Search Results: Books by anthony mann director

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Barbara Stanwyck, Gilbert Roland, and Blanche Yurka. With a date stamp reading 12 AUG 25 50 on the bottom left corner of the verso, along with a Paramount blindstamp. Based on the 1948 novel by Niven Busch. A tense, vengeful Western which owes as much to archetypes of Greek tragedy and Shakespearean drama as it does to the conventions of the genre, following a rancher's strong-willed daughter who seeks revenge on her father for the wrongful hanging of her best friend. One of the few films in the noir canon that is also a Western. Set in New Mexico, shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a small closed tear to the top edge, repaired with white paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 435. Pitts 1478. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US.

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1954. Vintage black-and-white press photograph from the 1954 French release of the 1953 film. "Service de Presse" rubber stamp on the verso. Steve (Stewart) is an ex-GI who, with help from his army buddy Gambi (Duryea), head south to begin their careers in oil drilling. Trouble greets them before their first drill, when local shrimp fishermen boycott their presence. Things get worse when Steve falls in love with Stella (Dru), the daughter of a combative fisherman. Set in the Deep South, shot on location in Louisiana. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with manuscript annotations on the verso, and evidence of a mimeo snipe removal.

Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1961. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1961 film. Shown on the left of the photograph in sunglasses is producer Samuel Bronston. An epic historical drama chronicling the life of the 11th century Christian Castilian knight, Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, or "El Cid." Nominate for three Academy Awards. Shot on location in Spain and Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: Columbia British Productions, 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Derek Marlowe. A British spy is ordered to track down a KGB agent, though he himself is that KGB agent. He must disparage his partner's suspicions and ensure the secrecy of his identity. Set in London and West Berlin, shot on location in Berlin, Germany and London, Surrey, and Buckinghamshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Grant UK.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Just as Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication, the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving Tina Louise and actress Fay Spain were perceived as obscene, the film was said to call marital fidelity into question, and even worse: the film portrayed a popular uprising of mill workers. Many theaters either banned the film entirely or admitted only movie-goers ages 18 and up. Though written by Ben Maddow, a blacklisted radical leftist documentary and poetry writer, screenwriting for the film was attributed to Philip Yordan, a writer often credited for scripts written by blacklisted authors. Tina Louise won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for the film, her debut role. Set in the American South, shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with manuscript ink and graphite annotations to the verso. Read More

Paris: Films sans Frontieres, 1961. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Nine with the stamp of The Silver Screen Archives to the verso. A cinematic retelling of the exploits of 11th century Christian hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, famed for driving the Moors from Spain, an act which helped unify the country. Set and shot on location in Italy and Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with light edgewear.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Pitts 2525.

London: Kinematograph Weekly, 1965. Vintage British program for the 1965 film, published as a supplement to the September 1965 issue of Kinematograph Weekly, with film still photographs throughout and a four page center fold out. Based on the 1954 memoir "Skis Against the Atom" by Norwegian resistance soldier Knut Haudelid, and the 1962 novel "But for These Men" by John Drummand. Set in German-occupied Norway, Norwegian resistance fighter Knut Straud (Richard Harris) enlists the help of physicist Dr. Rolf Pedersen (Kirk Douglas) to destroy a German heavy water production plant, used in the production of an atomic bomb. Set and shot on location in Norway and England. 8.5 x 11 inches. 18 pages, side stapled. Very Good plus, with faint vertical creases, light toning at the extremities and some light creasing and rubbing to the wrappers.

Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions, 1986. First Draft script for the 1988 film. Here under the working title "Hannah Senesh." Based on two books: "Hanna Senesh, Her Life and Diaries" (Sphere Books, 1973) and "Un Vento Impetuoso Soffio," a memoir by Joel Palgi published only in Italian in 1950, then in English in 2003 under the title "Into the Inferno: The Memoir of a Jewish Paratrooper Behind Nazi Lines." The true story of Hanna Szenes (Senesh), a Hungarian-Jewish World War II resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc." As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachuted into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, lead to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the… Read More

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. Vintage portrait photograph of Victor Mature from the 1955 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1947 novel "The Gilded Rooster" by Richard Emery Roberts, about a Union army scout whose tyrannical commander wants to attack the local Native American tribe despite being hopelessly outnumbered. Set in Oregon, shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Original pressbook for the 1958 film. Just as Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication, the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving actresses Tina Louise and Fay Spain were perceived as obscene, the film was said to call marital fidelity into question, and even worse: the film portrayed a popular uprising of mill workers. Many theaters either banned the film entirely or admitted only movie-goers ages 18 and up. Though written by Ben Maddow, a blacklisted radical leftist documentary and poetry writer, screenwriting for the film was attributed to Philip Yordan, a writer often credited for scripts written by blacklisted authors. Set in the American South, shot on location in California. Ten pages, saddle stiched. 11 x 8.5 inches. Lightly toned, else Near Fine.

Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa World Publisher, N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Vintage borderless oversize satin-finish black and white photograph of actor Anthony Perkins juggling small gourds on the set of the 1957 film. With the stamps of photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso, along with manuscript pencil cropping annotations. A veteran bounty hunter and former lawman aids a newly appointed, inexperienced sheriff in stopping an the gang of criminals making trouble in town. One of the few low-budget western films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century, with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill, and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer, shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley, Jack Lemmon, Katharine and Audrey Hepburn, and Shirley MacLaine, among many others. Shot on location in Riverside and San Fernando Valley, California.… Read More

Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1975. Early Draft script for the 1977 film, issued roughly two years before the film's release. Accompanied by a typed letter signed from a woman at the Paul Kohner agency to actress Maria Schneider. Based on the 1964 novel by Joanne Greenberg, written under the pseudonym Hannah Green. One of the great unsung literary adaptations of the 1970s, taking a terrifically complex novel about a young woman who has completely retreated into fantasy following the death of her sister. A film that suffered inevitable comparisons to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," but actually far more internal and horrific, an actor's film brought to life by Bibi Andersson and a young Kathleen Quinlan. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Tan titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present, with credits for novelist Green and screenwriter Mann. 102 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Vintage pressbook for the 1958 film. Based on Will C. Brown's 1955 novel "The Border Jumpers." A former criminal is stranded in the desert after an attempted stagecoach robbery, and is forced to rejoin his old band of outlaws, now led by his uncle, to survive. One of Gary Cooper's final Western roles. 11 pages, saddle stitched, 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall, with part of one page cut out, ostensibly by an exhibitor. Pitts 2556.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir Western, showing actors Barbara Stanwyck and Gilbert Roland. Based on the 1948 novel by Niven Busch. A tense, vengeful western which owes as much to archetypes of Greek tragedy and Shakespearean drama as it does to the conventions of the genre, following a rancher's strong-willed daughter who seeks revenge on her father for the wrongful hanging of her best friend. One of the few films in the noir canon that is also a Western. Set in New Mexico, shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 435. Pitts 1478. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route, but ends up taking thousands, pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following the noted 1948 noir "They Live By Night," directed by Nicholas Ray. Shot on location in New York City. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. Two Federal agents, one Mexican and one from the US, are tasked with stopping a gang from smuggling and exploiting Mexican migrant workers coming into California, with one going undercover as a poor migrant. Shot on location in Calexico and El Centro, California, Yuma and San Luis, Arizona, and Baja California Norte, Mexico. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US.

N.p.: N.p., 1958. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Sophia Loren on the set of the 1958 film. With a Photoplay Library stamp on the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Bill Avery and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play. A greedy New England farmer marries for a third time after working his first two wives to death. Trouble ensues when his new wife, a headstrong Italian woman, begins an affair with his youngest son. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century, with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill, and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer, shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley, Jack Lemmon, Katharine and Audrey Hepburn, and Shirley MacLaine, among many others. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1954. Revised Final Draft script for the 1955 film. The eighth and final collaboration of James Stewart and Anthony Mann, and the second film to be released in VistaVision. "Dutch" (Stewart) is a professional baseball player and an ex-pilot who fought during WWII who is recalled to service with the US Air Force. Many speculate that the film was inspired by true-life baseballer and Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams, a WWII veteran who was recalled for service during the Korean War. Nominated for an Academy Award. Self wrappers, noted as FINAL WHITE on the front wrapper, printed production No. 11510, dated February 20, 1954, with credits for screenwriters Davies and Lay. Title page present, noted as FINAL WHITE, production 11510, with credits for screenwriters Davies and Lay, producer Briskin, and director Mann. 139 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication, including pages with annotations, and revision pages throughout dated variously between… Read More