The Exorcist (Original photograph of William Friedkin and Linda Blair on the set of the 1973 film)
by William Friedkin (director); William Peter Blatty (screenwriter, novel); Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film, showing director William Friedkin in conversation with young actress Linda Blair between takes. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series, following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon... Read More
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One Touch of Venus (Three original publicity photographs featuring Ava Gardner from the 1948 film)
by William A. Seiter (director); Thomas Anstey Guthrie (novella); S.J. Perelman, Ogden Nash (book); Harry Kurnitz, Frank Tashlin (screenwriters); Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1948. Three vintage publicity photographs,including one double-weight contact photograph of Ava Gardner, one publicity photograph of Ava Gardner, and one publicity photograph of Gardner and Robert Walker, from the 1948 film. Two photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. 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... Read More
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Myra's Bed (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by William Gaston (director); Ralph G. Edwards, Patricia Moore (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Myra, married to an older man who is unaware of her infidelities, invites a number of customers from the cafe she works over to her house for sex one night her husband is away and dies at the hand of vicious sadist. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with a diagonal crease to the top left corner.
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Homicidal (Original oversize poster for the 1961 film)
by William Castle (director); Robb White (screenwriter); Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Joan Marshall (starring)
N.p.: William Castle Productions, 1961. Vintage 40 x 60 inch poster for the 1961 film. Rare in this size format. A mysterious woman offers a bellboy $2000 to marry her, only to brutally murder the justice of the peace during the ceremony before fleeing. Widely regarded as one of the best films of director and B-movie maestro William Castle, and undeniably influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," released the year prior. Castle, well known for his utilization of promotional... Read More
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Skatetown U.S.A. (Three original photographs from the 1979 film)
by William A. Levey (director); Nick Castle (screenwriter); Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Two vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film. Two roller-skating rivals compete against each other for a cash prize. Shot on location in Santa Monica, and Los Angeles, California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South (First Edition, complete in two volumes)
by William Arnett, Paul Arnett
Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Complete in two volumes. As New. Both volumes Fine and unread in Fine dust jackets. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Oversize item, shipping billed at cost.
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Grands soirs et petits matins [Mayday] (Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film)
by William Klein (director, photographer)
N.p.: William Klein, 1968. Vintage photograph, shot by director-photographer William Klein, during the making of his landmark documentary. With Klein's stamp on the back, noting his address in Paris. In making his cinema verite documentary about the occupation of the Sorbonne begun during the May, 1968 protests in Paris, Klein received unprecedented access to student leaders, activists, various committee meetings, and the general assembly. Filmed during late May and early June of 1968, the film is less... Read More
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Agamemnon (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Alfred (screenwriter, playwright)
New York: Delia Productions, 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. A verse play retelling of the Greek myth, in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus... Read More
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Island Women [Calypso Island] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film, Marie Windsor's copy)
by William Berke (director, producer); Andrew Alexander, Philip Yordan (screenwriters); Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards, Marilee Earle, Leslie Scott (starring)
Hollywood: Security Pictures, 1957. Revised Draft script for the 1958 film, "Island Women," here under the working title, "Calypso Island." Copy belonging to actress Marie Windsor, with her name in manuscript ink on the first page of text, annotations in manuscript pencil and ink throughout, one page noting scene wardrobe changes, and custom place markers at the fore-edges noting scene settings. Also included is Windsor's Screen Actors Guild contract and carbon copy "free lance agreement," dated April 12, 1957,... Read More
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The Kiss of the Spider Woman (Four original photographs from the 1985 film)
by William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sônia Braga (starring); Héctor Babenco (director); Manuel Puig (novel); Leonard Schrader (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, including one showing director Héctor Babenco talking with actor William Hurt on the set. Based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, about two cellmates who form an unusual bond during their imprisonment in a Brazilian prison. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Puig's novel also served as the basis for a Broadway musical, produced in 1993, with a book by Terrence McNally. Set... Read More
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Men With Wings (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)
by William A. Wellman (director); Robert Carson (screenwriter); Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script are four pages of mimeographed notes regarding main title billing for the film. Two aviators' friendship is tested when a love triangle forms between them and their shared childhood sweetheart. Another tribute to the glories of aviation by director (and former WWI fighter pilot) William A. Wellman, best known for "Wings" (1927), the first film to... Read More
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Sanctuary (Collection of 28 original photographs from the 1961 film)
by William Faulkner (novel); Tony Richardson (director); Darryl F. Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck (screenwriter); Lee Remick, Yves Montand, Bradford Dillman (starring)
N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels, "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape, female sensuality, and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship, as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center... Read More
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[The] Initiation (Original photograph from the 1968 film)
by William Wellburn (director); Tom Parker, Ron Sands (screenwriters); Lawrence Andrews, Sandy Baker, Linnell Barrett (starring)
N.p.: Original Films, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Chuck arranges orgies in the family guest house, with his younger sister spying, and is planning an erotic homecoming from their older brother Kelly, returning from Vietnam. Film now presumed to be lost. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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The French Connection (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1971 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Ernest Tidyman (screenwriter); Robin Moore (novel); Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing William Friedkin behind the camera during filming on location in Georgetown, with an unidentified crew member at the right. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City, with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay... Read More
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The French Connection (Original screenplay for the 1971 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Ernest Tidyman (screenwriter); Robin Moore (novel); Philip D'Antoni (producer); Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 film. Produced for use on location in New York City in March and April 1971, when shooting for the film commenced there. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's 1969 nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking and its impact on New York City undercover police officers. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location... Read More
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The French Connection (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1971 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Ernest Tidyman (screenwriter); Robin Moore (novel); Philip D'Antoni (producer); Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City, with glorious period detail in nearly every frame.... Read More
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Original broadside for the Royal Princess's Theatre, 1852
by William Shakespeare, Samuel Birch, John Poole, John Westland Marston, Dion Boucicault (playwrights); Alexandre Dumas (novella); George Bartley, William Meadows, Carlotta Leclercq, James Vining (starring); Charles Kean (lessee)
London: The Royal Princess' Theatre, 1852. Vintage broadside for a series of performances at the Royal Princess's Theatre, Saturday, December 11, 1852, including Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night, or What You Will," Samuel Birch's 1825 musical drama "The Adopted Child," and John Poole's 1833 play "Deaf as a Post: A Farce, in One Act," two of which are noted as the first of four farewell performances by British stage comedian and actor George Bartley. With a manuscript ink annotation of a... Read More
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Cruising (Original German poster for the 1980 film)
by William Friedkin (director, screenwriter); Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen (starring); Larry Cohen (screenwriter); Gerald Walker (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage German A0 poster for the 1980 film. Extremely scarce. Based on the 1970 novel by Gerald Walker, about a cop who goes undercover in the leather scene in New York to catch a serial killer targeting gay men. "Cruising" was widely protested at the time of its release by gay rights groups for its depiction of homosexuality as intrinsically linked to violence, but has since been reconsidered as one of the few mainstream Hollywood... Read More
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Winter Kills (Original press kit for the 1979 film)
by William Richert (director, screenwriter); Richard Condon (novel); Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden (starring)
Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Black-and-white illustrated pocketed folder, containing 21 black and white photographs, and 16 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Richard Condon's 1974 novel. A pitch-black satire, following the half-brother of fictional US President Kegan (closely modeled on John F. Kennedy) as he begins to uncover the circumstances which led to Kegan's assassination 19 years prior. Folder, photographs, and promotional material Near Fine. ... Read More
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Dodsworth (Original photograph of Walter Huston and William Wyler on the set of the 1936 film)
by William Wyler (director); Sidney Howard (play, screenwriter); Sinclair Lewis (novel); Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler and actor Walter Huston on the set of the 1936 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a date stamp in French, reading 30 Juil (July) 1936. Based on the 1934 play by Sidney Howard, based in turn on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. A recently retired automobile magnate and his frivolous wife take an extended trip to Europe, only... Read More
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Mr. Freedom (Four original photographs from the set of the 1968 film)
by William Klein (director, screenwriter); John Abbey, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Pleasence, Philippe Noiret (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 French film, showing director William Klein with actors Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, and other cast members between takes. Provenance stamps on the versos. A satire of superhero films and American imperialism, following the adventures of the eponymous Mr. Freedom, a beer-swilling white nationalist cop who moonlights as an anticommunist vigilante superhero. William Klein's second film, following "Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?" (1966). 10 x... Read More
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[The] Wild Rebels (Four original photographs from the 1967 film)
by William Grefe (director, screenwriter); Tony Gulliver (photographer); Steve Alaimo, Willie Pastrano, John Vella, Bobbie Byers (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1967 film. All with "Les Films Armon BON" stamps, two with "L.F. Films" stamps, stuck with manuscript marker, two with "5 / 20," one with "4 / 20," and one with "15 / 20" stamps, all on verso. Stock car driver Rod Tillman (Steve Alaimo) goes undercover as a getaway driver for the California biker gang Satan's Angels. Shot on location in Florida. 8.5 x... Read More
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The Agony of Love (Original photograph from the 1966 film)
by William Rotsler (director, screenwriter); Pat Barrington, Sam Taylor, Parker Garvey (starring)
Los Angeles: Boxoffice International, 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A bored housewife rents an apartment to indulge in her sexual fantasies. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.
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The Little Foxes (Original photograph of William Wyler, Bette Davis, and Victor Sassoon on the set of the 1941 film)
by William Wyler (director); Lillian Hellman (play, screenplay); Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright (starring)
Culver City, CA: Culver Pictures, 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler in conversation with actress Bette Davis and millionaire businessman and hotelier Victor Sassoon on the set of the 1941 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Culver Pictures. Based on Lillian Hellman's classic 1939 play, about the struggles of the Hubbard family in the deep South in the early twentieth century. 10 x 8 inches. Very... Read More
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Funny Girl (Original photograph of Herbert Ross from the casting of the 1968 film)
by William Wyler (director); Isobel Lennart (musical play, screenwriter); Herbert Ross (choreographer); Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford(starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer and director of musical numbers, Herbert Ross, with a line of 15 girls in bikinis, from the casting of the 1968 film. Ross had previously worked with Streisand in her Broadway debut, in "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" (1962). 1967 "Columbia Pictures Corp." stamp on verso. Based on the 1964 musical, with music by Julie Stein, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and book by Isobel... Read More
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