1939réf. 151805Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1939. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1939 film. A prison warden must decide between keeping a huge lot of stolen goods and saving a man from the electric chair. Tall yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as production No. 1032 with credits for director Arthur Lubin and actors Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945réf. 156172N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage program for the 1945 German film. Text and titles in German. After being released from prison for murdering his first wife a factory owner remarries but lives in fear of blackmail and the secret being exposed to his second wife. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973réf. 164084N.p.: General Film Corporation 1973. Vintage 33 1/3 RPM microgroove vinyl record containing four radio spot announcements for the 1973 exploitation film. Rare. A pair of sisters kill their stepfather after he attempts to rape the younger sister and flee to Los Angeles after the murder where they are pulled into their uncle's money-laundering operation. 7 inches. Very Good plus with nominal surface wear housed in a Near Fine white paper sleeve. Not in Discogs. General Film Corporation unknown
1959réf. 161565N.p.: President Films 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1957 German film. Ingmar Zeisberg stars as Eva a girl who illegally leaves Germany for Denmark and is forced into working as a call girl under the threat of deportation. Set in Copenhagen Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. President Films unknown
1945réf. 156172N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage program for the 1945 German film. Text and titles in German. After being released from prison for murdering his first wife a factory owner remarries but lives in fear of blackmail and the secret being exposed to his second wife. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959réf. 161565N.p.: President Films 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1957 German film. Ingmar Zeisberg stars as Eva a girl who illegally leaves Germany for Denmark and is forced into working as a call girl under the threat of deportation. Set in Copenhagen Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. President Films unknown books
1976réf. 133392Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Original one sheet poster for the 1976 Blaxploitation film "The Monkey Hustle." A classic entry in the action comedy subset of Blaxploitation films in which a neighborhood must band together in order to prevent the city from demolishing their homes to build a highway. Set in Chicago and shot there on location. Largely low-budget and geared towards a young urban audience Blaxploitation films often depicted African Americans overcoming hostile authorities through cunning and violence as well as conflicts internal to the culture. Though some of the first mainstream films to feature predominantly black casts and introduce previously non-represented elements of black culture including the notable use of funk and soul music in soundtracks they were also panned for furthering stereotypes about black people. Despite the controversy that the genre instilled its motifs remain culturally relevant to this day often parodied acknowledged and imitated in modern films and music. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Parish and Hill 149. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 43-44 174-175. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1973réf. 164084N.p.: General Film Corporation 1973. Vintage 33 1/3 RPM microgroove vinyl record containing four radio spot announcements for the 1973 exploitation film. Rare. A pair of sisters kill their stepfather after he attempts to rape the younger sister and flee to Los Angeles after the murder where they are pulled into their uncle's money-laundering operation. 7 inches. Very Good plus with nominal surface wear housed in a Near Fine white paper sleeve. Not in Discogs. General Film Corporation unknown books
1970réf. 137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown
1970réf. 137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown books
1969réf. 164092N.p.: N.p. 1969. Archive of 339 contact sheets comprising over 6750 studio still and on-the-set images from renowned still photographer Muky from the 1969 film. The archive is bound in two three-ring binders each labeled with the title "Directed by Arthur Penn" and "Still Photographs by Muky" with the binders labeled "Volume 1" and "Volume 2" on the spine respectively. The contact sheets in the archive are nearly all mounted back-to-back and affixed to the left edge with binders tape each with a three-hole punch to the binders tape. Muky born Menyhert Munkacsi was a renowned photographer for over 60 years and one of the foremost still photographers in the movie industry for over 25 years. Beginning as a photographer for theatrical productions in Budapest Hungary Muky was hired by Warner Brothers in the mid 1930s. By the 1950's Muky was one of Hollywood's most well respected still photographers. After relocating to New York in the mid 1950s Muky became perhaps the best known film still photographer in New York. Among the films on which Muky worked include: "12 Angry Men" 1957 "The Apartment" 1960 "The Miracle Worker" 1962 "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 and "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975. Based on Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 339 Contact Sheets 8.5 x 10 inches all but eleven mounted back-to-back. Near Fine overall. Two Binders 11 x 11.5 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing. N.p. unknown
1980réf. 138127New York: Filmways Pictures 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Included is a second script a revised draft in wrappers containing the latest revisions and two shooting schedules one detailing shooting dates beginning Week Three and one detailing dates beginning about Week Nine. Notations throughout both scripts in manuscript ink and pencil. Based on screenwriter Tesich's own coming-of-age in Indiana in the 1960s. Danilo Wason Georgia Thelen David Huddleston and Tom Metzler are four friends growing up in a 1960s industrial town. Told through a series of vignettes in the eyes of Danilo the film chronicles each friend as they come to accept that their lives may have become something they never thought possible. Shot on location in Indiana Illinois and Pennsylvania. One of director Penn's final and lesser known films after "The Missouri Breaks" 1976 and before "Target" 1985. First script without wrappers or title page a rainbow copy with several sets of revision pages pink yellow goldenrod blue gray green dated variously between 7/7/80 and 8/29/80. Second script in blue Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with no title page a revised draft dated 8/29/80 throughout. Shooting schedules corner-stapled. All items Very Good plus overall. Filmways Pictures unknown
1965réf. 151447N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn and actress Alexandra Stewart on the set of the 1965 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After angering the Mafia a stand-up comedian Warren Beatty finds himself on the run taking on an alias and heading to Chicago. The film received spotty reviews upon release but has since been reconsidered as a cult classic heavily influenced by the New Wave and presaging Penn and Beatty's collaboration in "Bonnie and Clyde" two years later. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1975réf. 162550Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Melanie Griffith. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s and along with "The Conversation" 1974 one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey One" 1965 "The Chase" 1966 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 three films that amounted to the dynamite under the bridge that was the remnants of the Hollywood studio system heralding the start of the New American Cinema. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Hardy 243. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1966réf. 151565Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage matte-finish double weight borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn talking with actress Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote about a small-town sheriff on the lookout for an escaped prisoner he believes is innocent while the townspeople whip themselves into a vigilante frenzy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US. Twilight Time 242. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966réf. 142660Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage photograph on Jane Fonda taking a peek through a camera during shooting on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote about a small town sheriff on the look out for an escaped prisoner he believes is innocent while the townspeople whip themselves into a vigilante frenzy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US. Twilight Time 242. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966réf. 133029Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the US release of the 1966 film noir. An underrated key film for director Penn something of an intellectual thriller made between two better known films "Mickey One" 1965 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Also very much an acting tour de force with early performances by Robert Duvall Jane Fonda and Robert Redford and an exceptional turn by Brando as a town sheriff facing painful choices. The film itself was the subject of am acrimonious struggle for creative control between the director and studio coincidentally making the production mirror the themes of upheaval of the social order and the fight for freedom within the film story. A story set in Texas shot partially on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962réf. 137095Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Seven vintage studio photographs from the 1962 film. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards for Bancroft and Duke respectively and nominated for three others including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson working from his Tony Award winning play. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. A few photographs lightly creased one with a dampstain to the top edge. United Artists unknown
1962réf. 137096Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio photograph from the 1962 film showing director Arthur Penn in thoughtful consultation with producer Fred Coe. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards for Bancroft and Duke respectively and nominated for three others including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson working from his Tony Award winning play. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1975réf. 139679Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1975 film. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s and along with "The Conversation" 1974 one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey One" 1965 "The Chase" 1966 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 three films that amounted to the dynamite under the bridge that was the remnants of the Hollywood studio system heralding the start of the New American Cinema. Set in California and Florida shot on location in California and Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant p. 459. Hardy p. 243. Silver p. 432. Spicer p. 433. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975réf. 162550Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Melanie Griffith. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s and along with "The Conversation" 1974 one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey One" 1965 "The Chase" 1966 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 three films that amounted to the dynamite under the bridge that was the remnants of the Hollywood studio system heralding the start of the New American Cinema. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Hardy 243. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1965réf. 151447N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn and actress Alexandra Stewart on the set of the 1965 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After angering the Mafia a stand-up comedian Warren Beatty finds himself on the run taking on an alias and heading to Chicago. The film received spotty reviews upon release but has since been reconsidered as a cult classic heavily influenced by the New Wave and presaging Penn and Beatty's collaboration in "Bonnie and Clyde" two years later. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1965réf. 135450Culver City CA: Florin / Columbia Pictures 1965. Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Featuring images of Warren Beatty and Alexandra Stewart. Some say that the New Hollywood era began with "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 others say "Mickey One" in 1965. Either way you look at it the director was Arthur Penn. Beatty was not only the muse for Penn's avant-garde tale of a comic who runs afoul of the mob but also the crazed youngster who would get Penn assigned to Bonnie and Clyde and initiate the second golden age of cinema. Stan Getz laid improvisations onto the progressive and somewhat classical score for the film against the backdrop of a full orchestra. Set in Chicago and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Florin / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962réf. 137096Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio photograph from the 1962 film showing director Arthur Penn in thoughtful consultation with producer Fred Coe. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards for Bancroft and Duke respectively and nominated for three others including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson working from his Tony Award winning play. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1966réf. 158842Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage studio still photograph of Martha Hyer from the 1966 film. An underrated key film for director Penn something of an intellectual thriller made between two better known films "Mickey One" 1965 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Also very much an acting tour de force with early performances by Robert Duvall Jane Fonda and Robert Redford and an exceptional turn by Brando as a town sheriff facing painful choices. The film itself was the subject of am acrimonious struggle for creative control between the director and studio coincidentally making the production mirror the themes of upheaval of the social order and the fight for freedom within the film story. Set in Texas shot on location in California Calabasas and Chico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint toning and light creating at the extremities. Spicer US. Twilight Time. Columbia Pictures unknown books
