Hollywood from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film, in maroon leather presentation binding belonging to William Bendix, with his name in gilt on front board, and title in gilt on spine. Bound in, preceding title page, is a half page title page with annotations in holograph pencil of Bendix's name and scenes. William Bendix was an American… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1953. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish double weight photograph of Charlton Heston receiving a massage on the set of the 1953 film. With the stamp of photographer Bill Avery on the verso. A Chief of Scouts mistrusts the Apache tribe after the chief refuses to sign a peace treaty, but his concerns are disregarded by the US Army.… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless candid photograph of director Roman Polanski and actor Peter Sellers in a car, en route to a party for Peter Lawford in London, circa 1969. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1938. Vintage matte-finish photograph of Canadian-American film mogul Jack Warner and Warner Brothers sales manager J. Walton Brown in conversation with an unknown third man, circa 1938. With the stamp of photographer Schuyler Crail on the verso, along with holograph ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 10 x 8 inches. Very… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1955. Vintage satin-finish black and white photograph of James Dean and friends sitting at Googie's Diner in Hollywood in May 1955, four months before the car accident which would end Dean's life. With the stamp of Photoplay Magazine archive on the verso. Photographer Phil Stern worked as a photographer for LOOK magazine during the mid and late… Read more

New York: International Famous Agency, 1969. Draft script for an unproduced play from noted playwright and screenwriter Ruth Wolff. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Wolff, a prolific and successful playwright since the late 1950s, is best known for her historical and biographical plays about famous women. "The Abdication," one of Wolff's most regarded plays, was first… Read more

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film, showing the "wax works" card party, composed of actress Gloria Swanson and actors Anna Q. Nilsson, H.B. Warner, and Buster Keaton (playing themselves). From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star, quickly becoming… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1965 film, showing producer Joseph Levine and costume designer Edith Head examining actress Carroll Baker's gown side-by-side with Head's original design. The rise to fame and troubled life of starlet Jean Harlow, before her death from kidney failure at 26. Not to be confused with the 1965… Read more

London: American International Productions, 1973. Working Draft script for the 1974 film, belonging to uncredited crew member Dennis Maddison, with name and phone numbers in holograph ink on top margin of title page, here under the working titles, "Dr. Death," visible through die-cut window, hand written in holograph marker on partial page, affixed, with what appears to be gauze… Read more

Los Angeles: N.p., 1935. Archive of material regarding a pair of prospective African American child actors, including four black and white photographs of the children, four autograph letters signed from a "Madame Fay," variously addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith and an unnamed "Mr. Agent," and one typescript letter, unsigned (but seemingly from one of the Smiths), responding… Read more

Boston: Black Sparrow Press, 2005. First Edition. First Edition. Review copy, with publisher's signed review letter and several leaves of promotional material laid in. A posthumous collection of longtime screenwriter and novelist Daniel Fuchs' writing about Hollywood and the film industry. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Allen A. Arthur + Associates, 1959. Two vintage double weight portrait photographs of Nelson Eddy, circa 1959. Each with "Allen A. Arthur + Associates" card affixed to the top left corner of verso. Eddy was an American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera, the… Read more

N.p.: American International Pictures [AIP], 1975. Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. An aging movie star, pining for his lost days of fame, throws a lavish Hollywood party in an attempt to pique the interest of some big shot producers. However, the party flops, resulting in an orgiastic and murderous free-for-all. Set in Hollywood, shot… Read more

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1924. Vintage borderless press photograph of Leatrice Joy being presented a "star contract" from producer and Paramount founder Jesse L. Lasky, supported by director Cecil B. DeMille in 1924. Mimeo snipe printed on verso. Debuting as an extra in 1917, Joy soon was soon cast opposite comics Billy West and Oliver Hardy, when she caught… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1910. Vintage borderless double weight portrait photograph of Thomas H. Ince, circa 1910. Insignia of photographer Albert Witzel from the negative to the lower left corner. Silent film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor, Ince was dubbed "Father of the Western," and was one of the first to organize motion picture production methods into a disciplined system of… Read more

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1934. Vintage portrait photograph of Josef von Sternberg, 1934. "Photoplay Magazine Library and "FEB 14 1935" stamps obscured by label, and "FEB 13 1935" stamp, all on verso. One of Hollywood's premiere directors during the 1920s and 1930s, whose career spanned both the silent and the sound era. Sternberg was a master cinematographer with an… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks, cinematographer Milton Krasner, and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and holograph pencil and ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play,… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1968. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1968 film, all showing actress Kim Novak. With the stamp of Semaine-Radio-Tele and holograph pencil cropping annotations on the verso of each. A strict film director hires a relatively unknown actress to star as the leading lady in his newest production, a dramatization of the life of Lylah Clare,… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1937. Vintage publicity photograph from the set of the 1937 film, showing actors Chesney Allen, Graham Moffat, and other crew members posing around a camera setup. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Allen and Moffat were members of the Crazy Gang, a group of British entertainers formed in the 1930s and popular throughout the… Read more

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Otto Preminger and actors Carol Channing, Jackie Gleason, Donyale Luna, Alexandra Hay, Frank Gorshin, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, and Austin Pendleton posing on the set of the 1968 film. With the stamp of Paramount Pictures on the verso, along with holograph ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. A notoriously… Read more