Con Men, Grifters, And Hustlers from Royal Books, Inc.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1937 film, two showing actors Jane Wyman and William Hopper, and one showing Wyman and actors Berton Churchill, Dick Purcell, Archie Robbins, and Raymond Hatton. A family of con artists decide to stage a sham public wedding to make money off the ticket sales, not counting… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: RKO, 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Claudette Colbert stars as a woman who is accused of bigamy by an intruder during her wedding ceremony to David McLean. The two then must travel to a small seaside village to investigate the claim, where villagers claim to have remembered her previous nuptials. Shot… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film. Police officer Claire Trevor goes undercover to get close to Raymond Burr, the leader of a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico. Just as she meets Ritchie, she is kidnapped by Fred MacMurray, who unbeknownst to her is an undercover federal agent. Shot on location… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1964. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1964 film. Manuscript annotations in ink and pencil to the title page. A love-them-and-leave-them womanizer meets a man equal in skill at deceiving women, but with an added knack for conning them out of money. The two men attempt to seduce a naive American woman… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1937. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film, showing Joan Crawford, William Powell, and Robert Montgomery. MGM stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1925 play. A beautiful American grifter and jewel thief posing as a wealthy… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Pierre Aumont and Mikhail Rasumny from the 1946 film, with two editorial annotations in manuscript wax pencil and ink on the recto, and a "Silver Screen Archives" provenance stamp on the verso. A remake of the 1940 French film "Battement de cœur," directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1943. Vintage studio still photograph, linen-backed, from the 1943 comedy film, showing actors Adolphe Menjou and Martha Scott. When the mother of a soon-to-be bride claims she has been swindled by one of her daughter's former suitors, the groom's father-a small-time con man-schemes to set the situation right. 10 x 8 inches… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1943. Vintage reference photograph of actress Pola Negri from the 1943 comedy film. When the mother of a soon-to-be bride claims she has been swindled by one of her daughter's former suitors, the groom's father-a small-time con man-schemes to set the situation right. 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good, with… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1950. Continuity and Dialogue for the 1950 film. Loosely based on the real deportation of Italian-American gangster Lucky Luciano. A gangster is deported from the US to Italy, where he falls in love with a widowed countess and becomes involved in black-market goods dealing. Set in Italy, shot on location… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing a side-by-side comparison of John Dillinger and actor Warren Oates in costume as Dillinger. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero, midwestern bank robber, and notorious mobster John Dillinger, best known for… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Shapiro and actor Marlon Brando in conversation between takes on the set of the 1964 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A love-them-and-leave-them womanizer meets a man equal in skill at deceiving women, but with an added knack for conning them… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Collection of 21 vintage borderless double weight photographs from the 1967 film. Many with the stamp of still photographer Vincent Rossel on the verso, one with the stamp of Globe Photos, and one with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle, a young… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Barker, 1937. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Basis for the 1956 British film noir "Soho Incident" (released as "Spin a Dark Web" in the US), directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson. Very Good in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Moderate offsetting to the endpapers, with a… Read more about this item

Rome: Union Photos, 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 Italian film, showing actress Elsa Martinelli. With the stamps of Union Photos and Atlantic Press on the verso. Loosely based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1955 novel "Ragazzi di vita," following three amoral young men as they make their way through Rome's seedy criminal underworld. The third collaboration… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Turman-Foster, 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on noted African American writer and academic Cecil Brown's 1969 debut novel. An cynical, silver-tongued black man from the rural south makes a living through scamming and stealing, which he considers informal reparation for the injustices he has faced. Fed up with the quality of life… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1934 pre-Code film, showing actresses Toby Wing and Verna Hillie. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with a dealer label. Two lovers and Olympic athletes fall prey to con artists who want to use their images and good reputations to sell adult magazines. 7.5… Read more about this item

Paris: Nouvelles editions de films, 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo (who is in costume) conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film, as well as manuscript annotations regarding layout, on the verso.… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1937. Vintage reference photograph of actors Ralph Forbes, William Powell, Joan Crawford, Aileen Pringle, and Frank Morgan on the set of the 1937 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1925 play. A beautiful American grifter and jewel thief posing as a wealthy… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Fox Film, 1935. First Draft script for the 1935 film, here under the working title "The Lord's Refugee." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and single manuscript annotation in pencil to page 74. In an attempt to go straight, a former bodyguard with a violent past… Read more about this item

N.p.: International Creative Management [ICM], 1980. Early Revised Draft script for the 1987 film, here under the working title "Streets of New York." Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve) fabricates a story about a New York pimp after he is unsuccessful getting information on the streets. But the police, the district attorney, and a real pimp and… Read more about this item