1955ref. 141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Collection of six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown books

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Daniel Mann director; Robert Alan Arthur screenwriter; Sidney Poitier Abbey Lincoln Beau Bridges Nan Martin starringABAA

For Love of Ivy Original photograph of Daniel Mann Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film

1968ref. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books

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Daniel Mann director; Paul Gallico novel; Timothy Galfas screenwriter; Elliot Gould Clive Revill Harry Guardino Roy Clark staABAA

Matilda Mathilda Original screenplay for the 1978 film

1976ref. 135943Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli Gould is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition and income he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight champion of the world. The fight attracts the attention of the local mob boss who wants total control of the marsupial and the attention of animal activists looking to stop cruelty to animals. Set in New York shot on location in California New York and Nevada. Illustrated titled wrappers with glassine cover on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 15 1976 with credits for novelist Gallico and screenwriter Galfas. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books

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Daniel Mann director; John O'Hara novel; Charles Schnee John Michael Hayes screenwriter; Elizabeth Taylor Laurence Harvey EddABAA

BUtterfield 8 Original photograph from the 1960 film

1960ref. 141368N.p.: Afton-Linebrook 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. What "Valley of the Dolls" is to drugs "BUtterfield 8" is to sex. Extremely watchable trash a big-budget film with lowdown agenda and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor who won an Oscar for her performance could have been accurately described as young and radiant bravely taking on an unsympathetic role as a high-end call girl who is beginning to run into problems. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink blue ink and holograph graphite. Complete collation details available on request. Afton-Linebrook unknown books

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Daniel Mann director; Alexander Rose novel; GE. Richardson still photographer; Jack Rose screenwriter; Dean Martin Lana TurnerABAA

Who's Got the Action Original photograph from the 1962 film

1962ref. 138563Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1962. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Mimeo snipe once affixed to the verso detached but present. Featured is Nita Talbot who played "Saturday Knight" in the film. Based on Alexander Rose's 1960 novel "Four Horse Players Are Missing." Steve Martin is a horse-race better whose habits get the better of him so his wife Melanie Turner becomes his bookie. 8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases tape ghosts to the verso else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books

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Daniel Mann (director); Robert Alan Arthur (screenwriter); Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin (starring)Biblio.com

For Love of Ivy Original photograph of Daniel Mann Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film

1968ref. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown

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Daniel Mann (director); Paul Gallico (novel); Timothy Galfas (screenwriter); Elliot Gould, Clive Revill, Harry Guardino, Roy ClaBiblio.com

Matilda Mathilda Original screenplay for the 1978 film

1976ref. 135943Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli Gould is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition and income he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight champion of the world. The fight attracts the attention of the local mob boss who wants total control of the marsupial and the attention of animal activists looking to stop cruelty to animals. Set in New York shot on location in California New York and Nevada. Illustrated titled wrappers with glassine cover on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 15 1976 with credits for novelist Gallico and screenwriter Galfas. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown

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Daniel Mann (director); Wendell Mayes (screenwriter); William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode, Roger Hanin (starring)Biblio.com

The Revengers Original screenplay for the 1972 film

1971ref. 137443Burbank CA: Cinema Center Films 1971. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film John Benedict Holden leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians led by a white man murders his family and trashes his home. He assembles his own posse of ruthless outlaws guns-for-hire to help him enact sweet revenge on the murderers. Shot on location in Mexico. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 5008 dated January 5 1971 with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. Title page present dated January 5 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue light blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/71 and 3/16/71. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy p. 341. Pitts 3402. Cinema Center Films unknown

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Daniel Mann (director); Tennessee Williams (play); Hal Kanter (screenwriter); Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan (starriBiblio.com

The Rose Tattoo Six original photographs from the 1955 film

1955ref. 141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown

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Daniel Keyes (novel); Ralph Nelson (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter); Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom (starring)Biblio.com

Charly Original screenplay for the 1968 film copy belonging to set decorator George R. Nelson

1967ref. 161028N.p.: Selmur Productions 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to uncredited set decorator George R. Nelson with his name in manuscript ink "Bob Nelson" on the top right corner of the front wrapper. Based on Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel "Flowers for Algernon" about a 32-year-old bakery worker with an intellectual disability who is approached by two doctors about participating in an experiment that will enhance his mental aptitude. Actor Cliff Robertson also appeared as Charly in a previous adaptation of Keyes' novel a 1961 television adaptation on the United States Steel Hour titled "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon." Nelson who is best-known for his work on "The Graduate" "The Manchurian Candidate" "The Getaway" "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now" was not credited in the final film so it must be assumed that he was either involved with it early on or considered it at some point. Set in Boston. Yellow titled titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated June 30 1967 noted as copy No. 49 in manuscript ink with credit for Silliphant and director Ralph Nelson. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a ring stain and a few splashes bound internally with three gold brads. Selmur Productions unknown

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Daniel Keyes (novel); Ralph Nelson (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter); Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom (starring)Biblio.com

Charly Three original photographs from the 1968 film

1968ref. 161029Los Angeles: Cinerama 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Based on Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel "Flowers for Algernon" about a 32-year-old bakery worker with an intellectual disability who is approached by two doctors about participating in an experiment that will enhance his mental aptitude. Actor Cliff Robertson also appeared as Charly in a previous adaptation of Keyes' novel a 1961 television adaptation on the United States Steel Hour titled "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon." Nelson who is best-known for his work on "The Graduate" "The Manchurian Candidate" "The Getaway" "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now" was not credited in the final film so it must be assumed that he was either involved with it early on or considered it at some point. Set in Boston. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama unknown

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Daniel Haller director; Joel Rogosin Arthur A. Ross screenwriter; Joanna Pettet Jeanette Nolan starringABAA

The Desperate Miles No Help Required Original screenplay for the 1975 television movie

1975ref. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books

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Daniel Haller (director); Joel Rogosin, Arthur A Ross (screenwriter); Joanna Pettet, Jeanette Nolan (starring)Biblio.com

The Desperate Miles No Help Required Original screenplay for the 1975 television movie

1975ref. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown

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Daniel Grodnik screenwriter producerABAA

The Blue Plaid Sneakers Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1987ref. 129694Universal City CA: Daniel Grodnik Productions 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. A university physics lab creates a pair of plaid shoes that have the ability to transport the wearer from one location to another via a hyperspace jump with the serious caveats that the shoes cannot be removed and that after 25 hours the wearer disappears forever. A courier asked to transport the shoes to a secure government location is mugged and made to put them on and we follow his youthful antics as he tries to find a way to remove the shoes before it's too late. Salmon titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 21m 1987 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for Daniel Grodnik. 101 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Daniel Grodnik Productions unknown books

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Daniel Fuchs (screenwriter); Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz (starring); Murray Forbes (novel)Biblio.com

Hollow Triumph The Scar Original lobby card for the 1948 film noir

1948ref. 148430Los Angeles: Eagle-Lion Films 1948. Vintage US lobby card for the 1948 film noir here under the alternate title "The Scar." With brief manuscript annotations to the verso. Based on the 1946 novel wherein a desperate con man on the run from the mob goes into hiding by impersonating a psychiatrist unaware that the doctor has his own debts to pay. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Eagle-Lion Films unknown

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Daniel Fuchs (screenwriter); Gregory Ratoff (director); DM Marshman Jr (screenwriter); Dan Dailey, Constance Smith, Mark RobertsBiblio.com

Taxi Original lobby card for the 1953 film

1953ref. 148427Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1953 film. Loosely based on Jean-Paul Le Chanois' 1951 French film "Without Leaving an Address." An ill-tempered New York cabbie helps an Irish immigrant with an infant son locate her missing husband. Set and shot on location in New York. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light soil and light toning to the edges. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown

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Daniel Defoe story; Maxwell Shane screenwriterABAA

Male and Female Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1957ref. 141710N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River." Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books

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Daniel Defoe (story); Maxwell Shane (screenwriter)Biblio.com

Male and Female Original screenplay for an unproduced film

1957ref. 141710N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River." Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown

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Daniel Defore (novel); Jack Gold (director); Adrian Mitchell (play, screenwriter); Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter CelliBiblio.com

Pietaszek i Robinson Man Friday Original Polish poster for the 1975 film

1977ref. 132299N.p.: N.p. 1977. Original Polish one sheet poster for the Polish release of the 1975 British/American film designed by Anna Mikke. Based on the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell which was based on the classic 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. A post-civil rights movement take on the Defoe classic wherein Crusoe finds himself stranded on an island with a black islander whom he names Friday and finds himself incapable of seeing the islander beyond his narrow and racist colonialist worldview. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. 23 x 32.5 inches. Very Good with light dampstaining to the right side. N.p. unknown

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Stellan Skarsgaard (starring); Philip Kaufman (director, screenwriter); Milan KunBiblio.com

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Six original photographs from the 1988 film

1988ref. 166665N.p.: N.p. 1988. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 film including three showing cast and crew members between takes on the set. Based on Milan Kundera's 1984 novel set during the Prague Spring about a womanizing brain surgeon who struggles between his childlike wife and his free-spirited lover. Set in 1960s Prague and Switzerland shot on location in Paris and Lyon France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 55. N.p. unknown

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Daniel Daert (director, screenwriter); Gerard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel Deville, Harry-Max (starring)Biblio.com

Cain from Nowhere Cain de nulle part Original oversize photograph from the 1970 French film

1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown

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Daniel Birt director; Michael Pertwee screenwriter; Valerie Hobson Richard Todd Christine Norden Tom Walls starringABAA

The Interrupted Journey Original photograph from the 1949 film

1949ref. 132130London: British Lion Film Corporation 1949. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1949 UK film. A man on a train pulls the communication cord and subsequently puts into motion a train wreck a murder and a man hunt. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and several tiny closed tears. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books

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Dana Gillespie (starring); Michael Carreras (director, screenwriter); Dennis Wheatley (novel); Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, SuzaBiblio.com

The Lost Continent Original photograph of Dana Gillespie from the 1968 film

1968ref. 142606London: Hammer Films 1968. Vintage press photograph from the 1968 film. With stamp and mimeograph snipe from the Associated Press on the verso identifying actress Dana Gillespie here posed with a giant scorpion as a champion junior water skier. Based on the 1938 novel "Uncharted Sea" by Dennis Wheatley about the passengers and crew of a steamer run aground on an island in the Saragasso Sea filled as one would expect with man-eating seaweed giant crabs even more giant scorpions pirates and the descendants of Spanish Conquistadors who believe the Inquisition is still on. 6 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Hammer Films unknown

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Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton (starring); Robert Pirosh (director); Robert Alan Aurthur (screenwriter)Biblio.com

Spring Reunion Original photograph from the 1957 film

1957ref. 150484Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Betty Hutton mugging for the camera while sitting with actor Dana Andrews while director Robert Pirosh looks on. A successful businesswoman runs into an old flame at her high school reunion leading to a rekindling albeit somewhat troubled of their romance. Hutton's intended screen comeback after leaving Paramount Studios five years prior and ultimately her last feature film appearance. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. United Artists unknown

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Dan O'Bannon story screenwriter; Ridley Scott director; Ronald Shusett screenwriter; Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver Veronica CABAA

Alien Original Film Program

1979ref. 127202New York: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Original Program for the classic 1979 science fiction film. A striking program for what can easily be described as an essential Scott film if not his finest. This deluxe program reflects Scott's use of H. R. Giger's alien designs throughout the film with landscapes just as seemingly cold as the creatures that inhabit them evolving a completely original concept of space. Illustrated in full color saddle-stapled wrappers 9 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine with a hint of rubbing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books

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