Archive of 17 letters between illustrator Al Hirschfeld and noted actors and directors requesting publication permission of their caricatures, 1981-1985
by Al Hirschfeld, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, James Earl Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Angela Lansbury, Peter Ustinov, Yul Brynner, Raul Julia, Frank Langella, Carol Channing, Jerry Orbach, Richard Kiley, Chita Rivera, Jim Dale, Gwe
New York: Al Hirschfeld, 1985. Archive of 17 letters between illustrator Al Hirschfeld and noted actors, including Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, James Earl Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Angela Lansbury, Peter Ustinov, Yul Brynner, Jerry Orbach, Carol Channing, Raul Julia, Richard Kiley, Chita Rivera, Juim Dale, and Gwen Verdon, requesting permission from Hirshfeld for the publication of his caricatures of them for use in a calendar and various stationery and customized household items. Many of the letters with... Read More
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Avalanche Express (Original publicity caricature for the 1979 film)
by Al Hirschfeld (artist); Mark Robson (director); Abraham Polonsky (screenwriter); Colin Forbes (novel); Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. Vintage printed caricature for the 1979 film, showing Lee Marvin, Linda Evans, and Robert Shaw, drawn by noted caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and issued by Twentieth Century-Fox to publicize the film. A defecting Russian general collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release,... Read More
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![Pigalle carrefour des illusions [Pigalle Crossroads of Illusions] (Collection of 24 original oversize photographs from the 1973 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/560/713/1571713560.0.l.jpg)
Pigalle carrefour des illusions [Pigalle Crossroads of Illusions] (Collection of 24 original oversize photographs from the 1973 film)
by Alice Arno, Evelyne Scott, Béatrice Costantini, Jean-Michel Dhermay (starring); Pierre Chevalier (director); Marius Lesoeur (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Collection of 24 vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the Canadian release of the 1973 French film. 13 with Bureau de Surveillance du Cinema censorship labels on the recto corners, and 13 with stamps noting the same, dated December 11, 1974, on the versos. Returning from a holiday in Hong Kong, a French stripper is subjected to abuse and torture by the police, who suspect her of working for smugglers. ... Read More
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: June, 1962 (First Edition)
by Alice Scanlan; Reach Harold Q. Masur, Helen McCloy, Anthony Boucher, et al. (contributors)
New York: Davis Publications, 1962. First Edition. First Edition. Digest size. Features Alice Scanlan Reach's "In the Confessional," winner of the 230th best "first story" published by the monthly magazine. Light rubbing overall, and the usual toning to the pages, else Near Fine. An uncommon title.
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Eleven original photographs of rock and jazz musicians
by Alice Cooper, J.J. Cale, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Carla Bley, Bryan Ferry, John McLaughlin, Jean-Luc Ponty, Roxy Music, Alvin Lee, Tom Johnston, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Patrick Simmons (subjects); Claude Gassian (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Collection of eleven vintage borderless black-and-white photographs of rock, pop, and jazz musicians performing circa 1973, taken by noted French photographer Claude Gassian. With Gassian's stamp on the verso of every photograph. Collection includes two photographs of Alice Cooper, one photograph of J.J. Cale, one photograph of Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Al Di Meola (Return to Forever), one photograph of Carla Bley at an electric keyboard, two photographs of Bryan Ferry with Roxy Music,... Read More
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![Beyond Erotica [Spielball der Lust] (Original lobby card for the German release of the Spanish film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/030/717/1608717030.0.l.jpg)
Beyond Erotica [Spielball der Lust] (Original lobby card for the German release of the Spanish film)
by Alida Valli, David Hemmings, Francisco Rabal, Andrea Rau (starring); José Maria Forqué (director, screenwriter); Hermógenes Sáinz (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1974 Spanish film. 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 Show alongside work... Read More
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The Last Enemy (Original photograph of Alida Valli from the 1940 film)
by Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti, Maria Denis (starring); Umberto Barbaro (director, screenwriter); Francesco Pasinetti (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 Italian film, showing a 17-year-old Alida Valli. File stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Valli appeared in bit parts in Italian comedies between 1934 and 1940, finally making her dramatic debut in 1941, in Mario Soldati's "Piccolo mondo antico." She received a special Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance, and would go on to star in a number of... Read More
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Love Story (Original photograph from the 1970 film)
by Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal (starring); Arthur Hiller (director); Erich Segal (screenwriter, novel)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film, showing actor Ryan O'Neal. Printed mimeo snipe and Paramount stamp on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Erich Segal. An enormously successful romantic drama about the tumultuous relationship between a working-class musician and a wealthy law student. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one. Shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. ... Read More
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The Hostage Tower (Original screenplay for the 1980 television film)
by Alistair MacLean (novel); Claudio Guzman (director); Robert Carrington, John Denis (screenwriters); Peter Fonda, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maud Adams (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. With a single manuscript pencil annotation to the title page noting a telephone number. Based on Alistair MacLean's novel, which was written deliberately for adaptation to film, wherein a criminal mastermind plots to blow up the Eiffel Tower and murder the US President's mother unless his ransom demands are met. Set and shot on location in Paris. Blue non-standard titled wrappers with credits for novelist... Read More
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The Deadly Mantis (Original photograph from the 1957 film)
by Alix Talton, Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Pat Conway (starring); Nathan Juran (director); Martin Berkeley (screenwriter)
Universal City: Universal-International, 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film, showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive, titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic, slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature, and... Read More
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The Jazz Singer (Original photograph from the 1927 film)
by Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland (starring); Samson Raphaelson (play); Alan Crosland (director); Alfred A. Cohn, Jack Jarmuth (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 film. Based on the 1925 play by Samson Raphaelson. The first feature film with both a synchronized recorded score and lip-synchronized singing and dialogue, effectively signaling the end of the silent era. At the first Oscars, producer Daryl F. Zanuck received an Honorary Academy Award and the film was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, though it was declared ineligible to compete for Best Picture in fairness... Read More
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Original photograph of Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler, 1933
by Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler (subjects)
Los Angeles: International News Photos, 1933. Vintage photograph of performer Al Jolson and his then-wife, actress and tap dancer Ruby Keeler, having dinner at the Ambassador Hotel in 1933. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of International News Photo and a date stamp reading NOV 8 1933. Jolson married Keeler, his third wife, in 1928. 8.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine.
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Fantômas Captured (First Edition)
by Marcel Allain
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1926. First American Edition, preceded by the First French Edition published in 1919, under the title "Fantômas en danger." The 35th novel in the Fantômas series, and the third novel in the series to be written by Marcel Allain alone. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with soil and dampstains to the rear panel, front flap fold starting, and toning to the spine.
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The Revenge of Fantômas (First Edition)
by Marcel Allain
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1927. First Edition. First American Edition, preceded by the French First Edition published in 1926. The 36th Fantômas novel, and the fourth in the series to be written solely by Marcel Allain. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Contemporary owner name on the front endpaper. Jacket has three short closed tears on the bottom edges, two repaired with old cello tape on the verso.
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The Restless Breed (Collection of 22 original photographs from the 1957 film)
by Allan Dwan (director); Steve Fisher (screenwriter); Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen (starring)
N.p.: Edward L. Alperson Productions, 1957. Collection of 22 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. A classic underrated Dwan film, a revenge western in which a young gunslinger (Scott Brady) seeks to avenge his father's killings, and Anne Bancroft plays a young Native American girl who falls in love with him along the way. Written by the pulp fiction writer Steve Fisher, one of few who would successfully transition from pulps to Hollywood films, with... Read More
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I Dream of Jeanie (Original photograph from the 1952 film)
by Allan Dwan (director); Alan LeMay (screenwriter); Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley, Muriel Lawrence, Eileen Christy (starring)
Los Angeles: Republic Pictures, 1952. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1952 film. Production number rubber-stamped and in ink on the verso. A biographical musical about American composer Stephen Foster. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
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Pearl of the South Pacific (Original photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan from the set of the 1955 film)
by Allan Dwan (director); Anna Hunger (story); Jesse Lasky Jr (screenwriter); Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar (starring)
Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures, 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. Rita (Mayo) and Bully (David Farrar) convince her ex, Dan (Dennis Morgan), to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge, else Near... Read More
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What a Widow! (Original photograph of Gloria Swanson from the 1930 film)
by Allan Dwan (director); Josephine Lovett (story); James Gleason, James Seymour (screenwriter); Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore, Lew Cody (starring)
N.p.: Gloria Productions, 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late, elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound, and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film,... Read More
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Heidi (Original photograph from the 1937 film)
by Allan Dawn (director); Johanna Spyri (novel); Walter Ferris (screenwriter); Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film. Based on the 1880 novel "Heidi's Lehr" by Johanna Spyri. Along with "The Little Princess" (1939), "Heidi" stands as Shirley Temple's greatest triumph, and one of the best literary adaptations of the 1930s. . Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, manuscript graphite notation to the verso.
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Suez (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)
by Allan Dwan (director); Philip Dunne, Julien Josephson (screenwriter); Darryl F. Zanuck (production manager); Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938. Final Script for the 1938 film. Loosely based on the events surrounding the construction of the Suez Canal, the film stirred controversy upon its release when the descendants of main characters Matthieu and Ferdinand de Lesseps unsuccessfully sued the studio for libel. With all the elaborate costuming, special effects, and production costs typical of a Zanuck picture, its cinematic qualities do their best to offset what can only be called a very... Read More
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Supersonic Supergirls [International Stewardesses] (original photograph for the 1973 3-D film)
by Allan Silliphant (director, screenwriter); Mary Pat Bonney, Phyllis Denicke, Gonncha Ondemir, Peggy Church, Carona Faoro (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage photograph of the illustration of five stewardesses for the 1972 3-D sexploitation film, which was used in the film's marketing campaign. Sequel to the 1969 hit 3-D softcore comedy "The Stewardesses, "the most profitable 3-D film ever released, written and directed by Allan Silliphant (credited as Alf Sillman Jr.). Hoping to follow on the success of its predecessor, this sequel has now been largely forgotten, largely because of cost-cutting measures of distributor company Sherpix... Read More
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Drug Runners (Original screenplay for the 1988 film)
by Allan Kuskowski (director, screenwriter); Aldo Ray, Jimmy Stathis, Patti Lee (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1986. Shooting Revision script for the 1988 action film. Bound in, preceding the script, are three pages of interior and exterior set lists and cast lists. Jimmy Stathis stars as DEA Agent John Temple, working undercover in Mexico to nail drug kingpin Victor Lazzaro, played by Aldo Ray, who killed his partner. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. Title page present,... Read More
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Supersonic Supergirls [International Stewardesses] (Original treatment script for the 1973 3-D film)
by Allan Silliphant (director, screenwriter); Mary Pat Bonney, Phyllis Denicke, Gonncha Ondemir, Peggy Church, Carona Faoro (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1972. Treatment script for the 1973 3-D sexploitation film, seen here under the working title "International Stewardesses." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Alan Colberg, with "Property of Alan Colberg c/o Stereo Vision" in manuscript pencil annotation on the title page, and his additional annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are an original photograph and large format negative of the illustration of the five lead stewardesses, used in the film's marketing campaign. Sequel to the... Read More
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Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (Collection of 22 original photographs from the 1985 film)
by Allan Holzman (director, story writer); Tony Randel, Lisa Tomei, Barry Zetlin (story writers); Roger D. Manning (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1985. Collection of 22 vintage still photographs from the 1985 film. An early mockumentary, following a documentary filmmaker's attempt to find out identity of a mysterious masked wrestler. A cult classic of the wrestling film genre, starring many stars of the wrestling world from its time, including Magic Schwarz, Stephen Cepello, Dick Murdoch, Wally George, John Tolos, Adrian Street...and let's not forget Miss Linda. Produced by Roger Corman's New World Pictures, a... Read More
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The Scoffer (Original photograph from the 1920 silent film)
by Allan Dwan (director); Lillian Ducey, Val Cleveland (screenwriters); Mary Thurman, James Kirkwood (starring)
N.p.: Allan Dwan, 1920. Vintage reference photograph from the 1920 silent film, showing actor James Kirkwood. A doctor frames his colleague and former friend for an illegal abortion, resulting in the man being sent to prison for five years. When he is released, his new outlook on life leads him to reject the kindness of others. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners.
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