Gorky Park (Original photograph from the 1983 film)
by William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy (starring); Michael Apted (director); Martin Cruz Smith (novel); Dennis Potter (screenwriter)
N.p.: Eagle Associates, 1983. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1983 film. A political thriller about a Soviet militsiya officer named Arkady Renko who stumbles across a plot involving a fur trader and the KGB. Shot on location in Finland, Sweden, Scotland, and Russia. 8 x 10 inches. A stamp to the verso, else Near Fine.
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Judy, Judy, Judy (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Claxton, Lennie Bleecher (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Two copied manuscript annotations to the title page, presumably noting the phone numbers of screenwriters William Claxton and Lennie Bleecher. A troubled gay Latino teenager leaves his family in order to pursue his dream of performing onstage in drag as Judy Garland, but things quickly go too far when he meets Judy's real-life former best friend. Set in New York. Navy untitled wrappers. Title... Read More
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Family Portrait (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Joyce Cowen, Leonore Coffee (play); John Gay (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee, which debuted at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion, as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 17, 1981, with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and... Read More
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It's a Bare, Bare World (Original photograph from the 1964 film)
by William Lang (director); Monica Scott (screenwriter); Margaret Nolan, Leslie Bainbridge, Carol Haynes, Angela Jones (starring)
N.p.: S.F. Film Distributors, 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of Margaret Nolan from the US release of the 1964 British film. With provenance stamps on the verso. Vicki and Vera take their friend Carol on a tour around Windsor before introducing her to their nudist club. Shot on location in Windsor, England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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Between Two Women (Collection of nine original concept art sketches for the 1945 film)
by Willis Goldbeck (director); Harry Ruskin (screenwriter); Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Maxwell, Gloria DeHaven (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film, the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams, and the fifth of six films focusing on Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie, after Dr. Kildare actor Lew Ayres was fired by MGM for declaring himself a conscientious objector... Read More
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Wolves of the Night (Original photograph album from the 1919 film belonging to actor William Farnum)
by William Farnum, Louise Lovely (starring); J. Gordon Edwards (director); E. Lloyd Sheldon (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1919. Vintage album housing 49 vintage reference photographs from the 1919 silent film, most showing noted early film star William Farnum. Of particular note in the album is a photograph of Farnum on the set with actors Lamar Johnstone and Charles Clary, holding bouquets of flowers, ostensibly at the end of the shoot. Laid in with the album is a small newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Evening Herald, showing a photograph of Farnum with... Read More
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The Kennel Murder Case (Original photograph from the 1933 film)
by William Powell, Mary Astor (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); S. S. Van Dine (novel); Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne, Robert Presnell (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 film, showing actors Eugene Pallette, William Powell, and Robert McWade. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Easily the best entry in the series of the 15 Philo Vance film adaptations made between 1929 and 1947. Powell's second of four appearances as the great detective, setting the model for his unforgettable persona in "The Thin Man," released the following year. 10 x 8 inches. Very... Read More
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As I Lay Dying (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Faulkner (novel); Jerzy J. Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1930 novel by William Faulkner, about the death of matriarch Addie Bundren, and her impoverished, rural family's subsequent attempts to honor her wishes to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi. Screenwriters Jerzy J. Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski were best known for co-writing "The Pledge" (2001) and "In the Electric Mist" (2009). Set in Mississippi. White self wrappers. Title page present,... Read More
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Original photograph of William Wyler, Margaret Tallichet, and their children, circa 1949
by William Wyler, Margaret Tallichet (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1949. Vintage borderless photograph of director William Wyler, his wife Margaret Tallichet, and their first two daughters Cathy and Judy. Date stamp on the verso reading SEP 13 1949. Wyler and Tallichet met in 1939 through mutual acquaintances at Goldwyn Pictures. Three weeks after meeting they married, on October 23, 1938, and remained married until Wyler's death in 1981. Approximately 9 x 7.25 inches, trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus, with brief wear and... Read More
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Shield for Murder (Original Film Pressbook)
by William P. McGivern (novel); Edmond O'Brien and Howard W. Koch (directors); Richard Alan Simmons and John C. Higgins (screenwriter); Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar, and Emile Meyer (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1954. Original pressbook for the 1954 film noir, based on the 1951 novel by William P. McGivern. Howard W. Koch, director of "The Girl in the Black Stockings" (1957) here creates an unsparing view (for its time) of the violence and corruption often seen behind the badge of a police officer. Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien) becomes a bad cop in an otherwise cozy suburban atmosphere, then deconstructed and invariably led to a... Read More
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Let's Kill Uncle (Original banner poster for the 1966 film)
by William Castle (director); Rohan O'Grady (novel); Mark Rodgers (screenwriter): Nigel Green, Mary Badham, Pat Cardi (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage banner poster for the 1966 film, printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Rare in this format. Based on the 1963 novel by Rohan O'Grady, pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. Director and producer William Castle's black comedy, wherein a twelve-year-old boy inherits a fortune and is trapped on an island with his ex-British Intelligence uncle, who uses hypnotism, sharks, fire, and poisonous mushrooms, to try and kill... Read More
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Original photograph of William Wyler and Margaret Tallichet, 1938
by William Wyler, Margaret Tallichet (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage photograph of director William Wyler and his wife, actress Margaret Tallichet, returning from their elopement in 1938. Date stamp on the verso reading JAN 17 1939. Wyler and Tallichet met in 1939 through mutual acquaintances at Goldwyn Pictures. Three weeks after meeting they married, on October 23, 1938, and remained married until Wyler's death in 1981. Approximately 11 x 8 inches, trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus, lightly age toned and creased.... Read More
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When Strangers Marry (Original photograph from the 1944 film)
by William Castle (director); George Moskov (story); Philip Yordan, Maurice King (screenwriters); Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum (starring)
Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film. Naive, small-town girl Millie Baxter (Kim Hunter) travels to New York City to meet her newlywedded husband Paul (Dean Jagger), only to discover that he may be a murderer. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with crease to left corner and small crease to top center. Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. Rosenbaum... Read More
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Two original photographs from the 1935 film)
by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt (directors); William Shakespeare (play); Charles Kenyon, Mary C. McCall Jr. (screenwriters); Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Dick Powell, Billy Barty (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1935. Vintage studio still photograph and vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film. One photograph shows Victor Jory in a dazzling sequined costume and twig crown as Oberon, and the other shows Jory with actress Anita Louise as Titania. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph, and both with manuscript pencil and ink layout annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the... Read More
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So Long at the Fair (First Edition, signed in the year of publication)
by Miller Williams
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Williams in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For - and - / In memory of one of history's most memorable four days, with love and other good things! / Miller / New Orleans / 3-3-68." Williams is the father of noted singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams, and this is his third collection of verse, quite uncommon to find signed or in this condition. ... Read More
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The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph from the 1936 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
N.p.: France Presse, 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film, showing actresses Diane Cook, Edna Callahan, Hester Deane, and Mary Jane Halsey in a sea of white balloons. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of France Presse and Page Illustree. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by noted designer Adrian.... Read More
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Love Crazy (Original photograph of William Powell and Myrna Loy on the set of the 1941 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson (starring); Jack Conway (director); William Ludwig, David Hertz, Charles Lederer (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1941. Vintage reference photograph of William Powell and Myrna Loy sitting together on the set of the 1941 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A man pretends to be crazy in order to delay his forthcoming divorce. The eleventh of fourteen films to pair Powell and Loy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Byrge and Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films.
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The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph from the 1936 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time, running... Read More
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The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph of Harriet Hoctor from the 1936 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1936 film, showing actress and ballerina Harriet Hoctor dancing between two lions. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time, running just over three hours. Nominated for... Read More
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Good Times (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Tony Barrett, Nicholas Hyams (screenwriters); Sonny and Cher (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1967 film, showing Sonny Bono in the director's seat with a cameraman on a crane shot. An image in keeping with the somewhat metatextual nature of the film, in which Sonny Bono, playing himself, pitches ideas for movies starring Sonny and Cher (also as herself), which then become sketches spoofing classic Hollywood films, made even more so because the film wasn't directed by Bono, but by... Read More
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Spy Smasher (Original pressbook for the 1942 film serial)
by William Witney (director); Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Joseph Poland (screenwriters); Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Hans Schumm (starring)
Hollywood: Republic, 1942. Vintage pressbook for the 12-part 1942 film serial. Based on the Fawcett Comics character created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, about a costumed vigilante who seeks to take down a Nazi agent known as The Mask. The 25th of 66 serials produced by Republic, starring Kane Richmond as the titular superhero. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages, side-stapled. Very Good plus.
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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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The Exorcist (Two original photographs from 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. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film, one showing director William Friedkin and one showing Friedkin and screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 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... 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... 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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