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1957130511London: The Rank Organization 1957. Original British quad poster for the 1957 British film noir<br /> <br /> 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. Shot in Spain but represented as Mexico "Across the Bridge" expands on Graham Greene's short story bringing more specifics to the author's intentionally empirical outline. Steiger plays 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. <br /> <br /> 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Phillips US. Spicer US. The Rank Organization unknown
1957130511London: The Rank Organization 1957. Original British quad poster for the 1957 British film noir<br/><br/>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. Shot in Spain but represented as Mexico "Across the Bridge" expands on Graham Greene's short story bringing more specifics to the author's intentionally empirical outline. Steiger plays 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. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Phillips US. Spicer US. The Rank Organization unknown books
1980147323N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film based on Ernest Hemingway's final novel.<br/><br/>A middle-aged man dying of a heart disease takes a duck hunting trip in Trieste Italy reminiscing on his past experiences as a military officer and recent romance with an 18 year old girl. <br/><br/>Set in Italy.<br/><br/>White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alan Scott and novelist Ernest Hemingway. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1954148790Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage three-sheet poster for the 1953 film. Based on the 1949 novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia" by Alfred Hayes.<br /> <br /> Visiting Villefrance in the early 1950s Robert Teller Kirk Douglas reminisces on his time in the US Army in Paris nearing the end of WWII and his romance with the beautiful French peasant girl Lise Dany Robin.<br /> <br /> Set in and shot on location in Paris and the French Riviera France. <br /> <br /> 40.75 x 78 inches. Two panels folded as issued. Very Good with large closed tear to mid-right splitting to some folds several small closed tears at the extremities and light soiling.<br /> <br /> Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. United Artists unknown
1953140577N.p.: Benagoss Productions 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Based on Alfred Hayes' novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia."<br/><br/>A romantic drama set in south France during WWII. An American soldier begins a doomed romance with a French peasant woman. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning and a chip to the top margin. Benagoss Productions unknown books
1970140640London: John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid 1970. Draft script for an unproduced British film called "Act of Treason" written by Guy Elmes based on Lillian Hellman's adaptation of Emmanuel Robles' 1948 play "Montserrat." Screenwriter Elmes also wrote for films like "Bad Blonde" 1953 "Across the Bridge" 1957 "Pontius Pilate" 1962 "the Invincible Six" 1970 and "White Fang" 1973. <br /> <br /> Robles' play opened in Paris in 1948 a story about the civil war in Venezuela during the early 1800s where a Spanish officer commits treason and joins the Venezuelan revolutionaries. <br /> <br /> Guy Elmes is a screenwriter primarily known for his work in writing the original story and screenplay for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" 1979. <br /> <br /> Gray blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Guy Elmes playwright Lillian Hellman and producer Ben Arbeid. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid unknown
1970140640London: John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid 1970. Draft script for an unproduced British film called "Act of Treason" written by Guy Elmes based on Lillian Hellman's adaptation of Emmanuel Robles' 1948 play "Montserrat." Screenwriter Elmes also wrote for films like "Bad Blonde" 1953 "Across the Bridge" 1957 "Pontius Pilate" 1962 "the Invincible Six" 1970 and "White Fang" 1973. <br/><br/>Robles' play opened in Paris in 1948 a story about the civil war in Venezuela during the early 1800s where a Spanish officer commits treason and joins the Venezuelan revolutionaries. <br/><br/>Guy Elmes is a screenwriter primarily known for his work in writing the original story and screenplay for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" 1979. <br/><br/>Gray blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Guy Elmes playwright Lillian Hellman and producer Ben Arbeid. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid unknown books
1985143995Toronto: Telepix Canada 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. <br /> <br /> Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. <br /> <br /> Set in Pittsburgh PA and environs shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada. <br /> <br /> Self-wrappers with title page integral on the front wrapper dated August 8 1985 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Spencer. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/85 and 8/22/85. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Telepix Canada unknown
1985143995Toronto: Telepix Canada 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. <br/><br/>Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. <br/><br/>Set in Pittsburgh PA and environs shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada. <br/><br/>Self-wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper dated August 8 1985 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Spencer. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/85 and 8/22/85. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Telepix Canada unknown books
1980161298N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Italian film. Provenance stamp and manuscript label crediting photographer Gianfranco Salis. <br /> <br /> A low-budget film actor suffers a nervous breakdown and runs away with an actress who believes herself to be Shakespeare's Ophelia.<br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962149464N.p.: Desert 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 sexploitation film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso identifying the film's title.<br/><br/>A gold prospector lost in the desert encounters an oasis with several women wandering around in the nude.<br/><br/>One photograph 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Desert unknown books
1975152715London: English Film Company Limited 1975. Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "The Will" with single annotation in manuscript ink of copy number "24" on first page. <br /> <br /> One of the better known British sexploitation films of the 1970s having been the subject of a 1975 episode of BBC program "Man Alive" season 9 episode 24 "Xploitation" as well as having been one of three British sex films viewed by moral reformer Lord Longford.<br /> <br /> A pair of greedy brothers are summoned to their father's estate after his death but are instructed not to enter the house until the reading of the will and are forced to stay instead with servants Adam and Nicole in a cottage on the grounds. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers dated January 1975. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. English Film Company Limited unknown
1949149090Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn lounging on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and Advertising Code "Approved" stamp dated "Sep 9 1949" on verso.<br/><br/>For many this sixth entry in the Hepburn-Tracy canon was the peak for the duo a non-stop brainy battle-of-the-sexes gabfest that epitomized the two at their very best. Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin the same writing team who produced "Pat and Mike" the following year. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York City and Newtown Connecticut. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to right edge and tiny chip at the bottom right margin.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973WRCLIT38739Np but UK: United Artists 1973. 1105 leaves. Narrow quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only clasp-bound at top in plain wrappers paper label. Wrappers lightly used at extended overlap edges but a very good or better copy. Spike Milligan played his own father in this 1972 film version of his novel a fictional account of his war-time experiences. Directed by Norman Cohen starring Jim Dale as the young Spike with Arthur Lowe Billy Maynard and Pat Coombs. United Artists unknown books
1960144084Rome: Zebra Films / Cineriz 1960. Collection of 64 vintage borderless single weight film still photographs for the 1960 Italian film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni and in stunning group images with her female costars. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos five with Contino's rubberstamp and two are dupes made by the original developer. <br /> <br /> Based on an original screenplay about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua Signoret and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero Mastroianni but her landlord's excessive rent finally vanquishes her hopes for a brighter future. She holds her ground against the man but no moral deed is without consequences in the underworld and she is last seen as her destitute former self. <br /> <br /> Petrangeli also directed "She Wolf" 1953 Visconti's "Ossessione" 1943 assistant director and screenwriter and Rossellini's "Europe '51" 1952 second assistant director; he was a prolific filmmaker in the Commedia all'italiana and died while shooting his last film "How When and with Whom" 1969. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.5 inches some slightly smaller. Very Good plus overall with curling and a few scattered creases. Zebra Films / Cineriz unknown
1960144085Paris: Zebra Films / Cineriz 1960. Original oversize program for the 1960 Italian here under the original title. Illustrated in red with black-and-white stills from the film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni and in stunning group images with her female costars. Also included is an original press packet detailing film credits a synopsis and brief star biographies. <br /> <br /> Based on an original screenplay about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua Signoret and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero Mastroianni but her landlord's excessive rent finally vanquishes her hopes for a brighter future. She holds her ground against the man but no moral deed is without consequences in the underworld and she is last seen as her destitute former self. <br /> <br /> Petrangeli also directed "She Wolf" 1953 Visconti's "Ossessione" 1943 assistant director and screenwriter and Rossellini's "Europe '51" 1952 second assistant director; he was a prolific filmmaker in the Commedia all'italiana and died while shooting his last film "How When and with Whom" 1969. <br /> <br /> Program 12.5 x 13.5 inches saddle-stapled 4 card stock leaves. Very Good with a heavy vertical crease and foxing. Press packet mimeograph on white stock corner-stapled 7 leaves Very Good plus. Zebra Films / Cineriz unknown
1960144084Rome: Zebra Films / Cineriz 1960. Collection of 64 vintage borderless single weight film still photographs for the 1960 Italian film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni and in stunning group images with her female costars. Numerical annotations in holograph pencil on the versos five with Contino's rubberstamp and two are dupes made by the original developer. <br/><br/>Based on an original screenplay about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua Signoret and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero Mastroianni but her landlord's excessive rent finally vanquishes her hopes for a brighter future. She holds her ground against the man but no moral deed is without consequences in the underworld and she is last seen as her destitute former self. <br/><br/>Petrangeli also directed "She Wolf" 1953 Visconti's "Ossessione" 1943 assistant director and screenwriter and Rossellini's "Europe '51" 1952 second assistant director; he was a prolific filmmaker in the Commedia all'italiana and died while shooting his last film "How When and with Whom" 1969. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches some slightly smaller. Very Good plus overall with curling and a few scattered creases. Zebra Films / Cineriz unknown books
1960144085Paris: Zebra Films / Cineriz 1960. Original oversize program for the 1960 Italian here under the original title. Illustrated in red with black-and-white stills from the film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni and in stunning group images with her female costars. Also included is an original press packet detailing film credits a synopsis and brief star biographies. <br/><br/>Based on an original screenplay about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua Signoret and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero Mastroianni but her landlord's excessive rent finally vanquishes her hopes for a brighter future. She holds her ground against the man but no moral deed is without consequences in the underworld and she is last seen as her destitute former self. <br/><br/>Petrangeli also directed "She Wolf" 1953 Visconti's "Ossessione" 1943 assistant director and screenwriter and Rossellini's "Europe '51" 1952 second assistant director; he was a prolific filmmaker in the Commedia all'italiana and died while shooting his last film "How When and with Whom" 1969. <br/><br/>Program 12.5 x 13.5 inches saddle-stapled 4 card stock leaves. Very Good with a heavy vertical crease and foxing. Press packet mimeograph on white stock corner-stapled 7 leaves Very Good plus. Zebra Films / Cineriz unknown books
1971161449N.p.: Modern Art Productions 1971. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Each with a provenance stamp on the versos. <br /> <br /> Richard is a for-hire stud in divorce suits who earns ten percent of the money the husband saves by proving wives' infidelities.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Modern Art Productions unknown
1966162111London: Miracle Films 1966. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1966 Italian film showing actors Catherine Spaak and Nino Manfredi.<br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> A wife invents a lover in order to intrigue her husband who she suspects is beginning to grow bored with their relationship. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with wear at the corners and a faint tide mark on the bottom edge of the verso. Miracle Films unknown
1954140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show which originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and manuscript pencil annotations on nearly every page. <br /> <br /> Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. <br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown
1954140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show which originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations on nearly every page. <br/><br/>Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown books
1962151621Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Collection of 20 vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film.<br /> <br /> Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda about how American government functions in a free society.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Washington DC.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine some with light wear to the corners. <br /> <br /> <br /> Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962150717Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Stamped production No. 63-83 on the verso and on the bottom right corner of the recto.<br/><br/>Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda about how American government functions in a free society.<br/><br/>Set in Washington DC and shot on location there. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with a short closed tear to the left edge.<br/><br/>Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1985141111N.p.: N.p. 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman who played the character of Lewis in this production with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." <br /> <br /> Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist playwright and screenwriter who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. <br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles. <br /> <br /> Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
