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Berlin: Ross Verlag, 1920. Collection of ten vintage UFA postcards, including two depicting scenes from F. W. Murnau's "Faust" (1926) and eight depicting scenes from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" (1927). 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Lightly and evenly toned, else Near Fine.

Budapest: Hungarofilm, 1972. Six vintage photographs from the 1972 film, including four studio still photographs and two borderless reference photographs. A dramatization of an 1890 Hungarian peasants' strike. As with many of director Miklos Janczo's films, a slow, enigmatic meditation on morality and violence, composed of only 26 shots over 87 minutes. Set and shot on… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage satin-finish photograph of actress Mia Farrow and her then-partner, director Woody Allen, circa 1980s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1966. Revised Draft script for the 1967 film. Studio File Copy, with paper label on the front wrapper. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. Based on the 1966 play by Frederick Knott. A blind woman is tormented by three violent criminals who believe a doll stuffed with smuggled heroin is… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Ingmar Bergman directing actress Bibi Andersson on the set of the 1960 film, with script supervisor Ulla Furas looking on to the left. With a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a stamp noting No. 60-0-279, and the stamp of uncredited still photographer Lennart Nilsson. The Devil… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, CA: Playboy Productions, 1977. Collection of five vintage scripts for the 1979 film, dating between September 12, 1977 and February 14, 1978. Collection includes one First Draft, one First Revised Draft, one Final Draft, one Revised Final Draft, and one Second Final Revised Draft. Based on the 1973 novel by Paul Theroux, set during the… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / APJAC Productions, 1972. Revised Shooting script for the 1972 film. Based on Woody Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s, in terms of shooting style, timing, romantic themes, and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point ("Take the Money… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Collection of 15 original studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Director Stanley Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 masterpiece, about a man's all-consuming and destructive romantic desire for a prepubescent girl. Shot on location in Albany and the Adirondacks in New York, Newport and Westerly in Rhode… Read more about this item

New York: Saint Subber, 1965. Draft script for the 1965 Broadway play. Actor Dana Andrews' working copy, with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil, and annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. Andrews did not actually have a role in the Broadway play, or the 1968 Gene Saks film, though it is likely he was auditioning… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy, with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page, noting copy No. 209. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s, a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1942. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1942 film, showing actress Simone Simon. With a RKO stamp on the verso. A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast. The first production for producer Val Lewton, a journalist, novelist and poet turned story editor for David O.… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1988. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 5. A selfish yuppie learns that the inheritance he expected to gain after his father's passing has instead gone to his estranged brother, an autistic savant. Nominated for eight Academy Awards and winning… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968. Final script for the 1969 film. Laid in is a studio still photograph with the classic image of Robert Redford and Paul Newman bursting into view in order to meet their adversaries-and their doom. A landmark of the New Hollywood Cinema, and arguably the high spot (as well as the beginning) of… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1980. Revised script for the 1981 film. Rainbow working copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member, with manuscript annotations throughout relating to character development. Based on the 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. One of the best stage-to-film adaptations of the 1980s, buoyed mightily by Henry Fonda's career-capping performance and a… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Lorimar, 1987. Third Draft script for the 1988 film. Copy belonging to actress Martha Plimpton, with annotations in manuscript ink throughout, emphasizing her character's lines. The eldest son of a left-wing fugitive family decides he wants to live a more ordinary life, although he fears this will estrange him from his parents and younger… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Draft script for the 1969 Western film. An internally duplicated copy made during production, with copied punch holes. Director Budd Boetticher's final feature and actor Audie Murphy's final film, about a young bounty hunter whose honeymoon is marred by outlaws. Shot on location throughout Arizona. Black untitled wrappers. Title page… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985. Final script for the 1986 film. A rare example of a sequel where in the sequel is not only as well received as the original film, but stands on its own as a separate work. A turning point in director James Cameron's career, his first big budget effort after the wildly successful… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "to Charles Fish / Elia Kazan." Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly worn on the corners and flaps.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First American Edition. SIGNED in the year of publication by the author on the title page. Michael Powell directed many of the twentieth century's most enduring British film classics, including "The Red Shoes," "Peeping Tom," "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," "Black Narcissus," and "I Know Where I'm Going." … Read more about this item

New York: N.p., 1955. Vintage Typed Letter Signed from playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky to director Garson Kanin, dated July 25, 1955. Also included is a telegram from Kanin to Chayefsky, dated August 11, 1955. Chayefsky's letter addresses his ongoing work on several play acts-likely referring to the never-produced play "Put Them All Together" (also known as "M… Read more about this item