Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Original screenplay for the 2004 film)
by Will Ferrell (starring, screenwriter); Adam McKay (director, screenwriter); Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Kathryn Hahn, Ben Stiller (starring)
Universal City: Dreamworks, 2003. Revised Shooting script for the 2004 film. In San Diego in the 1970s, successful news anchor Ron Burgundy is forced to confront his prejudices when the station owners hire a woman anchor, who promptly proceeds to climb her way to the top. Followed by a 2013 sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." ... Read More
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Jezebel (Original oversize photograph of Bette Davis and Henry Fonda from the 1938 film)
by William Wyler (director); Owen Davis (play); Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston (screenwriters); Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1938. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1938 film, showing actors Margaret Early, Janet Shaw, Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda. In antebellum Louisiana, a strong-willed southern belle loses her fiancé as a result of her vanity and arrogance, and vows to win him back. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for Bette Davis,... Read More
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Red Alert (Original screenplay for the 1977 television movie)
by William Hale (director); Harold King (novel); Sandor Stern (screenwriter); William Devane, Adrienne Barbeau, M. Emmet Walsh (starring)
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film, with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals... Read More
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Juarez (Original photograph from the set of the 1939 film)
by William Dieterle (director); Bertita Harding (novel); Franz Werfel (play); Elmer Fryer (photographer); John Huston, Aeneas MacKenzie, Wolfgnag Reinhardt (screenwriter); Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage reference photograph showing Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Montagu Love, and director William Dieterle on the set of the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based upon the 1939 biography of Emperor Maximilan of Mexico and his wife Charlotte, "Phantom Crown" by Bertita Loenarz and the 1925 play "Juarez and Maximilian" by Franz Werfel. ... Read More
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The Siege of Trencher's Farm (First UK Edition, signed by the author)
by Gordon D. Williams
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Basis for Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 film "Straw Dogs," starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, considered by many to be his finest directorial effort in a career that included many important films. Small creases on the bottom... Read More
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Lord John in New York (First UK Edition)
by C.N. and A.M. Williamson Williamson
London: Methuen, 1918. First Edition. First Edition. A collection of short stories, written by the prolific, early twentieth century British husband-and-wife mystery writing team. Very Good in a Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Pages significantly toned though still somewhat supple. Jacket with minor chipping along the top and bottom edge (no loss to titling),... Read More
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Two-Up (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)
by Eric Miles Williamson
Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2006. First Edition. First Edition, hardcover issue. Association copy, INSCRIBED by Williamson to fellow author Chris Offutt on the half-title page: "For Chris / In admiration of your work, and with appreciation for your friendship / Eric Miles Williamson." The author has also SIGNED the title page in the same ink. From the... Read More
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Lord Loveland Discovers America (First UK Edition)
by C.N. and A.M. Williamson Williamson
London: Methuen, 1910. First Edition. First Edition. A non-mystery featuring Lord Loveland, written by the prolific, early twentieth century British husband-and-wife mystery writing team. The story here involves the collision of British mores (in the form of Lord Loveland) with the reality of New York society of the early twentieth century. Lord Loveland arrives in American expecting... Read More
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The Siege of Trencher's Farm (Uncorrected Proof)
by Gordon D. Williams
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Basis for Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 film classic, Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, and a bunch of kill-crazy Devon townies, considered by many to be his finest directorial effort in a career that included many important films. Very Good in... Read More
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Leave Her to Heaven (First Edition)
by Ben Ames Williams
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the superb 1945 film, a late, blazing-Technicolor noir starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Vincent Price. Scarce in this condition. Meeting all first edition points, which include: (1) red cloth, with titles stamped in black, (2) date of 1944 at the bottom of the title page, (3) measures... Read More
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Two for the Seesaw (Original promotional photograph from the 1958 play)
by William Gibson (playwright); Howell Conant (photographer); Arthur Penn (director); Henry Fonda, Anne Bancroft (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1958. Vintage double weight narrow margin matte finish promotional press photograph of Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft from the 1958 play, by photographer Howell Conant. Three "Two for the Seesaw," and one "Photo by Howell Conant" stamps on verso. "Two for the Seesaw" opened on January 16, 1958 at the Booth Theatre for a highly... Read More
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The Heiress (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film)
by William Wyler (director); Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz (play, screenwriters); Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Vintage studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film, showing director William Wyler on a camera crane, capturing a nighttime party scene on a terrace. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play, which was in turn based on... Read More
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The Heiress (Original photograph of William Wyler, Betty Linley, and Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1959 film)
by William Wyler (director); Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz (play, screenwriters); Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film, showing a camera crew filming a scene between actors Betty Linley and Ralph Richardson, while director William Wyler looks on to the left. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based... Read More
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The Heiress (Original photograph of William Wyler and Olivia de Havilland on the set of the 1949 film)
by William Wyler (director); Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz (play, screenwriters); Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film, showing director William Wyler and actress Olivia de Havilland talking between takes. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play, which was in turn based on Henry James' 1880 novel... Read More
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Research archive for "The Theory and Practice of the Cine-Roman
by William F. Van Vert (researcher, author); Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Cayrol, Henri Colpi (contributors); Agnes Varda, Alain Resnais (subjects)
Bloomington: N.p., 1974. First Edition. Archive of research materials used by William F. Van Wert in preparing his dissertation "The Theory and Practice of the Cine-Roman" (Arno Press, 1978). Included are responses to a questionnaire and an album of film stills. Focusing on the filmmakers of the Rive Gauche movement, which slightly preceded the French New Wave... Read More
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Union Station (Original promotional photograph of William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald from the 1950 film)
by William Holden (starring); Rudolph Mate (director); Sydney Boehm (screenwriter); Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir, showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald. A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the corners. Grant US.... Read More
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The Hunted (Original screenplay for the 2003 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Art Monterastelli (screenwriter); Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, including a six page "Alternate Ending" preceded by a memo notice that both "endings will be shot." Laid in are three gatherings of revisions, each with a label on their title page for credited crew member "Brian Markey / Construction Coordinator." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. ... Read More
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Big Hearted Herbert (Original photograph from the 1934 film)
by William Keighley (director); Lillie Hayward, Ben Markson (screenwriter); Sophie Kerr, Anna Steese Richardson (playwright); Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Helen Lowell, Phillip Reed (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1934. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1934 film. Based on the 1934 play by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson. A shopkeeper ruins his daughter's engagement with his bad attitude. His wife gets revenge by vowing to embarrass him in front of his customers. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good.... Read More
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The Shadow on the Window (Original pressbook for the 1957 film)
by William Asher (director); Leo Townsend and David P. Harmon (screenwriter); Phil Carey, Betty Garrett, and John Barrymore, Jr. (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son, shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized, helps lead her husband and the police to find her. Eight pages, saddle stapled, 12... Read More
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Decoder (Original photograph from the 1984 film)
by William S. Burroughs, Bill Rice, F.M. Einheit, Christiane F., Genesis P-Orridge (starring); Muscha (director, screenwriter); Klaus Maeck, Volker Schäfer, Trini Trimpop (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Vintage reference photograph from the 1984 cult film, showing actors William S. Burroughs and F.M. Einhelt. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on Burroughs' "The Electronic Revolution" (1970), about a young punk who creates a device to unscramble the subliminal messages embedded in Muzak. An underground film made on a shoestring... Read More
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Charlie Malarkey and the Belly-Button Machine (Signed First Edition)
by William Kennedy, Brendan Kennedy
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by William Kennedy on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a hint of wear on the corners and top edges.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Original photograph from the 1939 film)
by William Dieterle (director); Victor Hugo (novel); Sonya Levien, Bruno Frank (screenwriters); Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage matte-finish borderless reference photograph from the 1939 film, an aerial shot showing hundreds of cast members (and quite a few horses) in costume as medieval French citizens. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout, along with a provenance stamp. Based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. In 15th century Paris,... Read More
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End as a Man (First Edition)
by Calder Willingham
New York: Vanguard, 1947. First Edition. First Edition, in the scarce first issue dust jacket, with no reviews on the rear panel. Basis for the 1957 film "The Strange One," starring Ben Gazzara and George Peppard. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Faint offsetting on the endpapers, and less so on the jacket front flap, else... Read More
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How Could You, Jean? (Original photograph from the 1918 film)
by William Desmond Taylor (director); Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (novel); Frances Marion (screenwriter); Mary Pickford, Casson Ferguson (starring)
US: Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company, 1918. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying manuscript notation on the verso. Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, about a young socialite and a millionaire, who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand, respectively. No... Read More
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Lassie's Great Adventure (Original photograph from the 1963 film)
by William Beaudine (director); Monroe Manning, Charles O'Neal (screenwriter); June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Jon Provost, Robert Howard, Will J. White (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. While trying to save a hot air balloonist, Lassie and Timmy get stuck in the balloon and must fend for themselves in the wild. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Weldon 1983.
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