Promise Her Anything (Original screenplay for the 1965 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); William Peter Blatty (screenwriter); Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Bob Cummings, Keenan Wynn (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film. With a "With Compliments" card from Seven Arts Productions laid in with the script, along with a set of three stapled revision pages on pink stock. In order to provide a father figure for her infant son, a recently widowed woman attempts to choose between two marital prospects—the... Read More
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My Bare Lady [My Seven Little Bares] (Collection of 14 original photographs from the 1963 nudie film)
by Arthur Knight (director); Jervis MacArthur (screenwriter); Jack Taylor, Leslie Crawford, Bob Bryant, Julie Martin (starring)
N.p.: Advent Films / Union Films, 1963. Collection of 14 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 British film. A "naturist" film about a woman who falls in love with a Korean War veteran and decides to join in with his nudist lifestyle. Shot on location in Kent. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, slightly... Read More
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California Straight Ahead! (Original photograph of John Wayne and Louise Latimer on the set of the 1937 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Scott Darling (screenwriter); John Wayne, Louise Latimer, Robert McWade (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1937. Vintage photograph of John Wayne and Louise Latimer on the set of the 1937 film, with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent film of the same name. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones... Read More
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Unknown Weegee (First Edition)
by [Arthur "Weegee" Fellig] Cynthia Young, Luc Sante
New York and Gottingen: International Center of Photography [ICP] / Steidl, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the International Center of Photography from June 9 through August 27, 2006. Very Good plus, with no dust jacket as issued. With several taps at the bottom board edges.
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The Theatre Guild on the Air: The Guardsman (Small archive of material relating to the 1945 radio play, including a play script, a Theatre Guild contract signed by Arthur Miller, and an original program for the live performance)
by Arthur Miller (radio writer); Ferenc Molnar (playwright); Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne (starring)
N.p.: The Theatre Guild, 1945. Small archive of material relating to the 1945 radio play, including the original play script, a Theatre Guild contract signed by Arthur Miller, and an original program for the live performance. "The Guardsman" was adapted by Arthur Miller from Ferenc Molnár's 1912 play "A Testõr." The play aired on the radio on September... Read More
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The Ed Wynn Show: Laurie's Career (Original screenplay for the 1958 television episode)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Laurence Marks, Milton Pascal (screenwriter); Ed Wynn, William Smith, Herb Vigran (starring)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1958. Revised Final Draft script for the 1958 television episode of "The Ed Wynn Show." Copy belonging to actor Tom Irish, with his name in green manuscript ink on the front wrapper and notation in green ink to a single page. Irish played an uncredited bit part named "Biff." In 1958,... Read More
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Death of a Salesman (Five borderless oversize photographs from the original 1949-1950 Broadway production)
by Arthur Miller (playwright); Elia Kazan (director); W. Eugene Smith (photographer); Lee J. Cobb, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Kennedy (starring)
New York: W. Eugene Smith, 1950. Five vintage oversize borderless photographs, taken during the original 1949-1950 Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 play. All photographs bear catalog stamps and credit stamps of noted photographer W. Eugene Smith on the versos. The production made its debut on February 10, 1949, at the Morosco Theatre, and ran for 742 performances,... Read More
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Phantom of the Opera (Original keybook photograph from the 1943 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Samuel Hoffenstein (screenwriter); Gaston Leroux (novel); Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1943. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Arthur Lubin and camerman on a crane above the opera house audience from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The second Universal film based on the story, following Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film. Nominated for four Academy... Read More
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Love Story (Original photograph from the 1970 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); Erich Segal (screenwriter, novel); Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1970. Vintage borderless still photograph of Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, and Arthur Hiller on the set of the 1970 film. With typed identifying description, manuscript annotations regarding layout, and press agency stamps on the verso. Based on screenwriter Erich Segal's novel of the same name. Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal), a wealthy Harvard... Read More
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The Miracle Worker (Seven original photographs from the 1962 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); William Gibson (screenwriter); Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1962. Seven vintage studio photographs from the 1962 film. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards, for Bancroft and Duke respectively, and nominated for three others, including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson, working from his Tony Award winning play. 10 x 8 inches.... Read More
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The Miracle Worker (Original photograph from the set of the 1962 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Fred Coe (producer); William Gibson (screenwriter); Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1962. Vintage studio photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Arthur Penn in thoughtful consultation with producer Fred Coe. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards, for Bancroft and Duke respectively, and nominated for three others, including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson, working... Read More
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Original photograph from the 1959 film)
by Arthur Conan Doyle (novel); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Andre Morell (starring); Terence Fisher (director); Peter Bryan (screenwriter); Marla Landi, David Oxley (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / Hammer Films, 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film, showing actor André Morell. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Included with the photograph are two mimeograph pages regarding captioning on stills from the film. Based on the classic 1902 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, the first adaptation of... Read More
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Black Hooker [Street Sisters] (Original photograph from the 1974 film)
by Arthur Roberson (director, play, screenwriter); Durey Mason, Sandra Alexxandra, Jeff Burton (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film, with a provenance stamp on the verso. Also released as "Street Sisters." Based on the 1969 play "Don't Leave Go My Hand," by director and screenwriter Arthur Roberson. A mixed-race boy, raised on a farm by his grandmother, attempts to reconnect with his mother, a Black prostitute.... Read More
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The Chase (Original photograph of Martha Hyer from the 1966 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Horton Foote (novel, play); Lillian Hellman (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Martha Hyer (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage studio still photograph of Martha Hyer from the 1966 film. 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 Robert Duvall, Jane... Read More
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The Babe (Original screenplay for the 1992 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); John Fusco (screenwriter, producer); John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner (starring)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1990. Revised script for the 1992 film. A biography of famed baseball legend Babe Ruth, who was born in Baltimore and given to an orphanage there by his father. He soon demonstrates his amazing hitting ability and adopted by a scout who has him play for the Orioles until he is sold... Read More
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Bonnie and Clyde (Original oversize double weight photograph from the 1967 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); David Newman, Robert Benton (screenwriters); Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, and Michael J. Pollard from the 1967 film. With a German address stamp to the verso. Perhaps the most significant film for the New Hollywood generation, with its mix of graphic violence, sex, and humor, and a glamourous take on... Read More
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The Chase (Original photograph from the set of the 1966 film)
by Arthur Penn (director); Horton Foote (playwright); Lillian Hellman (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Angie Dickinson (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage photograph on Jane Fonda taking a peek through a camera during shooting on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote, about a small town sheriff on the look out for an escaped prisoner he... Read More
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The Out of Towners (Two original color British front-of-house cards from the 1969 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); Neil Simon (screenwriter); Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, and Sandy Baron (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1969. Two vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1969 film. This goofy comedy of errors follows the story of an Ohio businessman, played by Jack Lemmon, who travels with his mousy wife, Sandy Dennis, to New York City for a game-changing job opportunity. However, the couple is met by nothing but trouble on... Read More
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Adventure's End (Two original publicity photographs by photographer Ray Jones from the 1937 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Ben Grauman Kohn, Scott Darling, Sidney Sutherland (screenwriters); Ray Jones (photographer); John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Montagu Love, Paul White (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1937. Two vintage publicity photographs, including one photograph of John Wayne and Diana Gibson, and one double-weight photograph of Wayne and Paul White, 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... Read More
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Love Story (Original photograph from the set of the 1970 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); Erich Segal (novel, screenwriter); Howard G, Minsky (producer); Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Arthur Hiller and a camera crew capturing a sidewalk scene with actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. With the stamp of Cinemagence to the verso. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Ryan O’Neal, Best Actress for... Read More
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Bonnie's Kids (Original vinyl 45 RPM record of radio spot announcements for the 1973 sexploitation film)
by Arthur Marks (director, screenwriter); Tiffany Bolling, Steve Sandor, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady (starring)
N.p.: General Film Corporation, 1973. Vintage 33 1/3 RPM microgroove vinyl record containing four radio spot announcements for the 1973 exploitation film. Rare. A pair of sisters kill their stepfather after he attempts to rape the younger sister, and flee to Los Angeles after the murder, where they are pulled into their uncle's money-laundering operation. 7 inches.... Read More
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The Tiger Makes Out (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by Arthur Hiller (director); Murray Schisgal (play, screenwriter); Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Anne Jackson and Sudie Bond from the 1967 film. Based on Murray Schisgal's 1963 play "The Tiger." Lonely, frustrated, and alienated, mailman Ben Harris (Eli Wallach) decides he has had enough and set to get a girl (Anne Jackson) the only way he can, by... Read More
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The Love Ins (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by Arthur Dreifuss (director, screenwriter); Hal Collins (screenwriter); Richard Todd, James MacArthur, Susan Oliver, Mark Goddard, Carol Booth (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film. When two students are expelled for publishing an off-campus newspaper, their professor resigns to advocate for youth movements and the use of LSD. The students eventually have a change of heart about their professor. Set in and shot on location in San... Read More
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The Love-Ins (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by Arthur Dreifuss (director, screenwriter); Hal Collins (screenwriter); Richard Todd, James MacArthur, Susan Oliver, Mark Goddard, Carol Booth (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1967 film. When two students are expelled for publishing an off-campus newspaper, their professor resigns to advocate for youth movements and the use of LSD. The students eventually have a change of heart about their professor. Set in and shot on location... Read More
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Hold On! (Five original photographs from the 1966 film)
by Arthur Lubin (director); Robert E. Kent (screenwriter); Peter Noone, Shelley Fabares, Sue Ann Langdon, Herbert Anderson (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1966. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1966 film, showing Herman's Hermits, who appear as fictionalized versions of themselves in the film. A NASA scientist is sent to covertly gather information about Herman's Hermits after the children of US astronauts pick "Herman's Hermits" to be the name of the newest Gemini space capsule. The second... Read More
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