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Stern: Jazz an einem Sommerabend [Jazz on a Summer's Day]
by Bert Stern (director, cinematographer); Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Anita O'Day (performers)
Germany: Filmverleih Die Lupe, 1960. German poster for the original release of the legendary 1960 jazz documentary, set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, shot in high style by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern. In addition to the iconic figures noted on the poster, the film also features Theolonious Monk, Jimmy Giuffre, Dinah Washington, Chuck... Read More
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The Trap Door (Original poster for the 1980 film)
by Beth B, Scott B (directors), Jack Smith, Richard Prince, John Ahearn, Jenny Holzer, Gary Indiana, William Rice (starring)
New York: N.p., 1980. Original two-color silkscreen poster for "The Trap Door" (1980), by Beth B and Scott B, starring Jack Smith and John Ahearn, featuring numerous New York artists, including Jenny Holzer, Gary Indiana, Richard Prince, and William Rice. Printed on the verso, upside down, is a proof image of the poster with a variant design and color... Read More
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Tobacco Roody (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Bethel Buckalew (director, screenwriter, starring); Debbie Osborne, Bruce Kimball, Wendy Winders, Dixie Donovan (starring)
Los Angeles: Boxoffice International, 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 hixploitation film. A Tennessee moonshiner, his horny wife, and his two buxom daughters enjoy a series of sexual escapades in the deep south. Set in Neely's Bend, TN (an actual town northeast of Nashville), shot on location in Los Angeles. ... Read More
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All This, and Heaven Too (Original photograph of Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, and Anatole Litvak on the set of the 1940 film)
by Bette Davis, Charles Boyer (starring); Anatole Litvak (director); Casey Robinson (screenwriter); Rachel Field (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing director Anatole Litvak and a camera crew setting up a scene with actors Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel by Rachel Field, about a governess' doomed romance with a French nobleman. Nominated for three Academy... Read More
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For the Boys (Original screenplay for the 1991 film musical)
by Bette Midler, James Caan, Billy Bob Thornton (starring); Mark Rydell (director); Marshall Brickman, Neal Jiminez, Lindy Laub (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film musical. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member, with annotations in manuscript ink on seven pages in the script, highlighting elements of the set. During World War II, a young singer joins a famous performer to perform for the troops overseas, starting a working relationship that... Read More
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Bette: Diva, Interrupted (Original screenplay for the 2000 television episode)
by Bette Midler, Kevin Dunn, James Dreyfus, Joanna Gleason (starring); Andrew D. Weyman (director); Gary Janette (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series, which originally aired on December 20, 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum, with three callsheets, dated November 3 and 4, 2000, and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler... Read More
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Madame Sin (Archive of three heavily annotated original screenplays for the 1972 television film)
by Bette Davis, Robert Wagner (starring); David Greene (director, screenwriter); Barry Oringer (screenwriter)
Santa Monica: Barry Oringer Productions, 1971. Archive of material from the 1972 British television movie, including two First Draft scripts and a Revised Draft script, dated variously between April 12 and May 28, 1971. Screenplays belonging to screenwriter Barry Oringer, with his annotations throughout. A campy and humorous espionage film, about the titular Madame Sin, a sinister woman... Read More
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Bettina Rheims: Retrospective (First Edition)
by [Bettina Rheims] Serge Bramley, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Berndt Arell, Kim Levin (contributors)
Munchen: Schirmer / Mosel, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Text in English and German. Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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I'm Lucky At That (First Edition)
by David Betts
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. Born in England, David Betts drifted around the American West before coming to New York and finding work driving cabs. He was dubbed "The Taxi Philosopher" after publishing several letters featuring his views on life and in the "New York Evening Post" during the 1920s. Proletarian through and through, "I'm... Read More
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Call Me Mister (Original screenplay for the 1951 film)
by Betty Grable (starring); Busby Berkeley (choreographer); Sammy Fain (songs);Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler (screenwriters); Lloyd Bacon (director); Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Richard Boone (starring);
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950. Revised Final script for the 1951 film. Script belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscriptic pencil annotation on the verso of some pages. An American soldier in occupied Japan after the conclusion of World War II joins his former love in putting on performances for the troops in an attempt... Read More
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Down Argentine Way (Original screenplay for the 1940 film)
by Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda (starring); Irving Cummings (director); Rian James, Ralph Spence, Darrell Ware, Karl Tunberg (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Final Script for the 1940 film. A wealthy young Argentinean visiting the US to sell his father's prize racehorses falls in love with a girl in New York. The first of several films made by Twentieth Century-Fox in accordance with Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" policy, in the hope of strengthening the... Read More
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Original screenplay from the 1945 film)
by Betty Smith (novel); Elia Kazan (director); Tess Siesinger, Frank Davis (screenwriters); James Dunn, Joan Blondell, Peggy Ann Garner (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944. Final Shooting script from the 1945 film. With credit on the title page for screenwriter Anita Loos, who would go uncredited in the final film. Based on the classic 1943 coming-of-age novel by Betty Smith. Nominated for Best Screenplay, and James Dunn won for Best Supporting Actor. Peggy Ann Garner was also... Read More
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Million Dollar Legs (Original screenplay for the 1939 film)
by Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan (starring); Nick Grinde (director); Lewis R. Foster, Richard English (screenwriters)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1939. Draft script for the 1939 film. With a few manuscript pencil annotations on the title page. An unpopular college student pushes for the establishment of a crew boat racing team in order to win back his ex-girlfriend by receiving a letter in a sport. White titled self wrappers, noted as production No. 1218,... Read More
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Song of the Islands (Original photograph from the 1942 film)
by Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Thomas Mitchell, George Barbier (starring); Walter Lang (director); Joseph Schrank, Robert Pirosh, Robert Ellis, Helen Logan (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1942 film. A man goes to a tropical island to try and buy the land on behalf of his father, but when he falls for the current landowner's daughter his father arrives to try and break them up. Set on the fictional island of... Read More
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Bomb in the High Street (Original screenplay for the 1961 film)
by Bezencentet, Peter, Terry Bishop (directors); Benjamin Simcoe (screenwriter); Ronald Howard (starring)
London: Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures, 1961. Draft British script for the 1961 film "Bomb in the High Street" seen here as "Bomb in High Street." An elaborate and highly entertaining British thriller in which a Nazi-era bomb is found in an English town. A bomb squad is called in, but the men in the squad are not who... Read More
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Thieves' Market (First Edition)
by A.I. Bezzerides
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First Edition. First Edition. A.I. Bezzerides' second book, basis for the haunting 1949 film noir "Thieves' Highway," directed by Jules Dassin and written for the screen by the author. Jacket spine panel faintly toned, else about Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. A superior copy. In a custom green... Read More
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Long Haul (Signed First Edition)
by A.I. Bezzerides
New York: Carrick and Evans, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page, in an early hand. A.I. Bezzerides' important first book, leading to a film and an extremely successful and consistently impressive screenwriting career in the American film studios. Basis for the superb 1940 Raoul Walsh film "They Drive By Night,"... Read More
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Reborn [Bloody Mary] (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
by Bigas Luna (director, screenwriter); Dennis Hopper, Michael Moriarty, Antonella Murgia (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for the 1981 Spanish-American film, here under the working title "Bloody Mary." Laid in with the script is a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to producer John R. Pepper returning the script. Text in English. A disquieting satire of Catholicism in the late 20th century from noted Spanish director Bigas... Read More
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Tuxedomoon (First Edition, with 7-inch record)
by Giampiero Bigazzi
Rome: Stampa Alternativa, 1988. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Includes a 7-inch vinyl record featuring Tuxedomoon performing "Michael's Theme" by Nino Rota, and an interview with the band on the B-side. Contains selected photographs, an essay, brief member biographies, a discography, and selected lyrics through the 1987 album "You." Compiled by Italian composer and lyricist... Read More
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Hooray for Love (Five original photographs from the 1935 film)
by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ann Sothern (starring); Walter Lang (director); Lawrence Hazard, Ray Harris (screenwriters)
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1935. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1935 film, three showing actor Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dancing, and two showing Robinson on the set with actress Jeni LeGon. A wealthy young man falls for a New York singer, leading her con artist father to use her as a pawn in a money-lending... Read More
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The Bill Cosby Show: The Long Road Back (Original screenplay for the 1971 television episode, copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton)
by Bill Cosby, John Marley, Helena Hatcher (starring); Coby Ruskin (director); Art Wallace (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1970. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 25 of the 1969-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton, with his annotations in manuscript ink on two leaves, denoting dialogue. Laid in with the script is a single-page call sheet dated September 30, 1970. Not to be confused with the 1984-1992 sitcom "The... Read More
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The Imogene Coca Show (Original photograph from the 1954-1955 television show)
by Bill Dana, Danny Silmon, Robert Van Scoyk (screenwriters); Imogene Coca, Billy De Wolfe, Ruth Donnelly (starring)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from Season 1 of the Imogene Coca variety show. Snipe printed on the verso. A half-hour variety show and sit com starring Imogene Coca. The program debuted following the closing of "Your Show of Shows," which frequently featured Coca. Unfortunately, "The Imogene Coca Show" was extremely... Read More
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Home and Away (Two original photographs from the 1974 film)
by Bill Douglas (screenwriter); Michael Alexander (director, screenwriter); Barry Malone, Malcolm Reading, Michael Malone, James Morrison (starring)
London: BFI Production, 1974. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1974 UK short film, featuring several families of actors, this film being the only credit for some. 7.25 x 9.25 inches, with no borders as issued. Faint pin-sized indentations, and ink annotations on the verso, else Near Fine.
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Kid in the Corner (Original screenplays for two episodes of the three-part television miniseries)
by Bille Eltringham (director); Tony Marchant (screenwriter); Julian Morris, Douglas Henshall, Clare Holman (starring)
London: Target Television, 1999. Three Draft scripts for episodes two and three of the 1999 three-part television miniseries. This listing includes two separate drafts for episode 3. Also includes 13 pages of photocopied storyboards and six pages of call sheets and shooting location information. Copies belonging to make-up artist Teresa Kelly, with her manuscript name and annotations to the... Read More
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Dial Red O [Code 3] (Original screenplay for the 1955 film)
by Bill Elliott (starring); Daniel B. Ullman (director, screenwriter)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir, here under the working title "Code 3," with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice, once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member, with annotations throughout in red pencil,... Read More
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