Film Programs from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1952. Vintage German program for the 1952 film. A man comes to town and attempts to facilitate communication between the half-Apache leader of the Apache tribe and the white townspeople who believe there is gold under the ground of the reservation. Set in Arizona, shot on location in Los Angeles,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Vintage herald (or possibly program) for the 1951 film noir. With an advertisement for a coming attraction, "A Millionaire for Christy," starring Fred MacMurray and Eleanor Parker, on the final leaf. Based on Dana Lyon's 1948 novel "The Frightened Child." A concentration camp survivor (Valentina Cortese) finds herself in too deep when… Read more about this item

Various cities: J. Leitienne, 1978. Collection of two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs and a program from the 1978 French adult film. The erotic adventures of a scantily-clad nurse at a doctor's office. Photographs 11.25 x 9.25 inches. Program 9.5 x 11.5 inches, single leaf. All materials Near Fine. Bier, p. 936.… Read more about this item

N.p.: Icon Productions, 1993. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1993 film, on November 2, 1993, at the Cary Grant Theatre in Culver City. Housed in a full-color bifold folder, with two small paper slips noting event details laid in. A widow moves with her six children to a small town in Idaho, where she decides… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures, 1970. Original oversize program for the 1970 film. Photo illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Three men are confronted with middle age, suburban malaise, and their impending mortality after the sudden death of friend. They spend a weekend binge drinking and wandering around New York, then spontaneously… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Alliance Cinematographique Européenne, 1936. Vintage program for the French release of the 1936 German film, seen here under the French title "L'Etudiant pauvre." Illustrated with photographs from the film. In Poland, a governor sets a haughty countess up with a penniless student in order to embarrass her after a failed marriage proposal. 8.25 x… Read more about this item

Paris: Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, 1951. Vintage program for a 1951 showing of Alain Resnais' 1950 short documentary film at the prestigious Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Text in French. IDHEC was founded in Paris during World War II in order to offer training for virtually every aspect of film production. It counted a veritable… Read more about this item

New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, 1966. Original film program for the 1966 screening of six Kenneth Anger films, being shown on the Spring Equinox (March 21, 1966). Screened at Jonas Mekas' Film-maker's Cinematheque coopperative theater, then located at 125 West 41st Street in New York. Films at the screening included "Kustom Kar Kommandos," "Fireworks," "Scorpio Rising," "Eaux d'artifice,"… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Vintage program for the 1977 film. A fictionalized account of the tumultuous friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown and Nora Kaye. Nominated for ten Academy Awards. 9 x 12 inches. Eight leaves, side stapled, with a laid in bifold sheet. About Near Fine.

New York: American Film Theatre, 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 film. Based on Edward Albee's 1966 play. Trouble ensues when an upper-middle-class couple's home in suburban Connecticut is flooded with unexpected visitors, including their bitter, unhappy daughter whose fourth marriage has recently failed. The second film in producer Eli Landau's American Film Theatre series. 5.25 x… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1968. Vintage program for the 1968 film. Laid in with the program are ten reference photographs from the film, including eight black-and-white and two color. The classic story of two star-crossed teenagers whose romance reconciles the long-lived feud between their families. Director-screenwriter Franco Zeffirelli's production was the first film to cast actors who… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. A small spa town gains notoriety after the local theatre announces they will be producing a salacious play based on the Biblical tale of the abduction of the Sabine women. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. About Near Fine.

N.p.: Prisma, 1952. Vintage program for the 1952 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1922 operetta by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach, about a Berlin salesman (nicknamed "Prince") who falls in love with a beautiful young dancer while crafting her wedding dress. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. Very Good plus, lightly… Read more about this item

N.p.: Neue Filmverleih, 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 West German film. Text and titles in German. While suffering from voice problems, a famous singer hires a street singer to record songs in his place. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. About Near Fine.

N.p.: Europa Film, 1955. Vintage program for the 1955 West German film. Text and titles in German. A dramatization of the life of German bandleader and jazz composer Kutte Widman. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. Very Good plus, lightly age toned and edgeworn.

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Vintage program for the 1946 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. During World War II, an Austrian prisoner in a Russian work camp overhears that his wife may have been unfaithful, and decides to break up with her once he is released. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. About Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. After fifteen years away, an aging violinist returns to his hometown, where he strikes up a romance with an old girlfriend, who is now working as a nurse. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1952. Vintage program for the 1952 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1881 novel by Johanna Spyri, about a young girl living with her grandfather and her pet goat in the Swiss Alps whose cruel aunt forces her to move down the mountain to the village below. Shot on… Read more about this item

N.p.: Union Film, 1955. Vintage program for the 1955 German-Austrian film. Text and titles in German. A former doctor's assistant is reduced to singing in a nightclub, but returns to the medical profession when she meets and falls in love with a doctor who wants to give her a second chance. However, a visit from her former… Read more about this item

N.p.: Columbia Films, 1955. Vintage program for the 1955 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1881 novel "Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat" ("Heidi Makes Use of What She Has Learned") by Johanna Spyri. Heidi, now living half the year with her grandfather in the mountains and half the year in town… Read more about this item