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New York: Embassy Pictures, 1967. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Three with Dutch photo agency stamps on the verso, and two with blindstamps at the top right corner. Mel Brooks' directorial debut, about a theater producer and his accountant who engineer a get-rich scheme centered around producing a stage music purposely… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on screenwriter Imre Lazar's 1980 book "Der Fall Horst Wessel" ("The Horst Wessel Case"), about a Nazi stormtrooper who was killed by two Communists in 1930, and whose death was subsequently used by Joseph Goebbels as a propaganda symbol for the Nazi party. Set in… Read more about this item

Rome: Ciesi, 1975. First Draft script for the 1976 Italian film, here under the working title "Scandal." Text in English. From the archive of longtime producer-agent Paul Kohner. In wartime France, a married pharmacist begins a passionate affair with her assistant. Their relationship sours, however, as he begins to demand more and more from her-including access to… Read more about this item

Paris: Agence Dalmas, 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1966 film, showing actor Jean-Paul Belmondo doing a stunt in which he falls off his bicycle on the Champs-Élysées. Printed mimeo snipe, Dalmas Agency stamp, PIX agency label, and library stamp on the verso. Based on the 1965 book by Larry Collins and Dominique… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 15 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Manson Film Productions, 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944, American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County, California. 15 x 12 inches, folded once vertically. Four… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film, seen here under the working title "Behind Enemy Lines." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, noting copy No. 3. Bound in at the rear of the script are six vintage matte-finish photographs of cast and crew members on the set, with typed captions along the bottom margins.… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Manson Distributing, 1963. Vintage lobby card for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944, American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County, California. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus, lightly… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Butchers Run Films / Stan Margulies, 1995. Shooting script for the 1996 television movie, originally aired on November 10, 1996, on TNT. Based on the 1990 book "Eichmann in My Hands" by Peter Malkin and Harry Stein, about the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann by Malkin, an Israeli Mossad agent, in 1960. … Read more about this item

Hollywood: Screen Gems, 1965. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 17 of the 1965-1966 television series. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member, with their editorial annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Bound in at the rear of the script are several production documents, largely relating to post-production and editing, as well as shooting schedules… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1962. Second Draft script for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 1964-1967 television series, though in this draft it is titled "Pilot Episode." Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, mostly noting where stock footage should be used in the episode. Loosely based on the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for the 1981 French film, with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "20" on the title page. Released in the US in 1982 under the title "Boléro" (referring to the 1928 Maurice Ravel orchestral piece used in the film's soundtrack). An enormous 194-page script with mostly unnumbered pages, though some pages are… Read more about this item

Various American Cities: Wilding Picture Productions, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. A volume produced by Wilding Picture Productions (also known as Wilding Studios), advertising their audiovisual communications services for industrial use. Contemporary ownership annotation in manuscript ink on the second leaf. Wilding was founded in Detroit in 1914, moving into the Essanay Building in Chicago in 1937.… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1946. Draft production document made for the shooting of the 1946 film, entirely specific to the many extras in the film (see images). Lacking the front wrapper and the first 4 leaves of text. Based on MacKinlay Kantor's 1945 classic novella "Glory for Me," about three veterans who return home, only to… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1974 French film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1940. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing actors James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Mimeo snipe and MGM credit stamp for photographer Clarence Bull on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Phyllis Bottome. In Nazi Germany, an aging professor faces increased scrutiny for his pacifism and resistance to… Read more about this item

N.p.: Arte 7, 1977. Collection of 13 vintage borderless lobby cards for the Spanish release of the 1977 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador… Read more about this item

Hamburg: Kinothek, 1976. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1976 Italian film. Kinothek stamp on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 12 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel, about a German soldier who returns home to find his family's house bombed and his parents gone. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners.… Read more about this item