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1959ref. 139625Universal City: Unviersal International Pictures 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. When an infamous assassin shows up in Lordsburg Arizona the townspeople are frantic. John Grant Audie Murphy the killer is notorious for his ability to coerce his victims into drawing their weapons first hence allowing Grant to murder them legally in the name of self defense. The population begins to turn in on itself everyone desperate to discover Grant's next mark. Considered by many to be actor Audie Murphy's best role. Set in Lordsburg Arizona shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 154829Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film two showing scenes from a beauty pageant and one showing actress Joyce Holden performing a burlesque show for her sorority sisters. Two with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A pair of siblings from a slum neighborhood in New York dream of escaping to a better life but become involved in criminal activities out of desperation and poverty. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown
1953ref. 164768Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Two vintage publicity photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film including one studio still showing actress Kathleen Hughes one borderless photograph showing actress Barbara Rush and one borderless photograph showing actor Richard Carlson in front of a vast spaceship. Two with mimeo snipes on the verso. An amateur astronomer and school teacher witness an unidentified flying object crash land in the Arizona desert. Upon further inspection it turns out to be an alien spaceship. The first 3-D film released by Universal-International originally based on a story treatment by Ray Bradbury. 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. Two 7 x 9.5 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 149852Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1957 film. A wealthy cruel rancher owns the majority of a small western town's assets. Some of his employees brutally murder a young Mexican migrant laborer stirring major controversy when the newly elected sheriff goes to great lengths to bring them to justice. Set in the fictional town of Spurline shot on location in Thousand Oaks California. White titled self-wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 1845 dated November 12 1957 with credits for director Jack Arnold. Approximately 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some toning at the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Pitts 2550. Selby US. Spicer US. Spicer UK. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 144375Universal City: Universal City Studios 1957. Vintage photograph of makeup artist Maurice Seiderman and Orson Welles on the set of the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe manuscript annotations in pencil and rubber stamp on the verso. Virgil Renchler Orson Welles owns the majority of a small western town's assets. Some of his employees kill a young migrant laborer stirring major controversy when the newly elected sheriff goes to great lengths to bring them to justice. Shot on location in Conejo Velley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby UK. Spicer US. Spicer UK. Universal City Studios unknown
1956ref. 146620Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1956. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. Based upon the 1956 novel "Back Trail" by Lewis B. Patten gunman Alec Longmire Calhoun nearly loses his life in gunfight and decides to walk the straight and narrow by becoming deputy to honest sheriff Jade Murphy Dean Jagger currently dealing with disputes between small farmers and the local cattle baron. Longmire also finds he has feelings for the sheriff's daughter Caroline Martha Hyer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine one with small pinholes in corners and near center pin holes with some scratching. Pitts 3337. Universal International Pictures unknown
1955ref. 140258Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1955. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1955 film "Revenge of the Creature." Featuring a comical image of the film being shot in the water at Marineland Florida while a dolphin show takes place in the background. Half of the gathered crowd watches the dolphin show while the other half has turned to watch the Gill-man attack a diver bathing suit-clad cameramen milling about to the side. The captive Gill-man Ricou Browning falls in love with the girlfriend Lori Nelson of animal psychologist Clete Ferguson John Agar. When it inevitably escapes and unsurprisingly takes Nelson hostage the police are forced to shoot it. The first 3-D sequel to a 3-D film its far more successful predecessor "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and the only 3-D film released in 1955. Clint Eastwood makes a hilarious uncredited appearance as an incompetent lab technician who insists a lab rat has been eaten by a cat test subject only to find the rat in his lab coat pocket. Set in Florida and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Mystery Science Theater 801. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 164827Universal City CA: Universal-International 1957. Vintage linen-backed publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actor Grant Williams being menaced by a gigantic hand holding a pair of tweezers. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 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. About Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International unknown
1957ref. 167613Universal City CA: Universal-International 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film one showing actor Grant Williams standing alongside a gigantic ball of twine the other showing Williams being menaced by a spider. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International unknown
1957ref. 137255Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Four striking vintage photographs from the 1957 US film. The stills demonstrate the practical effects and extraordinary sets constructed in order to make the picture-at a time when the special effects needed to visualize the world of a man reduced to being only a few inches were essentially nonexistent. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition with scene descriptions tipped on to the verso of eight of the nine stills. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 150405Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Elaine Stewart reclining on a pool float while director Jack Arnold and a camera crew capture the shot from the poolside. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dark tale about Nick Hoak a corrupt sheriff in a small Nevada town whose principal concerns are the maintenance and upkeep of all illegal activity. A lawyer and his lascivious wife stumble into Hoak's territory and conflict ensues. One of the seedier late noirs with a tawdry quality that transcended its big studio trappings. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 149863Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Continuity and Dialogue for the 1957 film. One of the seedier and we mean that in a complimentary way late noirs with a tawdry quality that transcended its big studio trappings "The Tattered Dress" spins a dark tale about a corrupt sheriff in a small Nevada town Carson whose principal concerns are the maintenance and upkeep of all illegal activity. Lawyer Chandler and wife Crain stumble into Carson's territory and conflict ensues. Set in California shot on location in Palm Springs California. White titled self-wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 1840 dated January 18 1957 with credits for director Jack Arnold. Approximately 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1973ref. 140783N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. Set in Hollywood. Title page present with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between January 3 1973 and November 21 1973. Pages Near Fine bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 140783N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. Set in Hollywood. Title page present with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between January 3 1973 and November 21 1973. Pages Near Fine bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 151296Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Shirley MacLaine in a bikini using a small spy camera. With a stamp noting No 2509 7 on the verso. Based on William Peter Blatty's 1963 novel. An unlucky CIA operative's U-2 spy plane malfunctions and crashes in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Fawzia threatening to ignite an international incident. Set in Fawzia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 161080United Kingdom: Associated British Picture Corporation 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film noir showing actress Diana Dors in the tub. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and a small stamp on the bottom corners of the recto. Based on Joan Henry's 1954 novel "Yield to the Night" about a woman who resorts to murder after her true love proves himself just the latest in a long line of abusive philanderers. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the margins. Grant UK. Lyons UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown books
1956ref. 140212London: Kentwood Productions / Allied Artists 1956. Vintage front-of-house card for the 1956 British film noir tinted green as issued. Pictured are the busty Diana Dors and Yvonne Mitchell in the midst of having a party. Released in the US as "Blonde Sinner." 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Kentwood Productions / Allied Artists unknown books
1960ref. 168222Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. A dramatization of the life of controversial German scientist Wernher von Braun who was integral in the creation of the German V-2 rocket during World War II and a pioneer of space travel and satellites during his later time in the US. The film garnered controversy upon release due to its superficial treatment of von Braun's affiliation with the Nazi party during his time in Germany and was picketed in America Germany and Britain by antifascist and communist demonstrators. Shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 159342Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 re-release of the 1960 film. A biographical film about the life of controversial rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun who oversaw Hitler's V-2 rocket program and went on to help the United States develop technology for space travel. Shot on location in Bavaria Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 159194Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Based on the 1965 novel by Hubert Monteilhet. A Parisian woman who survived Dachau returns to her life in Paris though she is assumed dead by her husband. Not recognizing her he asks her to pretend to be his wife and fake her death so he may inherit her fortune. Set in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. One photograph Near Fine one photograph Very Good with some pin holes along the edges of the photograph one photograph Poor with pin holes from staples across the photograph. Selby UK. United Artists unknown books
1969ref. 145405Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage press photograph of producer Carl Foreman on the set of the 1969 film. Marshal Mackenna Gregory Peck is kidnapped by an outlaw John Colorado Omar Sharif who believes he has seen a secret map that leads to a rich vein of gold. Little does Colorado know that he is not the only one searching for it. Shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 149481Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown books
1961ref. 163569Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1961. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1961 film. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel wherein a group of Allied soldiers plan to destroy an airtight German fortress in order to save British naval ships stranded in the Aegean Sea. Set and shot on location on the Greek islands. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else about Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 149523Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing director J. Lee Thompson and various crew members on the set of the German gun fortress. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel wherein a group of Allied soldiers plan to destroy an airtight German fortress in order to save British naval ships stranded in the Aegean Sea. Set and shot on location on the Greek islands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 133563Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Seven vintage full-color still photographs from the 1966 re-release of the 1961 film. Based on MacLean's 1957 novel about a team of six Allied and Greek soldiers whose task is to destroy two powerful German guns that control the seas past the Greek island of Navarone making the evacuation of endangered British troops on a neighboring island impossible. Winner of an Academy Award Best Effects 1962. Shot on location in Greece California and Senegal. 8 x 10 inches. Faint corner creases else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books