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N.p.: N.p., 1959. Second Revised Shooting Final script for the 1959 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 18 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1934. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1934 film, showing actors Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff, following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film to… Ler mais sobre este item

Hollywood: Motown-Weston-Furie Productions, 1971. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to early production designer Harry Horner, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Noted as copy No. 23 on the lower right corner of the title page, with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on six pages. According to the AFI catalog,… Ler mais sobre este item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title verso: "To Elyse / with lust / Isaac Asimov / 5 July 80." Near Fine in an about Near Fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

N.p.: Davis-Royal Films, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. "The Reluctant Saint" is the story of Giuseppe Desa (Maximilian Schell), a 17th century Franciscan friar and mystic, recognized as St. Joseph of Cupertino by the Catholic Church. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Very… Ler mais sobre este item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film. With annotation in manuscript ink noting the film's title on the border of the recto, and a stamp on the recto identifying the film, actors, and studio, as well as the film's release date. Loosely based on the life of composer Johann Strauss II.… Ler mais sobre este item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film. A fictionalized account of Polish pianist Frederic Chopin. As a young child, Chopin is playing a piece by Mozart when he notices Polish people being taken prisoner by Russian authorities. Years later, he works in secret for Polish patriotism, including coming late to… Ler mais sobre este item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1946. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1945 film. A fictionalized account of the life of composer George Gershwin, featuring several of Gershwin's real-life acquaintances, including Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, and Oscar Levant. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and faint age toning.

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director Andrei Tarkovsky talking with actor Nikolay Grinko on the set of the 1966 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso, along with a Photofest label. Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama, capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev, from his… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing Dustin Hoffman in a mug shot as Lenny Bruce. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Bob Fosse's third directorial effort, and first non-musical. A tour de force, shot in black-and-white in a documentary style, interspersed with interviews, jumping back and forth from… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage two color program and invitation to a preview screening for the 1972 film. Preview screening held at the MGM Theatre in Culver City on Tuesday, October 17, 1972. Based on the 1971 biography by H.S. Ede. A fictionalized account of the fervent relationship between French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Polish writer Sophie Brzeska, who… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Original manuscript for an unpublished memoir. Also included with the manuscript are a plot summary and an extended chapter outline. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 157, and several xerographically duplicated annotations on the final leaves. A tell-all about the exploits of David "The Duke" Monteverde, a burglar who stole thousands… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a manuscript letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner, and a two-page manuscript list of prospective filming locations. A dramatization of the life of Princess Kaiulani, the last heir apparent to the Hawaiian monarchy, ended in 1893 with the overthrow of the Hawaiian… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. The true story of Moe Berg, a baseball player who was commonly known as the smartest man in the game, having graduated from Princeton and Columbia. Berg, who spoke several languages and read ten newspapers a day, was contracted by the United States government to use his fame… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script (here called a "Prospectus") for an unproduced film. The story of Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS and one of the most powerful men in the Nazi regime. Set in Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper, black rear wrapper. Title page present, noted as PROSPECTUS, with credits for screenwriters Philip… Ler mais sobre este item

Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov, 1975. Revised Draft script for the 1975 film, seen here under the working title "Assassination at Sarajevo." The story of a group of Yugoslav rebels who inadvertently begin World War I through their assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Set in Sarajevo. Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present, dated March 4,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Thorntip United, 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page three. Explores Bouboulina, a legendary figure in Greek seafaring, who gave birth to nine children and led Greece as an admiral in the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Set in Greece. White titled self… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. A dramatization of the life of noted Norwegian-American football coach Knute Rockne, who led the University of Notre Dame team from 1918 to 1930, before dying tragically in a 1931 plane crash at the age of 43. Set in Voss, Norway, and Indiana. Blue untitled… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Draft script and supplementary material for an unproduced film. Tsavo was the first National Park in Kenya, established in 1949. Based on the 1966 novel about Tsavo, the first national park in Kenya. Author Daphne Sheldrick spent much time in the park, and cared for the orphaned animals that lived there. The novel was… Ler mais sobre este item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1958. Vintage banner poster from the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book, "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane, about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit, beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x… Ler mais sobre este item