The Runner Stumbles (Original screenplay for the 1979 film)
by Stanley Kramer (director); Milan Stitt (screenwriter); Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Mel Simon Productions, 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 film. Father Brian (Dyke) is a priest in a depressing mining town, until one day a new Sister, Rita (Quinlan) joins his parish and changes his perception of life. She is trusting and kind and listens to Father Brian, but their relationship takes a... Read More
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Sugar Daddies (Nine original photographs from the 1927 film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (starring); Fred Guiol, Leo McCarey (directors); H.M. Walker (screenwriter); James Finlayson (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1927. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1927 silent comedy short film. Stan and Ollie help a wealthy oil tycoon escape a trio of blackmailers after his money. One the last films released prior to the duo becoming officially billed as Laurel and Hardy. 8 x 10 inches.... Read More
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Sugar Daddies (Original photograph from the 1927 silent film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (starring); Leo McCarey, Fred Guiol (directors); H.M. Walker (screenwriter); James Finlayson (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1927. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1927 short film, showing actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy attempting to smuggle actor James Finlayson through a comically crowded dance hall. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy oil tycoon wakes after a night of drunken carousing only to discover a... Read More
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Hollywood Party (Original photograph from the 1934 film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante (starring); Richard Boleslawski (director); Howard Dietz, Harry Rapf (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1934. Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film, showing a chorus line of bathing beauties, reflected in the foreground. An actor known for starring in jungle films wants to work with real lions in his next movie, and decides to throw a big star-studded party to win over a wealthy European baron who keeps lions... Read More
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Air Raid Wardens (Original photograph from the 1943 film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (starring); Edward Sedgwick (director); Martin Rackin, Jack Jevne, Charley Rogers, Harry Crane (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1943. Vintage reference photograph from the 1943 film, showing actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in bed together. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Two bumbling air raid wardens accidentally uncover a Nazi plot to blow up the local magnesium plant. ... Read More
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Air Raid Wardens (Original photograph from the 1943 film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (starring); Edward Sedgwick (director); Martin Rackin, Jack Jevne, Charley Rogers, Harry Crane (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1943. Vintage reference photograph from the 1943 film, showing actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Two bumbling air raid wardens accidentally uncover a Nazi plot to blow up the local magnesium plant. 10 x... Read More
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Wrong Again (Seven original photographs from the 1929 film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (starring); Leo McCarey (director, screenwriter); Lewis R. Foster, H.M. Walker (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1929. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name, leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent, but issued... Read More
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (Eight original photographs from the 1930 film)
by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (starring); James Parrott (director); H.M. Walker (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1930. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1930 comedy short film. Notable as the first short by the duo where Hardy says to Laurel, "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" A parody of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary," with Stan and Ollie spending the... Read More
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The Grass is Greener (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)
by Stanley Donen (director); Hugh Williams (screenwriter); Margaret Vyner (screenwriter, playwright); Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons (starring)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. First Draft script for the 1960 film. Copy belonging to associate producer James H. Ware with his name on the front wrapper, and his annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema, best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" (1953), "Room at... Read More
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Naked Evil [The Obi] (Original screenplay for the 1966 British horror film)
by Stanley Goulder (director, screenwriter); Jon Manchip White (play); Basil Dignam, Anthony Ainley, Richard Coleman, Suzanne Neve (starring)
London: Gibraltar Productions, 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British horror film, copy belonging to Art Director George Provis, with his name written in ink on the top of the front wrapper, with manuscript pencil annotations and paste-ups of clippings of goldenrod revision pages throughout, here under the working title "The Obi." Laid in is a rough pencil... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange (Original photograph from the 1971 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); Anthony Burgess (novel); Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1971. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing actors Malcolm McDowell, Vivienne Chandler, and Prudence Drage. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Cine-Revue and manuscript ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic, voyeuristic catapult into... Read More
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Indiscreet (Original photograph of Ingrid Bergman, Stanley Donen, and Cary Grant on the set of the 1958 film)
by Stanley Donen (director); Norman Krasna (play, screenwriter); Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1958. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Donen and actors Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant on the set of the 1958 British film. Based on screenwriter Norman Krasna's 1953 play "Kind Sir," wherein a lovelorn theatre actress begins an affair with a handsome, married economist. Set and shot on location in London. ... Read More
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Lolita (Original photograph of Stanley Kubrick and Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director); Vladimir Nabokov (novel, screenwriter); Patrick Ward (photographer); James B. Harris (screenwriter); James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick and cinematographer Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso regarding layout. A stunning image of both Kubrick and legendary cinematographer Morris. Morris' achievements apart from "Lolita" include "Oliver Twist (1948), "Moulin Rouge" (1952), "Moby Dick"... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange [Orange Mecanique] (Collection of ten original oversize photographs from the French release of the 1971 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); Anthony Burgess (novel); Malcolm McDowell (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1971. Collection of ten vintage double-weight oversize photographs from the French release of the 1971 film. Each with gold foil promotional label at the bottom right corner of the recto (as issued). Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic, voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge, who forcibly undergoes experimental... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange (Original photograph from the set of the 1971 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); Anthony Burgess (novel); Malcolm McDowell (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing a hospital scene, with a camera crew on the far right capturing the shot. Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic, voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge, who is forced to undergo an experimental treatment developed by the government to... Read More
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Archive of production photographs and ephemera from "2001: A Space Odyssey," from the collection of scientific advisor Frederick I. Ordway III
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); Arthur C. Clarke (screenwriter); Frederick I Ordway III (scientific consultant); Harry Lange (production designer)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1968. Archive including 20 vintage linen-backed production photographs, a trade advertisement, a film program, and a souvenir booklet from the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey." From the collection of NASA scientific consultant Frederick I. Ordway III, with images prominently featuring Ordway, production designer Harry Lange, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, and others. One... Read More
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Paths of Glory (Eight original photographs from the 1957 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); Jim Thompson (screenwriter); Humphrey Cobb (novel); Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1957. Eight vintage photographs from the 1957 film, including one reference photograph and seven studio still photographs. One of the great antiwar films, based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb, about a group of French soldiers who are charged with cowardice after refusing to complete a suicidal attack during World War... Read More
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Better Days (Original photograph from the 1986 television series)
by Stan Lathan (director); Jeff Freilich (creator, screenwriter); Ralph Farquhar (screenwriter); Reggie Theus, Raphael Sbarge, Chip McAllister, Guy Killum, Randall Batinkoff, Randee Heller (starring)
Los Angeles: National Broadcasting Company [NBC] / Magnum/Thunder Road, 1986. Vintage reference photograph from "Double D," Season 1, Episode 4 of the 1986 television series. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso advertising the broadcast of this episode on Wednesday, October 29, 1986 and the guest appearance of professional basketball player Reggie Theus. To lessen his parent's... Read More
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The Bind (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Stanley Ellin (novel, screenwriter)
London: Winkast Programming, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Stanley Ellin's screen adaptation of his 1970 novel. Film rights for Ellin's novel had been bought in 1969, prior to its publication, by producer Phil Waxman, wanting Robert Redford in the lead. It would not be made into a motion picture until 1979 when Richard C. Sarafian filmed... Read More
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Barry Lyndon (Collection of ten original color photographs for the 1975 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); William Makepeace Thackeray (novel); Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Collection of ten vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso, along with a stamp noting production No. 75-218. Director Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking period drama, based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon," charting the astronomic rise... Read More
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Barry Lyndon (Original International Oscar Style one sheet poster for the 1975 film)
by Stanley Kubrick (director, screenwriter); William Makepeace Thackeray (novel); Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Vintage International Oscar Style one sheet poster for the 1975 film, a variant lacking the "PG" rating found on the US one sheet.. Director Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking and visually stunning period drama, based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon." The story charts the astronomic rise and fall of... Read More
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Arabesque (Original banner poster for the 1966 film)
by Stanley Donen (director); Robert McGinnis (designer); Gordon Cotler (novel); Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, Peter Stone (screenwriters); Gregory Peck, Sophia Looren, Alan Badel (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1966 film. Based on the 1961 novel "The Cypher" by Alex Gordon, about a professor of ancient languages who becomes involved in international intrigue involving a beautiful spy, an oil magnate, and a secret message coded in hieroglyphics. Set in and shot on location in... Read More
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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Original photograph from the 1963 film)
by Stanley Kramer (director); William Rose,Tania Rose (story, screenwriters); Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Seasar, Sterling Holloway (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1963. Vintage studio still photograph of Sterling Holloway from the 1963 film. Stanley Kramer's outrageous comedy about a massive group of strangers fighting over hidden treasure, with one of largest, unrivaled ensemble of players including Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Jonathan Winters, and... Read More
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The Defiant Ones (Original photograph of Stanley Kramer and Sidney Poitier on the set of the 1958 film)
by Stanley Kramer (director); Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Theodore Bikel (starring); Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Vintage reference photograph taken on location for the 1958 film, showing Stanley Kramer directing actor Sidney Poitier. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Two prisoners—one white, one Black—are shackled together on a chain gang. Deciding to escape, they are forced to cooperate in order to survive in the countryside,... Read More
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The Wild and the Naked (Three original photographs from the 1962 film)
by Stan Roberts (director); Tanya French, Deen Gattis, Walter Swinford, Sheba (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1962. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. A nude model and her photographer husband relocate from France to the US, where she enjoys a variety of strange and erotic experiences. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus, with light soil on the recto of one. ... Read More
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