‎Scénariste‎

‎Costa-Gavras (director, screenwriter); Donald Stewart, John Nichols (screenwriters); Thomas Hauser (book); Jack Lemmon, Sissy Sp‎

‎Missing Original screenplay for the 1982 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1978 book "The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice" about a father searching for his missing son in the aftermath of the Chilean military coup of 1973. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or. <br /> <br /> Set in Chile and shot on location in Mexico. <br /> <br /> Generic agency front wrapper lacking rear wrapper possibly as issued. Title page present dated February 5 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Costa-Gavras Donald Stewart and John Nichols and book credit for Thomas Hauser. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. In a custom green cloth clamshell box. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 156907

‎Count Basie (starring); Mel Brooks (director, screenwriter, starring); Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder (starring); Norman Steinberg,‎

‎Blazing Saddles Three original photographs of Count Basie on the set of the 1974 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1974 film showing actor Count Basie on the set with Cleavon Little and Mel Brooks respectively. Two with stamps and labels of an Amsterdam photograph agency on the versos. <br /> <br /> Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A satire on the racism and misogyny inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards.<br /> <br /> Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and discoloration at one corner. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown‎

Référence libraire : 162345

‎Crane Wilbur (director, screenwriter); Richard Basehart, Marilyn Maxwell, Signe Hasso (starring)‎

‎Outside the Wall Original mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir‎

‎Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. <br /> <br /> Richard Basehart has just been paroled from prison after fifteen years and is determined not to fall on the wrong side of the law again when he learns the sanitarium he works at is a front for a robbery syndicate and the nurse he longs for Marilyn Maxwell is a gold-digger.<br /> <br /> Set in Philadelphia and shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.<br /> <br /> 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 160943

‎Crane Wilbur (director, screenwriter); June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Connie Gilchrist, Cathy Lewis (starring)‎

‎The Story of Molly X Original photograph from the 1949 film noir‎

‎Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir showing actor John Russell.<br /> <br /> A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband landing herself in a women's prison. Afterwards she vows to change her ways but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime. <br /> <br /> Set in San Francisco. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 159576

‎Crichton Michael screenwriter‎

‎HEARTLAND" AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BY. a.k.a. "LOOKER"‎

‎Los Angeles: Frank Yablans Presentations Inc / 20th Century-Fox 1978. 1151 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically printed typescript printed on rectos only bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Revised title lettered on upper wrapper and spine else about fine. "First Draft" of this original screenplay eventually brought to the screen in very substantially altered form as LOOKER in 1981 directed by Crichton and starring Albert Finney James Coburn and Susan Day. Frank Yablans Presentations, Inc / 20th Century-Fox unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT47079

‎Crowe Cameron screenwriter‎

‎ALMOST FAMOUS‎

‎Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures 2000. 110 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript bradbound in studio wrappers. Fine. A studio-generated copy of the final version of Cameron Crowe's screenplay given out to members of the Academy for consideration for the award for Best Original Screenplay which it won. Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT40393

‎CS. Forester (screenwriter) C. S.‎

‎Some Kinds of Bad Luck Original studio transcription script for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution.<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown‎

Référence libraire : 129935

‎CS. Forester screenwriter C. S.‎

‎Some Kinds of Bad Luck Original studio transcription for an unproduced film‎

‎Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Original studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a mimeograph studio script in small numbers for internal distribution the studio would not go on to produce a film from the story. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as Copy No. 1. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves original typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 129935

‎Curt Jurgens (starring); Peter Lear (novel); Joseph Sargent (director); John Kohn (screenwriter); James Coburn, Susan Anton, Les‎

‎Goldengirl Original photograph of Curt Jurgens from the 1979 film‎

‎N.p.: Backstage Productions 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of Curt Jurgens from the 1979 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1977 novel by Peter Lear. A neo-Nazi scientist tests his technology to create a physically 'superior' human on his young daughter. He enters her in a few races at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and makes money off her likeness. <br /> <br /> Set in Moscow shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Backstage Productions unknown‎

Référence libraire : 158859

‎Curt Siodmak novel; George Sherman director; Val Guest director screenwriter; John Alton cinematographer‎

‎Lady and the Monster / The Day the Earth Caught Fire Original screenplays Forrest J. Ackerman's copy‎

‎Universal City CA: Republic Pictures / Pax Films / Universal Pictures 1961. Forrest J. Ackerman's copy of scripts from two key science fiction films bound together including original front wrappers in red buckram with Ackerman's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br/><br/>"The Lady and the Monster": Shooting script for the 1944 film. The first of three adaptations of Curt Siodmak's classic 1942 novel in which an honest hard-working scientist preserves a dead man's brain only to be remote-controlled by it. Shot by the legendary John Alton at the very peak of his work in the mid-1940s. Yellow front studio wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT at the top right dated October 13 1943 a penciled notation of the working title "The Lady and the Monster" just below the printed title noted as production No. 1194 and with credits for associate producer George Sherman and Republic Studios at the bottom. Two-page cast of characters with the actors' names added in ribbon copy type just below the character names. Title page present with credits for director Sherman and novelist Siodmak. <br/><br/>94 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue yellow green and pink revision pages leaves dated variously between 10/18/43 and 11/8/43. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine. <br/><br/>"The Day the Earth Caught Fire": An early and apparently abandoned draft by director Val Guest to film his screen story for Pax Films as a five-part British serial. Guest ultimately directed the story as a feature-length movie for Pax one of the most understated and intelligent science fiction films ever made. Light green wrappers both front and rear wrappers present. The front wrapper reads: "A Five Part Serialisation of / THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE / A Val Guest Production." Just below in holograph ink and in what we would assume is Guest's hand is written "Dedicated to Brian Aldiss." We think it likely that the script was gifted to the very connected Ackerman by Guest though the provenance beyond Ackerman's ownership is unknown. <br/><br/>41 pages divided into five parts each beginning with a two-color memo on PAX stationery describing what will happen in the following section. Pages and wrapper about Near Fine. <br/><br/>Buckram binding containing the two scripts is Very Good with some light scuffing and soil. <br/><br/>Martin 413. Republic Pictures / Pax Films / Universal Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 122148

‎Curtis Bernhardt (director); Harry Kleiner (screenwriter); Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Diosa Costello‎

‎Miss Sadie Thompson Original photograph from the set of the 1953 film‎

‎Culver City CA: The Beckworth Corporation 1953. Vintage photograph of script supervisor Frances McDowell actor Aldo Ray and director Curtis Bernhardt on the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe and studio stamps on the verso. <br /> <br /> Sadie Thompson Rita Hayworth is stranded on a military outpost in American Samoa where the Marines take an interest in her particularly the self righteous and proselytizing Mr. Davidson Jose Ferrer who tries to save Miss Thompson's soul after learning she worked as a bar girl in Hawaii. The film was shot as a 3-D production though by the time of the film's release the frenzy around 3D films had died down and after a two week run the technology was dropped and the film was screened "flat." The story had to be reworked to meet Hays Code standards in its handling of scandalous themes this reworking gave way to the films musical numbers brought in to revive the now tamed down story. The film's "Sadie Thompson's Song Blue Pacific Blues" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Kaua'i Hawaii. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The Beckworth Corporation unknown‎

Référence libraire : 144867

‎Curtis Hanson (director); Michael Chabon (novel); Steve Kloves (screenwriter); Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand‎

‎Wonder Boys Original screenplay for the 2000 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. <br /> <br /> Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. <br /> <br /> Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. <br /> <br /> Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Référence libraire : 138625

‎Curzio Malaparte director screenwriter; Osvaldo Civirani photographer; Raf Vallone Rina Morelli Alain Cuny starring‎

‎The Forbidden Christ Original double weight photograph from the set of the 1951 film‎

‎Italy: Excelsa Film 1951. Vintage double weight press photograph of writer Curzio Malaparte sitting in the director's chair during the filming of his sole cinematic effort "The Forbidden Christ." With holograph pencil annotations regarding layout on both the recto and verso and the stamp of photographer Osvaldo Civirani and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. <br/><br/>A journalist and diplomat Malaparte is best known for his two autobiographical novels about his experiences during and immediately after WWII "Kaputt" 1944 and "La Pelle" 1949 the later of which was filmed in 1981. He was nominated for the Grand Prize at Cannes for this original film about a prisoner of war who returns to his village in Italy after the war seeking the identity of the person who betrayed his brother to the Nazis. <br/><br/>Photographer Osvaldo Civirani would go on to a career as a film director helming over 20 pictures beginning with the sword and sandal classic "Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun" in 1964. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Excelsa Film unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 140933

‎Cy Endfield (director); Richard Matheson (screenwriter); Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, Lilli Palmer (starring)‎

‎De Sade Original post-production script for the 1969 film‎

‎Calgary AB: Transcontinental 1969. Combined Continuity script for the 1969 film. <br /> <br /> A fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer Louis de Sade. After escaping incarceration de Sade returns to his estate and watches a play as he has vivid flashbacks of his life. <br /> <br /> Set in Lacoste France shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. <br /> <br /> Goldenrod wrapper with missing front wrapper. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with one silver brad at the top left corner. Transcontinental unknown‎

Référence libraire : 130713

‎Cy Endfield (director, screenwriter); Robert Brenon (play); Sam Wanamker, Mandy, Andre Morell (starring)‎

‎The Secret Eight British front-of-house cards from the 1955 film‎

‎London: Eros Films 1955. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1955 UK film. <br /> <br /> A scarce English crime drama about an American who loses his money and finds himself stranded. He meets a smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear but before they come to an agreement she is pushed off a cliff. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and toning overall else Near Fine. Eros Films unknown‎

Référence libraire : 132494

‎Cy Endfield director; Richard Matheson screenwriter‎

‎De Sade Post-production script for the 1969 film‎

‎Calgary AB: Transcontinental 1969. Post-production Combined Continuity script for the 1969 film. <br/><br/>A biography of Marquis De Sade the famous author of "120 Days of Sodom" and great lover of women. In this film he is in his old age hiding in his family's castle and avoiding the police. The story of his life is told through flashbacks dreams and plays. <br/><br/>White brad-bound titled wrappers. Mechanically Reproduced. Near Fine. Transcontinental unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 130713

‎Cynthia Denny, John Alderman (starring); R. Charleton Wilson (director, screenwriter)‎

‎Dandy Original photograph of Cynthia Denny from the 1970 film‎

‎Hollywood: General Film 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Cynthia Denny from the 1970 film. <br /> <br /> A freewheeling eighteen-year-old girl leaves behind her family to try to make it in California but finds herself in increasingly exploitative and unpleasant situations.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Van Nuys. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a light crease on the bottom right corner. General Film unknown‎

Référence libraire : 157624

‎Cyril Frankel director; R. F. Delderfield novel; Harold Buchman screenwriter; Alfred Lynch Sean Connery Victor Maddern starrin‎

‎On the Fiddle Operation Snafu Original double weight photograph from the 1961 film‎

‎London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors 1961. Vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph from the 1961 UK film. <br/><br/>A comedy based on the novel "Stop at a Winner" by R.F. Delderfield starring Sean Connery as a hustler who is ordered by a judge to enlist in the armed forces. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Tiny corner creases else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 132481

‎Cyrille Chardon (director, screenwriter); Claude Lallau (screenwriter); Marcel Dalio, Michel Delahaye (starring)‎

‎La Chatte Sur un Doigt Brulant Village Girls Erotic Wives Four original color photographs from the US release of the 1975 French film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1975 French film noting the film's US title "Erotic Wives." One with a manuscript ink annotation to the bottom left corner.<br /> <br /> Strange and erotic figures populate the village of Corecheux including a witch a gay notary and many many lonely women. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 150692

‎D'Arcy Conyers director screenwriter; Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton screenwriters; Brian Rix Dora Bryan Ronald Shiner Leo Frank‎

‎The Night We Got the Bird Two photographs from the 1961 film‎

‎London: British Lion 1961. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 UK film. <br/><br/>An antiques dealer dies and is reincarnated as a bird vocalizing his opinions on the night of his widow's next wedding. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing to one corner. British Lion unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 132121

‎D'Urville Martin director starring; Jerry Jones screenwriter starring; Rudy Ray Moore Lady Reed Hy Pyke starring‎

‎Dolemite Collection of seven original photographs from the 1975 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1975. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. <br/><br/>A former pimp attempts to regain control of his nightclub which has been taken over by his rival several corrupt cops and drug dealers. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Dimension Pictures unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 150681

‎Dalton Trumbo (director, screenwriter, using Millard Kaufman as front); John Resko (autobiography); Ben Gazzara, Suart Whitman,‎

‎Convicts 4 Reprive Collection of 104 original photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎N.p.: Kaufman-Lubin Productions 1962. Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara Sammy Davis Jr. Broderick Crawford Vincent Price Roland LaStarza Timothy Carey Ray Walston and others also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes on the verso of the majority of photographs. <br /> <br /> "Convicts 4" here under the working title and title of Resko's 1956 autobiography upon which the film was loosely based Reprive. Dalton Trumbo wrote and directed with Millard Kaufman as his "front" as Trumbo was still blacklisted at the time which Kaufman had done before for Trumbo most notably for the 1950 Film Noir classic Gun Crazy. <br /> <br /> John Resko Gazzara is convicted of killing a store owner and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison he ignites a passion for art an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. Featuring a great supporting cast which includes among others Sammy Davis Jr. Rod Steiger Vincent Price Ray Walson Jack Albertson Timothy Carey pop singer Dodie Stevens and boxer Roland La Starza.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Folsom Prison in California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some light edgewear and light curling 2 with creasing. Kaufman-Lubin Productions unknown‎

Référence libraire : 146754

‎Dalton Trumbo director screenwriter using Millard Kaufman as front; John Resko autobiography; Ben Gazzara Suart Whitman Vinc‎

‎Convicts 4 Reprive Collection of 104 original photographs from the 1962 film‎

‎N.p.: Kaufman-Lubin Productions 1962. Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara Sammy Davis Jr. Broderick Crawford Vincent Price Roland LaStarza Timothy Carey Ray Walston and others also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes on the verso of the majority of photographs. <br/><br/>"Convicts 4" here under the working title and title of Resko's 1956 autobiography upon which the film was loosely based Reprive. Dalton Trumbo wrote and directed with Millard Kaufman as his "front" as Trumbo was still blacklisted at the time which Kaufman had done before for Trumbo most notably for the 1950 Film Noir classic Gun Crazy. <br/><br/>John Resko Gazzara is convicted of killing a store owner and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison he ignites a passion for art an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. Featuring a great supporting cast which includes among others Sammy Davis Jr. Rod Steiger Vincent Price Ray Walson Jack Albertson Timothy Carey pop singer Dodie Stevens and boxer Roland La Starza.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Folsom Prison in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some light edge wear and light curling 2 with creasing. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Kaufman-Lubin Productions unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 146754

‎Damiano Damiani (director, screenwriter); Fabrizio Onofri, Audrey Nohra (screenwriters); Glenda Jackson, Claudio Cassinelli, Lis‎

‎The Devil is a Woman Il Sorriso del Grande Tentatore Complete set of eight original color photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film. <br /> <br /> A convent's vicious power-hungry Mother Superior bullies and torments those who stand in her way but the arrival of an agnostic writer looking for new material threatens to challenge the nun's power. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Rome. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown‎

Référence libraire : 150626

‎Damiano Damiani director screenwriter; Fabrizio Onofri Audrey Nohra screenwriters; Glenda Jackson Claudio Cassinelli Lisa Ha‎

‎The Devil is a Woman The Tempter Il Sorriso del Grande Tentatore Collection of five original photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Collection of five vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1975 US release of the 1974 Italian film. With the stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services on the verso. <br/><br/>A convent's vicious power-hungry Mother Superior bullies and torments those who stand in her way but the arrival of a young agnostic writer looking for new material threatens to challenge the nun's power. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 150627