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Beverly Hills, CA: BNB Productions, 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 78. Four teenagers accept a bet to spend the night at a sleazy traveling carnival, and find themselves stalked by the barker's violent, deformed son. Set in rural Iowa, shot on location… Read more about this item

New York: Rinehart, 1946. First Edition. First Edition. Publisher's colophon on the copyright page as called for. William Lindsay Gresham's first book, a masterful and dispassionate descent into the carny world, based largely on the author's own experiences and investigations. Basis for the notable 1947 film noir directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, and… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Lorimar, 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing eleven black-and-white photographs, and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. Tired of her dull life as a waitress, an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival, where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Vintage script for the 1970 play, which debuted off-Broadway at the Fortune Theatre on February 9, 1970. Laid in with the script are three copies of a review of a later run of the play printed in the American National Theater and Academy West newsletter, and three copies of an advertising sheet for the play, along… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1963. Draft script for the 1964 film. MGM File Copy, with two interoffice communications, a three page cast list, and a casting note bound in before the script, and a script department sleeve containing a check-out card affixed to the front wrapper verso. Based on the 1935 novel "The Circus of Dr. Lao"… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage borderless photograph of Trixie the Wonder Dog, a performing canine billed as "The Dog with the Mind of a Child." Annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping on the verso. The photograph shows Trixie posed on a carved wooden seat, surrounded by props ostensibly used in her performances, including a hoop, several balls, and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1962. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film, one showing actress Mai Zetterling, the other showing Zetterling with actor Pat Boone. A drifter on the run from a murder charge joins a traveling circus, where his attentions are torn between two beautiful women. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Institut voor Filmdocumentatie, 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film, showing director Cecil B. DeMille on a camera crane. Mimeo snipe and the stamps of a Dutch film institute on the verso. The manager of a traveling circus hires a flashy new trapeze performer, but the new hire soon begins to butt heads with the… Read more about this item

N.p.: United Artists, 1956. Vintage United Artists promotional photograph postcard for the 1956 film, signed by Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Postcard text on verso printed in German. Based on the 1950 novel, "The Killing Frost," by Max Catto. Aspiring trapeze artist Tino Orsini (Curtis) convinces the now crippled Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) to teach him the deadly… Read more about this item

London: Dazed Books, 2004. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in illustrated card wrappers. Wrappers with light rubbing and some laminate lift to bottom of rear wrapper.

N.p.: N.p., 1952. Vintage photograph of the marquee of the Plaza Theatre in London, advertising Paramount Pictures' 1952 release "The Greatest Show on Earth." The Plaza was built and operated by Paramount, and was designed by Frank T. Verity. The theatre initially opened on March 1, 1926, and was one of the first large-scale, elaborate cinemas built in… Read more about this item

Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film, one showing actor Red Buttons, the other showing Buttons with actress Kathryn Grant. The boss of a newly created traveling circus finds his production sabotaged by an unknown assailant determined to stop the show from going on. Set in New York… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Lorimar, 1980. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1980 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Three lobby cards shown, please inquire to see the others. Tired of her dull life as a waitress, an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage candid reference photograph from the 1960 film, featuring members of "The Crazy Gang," director Val Guest, Shirley Eaton, circus impresario Billy Smart and wife, and guests. "The Crazy Gang" were a much-loved British comedy troupe who performed for over three decades. Formed in the early 1930s, they performed largely at the London Palladium, as… Read more about this item

London: Lynx Films / American International Pictures, 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film, showing actors Vanda Hudson and Jack Carson. A deranged plastic surgeon becomes the owner of a traveling circus, specializing in a "Temple of Beauty," transforming disfigured women into the glamorous stars of his show. Their beauty, however, comes at a price,… Read more about this item

Lausanne: Majestic Films, 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix on the set of the 1965 film. "Majestic Films S.A." and "Yoyo" stamps on verso. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929, a millionaire (Etaix) finds happiness, his lost love (Auger), and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1954. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1954 film. Seduction and betrayal erupts among the American employees of a traveling carnival in Munich. Set and shot on location in Munich. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films, a stylish, grotesque fairy… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1934. Vintage photograph of a San Bernardino Ritz Theatre employee holding a sign to promote the 1934 film Circus Clown. This appears to have been taken at the intersection of 5th Street and North E Street, just north of the Ritz Theatre, which was located at 423 North E Street in San Bernardino, California. With the stamp… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Jed Buell Productions / Columbia Pictures, 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Copy belonging to actor Joseph Herbst, with his last name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Herbst played the part of the sheriff in the film, and a year later would also go on to act as a Munchkin villager in The Wizard of… Read more about this item