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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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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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 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 head... 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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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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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); 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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