1950s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film, showing uncredited actor Russell Nype. Newspaper clippings and reference library stamps on the verso. A comedy of errors about a married man who comes to believe that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will serve as the surrogate. From… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 15 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 of… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Kent Productions, 1955. Draft script for the 1956 Western film. Specially bound copy belonging to actor Robert Osterloh, with his name in gilt on the front board. The brother of a notorious gunfighter must help take down two desperadoes who have invaded his town. Actor Frank Sinatra's first serious Western, allowing him to play against… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Clarke-King Enterprises, 1957. Final Revised Shooting script for the 1958 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, noting editorial revisions. A scientist transforms into a violent lizard-creature when he is exposed to the sun as the result of an experiment involving a new radioactive isotope. Z-budget release largely panned by contemporary audiences and critics, today… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1958. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1958 film, one showing a car scene with actress Jean Seberg and a camera crew, the other showing Seberg in shorts and a button-down shirt, examining several books and what appears to be a script. One photograph with the stamp of photographer Michel Brodsky on the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1955. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1955 Japanese film. With stamps noting the film's French title on the versos. Based on Sachio It 's 1906 novel "Nogiku no Haka" ("The Wild Daisy"). An elderly man travels back to his hometown, remembering his adolescent love for his older cousin, Tamiko, in the process. … Read more about this item

Madrid: Warner Brothers / Hispamex Films, 1954. Vintage movie card for the 1954 Spanish release of the 1949 film. Text and title in Spanish. In approaching his adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 work, director King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film, one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1958. Vintage pressbook for the 1958 film. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film, showing actors Robert Mitchum and Ray Collins. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the 1928 film directed by Lewis Milestone, in turn based on the 1927 play by Bartlett Cormack, about two cops who go… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Alco Pictures, 1956. Final script for the 1957 television film. Text divided into three scripts, titled "Blessed Event," "Brand New Shoes," and "Decision," bound together in blue card wrappers. Copies belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name to front wrappers and title page, and manuscript ink annotations noting his lines throughout. Based on Anna… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Medallion Pictures, 1965. Collection of five vintage lobby cards for the American release of the 1959 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,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1957. Vintage lobby card for the 1957 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 others. A graduate of the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1952 film noir, showing director Edward Ludwig capturing a scene with actors John Wayne and Jim Arness. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Two HUAC investigators are tasked with hunting down Communists in postwar Hawaii. Shot on location in O'ahu and Moloka'i. … Read more about this item

New York: Impact Photo, 1956. Vintage photograph of actress Elizabeth Taylor with her date for the evening, producer Mike Todd, at the premiere of Todd's film "Around the World in 80 Days," on October 17, 1956, at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. Impact Photo stamp on the verso. Taylor and Todd were married four months after… Read more about this item

N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions, 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film, here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs, except for two cast photographs, with text in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: RKO Studios, Inc, 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1951 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Seven reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages, each with an RKO photographer stamp for Rod Tolmie on the verso. Original wrapper bound in,… Read more about this item

New York: International News Photos, 1953. Vintage press photograph of actor John Wayne and his admirers celebrating outside of a courtroom on June 12, 1953. Two press stamps on the verso. Wayne's marriage to his second wife, Esperanza Diaz Ceballos Morrison, was turbulent, with allegations of abuse and infidelity on both sides. The couple separated in May… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954. Vintage studio still photograph of actor Louis Jourdan from the 1954 film. Based on the 1952 novel by John H. Secondari. Against all odds three American secretaries hope to woo three Italian men, though they worry that the men will eventually abandon them for other women. Winner of two Academy Awards,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1958. Shooting Final script for the 1958 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film 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… Read more about this item