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

‎The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Original poster for the 1976 film "dancer in dressing room" style‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Faces Distribution 1976. Original US insert poster "dancer in dressing room" style for the 1976 film picturing actress Catherine Wong in a pensive pose. 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. 16.25 x 32 inches. Rolled as issued linen-backed. Fine. Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Distribution unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 136494

‎Cassavetes John 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. 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. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with two annotations to the verso one in red holograph pencil and the other in purple holograph pencil. Complete collation details available on request. Olive Signature 391. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 141022

‎Cassavetes screenwriter director; Richard Upper still photographer; Ben Gazzara starring‎

‎The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Vintage still photograph from the 1976 film featuring Ben Gazzara‎

‎Beverly Hills CA: Faces Distribution 1976. Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the US release of the 1976 film. <br/><br/>The fourth of five films made by the pioneering independent filmmaker under his Faces distribution company about a strip club owner Gazzara who is forced to perform a hit by the mob as payment for gambling debts. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Distribution unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 135198

‎Castle William director and Robert E. Kent screenwriter‎

‎Original Studio Insert Poster for: THE HOUSTON STORY‎

‎Np: Clover Productions / Columbia Pictures 1955. Narrow folio. 36 x 14"; 91 x 36 cm. Pictorial insert poster printed in color on recto only. Slightly curled from having been rolled not folded light use near very good. A studio insert poster for this noir crime thriller based on a screenplay by the indefatigable Robert E. Kent and directed by William Castle. A sordid tale of mob connections and the siphoning off of oil drilling profits it starred Gene Barry Barbara Hale Edward Arnold et al. "The Big Mob Muscles in on the Big State! . From the Roaring Gushers of Houston to the Roaring Sin- streets of Galveston ." Clover Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70080

‎Cates Joseph director; Matthew Andrews screenwriter; Phyllis Diller Jack E. Leonard Brian Donlevy Jayne Mansfield starring‎

‎The Fat Spy Original poster for the 1966 film‎

‎N.p.: Magna Pictures 1966. Original US one sheet poster for the 1966 film. A campy musical romp through beach parties of the 1960s. The caliber of acting corresponds to the film's low low budget. Jayne Mansfield is near the end of her career and Jack E. Leonard once a high-rated television comedian gives a shallow performance. The film's poster however is rarely seen at auction. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good with a couple of pinholes a few tiny closed tears and light staining and a couple of pieces of masking tape and corresponding tape ghosts to the verso. Magna Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 128246

‎Cavalcanti Alberto director; Charles Dickens novel; John Dighton screenwriter‎

‎The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Original French Film Program‎

‎London: Ealing Studios 1947. Original British program for the 1947 film. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens and starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Sally Ann Howes. This Dickens adaptation has gone down in critical history as being truly one of the most Dickensian with a dark mood and attention to the author's lowdown characters throughout. A colorful program with original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. Card wrappers with a full front panel illustration and design by Ardizzone. Saddle-stitched 16 pages. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Ealing Studios unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 114994

‎Cavani Liliana director screenwriter; Italo Moscati Barbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani screenwriters; Charlotte Rampling Dick Bo‎

‎The Night Porter Collection of five original photographs from the 1974 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Collection of five vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1974 film. Director Liliana Cavani's controversial film starring Charlotte Rampling as a Holocaust survivor who resumes a sadomasochistic relationship with the Nazi officer who tortured her became a signature work for Rampling including the striking scene in which she dances in a Nazi uniform for a room of irreparably jaded SS officers. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 135443

‎Cayatte Andre director screenwriter; Jean Kirby still photographer; Rene Barjavel novel; Serge Gainsbourg composer starring;‎

‎The Pleasure Pit The Road to Katmandu Four original photographs from the 1969 film‎

‎Paris: Franco London Films 1969. Four vintage UK reference photographs from the 1969 French film based on the 1969 novel "Les Chemins de Katmandou" by Rene Barjavel. With snipes on the verso from Cinecenta Film the film's UK distributor. A young man travels to Nepal in search of his wealthy father where he falls in love with a hippie who encourages him to scam his father to feed her drug habit. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Franco London Films unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 137564

‎Cecil B. DeMille director; Bartlett Cormack screenwriter; Ccharles Bickford Richard Cromwell Judith Allen Harry Green Bradle‎

‎This Day and Age Collection of five original photographs from the set of the 1933 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Collection of five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Holograph annotations on the verso of each. <br/><br/>One photo shown. Please inquire to see others.<br/><br/>High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 145456

‎Cecil B. DeMille director; Jeanie MacPherson screenwriter; HB. Warner Dorothy Cumming Ernest Torrence starring H. B.‎

‎The King of Kings Original program for the 1927 silent film‎

‎Hollywood: N.p. 1927. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1927 silent film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. <br/><br/>One of the most successful Hollywood Biblical epics and the first film to debut at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The second installment in Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical trilogy preceded by "The Ten Commandments" 1923 and followed by "The Sign of the Cross" 1932. <br/><br/>6.5 x 5 inches. Bifold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 152286

‎Cecil B. DeMille director; Richard Walling still photographer; Harold Lamb Waldemar Young Dudley Nichols screenwriter; Loretta‎

‎The Crusades Two original photographs of Cecil B. DeMille from the set of the 1935 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1935. Two vintage reference photographs of Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the 1935 film one with Henry Wilcoxon and C. Aubrey Smith. Mimeo snipes printed on versos. <br/><br/>DeMille's typically spectacular dramatization of the Third Crusade launched by King Richard the Lionheart in 1187 AD. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing in margins. N.p. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 151084

‎Cesar Fernandez Ardavin director screenwriter; Lajos Zilahy play; Akos Tolnay Bruno Valeri Nino Minuto screenwriters; Amedeo‎

‎La puerta abierta Femme Fatale Collection of 7 photographs from the 1957 film‎

‎London: Gala Film Distributors 1961. Collection of 7 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 UK release as "Femme Fatale" of the 1957 Spanish-Italian film "La puerta abierta." Distributor UK rubber-stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>Based on a Hungarian play about the murder of an actress and the young female eyewitness who can keep a secret. Marta Toren's final film credit the actress once touted as "the next Ingrid Bergman."<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning a few short creases and 1 still with pinholes. Gala Film Distributors unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 132659

‎Chabrol Claude director; Raymond Cauchetier Sergio Strizzi still photographers; Francoise Sagan screenwriter; Michele Morgan‎

‎Bluebeard Landru Collection of 16 original photographs from the 1963 film‎

‎New South Wales: Embassy Pictures 1963. Collection of 16 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Based on French serial killer Henri Desire Landru. During World War I Henri Landru Charles Denner supplements his income by luring middle-class women through newspaper ads to a villa outside Paris where he seduces and kills them burns their bodies then helps himself to their bank accounts keeping himself his wife his mistress and his four children in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. Shot on location in Paris and Gambais France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light creasing in margins three with pinholes to corners one with notable creasing in left margin. Complete collation details available on request. Grant France. Embassy Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 148754

‎Chabrol Claude director screenwriter; Stanley Ellin novel; Jacques Six still photographer; Paul Gegauff screenwriter; Antonell‎

‎Leda A Double Tour Original photograph of Antonella Lualdi on the set of the 1959 film‎

‎Rome: Panitalia 1959. Vintage borderless candid photograph of Antonella Lualdi and members of the film crew on the set of the 1959 film. With a stamp for photographer Jacques Six and mimeo snipe to the verso. A wealthy vintner finds it difficult to balance the demands of his wife his children his best friend and his recently murdered mistress. Set and shot on location in Aix-en-Provence France. 9 x 6 inches. Very Good plus slightly curled with faint soil. Grant France. Panitalia unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 147470

‎Chabrol Claude director screenwriter; Stephane Audran Michel Piccoli Claude Pieplu starring‎

‎Les noces rouges Wedding in Blood Original screenplay for the 1973 film‎

‎Paris: Les Films la Boetie 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film noir. SIGNED by director Claude Chabrol on the title page. Text in French. A torrid bourgeois crime drama set in a small French village where desire and death convene as tension escalates behind closed doors. When the town's boorish Gaullist mayor discovers his wife and his deputy are having an affair he seizes the opportunity to blackmail the deputy in order to pull off a real estate scam. Shot on location in Indre France. Red titled wrappers noted as Scénario original on the front wrapper with credits for director Claude CHABROL. Title page present noted as Scénario original with credits for director Claude CHABROL. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with light soil throughout wrapper Very Good plus with black comb binding. Grant France. Spicer France. Les Films la Boetie unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 146375

‎Chaffey Don director; Jan Read Beverley Cross screenwriter; Ray Harryhausen producer special effects; Todd Armstrong Nancy K‎

‎Jason and the Argonauts Post-production screenplay for the 1963 film‎

‎London: Morningside Worldwide Pictures 1975. Early Revised Draft script for the 1963 British-American film dated two years prior to its release. First generation reproduction likely made for educational purposes circa early-mid 1970s evidenced by the use of a photocopy process not employed in the UK until the early 1970s. The script's vintage is also evidenced by the postal code on the front wrapper which includes an "outward code" a system not introduced in the UK until 1967 and not put into widespread use until the 1970s. Not being offered as a vintage item but strictly as the content of the complete script. Jason Armstrong rightful heir to the throne of Thessaly is spared from death through the intervention of the goddess Hera Honor Blackman who then helps Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece. Obstacles along his path include a giant statue screeching harpies huge rocks the seven-headed hydra and an army of skeletons with a nod from Sam Raimi in his 1992 cult classic "Army of Darkness". Associate producer and special effect legend Ray Harryhausen provided all the great effects here generally considered even by Harryhausen himself to be his greatest effort. Shot on location in Italy. Cream wrappers with paper title label. Title page present dated aug. 6th 1961 with credits for screenwriters Read Cross and Ray Bowers uncredited upon the film's release. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Xerographically reproduced from original roneograph sheets with revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/6/61 and 8/15/61. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Morningside Worldwide Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 135400

‎Chamisso Adelbert source work: Burt Frank screenwriter‎

‎THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SHADOW . FROM A STORY BY ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO‎

‎Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1953. 154 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only with dated revises on pink and yellow paper. Bradbound in mimeographed wrappers. Very extensively annotated throughout and on wrappers in pencil and colored pencils see below else very good. A "Final Master Script" of this adaptation prepared as #22b of the FAVORITE STORY series. This script was utilized in the production and is very very extensively annotated throughout with camera angles revisions in dialogue and stage directions etc. The versos of the majority of the leaves bear annotations pertaining to camera p.o.v. and similar data keyed to the facing recto. Uncommon. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT33900

‎Chandler Raymond Screenwriter; Frank Partos Screenwriter; Irving Pichel Director; Rachel Field Novel; Frank Partos..‎

‎And Now Tomorrow‎

‎Paramount Pictures. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP107252558

‎Chandler Raymond screenwriter; Frank Partos screenwriter; Irving Pichel director; Rachel Field novel; Frank Partos screenwriter‎

‎And Now Tomorrow Original screenplay for the 1944 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1943 film. Co-written for the screen by Raymond Chandler and Frank Partos. Chandler's contribution to the script had mostly to do with Alan Ladd's character and his tough dialogue elements sneered at by the media upon the film's release. Laid in is an 8-page shooting schedule on blue stock a 6-page revision to sequence "A" on yellow onionskin stock and 14 pages of "inter-office communication" on yellow studio stationery comments on scenes sequences and pages of the script. Based on Rachel Field's 1942 novel about Emily Blair Loretta Young a wealthy deaf girl whose hometown is named for her family. Doctor Vance Ladd who grew up on the other side of town resents the Blair family but is working on a serum to cure deafness which he tries on Emily and she is eventually cured. One of only five screenplays written by Chandler this being the second following his script for the classic "Double Indemnity" 1944 based on James M. Cain's novel. Chandler had a tumultuous career in Hollywood including a suspension in late 1945 from Paramount for "refusing to perform under a contract which is not a proper expression of my standing in the motion picture business" but his influence on film adaptation is nearly unmatched with scripts and stories that pushed the limits of the Production Code Administration. Script: White self wrappers production No. SF 8577 dated December 3 1943 with credits for screenwriters Partos and Chandler. Title page integral with front wrapper in the Paramount style. 137 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and light blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/11/43 possibly a typo and 3/30/44 other leaves dated variously between 12/3/43 and 12/5/44 possibly a typo. Pages Near Fine wrapper now encapsulated in mylar with cello tape and spine label remnants bound with two gold brads. Shooting Schedule: Corner-stapled blue stock noted as 4TH TENTATIVE BLUE / BASED ON A-B-C-D-E PART SEQUENCES dated 12/13/43 start and 2/9/44 close with credits for director Pichel assistant director O. Oscar Rudolph and business manager B. Bernard McEveety. 8 pages folded horizontally rust to the staple else Near Fine. Revision: Yellow onionskin stock loose but bound with a paperclip. Holograph annotations in pencil to the last leaf recto and verso detailing a few scene changes. 6 pages folded horizontally paperclip indentation and rust to the clip else Near Fine. Inter-Office Communication: Corner-stapled yellow studio stationery dated variously between 2/15/43 and 1/3/44. The earliest dated page contains notes on the script noting Talbot Jennings as the screenwriter. 14 pages hole punches at the top edges rust to the staples else Near Fine. Luhr Raymond Chandler and Film US. MacShane US. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 133635

‎Chandler Raymond sourcework: Fisher Steve screenwriter‎

‎Original Color Lithographed Australian Daybill for: LADY IN THE LAKE‎

‎Sydney: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1947. Folio. Brilliant color lithographed daybill poster 30 X 13.25" 76 X 34cm. Folded as issued minute marginal breaks at fold tips faint shallow tidemark affecting 8 cm of the extreme left blank margin otherwise very good or better. A striking daybill poster produced for the Australian release of the 1947 film adaptation of Chandler's novel based on a script by Steve Fisher. Robert Montgomery both starred and directed with additional cast members Audrey Trotter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully and Leon Ames. Lithographed by Simmons Ltd. of Sydney. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69371

‎Chandler Raymond sourcework: Fisher Steve screenwriter‎

‎Original color studio lobby card for: LA DAMA EN EL LAGO i.e. THE LADY IN THE LAKE‎

‎Beverly Hills: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1947. Vintage 11 x 14" color studio lobby card. Slight toning to stock a bit of offset on verso but unusually nice. A striking pictorial lobby card produced by MGM in the U.S. for Spanish-language distribution of the 1947 film adaptation of Chandler's novel based on a script by Steve Fisher. Robert Montgomery both starred and directed with additional cast members Audrey Trotter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully and Leon Ames. The card bears a small imprint in the lower margin confirming it was printed in the U.S. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT67409

‎Chandler Raymond screenwriter; George Marshall director; Alan Ladd Veronica Lake starring‎

‎The Blue Dahlia Post-production script for the 1945 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Post-production Release Dialogue Script for the 1946 film. The only script associated with the legendary noir that we have ever seen and presumably the earliest continuity dated 7 months prior to the film's release. "The Blue Dahlia" got off to a shaky start as Raymond Chandler could not finish the screenplay on schedule and was finally under the gun from Paramount to turn in a script with only 2 weeks to go. Chandler reportedly began a non-stop diet of alcohol and glucose injections ultimately meeting the deadline and turning in his only original screen story a hard-boiled gem that was the equal of any of his novels. A recognized gem as well: Chandler received an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. Alan Ladd played the Chandler anti-hero to perfection opposite Veronica Lake during a period when she could basically do no wrong. Tall white studio self-wrappers dated September 21 1945 with the sole screenwriting credit for Chandler on the first page. 66 leaves mimeograph duplication side-stitched. Very Good condition with a small bit of tearing at one of the staples and curl to a couple of corners. In a custom clamshell box with matching folding chemise. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 136696

‎Chandler Raymond Screenwriter Field Rachel Novelist‎

‎AND NOW TOMORROW 16 Original Still Photos from the 1944 Paramount/ Raymond Chandler Adaptation Starring Alan Ladd Loretta Young Susan Hayward & Barry Sullivan‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Studios 1944. Chandler Raymond. AND NOW TOMORROW. Hollywood: Paramount 1944. 16 Near Fine original roughly 8" by 10" glossy vintage black & white publicity and scene stills from the movie 11 of which are studio-stamped and double-weight. A rare collection of images from one of only six Hollywood film scripts written by mystery writer Raymond Chandler. Alan Ladd plays a doctor trying to cure deaf Loretta Young even as evil Susan Hayward is scheming ways to steal Barry Sullivan Loretta's husband away from her. The film was directed by Irving Pichel "Jezebel" "The Moon Is Down" "They Won't Believe Me" who was later black-listed and victimized by the infamous McCarthy red scare witch hunt which led to his early death in 1954. Plenty of Chandler touches in the characterizations. An interesting collection in exceptional original condition. First Edition. Near Fine. Photograph. Paramount Studios unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 001649

‎Chandler Raymond sourcework: Fisher Steve screenwriter‎

‎Original Color Lithographed Australian Daybill for: LADY IN THE LAKE‎

‎Sydney: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1947. Folio. Brilliant color lithographed daybill poster 30 X 13.25" 76 X 34cm. Folded as issued minute marginal breaks at fold tips faint shallow tidemark affecting 8 cm of the extreme left blank margin otherwise very good or better. A striking daybill poster produced for the Australian release of the 1947 film adaptation of Chandler's novel based on a script by Steve Fisher. Robert Montgomery both starred and directed with additional cast members Audrey Trotter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully and Leon Ames. Lithographed by Simmons Ltd. of Sydney. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69371

‎Chaney Lon starring; Harold Young director; Bernard Schubert Luci Ward screenwriter; Harry Sucher Harrison Carter story write‎

‎Inner Sanctum The Frozen Ghost Original screenplay for the 1945 film‎

‎Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. First Draft script for the 1945 film. The fourth entry in Universal's six-film "Inner Sanctum" series released to theaters between 1943 and 1945. Gray card titled wrappers dated February 29 1944 with credits for story writers Sucher and Carter. 99 leaves ribbon copy typescript on yellow stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 128954