Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Original photograph from the 1966 film)
by Terence Fisher (director); Bram Stoker (novel); Jimmy Sangster (screenwriter); Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Hammer Films, 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 British horror film. Hammer's third Dracula film and the second to feature Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, in an entirely dialogue-free role. Set in 1895 at the fictional Castle Karlsbad in the Carpathian Mountains, shot on location in Buckinghamshire... Read More
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The Mummy (Collection of ten original photographs from the 1959 film)
by Terence Fisher (director); Jimmy Sangster (screenwriter); Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux (starring)
N.p.: Hammer Film Productions, 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs (two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs) from the 1959 film. Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images. Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film, Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" (1940) and... Read More
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Dracula [Horror of Dracula] (Two original photographs from the 1958 film)
by Terence Fisher (director); Bram Stoker (novel); Jimmy Sangster (screenwriter); Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1958. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film, "Dracula" (released as "Horror of Dracula" in the US). One photo with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout on the verso. Based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. Hammer Films’ first adaptation of the Dracula story, generally thought to be the finest of the studio’s many... Read More
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The Amazons [Le guerriere dal seno nudo] (Original photograph of Florence Cayrol from the 1973 film)
by Terence Young (director); Richard Aubrey, Dino Maiuri, Robert Graves, Massimo De Rita, Serge de la Roche (screenwriters); Luciana Paluzzi, Malisa Longo, Helga Liné, Angelo Infanti (starring)
Hollywood: Prime, 1973. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1973 film, showing actress Florence Cayrol. Stamp of Prime Pictures on the verso. A sword-and-sandal film about an all-female society of Amazon warriors as they select their new queen, who must mate with the Greek king Theseus to carry on the bloodline of the tribe. Shot on... Read More
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death (Original photograph from the 1959 film)
by Terence Fisher (director); Barre Lyndon (play); Jimmy Sangster (screenwriter); Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee (starring)
N.p.: Hammer Film Productions, 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 Hammer film. Based on the 1945 play by Barre Lyndon "The Man in Half Moon Street." 104 year old sculptor Georges Bonnet (Anton Diffring) maintains a youthful appearance by having a victim's parathyroid glands surgically replace his own, but his partner and friend Dr.... Read More
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The Revenge of Frankenstein (Eight original photographs from the 1958 film [struck 1979])
by Terence Fisher (director); Jimmy Sangster, Hurford Janes (screenwriters); Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Eight studio still photographs from the 1958 film, struck and copyrighted 1979 from the original negatives. Three photographs shown, please inquire to see others. Hammer's second Frankenstein feature, "The Revenge of Frankenstein" was the sequel to "The Curse of Frankenstein," the 1957 adaptation of Mary Shelly's 1818 novel "Frankenstein." Baron... Read More
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Wait Until Dark (Original screenplay for the 1967 film)
by Terence Young (director); Robert Carrington, Jane-Howard Carrington (screenwriters); Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1966. Revised Draft script for the 1967 film. Studio File Copy, with paper label on the front wrapper. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. Based on the 1966 play by Frederick Knott. A blind woman is tormented by three violent criminals who believe a doll stuffed with smuggled heroin is... Read More
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Thunderball (Original photograph from the 1965 film)
by Terence Young (director); Ian Fleming (novel); Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins, Jack Whittingham, Kevin McClory (screenwriters); Sean Connery, Claudine Auger (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Eon Productions / United Artists, 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film. The fourth "James Bond" film, based on the 1961 Ian Fleming novel, winner of an Academy Award. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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Action of the Tiger (Five British front-of-house cards from the 1957 film)
by Terence Young (director); James Wellard (novel); Robert Carson and Peter Myers (screenwriters); Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Gustavo Rocco (starring)
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1957. Five vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1957 English-American film. Based on James Wellard's 1955 novel, about an American contraband runner approached by a French woman to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner. With Sean Connery in an early supporting... Read More
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Zarak (Collection of 13 original photographs from the 1956 film)
by Terence Young (director); Bert Cann (photographer); A.J. Bevans (biography); Richard Maibaum (screenwriter); Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Eckberg (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Collection of 13 vintage photographs from the 1957 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso crediting photographer Bert Cann. Very loosely based on the 1950 nonfiction book "The Story of Zarak Khan" by A.J. Bevans, about an outlaw fighting against British occupation in 19th century Afghanistan, pursued by... Read More
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Klansman [The Klansman] (A final script belonging to actor John Pearce, with two autographed letters, for the 1974 film)
by Terence Young (director); William Bradford Huie (novel); Samuel Fuller, Millard Kaufman (screenwriters); Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, O. J. Simpson (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1974. Final script for the 1974 film. Final script, dated February 5, 1974. An intense, violent film exploring racial tension in the Deep South (Alabama), with enough shock and awe to evenly divides its fans and detractors. Written by Samuel Fuller (who recalls, "I put everything [he] had into that one!"), a script John Cassavetes... Read More
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A Girl in the Painting [Portrait from Life] (Original photograph from the 1949 film)
by Terence Fisher (director); Frank Harvey, Muriel Box, Sydney Box (screenwriters); Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1949. Two vintage photographs from the US release of the 1949 British film, one studio still and one reference photograph of actress Mai Zetterling. One noted under the title for the US release, "A Girl in the Painting." A British officer becomes obsessed with tracking down a young girl with amnesia living in... Read More
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The Curse Of The Werewolf (Original photograph from the 1961 film)
by Terence Fisher (director); Guy Endore (novel); Anthony Hinds (screenwriter); Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain (starring)
Universal City: Universal-International Pictures / Hammer Films, 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 British film, showing Oliver Reed in costume as Leon Corledo the werewolf. Based on Guy Endore's 1933 novel "The Werewolf Of Paris." Reed's first starring role in a feature film, and the first werewolf film to be shot... Read More
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Woman Hater (Original photograph from the set of the 1948 British film)
by Terence Young (director); Nicholas Phipps, Robert Westerby (screenwriters); Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère, Ronald Squire (starring)
London: Eagle Lion / J. Arthur Rank, 1948. Vintage reference photograph of director Terence Young on the set of the 1948 British film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of J. Arthur Rank. . A wealthy, misogynistic bachelor makes a bet that he can seduce and jilt a French film star, but... Read More
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Safari (Collection of 14 original photographs from the 1956 film)
by Terence Young (director); Bert Cann (photographer); Anthony Veiller, Robert Buckner (screenwriters); Victor Mature, Janet Leigh (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Collection of 14 vintage photographs from the 1956 US-UK co-production, including several promotional photographs of star Janet Leigh, including two candids with then-husband Tony Curtis. All but two photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos, crediting photographer Bert Cann. In order to find the rebels to who killed his young son,... Read More
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The Mind of Mr. Soames (Original screenplay for the 1970 film)
by Terence Stamp, Robert Vaughan, Nigel Davenport, Christian Roberts (starring); Alan Cooke (director); John Hale, Edward Simpson (screenwriters); Charles Eric Maine (novel)
N.p.: Amicus Productions, 1969. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Charles Eric Maine. One of the classics from Amicus Productions in the 1960s, about a man who awakens from his lifelong coma at the age of 30 with the mind of an infant. Set in London. ... Read More
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (Original photograph of Kim Novak on the set of the 1965 British film)
by Terence Young (director); Daniel Defoe (novel); Denis Cannan, Roland Kibbee (screenwriters); Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Vittorio De Sica (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage reference photograph taken during filming on location for the 1965 film, showing actress Kim Novak changing from behind, while a wardrobe lady shields her front from the camera crew in the background. Stamp of London Express Pictures to the verso. Based on the 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe, about an English chambermaid who... Read More
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Mayerling (Original screenplay for the 1968 film)
by Terence Young (director, screenwriter); Jean Schopfer writing as Claude Anet (novel); Michael Arnold (book); Denis Cannan, Joseph Kessel (screenwriters); Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to production manager Mickey Delamar, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript annotations throughout. Laid in with the screenplay are several promotional materials for the film, including two programs, an edition of The Daily Cinema magazine featuring a cover story on... Read More
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Escapade in Japan (Original British front-of-house card from the 1957 film)
by Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost, Roger Nakagawa (starring); Arthur Lubin (director); Winston Miller (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: National Screen Service / RKO Radio Pictures, 1959. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1959 UK release of the 1957 US film. An American boy becomes lost after the plane he is on is forced to make an emergency landing off the Japanese coast. The boy befriends a fisherman's son, and the two... Read More
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Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Seconds (Original screenplay for the 1996 television episode)
by Teri Hatcher, Dean Cain, Justin Whalin, Timothy Busfield, Shaun Toub, John Shea (starring); Alan J. Levi (director); John McNamara (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1996. Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1993-1997 television series. The episode originally aired on February 25, 1996, on ABC. A drama series based on the beloved DC Comics character and set during the 1990s, focusing on the relationship between Clark Kent and his romantic interest, Lois Lane. In this... Read More
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Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Vatman (Original screenplay for the 1994 television episode)
by Teri Hatcher, Dean Cain, Michael McKean, Sam Rubin, Tracy Scoggins (starring); Randy Zisk (director); Michael Norell (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1994. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 18 of the 1993-1997 television series. Single ink annotation on the front wrapper, noting copy No. 63. A drama series based on the beloved DC Comics character and set during the 1990s, focusing on the relationship between Clark Kent and his romantic interest, Lois Lane. In... Read More
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Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Original script for the 1971 off-Broadway play)
by Terrence McNally (playwright); Larry Arrick (director); Robert Drivas, Barbara Damashek, James Naughton, Henry Winkler (starring)
New York: N.p., 1970. Draft script for the 1971 off-Broadway play, which premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 7, 1971. A comedy about the titular Tommy Flowers, a charming, freewheeling con man who finds himself homeless in Manhattan, eventually finding refuge in the apartment of a young violinist from Tampa. ... Read More
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Bad Habits (Original script for the 1974 play)
by Terrence McNally (playwright); Robert Drivas (director); F. Murray Abraham, Emory Bass, Paul Benedict, Cynthia Harris (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Draft script for the 1974 play which premiered at the Booth Theatre on May 5, 1974 for 177 performances, closing on October 5, 1974. Annotations in manuscript pencil on title page, and on cast page for "Ravenswood," the first of the two one act plays in "Bad Habits," listing names adjacent to the characters. Two... Read More
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Sweet Eros / Witness [The McNally Plays] (Two original scripts for the 1968 one act plays)
by Terrence McNally (playwright); Larry Arrick (director); Sally Kirkland, Robert Drivas, James Coco (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Two Final scripts for the 1968 one act plays "Sweet Eros" and "Witness," bound together and seen here under the joint title "The McNally Plays." Two early works by Terrence McNally, both dealing with alienation and violence, first performed on a double bill off-Broadway, at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, running from November 21, 1968, to... Read More
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Badlands (Original photograph from the 1973 film)
by Terrence Malick (director, screenwriter); Sissy Spacek, Martin Sheen, Warren Oates (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film. Director Terrence Malick's transcendent and ferocious debut, loosely based on the 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in early outstanding performances. Set in South Dakota, shot on location in Colorado. ... Read More
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