1989réf. 163641N.p.: N.p. 1989. Final Draft script for the 1990 film. Copy belonging to camera operator Tom Priestley Jr. with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Crew list and schedule bound in at the rear of the script. A novice district attorney uncovers a decorated police officer's ties to the world of organized crime after the officer kills a smalltime Puerto Rican criminal in purported self defense. Set and shot on location in New York. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 31 1989 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Sidney Lumet and novelist Edwin Torres. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 8/29/89. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1955réf. 140173Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1955. Final Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 1 of the 1955 television program originally broadcast on October 15 1955 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor who played Johnny with his character's name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. With page numbers annotated in ink at the lower right corner of each page throughout. "The Damon Runyon Theater" presented dramatized versions of short stories by Damon Runyon. This particular episode deals with a boxing match. It was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch's beer Budweiser. Orange titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 3924 dated June 15 1955. Title page present dated June 14 1955 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Jack Harvey. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1955réf. 140173Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1955. Final Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 1 of the 1955 television program originally broadcast on October 15 1955 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor who played Johnny with his character's name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. With page numbers annotated in ink at the lower right corner of each page throughout. "The Damon Runyon Theater" presented dramatized versions of short stories by Damon Runyon. This particular episode deals with a boxing match. It was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch's beer Budweiser. Orange titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 3924 dated June 15 1955. Title page present dated June 14 1955 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Jack Harvey. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1973réf. 156646Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing director Sidney Poitier and a camera crew filming a scene with Yvette Curtis on location in Trafalgar Square. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A recently widowed African American doctor and his daughter spend a month-long vacation in London where he falls in love with an African ambassador's niece. Set in London. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pinewood Studios unknown
1970réf. 152555Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kane." Copy belonging to actor Bradford Dillman with his stamp to the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two manuscript pages with Dillman's notes on blocking for various scenes and two gatherings of cast and crew contact information. A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor however knows the man holds a larger more meaningful purpose in the world. Set in Alabama shot on location in Marysville California. Blue titled wrappers dated January 30 1970 noted as production No. 8981. Title page present dated January 30 1970 with credits for director James Goldstone and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 11 1970 and March 4 1970. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1971réf. 157331N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director James Goldstone with a camera on the set of the 1971 film. A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor however knows the man holds a larger more meaningful purpose in the world. Set in Alabama shot on location in Marysville California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1963réf. 148780Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs all but one borderless and 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Two with provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel following an unemployed African American handyman conscripted by a group of Eastern European nuns into building a chapel for them in the Arizona desert. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning one for Best Actor for Sidney Poitier making him the first African American man to receive an Oscar. Set and shot on location in Arizona. 18 photographs 9.5 x 7 inches four photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1986réf. 169088N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1988 film. Dated December 24 1986 only five days before the commencement of production on December 29 according to the AFI Catalog. Sydney Poitier stars as an FBI agent working to uncover Soviet sleeper agents posing as an all-American family living in San Diego and develops a friendship with their unsuspecting son played by River Phoenix. Shot on location in San Diego San Ysidro Monrovia and La Mesa California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 24 1986 with credits for screenwriter Bo Goldman. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969réf. 168503Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1969. Vintage transparency from the 1969 film showing Sidney Poitier on the set. Loosely based on F.L. Green's 1945 novel "Odd Man Out." A Black militant intends to rob a factory payroll in order to aid his imprisoned revolutionaries but through an unexpected turn of events he is forced to rely on a young social worker to help pull off the heist. 5 x 4 inches. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1984réf. 139421Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1984. Five vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1985 film. A group of country kids come to New York City intending to "make it big" by competing in a dance competition. However upon arrival they are faced with an multitude of unexpected problems that threaten their dreams of stardom. Set in New York City shot on location in Los Angeles and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973réf. 156646Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing director Sidney Poitier and a camera crew filming a scene with Yvette Curtis on location in Trafalgar Square. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A recently widowed African American doctor and his daughter spend a month-long vacation in London where he falls in love with an African ambassador's niece. Set in London. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1963réf. 148780Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs all but one borderless and 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Two with provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel following an unemployed African American handyman conscripted by a group of Eastern European nuns into building a chapel for them in the Arizona desert. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning one for Best Actor for Sidney Poitier making him the first African American man to receive an Oscar. Set and shot on location in Arizona. 18 photographs 9.5 x 7 inches four photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1969réf. 168503Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1969. Vintage transparency from the 1969 film showing Sidney Poitier on the set. Loosely based on F.L. Green's 1945 novel "Odd Man Out." A Black militant intends to rob a factory payroll in order to aid his imprisoned revolutionaries but through an unexpected turn of events he is forced to rely on a young social worker to help pull off the heist. 5 x 4 inches. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1986réf. 169088N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1988 film. Dated December 24 1986 only five days before the commencement of production on December 29 according to the AFI Catalog. Sydney Poitier stars as an FBI agent working to uncover Soviet sleeper agents posing as an all-American family living in San Diego and develops a friendship with their unsuspecting son played by River Phoenix. Shot on location in San Diego San Ysidro Monrovia and La Mesa California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 24 1986 with credits for screenwriter Bo Goldman. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970réf. 152555Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kane." Copy belonging to actor Bradford Dillman with his stamp to the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two manuscript pages with Dillman's notes on blocking for various scenes and two gatherings of cast and crew contact information. A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor however knows the man holds a larger more meaningful purpose in the world. Set in Alabama shot on location in Marysville California. Blue titled wrappers dated January 30 1970 noted as production No. 8981. Title page present dated January 30 1970 with credits for director James Goldstone and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 11 1970 and March 4 1970. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971réf. 157331N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director James Goldstone with a camera on the set of the 1971 film. A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor however knows the man holds a larger more meaningful purpose in the world. Set in Alabama shot on location in Marysville California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1937réf. 164652Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage publicity photograph of William Gargan and Judith Barrett from the 1937 film. 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. William Gargan stars as a pugnacious New York radio show producer who is fired after punching the sponsor of the "Crunchie-Munchie Hour" during rehearsal and finds a job managing WBAM a rural radio station housed in a barn in Valley Falls. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a faint diagonal crease to the upper left. Universal Pictures unknown books
1937réf. 164653Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage publicity photograph of Herbert Mundin and Claudia Morgan from the 1937 film. 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. William Lundigan stars as reporter who gets himself thrown in jail in the hopes of interviewing Bernadene Hayes accused of killing her millionaire boyfriend. Upon discovering a beautiful girl in the next cell he assumes she is Hayes but is actually Claudia Morgan another reporter who schemed their way into the jail to get the story. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near FIne. Universal Pictures unknown books
1960réf. 150715Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Seven with dealer stamps on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1950 film of the same name. A group of teenagers find a briefcase of money leading to discord and consternation about what to do with the cash. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1953réf. 132090Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1953. Two vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1953 US film. A true pirate adventure a low-budget and campy B-film. With such a high-quality list of B-grade stars it's difficult to deny the enthusiasm. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1957réf. 145069Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1957 film. An imaginative and inaccurate biography of the famed comedian. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
réf. 147924Burbank CA: Warner Brothers see Notes. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the circa 1960s Warner Brothers-Seven Arts re-release of the 1939 film. Based on the detective novel series created by author Earl Derr Biggers. The 23rd installment in the long-running Charlie Chan film series and the third film to feature actor Sidney Toler as the titular character. Set in Honolulu and San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. One with manuscript ink annotation to the bottom edge of the border else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962réf. 152117Brussels: Pardon Films 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. With the stamp of Pardon Films on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A five-man team of astronauts is sent to the frozen planet Uranus only to discover a bizarre alien brain capable of inducing mass delusions upon its humanoid guests. Set in Uranus shot on location in Denmark. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall with pinholes to the corners. Pardon Films unknown
1962réf. 152117Brussels: Pardon Films 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. With the stamp of Pardon Films on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A five-man team of astronauts is sent to the frozen planet Uranus only to discover a bizarre alien brain capable of inducing mass delusions upon its humanoid guests. Set in Uranus shot on location in Denmark. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall with pinholes to the corners. Pardon Films unknown books
1984réf. 150510N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft agency script for the 1986 film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. Based on the 1984 novel "Doctor Slaughter" by Paul Theroux. An American research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London moonlights as a high-priced escort to bolster her income but soon finds herself unwittingly drawn into a dirty political scheme through one of her clients. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. Brown generic ICM wrappers. Title page present dated October 20 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters Bob Swaim and Edward Behr and novelist Paul Theroux. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
