Break in the Circle (Original photograph from the 1955 film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Philip Loraine (novel); John Jay (photographer); Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Guy Middleton (starring)
London: Waterlow and Sons / Hammer Film Productions, 1955. Vintage hand-tinted still photograph from the 1955 UK film. One of several British films given American distribution by Twentieth Century Fox. Forrest Tucker stars as an American soldier hired by a German millionaire (Marius Goring) to smuggle a Polish scientist out of East Germany and into England. ... Read More
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Further Up the Creek (Original screenplay for the 1958 British film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); John Warren, Len Heath (screenwriters); David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton, Frankie Howerd (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1958. Draft script for the 1958 British comedy, copy belonging to Art Director George Provis, with the annotation of his name along the top edge of the front wrapper, with manuscript pencil annotations on four pages. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget... Read More
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Penny Princess (38 photographs from the 1952 film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Norman Gryspeerdt (photographer); Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde, A. E. Matthews, Reginald Beckwith (starring)
London: General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions, 1952. Collection of 38 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1952 UK film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of about half of the stills, and a few with ink annotations on the versos. A small country in Europe faces bankruptcy, after surviving only by evading its debt. A rich... Read More
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Dance Little Lady (Original photograph from the 1954 film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Doreen Montgomery (screenwriter); Terence Morgan, Mai Zetterling, Guy Rolfe, Mandy Miller, Eunice Gayson (starring)
N.p.: Trans-Lux, 1954. Vintage black and white studio still photograph from the 1954 British film. A prima ballerina suffers a devastating car crash as a result of her husband's exploitative behavior, and is forced to learn how to use her legs again with the help of a kind doctor. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.... Read More
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Miss Pilgrim's Progress (33 photographs from the 1950 film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Norman Hargood (photographer); Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, Garry Marsh, Emrys Jones (starring)
London: Grand National Pictures / Angel Productions, 1950. Collection of 33 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1950 UK film. Rubber-stamp of photographer Norman Hargood on the verso of a few stills. Val Guest favorite, Yolande Donlan, stars as Laramie Pilgrim, an American factory girl who trades places with an upper-class British girl. 8 x... Read More
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Life is a Circus (Original cast photograph with director Val Guest, circus showman Billy Smart, and guests from the 1960 film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Len Heath, John Warren (screenwriters); Bud Flanagan, Teddy Knox, Jimmy Nervo, Jimmy Gold, Charlie Naughton, Eddie Gray, Chesney Allen [The Crazy Gang] (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage candid reference photograph from the 1960 film, featuring members of "The Crazy Gang," director Val Guest, Shirley Eaton, circus impresario Billy Smart and wife, and guests. "The Crazy Gang" were a much-loved British comedy troupe who performed for over three decades. Formed in the early 1930s, they performed largely at the London Palladium, as... Read More
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The Quatermass Experiment [The Creeping Unknown] (Original one sheet poster for the 1955 British film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Nigel Kneale (television serial); Richard Landau (screenwriter); Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, Jack Warner, David King-Wood (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1956. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1955 British film, seen here under the American title "The Creeping Unknown." Based on the 1953 six-part BBC Television serial "The Quatermass Experiment," written by Nigel Kneale. One of Hammer Films' first science fiction films, a box office hit that brought the studio into the... Read More
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Expresso Bongo (70 photographs from the 1959 film)
by Val Guest (director); Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More (play); Cornel Lucas and Lawrence Ridley (still photographers); Wolf Mankowitz (screenwriter); Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Sims, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard (starring)
London: British Lion Film Corporation / Conquest, 1959. 70 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1959 UK film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of 2 stills, with distributor rubber-stamps. Photographer Lucas' rubber-stamp on the verso of 2 stills. Laurence Harvey stars as Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent who discovers teenager Bert Rudge (Cliff Richard) singing... Read More
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Thunderheart (Original photograph from the 1992 film)
by Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward (starring); Michael Apted (director); Elliott Marks (photographer); John Fusco (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: TriStar Pictures, 1992. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1992 film. A young FBI agent is partnered with a veteran investigator to crack a crime case on a Sioux Indian reservation. Produced by Robert De Niro. 8 x 10 inches. Two corners lightly creased, else Fine.
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Summer Children [A Hot Summer Game] (Original press kit for the 1965 film)
by Valora Noland, David Arkin, Sandy Gabriel, Stuart Anderson (starring); James Bruner (director); Norman Handelsman (screenwriter)
N.p.: Unknown, 1965. Vintage press kit for the 1965 film. Pictorial white envelope, containing seven studio still photographs and two matte-finish reference photographs, and one newspaper clipping with an advertisement for the film. A European-style sexploitation film about a love triangle between one woman and two jealous men during a sailing trip to Catalina Island. ... Read More
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Scammell Vehicles (First UK Edition)
by [The Olyslager Organisation] Bart H. Vanderveen
London and New York: Frederick Warne, 1971. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in an about Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Boards lightly bumped at the corners and faintly toned on the edges. Jacket lightly edgeworn and rubbed, with a short closed tear on the bottom of the front flap fold.
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Stargate SG-1: Crossroads (Original screenplay for the 2000 television episode)
by Vanessa Angel, Amanda Tapping, Teryl Rothery, Richard Dean Anderson (starring); Peter DeLuise (director); Katharyn Powers (screenwriter)
Burnaby, BC: Kawoosh! Productions, 2000. Revised Second Draft script for Season 4 Episode 4 of the long-running 1997-2007 television series. The episode originally aired on July 21, 2000, on Showtime. Loosely based on the 1994 science fiction film, about the discovery of an ancient alien device that holds unusual powers of space travel and communication. In this... Read More
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The Devils (Original vinyl 45 RPM record of radio spots for the 1969 film)
by Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Gemma Jones, Twiggy (starring); Ken Russell (director, screenwriter); Aldous Huxley (novel); John Whiting (play)
Beverly Hills, CA: American International Pictures [AIP], 1969. Vintage one-sided 45 RPM vinyl record containing two radio spots for the American release of the 1971 horror film, a US-UK co-production, this being the American radio release on Warner Brothers records. 7 inches. Vinyl is Very Good plus with a few faint blemishes, in an original Very Good plus... Read More
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Action of the Tiger (Original photograph from the 1957 British film)
by Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Gustavo Rojo (starring); Terence Young (director); Robert Carson (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1957. Vintage publicity portrait photograph from the 1957 British film, showing actress Martine Carol. A ship captain is hired by a French woman who wants him to track down and free her brother, a political prisoner in Albania. Set in Albania and Greece, shot on location in Almuñécar, Spain and... Read More
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Daily Variety: Vol. 116, No. 30 (First Edition)
by [Daily Variety]
Hollywood: Daily Variety, 1962. First Edition. First Edition. The July 18, 1962, issue of Daily Variety. Daily Variety was an entertainment and popular culture focused periodical that began in the 1930s and lasted for over fifty years. This issue features pieces on a MCA antitrust lawsuit, a Duke Ellington lawsuit, several obituaries and birth announcement, and a... Read More
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33 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin [33rd Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1983 film festival)
by Various
Germany: Self published, 1983. Original A2 promotional poster for the 1983 German film festival.From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available 16.5 x 22.5 inches, rolled. Near Fine.
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Collection of original posters for Spanish films, 1961-1976
by [Various]
Spain: Various, 1976. Collection of 30 vintage posters for Spanish or Spanish co-productions released between 1961-1976. The posters predominantly feature full-color illustrations but also include photo-illustrations and other techniques, showcasing the variety of graphic design techniques which evolved over the decade-plus covered by the collection. Even among the illustrated posters, a variety of styles can be found,... Read More
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![Die Geschichte des Farbfilms [The History of Color Films] [38th Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1988 film festival)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/932/010/696010932.0.m.jpg)
Die Geschichte des Farbfilms [The History of Color Films] [38th Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1988 film festival)
by Various
Germany: Self published, 1988. Original A1 promotional poster for the 1988 German film festival.From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available 23.25 x 33 inches, rolled. Near Fine.
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![Internationales Forum des Jungen Films / 41. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin [International Forum of New Cinema / 41st Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1991 film festival)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/174/011/696011174.0.m.jpg)
Internationales Forum des Jungen Films / 41. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin [International Forum of New Cinema / 41st Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1991 film festival)
by Various
Germany: Self published, 1991. Original A1 promotional poster for the 1991 German film festival. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23.25 x 33 inches, rolled. Light creasing overall, with a few tiny closed tears and edge rubbing, and an ink notation on the verso. Very Good or better overall.... Read More
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![Exil: Sechs Schauspeiler aus Deutschland [Exile: Six Actors from Germany][33rd Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1983 film festival)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/781/010/696010781.0.m.jpg)
Exil: Sechs Schauspeiler aus Deutschland [Exile: Six Actors from Germany][33rd Berlin International Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1983 film festival)
by Various
Germany: Self published, 1983. Original A1 promotional poster for the 1983 German film festival. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23.25 x 33 inches, rolled. Light edgewear, faint creases overall. About Near Fine.
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10th International Odense Film Festival (Original poster for the 1993 film festival)
by Various
Odense, Denmark: Self published, 1993. Original A1 poster for the 1993 Danish film festival, held in Odense, Denmark. 19.5 x 27.5 inches, rolled. Near Fine. Very Good or better overall.
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Festival du Court Metrage [Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival] (Original poster for the 1993 film festival)
by Various
Clermont-Ferrand, France: Self published, 1993. Original theatrical exhibition poster for the 1993 French film festival, held in Clermont-Ferrand, France. 47 x 62.5 inches, folded. Near Fine.
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27a. Mostra Internazionale Del Nuovo Cinema [27th Pesaro International Film Festival of New Cinema] (Original poster for the 1991 film festival)
by Various
Rome, Italy: Altocontrasto / Furutra Grafica, 1991. Original photobusta poster for the 1991 Italian film festival. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 26.5 x 37.75 inches, rolled. About Near Fine.
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Le cinéma en URSS [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] (First French Edition)
by Varvara Stépanova, Alexander Rodtchenko (illustrations); A. Aroseff (editor)
Moscow: Voks, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in French. Complete with the Chinese shadow portrait of Stalin printed in silver on transparent paper and the fold-out plate giving a panoramic fold-out view of the interior of a cinema, as issued. With illustrations and photographs by noted Constructivist husband-and-wife designer Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. ... Read More
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Z (First French Edition, inscribed to William Styron)
by Vassilis Vassilikos
Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First French Edition, preceded by the Greek edition published by Editions Themelion in 1966. Association copy, inscribed by Vassilikos to author William Styron and his wife: "For Rose and Bill / With all my happiness for the success of the book / Love and nostalgia / from Mimi and Vassilis." The prolific author's best known... Read More
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