A View from the Bridge (Original photograph during rehearsal for the 1956 London premiere)
by Arthur Miller (playwright); Peter Brook (theatre director); Richard Harris, Anthony Quayle, Mary Ure
N.p.: N.p., 1956. Vintage photograph from a rehearsal for the 1956 London premiere with playwright Arthur Miller, theater director Peter Brook, and actors Anthony Quayle and Mary Ure. Snipe and "Sunday Telegraph," "The Daily Telegraph" and "Keystone Press Agency Ltd" stamps on the verso. "A View from the Bridge" debuted as a one-act play on Broadway on September... Read More
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All the Way Home (Original script for the 1960 play)
by Arthur Penn (director); Lillian Gish, Arthur Hill, Clifton James, Colleen Dewhurst, Aline MacMahon (starring); James Agee (novel); Tad Mosel (playwright)
New York: William Morris Agency, 1960. Vintage script for the 1960 play, which premiered on November 30, 1960, at the Belasco Theater, running for 333 performances before closing on September 15, 1961. Based on James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1957 novel "A Death in the Family," about two families in Tennessee whose lives are affected by the sudden... Read More
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It Grows On Trees (Three original photographs from the set of the 1952 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Leonard Praskins, Barney Slater (screenwriter); Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans, Richard Crenna, Edith Meiser (starring)
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1952. Three vintage linen backed keybook photographs of members of the cast and crew on the set of the 1952 film. Mimeo snipe and manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. A family facing financial troubles realizes that the two trees they recently... Read More
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Around the World with Nothing On [Lust for the Sun] (Collection of 16 original photographs from the 1963 film)
by Arthur Knight (director); Brigette Baum, Cindy Courtland, Carole Wilson (starring)
N.p.: Advent Film Productions, 1963. Collection of 16 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Housed in the original brown paper envelope. One of only two productions from Advent Film, the other being Arnold Louis Miller's 1962 release "Nudes of All Nations." Before the rise of sexploitation films in the late 1960s, the "nudie" film was... Read More
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W. C. Fields and Me (Original photograph from the set of the 1976 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); Carlotta Monti, Cy Rice (novel); Bob Merrill (screenwriter); Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1976. Vintage photograph of director Arthur Hiller and actor Rod Steiger on the set of the 1976 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A dramatization of the latter part of the famous showman's life. Based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti, Fields' partner during the last fourteen years of his life. ... Read More
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New Orleans (Six original photographs from the 1947 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Herbert J. Biberman (novel); Elliot Paul, Dick Irving Hyland (screenwriters); Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Arturo de Cordova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich, John Alexander, Richard Hageman (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1947. Six vintage photographs from the 1947 film musical, including four reference photographs and two studio still photographs. A musical romance featuring Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, along with an all-star cast of jazz musicians from Armstrong's band, including Kid Ory, Zutty Singleton, Barney Bigard, and Bud Scott. 10 x... Read More
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A Study in Terror [Fog] (Original screenplay for the 1965 film)
by Arthur Conan Doyle (story); John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Robert Morley (starring); James Hill (director); Jim O'Connolly, Donald Ford, Derek Ford (screenwriters)
London: Compton-Tekli Film Productions / Sir Nigel Films, 1965. Draft script for the 1965 horror film, here under the working title "Fog." With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the number 8. Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson team up once again to stop Jack the Ripper from murdering Whitechapel innocents. Set in... Read More
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After the Fall (Original photograph of director Franco Zeffirelli on the set of the Italian production of the 1964 play)
by Arthur Miller (playwright); Franco Zeffirelli (director); Monica Vitti, Giorgio Albertazzi (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director Franco Zeffirelli on the set of the 1965 Italian production of Arthur Miller's 1964 play. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, along with an agency stamp. From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well... Read More
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Lady Godiva of Coventry (Three original photograph from the set of the 1955 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Oscar Brodney, Harry Ruskin (screenwriters); Maureen O'Hara, George Nader, Victor McLagen, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher (starring)
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1955. Three vintage linen backed photograph from the set of the 1955 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A telling of the 11th century legend of the English noblewomen, Lady Godiva who famously rode on horseback with only her long hair covering her body, as an appeal to her husband's oppressive... Read More
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Penelope (Original photograph of Arthur Hiller, Natalie Wood, and Ian Bannen on the set of the 1966 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); George Wells (screenwriter); Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn, Peter Falk (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film, showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored, kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand... Read More
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Call Girls (Original photograph from the 1957 film)
by Arthur Maria Rabenalt (director); Werner Hill (screenwriter); Claus Holm, Ingmar Zeisberg, Kai Fischer (starring)
N.p.: President Films, 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1957 German film. Ingmar Zeisberg stars as Eva, a girl who illegally leaves Germany for Denmark, and is forced into working as a call girl under the threat of deportation. Set in Copenhagen, Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.... Read More
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The Misfits: Story of a Shoot (First UK Edition, signed by Inge Morath and Arthur Miller)
by Arthur Miller (subject, interviewee); Serge Toubiana (essay); Inge Morath, Bruce Davidson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Ernst Haas, Dennis Stock, Cornell Capa (photographers)
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED by Arthur Miller and Inge Morath on the title page. The story of the making of John Huston's 1961 classic "The Misfits," documented extensively throughout production by photographers Dennis Stock, Inge Morath, Ernst Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cornell Capa, and Eve Arnold, under the auspices... Read More
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The Big Guy (Original post-production script for the 1939 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Ona Munson, Peggy Moran (starring); Lester Cole (screenwriter)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1939. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1939 film. A prison warden must decide between keeping a huge lot of stolen goods and saving a man from the electric chair. Tall yellow titled wrappers. Title page present, noted as production No. 1032, with credits for director Arthur Lubin and actors... Read More
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The Missouri Breaks (Complete set of 8 color still photographs from the 1976 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1976. Complete set of 8 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 film. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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The Missouri Breaks (Original one sheet poster for the 1976 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Thomas McGuane (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1976. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1976 film. Arthur Penn's absurdist revisionist Western, wherein Marlon Brando, in a largely improvised performance, portrays an eccentric Irish-American "regulator" who is hired to hunt down a gang of horse thieves led by Jack Nicholson. Largely derided at the time of its release, the film has... Read More
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The Chase (Original photograph from the 1966 film noir)
by Arthur Penn (director); Horton Foote (playwright); John Monte (photographer); Lillian Hellman (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the US release of the 1966 film noir. An underrated, key film for director Penn, something of an intellectual thriller, made between two better known films, "Mickey One" (1965) and "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). Also, very much an acting tour de force, with early performances by... Read More
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The Chase (Original photograph of Arthur Penn and Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Horton Foote (play); Lillian Hellman (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage matte-finish double-weight borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn talking with actress Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote, about a small-town sheriff on the lookout... Read More
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Night Moves (Original photograph from the 1975 neo-noir film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Alan Sharp (screenwriter); Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Edward Binns (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film, showing actress Melanie Griffith. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s, and along with "The Conversation" (1974), one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey... Read More
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Silver Streak (Two original photographs from the 1976 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); Colin Higgins (screenwriter); Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan (starring)
London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1977 UK release of the 1976 US film, one of Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh, and one of Richard Pryor. A book editor on a trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks he witnesses a murder on a train. When no one believes him, he starts investigating... Read More
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Four Friends (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Steve Tesich (screenwriter); Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler (starring)
New York: Filmways Pictures, 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Included is a second script, a revised draft in wrappers containing the latest revisions, and two shooting schedules, one detailing shooting dates beginning Week Three, and one detailing dates beginning about Week Nine. Notations throughout both scripts in manuscript ink and pencil. Based on screenwriter... Read More
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror [Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw] [Sherlock Holmes #1] [Sherlock Holmes Saves London] [Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Fear] (Archive of three original screenplays and one original post-production script for the 1942 film)
by Arthur Conan Doyle (short story); John Rawlins (director); Lynn Riggs, John Bright, Robert Hardy Andrews (screenwriters); Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film. May 4 script missing one page, likely as used or issued. First, an early Draft script, under the working title "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw," by screenwriter John Bright, noted as "Contract File Copy" on front wrapper. Carbon typescript, preceded by... Read More
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The United States Steel Hour: The Change in Chester [The Transmogrification of Chester Brown] (Original screenplay for the 1957 television episode)
by Arthur Hailey (screenwriter); Tom Poston, John McGiver, Marcel Hillaire, Alan Hewitt (starring); Don Richardson (director)
N.p.: N.p., 1957. First Draft typescript for the Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1953-1963 television series, which originally aired on July 31, 1957 on CBS, seen here under the working title "The Transmogrification of Chester Brown." Manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout, most noting pagination and editorial revisions. Included with the script are several letters and... Read More
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon [Sherlock Holmes Fights Back] [Sherlock Holmes #2] (Archive of three original screenplays and one original post-production script for the 1942 film)
by Arthur Conan Doyle (short story); Roy William Neill (director); Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Scott Darling, Edmund L. Hartmann (screenwriters); Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film. First is a First Draft script, under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' (#2)," by screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling, dated March 24, 1942. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin, with annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages, inquiries about plotline,... Read More
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Two original photographs of Arthur Miller, circa late 1940s
by Arthur Miller, Kermit Bloomgarden (subjects); Martin Harris (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs of Arthur Miller at home, one showing Miller with his daughter Jane Ellen, the other showing him with theatrical producer Kermit Bloomgarden, circa late 1940s. Both photographs with PIX agency stamps crediting photographer Martin Harris on the verso. Bloomgarden produced Miller's breakthrough, Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Death of a Salesman,"... Read More
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Wheels: Episode V (Original screenplay for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 television mini-series)
by Arthur Hailey (novel); Jerry London (director); Robert Hamilton (screenwriter); Rock Hudson, Lee Remick, Blair Brown, Ralph Bellamy, Anthony Franciosa (starring)
Universal City: Universal Studios, 1977. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the fifth and final episode of the 1978 mini-series, which aired on NBC on May 15, 1978. Laid in are three Shooting Call sheets, two copies of one dated December 16, 1977, and one dated December 20, 1977. Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey and starring... Read More
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