Film Programs from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Collection of vintage international promotional materials for the 1974 film. Included in the collection are: - 1974 Japanese Film Program handbill (printed on recto and verso), text in Japanese. An Israeli Orly Theater flyer for a week of screenings of the film in 1977, text in Hebrew. - French film festival… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 2008. Vintage program for the 2008 film. Based on the 1922 short story by F. Scott Fizgerald. David Fincher's melancholic and surprisingly heart-warming saga of the life of a man (Brad Pitt) who is born old and ages in reverse, and the woman who he was always destined to love, Daisy (Cate Blanchett).… Read more about this item

N.p.: AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1971. Vintage program for the UK release of the 1971 film. A dark comedy, chronicling the sex lives of two college friends over a period of 25 years, as they navigate their changing desires and expectations. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts in the US, and Vancouver… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Eon Productions / United Artists, 1977. Original program from the 1977 film. Lewis Gilbert's second directorial effort in the James Bond film franchise, and the tenth in the series overall, based on Ian Fleming's 1962 novel. In this entry, Bond fights a reclusive megalomaniac who plans to destroy the world in hopes of creating… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 film, which premiered at The Regent Theater in Westwood Village in Los Angeles on October 3, 1973. With his cowboy days suddenly behind him, as the American West becomes tame, Kid Blue decides to try his hand at a factory job. He finds the routine workday to… Read more about this item

Turin, Italy: L'Altra Comunicazione, 1997. Vintage program, schedule, and postcard for the 12th International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival [12° Festival Internazionale di Film con Tematiche Omosessuali], held in Turin, Italy, April 10-16, 1997, text in Italian and English. Program: 167 pages. Near Fine and unread in perfect bound card wrappers. Schedule: 4 x 8 inches, side-stapled,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage two color program and invitation to a preview screening for the 1972 film. Preview screening held at the MGM Theatre in Culver City on Tuesday, October 17, 1972. Based on the 1971 biography by H.S. Ede. A fictionalized account of the fervent relationship between French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Polish writer Sophie Brzeska, who… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Convention, 1979. Vintage program for three days of screenings of the classic British science fiction television series at the 1979 Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Convention. Program includes an introduction, a brief history of the television series, synopses of the episodes starring Tom Baker, and a biography of… Read more about this item

London: Studio One Cinema, 1939. Vintage program for a UK showing of the 1938 French film, advertising its premiere in July 1939 at the Studio One Cinema in London. A young station master's wife dreams of a wilder life in Budapest, and believes she's gained an opportunity to experience the pleasures of the big city when she is… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri [SF], 1960. Vintage program for the French release of the 1960 Swedish film. Text and titles in French. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, with director Ingmar Bergman receiving a Special Mention at Cannes. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 18 pages. Near Fine in… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures, 1984. Vintage program for the 1984 film. Based on the 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud. A ridiculously great cast, an equally great novel, and a fine director in his prime helped make the adaptation of Malamud's timeless baseball novel into a sweeping success. Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Cinematography. Shot… Read more about this item

London: Greenpoint Films, 1984. Draft script for the 1985 British film, INSCRIBED by director/screenwriter David Hare on the title page, "For Steve, with thanks - / David Hare / 15.5.85," with the manuscript ink annotation of copy number "63" on the top of the title page, and manuscript ink annotations striking scene 71B on page 51. Laid in is… Read more about this item

Montreal: Cooperation Productions, 1964. Vintage program for the world premiere of the 1964 film. The world premiere was held March 20, 1964 in Montréal. The program features film reviews by Jean Le Moyne and Jacques Godbout, and extensive film credits. A middle-class teenager is actively involved in campus politics, inciting protests and fighting to change… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage one-color Danish program for the 1949 film noir, here under the Danish title "Den Store Gatsby - Spritsmuglerkongen." Text in Danish. The first sound adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, which was filmed once before as a now-lost silent in 1926 under the auspices of Paramount's former incarnation, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Done in a… Read more about this item

North Hollywood: Republic Pictures, 1955. Vintage color program for the 1955 film. Yvonne De Carlo stars as a café singer who inherits a fortune and buys a casino in Nassau, and the many suitors, including gangsters, she attracks. 5.5 x 8.5 inches, Tri-fold. Very Good plus, with a horizontal crease, and light creasing and edgewear overall. … Read more about this item

Paris: Cinedis, 1963. Vintage French program for the 1963 film. Based on the 1936 play by Jean Sarment. A country stationmaster dreams of vacationing in the famous resort town of Biarritz with his family, especially hoping to repair his relationship with his son. The final film appearance of Arletty. Set in and shot on location… Read more about this item

London: Ealing Studios, 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 film. With original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Based on the 1839 novel by Charles Dickens. Considered one of the most Dickensian of all Dickens adaptation, with a dark mood and attention… Read more about this item

New York: Brandt's Apollo, 1949. Vintage tri-fold film program mailer for "Home of the World's Finest Foreign Films" Brandt's Apollo theater on 42nd Street, New York, rubber-stamped with the date "Mar 3 1949," the opening date for the two features advertised, and "Please use an addressed envelope to mail this program" rubber-stamped on the center verso. The two… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, 1934. Vintage one-color French program for the 1934 German film, here under the French title "Le Chateau Saint-Hubert." Text in French. Based on the 1895 German allegorical novel "Schloß Hubertus" by Ludwig Ganghofer.Count Egge, an arrogant noble, disappointed in the common choices of his children, experiences an apostasy after being blinded by an eagle… Read more about this item

Vienna: Metropolverlages, 1955. Vintage Austrian program for the 1954 film, here under the German release title "Die Faust im Nacken." Text in German. Terry Malloy (Brando), who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for the corrupt boss of the local union, Johnny (Lee J. Cobb), witnesses a murder at the hands… Read more about this item