Fools' Parade (Original photograph of James Stewart from the 1971 film)
by Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Davis Grubb (novel); Don Christie and Charles Donchin (still photographers); James Lee Barrett (screenwriter); James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Strother Martin (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1971 UK release of the 1971 US film. Layout annotations on the verso. Based on Davis Grubb's 1969 novel, about a trio of ex-convicts released from prison, hoping to open a general store. Their attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official... Read More
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The Devil's Brigade (Original screenplay for the 1968 film)
by Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Robert H. Adleman, George Walton (book); William Roberts (screenwriter); William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards (starring)
N.p.: Wolper Pictures, 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton, in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian... Read More
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A Little Bit of Heaven (Original photograph from the 1940 film)
by Andrew Marton (director); Grover Jones (story); Daniel Taradash, Gertrude Purcell (screenwriters); Gloria Jean, Robert Stack, Hugh Herbert (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of Gloria Jean and orchestra performing, from the 1940 film. The unofficial sequel to 1939's "The Under-Pup" which introduced Jean to the screen, "A Little Bit of Heaven" finds the twelve year old singing sensation singing on a radio quiz show and hired to a big-bucks contract. ... Read More
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Cowboy in Africa: Fang and Claw (Original teleplay script for the 1967 episode)
by Andrew McCullough (director); Penrod Smith, Ivan Tors, Andy White (screenwriters); Chuck Connors (starring)
New York: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1967. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 8 of the 1967 Western television series starring Chuck Connors. Jim Sinclair and his young friend Sampson witness Commander Hayes and John Henry being kidnapped, and they set off to rescue them. Jim Sinclair is called from America to Africa to introduce modern ranching techniques... Read More
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Underwater Warrior (Original banner poster for the 1958 film)
by Andrew Marton (director); Francis Douglas Fane (book); Gene Levitt (screenwriter); Dan Dailey, James Gregory, Claire Kelly (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1958. Vintage banner poster for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book, "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane, about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit, beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x... Read More
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The Way West (Original contact sheet from the 1967 film)
by Andrew V. McLaglen (director); A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (novel); William H. Clothier (director of photography); Ben Maddow, Mitch Lindemann (screenwriter); Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1966. Vintage black-and-white studio still contact sheet from the 1967 film, dated 8/4/66 at the right margin. Featuring twelve on-the-set still negative shots, showing wagons and cattle, and one showing members of the crew during filming. Based on the 1949 novel by A.B. Guthrie, Jr., about a former senator who leads a... Read More
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Lights: Michael Andrews (First Edition)
by Michael Andrews
London: The British Council, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine and unread in a lightly toned, easily Near Fine dust jacket.
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Say It in French (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)
by Andrew L. Stone (director); Jacques Deval (play); Frederick J. Jackson (screenwriter); Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences, as was customary for the period. Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. (Ray Milland) returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie (Olympe Bradna) only... Read More
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Say It in French (Original photograph of Ray Milland from the 1938 film)
by Andrew L. Stone (director); Jacques Deval (play); Frederick J. Jackson (screenwriter); Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1938. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph of Ray Milland from the 1938 film. Milland is shown pointing at an unseen woman in a chair. Based on a play by Deval. A financially strapped couple attempt to wed their son, a golf pro, to a wealthy heiress. What they do not know is that their... Read More
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La Grande Porte (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Andre Soupart (screenwriter); Jean-Marie Vervisch, Paul Paquay (screenwriters)
Brussels: Monome, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced French film, written by French director-screenwriter Andre Soupart. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film's title, and to the first leaf noting a change of address for Monome Films. Text in French. The lives of two women intersect in dreamlike, mysterious ways. Beige titled... Read More
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Cinema Now (First Edition)
by Andrew Bailey, Paul Duncan
Cologne [Koln]: Taschen, 2007. First Edition. First Edition. A study of 60 international, contemporary filmmakers, illustrated in black-and-white and color. With a supplementary DVD. Fine and unread, in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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Runaway Train (Original photograph from the 1985 film)
by Andrey Konchalovskiy (director); Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel, Edward Bunker, Akira Kurosawa (screenwriter); Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay (starring)
N.p.: Golan-Globus Productions, 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Actor. Original screenplay written by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa, who intended the film to be his color debut. His plans were thwarted, however, when difficulties with American financiers led to the film being shelved. Starring Jon Voight, Eric... Read More
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The Ballad of Josie (Eight photographs from the 1967 film)
by Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Harold Swanton (screenwriter); Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine (starring)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1967. Eight vintage full-color still photographs from the 1967 UK release of the 1967 US film. Josie (Doris Day) is a widowed sheep farmer in a cattle-farming town, and her independence and strong ethics lead to disruption of the town's misogynist leaders when she convinces the local women to band together. An... Read More
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Fantomas (Two original photographs from the 1964 film)
by Andre Hunebelle (director); Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (novel); Jean Halain, Pierre Foucaud (screenwriter); Jean Marais, Louis de Funes, Mylene Demongeot (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 French film. A 1960s update on the deathless French crime figure. Fantomas is an infamous criminal with uncanny impersonation skills. With the use of various masks and disguises, he assumes a plethora of identities in order to successfully carry out his crimes. Pictured... Read More
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Chisum (Original screenplay for the 1970 film)
by Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Andrew J. Fenady (screenwriter, producer); John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. An older rancher is threatened by bandits stealing his cattle. Together with Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, he participates in the Lincoln County War, a war against a dry goods monopoly that attempted to control cattle and water supplies as well, which had sprung up... Read More
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Andreas Gursky: Architecture (First Edition)
by [Andreas Gursky] Sonja Fessel, Ralf Beil (editors)
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from May 11 through September 7, 2008, at the Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany. Fine and unread, with no dust jacket as issued. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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Comme un poisson dans l'eau (Archive of 64 original photographs from the 1962 film)
by Andre Michel (director); Remo Forlani (screenwriter); Philippe Noiret, Rene Lefevre, Annette Poivre, Berthe Granval (starring)
France: Cinetel, 1962. Archive of 64 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1962 French film. Seen in the images are starring actor Phillippe Noiret, actor Rene Lefevre, and actresses Berthe Granval and Zouzoue, as well as several shots of the film crew and director Michel in action. Numerical annotations, and some with layout annotations, on the verso... Read More
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Andre Kertesz (First Edition)
by [Andre Kertesz] Sarah Greenough, Robert Gurbo, Sarah Kennel (editors)
Various American Cities: The National Gallery of Art / Princeton, 2005. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the artist's work held from February 6 to May 15, 2005, at the National Gallery of Art, and from June 12 to September 5, 2005, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. About Fine... Read More
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The Sacrifice (Four original photographs from the 1986 film)
by Andrei Tarkovsky (director, screenwriter); Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Sven Wollter (starring)
N.p.: Crimson, 1986. Four vintage photographs from the 1986 film, including two of director Andrei Tarkovsky and cinematographer Sven Nykvist on the set. One with a printed label affixed to the verso, and three with the stamps of Israel Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. As World War III looms,... Read More
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Cry Terror! (Six original photographs from the 1958 film)
by Andrew L. Stone (director, screenwriter); James Mason, Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger, Jack Klugman, Angie Dickinson (starring)
Universal City: Andrew L. Stone Productions, 1958. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. When electronics expert Jim Molnar (James Mason) sees a news broadcast about an airplane bomb threat he realizes he had been tricked into making the bombs by his ex-Army buddy Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger). As Hoplin tries to extort a half a... Read More
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Solaris (Original double-weight photograph from the 1972 film)
by Andrei Tarkovsky (director, screenwriter); Stanislaw Lem (novel); Fridrikh Gorenshteyn (screenwriter); Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jurl Jarvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy (starring)
London: VPS, 1972. Vintage double-weight borderless reference photograph from the 1972 film, showing actors Natalya Bondarchuk and Donatas Banionis. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, specific to the film's UK release. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1961 novel by Stanislaw Lem, about a psychologist who is sent... Read More
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Hotel America (Original photograph from the 1981 film)
by Andre Techine (director, screenwriter); Tony Frank (photographer); Gilles Taurrand (screenwriter); Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot, Sabine Haudepin, Dominique Lavanant (starring)
Paris: Studio Canal, 1981. Vintage borderless photograph of Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, and Etienne Chicot on the set of the 1981 film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout and photographer Tony Frank's name typed on the verso. Helene (Catherine Deneuve), an anesthetist, depressed and mourning her recently drowned lover, almost crashes her car into Gilles (Patrick Dewaere), a... Read More
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[The] Verdict (Original photograph of Muriel Catala and Michel Albertini from the 1974 film)
by Andre Cayatte (director, screenwriter); Paul Andreota, Henri Coupon, Pierre Dumayet, Luciano Vincenzoni (screenwriters); Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin, Julien Bertheau, Umberto Orsini (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Muriel Catala pulling on her stocking, while actor Michel Albertini reclines on the floor next to a record player. A woman whose son stands accused of murder blackmails the judge in an attempt to force him to acquit. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. ... Read More
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Andrei Rublev (Original photograph from the 1966 film)
by Andrei Tarkovsky (director, screenwriter); Andrei Konchalovskiy (screenwriter); Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 Russian film, showing actress Irma Raush. Director Andrei Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama, capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev, from his humble origins as a traveling monk to his later years returning to painting after a long and meditative sabbatical. Set in... Read More
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An Eye for an Eye [Oeil pour Oeil] (Two original photographs from the 1968 television re-release of the 1957 film)
by André Cayatte (director, screenwriter); Vahé Katcha (screenwriter, novel); Curd Jürgens, Folco Lulli, Lea Padovani, Héléna Manson, Robert Porte (starring)
Rome: Galatea Film, 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 television re-release of the 1957 film. A surgeon who suggested a woman go to a hospital instead of being treated by him dies at the hospital. Her husband, believing the surgeon to be responsible for her death, seeks revenge. Set in North Africa,... Read More
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