1954réf. 152155Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Six vintage studio still photographs for the 1954 stop motion animated film. Based on and incorporating music from the 1983 opera by composer Engelbert Humperdinck with a libretto by his sister Adelhied Wette itself based on the German fairy tale first published in 1812 in "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Produced by Michael Myerberg at his New York studio and originally released independently before being picked up by RKO for a Christmas 1954 release nationally the film would go on to become a staple of holiday viewing. Notable as the first feature length American animated film not made with traditional cel animation techniques and the first non-Disney feature length animated film released since 1941's "Mr. Bug Goes to Town." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the edges with light edgewear and soil. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1954réf. 152155Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Six vintage studio still photographs for the 1954 stop motion animated film. Based on and incorporating music from the 1983 opera by composer Engelbert Humperdinck with a libretto by his sister Adelhied Wette itself based on the German fairy tale first published in 1812 in "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Produced by Michael Myerberg at his New York studio and originally released independently before being picked up by RKO for a Christmas 1954 release nationally the film would go on to become a staple of holiday viewing. Notable as the first feature length American animated film not made with traditional cel animation techniques and the first non-Disney feature length animated film released since 1941's "Mr. Bug Goes to Town." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the edges with light edgewear and soil. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1947réf. 147742Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Based on the 1947 novella by John Steinbeck who co-wrote the screenplay. A poor Mexican family living in a fishing village believe their fortune is made when they discover a valuable pearl but soon realize the treasure only brings them further trouble. Noted Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa's twelfth film collaboration with prolific Golden Age director Emilio Fernandez. Set and shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Five photographs Very Good plus two photographs Very Good with uniform fading and light creasing. National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1947réf. 147742Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Based on the 1947 novella by John Steinbeck who co-wrote the screenplay. A poor Mexican family living in a fishing village believe their fortune is made when they discover a valuable pearl but soon realize the treasure only brings them further trouble. Noted Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa's twelfth film collaboration with prolific Golden Age director Emilio Fernandez. Set and shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Five photographs Very Good plus two photographs Very Good with uniform fading and light creasing. National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1968réf. 161506Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of actor and director John Wayne playing chess on the set of the 1968 film. Released at the height of American involvement in the Vietnam War and based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. A highly pro-war film following two teams of highly skilled Green Berets sent on a mission in South Vietnam. Shot on location at Fort McClellen Alabama at Hurlburt Field Florida and at Fort Benning Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1968réf. 161506Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of actor and director John Wayne playing chess on the set of the 1968 film. Released at the height of American involvement in the Vietnam War and based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. A highly pro-war film following two teams of highly skilled Green Berets sent on a mission in South Vietnam. Shot on location at Fort McClellen Alabama at Hurlburt Field Florida and at Fort Benning Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1929réf. 136071Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1929 film. Shown is George Bancroft being pulled away from a prison cell where Richard Arlen is being held. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus condition with a handful of pinhole tears and a short closed tear at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown
1929réf. 136071Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1929 film. Shown is George Bancroft being pulled away from a prison cell where Richard Arlen is being held. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus condition with a handful of pinhole tears and a short closed tear at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965réf. 161630N.p.: American Film Distributing 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the classic 1965 exploitation film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An outrageous "exposé" which claims to reveal the shocking truth about predatory lesbianism in today's society. Set in and shot on location in Greenwich Village New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American Film Distributing unknown
1965réf. 161630N.p.: American Film Distributing 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the classic 1965 exploitation film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An outrageous "exposé" which claims to reveal the shocking truth about predatory lesbianism in today's society. Set in and shot on location in Greenwich Village New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American Film Distributing unknown books
1950réf. 146066Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Treatment script for the 1951 film. Copy belonging to Universal-International film executive Leo Spitz with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. Blue titled wrappers noted as TREATMENT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7718 dated March 21 1950. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Robert W. Soderberg. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/50 and 3/18/50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top left corner with one gold brad. Universal International Pictures unknown
1950réf. 146066Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1950. Treatment script for the 1951 film. Copy belonging to Universal-International film executive Leo Spitz with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. Blue titled wrappers noted as TREATMENT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7718 dated March 21 1950. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Robert W. Soderberg. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/50 and 3/18/50. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top left corner with one gold brad. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1965réf. 161728N.p.: Haven Films 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. An early feature film by noted erotic film director Joseph Sarno. Beverly is a bar girl who thinks she hates men until she realizes she's a nymphomaniac and flirts with her best friend's boyfriend. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Haven Films unknown
1968réf. 161848N.p.: Cinemation Industries 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Marie Liljedahl stars as Inga a 17 year old sent to live her aunt who wants her to become the mistress of her rich neighbor but instead falls the young Karl a commoner. Set in and shot on location in Stockholm. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation at the upper left corner see image. Cinemation Industries unknown
1965réf. 161728N.p.: Haven Films 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. An early feature film by noted erotic film director Joseph Sarno. Beverly is a bar girl who thinks she hates men until she realizes she's a nymphomaniac and flirts with her best friend's boyfriend. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Haven Films unknown books
1968réf. 161848N.p.: Cinemation Industries 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Marie Liljedahl stars as Inga a 17 year old sent to live her aunt who wants her to become the mistress of her rich neighbor but instead falls the young Karl a commoner. Set in and shot on location in Stockholm. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation at the upper left corner see image. Cinemation Industries unknown books
1953réf. 158684N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film serial showing actor Judd Holdren in costume as Commando Cody. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The series followed the titular masked super-scientist as he investigated of a string of climate disasters on Earth eventually uncovering a nefarious plot to take over the planet by aliens from Venus. Originally intended to be broadcast on television as a 12-episode weekly series the series was first released theatrically in 1953 as a 12-chapter weekly serial and was syndicated to television in 1955 on NBC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned. N.p. unknown
1953réf. 158684N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film serial showing actor Judd Holdren in costume as Commando Cody. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The series followed the titular masked super-scientist as he investigated of a string of climate disasters on Earth eventually uncovering a nefarious plot to take over the planet by aliens from Venus. Originally intended to be broadcast on television as a 12-episode weekly series the series was first released theatrically in 1953 as a 12-chapter weekly serial and was syndicated to television in 1955 on NBC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1996réf. 163362Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1996. Writer's Second Draft for the pilot of the unaired 1996 Fox television series. Created by David Silverman Twentieth Century-Fox produced and filmed seven episodes of the television series in 1996 which never aired. Judge Reinhold stars as a Lincoln Memorial security guard who after accidentally taking a bullet for the president gets his wish to become a Secret Service agent. Also starring Michael McKean as Reinhold's no-nonsense by-the-books boss. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 6 1996 noted as WRITER'S SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steve Pepoon David Silverman and Steve Sustarsic. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light dampstaining to the right margin throughout bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1996réf. 163362Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1996. Writer's Second Draft for the pilot of the unaired 1996 Fox television series. Created by David Silverman Twentieth Century-Fox produced and filmed seven episodes of the television series in 1996 which never aired. Judge Reinhold stars as a Lincoln Memorial security guard who after accidentally taking a bullet for the president gets his wish to become a Secret Service agent. Also starring Michael McKean as Reinhold's no-nonsense by-the-books boss. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 6 1996 noted as WRITER'S SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steve Pepoon David Silverman and Steve Sustarsic. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light dampstaining to the right margin throughout bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1947réf. 164414Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the versos. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film a key noir followed by several others notably "The Naked City" 1948 "Thieves' Highway" 1949 "Night and the City" 1950 and "Rififi" 1955. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Small creases at the top left corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1968réf. 164342N.p.: Marlukin Productions 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1968 film. An overlooked and important film one of the first to deal with contemporary Black revolutionaries who rose in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Today considered a work that seeded the explosion of Blaxploitation films in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story's events surround the death of Martin Luther King framed as a remake of "The Informer" John Ford 1935 in turn based on the 1925 proletarian novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Shot on location in Cleveland the first US film for noted director Jules Dassin who had left the US at the height of the McCarthy hearings in nearly two decades. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. with starting at the center folds. Grant US. Olive Films 425. Marlukin Productions unknown
1947réf. 164414Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the versos. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film a key noir followed by several others notably "The Naked City" 1948 "Thieves' Highway" 1949 "Night and the City" 1950 and "Rififi" 1955. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Small creases at the top left corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968réf. 164342N.p.: Marlukin Productions 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1968 film. An overlooked and important film one of the first to deal with contemporary Black revolutionaries who rose in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Today considered a work that seeded the explosion of Blaxploitation films in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story's events surround the death of Martin Luther King framed as a remake of "The Informer" John Ford 1935 in turn based on the 1925 proletarian novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Shot on location in Cleveland the first US film for noted director Jules Dassin who had left the US at the height of the McCarthy hearings in nearly two decades. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. with starting at the center folds. Grant US. Olive Films 425. Marlukin Productions unknown books
1993réf. 171394Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1993. First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 17 of the 1992-1996 television series. Originally aired February 12 1993 on CBS. Early series created by David E. Kelley "L.A. Law" "Chicago Hope" "Ally McBeal" "Boston Legal" "Big Little Lies". The police in a small Wisconsin town find themselves continuously investigating strange crimes. In this episode the sheriff is shot with an arrow in his rear by a serial killer known as cupid. Winner of two Emmy Awards. Set in Rome Wisconsin. White titled studio wrappers production No. 9K16. Title page present dated January 7 1993 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for director Dan Lerner and uncredited screenwriter David E. Kelley. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
