1960s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1961. Vintage pressbook for the 1960 film. Based on Leon Uris' 1958 novel about the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, following a ship carrying Jewish immigrants whose passage to the holy land is blocked by the British, with whom they must negotiate. Shot on location in Israel and… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: O.P.E.R.A. [OPERA], 1967. Collection of five vintage borderless color lobby cards from the French release of the 1967 Japanese film. Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1925 novel "Naomi" (also published as "Un amour insensé"), about an older photographer's increasing interest in an independent, beautiful young model. Cards range in size from 8.75 x 11.25 inches to… Ler mais sobre este item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1969 British film, including three borderless and one bordered. All with mimeo snipes on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Two vintage borderless satin finish oversize reference photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. A comic retelling of the Faust legend, set in Swinging London, in which an unhappy man working as a short order cook makes a deal with the devil in exchange for seven… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968. Vintage borderless color studio still photograph from the 1968 film, showing actress Judy Geeson. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. 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… Ler mais sobre este item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1962. Vintage lobby card for the Spanish release of the 1962 British film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. 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… Ler mais sobre este item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1963. Vintage lobby card for the 1963 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. 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… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1966. Vintage lobby card for the 1966 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. 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… Ler mais sobre este item

Munich: Universum Film [UFA], 1960. Vintage borderless lobby card for the 1960 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. 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… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1969 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. 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… Ler mais sobre este item

Richmond, Surrey: Beaver Films, 1961. Final Shooting script for the 1961 British film. Copy belonging to producer and editor Robert Angus, with his name on the bottom corner of the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a ten-page insert SIGNED by Angus on the first leaf, detailing production scheduling over the course of four days, hotel information,… Ler mais sobre este item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film, showing director Stanley Donen setting up a shot with a viewfinder. Provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1961 novel "The Cypher" by Alex Gordon, about a professor of ancient languages who becomes inadvertently pulled into an international intrigue involving a beautiful spy,… Ler mais sobre este item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort, after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and director Stanley Kubrick, and he rewrote the script, first with Calder Willingham, then with Guy Tropser. … Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actor Laurence Harvey looking through a Cinerama camera on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1952 book "Die Brüder Grimm" ("The Brothers Grimm") by Hermann Gerstner. Filmed in the panoramic Cinerama process, which enjoyed a brief popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Winner of an Academy Award,… Ler mais sobre este item

Kanagawa: Daiei Studios, 1960. Vintage Japanese reference photograph from the 1960 Japanese film noir, showing actors Yukio Mishima and Yaeko Mizutani in an intimate moment. After being released from prison, a young man decides to turn his back on his past as a yakuza mobster, but finds that escaping his former life is harder than expected. Mishima's… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: Hollywood Cinema Associates, 1968. Five vintage bizarrely male-centric studio still photographs from the 1968 sexploitation film, all with "Tom Conroy Photos" provenance stamps on the verso. The second film by exploitation director Donald A. Davis, wherein Victor Izay stars as Captain Carter, who narrates the sexual exploits of his passengers partying in Acapulco, Mexico. 8 x… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film, showing actress Elke Sommer. An international fashion model travels to Rome, where she becomes embroiled in an illegal smuggling operation. The first of several spy-themed exploitation films starring Sommer. Approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Second Revised Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 26 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: Griffith Productions, 1964. Collection of 19 vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 sexploitation film. Seeking to renew the excitement of their early relationship, a married couple decide to spend a weekend apart. The wife visits a nudist colony, while the husband visits an exotic dancer. A three-episode "nudie cutie." Partially shot on location… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: Corona, 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing actors Romina Power and Harald Leipnitz. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. Based on the 1791 novel by the Marquis de Sade, about two orphaned sisters whose lives diverge drastically as they come into adulthood. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. About… Ler mais sobre este item