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Original photograph of composer Joseph Kosma, circa 1960s
by Joseph Kosma [Jozsef Kozma] (subject); Edward Quinn (photographer)
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- 1960
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$375.00
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Paris: Marie-France, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma at the piano, circa 1960s. With the stamps of Marie-France archives and photographer Edward Quinn on the verso.
Kosma was primarily known as a composer for film, despite his education at the Budapest Conservatory in Hungary. He was introduced to director Jean Renoir by writing partner… Read more
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Original photograph of Paul Muni, circa 1930s
by Paul Muni (subject)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1930
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$475.00
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1930. Vintage studio still photograph of actor Paul Muni, circa 1930s. Provenance stamp on the verso.
Austro-Hungarian-born stage and film actor Paul Muni was considered to have been one of Warner Brothers' most prestigious players of the 1930s, granted the rare privilege of choosing his own roles, including his most famous performance as… Read more
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Korczak (Two original photographs of Andrzej Wajda on the set of the 1990 Polish film)
by Andrzej Wajda (director); Agnieszka Holland (screenwriter); Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Kryzanowska (starring)
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- 1990
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$325.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1990. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1990 Polish film, one showing director Andrzej Wajda, the other showing Wajda in conversation with actor Wojciech Pszoniak.
The final days in the life of Polish-Jewish humanitarian, author, and educator Janusz Korczak, who founded an orphanage in Warsaw for Jewish children, and was eventually… Read more
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Goldstein (Collection of seven original photographs from the 1964 film)
by Philip Kaufman (director, screenwriter); Benjamin Manaster (director, screenwriter); Lou Gilbert, Ellen Madison, Tom Erhart, Ben Carruthers (starring)
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- 1964
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$450.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1964. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1964 independent film.
Philip Kaufman's directorial debut, a humorous then-present-day retelling of the biblical story of Elijah, starring many local actors from the improvisational Chicago comedy troupe The Second City, as well as author Nelson Algren appearing as himself.
Shot on location in Chicago.
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$450.00
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Horizons [Schallmauer] (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Hardy Kruger (screenwriter); Scot Finch (screenwriter)
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- 1977
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$75.00
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Pocking, Germany: Eucent Film, 1977. Draft script for an unproduced German film. Laid in with the script is a brief typed letter in German on Eucent Film letterhead, addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner from producer Konstantin Thoeren, introducing the screenplay. Text in English.
After the unexpected death of his dear friend Frank in a test flight… Read more
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Original photograph of Johnny Hallyday, Alain Delon, Claude Lelouch, and Nathalie Delon at a protest in support of Israel, 1967
by Johnny Hallyday, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Claude Lelouch (subjects)
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- 1967
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$150.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless black and white photograph of musician Johnny Hallyday, actor Alain Delon and his then-wife, actress Nathalie Delon, and director Claude Lelouch at a 1967 French protest against the ban of Israeli trade by the United Arab Republic. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso, along with the stamp of Agence Dalmas.
From… Read more
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Used People (Original screenplay for the 1992 film)
by Beeban Kidron (director); Todd Graff (screenwriter); Shirley MacLaine, Marcia Gay Harden, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates (starring)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1990
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$225.00
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990. Second Draft script for the 1992 film.
A recently widowed Jewish woman finds love in her autumn years with a charming Italian playboy, but faces criticism from her two unhappy daughters, who believe she is moving forward too quickly.
Set in Queens, New York.
Blue titled wrappers, dated MARCH 2,… Read more
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$225.00

The Day After Tomorrow (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Robert Holles (screenwriter); Nathan Shaham (playwright)
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$75.00
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N.p.: N.p.. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation to the title page in holograph ink, noting this copy was from Kurt Onger.
Based on the 1949 play "They'll Be Here Tomorrow" by Nathan Shaham. An Israeli platoon takes an Arab soldier prisoner and questions him about an impending attack, with varied success during… Read more
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Cast a Giant Shadow (Original photograph from the 1966 film)
by Melville Shavelson (director, screenwriter); Ted Berkman (novel); Kirk Douglas, Angie Dickinson, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Yul Brynner (starring)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1966
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$375.00
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Beverly Hills, CA: Batjac Productions, 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film, showing actors Kirk Douglas and Angie Dickinson. With holograph pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso.
Based on the real experiences of David "Mickey" Marcus, a US military officer recruited to command units of the Israel Defense Forces forces during the 1948 Arab-Israel War.… Read more
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The Biggest Caper Of Them All (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Josef Shaftel (screenwriter); Paul Wheeler (screenwriter)
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- 1978
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$150.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film.
Criminals plan a massive theft from a military air base in order to secure the materials to build a nuclear warhead. Screenwriter Josef Shaftel was better known for "The Biggest Bundle of them All" (1968).
Set in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York.
Black untitled… Read more
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Summer in Williamsburg (First Edition)
by Daniel Fuchs
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- 1934
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- First Edition
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$2,250.00
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New York: Vanguard, 1934. First Edition. First Edition.
The author's first novel, taking its place next to Henry Roth's "Call It Sleep," published the same year, as a classic of Jewish-American life in New York during the Great Depression. Fuchs would go on to write two more novels in the same vein, today generally thought of as… Read more
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A Star in the Wind (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Josef Shaftel (screenwriter); Robert Nathan (novel)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1978
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$175.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1978. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film.
Based on screenwriter Josef Shaftel's experiences working as a newspaper correspondent in 1948 in the Middle East during the Arab-Israeli conflict, during which time he falls in love with a Jewish refugee and gradually becomes sympathetic to the Zionist cause. Shaftel's story was also the basis… Read more
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Original photograph of Charlie Chaplin and Philip Sassoon, Circa 1928
by Charlie and Philip Sassoon Chaplin (subjects)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1928
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$175.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1928. Vintage photograph of Philip Sassoon and Charlie Chaplin at United Artists studios in 1928. The acetate negative of the photograph is in the holdings of the Charlie Chaplin Archive at Cineteca Bologna.
Chaplin and Sassoon were born within three months of each other, with childhood homes less than three miles apart, Sassoon into one of… Read more
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Summer in Williamsburg (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
by Daniel Fuchs
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- 1934
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- First Edition
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$5,500.00
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New York: Vanguard, 1934. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to noted philanthropist and book collector Charles Feinberg: "To Mr. Feinberg / With all good wishes / Daniel Fuchs." Feinberg's Walt Whitman collection now resides in the Library of Congress.
The author's first novel, taking its place next to Henry Roth's "Call It Sleep," published… Read more
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$5,500.00

The Upps of Suffolk Street (First Edition)
by Wilma Pollock
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1937
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- First Edition
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$75.00
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1937. First Edition. First Edition. Uncommon in dust jacket.
Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. With light soil and offsetting to the endpapers, and striping (from production) to the preliminary pages. Jacket is lightly rubbed and faded overall, with spine, flap folds, and interior lightly toned, and a small tear and… Read more
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The Flowering Peach (Archive of 14 original photographs from the 1954 play)
by Clifford Odets (playwright, director); Gene Cook, Louis Melacon (photographers); Barbara Baxley, Janice Rule, Menasha Skulnik, Berta Gersten, Mario Alcalde (starring)
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- 1954
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$1,750.00
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New York: The Producers Theatre, 1954. Archive of 14 vintage photographs from the 1954 play. Eleven photographs with stamps identifying the play, two photographs with the stamp of photographer Gene Cook, and two photographs with the stamp of photographer Louis Melacon on the verso. Included is an announcement of the premiere and an invitation to the play, both on… Read more
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The Source (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by James Michener (novel); Robert L. Joseph (screenplay)
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- 1977
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$325.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1977. First Draft script for an unproduced film, separated into nine separate parts, likely for a television miniseries.
Based on the 1965 historical novel by James Michener, a survey of the history of the Jewish people and the land of Israel. Screenwriter Robert L. Joseph was known for the 1953 film noir "The Hitch-Hiker" and… Read more
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Two Weeks Somewhere Else (Two original scripts for the 1966 play)
by Herman Raucher (playwright)
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- 1966
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$650.00
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New York: Hesseltine-Bookman-Seff, 1966. Archive including a Draft script and a Master Copy script for the 1966 play by Herman Raucher. Undated script has 2 small clippings taken from the title page, top right, which likely had the copy number written in and a 1 1/2 x .75" clipping taken from the lower right, which likely held the revision… Read more
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$650.00

A Woman Called Golda: Part II (Original teleplay script for the 1982 television movie)
by Alan Gibson (director); Harold Gast, Steve Gethers (screenwriters); Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Franklin Cover, Judy Davis (starring)
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- 1981
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$75.00
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Culver City, CA: Harry Bennett Productions, 1981. Final Draft script for Part II the 1982 television movie (shown in two installments, at a length of 240 minutes). Winner of three Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actress, and nominated for four more.
A biopic on the life of Israel's first female prime minister, Golda Meir, recounts her story at… Read more
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Last Respects (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Jerome Weidman (novel); Vicki Langer, Mik Cribben (screenwriters); Liv Ullman, Carol Kane (starring);
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1979
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$475.00
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New York: N.p., 1979. Archive including a Draft script for an unproduced film, and several associated typed letters signed relating to the possible casting of Liv Ullmann and Carol Kane. Based on the 1972 novel by Jerome Weidman.
Laid in to the script are a three-page handwritten letter on Film Friends letterhead from Marilyn Feinstein to Paul… Read more
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