Side Street (Original mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir)
by Anthony Mann (director); Sydney Boehm (screenwriter); Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route, but ends up taking thousands, pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following... Read More
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Guns of Darkness [Act of Mercy] (Original photograph of David Niven and Leslie Caron from the US release of the 1962 British film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); Francis Clifford (novel); George Higgins (photographer); John Mortimer (screenwriter); Leslie Caron, David Niven, James Robertson Justice (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of Leslie Caron and David Niven in quicksand, from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 novel "Act of Mercy" by Francis Clifford. Pacifist Tom Jordan and his wife Leslie get themselves into trouble trying to help former President Rivera escape a military coup in a South... Read More
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The Doctor's Dilemma (Original photograph from the 1958 film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); George Bernard Shaw (play); Anatole de Grunwald (screenwriter); Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley (starring)
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1958. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1911 play by George Bernard Shaw, starring Leslie Caron as the wife of an artist (Dirk Bogarde) who is dying of tuberculosis. She enlists the help of a very busy doctor who, upon learning the artist is really... Read More
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To the Victor (Original screenplay for the 1948 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
by Anthony Caruso, Dorothy Malone, Viveca Lindfors, Dennis Morgan, Bruce Bennett (starring); Delmer Daves (director); Richard Brooks (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Ten reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and... Read More
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This Is Where I Came In (First Edition, Association Copy, inscribed to George Middleton and Fola La Follette)
by Edward Anthony
New York: Doubleday, 1960. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the front endpaper by the author to playwright George Middleton and his wife, activist and actress Fola La Follette: "Open Letter to G.M. and Fl. La Fl.: / Dear George and dear Fola: My checkered career / You'll find in these pages.... Read More
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Border Incident (Original mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir)
by Anthony Mann (director); John C. Higgins (screenwriter); Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. Two Federal agents, one Mexican and one from the US, are tasked with stopping a gang from smuggling and exploiting Mexican migrant workers coming into California, with one going undercover as a poor migrant. Shot on location in Calexico and El Centro,... Read More
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Flesh and Blood [Flesh and Blood] (Original screenplay for the 1951 film)
by Anthony Kimmins (director); James Bridie (playwright); Anatole de Grunwald (screenwriter); Joan Greenwood, Glynis Johns (starring)
De Grunwald Productions, 1950. Draft British script for the 1951 UK film. With brief working manuscript annotations (reference markings) in blue manuscript ink throughout. Based on the play by James Bridie. A turbulent study of generations of family life, focusing on clashes and romances of parents and children. Set in Scotland. Tall red wrappers, with... Read More
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Thunder Bay (Original photograph from the 1953 film)
by Anthony Mann (director); Gil Doud, John Michael Hayes (screenwriters); James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Dan Duryea (starring)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1954. Vintage black-and-white press photograph from the 1954 French release of the 1953 film. "Service de Presse" rubber stamp on the verso. Steve (Stewart) is an ex-GI who, with help from his army buddy Gambi (Duryea), head south to begin their careers in oil drilling. Trouble greets them before their first drill,... Read More
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Original photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of "The Rainmaker," circa 1953
by [Anthony Perkins] Joseph Anthony (director); Bill Avery (photographer); N. Richard Nash (screenwriter); Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1953. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Anthony Perkins barefoot on the set of "The Rainmaker," circa 1953. The original penciled notations on the verso indicate that Perkins was on the set to visit Wendell Corey. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. Shot early in... Read More
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Personal Affair (Seven original photographs from the 1953 film)
by Anthony Pelissier (director); Lesley Storm (screenwriter); Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis Johns (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1954. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. Teenager Barbara Vinings (Glynis Johns) is in love with her Latin language teacher Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn), when Barlow's wife (Gene Tierney) finds out, she confronts Barbara who runs off and disappears for three days, during which time speculation and innuendo pervade... Read More
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Original screenplay for the 1977 film, early draft)
by Anthony Page (director); Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino (screenwriters); Joanne Greenberg writing as Hannah Green (novel); Kathleen Quinlan, Bibi Andersson, Ben Piazzo, Lorraine Gary (starring)
New York: Fadsin Cinema Associates, 1970. Very Early Draft script for the 1977 film, preceding its release by at least seven years. First generation photocopied script containing photocopied annotations throughout. Owner name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Based on the 1964 novel by Joanne Greenberg (as Hannah Green). Deborah Blake (Quinlan), a young mental patient, is... Read More
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Carrington V.C. [Court Martial] Original screenplay for the 1954 film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); John Hunter (screenwriter); Campbell and Dorothy Christie (authors); David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Noelle Middleton, Allan Cuthbertson (starring)
London: Romulus, 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema, best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" (1953), "Room at the Top" (1959), "Our Man in Havana" (1959), "Charade" (1963), and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965).... Read More
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Out of Bounds (Original screenplay for the 1986 film)
by Anthony Michael Hall, Meat Loaf, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry (starring); Richard Tuggle (director); Tony Kayden (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1985. Revised Second Draft script for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page, noting names and numbers. A farm boy finds himself in possession of a large cache of illegal drugs after a baggage mix-up at the airport, and is forced to go on the... Read More
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Frank Nitti: The Enforcer [Nitti: The Story of Frank Nitto, "The Enforcer"] (Original screenplay for the 19887 television film)
by Anthony LaPaglia, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Guastaferro, Trini Alvarado (starring); Michael Switzer (director); Lee David Zlotoff (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Leonard Hill Productions, 1987. Third Draft script for the 1988 television film, which aired on ABC on April 17, 1988, here under the working title "Nitti: The Story of Frank Nitto, 'The Enforcer'." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri, with the manuscript ink annotation of his name and character's name on the title page, and... Read More
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The Happening (Original photograph of Elliot Silverstein and Oscar Homolka on the set of the 1967 film)
by Anthony Quinn, Michael Parks, George Maharis, Robert Walker Jr., Faye Dunaway (starring); Elliot Silverstein (director); Frank R. Pierson, James D. Buchanan, Ronald Austin (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film, showing actor Oscar Homolka talking with director Elliot Silverstein on the set. Four hippies from Miami kidnap a retired Mafia gangster and hold him for ransom. The plot soon spirals out of control, however, when the hippies fail to find anyone willing to pay the ransom,... Read More
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A Dandy in Aspic (Three original photographs from the 1968 film)
by Anthony Mann (director); Derek Marlowe (screenwriter, novel); Laurence Harvey, Mia Farrow, Tom Courtenay, Harry Andrews, Peter Cook (starring)
N.p.: Columbia British Productions, 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Derek Marlowe. A British spy is ordered to track down a KGB agent, though he himself is that KGB agent. He must disparage his partner's suspicions and ensure the secrecy of his identity. Set in... Read More
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El Cid (Original photograph from the set of the 1961 film)
by Anthony Mann (director); Fredric M. Frank, Philip Yordan, Ben Barzman (screenwriters); Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Genevieve Page, John Fraser (starring)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1961. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1961 film. Shown on the left of the photograph in sunglasses is producer Samuel Bronston. An epic historical drama chronicling the life of the 11th century Christian Castilian knight, Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, or "El Cid." Nominate for three Academy Awards. Shot on... Read More
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (Original photograph from the 1964 film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); Terrence Rattigan (screenwriter); Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, Jeanne Moreau (starring)
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1964. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1964 UK film. A star-studded romantic comedy, about the lives and loves of those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities, else Near Fine.
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The V.I.P.s (Nine photographs from the 1963 film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); Joe Pearce (photographer); Terence Rattigan (screenwriter); Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Maggie Smith, Orson Welles (starring)
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1963. Collection of 6 vintage full-color and 3 black-and-white still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport, at the V. I. P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection, and this is Taylor's and Burton's second... Read More
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Original photograph from the 1952 film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison (starring)
N.p.: J. Arthur Rank Organisation, 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Oscar Wilde's witty play of the same name, in which a Algernon discovers that his friend, Earnest, has created a fictional brother in order to intermittently leave his country home to visit the city. Algernon decides... Read More
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The V.I.P.s (Two original photographs from the 1963 film)
by Anthony Asquith (director); Joe Pearce (photographer); Terence Rattigan (screenwriter); Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Maggie Smith, Orson Welles (starring)
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1963. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport, at the V. I. P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection, and this is Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford... Read More
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Mr. [Mister] Quilp (Original photograph from the 1975 film)
by Anthony Newley, Ronald Lacey, David Warner, Phil Davis (starring); Charles Dickens (novel); Michael Tuchner (director); Louis Kamp, Irene Kamp (screenwriters)
New York: Avco Embassy Pictures, 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1975 British film musical. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Charles Dickens' 1841 novel "The Old Curiosity Shop," about an elderly gambler who loses his business to an avaricious landlord as the result of his debts. ... Read More
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The Last Frontier (Original photograph from the 1955 film)
by Anthony Mann (director); Richard Emery Roberts (novel); Philip Yordan, Russell S. Hughes (screenwriters); Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Anne Bancroft (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. Vintage portrait photograph of Victor Mature from the 1955 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1947 novel "The Gilded Rooster" by Richard Emery Roberts, about a Union army scout whose tyrannical commander wants to attack the local Native American tribe despite being hopelessly outnumbered. ... Read More
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That Man in Instanbul (Eight front-of-house cards from the 1965 UK film)
by Anthony Isasi (director, screenwriter); Howard Clewes, Luis Comerom, Jorge Illa, (screenwriters); Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, Mario Adorf, Klaus Kinski (starring)
Culver City, CA: National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures, 1966. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 Spanish-Italian film. A fast-paced action spy thriller, about a kidnapped American nuclear scientist, and a secret agent who teams up with a nightclub owner to investigate. Klaus Kinski shows up as one of... Read More
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Richard's Things (Original screenplay for the 1980 film)
by Anthony Harvey (director); Frederic Raphael (novel, screenwriter); Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Tim Pigott-Smith (starring)
New York: New World Pictures, 1980. Draft Agency script for the 1980 film. Adapted for the screen by noted screenwriter Frederic Raphael, based on his 1973 novel. A woman begins an affair with her late husband's mistress after his death, using each other to cope with the grief of his loss. Black titled wrappers with... Read More
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