Fedora (Original screenplay for the 1978 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); I.A.L. Diamond (screenwriter); Thomas Tryon (novella); William Holdn, Marthe Keller (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. With a manuscript ink notation on the title page reading "draft completed 10/8/76." Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon, from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback,... Read More
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Sunset Boulevard [Blvd] (Original photograph from the 1950 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr. (screenwriters); William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Cecil B. DeMille and Gloria Swanson talking on the set. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star, quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and... Read More
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Mr. Saturday Night (Original screenplay for the 1992 film, rainbow copy)
by Billy Crystal (director, screenwriter, starring); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenwriters); David Paymer, Julie Warner, Helen Hunt, Ron Silver (starring)
N.p.: Castle Rock Entertainment, 1991. Rainbow Revision Shooting script for the 1992 film. Copy with the marker annotations of "Set Copy / Please Do Not Take" written on the front wrapper, and a manuscript marker annotation of copy number "193" on the top of the title page. Billy Crystal's directorial debut, about the rise and fall of a... Read More
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A Foreign Affair (Original photograph of Billy Wilder and Marlene Dietrich on the set of the 1948 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen (screenwriters); Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of director Billy Wilder and actress Marlene Dietrich inspecting a film strip on the set of the 1948 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists a US army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer. Unbeknownst to... Read More
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Sunset Boulevard (Original photograph from the 1950 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr. (screenwriters); William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film, showing actor (and real-life director) Erich von Stroheim with a camera crew, preparing to capture the film's iconic final scene. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a... Read More
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Witness for the Prosecution (Original poster for the 1957 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); Agatha Christie (play); Harry Kurnitz, Lawrence B. Marcus (screenwriters); Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton (starring)
Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1957. Vintage US half sheet poster for the 1957 film. Based on the 1953 play by Agatha Christie, about the trial of a man accused of murder. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director Best Actor for Charles Laughton and Best Supporting Actress for Elsa Lanchester. Set... Read More
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A Foreign Affair (Original photograph of Billy Wilder and Marlene Dietrich from the 1948 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); David Shaw, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen, Robert Harari (screenwriters); Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell, Peter von Zerneck (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1948 film, showing director Billy Wilder demonstrating how to embrace actress Marlene Dietrich, with actor John Lund looking on in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with several manuscript annotations regarding layout. An Iowa congresswoman enlists a US army captain... Read More
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Sunset Boulevard (Original photograph of Billy Wilder and William Holden on the set of the 1950 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr. (screenwriters); William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film, showing director Billy Wilder smoking a cigarette with actor William Holden between takes. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso, along with the stamp of Cinéma magazine. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star, quickly becoming enmeshed in her... Read More
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Five Graves to Cairo (Original photograph from the 1997 re-release of the 1943 film)
by Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); Charles Brackett (screenwriter); Lajos Biro (play); Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff (starring)
Universal City: MCA / Universal, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 re-release of the 1943 film, showing Akim Tamiroff, Franchot Tone, and Anne Baxter. Based on Lajos Biro's 1917 play "Hotel Imperial: Szinmu negy felvonasban." During World War II, a British soldier passes himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered by Nazis, later becoming... Read More
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Midnight Express (First Edition, Review Copy)
by Billy Hayes, William Hoffer
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's review materials laid in. Basis for the 1978 film directed by Alan Parker, starring Brad Davis and Irene Miracle. A nonfiction account of Billy Hayes' experience in a Turkish prison after trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. Very Good plus... Read More
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Original photograph of Adolphe Menjou, Bing Crosby, and Wesley Ruggles eating lunch in the Paramount commissary
by Bing Crosby, Adolphe Menjou, Wesley Ruggles (subjects)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1934. Vintage double weight photograph of director Wesley Ruggles (left) eating lunch with actors Bing Crosby (right) and Adolphe Menjou (center) in the Paramount commissary in 1934. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Ruggles directed Crosby in "College Humor" (1934), and the pair would go on to work together in "Mississippi" (1935) and "Sing, You... Read More
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High Society (Original photograph of Bing Crosby on the set of the 1956 film)
by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly (starring); Charles Walters (director); Philip Barry (playwright); John Patrick (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Vintage candid photograph of actor Bing Crosby attempting to play the drums on the set of the 1956 musical film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1939 play "The Philadelphia Story" by Philip Barry, previously adapted in 1940 under the original title. Grace Kelly's only musical, and her final... Read More
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High Society (Original photograph of Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong on the set of the 1956 film)
by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly (starring); Charles Walters (director); Philip Barry (playwright); John Patrick (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Vintage candid reference photograph of actors Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong on the set of the 1956 musical film. Manuscript pencil annotations on the verso, regarding cropping and layout. Based on the 1939 play "The Philadelphia Story" by Philip Barry, previously adapted in 1940 under the original title. Grace Kelly's only... Read More
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Blue Skies (Original photograph of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire from the 1946 film)
by Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire (starring); Stuart Heisler (director); Arthur Sheekman (screenwriter); Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe, Olga San Juan (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1946. Vintage studio still photograph of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire from the 1946 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. A man hosting a radio broadcast is telling his life story, mostly about himself and a friend trying to make it big after World War I—until both men fall for the same... Read More
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Too Much Harmony (Original pressbook for the 1933 film)
by Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher (starring); A. Edward Sutherland (director); Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Harry Ruskin (screenwriters)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film musical. A Broadway star discovers a talented variety act during a trip to Ohio, and arranges to add them to the show upon his return to New York, although tensions arise as a love triangle develops. 11 x 17 inches. 16 pages, side-stapled. Near Fine.... Read More
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Welcome Stranger (Original photograph from the 1947 film)
by Bing Crosby, Joan Caufield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen (starring); Elliott Nugent (director); Arthur Sheekman, N. Richard Nash (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A small-town doctor plans his first vacation in years, only to discover his interim replacement to be far less serious than he'd hoped. The replacement falls in love with a local school teacher, but is snubbed by... Read More
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Run, Jack, Run: Jack Oakley's Unusual Story (Outline for an unpublished book)
by George Bishop
N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Outline for an unpublished novel. The rags to riches story of an easily corrupted businessman who is sentenced to four years in Sing Sing for his crimes, jumps parole, and establishes a thriving trucking operation in California. Clear mylar front wrapper, black rear wrapper. Title page present, with credits for author George Bishop.... Read More
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Three Supermen in the Jungle [Los 3 supermen en la selva / Che fanno i nostri supermen tra le vergini della jungla?] (Three original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Bitto Albertini (director); George Martin, Brad Harris, Sal Borges, Femi Benussi (starring); Mario Amendola, Santiago Moncada (screenwriters)
Italy / Spain: Cinesecolo / Pan Latina Films, 1970. Three vintage, oversize, borderless studio still photographs from the Spanish release of the 1970 Italian / Spanish co-production. The third among dozens of entries in the Italian "3 Supermen" series of comedy adventure films, although directors, starring actors, and even the names of the main characters would change... Read More
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Bizzaro Stamp Catalogue (Softcover)
by [Stamps] [Bizzaro]
Providence: Bizzaro, 1978. Vintage catalogue produced by Bizzaro Incorporated, a Rhode Island-based stamp company. Also includes advertisements for ink, foam pads, and more. Light splash and associated toning on the bottom right corner of the rear wrapper, else Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.
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Mavericks (Signed First Edition)
by Jack; Schaefer Lorence Bjorklund
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A juvenile novel by the noted author of Westerns ("Shane," "Monte Walsh") about a cowboy reflecting on life. Foxing to the page edges, slight lean, and jacket spine text faded, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine,... Read More
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Murder a la Richelieu (Signed First Edition)
by Anita Blackmon
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the Blackmon to author Peggy Gaddis (Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern, 1895-1966) on the front endpaper, in the year of publication: "Affectionately, to the Best of Friends / Peggy Gaddis / From the author / Anita Blackmon (Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith) / August 29, 1937." Blackmon wrote extensively... Read More
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Five original Black Panther / Peace and Freedom Party oversize bumper stickers
by [Black Panthers] [Peace and Freedom Party] Marco Savio, Eldridge Cleaver, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale (subjects)
Berkeley: Berkley Graphics Arts, 1968. Collection of five vintage bumper stickers from the 1968 political campaigns run via a collaboration between the Black Panthers and the Peace and Freedom Party. Each of the stickers were made for various Peace and Freedom Party political campaigns, including: Mario Savio for California state senator, Black Panther founders Huey Newton and... Read More
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The Cyclops Goblet (First Edition)
by John Blackburn
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
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Christine Falls (First UK Edition, signed)
by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black
London: Picador, 2006. First UK Edition. SIGNED by author John Banville on the title page, as "B. Black." The first Detective Quirke mystery, basis for the 2014 BBC television series. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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Down in the River (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by Ryan Blacketter
Eugene, OR: Slant, 2014. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED to author Chris Offutt on the title page: "For Chris / A hell of a teacher / Ryan Blackett." Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by... Read More
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