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N.p.: Paramount Theatre Productions, 1982. Vintage borderless promotional photograph of actresses Geraldine Page, Lee Remick and Amanda Plummer for the 1982 pre-Broadway run of the stage play. During the Broadway run, Lee Remick was replaced by actress Elizabeth Ashley. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso promoting the opening of the show on February 26, 1982 at the Wilbur Theater in Boston and its opening in New York City at the Court Theater on Sunday, March 21, 1982. Mimeo snipe also has identification of photographer Ken Howard. A play consisting of only three characters, one of whom remains on stage for the entire production. A novice nun gives birth and claims virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior investigate. During the Broadway run, which began on March 30, 1982 at the Music Box Theater, actress Amanda Plummer won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and Geraldine Page was nominated for Best Actress in a Play. 10 x 7.5 inches, Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 Russian film, showing actress Irma Raush. Director Andrei Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama, capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev, from his humble origins as a traveling monk to his later years returning to painting after a long and meditative sabbatical. Set in medieval Russia, shot on location in Moscow. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 34. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Typescript for an unproduced film. Synopses in English are laid into the front wrapper for "That Boy Named Jesus," "Young Jesus," and "Don Quixote Goes West." Text in English. An imagining of the infancy, youth, and adolescence of Jesus Christ. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 98 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine, clip binding.

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1998. First Edition. First Edition. A biography of Vincent Van Gogh, focusing on his religious upbringing and spiritual life, and how this informed his work. Corners and top edge with minor bumps, else Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed, with a shallow horizontal crease to the top front panel, and taps to the corners.

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Vintage flyer, from the San Francisco area, circa 1990. Artist unknown. Featuring an amusing image of Jesus Christ, followed by the rhyme "Well it's time / To Dance and Shout! / PEACE ON EARTH / HAS broken out. / A situation / We call Win, Win. / ALL / Now find / The Divine Within." 8.5 x 11 inches. Pinholes to the corners, else Near Fine.

Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1956. Continuity & Dialogue script for the 1957 film. The guilt a fighter pilot feels over accidentally dropping a bomb on a German orphanage during World War II leads him to become a minister upon returning to the US. When this proves insufficient in assuaging his bad conscience, he decides to volunteer his services as a missionary in Korea, opening a large home for orphans in Seoul. Based on the true story of Colonel Dean E. Hess, a US Air Force fighter pilot turned Ohio minister who returned to the Air Force during the Korean War. As depicted in the film, the 1950 Chinese Communist takeover of Seoul led Hess to facilitate an airlift of hundreds of children from the orphanage to the sanctuary island of Cheju. The twenty-five children who appear in the film, moreover, are Korean children from the real Orphan's Home of Korea that Hess founded, and the gold flying helmet sported by Rock Hudson is the actual helmet Hess wore. Set in South Korea,… Read More

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film, showing actors Claire McDowell, Ramon Novarro, and Kathleen Key. Based on the 1880 novel. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will, Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and, once released, vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive silent film, with a budget of $3.9 million. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and faint toning to the border. National Film Registry. Godard, Histoires de cinema.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1959. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler on the set of the 1959 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will, Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and, once released, vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release, with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive, elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Charlton Heston and his son in a chariot on the set of the 1959 film. With the stamps of Time Press and Dalmas press agency on the verso, along with a numbered stamp reading 008818. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will, Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and, once released, vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release, with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive, elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy with light edgewear.

Utah: Sunn Classic Pictures, 1978. Collection of five vintage color studio still photographs from the 1978 documentary film. One with the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso, and three with handwritten ink annotations noting production No. 78-740 on the bottom right corner of the recto. A collection of interviews regarding (and dramatizations of) people's near-death experiences, focusing on visions of the Christian afterlife. A low-budget film which received limited release, mainly in drive-in movie theaters in smaller towns and rural areas. Shot on location in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Heber, Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Utah: Sunn Classic Pictures, 1978. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso, and a stamp noting production No. 78-740 on the bottom right corner of the recto. A collection of interviews regarding (and dramatizations of) people's near-death experiences, focusing on visions of the Christian afterlife. A low-budget film which received limited release, mainly in drive-in movie theaters in smaller towns and rural areas. Shot on location in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Heber, Utah. Approximately 8 x 10 inches. Four Very Good plus, one Very Good, with pinholes to the top edge and light ink residue on the center of the image.

Los Angeles: Samuel Goldwyn / RKO Radio Pictures, 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film. Based on the 1928 novel by Robert Nathan. A bishop prays for help to build a cathedral. An angel arrives to provide spiritual support though the process, becoming very close to the bishop's wife in the process. Shot on location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Weldon 1996.

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1947. American Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1947 film. With manuscript ink annotations throughout. US mimeograph duplication of the British post-production script (so noted on the title page), with the annotations mostly having to do with deleted scenes. An interesting document showing direct evidence of the edits made for American distribution of the film upon its release. Based on the 1939 novel. A group of Anglican nuns travel to a remote village in the Himalayas to establish a convent-a journey that heightens emotional tensions and spiritual unrest among the sisters and locals alike. A visually stunning Technicolor melodrama, and one of the Powell-Pressburger partnership's finest films. Nominated for two Academy Awards. White titled self wrappers, noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper, listed as production No. 5106, dated JUNE 24, 1946, with credits for actors Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond… Read More

Hollywood: Occult Productions, 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film. Working production copy, housed in a black leather binder, with production materials bound in before and after the script, including handwritten cast and crew contact information and call sheets. A young woman joins a black magic coven, governed by a psychic witch queen with dubious (and eventually murderous) intentions. Considered one of the best, and arguably most polished, releases from noted psychotronic, Z-budget horror director Ted V. Mikels, heavily inspired by "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) and the occult concerns of the Age of Aquarius. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for director-screenwriter Ted V. Mikels. 67 leaves, with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine. Nightmare USA.

London: Wieland, 1912. First Edition. First Edition, second issue of Part I, and First Edition of Part II. Second issue of Part I, with publisher's address noted as 33 Avenue Studios in Kensington. The first two books in Aleister Crowley's legendary treatise on magick and occult practice. Part I focuses on mysticism, describing Crowley's system of yoga, which borrows heavily from other yogis, including Patanjali and Yajnavalkya. Part II focuses on magick, detailing the accessories and practice of ceremonial magick. Part I: Very Good plus, with no dust jacket as issued. Boards moderately rubbed, with spine cloth slightly frayed and old cello tape residue on the first page, presumably from a former bookplate. Part II: Poor, with no dust jacket as issued. Board covers affixed to white paper wrappers with cello tape.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film, showing actors Blanche Yurka and Donald Woods. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1927 novel. The rope bridge leading to the chapel of San Luis Rey in the Andes mountains collapses, violently killing five people and leading a monk at the chapel to investigate the incident. The second of three adaptations of Wilder's novel, preceded by the 1929 silent film directed by Charles Brabin, and followed by the 2004 film directed by Mary McGuckian. Set in Peru. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, moderately toned, with light soil and wear to the edges.

N.p.: N.p., N.p.. Draft script for an unproduced film. An old, blind beggar ends up charged with taking care of a young girl whom he calls his niece because she is deaf and dumb, and he believes he can make money by having people pity her and giving her money. He is urged by a local clergyman to bring the young woman to his house so that he can care for her, but the beggar begins to grow attached to the girl. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Austin, Buchanan, and Peerce. 87 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Collection of six vintage black and white photographs of church gatherings in Baltimore, including images of choirs, children's recital performances, luncheons, formal dinners, and Sunday school classes. One photograph with the blind stamp of photographer George W. Evans Jr. to the bottom right corner, one photograph with the blind stamp of photographer Paul Henderson, and one photograph with a manuscript ink annotation to the verso, noting the names "Hortense / Betty / Hester". Photographs are undated, but appear to have been taken variously throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The photographs primarily show groups of African Americans of varying age, posing in front of church entrances and seated at dining tables in formal attire. Three photographs also capture musical groups onstage, including one showing the boy's choir at Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church standing in the chancel, with an older man to the far right, likely the choirmaster. Born in Springfield, Tennessee,… Read More

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film. Two French sisters who are both nuns come to New England to open a children's hospital, enlisting the help of colorful characters, including an artist, a composer, and a racketeer. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set in Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

New York: Dick Ross and Associates, 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Ron Muky, with his name in manuscript ink on the top right corner of the title page. Based on the successful 1963 book by David Wilkerson and John Sherrill, and Elizabeth Sherrill, itself based on Wilkerson's own experiences as a preacher in New York City. A small-town Pentecostal pastor heads to Brooklyn to talk with, and hopefully redeem, teenagers involved in gang violence. Set in Brooklyn, and shot on location in Harlem. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriters James Bonnet and Don Murray. 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.