Between Two Women (Collection of nine original concept art sketches for the 1945 film)
by Willis Goldbeck (director); Harry Ruskin (screenwriter); Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Maxwell, Gloria DeHaven (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film, the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams, and the fifth of six films focusing on... Read More
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Wolves of the Night (Original photograph album from the 1919 film belonging to actor William Farnum)
by William Farnum, Louise Lovely (starring); J. Gordon Edwards (director); E. Lloyd Sheldon (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1919. Vintage album housing 49 vintage reference photographs from the 1919 silent film, most showing noted early film star William Farnum. Of particular note in the album is a photograph of Farnum on the set with actors Lamar Johnstone and Charles Clary, holding bouquets of flowers, ostensibly at the end of the shoot. Laid in... Read More
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Shield for Murder (Original Film Pressbook)
by William P. McGivern (novel); Edmond O'Brien and Howard W. Koch (directors); Richard Alan Simmons and John C. Higgins (screenwriter); Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar, and Emile Meyer (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1954. Original pressbook for the 1954 film noir, based on the 1951 novel by William P. McGivern. Howard W. Koch, director of "The Girl in the Black Stockings" (1957) here creates an unsparing view (for its time) of the violence and corruption often seen behind the badge of a police officer. Barney... Read More
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Original photograph of William Wyler and Margaret Tallichet, 1938
by William Wyler, Margaret Tallichet (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage photograph of director William Wyler and his wife, actress Margaret Tallichet, returning from their elopement in 1938. Date stamp on the verso reading JAN 17 1939. Wyler and Tallichet met in 1939 through mutual acquaintances at Goldwyn Pictures. Three weeks after meeting they married, on October 23, 1938, and remained married until Wyler's... Read More
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The Kennel Murder Case (Original photograph from the 1933 film)
by William Powell, Mary Astor (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); S. S. Van Dine (novel); Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne, Robert Presnell (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 film, showing actors Eugene Pallette, William Powell, and Robert McWade. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Easily the best entry in the series of the 15 Philo Vance film adaptations made between 1929 and 1947. Powell's second of four appearances as the great detective, setting... Read More
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As I Lay Dying (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Faulkner (novel); Jerzy J. Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1930 novel by William Faulkner, about the death of matriarch Addie Bundren, and her impoverished, rural family's subsequent attempts to honor her wishes to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi. Screenwriters Jerzy J. Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski were best known for co-writing "The... Read More
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Original photograph of William Wyler, Margaret Tallichet, and their children, circa 1949
by William Wyler, Margaret Tallichet (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1949. Vintage borderless photograph of director William Wyler, his wife Margaret Tallichet, and their first two daughters Cathy and Judy. Date stamp on the verso reading SEP 13 1949. Wyler and Tallichet met in 1939 through mutual acquaintances at Goldwyn Pictures. Three weeks after meeting they married, on October 23, 1938, and remained married until... Read More
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When Strangers Marry (Original photograph from the 1944 film)
by William Castle (director); George Moskov (story); Philip Yordan, Maurice King (screenwriters); Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum (starring)
Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film. Naive, small-town girl Millie Baxter (Kim Hunter) travels to New York City to meet her newlywedded husband Paul (Dean Jagger), only to discover that he may be a murderer. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with crease to left... Read More
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Two original photographs from the 1935 film)
by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt (directors); William Shakespeare (play); Charles Kenyon, Mary C. McCall Jr. (screenwriters); Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Dick Powell, Billy Barty (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1935. Vintage studio still photograph and vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film. One photograph shows Victor Jory in a dazzling sequined costume and twig crown as Oberon, and the other shows Jory with actress Anita Louise as Titania. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph, and both with manuscript pencil and ink... Read More
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A Cry of Players (Original script for the 1968 off-Broadway play)
by William Gibson (playwright); Gene Frankel (director); Frank Langella, Michael Egan, Lois Kibbee, Anne Bancroft, Robert Donley (starring)
New York: Lincoln Center, 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 play. Copy belonging to an unknown lighting technician, with their manuscript pencil annotations regarding lighting changes throughout. A dramatization of the early life and loves of William Shakespeare. The play made its Broadway debut at the Repertory Theatre at the Lincoln Center on November 14, running... Read More
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So Long at the Fair (First Edition, signed in the year of publication)
by Miller Williams
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Williams in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For — and — / In memory of one of history's most memorable four days, with love and other good things! / Miller / New Orleans / 3-3-68." Williams is the father of noted singer/songwriter... Read More
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The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph of Harriet Hoctor from the 1936 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1936 film, showing actress and ballerina Harriet Hoctor dancing between two lions. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its... Read More
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The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph from the 1936 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
N.p.: France Presse, 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film, showing actresses Diane Cook, Edna Callahan, Hester Deane, and Mary Jane Halsey in a sea of white balloons. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of France Presse and Page Illustree. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and... Read More
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Love Crazy (Original photograph of William Powell and Myrna Loy on the set of the 1941 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson (starring); Jack Conway (director); William Ludwig, David Hertz, Charles Lederer (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1941. Vintage reference photograph of William Powell and Myrna Loy sitting together on the set of the 1941 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A man pretends to be crazy in order to delay his forthcoming divorce. The eleventh of fourteen films to pair Powell and Loy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. ... Read More
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The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph from the 1936 film)
by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by... Read More
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Good Times (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Tony Barrett, Nicholas Hyams (screenwriters); Sonny and Cher (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1967 film, showing Sonny Bono in the director's seat with a cameraman on a crane shot. An image in keeping with the somewhat metatextual nature of the film, in which Sonny Bono, playing himself, pitches ideas for movies starring Sonny and Cher (also as herself), which... Read More
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Spy Smasher (Original pressbook for the 1942 film serial)
by William Witney (director); Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Joseph Poland (screenwriters); Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Hans Schumm (starring)
Hollywood: Republic, 1942. Vintage pressbook for the 12-part 1942 film serial. Based on the Fawcett Comics character created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, about a costumed vigilante who seeks to take down a Nazi agent known as The Mask. The 25th of 66 serials produced by Republic, starring Kane Richmond as the titular superhero. ... Read More
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The Exorcist (Two original photographs from the set of the 1973 film)
by William Friedkin (director); William Peter Blatty (screenwriter, novel); Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film, one showing director William Friedkin and one showing Friedkin and screenwriter William Peter Blatty. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series, following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the... Read More
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The Exorcist (Original photograph of William Friedkin and Linda Blair on the set of the 1973 film)
by William Friedkin (director); William Peter Blatty (screenwriter, novel); Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film, showing director William Friedkin in conversation with young actress Linda Blair between takes. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series, following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to... Read More
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One Touch of Venus (Three original publicity photographs featuring Ava Gardner from the 1948 film)
by William A. Seiter (director); Thomas Anstey Guthrie (novella); S.J. Perelman, Ogden Nash (book); Harry Kurnitz, Frank Tashlin (screenwriters); Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1948. Three vintage publicity photographs,including one double-weight contact photograph of Ava Gardner, one publicity photograph of Ava Gardner, and one publicity photograph of Gardner and Robert Walker, from the 1948 film. Two photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin... Read More
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Skatetown U.S.A. (Three original photographs from the 1979 film)
by William A. Levey (director); Nick Castle (screenwriter); Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Two vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film. Two roller-skating rivals compete against each other for a cash prize. Shot on location in Santa Monica, and Los Angeles, California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South (First Edition, complete in two volumes)
by William Arnett, Paul Arnett
Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Complete in two volumes. As New. Both volumes Fine and unread in Fine dust jackets. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Oversize item, shipping billed at cost.
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Grands soirs et petits matins [Mayday] (Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film)
by William Klein (director, photographer)
N.p.: William Klein, 1968. Vintage photograph, shot by director-photographer William Klein, during the making of his landmark documentary. With Klein's stamp on the back, noting his address in Paris. In making his cinema verite documentary about the occupation of the Sorbonne begun during the May, 1968 protests in Paris, Klein received unprecedented access to student leaders, activists,... Read More
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Agamemnon (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by William Alfred (screenwriter, playwright)
New York: Delia Productions, 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. A verse play retelling of the Greek myth, in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window.... Read More
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Island Women [Calypso Island] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film, Marie Windsor's copy)
by William Berke (director, producer); Andrew Alexander, Philip Yordan (screenwriters); Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards, Marilee Earle, Leslie Scott (starring)
Hollywood: Security Pictures, 1957. Revised Draft script for the 1958 film, "Island Women," here under the working title, "Calypso Island." Copy belonging to actress Marie Windsor, with her name in manuscript ink on the first page of text, annotations in manuscript pencil and ink throughout, one page noting scene wardrobe changes, and custom place markers at the fore-edges noting... Read More
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