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1959130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. <br/><br/>An expertly shot low-budget space exploration film about a cozy spaceship carrying scientists engineers and researchers from all over the world with the moon as their destination. Captain John Anderson Clark juggles a crew with a variety of nationalities dealing in particular with conflicts between the German and Israeli crew members over Holocaust issues. Once on the moon the crew discovers an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. <br/><br/>Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1936150762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1953110846Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1953. Original pressbook for the 1953 film noir. <br/><br/>A former professional fighter John Payne is framed for the murder of his unfaithful wife Peggie Castle by her lover Brad Dexter. With the help of an aspiring actress Evelyn Keyes he must clear his name before the killer flees the country. <br/><br/>11 pages saddle stapled 11 x 17 inches. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. Near Fine condition starting only slight at the hinge fold. Laid in is four-page supplement on newsprint in Fine condition. A compelling and unusual film that has been rediscovered as one the late classics of the noir cycle. <br/><br/>Grant US. Lyons US. Silver Classic Noir. Selby Canon US. United Artists unknown books
197220743New York: The Viking Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670258873 . no discernible wear to book; jacket shows only light surface- and edge-wear. The MGM Library of Film Scripts Series B&W photographs In their second M-G-M outing Groucho Harpo and Chico now permanently Zeppo-less take on the medical profession with Groucho as Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush a horse doctor posing as the medical director of a sanitarium. Both the original script and the dialogue and action from the film as released are presented it sez here "because the final film differs so much from the script." As with all the books in this series the hardcover printings are much less common than the simultaneously-issued trade paperbacks. . The Viking Press hardcover books
1940147936Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of Gloria Jean and orchestra performing from the 1940 film. <br/><br/>The unofficial sequel to 1939's "The Under-Pup" which introduced Jean to the screen "A Little Bit of Heaven" finds the twelve year old singing sensation singing on a radio quiz show and hired to a big-bucks contract. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with both right corders chipped and two small chips on upper right. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945137348Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original pressbook for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. <br/><br/>12.25 x 15 inches. 28 pages saddle stapled. Light fading to the front edges lightly rubbed and soiled about Near Fine overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945137328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original complete set of 8 lobby cards for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus. Lightly soiled with pinholes but still bright. Paramount Pictures unknown books
193318555Mount Vernon: Old Colony Press 1933. First Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Caldwell and illustrator Alfred Morang. Slim octavo 17cm; light brown stapled wrappers with titles printed in black on front cover; 4 11 1pp; illus. A few faint stress creases else a Fine copy of this scarce and fragile chapbook. A single story written as an elegy to a man's lost lover. Old Colony Press unknown books
19799011011Chicago: University Of Chicago Press 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. <br/><br/> University Of Chicago Press hardcover books
1957130504London: The Rank Organization 1957. Vintage program for the 1957 British film noir. <br/><br/>Based on the 1938 short story by Graham Greene expanding on Greene's story about a crooked businessman on the run who steals a man's passport in order to hide out in Mexico only to discover that the passport belongs to a wanted political assassin. A low budget British film noir that brought Rod Steiger across the ocean in order to put his formidable character acting skills into what became a critically praised film. <br/><br/>Full color saddle stapled self wrappers 8 pages 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Phillips US. Spicer US. The Rank Organization unknown books
1963143918Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original pressbook for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film here under the French title. Black-and-white film stills surround a brief synopsis with dramatic portrait images of Samoylova and film distribution and publicity credits. <br/><br/>Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Hajnal Gabor recalls through flashback the parting words of the girl Samoylova "I'll Come Back." Direcot Szemes best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival 1961. <br/><br/>Single sheet folded once vertically 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Very Good overall with small tears creases and light foxing. Ucinex unknown books
1979127202New York: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Original Program for the classic 1979 science fiction film. A striking program for what can easily be described as an essential Scott film if not his finest. <br/><br/>This deluxe program reflects Scott's use of H. R. Giger's alien designs throughout the film with landscapes just as seemingly cold as the creatures that inhabit them evolving a completely original concept of space. <br/><br/>Illustrated in full color saddle-stapled wrappers 9 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine with a hint of rubbing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1976144164Tel Aviv: DAFNA International Films 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>On her drive to work Edna is rear ended by Dave an American musicologist. Dave promises to pay for the damage and uses this commitment as an excuse to get close to and seduce Edna who is raising her young son on her own. <br/><br/>Set in Tel Aviv.<br/><br/>Light blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 with credits for screenwriter Eli Tabor novelist Ram Oren and producer Shimon Arama. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Offset printing. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two staples. DAFNA International Films unknown books
1938135920Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Revised White script for the 1939 film seen here with the title "I Robbed a Bank" which has been stricken through on the title page. <br/><br/>A gang attempts a bank robbery only to find that one of the gang member's sisters works there. The gang abducts her and a truck driver while attempting their getaway and the hostages must secretly try to help the cops find the fugitives. <br/><br/>Written by well loved humorist S.J. Perelman and his wife Laura Perelman "Ambush" marks a significant but entertaining departure from their best-known works such as their co-writing work on Marx Brothers films "Monkey Business" and "Horse Feathers." <br/><br/>White side-stapled titled wrappers dated December 13 1938 noted as production No. 1198 and copy No. 0038. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 115 eaves with last page numbered D-28. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated between 10-10-38 and 10-21-38. Very Good plus lacking rear wrapper. Paramount Pictures unknown books
19791341339Ohio: Self Published 1979. FIrst Edition. Other. Staple-bound comic; VG. Minor creasing to cover. Corners very slightly rounded. Cover white pages cream. Several pages have small cuts at lower margins from flaws in paper. Mild creasing/wrinkling of some pages ~1" in from spine. Staples original and centered but somewhat rusted. RH Consignment; Shelved case 8 1/4. 1341339. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Self Published unknown books
19761903London: Hakluyt Society 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xvi 365 pp maps one folding illustrations with index errata slip tipped in on half-title editor's compliments sheet laid in. Lightly bumped corners else fine. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with two small less than 1/2 inch tears on front cover near spine. "As a circumstantial document the Diary provides diverse information ranging from details of the Oxford and London scenes and the organizational aspects of the trading venture to the customs of the natives of Sierra Leone including the earliest English record of an African language together with drawings of the flora and fauna" dust jacket. Hakluyt Society hardcover books
1956142890N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for a 1956 student film. Front wrapper title in decorative holograph black ink presumably by the screenwriter. Based on the 1890 story by Ambrose Bierce. 22 pages of storyboards corresponding with the script that follows all bound together. Decorative cast and crew invite to premiere and wrap party laid in. <br/><br/>The second filmed version of Bierce's short story the first one titled "The Bridge" was made by Charles Vidor in 1929 virtually unknown preceding both the well known 1959 version filmed for the fifth season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and the French version made in 1962 by Robert Enrico. <br/><br/>According to the 1956-57 Film Review of Student Productions presented by Department of Cinema and Delta Kappa Alpha at the University of Southern California USC the film was part of the Productions of the Graduate Workshop in the fall of 1956. Laid in is an invitation to premiere screening held at CineManor where USC's California National Honorary Cinema Fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha hosted screenings and social events. Douglas W. Gallez served as President of the Alpha USC Chapter at the time. Not in IMDB. <br/><br/>Presumably shot in Southern California. Set in Civil War era Alabama. <br/><br/>Pale untitled wrapper with credits for screenwriter. Title page present with credits for story writer Ambrose Bierce and screenwriter Douglas W. Gallez. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph both storyboards and script. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1990158497NEW YORK WARNER BOOKS 1990 1990. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NEW YORK, WARNER BOOKS, 1990 hardcover books
19721325642New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Large Thin Octavo; unpaginated; G/G-; beige spine with black and red text; dust jacket has some toning toward exterior edges; minor chips to edges; mylar wraps; cloth has mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light toning to exterior edges; frontispiece; light foxing to some pages; illustrated;. 1325642. FP New Rockville Stock. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1937130740Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film. Copy belonging to Van Heflin with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A romantic drama set to the back drop of the Annapolis Naval Academy. Bill Martin a young midshipman must chose between his love for Julia and his commitment to the navy in this 1937 film. <br/><br/>Mint green titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Revised Final script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 dated May 18 1937 with credits for writers Cabanne and Twist. Distribution page present with receipt removed. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1968011577Austin: Texas State Building Commisison Archeological Program 1968. Spiral Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 73p. Texas State Building Commisison, Archeological Program unknown books
2000116330New York: St. Martin's Press 2000. Hardcover. 118p. 8.25x10.5 inches profusely illustrated with Morgan's b&w homoerotic photography very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1972148406N.p.: N.p. 1972. Revised Version Draft script for the 1972 film belonging to actor Martin Landau with his holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout most in reference to his character Capelli including action and dialogue changes. Also included are a 21-page shooting schedule and call sheet with the name of uncredited crew member Jim O'Roarke in holograph ink on the shooting schedule and holograph annotations to both. <br/><br/>From the estate of Martin Landau.<br/><br/>British director Robert Hartford-Davis originally conceived of the story for the film based on the Black Power movement in contemporary Britain and hired Robert Shearer to write the screenplay. The first American feature-length film for Hartford-Davis and the film debuts of baseball star Vida Blue and football player Gene Washington. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Version Screenplay with credits for story by Robert Hartford-Davis and screenwriter Franklin Coen. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Shooting Schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light creasing at corners.<br/><br/>Call Sheet 8.5 x 13 Near Fine with a single fold. N.p. unknown books
197622971Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company. 1976. Periodical. Wraps near fine but for light corner crease to front wrap. Smitherman interviews Milner for the cover story.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 97 pp . Johnson Publishing Company unknown books
1953132550London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1952 US film. <br/><br/>A well received and a still appreciated film based on a story of the same title in Damon Runyon's 1931 collection "Guys and Dolls" a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Mitzi Gaynor stars as a backwoods babe with a knack for song-and-dance that she uses to impress a few bigwigs in New York she then becomes a belle of Broadway. They also take a liking to her bloodhounds. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light toning and a few faint creases overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 330. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
