Strangers on a Train (Original screenplay for the 1951 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Patricia Highsmith (novel); Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook (screenwriters); Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Final Draft script for the 1951 film, dated October 18, 1950. Although the front wrapper and the first distribution page identify the script as Part I, the script presented here is the complete Final Draft divided into four parts (Parts I-IV), each with its own distribution page. Laid in are twelve call sheets, dating from October 31, 1950 through December 23, 1950, with all but one heavily annotated in manuscript pencil. Based on... Read More
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Young and Innocent [Jung und Unschuldig] (Original program for the German release of the 1937 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Josephine Tey (novel); Charles Bennett, Edwin Greenwood, Anthony Armstrong, Gerald Savory, Alma Reville (screenwriters); Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney (starring)
N.p.: Filmprogramm, 1937. Vintage program for the German release of the 1937 American film. Text and titles in German. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square... Read More
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Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof [The Girl of the Vicarage] (Original program for the 1955 Austrian film)
by Alfred Lehner (director); Ludwig Anzengruber (play); Hans Schott-Schöbinger (novel); Kurt Eigl (screenwriter); Helene Thimig, Ernst Hofbauer, Waltraut Haas (starring)
N.p.: Farbfilm, 1955. Vintage program for the 1955 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1870 play "Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld" by Ludwig Anzengruber. An orphaned girl starts working as a maid for a kind young pastor, but their close relationship soon raises suspicions of impropriety in their small town. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. About Near Fine.
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North By Northwest (Original photograph of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint from the 1959 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ernest Lehman (screenwriter); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film, showing actors Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An innocent man is pursued across the US by a group of foreign spies, who have mistaken him for a government agent. Widely considered one of director Alfred Hitchcock's best films, the last of four the director made with Cary Grant, with a score by Bernard Hermann and... Read More
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North By Northwest (Original photograph of Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant on the set of the 1959 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason (starring); Ernest Lehman (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1959. Vintage studio still photograph of director Alfred Hitchcock talking with actor Cary Grant on the set of the 1959 film. An innocent man is pursued across the US by a group of foreign spies, who have mistaken him for a government agent. Widely considered one of Hitchcock's best films, the last of four the director made with Grant, with a score by Bernard Hermann and a famous title sequence by Saul... Read More
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Rope (Original publicity photograph for the 1948 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Patrick Hamilton (play); Arthur Laurents (screenwriter); James Stewart, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, John Dall (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1948. Vintage publicity photograph of the Mystery Writers of America's (MWA) endorsement of Hitchcock's 1948 film, showing (right to left) MWA President Lawrence Blockman, author Veronica Parker Johns, Alfred Hitchcock, author Audrey Roos, author Edward Radin, and author Clayton Rawson, with layout annotations and the annotations of names in the margins of the recto. Based on Patrick Hamilton's 1929 play, which was in turn based on a murder committed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb in... Read More
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Rope (Original photograph from the set of the 1948 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Patrick Hamilton (play); Arthur Laurents (screenwriter); James Stewart, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, John Dall (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1948 film, showing director Alfred Hitchcock mapping out a scene with actors Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, and John Dall. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with several archival stamps and an address label. Based on Patrick Hamilton's 1929 play, which was in turn based on a murder committed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb in 1924. Two young men living together in... Read More
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They Met in a Taxi (Original publicity photograph of Fay Wray and Chester Morris from the 1936 film)
by Alfred E. Green (director); Howard J. Green (screenwriter); Ray Jones (photographer); Chester Morris, Fay Wray, Raymond Walburn (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Fay Wray and Chester Morris from the 1936 film, with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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... Read More
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The Lady Vanishes (Original photograph from the 1938 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ethel Lina White (novel); Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder (screenwriters); Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1938. Vintage film still photograph from the 1938 film. Based on the 1936 novel "The Wheel Spins" by Ethel Lina White. One of Hitchcock's undisputed classics, a light thriller made (along with "Jamaica Inn" in 1939) at the end of his first British period. Young Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), heading home on a train after a vacation in the Balkans, befriends an old woman, Miss Froy (May Whitty) after Iris gets hit in... Read More
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The Lady Vanishes [Une Femme Disparait] (Two original French lobby cards from the 1938 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ethel Lina White (novel); Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder (screenwriters); Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1938. Two vintage French lobby cards from the 1938 film. Based on the 1936 novel "The Wheel Spins" by Ethel Lina White. One of Hitchcock's undisputed classics, a light thriller made (along with "Jamaica Inn" in 1939) at the end of his first British period. Young Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), heading home on a train after a vacation in the Balkans, befriends an old woman, Miss Froy (May Whitty) after Iris gets hit... Read More
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News is Made at Night (Original photograph from the set of the 1939 film)
by Alfred L. Werker (director); John Larkin (screenwriter); Preston Foster, George Barbier, Lynn Bari (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Vintage photograph of director Alfred Werker and actors Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, George Barbier, and Russell Gleason on the set of the 1939 film. Printed description on the verso. Steve Drum (Preston Foster), a crusading newspaper editor helps free a man framed for a crime, and aids in finding the real culprit. Staff reporter Maxine Thomas (Lynn Bari) goes along for the ride. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. ... Read More
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Dial M for Murder (Original photograph of Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the 1954 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings (starring); Frederick Knott (play, screenwriter)
London: Pictorial Press, 1954. Vintage reference photograph of director Alfred Hitchcock drawing between takes on the set of the 1954 film. Printed mimeo snipe and stamps of Pictorial Press on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping. Based on the 1952 play by Frederick Knott, who also wrote the screenplay, about a tennis player who arranges to have his wife framed for murder after discovering her infidelity. The only Hitchcock film to be... Read More
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Spellbound (Original post-production script for the 1945 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1949. Post-production Cutting Continuity script for the 1945 film, issued for the Selznick Studio files in 1949. Light blue titled wrappers, noted as Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper, dated Rerun June 10, 1949. 49 leaves, with last page of text numbered REEL SIX-B, Page 5. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound along top with two gold brads. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer... Read More
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Spellbound [The House of Dr. Edwardes] (Original screenplay for the 1945 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll (starring)
Los Angeles: Vanguard Films, 1944. Temporary Shooting script for the 1945 film, here under the working title, "The House of Dr. Edwardes." Based on the 1927 novel, "The House of Dr. Edwardes" by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer. After director Alfred Hitchcock learned that producer David O. Selznick wanted to make a "psychiatric" story for the screen, he persuaded Selznick to buy the rights to the novel he and his wife were in the process... Read More
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Hitchcock and Art: Fatal Coincidences (First Edition)
by [Alfred Hitchcock] Dominique Paini, Guy Cogeval
Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2001. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from November 16, 2000, to March 18, 2001. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with French flaps.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Original photograph from the 1932 film)
by Alfred Santell (director); Kate Douglas Wiggin (novel); S.N. Behrman, Guy Bolton, Sonya Levien (screenwriters); Marian Nixon, Ralph Bellamy, Mae Marsh (starring)
Hollywood: Fox Film, 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film, showing actors Ralph Bellamy, Mae West, and Marion Nixon. Based on the 1903 children's novel, which follows an impoverished young girl as she moves in with her wealthy aunts. Set in the fictitious village of Riverboro, Maine. 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20 cm). Very Good plus, with light, even toning and five small pinholes in the margins.
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Original promotional folder for a "package" of Notorious (1946) and The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
by Alfred Hitchcock, H.C. Potter (directors); Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman (starring); H.C. Potter (director); Joseph E. Levine (producer)
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1947. Original 3-color promotional folder advertising a double bill of "Notorious" (1946) and H.C. Potter's "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947). A caricature of producer Joseph E. Levine, the event producer, is shown at the top of the left, and the pairing is billed as the "Next SRO Star-Studded Package." Designed to promote the package to cinema houses in the United States. 9.5 x 13 inches. Bi-fold, with two internal pockets.
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Secret Agent (Original photograph from the 1936 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Campbell Dixon (play); W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Jesse Lasky Jr. (screenwriters); Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Robert Young (starring)
N.p.: Gaumont British Picture Corporation, 1936. Vintage portrait photograph of actor Peter Lorre from the 1936 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations, several agency stamps, and a date stamp reading 6 JAN 1936. Based on Campbell Dixon's 1936 play, which was based in turn on two stories in the 1927 collection "Ashenden: Or the British Agent" by W. Somerset Maugham. Three British agents are tasked with assassinating a German... Read More
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The Paradine Case (Original post-production script for the 1961 re-release of the 1947 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Robert Hitchens (novel); Ben Hecht, James Bridie, Alma Reville (screenwriters); Gregory Peck, Charles Laughton (starring)
Los Angeles: Vanguard Films / Selznick Studio, 1948. Post-production Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1961 re-release 1947 film. From the Richard Manney collection of film noir. Anthony Keane (Peck) is a married British lawyer who falls in love with the woman he is defending, a woman who happens to be accused of poisoning. Tall green titled wrappers, top stapled, dated April 30, 1961. Noted are 4 reels and 14 sections. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good... Read More
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The Paradine Case (Original photograph from the 1947 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Robert Hitchens (novel); Ben Hecht, James Bridie, Alma Reville (screenwriters); Gregory Peck, Charles Laughton (starring)
Los Angeles: Selznick International, 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film, showing actors Gregory Peck and Isobel Elson. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1933 novel by Robert Smythe Hitchens, about a married barrister who falls in love with his client, a woman who has been accused of poisoning her husband. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US.
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Saboteur (Original photograph of Alfred Hitchcock, Priscilla Lane, and Robert Cummings on the set of the 1942 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker (screenwriters); Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1942 film, showing an elaborate ballroom scene, with director Alfred Hitchcock, cameraman Joseph Valentine, and actors Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings in conversation in the foreground. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A high spot among Alfred Hitchcock's early thrillers, and the director's only collaboration with author Dorothy Parker, who contributed to the screenplay. The film included much more location footage... Read More
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Suspicion (Two original photographs from the 1941 film noir)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Francis Iles (novel); Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville (screenwriters); Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1941. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1941 film noir, one showing Cary Grant presenting Joan Fontaine with a glass of poisoned milk, and the other showing Fontaine giving Grant a suspicious glance. One with a number stamp and mimeo snipe on the verso, the other with a printed mimeo snipe. Based on the 1932 novel "Before the Fact" by Francis Iles, about a woman who marries a handsome, irresponsible playboy in order to... Read More
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Saboteur (Original portrait photograph of Norman Lloyd from the 1942 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker (screenwriters); Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Vintage portrait photograph of Norman Lloyd from the classic 1942 Hitchcock film, with a provenance stamp on the verso. 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 high spot... Read More
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Up the River (Two original photographs from the set of the 1938 film)
by Alfred L. Werker (director); Maurine Dallas Watkins (story); Lou Breslow, John Patrick (screenplay); Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Arthur Treacher
Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation, 1930. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1938 film. Mimeograph description on the verso of each and manuscript annotations on one. Shown in the photos are director Alfred Werker, some crew members, and actors Preston Foster, Phyllis Brooks, Preston Foster, and Arthur Treacher, One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. A remake of the 1930 film of the same name directed by John Ford, Starring Spencer Tracy and... Read More
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The Trouble with Harry (Complete set of ten original color photographs from the 1955 film)
by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Jack Trevor Story (novel); John Michael Hayes (screenwriter); Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1955. Complete set of ten vintage color studio still photographs from the 1955 film. Stamped production No. 63-71 on the versos and bottom right corner of the rectos. Based on Jack Trevor Story's 1950 novel. The dead body of a local man is discovered in the woods near a small New England town, leading the townspeople to speculate on what should be done with the corpse and, more importantly, the identity of the... Read More
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