National Film Registry from Royal Books, Inc.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1954 film, showing actor Marlon Brando giving his parents a tour of the famed "roof" set from the film, accompanied by producer S.P. Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on screenwriter Budd… Read more about this item

London: Horizon Pictures, 1956. Final script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to chief electrician Archie Dansie, with his name on the front wrapper, and his annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout, marking off scenes. Based on Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel "Le Pont de la riviere Kwai," about Allied POWs forced to build a railway over… 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

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

Burbank, CA: Brighton Productions / Warner Brothers, 1980. Draft script for the seminal 1982 science fiction film. Copy belonging to special effects designer William Shourt, with "Shourt Works" written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Though not credited, this is the last draft submitted by the film's first screenwriter, Hampton Fancher,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Director's Company, 1972. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, with copied annotations amending pagination on pages 100-120 (the final 20 pages of the script). Widely regarded among director Francis Ford Coppola's greatest achievements, and a high point for actor Gene Hackman. Originally produced by Coppola… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Rossen Films / Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Piper Laurie from the 1961 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1959 novel by Walter Tevis. A small time pool hustler challenges a champion for a shot at the big time. Jackie Gleason famously did all of his… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969. Final script for the 1970 film. Included with the script are eight borderless double-weight reference photographs from the film, with stamps specific to the film's French release on the versos. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker, and, in turn, the basis of the acclaimed television show which ran for 11… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1922. Vintage borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1922 film, showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The legendary von Stroheim's third film as a director, at time the most expensive film ever made, and the first to cost over one million dollars, although… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1953. Two vintage studio still photographs taken on the 1953 film, one showing director William Wyler and a camera crew capturing scenes with Audrey Hepburn, and one showing Wyler talking with Hepburn as she prepares to have her hair cut for her role. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. From the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1932. Vintage reference photograph of director Ernst Lubitsch with actors Kay Francis and Herbert Marshall on the set of the 1932 film. National Film Archive stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on László Aladár's 1931 play "The Honest Finder." A gentlemen thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film, showing director Stanley Kubrick setting up a shot in the War Room. One of the best films of the twentieth century, from any perspective. Preceded even "Bonnie and Clyde" in predicting the New American Cinema, valid as a post-noir, timeless, makes flawless use of a huge cast,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film, showing actors Gibson Gowland and Zasu Pitts. National Film Archive stamp on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing director Roman Polanski talking with actors Jack Nicholson and John Huston on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A definitive entry in the New Hollywood canon and a worthy… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1950. Collection of four vintage reference photographs from the 1950 film noir. From the collection of Joel Finler. Based on the 1949 novel by W.R. Burnett, and hugely influential as one of the earliest films in the heist film sub-genre. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film, showing actors James Dean and Richard Davalos. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck, about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious, emotionally troubled father. Winner of… Read more about this item

Los Altos, CA: Carlyle Productions / Columbia Pictures, 1959. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1959 film, one showing Duke Ellington working on the film score, and the other showing Ellington laughing with Billy Strayhorn. Carlyle Productions stamps on the versos. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing director Ernst Lubitsch talking with actors Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart between takes. Mimeo snipe and printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Miklos Laszlo's 1937 play "Parfumerie." A store's top salesman and the newest employee can't stand each other, unaware they're… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film, showing actors Orson Welles and Glenn Anders in a pensive moment. Columbia Pictures stamp and printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Welles promised to write, produce, and direct a film for… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Universal-International Pictures, 1948. Vintage reference photograph of director Max Ophüls talking with actress Joan Fontaine on the set of the 1948 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1922 novella by Stefan Zweig, about a pianist in 1900s Vienna who receives an important letter from a woman from his past, and… Read more about this item