/53 with credits for screenwriters R. Pirosh and K. Tunberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated 5-16-53. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-16-53 and 8-27-53. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 144741

‎Robert R. Presnell Jr. screenwriter‎

‎The Mighty Mo Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: Bischoff-Diamond 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A story set aboard the USS. Missouri "The Mighty Mo" during WWII. <br/><br/>Presnell would also write screenplays for "Screaming Eagles" 1956 also produced by Bischoff-Diamond "Legend of the Lost" 1957 "Conspiracy of Hearts" 1960 and "The Third Day" 1965. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers noted as copy No. 47 dated January 26 1956 with a credit for screenwriter Presnell Jr. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Presnell Jr. 129 leaves mechanical duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 128. Pages Near Fine wrapper slightly toned and creased else Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Bischoff-Diamond unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132370

‎Robert Rodi (avant propos) José Villarrubia David Drake (introduction) Alan Moore [Scénariste]‎

‎Le miroir de l'amour‎

‎Carabas 2006 136 pages 20x20x2cm. 2006. Broché. 136 pages.‎

‎Très bon état‎

Bookseller reference : 300031321

‎Robert Rodi (avant propos) José Villarrubia David Drake (introduction) Alan Moore [Scénariste]‎

‎Le miroir de l'amour‎

‎Carabas 2006 136 pages 20x20x2cm. 2006. Broché. 136 pages.‎

‎Bon état - . quelques marques de lecture et/ou de stodckage sur couverture et coins mais du reste en bon état - envoi rapide et soigné dans enveloppe à bulles depuis france‎

Bookseller reference : 300033304

‎Robert Rodi (avant propos) José Villarrubia David Drake (introduction) Alan Moore [Scénariste]‎

‎Le miroir de l'amour‎

‎Carabas 2006 136 pages 20x20x2cm. 2006. Broché. 136 pages.‎

‎Très bon état - L'ouvrage qui n'a jamais été lu peut présenter de légères traces de stockage mais est du reste en très bon état. envoi rapide et soigné dans un emballage adapté depuis France‎

Bookseller reference : 500000283

‎Robert Rodi (avant propos) José Villarrubia David Drake (introduction) Alan Moore [Scénariste]‎

‎Le miroir de l'amour‎

‎Carabas 2006 136 pages 20x20x2cm. 2006. Broché. 136 pages.‎

‎Très bon état - L'ouvrage qui n'a jamais été lu peut présenter de légères traces de stockage mais est du reste en très bon état. envoi rapide et soigné dans un emballage adapté depuis France‎

Bookseller reference : 500003596

‎Robert Rodi (avant propos) José Villarrubia David Drake (introduction) Alan Moore [Scénariste]‎

‎Le miroir de l'amour‎

‎Carabas 2006 136 pages 20x20x2cm. 2006. Broché. 136 pages.‎

‎Bon état - . quelques marques de lecture et/ou de stodckage sur couverture et coins mais du reste en bon état - envoi rapide et soigné dans enveloppe à bulles depuis france‎

Bookseller reference : 500019884

‎Robert Rossen screenwriter director Walter Tevis source‎

‎HUSTLER THE 1960 Script‎

‎<br /><b>Robert Rossen screenwriter director <i>THE HUSTLER</i> August 20 1960 Based on the Novel by Walter Tevis August 20 1960.</b> <br /><br />Hollywood: Twentieth Century Fox 1960. Vintage film script quarto. Printed wrappers with some stains wear and chipping to yapped edges a few spots in text with one MS change to dialogue in an unknown hand overall NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD- covers 136 pp.<br /><br />For writer/film director Robert Rossen 1908–66 THE HUSTLER represented a major comeback. After attending New York University and working as a boxer pool hustler and theater writer/director among other jobs Rossen established his reputation as a Hollywood screenwriter in the late 1930s and early '40s with films like THEY WON'T FORGET Mervyn LeRoy 1937 THE ROARING TWENTIES Raoul Walsh 1939 THE SEA WOLF Michael Curtiz 1941 and THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS Lewis Milestone 1946 graduating in the late '40s to writer/director with movies like JOHNNY O'CLOCK 1947 the boxing drama BODY AND SOUL 1947 and ALL THE KING'S MEN 1949 a political noir loosely based on the career of demagogue Huey Long that was honored with Academy Awards for Best Picture Robert Rossen Productions and Best Actor Broderick Crawford. Rossen was personally nominated for Best Director and for Best Adapted Screenplay from Robert Penn Warren's novel.<br /><br />Then at what might have been the peak of his career Rossen was blacklisted for having been a member of the Communist Party. Effectively exiled from Hollywood throughout the 1950s Rossen continued to direct off-beat projects like ALEXANDER THE GREAT 1956 – shot in Spain ISLAND IN THE SUN 1957 – shot in the West Indies and THEY CAME TO CORDURA 1959. Shot entirely on location THE HUSTLER 1961 was a return to Rossen's New York City pool hustling roots.<br /><br />While the movie might be characterized as a sports noir like Rossen's BODY AND SOUL Rossen himself described the film's style as "neo-neo-realistic." It's fundamentally a story about character and character interactions with billiards as a background. Deceptively the story at first seems to be about the battle of skills between up-and-coming pool hustler "Fast" Eddie Felson Paul Newman and seasoned professional pool player Minnesota Fats Jackie Gleeson. However after Eddie loses his first big confrontation with Fats the focus shifts to Eddie's relationships with an emotionally fragile woman named Sarah Piper Laurie and a professional gambler/would-be manager named Bert George C. Scott who in his ruthless need to diminish and control everyone around him becomes the narrative's true antagonist.<br /><br />In terms of autobiography the ultimate betrayal of Sarah by Eddie – for the sake of "winning" – has been said to parallel the Faustian bargain made by Rossen when he elected to name names to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Though all of Rossen's work reflects an interest in social themes – particularly the meaning of success in a capitalist system – his later films like THE HUSTLER and his last film LILITH 1964 focus increasingly on perverse and dysfunctional relationships. In Rossen's films we see a world of damaged men and damaged women of predators and prey.<br /><br />In Rossen's HUSTLER screenplay the difference between winning and losing is the difference between talent and character:<br /><br /><br /><i>BERT</i><br /><i>I don't think there's a pool player alive who shoots better pool than I saw you shoot the other night.</i><br /><i>pushes a potato chip into his mouth</i><br /><i>You got talent.</i><br /><br /><br /><i>EDDIE</i><br /><i>So I got talent Then what beat me</i><br /><br /><br /><i>BERT</i><br /><i>Character.</i><br /><br /><br /><i>EDDIE</i><br /><i>laughing</i><br /><i>Sure sure.</i><br /><br /><br /><i>BERT</i><br /><i>You're damn right I'm sure. Everybody's got talent. I got talent. You think you can play big-money straight pool - or poker - for forty straight hours on nothing but talent</i><br /><i>leans toward Eddie</i><br /><i>You think they call Minnesota Fats the best in the country just because he's got talent</i><br /><i>sips his drink</i><br /><i>Minnesota Fats has more character in one finger than you got in your whole skinny body.</i><br /><br /><br />The differences between Rossen's screenplay and the completed movie are largely a matter of trimming. The screenplay's opening scene establishing the story's principal location the Ames Pool Hall called "Bennington's" in the screenplay reminiscent in many ways of Harry Hope's saloon in O'Neill's THE ICEMAN COMETH has been deleted and some lines have been deleted or trimmed in almost every scene. Much of what is expressly stated in the deleted dialogue is implied in the completed film through an attitude or a glance. Among other modifications a scene between Eddie Bert and Sarah that takes place in a car in the screenplay takes place in a railway car in the movie.<br /><br />THE HUSTLER is in every way a triumph a screenplay that synthesizes the best of American theatrical realism – the plays of Eugene O'Neill Arthur Miller and Clifford Odets – with the best of the social realist tradition in American film. 20th Century Fox‎

Bookseller reference : WALTER-FILM200036

‎Robert Rossen director screenwriter; Glendon Swarthout novel; Robert Coburn and Homer Van Pelt still photographers; Ivan Moffat‎

‎They Came to Cordura Original poster for the 1959 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage US window card poster for the 1959 US film. <br/><br/>Based on Glendon Swarthout's 1958 novel about the 1916 US "war" against Pancho Villa and the group of men who unceremoniously are awarded medals. Together they must return to the battlefront along with a prisoner Hayworth who helped them before. <br/><br/>14 x 22 in unfolded. Near Fine with light toning overall and a slip of paper stapled over the showing time. The paper is contemporary to the poster most likely placed there to indicate a change in viewing time. Columbia Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 139878

‎Robert Rossen director screenwriter; Milton Holmes story writer; Christie still photographer; Lee J. Cobb Thomas Gomez Dick P‎

‎Johnny O'Clock Two original photographs from the set of the 1947 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Two vintage black-and-white double weight reference photographs from the 1947 film. Shown are Robert Rossen and cast on a casino set and Evelyn Keyes and Dick Powell on a night set discussing the film with Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 136079

‎Robert Ryder screenwriter‎

‎Nobody's Child Original screenplay for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: Self published 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Nobody's Child" written by Robert Ryder produced for circulation at Paramount for purposes of script development with a "Paramount Print Shop" duplication rubber stamp on the title page. Ryder's name and telephone numbers present on the front wrapper verso in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Set in Rhode Island with central characters being Anthony an elder painter and musician and younger friends Matt a depressed father and his children Meesh and Luke the focus of plot being a narrative voice over by Anthony of Matt and his love triangle. <br/><br/>Yellow wrappers. Title page present undated noted as Registered WGAw No. 215094 with a credit for screenwriter Ryder. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 137693

‎Robert Scheerer director; Robert Kaufman screenwriter; Susan Saint James Jane Curtin and Jessica Lange starring‎

‎How to Beat the High Cost of Living Two original photographs from the 1980 film‎

‎N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1980. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1980 film. <br/><br/>Three desperate suburbanites hatch a scheme to get cash quick unable to cope with the high cost of living. The film faced some production hiccups regarding the age of the actresses as screenwriter Kaufman wanted younger stars. Kaufman and Henshaw subsequently hired American International Pictures and the rest of the production continued smoothly. <br/><br/>Set in Eugene Oregon shot on location. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 139683

‎Robert Siodmak director; Bernard C. Schoenfeld screenwriter; William Irish novel; Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis starri‎

‎Phantom Lady Original post-production script for the 1944 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Post-production Dialogue and Continuity script for the 1944 film. <br/><br/>Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first woman executive. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as production No. 1346 dated JANUARY 5 1944 with credits for director Robert Siodmak and actors Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis and others. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a small closed tear to the top edge of the first leaf bound with two gold brads at the top edge.<br/><br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 149853

‎Robert Siodmak director; Cornell Woolrich novel; Bernard C. Schoenfeld screenwriter; Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis sta‎

‎Phantom Lady Original photograph from the 1944 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film. <br/><br/>Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 141616

‎Robert Siodmak director; Daniel Fuchs screenwriter; Don Tracy novel; Burt Lancaster Yvonne DeCarlo Dan Duryea starring‎

‎Criss Cross Original photograph from the 1949 film noir‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the seminal 1949 film noir. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 135491

‎Robert Siodmak director; Ethel Lina White novel; Mel Dinelli screenwriter; Dorothy McGuire George Brent Ethel Barrymore Kent‎

‎The Spiral Staircase Poster for the 1945 film‎

‎Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures / Vanguard 1954. One sheet poster for a circa 1954 rerelease of the 1945 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1933 novel "Some Must Watch" by Ethel Lina White. One of the best "old dark house" noirs with Hitchcockian touches both in terms of being a thriller and in terms of featuring multiple insidious characters all placed in the expert care of director Robert Siodmak who in another Hitchcockian touch has an uncredited appearance in the film: he plays "the killer's eye". <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Near Fine with a tear to the top margin light toning and pin holes. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures / Vanguard unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 140091

‎Robert Siodmak director; Roland Kibbee screenwriter; Burt Lancaster Nick Cravat Eva Bartok Torin Thatcher starring‎

‎The Crimson Pirate Original photograph from the 1952 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1952. Vintage hand-tinted still photograph from the 1952 UK release of the 1952 US film. <br/><br/>Burt Lancaster stars as a pirate who gets involved in a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A swashbuckler with enough swordplay and acrobatics to satisfy even the most discerning enthusiast. <br/><br/>A story set in the Caribbean shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases to one corner else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132886

‎Robert Slodmak director; Gina Kaus Ladislas Fodor playwright; Jerry Sackheim screenwriter; Lynn Bari Mary Beth Hughes Joseph‎

‎The Night Before the Divorce Collection of 34 original keybook set design photographs from the 1942 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Collection of 34 vintage keybook set design photographs from the 1942 film. Original brown card front wrapper present with film title printed on the wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 Austrian play co-written by Hungarian playwright Landislas Fodor and Austrian writer Gina Kaus based on her 1932 novel "Morgen um Neun." George Nordyke Allen is dismayed that his wife Lynn Bari is too good for him and they both decide to separate the night of their wedding anniversary. Lynn is accused of murdering her subsequent partner Victor Asther and is hidden by George aboard their yacht. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. With two hole punches at left margin as called for. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 139695

‎Robert Stevenson director; Fred Gipson screenwriter novel; William Tunberg screenwriter; Rudd Weatherwax Frank Weatherwax dog‎

‎Old Yeller Le Fidele Vagabond Collection of 6 press photographs featuring a dog show at Harcourt Studios in France upon the release of the 1957 American film‎

‎Paris: Harcourt Studios 1959. Collection of 6 original black-and-white single weight press photographs from a dog show at Harcourt portrait studios in France presumed upon the 1959 French release of the 1957 US film "Old Yeller" the French title being "Le Fidele Vagabond." Housed in the original brown paper envelope with with annotations on the front in holograph pencil and ink noting photographer M. Dole. Three photographs with Gravaert watermark and five with brief holograph pencil on the versos. <br/><br/>Among the photographs are two fascinating images behind the scenes of an animal pageant: in one a mildly bemused audience spotted with various styles of contemporary women's hat fashion in the other a representative from the youth organization holding a sign reading "Nous cherchons un Maître" We are looking for a Master. A few pageant officials also seen a presenter in horn-rimmed glasses and two dog handlers one resembling noted Hollywood trainer Rudd Weatherwax who trained the original Old Yeller with his brother Frank. Hanging portraits are also seen all having Harcourt Studios imprint. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Harcourt Studios unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 143090

‎Robert Thomas director screenwriter; Felicien Marceau play; Annie Girardot Marie Bell Gerard Blain Bernard Blier starring‎

‎La bonne soupe or How to Make a French Dish La bonne soupe Original double weight photograph from the 1964 film‎

‎London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph from the 1965 UK release of the 1964 French-Italian film. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Marie-Paule Girardot uses men to make her way in life telling lies to get whatever she wants. Filmed as a series of flashbacks. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with small bruises and pinholes at the corners. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132757

‎Robert Valey (réalisateur et scénariste)‎

‎Ce meurtre est impossible.‎

‎sd, in-4, broché, couverture plastifiée, 143 pages. Roman inédit.‎

Bookseller reference : 15694