11,058 results
1927ref. 148296Buffalo NY: Pathe Exchange 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 film showing actress Eileen Percy. A nightclub dancer is suspected of killing a foreign spy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light wear and chipping to the margins image not affected and a light dampstain to the right edge. Pathe Exchange unknown books
1984ref. 168321N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the resume of screenwriter Shelley Berc bound in before the title page at the front of the script. An adaptation of an experimental stage play also written by Berc a musical about a New York fireman. Title page present copyright date noted as 1984 with credit for Berc. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 168321N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the resume of screenwriter Shelley Berc bound in before the title page at the front of the script. An adaptation of an experimental stage play also written by Berc a musical about a New York fireman. Title page present copyright date noted as 1984 with credit for Berc. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 151201N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A lawyer investigates the wrongful detainment of his partner by the police who he suspects has been held due to his political activities during a recent social unrest. Screenwriter Michael Sarne is best known for his work as a director including "Joanna" 1968 and "Myra Breckinridge" 1970 and as an actor most notably in "Intimidade" 1975 and "Eastern Promises" 2007. Set in South America. Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Michael Sarne. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 151201N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A lawyer investigates the wrongful detainment of his partner by the police who he suspects has been held due to his political activities during a recent social unrest. Screenwriter Michael Sarne is best known for his work as a director including "Joanna" 1968 and "Myra Breckinridge" 1970 and as an actor most notably in "Intimidade" 1975 and "Eastern Promises" 2007. Set in South America. Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Michael Sarne. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown books
1964ref. 155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown
1973ref. 161563N.p.: Entertainment Ventures 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film. The bass player for an amateur rock band The Group goes on a killing spree while travelling with his band on the road. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Entertainment Ventures unknown books
1973ref. 161563N.p.: Entertainment Ventures 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film. The bass player for an amateur rock band The Group goes on a killing spree while travelling with his band on the road. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Entertainment Ventures unknown
1991ref. 167891Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1991. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1991 film including four compilation photographs. A dramatization of the doomed love affair between famed mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and his moll Virginia Hill. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning two. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 150888Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Vintage portrait photograph of producer Dino De Laurentiis promoting the 1976 film. Dino De Laurentis was an Italian-American film producer who along with Italian film producer Carlo Ponti helped bring Italian cinema to international acclaim most notably films by Federico Fellini Victtorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini. De Laurentis produced or co-produced more than 500 films 38 of which had been nominated for Academy Awards. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill Paul Newman hires Chief Sitting Bull Frank Kaquitts to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
ref. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown books
1976ref. 150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554. United Artists unknown books
ref. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown
1976ref. 150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554. United Artists unknown
1997ref. 171673Culver City CA: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1997 film both showing Rene Russo and the titular gorilla Buddy. Loosely based on the 1942 memoir "Animals Are My Hobby" written by Gertrude Davies Lintz an exotic animals owner and dog breeder. An eccentric millionaire adopts a sickly baby gorilla and names him Buddy raising him as her son but life for the pair becomes more difficult as he grows older and significantly larger. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1979ref. 161805N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced feature-length pilot episode of the 1979-1981 television series. Based on the 1925 comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan a science fiction and adventure series about a twentieth-century astronaut who wakes up 500 years in the future. "Bomber's Moon" was ultimately vetoed by show runner Glen A. Larson in favor of the pilot episode "Awakening" penned by Leslie Stevens. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 161805N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced feature-length pilot episode of the 1979-1981 television series. Based on the 1925 comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan a science fiction and adventure series about a twentieth-century astronaut who wakes up 500 years in the future. "Bomber's Moon" was ultimately vetoed by show runner Glen A. Larson in favor of the pilot episode "Awakening" penned by Leslie Stevens. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 164485Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film one showing actors Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby and Yvonne De Carlo walking on the set with producer Mark Hellinger the other showing De Carlo alone. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. 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. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 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
1947ref. 165437Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage borderless reference photograph with a thin bottom margin from the 1947 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. 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. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Light even toning 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
1947ref. 150384Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff Ella Raines and Burt Lancaster director Jules Dassin and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal-International unknown books
1947ref. 150384Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff Ella Raines and Burt Lancaster director Jules Dassin and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal-International unknown
1947ref. 165437Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage borderless reference photograph with a thin bottom margin from the 1947 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. 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. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Light even toning 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
1947ref. 164485Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film one showing actors Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby and Yvonne De Carlo walking on the set with producer Mark Hellinger the other showing De Carlo alone. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. 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. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown