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Alfred Hitchcock director; Maxwell Anderson screenwriter book Angus MacPhail screenwriter; Herbert Brean story; Henry Fonda V
The Wrong Man Original photograph from the set of the 1956 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of a contemplative Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Warner Bros. Netherlands on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the real life story of Manny Balestrero accused of a series of robberies he didn't commit as detailed in the nonfiction book "The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero" by Maxwell Anderson who co-wrote the screenplay and the "Life" magazine article "A Case of Identity" by Herbert Brean. Hitchcock's final film for Warner Brothers and an influence on both Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese. <br/><br/>7.25 x 9.25. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
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Wise Robert Jerome Robbins directors; Arthur Laurents Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim musical; Ernest Lehman screenwriter
West Side Story Original photograph of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins on the set of the 1961 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director Robert Wise looking through a viewfinder while his co-director Jermone Robbins looks through a pair of sunglasses. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." <br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards the most ever for a musical including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
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Marcel Carne director screenwriter; Hal Ellson novel; Jean Jungmann Manuel Litran photographers; Henri Jeanson Henri Francois
Wasteland Terrain vague Collection of 30 original press photographs from the 1960 film
N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of 30 vintage press photographs and contact sheets from promotional events for the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Terrain vague." All photographs housed in a large brown folder with the French title in holograph ink on the flap. <br/><br/>Based on Hal Ellson's groundbreaking 1950 cult novel "Tomboy." Dan Gaubert is a tough gang leader who dresses and fights like a man. She and two others including Babar Bras are ostracized due to their behavior and she falls in love with Lucky Cafarelli while Babar commits suicide. A late entry for film noir regular and poetic realist Carné whose notable credits include "Port of Shadows" 1938 "The Devil's Envoys" 1942 and "Children of Paradise" 1945. <br/><br/>Set in Paris. <br/><br/>Photos range in size from 4.75 x 6.75 inches to 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus overall foxing to versos light curling and rubbing. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
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Yoshishige Yoshida director screenwriter; Masahiro Yamada screenwriter; Mariko Okada starring
Eros Massacre Eros Plus Massacre Original screenplay for the 1969 film
Tokyo: Gendai Eigasha 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Front wrapper notes a date of 1969 and credit as a Gendai Eigasha production. <br/><br/>The second page is a elegaic introduction to the film story: "On the erotology and insurrection of sugi Sakae who wrote of dancing as flowers strangled and left in spring and It Noe who lived her entire life in confused beauty-we the youth and you and I in our degenerate joy which reaches an unbalanced complicity are talking."<br/><br/>Based on the life of anarchist Sakae sugi and his relationship with three women.It is the first film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism followed by "Heroic Purgatory" 1970 and "Coup d'Etat" 1973. Considered to be one of the most representative films from the Japanese New Wave movement. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers dated 1969. Title page present. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered d-44. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with mild foxing on rear wrapper title on spine. Gendai Eigasha unknown books
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Alfred Hitchcock director; Robert Bloch novel; Joseph Stefano screenwriter; Anthony Perkins Janet Leigh starring
Psycho Collection of 5 lobby cards from the 1960 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Collection of five vintage lobby cards from the French release of the 1960 US film. With the stamps of a French distributor on the versos. <br/><br/>Far and away the highest grossing film of Hitchcock's career nominated for four Academy awards including Hitchcock's fifth and final Best Director nomination and a key film in expanding allowable depictions of both violence and sexuality under the eroding Production Code. <br/><br/>12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Roberto Rossellini director screenwriter; Arthur Honegger Paul Claudel oratorio; Ingrid Bergman starring
Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Original photograph from the set of the 1954 film
Italy / France: Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films 1954. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing Ingrid Bergman tied to the titular stake with actor Tullio Carminati beside her and director Roberto Rossellini in the foreground. With stamps identifying the film under the English language title "Joan at the Stake" and the New York address of Italian Films Export as well as some holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1938 oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bucher" by Arthur Honegger with a libretto by Paul Claudel about visions of her life and purpose Joan of Arc receives as she is burned at the stake. <br/><br/>6.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films unknown books
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Peter Coyote Stockard Channing Robert Loggia Peter Boyle starring; Joseph Wambaugh novel screenwriter; Glenn Jordan director
Echoes in the Darkness: Parts 1 and 2 Original teleplay scripts for the 1987 television movie
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1987. First Draft scripts one script each for Parts 1 and 2 for the 1987 television movie. <br/><br/>Based on the true crime story from the 1970s and adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh. Susan Reinert is a schoolteacher in Upper Merion Township Pennsylvania who goes missing and is found murdered with her two children. Nominated for two Emmy awards. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credit for and signed by screenwriter-novelist Wambough. 109 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
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Franklin Benjamin Whelan Dennis screenwriter
Franklin in France Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1986. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>The true story of Benjamin Franklin traveling to France after the American Revolution where he acts as a diplomat from the newly-established United States of America and he makes sure to throw around the new weight of this budding country. <br/><br/>Set in Paris. <br/><br/>Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1986 with credits for screenwriter Dennis Whelan. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 50. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown books
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The Doors Stone Oliver director screenwriter; Randall Jahnson screenwriter; Val Kilmer Meg Ryan Kyle MacLachlan starring
The Doors Original press kit for the 1991 film
Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1991. Vintage press kit for the 1991 film. Press kit includes six black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. <br/><br/>Oliver Stone a self-professed Doors fan directs this star studded over-the-top biopic whose production struggled through over ten years of negotiations with the families and surviving band members depicted in the film. Val Kilmer delivers a convincing portrayal of Jim Morrison with Kevin Dillon Kyle MacLachla and Meg Ryan in supporting roles. <br/><br/>Photos 10 x 8 inches. Production pamphlet 29 pages saddle stapled housed in a 9 x 12 inch folder. Photos and production pamphlet Fine in a Near Fine folder. TriStar Pictures unknown books
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Nixon Richard Stone Oliver director screenwriter; Christopher Wilkinson Stephen J. Rivele screenwriters; Anthony Hopkins Ed
Nixon Original press kit for the 1995 film
Burbank CA: Buena Vista Pictures 1995. Vintage press kit for the 1995 film. Press kit includes 11 black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. <br/><br/>The second of director Oliver Stone's trilogy of films about US Presidents a semi-biographical film chronicling Nixon's impeachment with flashbacks to his life before the presidency. Director Oliver Stone received some criticism for depicting Nixon in typical dramatic flair as an alcoholic and a fallen hero though the film was well-received. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Musical Score and Best Actor. <br/><br/>Photos 10 x 8 inches. Production pamphlet 35 pages saddle stapled housed in a 9 x 12 inch folder. Photos and production pamphlet Fine in a Very Good plus folder. Buena Vista Pictures unknown books
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Marlon Brando starring; John Erman director; Alex Haley novel characters; Ernest Kinoy screenwriter; Barbara Barrie James Brod
Roots: The Next Generations: Show #7 Original teleplay script for the 1979 television episode
Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1978. Final Draft script for the season one episode seven of the 1979 television mini-series originally broadcast on February 24 1979 on ABC. Ribbon copy Master typescript from which all other copies of this draft were made. <br/><br/>In the final installment of this epic tale Alex along with his family gather in Henning Tennessee to bury Aunt Lizzie. His brothers are successful and Alex writes for a living which has father finds disappointment in. He meets Malcolm X and eventually writes co-authors his book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" finished several weeks before the assassination of the subject. Eventually he decides to learn about his family history leading him all over the South and eventually to The Gambia where he finds a village and a griot who recalls the story of Kunta Kinte a young Mandinka warrior who Alex believes to be his great ancestor. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 27 1978 noted as Final: Engraved on Granite with credits for screenwriter Kinoy and writer Haley. 122 leaves on blue line stock typed with revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/78 and 11/678. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound. <br/><br/>Shooting Schedule:<br/>24 pages mimeograph duplication. Near Fine unbound. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
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Wise Robert Jerome Robbins directors; Arthur Laurents Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim musical; Ernest Lehman screenwriter
West Side Story Original photograph of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins on the set of the 1961 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation 1961. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing directors Robert Wise and Jermone Robbins seated on a camera crane surrounded by members of the crew. With the stamps of press agencies Globe Photos and International Magazine Service the latter dated May 29 1961 on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." <br/><br/>Winner of ten Academy Awards the most ever for a musical including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Light creasing to the corners about Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. United Artists / Mirisch Corporation unknown books
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Jean Renoir director screenwriter; R. Sauget photographer; Robert Louis Stevenson novel; Jean Louis Barrault starring
Experiment in Evil Le testament de Docteur Cordelier Collection of 36 original photographs with negatives from the set of the 1959 film
France: Radio-Television Francaise RTF / Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion / Compagnie Jean Renoir 1959. Archive of 36 press photographs taken on the set of the 1959 film mounted to four printed card stock proof sheets from "Telerama" magazine with each sheet containing holograph ink annotations with the name of the production credits for Renoir and photographer R. Saguet and with three dated January 26 1959 and one dated April 4 1959. Accompanying the photographs are 35 negatives for photographs in the archive and 1 negative for a photograph that was not struck and mounted. <br/><br/>All the photographs featuring cast and crew working on the set and 16 feature images of Renoir on the set. <br/><br/>Also included are two vintage borderless press photographs depicting scenes for the film. Each with the stamp of "Telerama" on the verso along with holograph annotations identifying the film and for layout. <br/><br/>Renoir's loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premiering at the Venice Film Festival followed by airing on French television and an international theatrical release. <br/><br/>Proof photographs and negatives roughly 2 x 2 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Proof sheets 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Card stock. About Near Fine with some wear at the corners. <br/><br/>Press photographs 7.25 x 5 inches. Light diagonal creasing to the upper corner of one photograph else Near Fine. Radio-Television Francaise [RTF] / Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion / Compagnie Jean Renoir unknown books
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Jean Renoir director screenwriter; Rumer Godden novel screenwriter; Nora Swinburne Esmond Knight Arthur Shields starring
The River Original photograph from the set of the 1951 film
Beverly Hills CA: Oriental International Pictures / United Artists 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film showing Renoir giving directions to an actor while members of the crew look on. <br/><br/>Based on the 1946 novel by Rumer Godden who adapted it for the screen with Renoir. The film's crew included Satyajit Ray who worked as an assistant director on the film after meeting Renoir. Ray's longtime cinematographer Subrata Mitra also worked on the film and the two would come to international attention four years later with "Pather Panchali."<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in India. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Slight wear around the edges else Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. Ebert III. Oriental International Pictures / United Artists unknown books
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Gene Hackman Liza Minnelli Burt Reynolds starring; Stanley Donen director; Willard Huyck screenwriter; Gloria Katz screenwrite
Lucky Lady Original screenplay for the 1975 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 film. <br/><br/>A young widow Claire Minelli gets involved in the liquor smuggling business during Prohibition as well as with two young men. Being that their business is primarily off the coast of San Diego they wind up battling on the water. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 8-15-73 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriters Huyck and Katz. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Sex Pistols Cox Alex director screenwriter; Abbe Wool screenwriter; Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman Debby Bishop starri
Sid and Nancy Love Kills Original screenplay for the 1986 film with lengthy inscription from the film's historical advisor
London: Commies From Mars / Initial Pictures 1985. Third Draft script for the 1986 film "Sid and Nancy" here under the working title "Love Kills." INSCRIBED by Kate Simon in holograph ink on the verso of the last page of text. <br/><br/>Simon was "a friend of Alex Cox's and she helped him vis a vis the fine details of the 'time of the Sex Pistols' in London in 1976 / To that end she showed him in London the pub where we hung out took sulphate the Roebuck and she also tried to set up a meeting with him and Johnny Thunders / Finally she is thanked at the end of 'Sid and Nancy' and she photographed him as he was writing the script there at the room in the Chelsea Hotel where Sid and Nancy lived / Kate Simon / 4-8-09." <br/><br/>Brilliant but gritty biographical look at Sid Vicious Oldman bassist for the British punk band Sex Pistols and his girlfriend Nancy Webb. Their relationship is sprinkled with guilt sympathy and copious drug use implying Nancy introduced Sid to heroin when she traveled to London to have sex with the Sex Pistols. The two fall in love commit to a suicide pact and try to start a new solo career in New York after the breakup of the band. One night in a drug-induced stupor Sid announces his intention to quit heroin and move back to London prompting a suicidal Nancy to beg him to kill her. Perhaps unintentionally perhaps not Sid stabs Nancy and she dies in the bathroom. <br/><br/>Set in London and New York shot there on location and in New Jersey California and France. The soundtrack boasts songs by Dan Wool The Pogues John Cale KC & The Sunshine Band and several Sex Pistols songs with the title track "Love Kills" by Joe Strummer. <br/><br/>Illustrated titled self wrappers noted as 3RD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 1985 with credits for screenwriters Cox and Wool. Title page integral with front wrapper. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mechanical duplication. Very Good plus bound with three green twist ties in true punk fashion. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 20. Commies From Mars / Initial Pictures unknown books
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Alfred Hitchcock director; Victor Canning novel; Ernest Lehman screenwriter; Karen Black Bruce Dern Barbara Harris starring
Family Plot Original photograph from the 1976 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1976 film. Based on Victor Canning's novel "The Rainbird Pattern." <br/><br/>Set to the backdrop of a large city and starring Karen Black Bruce Dern Barbara Harris and William Devane this dark comedy marks the final of Hitchcock's many films. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes. <br/><br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Patelliere Denys de La Raoul Levy director screenwriter; Horst Buchholz Anthony Quinn Akim Tamiroff starring
Marco the Magnificent The Fabulous Adventures Original photograph from the 1965 film
N.p.: Avala Film 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Yugoslavia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph graphite notation to the verso. Avala Film unknown books
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Alfred Hitchcock director; Victor Canning novel; Ernest Lehman screenwriter; Karen Black Bruce Dern Barbara Harris starring
Family Plot Original photograph from the 1976 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film. Based on Victor Canning's novel "The Rainbird Pattern." Snipe printed on the verso of the image. <br/><br/>Set to the backdrop of a large city and starring Karen Black Bruce Dern Barbara Harris and William Devane this dark comedy marks the final of Hitchcock's many films. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Alfred Hitchcock director; John Steinbeck novel; Jo Swerling screenwriter; Tallulah Bankhead William Bendix Walter Slezak star
Lifeboat Two original photographs from the 1944 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Based on John Steinbeck 1943 novella of the same name. Reference numbers are 619-53 black-and-white stamped on verso as "KEY SET" and 619-70 sepia apparently mounted for internal use. <br/><br/>The film follows a group of survivors stranded on a lifeboat following an attack on their merchant ship. Tensions are high as the group negotiates food rations and tries to plot a course to land or rescue. The film is the first in Hitchcock's "limited-setting" fims followed by "Rope" Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Window." Steinbeck who wrote the novella for the film was aggravated by the changes made to his work specifically to an African American character who he felt had been transformed into a grotesque caricature. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning to one image as well as a holograph graphite notation to the other. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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William Friedkin director; Gerald Petievich screenwriter; Joe Cortese Jack Youngblood Steve James Patricia Charbonneau starri
C.A.T. Squad Original teleplay script for the 1986 television movie
Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1986. First Draft script for the 1986 television movie. One of two "C.A.T. Squad" films made in the mid-1980s both directed for television by noted director William Friedkin. An early draft possibly constructed as a television episode that grew into a feature-length project. <br/><br/>A special government trio is formed to combat terrorism known as the C.A.T. squad an acronym for the "Clandestine Attack Team." <br/><br/>Filmed on location in Mexico and Canada. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 25 1986. Title page present dated April 25 1986 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Petivich. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
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Lo Wei director; Lei Pan screenwriter; Jackie Chan Chih Ping Chiang Hsiu yi Fang starring
Spiritual Kung Fu Original Hong Kong poster for the 1978 film
N.p.: Lo Wei Motion Picture Company 1978. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>A 1978 Honk Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan as Yi-Lang a sassy martial arts student who learns to master a once-lost style of fighting. <br/><br/>20 x 30 inches. Light holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Lo Wei Motion Picture Company unknown books
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Tsui Hark director screenwriter; Man Choi Lee Adam Bernardi Ardwight Chamberlain screenwriters; Ekin Cheng Cecilia Cheung L
Zu Warriors La Legende de Zu Original French poster for the 2001 film
Beijing: China Film Co-Production Corporation 2001. Vintage French poster for the 2001 Chinese film. Directed by Tsui Hark the film is laden with intense action sequences and elaborate CGI effects. <br/><br/>27 x 38 inches. Light wrinkling to the margins else Near Fine. China Film Co-Production Corporation unknown books
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Chang Cheh Chih Hung Kuei director; Kuang Ni screenwriter; Chung Wang Lily Li Betty Pei Ti starring
Fen nu qing nian Shen Chang und die Karate-Bande Original German poster for the 1973 film
Hong Kong: Shaw Brothers 1973. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1973 Hong Kong film. <br/><br/>One of many martial arts films produced by the Shaw Brothers in which an ambitious martial arts student infiltrates a gang in order to avenge his murdered father. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong China. <br/><br/>23.5 x 32.5 inches. Near Fine with two holograph annotations to the verso and pin holes to the margin. Shaw Brothers unknown books
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Eric Kot director screenwriter; Ekin Cheng Qi Shu Anita Yuen starring
Lung Feng Original Hong Kong poster for the 1999 film
Hong Kong: N.p. 1999. Vintage Hong Kong poster printed in both Chinese and English for the 1999 film. <br/><br/>An experimental film by director Eric Kot with cameos from numerous notable actors. Kot is notorious in the Chinese hip hop industry and has made a number of short films and television episodes. <br/><br/>40 x 25 inches folded. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
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Wong Jing director screenwriter; Tsukasa Hojo comic; Jackie Chan Joey Wang Kumiko Goto starring
City Hunter Original Hong Kong poster for the 1993 film
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1993. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1993 film. <br/><br/>Jackie Chan is a goofy self-indulgent private investigator in Wong Jing's 1993 film based on a Japanese manga of the same name. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong. <br/><br/>20 x 30 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
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Alice Altschuler screenwriter
Her Man Thursday Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. circa. First Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>Altschuler is best known for her work on Harold Young's 1939 film "Sabotage." Story of a romance between a shopgirl named Amy and a struggling writer named James. <br/><br/>Brown production company wrappers The Feldman-Blum Corporation. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alice Altschuler. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
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Hayes Isaac Yaphet Kotto starring; Jonathan Kaplan director; Oscar Williams Michael Allin screenwriter
Truck Turner Original photograph from the 1974 film
Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1974. Vintage still photographs from the 1974 film. Featuring Yaphet Kotto and two of his compatriots. <br/><br/>A constant barrage of car chases and bloody shootouts Isaac Hayes plays a pimp-killing bounty hunter on whom the tables are turned when one of his mark's girlfriends puts a hit out on him. He must outsmart Yaphet Kotto's intimidating gangster or be killed himself. Hayes provides the soundtrack and "Star Trek's" Nichelle Nichols makes her only 1970s feature appearance as a foul-mouthed whorehouse madam. Released as a double feature with the inimitable "Foxy Brown." Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill US. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
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Swift Lela Glenn Jordan Gloria Minty director; Edward Adler George Bellak Larry Brody screenwriter; Carlos Cestero Imogene
Wide World of Mystery: Too Easy to Kill Original photograph from the 1975 television episode
Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the television series dating to 1975. Snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>A late night mystery show that ran between 1973 and 1978. The image features Imogene Coca King Donovan and Peter Coffield. <br/><br/>9 x 7 inches. Fine. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
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Edgar Wallace novel; Allan Davis director; Philip Mackie screenwriter; Paul Daneman James Villiers Katherine Woodville Bernar
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Clue of the New Pin Original screenplay for the 1960 film
London: Merton Park Studios 1960. Shooting script for the 1960 British film noir "Clue of the New Pin" later rebroadcast as Season 1 episode 5 of the British series "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre." <br/><br/>Based on Wallace's 1923 novel. Trasmere is thrifty and does not trust banks so he keeps all of his money in his house. One day he turns up dead in a completely locked vault the only clue being a new pin. <br/><br/>Wallace's novel was first adapted for a 1929 British film of the same name directed by Arthur Maude. "What Have You Done to Solange" 1972 a Giallo film directed by Massimo Dallamano is loosely based on the novel. <br/><br/>"The Edgar Wallace Mysteries" constituted a run of 47 films all produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated between 1960 and 1965 as second features for distribution in British cinema houses. They were generally based on adaptations of original late Victorian/early twentieth century stories by Edgar Wallace updated to reflect contemporary settings. The features were rebroadcast later the same year on "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theater" which ran in both the US and UK. The opening was a slowly revolving bust of Edgar Wallace to the accompaniment of the "Man of Mystery Theme" written by Michael Carr later recorded by The Shadows and a No. 1 hit record in the UK. <br/><br/>Titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated September 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mackie and novelist Wallace. Title page integral with front wrapper. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Mechanical duplication. Very Good plus overall bound with two silver brads. <br/><br/>Grant UK. Spicer UK. Merton Park Studios unknown books
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Fowler Gene Jr. director; Louis Vittes screenwriter; Steve Brodie Lyn Thomas Mark Dana John Doucette starring
Here Come the Jets Original poster for the 1959 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Vintage US one-sheet poster for the 1959 film. "Quebec Bureau de censure du cinema" rubber stamp. Notation in holograph pencil on the verso. <br/><br/>Logan Brodie is an alcoholic Korean War veteran who experiences an emotional breakdown after a flight simulation. He overcomes his setbacks and becomes instrumental in the launch of a new fighter jet. <br/><br/>27 x 41 folded. Light toning and a few tears else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Davenport p. 167. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Film Westerns Cowan Will director; Joseph O'Donnell screenwriter; Tristam Coffin Marshall Reed starring
Cactus Caravan Original screenplay for the 1950 short film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Final shooting script for the 1950 film. Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who here plays the role of the villain with his name in black holograph ink to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>A ruthless man attempts to rekindle a settled feud between two rancher families in order to take both their lands when they kill each other off. Luckily the town has a good sheriff and a standup rancher gal to help save the day. An odd short musical western with a good crop of the genre's favorite themes bar brawls ambushes sharpshooters to help round out the plot. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. A7 dated November 2 1949. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph O'Donnell. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fair wrapper Fair bound with three gold brads. Foxing and dampstaining to much of the wrappers and extremities. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Welbourn Kelley screenwriter; Lieut. Victor F. Blakeslee Lieut. Hartley E. Howe screenwriters
CinCUS Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1941. Story Outline for an unproduced film called "CinCUS" written for screen by Lieutenants Victor F. Blakeslee and Hartley E. How and Welbourn Kelley who was a witness in the Pearl Harbor Attack investigations 1945-1946. <br/><br/>A story about the CinCUS a naval term for Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet. Admiral Todd Emery leads his Navy crew to battle "somewhere in the Atlantic" his story told in flashback of his days as a boy in Illinois in 1899 his journey to the Naval Academy in Maryland and his time spent as a soldier in WWI. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Story Outline on the front wrapper dated October 6 1941 with credits for screenwriters Blakeslee Howe and Kelley. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two small gold brads. N.p. unknown books
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Alfred Hitchcock director; Robert Bloch novel; Eugene Cook Bill Craemer still photographers; Joseph Stefano screenwriter; Antho
Psycho Original photograph of Anthony Perkins in front of the Bates Motel from the 1960 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Vintage black and white photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1960 film silhouetted against the Bates Motel. The most sought after image from the known stills produced. <br/><br/>Far and away the highest grossing film of Hitchcock's career nominated for 4 Academy awards including Hitichcock's fifth and final Best Director nomination and a key film in expanding allowable depictions of both violence and sexuality under the eroding Production Code. Selected by the National Film Registry in 1992. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few pinholes at the corners. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime p. 275. Spicer p. 423. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Brown Fredric Frederic Frederick novel; Gerd Oswald director; Robert Blees screenwriter; Anita Ekberg Phil Carey Gypsy Rose
Screaming Mimi Two original photographs from the 1958 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Based on the 1949 Fredric Brown novel. <br/><br/>One of the weirdest and most wonderful of the Columbia B-noirs a very faithful adaptation of Fredric Brown's byzantine mystery novel with Anita Ekberg pre-"La Dolce Vita" put to good use as a dancing siren and the Red Norvo Trio performing icy strains of modern jazz both live and in the soundtrack. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a tiny chip to the edge of one photo. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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Frank D. Gilroy director; Paula Fox novel; Frank D. Gilroy screenwriter; Shirley MacLaine Carol Kane starring
Desperate Characters Original screenplay for the 1971 film
New York: Incorporated Television Company ITC 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Paula Fox. <br/><br/>Middle-aged married couple Sophie played by Shirley MacLaine and Otto Bentwood attempt to navigate life trapped in a loveless childless marriage as well as dealing with the looming threat of urban decay in 1970s New York City. <br/><br/>Set in New York City and shot there on location. <br/><br/>Red leatherette titled wrappers. Title page present noted in felt ink as copy No. 5 with credits for screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy and novelist Paula Fox. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Incorporated Television Company [ITC] unknown books
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David Rogers screenwriter; Clifford Hayman producer
Even Steven Original screenplay for an unproduced play
New York: Clifford Hayman 1966. Draft script for an unproduced play. Laid in is an ALS to actor Peter Lawford here associated with Chrislaw Productions from producer Hayman in which Hayman requests Lawford consider funding the project for both a play and a film. <br/><br/>A philandering husband is found out by his wife who has an affair in order to teach him a lesson but ends up falling for her "other man." Set in New York. <br/><br/>Black wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Davis and producer Hayman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-2-46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near fine bound with two silver screw brads. Clifford Hayman unknown books
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Phillip K. Dick story; Dan O'Bannon screenwriter; Peter Weller starring; Christian Duguay director; Miguel Tejada Flores screenw
Screamers Dragon's Teeth Original screenplay for the 1995 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Early Draft script for the 1995 film "Screamers" seen here under its working title "Dragon's Teeth." The script itself is dated 1982 over ten years between script writing and the film's release. Bound at the rear are appendices and a colored map of Soviet and United Nations territories during World War III. Shot on location in Canada. <br/><br/>Based on the 1953 short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick the story takes place in the year 2078 on a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war WWIII where scientists have created the perfect weapon: a self-replicating army of killing machines called "Screamers." They have continued to evolve without any human guidance and eventually seek to destroy all of life. Joe Hendricksson Weller leads a group of soldiers still alive on the mining planet Sirius 6B and decides he must negotiate a peace treaty with enemy forces. To do so he will have to cross a wasteland full of Screamers. <br/><br/>Pale gray titled wrappers dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. Title page present dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. 126 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1494. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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George Lucas director screenwriter; Robert DuVall starring
THX-1138 Original oversize double weight candid photograph from the 1971 film
Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage black-and-white oversize double weight still photograph from the 1971 film. Shown are George Lucas and an assistant setting up a shot of Robert DuVall with Lucas placing calipers on DuVall's head. With the Warner Brothers studio stamp on the verso along with a notation regarding the shot and its reference number. <br/><br/>Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. <br/><br/>Written by Lucas and Walter Murch the film set a standard for dystopian stories that would inform dozens of films in its wake. Oddly Lucas did not continue down the pessimistic path choosing instead to engage in the broader appeal of "Star Wars."<br/><br/>14 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown books
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Linda Watkins James Dunn Minna Gombell starring; Alfred Santell director; Mildred Gilman novel; Edwin J. Burke screenwriter;
Sob Sister Original screenplay for the 1931 pre-Code film
Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1931. Final Shooting script for the 1931 pre-Code film. Holograph annotations in colored pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on Mildred Gilman's 1931 novel about Jane Ray Linda Watkins a reporter whose great rival is news-hound Garry Webster James Dunn who never lets his love for her get in the way of landing a story. Jane is eventually kidnapped rescued not by Garry but by a six-year-old named Billy Stotesley future "Our Gang" member Wally Albright. <br/><br/>Director Santell's later films include "Breakfast for Two" 1937 "Jack London" 1943 and "The Hairy Ape" 1944. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. 37 dated 8-29-31 with credits for novelist Gilman and screenwriter Burke. Title page present with credits for novelist Gilman screenwriter Burke cameraman Glen MacWiliams sound man George Leverett art director Robert Haas film editor Ralph Dietrich costume designer Dolly Tree businessmanager Sam Wurtzel assistant director Marty Santell and director Alfred Santell. 97 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
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Brando Marlon and Yul Brynner starring; Bernhard Wicki director; Daniel Taradash screenwriter; Werner Joerg Luedecke novel; Tr
Morituri Two original photographs from the 1965 film
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK release of the 1965 US film. On the versos are studio rubber stamps UK and one still has a mimeo tag affixed to the verso with the reissue title "Sabateur: Code Name Morituri." <br/><br/>Based on the 1963 novel by Werner Joerg Luedecke and one of the most underrated war films of the 1960s about Robert Crain Brando a German living in India during World War II who is blackmailed by Colonel Statter Howard to impersonate an SS officer onboard a cargo ship with Captain Mueller Brynner in charge leaving Japan for Germany. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases and a brief evidence of cello tape removal to one still else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Alfred Hitchcock director; Patrick Hamilton play; John Miehle still photographer; Arthur Laurents screenwriter; James Stewart F
Rope Original photograph from the 1983 release of the 1948 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1983. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1983 re-release of the 1948 film. <br/><br/>An undisputed Hitchcock classic based on Patrick Hamilton's 1929 play about Brandon and Philip Dall and Granger two young men who share a New York apartment and consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend who they decide to murder by strangulation with a rope. As they grow increasingly daring and proud of their accomplishment their close friends and associates begin to suspect something is awry. <br/><br/>Hitchock's first Technicolor feature. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Liv Ullman starring; Anthony Harvey director; Frederic Raphael novel screenwriter; Amanda Redman Tim Pigott Smith starring
Richard's Things Original photograph from the 1980 film
London: Southern Pictures 1980. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1980 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>After the death of her husband a wife confronts her husband's lover and the two share grief love and jealousy culminating in an unexpected relationship. Based on Frederic Raphael's novel of the same title. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. Southern Pictures unknown books
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Natalie Wood starring; Michael Anderson director; Rosamond Marshall novel; Robert Thom screenwriter; Robert Wagner Susan Kohner
All the Fine Young Cannibals Two original photographs from the 1960 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1960 US film. Blank white space at the foot of each still where film credits would later be printed. <br/><br/>A dramatic romance about a minister and his son. The son impregnates his girlfriend but with no future job or money the son is abandoned and the girlfriend goes to Yale with a young student. Redd Foxx makes his film debut as a piano player and husband-and-wife Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood make their first film appearance together. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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Carole Lombard Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Will Rogers starring; Robert Youngson director; Rene Clair screenwriter
The Golden Age of Comedy Vintage film still from the 1957 film
London: Eros Films 1957. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the British release of the 1957 US film. <br/><br/>Compilation of scenes from classic silent films from the Mack Sennet and Hal Roach studios with narration written by filmmaker Rene Clair in cooperation with Youngson. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Eros Films unknown books
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Shirley Jones Stella Stevens Honor Blackman James Booth starring; Andrew L. Stone director screenwriter
The Secret of My Success Collection of 8 British front-of-house cards from the 1965 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still British front-of-house cards from the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Something of an antecedent to Hal Ashby's "Being There" 1981 in which a bumbling idiot inherits a fortune and becomes a high-ranking government official<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases to most else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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Michael Winner director screenwriter; Arnold Schulman and Cy Howard screenwriters; Madeline Kahn Teri Garr Bruce Dern August
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Original British front-of-house card from the 1976 film
Hollywood: National Screen Service Corporation / Paramount Pictures 1975. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1976Â US film. <br/><br/>A family friendly comedy set in the 1920s about a young woman who goes to Hollywood to become an actress but a dog that follows her becomes the real star. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a diagonal corner crease. National Screen Service Corporation / Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Val Kilmer Sam Shepard Fred Ward starring; Michael Apted director; Elliott Marks still photographer; John Fusco screenwriter
Thunderheart Original photograph from the 1992 film
Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1992. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1992 film. <br/><br/>A young FBI agent is partnered with a veteran investigator to crack a crime case on a Sioux Indian reservation. Produced by Robert De Niro. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Two corners lightly creased else Fine. TriStar Pictures unknown books
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Bob Hope starring; Melville Shavelson director screenwriter; Jack Rose screenwriter; Milly Vitale George Tobias starring
The Seven Little Foys Collection of 4 British front-of-house cards from the 1955 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. <br/><br/>A musical romp about a solo Vaudeville entertainer who marries an Italian ballerina and the seven children they have together. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light toning else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Melissa Leo starring; Jamil Dehlavi director screenwriter; James Wilby Shabana Azmi Zia Mohyeddin starring
The Immaculate Conception Vintage still from the 1992 film
London: Magraw Publicity 1992. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1992 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>A Western couple visits a fertility shrine in Karachi hoping to conceive but setting off a cultural clash. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Magraw Publicity unknown books
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