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Orson Welles director screenwriter; Herman J. Mankiewicz screenwriter Joseph Cotten Agnes Moorehead Joseph Cotten Everett S
Citizen Kane Two original keybook photographs from the 1941 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills linen backed as issued one still with a mimeo snipe on the verso the other with the RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles smoking a pipe and smiing signing his "declaration" with advisors Jedediah Leland Joseph Cotten and Mr. Bernstein Everett Sloane. The second still shows Kane as an old man looking on as his young bride Dorothy Comingore completes a giant jigsaw puzzle at a table. <br/><br/>Both stills 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 134897
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Josef Joseph Von Sternberg director; Fyodor Dostoevsky novel; Joseph Anthony screenwriter; Irving Lippman photographer; Peter Lo
Crime and Punishment Original candid photograph of Peter Lorre from the 1935 film
Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER."<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown books
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Anthony Hopkins Ben Gazzara starring; Leon Uris novel; Edward Anhalt screenwriter; Tom Gries director
QB VII Original screenplay for Part One of the 1974 television mini-series actor Ben Gazzara's working copy
Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1973. Revised Final Shooting script for Part One of the 1974 television mini-series. Copy belonging to actor Ben Gazzara with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Winner of 6 Primetime Emmys. <br/><br/>Physician Adam Kelno Hopkins travels to England after World War II unaware that his identification with Anti-Communists in Poland has made him a target of the Soviet Government. He retreats with his wife and son to Arabia where he attempts to modernize the local health standards. Upon his return to England he is Knighted. Twenty years later a book is published that names him part of Nazi medical experiments on members of concentration camps. He sues for defamation and begins a troublesome trial. "QB VII" refers to the courtroom where trial is held: "Queen's Bench Room 7." <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper with credit for Screenwriter Anhalt. Title page present. 100 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-30-72 and 2-13-73. Lacking rear wrapper. Pages Near Fine front wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
Référence libraire : 128441
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Pierre Etaix director starring; Jean Claude Carriere screenwriter; Nicole Calfan starring
Le Grand Amour Original photograph from the 1969 film
Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1969. Vintage black-and-white reference photographs from the Spanish release of the 1969 film. With a few contemporary annotations in holograph ink on the verso. Pictured are Etaix and actress Nicole Calfan. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/> <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
Référence libraire : 135646
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Christy Cabanne director; Ben Piver writer producer; Maurice Tombragel screenwriter
Legion of Lost Flyers Post-production script for the 1939 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1940. Continuity and Dialogue Script for the 1939 film. <br/><br/>A skilled pilot falsely accused of having crashed a civilian transport airplane tries to maintain his honor at an Alaskan air hangar while attempting to clear his name. <br/><br/>White wrappers noted as production No. 1098 dated December 9 1940 with credits for Anne Nagel William Lundigan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Ona Munson and Theodor von Eltz. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 138 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 128294
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Jean Pierre Melville director screenwriter; Beatrix Beck novel; Henri Decae cinematographer; Jean Paul Belmondo Emmanuelle Riv
Leon Morin pretre priest Original French promotional book 1961 film
Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica 1961. Original French promotional book for the 1961 French film. Based on the 1952 novel by Beatrix Beck. With a small red rubber stamp from a French movie house at the top center of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>A departure for both Melville and Belmondo both turning from the crime films for which they were best known in order to make a moving adaptation of Beck's novel a complex story of unrequited love set during World War II and the Holocaust. <br/><br/>6 pages saddle stapled 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Single horizontal fold at the center likely as issued else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 572. Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica unknown books
Référence libraire : 134750
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Luis Bunuel director; Jean Claude Carriere screenwriter; Raymond Voinquel still photographer; Catherine Deneuve Michel Piccoli
Belle de jour Original photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Luis Bunuel from the set of the 1967 film
Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution 1967. Vintage black-and-white borderless still photograph of Catherine Deneuve and director Luis Bunuel on the set of the 1967 film. With the French producer's stamp on the verso "Robert et Raymond Hakim" and a printed list of credits in French. <br/><br/>Buñuel's first color film about a young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution unknown books
Référence libraire : 135078
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Herbert Brenon director; Elizabeth Meehan screenwriter; Lon Chaney Bernard Siegel Loretta Young Nils Asther Cissy Fitzgerald
Laugh Clown Laugh Original screenplay for the 1928 film original typescript with red intertitles
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Shooting script for the 1928 film. Original typescript with descriptive text in black type and intertitles in red type. Holograph ink and pencil annotations on the front wrapper noting starring performers draft type and crediting screenwriter Meehan. With a few annotations in holograph pencil throughout. <br/><br/>Based on the 1923 Broadway play by David Belasco and Tom Cushing in turn an adaptation of the 1919 story "Ridi Pagliaccio" by Fausto Martini about two clowns who find an abandoned child. Years later one of the clowns falls in love with her and knowing that they can never be together performs a deadly stunt without safety protections. A partially lost film including an alternative happy ending. Nominated for an Academy Award in 1929 for Best Title Writing the only year for that category. <br/><br/>Set in Italy shot on location in Elysian Park a suburb of Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>Blue studio wrappers noted as FIRST TEMPORARY INCOMPLETE and struck through with Final Draft inscribed on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1640 and production No. 5272 dated Nov. 19 1927 with credits for playwrights Belasco and Cushing and in ink screenwriter Meehan. 73 unnumbered leaves typescript on watermarked onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good split at the spine now encapsulated in mylar bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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Preston Sturges director screenwriter; Linda Darnell Rex Harrison starring
Unfaithfully Yours Original photograph from the set of the 1948 film
Berlin: Nero AG 1948. Vintage black-and-white photograph of director Preston Sturges and actors Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison on the set of the 1948 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches 20.5 x 25.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 292. Nero AG unknown books
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Marcel Carne director screenwriter; Eugene Dabit novel; Annabella Jean Pierre Aumont Louis Jouvet Arietty starring
Hotel du Nord Set of 3 original photographs from the Los Angeles premiere of the 1938 film
Paris: Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films 1938. Set of 3 black-and-white still photographs from the US premiere of the 1964 film. Each with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso as issued noting that the film is making its debut at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles. Also on the verso is a stamp for the US distributor THEATRICAL PLAYS. <br/><br/>A very rare set of photographs from Carne's pre-war mood drenched masterpiece that followed the thematically similar "Port of Shadows" and preceding the much greater fame that would come to his work in 1945 with "Children of Paradise" <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films unknown books
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Preston Sturges director screenwriter; Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda starring; GE. Richardson photographer G. E.
The Lady Eve Original double weight photograph of Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck from the 1941 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1941. Vintage double weight studio still photograph of hapless Henry Fonda and beguiling Barbara Stanwyck from the 1941 film. Rubber stamp on the verso dated December 4 1940 indicating that Hollywood Advisory Council i.e. Hayes Office has approved the photo as not being scandalous. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 103. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Jean Luc Godard director screenwriter; Guy de Maupassant novel; Jean Pierre Leaud Chantal Goya Francoise Hardy Brigitte Bard
Masculin/Feminin Masculin feminin Masculine Feminine Original poster for the 1966 film
Paris: Anouchka Films 1966. Vintage one sheet poster from the US release of the 1966 film. With the film title rubber stamped on the verso as called for: "MASCULINE FEMININE / 66/368."<br/><br/>"Masculine Feminine" was Jean-Luc Godard's first examination of 60s youth and culture whom he described as "the children of Marx and Coca-Cola." Teenager Paul Jean-Pierre Leaud works as an interviewer for a research firm while living with aspiring singer Madeleine Chantal Goya and with two additional young ladies joining the nocturnal festivities. Brigitte Bardot and French pop icon Francoise Hardy appear in cameos. <br/><br/>Set in Paris and shot there on location. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 308. Anouchka Films unknown books
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Orson Welles director screenwriter; Herman J. Mankiewicz screenwriter Joseph Cotten Agnes Moorehead Joseph Cotten Everett S
Citizen Kane Two original reference photographs from the 1941 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1941 film. Both stills with annotations on the verso one with an RKO Radio Pictures rubber stamp. <br/><br/>The first still shows a young Kane Orson Welles at a celebration for the inauguration of his newspaper "The Inquirer." The second still shows Kane as an older man reviewing finances with his advisors. <br/><br/>Stills are 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 134898
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Stanley Kubrick director screenwriter; John Jay Kevin Bray still photographers; Arthur C. Clarke screenwriter
2001: A Space Odyssey Original oversize double weight photograph from the 1968 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white set design photograph from the 1968 film. Shown is a sample interior from the space station featured near the beginning of the film the "Hilton" sign marking Kubrick's groundbreaking use of ordinary commerce in a futuristic context. <br/><br/>The director's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. The film's high scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. <br/><br/>Set variously in the desert in space in deep space and on the astral plane. Shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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Tennessee Williams playwright screenwriter
Collection of still photographs from film adaptations of the plays of Tennessee Williams 1951-1964
Various cities: Various studios 1964. Collection of 49 vintage still photographs from various film adaptations of Tennessee Williams plays. <br/><br/>All stills are black and white and US issue unless otherwise noted. Included are:<br/><br/>A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 Elia Kazan<br/><br/>1 press photograph of Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter with TCF stamp and press annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>THE ROSE TATTOO 1955 Daniel Mann. <br/><br/>14 US studio photographs<br/><br/>THE LONG HOT SUMMER 1958 Martin Ritt<br/><br/>Collection of 8 British front of house cards. Front-of-house cards are the equivalent of US lobby cards but the same size as US color stills and typically have images that do not appear on US lobby cards and stills. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very minor wear at the extremities about Near Fine overall. <br/><br/>A film based on several literary sources including William Faulkner's "The Hamlet" Faulkner short stories "Barn Burning" and "Spotted Horses" as well as Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."<br/><br/>SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz<br/><br/>1 press photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift with press annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>6 British front of house cards with the rating of "X" then in use in Great Britain. <br/><br/>SUMMER AND SMOKE 1961 Peter Glenville<br/><br/>12 studio still photographs 2 with press annotations on the verso and 1 on the recto at the margin. <br/><br/>SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH 1962 Richard Brooks. <br/><br/>1 still photograph of Paul Newman and Geraldine Page with a mimeo ditto-style snipe describing the scene printed on the verso. <br/><br/>NIGHT OF THE IGUANA 1964 John Huston<br/><br/>1 still photograph of Richard Burton grabbing a long blade. Various studios unknown books
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William Friedkin director; William Peter Blatty novel screenwriter; Josh Weiner still photographerl;
The Exorcist Original oversize double weight still photograph from the 1972 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the 1972 film. An amazing image showing Max von Sydow looming above-and seemingly beyond-a very possessed young Linda Blair. <br/><br/>One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by Burstyn and Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction of "The Exorcist" was that it walked away with 2 Oscars including Best Screenplay for Blatty along with 8 nominations including Best Picture a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
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Terry Southern novel screenwriter; John Cleese Graham Chapman Joseph McGrath screenwriters; Peter Sellers screenwriter starr
The Magic Christian Complete set of 8 color still photographs from the 1968 film
London: Grand Films 1968. Complete set of vintage double weight color still photographs from the 1968 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grand Films unknown books
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Preston Sturges director screenwriter; Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda starring; GE. Richardson photographer G. E.
The Lady Eve Original photograph of Preston Sturges and Barbara Stanwyck on the set of the 1941 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1941. Single weight borderless photograph of director Preston Sturges and Barbara Stanwyck working on the set of "The Lady Eve" in 1941. Rubber stamp crediting Paramount photographer G.E. Richardson on the verso with a corresponding date stamp of April 7 1941 and a mimeo snipe printed on same describing the scene. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 103. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Nick Grinde director; Anthony Coldeway screenwriter; Jean Muir Gordon Oliver Harry Davenport Howard Phillips starring
White Bondage Original photograph from the 1937 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Vintage black-and-white studio set still photograph from a re-release circa 1950s of the 1937 film. <br/><br/>A melodrama set amongst the swamps and sharecroppers of the Deep South. Betsy Ann Muir is surrounded by inbred men with lust in their souls. When an investigative reporter named David Graydon Oliver arrives from the North to document the sharecropper lifestyle the greedy slave-owning landlords become angry. An attempt is made to lynch Graydon but he is saved by Betsy Ann and the two engage in romantic affairs. Features a supporting role by Eddie "Rochester" Anderson popular comedian of the era and the first African American regular on a nationwide radio show "The Jack Benny Program". <br/><br/>Director Grinde was prolific in the 1930s with notable credits including "The Bishop Murder Case" 1930 "This Modern Age" 1931 "Shopworn" 1932 "Ladies Crave Exitement" 1935 "The Man They Could Not Hang" 1939 and "Hitler-Dead or Alive" 1942. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Slight faint short creases else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
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Don Chaffey director; Jan Read Beverley Cross screenwriter; Ray Harryhausen producer special effects; Todd Armstrong Nancy Ko
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. <br/><br/>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". <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>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 books
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Julien Duvivier director screenwriter; Louis C. Thomas novel; Victor Rodrigue still photographer; Roland Girard Jean Bolvary
Diaboliquement votre Diabolically Yours Two photographs from the 1967 film featuring Julien Duvivier and Alain Delon on the set
France: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1967 Italian-French-German film. From the archives of Maurice Bessy 1910-1993 a French film historian novelist and screenwriter "Deadlier Than the Male" 1956 and a handful of films 1939-1950. Bessy's rubber stamp and name label on the verso of one still with brief annotations in holograph ink on the versos of both stills. <br/><br/>Featured in one still is director Duvivier and actor Sergio Fantoni both engaging in what appears to be a spirited conversation. In the next still Duvivier shoots a bandaged Delon in his hospital bed surrounded by members of the crew. <br/><br/>Based on the 1962 book "Manie de la persecution" by Louis C. Thomas. After a near fatal car crash resulting in a coma Pierre Delon awakens to a new life. Attempting to search for his true identity after suffering amnesia coming ever closer to finding the truth and ever closer to unspeakable danger. <br/><br/>Director Duvivier's final film. <br/><br/>One still 7 x 9.5 inches one 8 x 11.75 inches. Moderate crease and edge creases to the larger still else Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown books
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Ross writing as Oliver Bleeck Thomas novel; J. Lee Thompson director; Barry Beckerman screenwriter; Charles Bronson John Housem
St. Ives St. Ives' Big Score Original screenplay for the 1976 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives" here under the working title "St. Ives' Big Score." Included are several unbound revision sheets dated 10/11/75 on pink stock. Based on the 1972 crime novel "The Procane Chronicle" by Ross Thomas writing as Oliver Bleeck. <br/><br/>The first of no fewer than ten films director J. Lee Thompson would make with badass Charles Bronson and ironically one of the last with a major studio behind it. The pair would go on to make taut violent potboilers such as "10 to Midnight" 1983 "The Evil That Men Do" 1984 and "Murphy's Law" 1986. <br/><br/>Raymond St. Ives Bronson is a novelist drawn back into the world of his former profession of crime reporting by wealthy Abner Procane Houseman. St. Ives is hired to locate stolen documents with ties to the local mob. Janet Whistler Bisset is an associate of Procane's accompanying St. Ives but her motives are vague. <br/><br/>Features early supporting roles by Jeff Goldblum and Robert "Freddy" Krueger Englund. <br/><br/>Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena California. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with gilt titles. Title page present dated September 29 1975 noted as ST. IVES' BIG SCORE with credits for actor Bronson producers Pancho Kohner and Stan Canter director Thompson and screenwriter Beckerman. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114 with 9 laid-in pink revision pages dated 10/11/75. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Hardy The Gangster Film p. 365. Warner Brothers unknown books
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Richard Lang director; Brian Taggert Tony Lawrence screenwriter; Susan Saint James Michael Parks Jamie Smith Jackson Dolores
Night Cries Original screenplay for the 1978 film
Studio City CA: Charles Fries Productions / Stonehenge Productions 1977. Draft script circa 1977 for the 1978 television movie. <br/><br/>Jeannie Haskins James is a schoolteacher who is told during labor that her baby has died. Soon after she is haunted by nightmares that seem to indicate her child is alive so she seeks the help of a dream therapist. <br/><br/>Director Lang's notable credits as director include several episodes of television series shows like "Melrose Place" "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Kung Fu."<br/> <br/>Cream titled wrappers with a brief pencil notation on the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriters Taggert and Lawrence and story writer Taggert. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Masking tape on the rear wrapper else pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Charles Fries Productions / Stonehenge Productions unknown books
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Harlan Ellison story; Michael Caffey director; Alfred Hayes screenwriter; Gregory Harrison Heather Menzies Urich Donald Moffat
Logan's Run: The Crypt Original screenplay for the 1977 television episode crew member's copy
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1977. Final Draft script for the November 7 1977 television episode "The Crypt" season 1 episode 7 of the science fiction series "Logan's Run." This episode is based on an original story by Harlan Ellison. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member named Chuck Sereci with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Logan Harrison and his partner Jessica Menzies-Urich discover an underground room a crypt with six cryogenically frozen survivors of the nuclear holocaust. Logan and Jessican attempt to rescue them in the midst of a series of earthquakes. <br/><br/>"Logan's Run" 1977-1978 was a short-lived but notable sci-fi television series based on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Logan a rebellious law enforcement agent and his partner Jessica the series main characters are nearing the age of 30. In their futuristic society the age of 30 is considered one's deathbed so the two go on the run to find sanctuary and freedom from the dystopian society. <br/> <br/>Harlan Ellison had been writing for television since 1963 "Ripcord" and wrote for several notable series including "The Outer Limits" "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." "Star Trek" "The Twilight Zone" and "Babylon 5" and its many spin-offs. The story "The Crypt" was finally published in the 2013 collection "Brain Movies: The Original Teleplays of Harlan Ellison Volume 5."<br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 3304 dated September 2 1977 with credits for story writer Ellison and screenwriter Hayes. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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Andrew V. McLaglen director; James Leasor novel; Graham Atwood still photographer; Reginald Rose screenwriter; Gregory Peck Rog
The Sea Wolves Original photograph from the 1980 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1980. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1980 film. <br/><br/>Based on Leasor's 1978 book about the raid by a small group of members of the Calcutta Light Horse on a Nazi radio ship in Goa in WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh Peck and Capt. Gavin Stewart Moore. Pugh and Stewart enlist the aid of retired officer Col. Bill Grice Niven and some of his former soldiers. The men attempt to lure the Nazi ships disguised as a bunch of drunken old fishermen. <br/><br/>Set in India shot on location there and in Germany and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Valerio Zurlini director screenwriter; Lorenzo Papi still photographer; Leonardo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Enrico Medioli
Girl with a Suitcase Original photograph from the 1961 film
Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. <br/><br/>Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. <br/><br/>Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown books
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Jean Herman director; Andre G. Brunelin Jean Cau screenwriter; Alain Delon Mireille Darc Georges Rouquier Gabriel Jabbour st
Jeff Los Traidores Original photograph from the 1969 film
Spain: Adel Productions 1970. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1970 of the 1969 French-Italian film. Notations in holograph ink and pencil in Spanish on the recto and verso. Presumably a press photograph with a cropping note on the recto translated: "contrast a little background". <br/><br/>Jeff Rouquier is the mastermind who has planned a successful robbery but fails to show up for share-out. His girlfriend Eva Darc is tortured by accomplices until she squeals and begins search for Jeff with the help of his confidant Laurent Delon. <br/><br/>Director Herman and Alain Delon also collaborated on the 1968 crime adventure "Farewell Friend" also starring Charles Bronson. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and foxing. <br/><br/>Hardy The Gangster Film US. Adel Productions unknown books
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King Vidor director; Silvia Richards screenwriter Charlton Heston Jennifer Jones Karl Malden Tom Tully starring
Ruby Gentry Vintage keybook still from the 1952 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white linen-backed keybook still photograph from the 1952 film. Ownership rubber stamp Christopher C. Geest on the verso. Two hole punches at the top margin as issued. Pictured is Jennifer Jones cold-cocking Charlton Heston at the beach. <br/><br/>Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. <br/> <br/>Shot on location throughout California. <br/><br/>8 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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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
Référence libraire : 135491
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Anthony Mann director; Philip Yordan screenwriter; Thomas T. Flynn story; James Stewart Arthur Kennedy starring
The Man from Laramie Original photograph from the 1955 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 2525. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 135492
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King Vidor director producer; Silvia Richards screenwriter Charlton Heston Jennifer Jones Karl Malden Tom Tully starring
La furia del deseo Ruby Gentry Original photograph from the 1952 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the Argentinean release circa 1953 of the 1952 film. Spanish rubber stamps on the verso including the Spanish title "La furia del deseo" The Fury of Desire. Pictured is Jennifer Jones giving Charlton Heston the "what for."<br/><br/>Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and a bruise on the verso from the removal of a mimeo snipe. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Référence libraire : 135626
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Donald E. writing as Richard Stark Westlake novel; John Flynn director screenwriter; Robert Duvall Karen Black Joe Don Baker
The Outfit Original screenplay for the 1973 film Norman Kaplan's copy
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Based on the 1963 Parker novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. Copy belonging to uncredited actor Norman Kaplan. <br/><br/>One of the great crime films of the early 1970s today a cult classic with understated performances from Robert Duvall Karen Black and Joe Don Baker as well as a who's-who of character actors playing out a violent story that takes place mostly in a beautifully ordinary rural setting. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 182 dated December 18 1972 with credits for producer Carter De haven and director/screenwriter Flynn. 132 leaves xerographically duplicated with the last leaf of text numbered 128. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with a few tiny corner creases throughout bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy BFI Companion to Crime. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Stephens US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Référence libraire : 127443
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Stanley Donen director; Alan Jay Lerner screenwriter; Fred Astaire Peter Lawford Jane Powell Sarah Churchill starring
Royal Wedding Original screenplay for the 1951 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Revised Composite script for the 1951 film. Two front wrappers present one with the script department receipt intact both noting changes dated 5-12-50 to the script. <br/><br/>Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and California. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers with two front wrappers present as issued both rubber stamped COMPOSITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper and copy No. 173 on the white studio label dated 5-2-50 with "changes of 5-12-50" and credits for director Donen producer Freed and screenwriter Lerner. Distribution receipt present on the second goldenrod wrapper. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-2-50 and 8-2-50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Référence libraire : 128821
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Herbert Ross director; Dennis Potter screenwriter; Steve Martin Bernadette Peters starring
Pennies from Heaven Original screenplay for the 1981 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Revised Final Draft script for the 1981 film. Rainbow copy with several sets of revision leaves in pink yellow blue orange and green. <br/><br/>Written for the screen by Dennis Potter based on his screenplay for the 1978 BBC television series. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and along with "The Singing Detective" the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood punctuated by wildly complex choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago during the Depression shot on location in California Iowa and Illinois. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 356 dated October 22 1980 with credits for screenwriter Potter director/producer Ross and producer Nora Kaye. Title page present dated 10-22-80 noted as Revised Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Potter. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 143. Pink orange yellow green and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-24-80 and 1-7-81. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Référence libraire : 128652
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Max Nosseck director; Philip Yordan screenwriter; Edmund Lowe Anne Jeffreys Eduardo Ciannelli Lawrence Tierney starring
Dillinger Original program for the 1945 film
New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. <br/><br/>Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. <br/><br/>Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown books
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Alan J. Pakula director; William Goldman screenwriter; Carl Bernstein Bob Woodward novel; Dustin Hoffman Robert Redford starri
All the President's Men Two reference photographs from the 1974 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Two vintage black and white still reference photographs from the 1974 film. Both with mimeograph snipes on the verso and one with a red press crop line at the right margin. <br/><br/>Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
Référence libraire : 135370
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Lewis Milestone director; Charles Nordhoff James Norman Hall novel; Charles Lederer screenwriter; Marlon Brando starring
Mutiny on the Bounty Collection of 4 candid wardrobe and set photographs from the 1962 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1961. Collection of four vintage black-and-white studio test photographs from the 1962 film. Unique or nearly so with a date printed on the negative of 3 of the 4 photographs ranging from November 11 1960 to March 30 1961. <br/><br/>Represented in the photographs are: 1 the full-scale ship model on the set with matte paintings in the background and studio equipment clearly visible 2 wardrobe shots for Chips Rafferty Gordon Jackson and one of the "Tahitian Island girls."<br/><br/>Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Cinematography Best Art Direction and Best Film Editing. <br/><br/>5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Référence libraire : 135335
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Joseph Losey director; Alun Owen screenwriter; Stanley Baker Sam Wanamaker starring
The Concrete Jungle The Criminal Original still photograph from the 1960 film
London: Fanfare Films 1960. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1960 film. Though the film was released in the UK as "The Criminal" it is here under its working title "The Concrete Jungle" with a corresponding negative code. <br/><br/>Set in England and shot on location there. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Fanfare Films unknown books
Référence libraire : 135342
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Joseph Losey director; Peter O'Donnell novel; Norman Hargood still photographer; Evan Jones screenwriter; Monica Vitti Terence
Modesty Blaise Original photograph from the 1966 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1966 film. A split still showing Vitti in two different guises as a brunette spy and as a seductive blonde who is actually a brunette spy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Référence libraire : 135049
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Frank Borzage director; Theodore Strauss novel; Charles F. Haas screenwriter; Dane Clark Ethel Barrymore Harry Morgan starring
Moonrise Original still photograph from the 1948 film noir
Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1948. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1948 film noir. Rubber stamped "7" on the verso. Based on the 1946 novel by Theodore Strauss. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Republic Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 135343
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Sidney Lumet director; Tennesse Williams play screenwriter; Marlon Brando Anna Magnani Joanne Woodward Maureen Stapleton sta
The Fugitive Kind Original photograph from the 1960 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1960 film. Shown are Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown books
Référence libraire : 135379
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Steven Spielberg director; Lawrence Kasdan screenwriter; George Lucas Philip Kaufman story writers; Harrison Ford John Rhys Da
Raiders of the Lost Ark Original photograph from the 1981 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1981 film. <br/><br/>An homage to the serialized Saturday matinee films of the 1930s and 40s "Raiders" is the first in the well-loved Spielberg/Lucas high-adventure trilogy starring Harrison Ford as roguish archaeology professor Indiana Jones. Still one of the highest grossing films of all time winner of five Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture. <br/><br/>Set in Peru Egypt Nepal and Washington DC shot on location in England France Tunisia California and Hawaii. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Fielder Cook director; Rod Serling play screenwriter; Van Heflin Everett Sloane Ed Begley starring
Patterns Collection of 4 photographs from the 1956 film
Beverly Hills CA: Jed Harris / United Artists 1956. Collection of 4 vintage still photographs from the 1956 film. <br/><br/>Studio issue photographs with film credits at the lower margin of each photograph. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine. Jed Harris / United Artists unknown books
Référence libraire : 135337
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Fielder Cook director; Rod Serling play screenwriter; Van Heflin Everett Sloane Ed Begley starring
Patterns Collection of 4 photographs from the 1956 film
Beverly Hills CA: Jed Harris / United Artists 1956. Collection of 4 vintage still photographs from the 1956 film. <br/><br/>Studio issue photographs with film credits at the lower margin of each photograph. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jed Harris / United Artists unknown books
Référence libraire : 135336
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Ken Loach director screenwriter; Nell Dunn novel screenwriter; Carol White John Bindon Terence Stamp starring
Poor Cow Keybook photograph from the 1967 film
London: National General Pictures 1967. Vintage black-and-white double weight linen-backed keybook photograph from the 1967 film. With a three-hole punch at the left margin as called for and a mimeo snipe on the verso noting actors White and Bindon pictured as well as actor Terence Stamp novelist and screenwriter Nell Dunn director Ken Loach and producer Joseph Janni. <br/><br/>Set in London and shot there on location. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National General Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 135339
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Norman Jewison director; Ring Lardner Jr. screenwriter; Steve McQueen Edward G. Robinson Karl Malden Tuesday Weld Ann Margr
The Cincinnati Kid Collection of 3 original photographs from the 1964 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of 4 black and white stills photographs from the 1964 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Référence libraire : 135038
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Lew Landers director; Sam Robins screenwriter; Alex Gottlieb screenwriter
Lucky Devils Original screenplay for the 1941 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1940. Continuity and Dialogue Script for the 1941 film. <br/><br/>A pair of lucky newsreel reporters are told that footage they've made of a new dam is going to be used by two foreign saboteurs in order to destroy the dam at which point the reporters would be held responsible. The duo must then outsmart the spies of course stumbling into a number of comedic pratfalls along the way. <br/><br/>White wrappers noted as production No. 1098 dated December 9 1940 with credits for Richard Arlen and Andy Devine. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 138 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
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David Goodis novel; Rene Clement director; Yves Manciet still photographer; Sebastien Japrisot screenwriter; Jean Louis Trintign
La course du lievre a travers les champs And Hope to Die Two vintage stills from the 1972 film
Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. <br/><br/>Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. <br/><br/>Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Référence libraire : 135242
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Edgar Rice Burroughs characters; Robert Day director; Clair Huffaker screenwriter; Mike Henry David Opatoshu Mauel Padilla Jr
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold Collection of 9 set design stills from the 1966 film
Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Collection of 9 vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1966. Each still shows a particular location in Mexico City and in Acapulco Mexico various scenes used for shooting the film. <br/><br/>Tarzan Mike Henry travels from Africa to Mexico at the request of an old friend to help rescue a kidnapped boy named Ramel Padilla Jr. Augustus Vinero Opatoshu the kidnapper forces Ramel to lead him to the city supposedly made of gold. Tarzan sets out with Ramel's pet leopard a lion and a chimpanzee and soon locates the boy. Ramel shows him the way to the lost city where Tarzan confronts Vinero and his henchmen. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Tiny edge tears and creases else Near Fine overall. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
Référence libraire : 135228
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Ronald Neame director; Michael Barrett novel; Robin Estridge screenwriter; Yul Brynner Anthony Caruso Sal Mineo Jay Novello s
Escape from Zahrain Zahrain Original screenplay for the 1962 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. Final White script for the 1962 film "Escape from Zahrain" here under the film's working title "Zahrain" with ESCAPE FROM in holograph ink just above it. Notations in holograph ink and pencil on the front wrapper recto and verso though the associations are unknown. <br/><br/>Based on Michael Barrett's 1960 novel "Appointment in Zahrain." A wanted revolutionary Brynner and his gang including a protege played by Sal Mineo travel through the desert in an attempt to elude the Arab security forces. <br/><br/>A story set in the Middle East shot on location in the Mojave Desert in California. <br/><br/>Self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 122 and production No. 11541 dated June 6 1961 with credits for producer-director Neame and screenwriter Estridge. Title page integral with front wrapper. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication dated variously 6/5/61 and 6/6/61. Near Fine overall bound with two silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Référence libraire : 134942
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