The Man in the Net (Original photograph of Alan Ladd from the 1959 film noir)
by Alan Ladd (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); Hugh Wheeler (novel); Reginald Rose (screenwriter); Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose, with the image manipulated for effect, from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler, under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist (Alan Ladd) is accused of murdering his unstable, alcoholic wife (Carolyn Jones)... Read More
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Chicago Deadline (Original post-production script for the 1949 film)
by Alan Ladd, Donna Reed (starring); Lewis Allen (director); Warren Duff (screenwriter); Tiffany Thayer (novel)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1949 film. Based on Tiffany Thayer's 1947 novel "One Woman." A South Side reporter discovers the body of a dead call girl, and tries to track down her killer using her address book. Set in Chicago. Tall white titled wrappers, noting 10 reels,... Read More
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Private Lessons (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
by Alan Myerson (director); Dan Greenburg (novel, screenplayer); Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown (starring)
Century City, CA: Barry and Enright Films, 1979. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited actor who played the banker in the third act, with manuscript marker annotations on pages 81-82, calling out all the character's action and dialog. Based on the 1969 novel "Phlly" by screenwriter Dan Greenburg. A 1980s coming-of-age sex... Read More
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A Chorus Line (Photograph from the 1985 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); Marvin Hamlisch (composer); Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Terrence Mann, Sharon Brown (starring); Richard Attenborough (director); Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr., Nicholas Dante (play); Arnold Schulman (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1985. Double weight photograph from the 1985 film. With the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe on the verso, his numerical manuscript pencil notation, and a snipe identifying the image. Struck by Pappe circa 1990s, from his archive. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years, photographing a who's... Read More
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Archive of 6 photographs from the 1978 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Frankie Howard (starring); Michael Schultz (director); Henry Edwards (screenwriter); Tom O'Horgan, Robin Wagner (playwrights)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1978. Archive of six double weight photographs from the 1978 film. Each photograph with the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe, snipes identifying the photograph, and his manuscript annotations on the verso. Three photographs additionally signed by Pappe. Struck by Pappe circa 1990s, from his archive. Pappe worked as a film still and... Read More
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Shoot the Moon (Two original photographs from the 1982 film)
by Alan Parker (director); Bo Goldman (screenwriter); Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Daren Allen, Dana Hill (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1981. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film, one of Dana Hill and one of Dana Hill, Viveka Davis, Tracey Gold, and Tina Yothers . George (Albert Finney) is caught in an affair by his wife Faith (Diane Keaton), destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated... Read More
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Shoot the Moon (Original one sheet poster for the 1982 film)
by Alan Parker (director); Bo Goldman (screenwriter); Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: MGM / United Artists, 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1982 film. George (Albert Finney) is caught in an affair by his wife Faith (Diane Keaton), destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County, California, shot on location in California. ... Read More
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Alex in Wonderland (Archive of five original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn (starring); Paul Mazursky (director, screenwriter); Larry Tucker (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1970. Archive of five vintage, oversize, double weight photographs from the 1970 film, four of which are borderless. One photograph SIGNED and dated 1969 by photographer Alan Pappe on the verso, all photographs with his stamp. All five photographs feature legendary Italian director Federico Fellini in his cameo role as himself, with... Read More
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The Handmaid's Tale (Two photographs from the 1990 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); Volker Schlondorff (director); Margaret Atwood (novel); Harold Pinter (screenwriter); Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn (starring)
Germany: Bioskop Film, 1990. Two double weight photographs from the 1990 US / German co-production. With the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe, and manuscript annotations identifying the film on the versos. Struck by Pappe circa 1990s, from his archive. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years, photographing a who's who of film... Read More
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Tempest (Original photograph of Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, and John Cassavetes from the 1982 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia (starring); Paul Mazursky (director, screenwriter); Leon Capetanos (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1982. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1982 film. Shown left to right are Raul Julia, Susan Sarandon, and John Cassavetes. With the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe, as well as manuscript pencil annotations identifying the film and subjects, on the verso. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for... Read More
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Lost Horizon (Four original photographs from the 1973 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); James Hilton (novel); Burt Bacharach (music); Peter Finch, Liv Ullman, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy (starring) Charles Jarrott (director); Larry Kramer (screenplay);
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1973. Archive of four vintage oversize double weight photographs on location in the Cascade Mountains, WA for the 1973 film, with one photograph showing director Charles Jarrott and a cameraman on preparing to shoot a scene with featuring extras. Three photographs are borderless. From the archive of photographer Alan Pappe, with his stamp, signature,... Read More
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The Commitments (Original photograph from the 1991 film)
by Alan Parker (director); Roddy Doyle (novel, screenwriter); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (screenwriters); Robert Arkins, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Bronagh Gallagher, Glen Hansard (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director Alan Parker standing with the members of the band on the set of the beloved 1991 film. Based on the 1987 novel, about a young man from Dublin who assembles a soul band composed of a group of working-class music fans. Set and shot on location in... Read More
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Blume in Love (Archive of 12 original photographs from the 1973 film)
by Alan Pappe (photographer); George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Krisofferson, Shelley Winters (starring); Paul Mazursky (director, screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Archive of 12 vintage oversize, borderless, double weight photographs from the 1973 film. Eight photographs with the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe on the verso, one photograph additionally SIGNED by the photographer. Five with manuscript annotations on the verso identifying either the film, the subjects, or location of the photograph, one bearing the annotated... Read More
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Roadie (Original photograph of Meat Loaf and Debbie Harry from the 1980 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director); Big Boy Medlin (screenwriter); Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney, Don Cornelius, Gailard Sartain (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 film, showing actress Debbie Harry playfully "drumming" empty beer bottles, while Meat Loaf looks on to her left. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A rowdy beer distributor from Texas gets roped into becoming a roadie for a touring rock band. Featuring numerous... Read More
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Songwriter (Original screenplay for the 1984 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director); Bud Shrake (screenwriter); Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn (starring)
Culver City, CA: Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures, 1984. Revised Final script and shooting schedule for the 1984 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member, with his manuscript annotations throughout in blue ink. Doc Jenkins (Willie Nelson) is an aspiring singer/songwriter whose ambition is thwarted by a bad contract with a record label. With the help of former... Read More
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We Got It Made (Original screenplay for the 1983 television Episode)
by Alan Rafkin (director); Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr Brao (screenwriters); Teri Copley, Matt McCoy, Tom Villard, Bonnie Urseth (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1983. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1983-1988 television series, "We Got It Made." Mickey Mackenzie (Copley) is a girl in her early 20s who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan. Her employers are two bachelors, David Tucker (McCoy), a conservative attorney, and Jay Bostwick (Villard), a liberal... Read More
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Endangered Species (Original screenplay for the 1982 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director, screenwriter); Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton (starring); John Binder (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to special effects crew member John Burke, with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript ink, and his manuscript pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout. Missing two pages, likely as used or issued. While visiting his daughter in a small... Read More
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Love at Large (Original photograph from the 1990 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director, screenwriter); Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer (starring)
N.p.: David Blocker Productions, 1990. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1990 film. Alan Rudolph puts a modernist spin on the hard-boiled detective film in this underrated gem. Starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer and Kate Capshaw and directed by Alan Rudolph. Shot on location in Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Very... Read More
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Trouble in Mind (Original photograph from the set of the 1985 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director, screenwriter); Luke Wynne (photographer); Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Genevieve Bujold, Lori Singer, Divine (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage oversize reference photograph of director Alan Rudolph and Genevieve Bujold on the set of the 1985 film. Ex-cop, Hawk (Kris Krisofferson), released from jail after serving eight years for murder, is in need of "a woman and a job," and returns to his former hangout, Wanda's Cafe, run by his ex, Wanda (Bujold).... Read More
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Goodbye Johnny (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Alan R. Trustman, Theodore J. Flicker (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A highly trained, volatile cop takes on an unexpected job as a babysitter for a wealthy man's wayward adult daughter. Seemingly the only collaboration between seasoned screenwriters Alan R. Trustman ("The Thomas Crown Affair," "Bullitt") and Theodore J. Flicker ("The President's Analyst"). Blue titled Studio Duplicating... Read More
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Chaka (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Alan Scholefield (screenwriter, author)
London: Jud Kinberg and Stanley Mann, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Alan Scholefield's 1967 novel "Great Elephant," about a white settler family and their experiences in 19th century South Africa. Oversized yellow wrappers with title window die cut in the British style. Title page present, dated June 8, 1970, noted as... Read More
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The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away (First Edition in paperback)
by Alan Williams, William Marshall
New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. First Edition. No. 27074. First Edition in paperback, preceded by the hardcover edition published by Macmillan. About Very Good plus in wrappers, with owner name on the first leaf, rear wrapper slightly wavy on the top edge, and a few nicks on the front wrapper. Not in Holroyd.
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Malcolm (Signed First Edition)
by Edward Albee
New York: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Edward Albee on the half-title page. A stage adaptation of the 1959 novel by James Purdy. Very Good plus in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Page edges faintly foxed. Jacket lightly rubbed at the extremities.
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Albee Directs Albee (Original poster for The One Act Plays of Edward Albee | Directed by the Author | Presented by Mark Hall Amitin as a forty week international tour in 1978-1979)
by Edward Albee
New York: Mark Hall Amitin, 1979. Vintage poster for Albee Directs Albee, a forty week international tour of eight Albee one act plays, directed by the playwright. It started in 1978 and was presented by Mark Hall Amitin, the founder of World of Culture. Plays included "The Zoo Story" (1958), "Fam and Yam" (1959), "The Sandbox" (1959), "The American... Read More
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The Play About the Baby (Signed First Edition)
by Edward Albee
New York: The Overlook Press, 2003. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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