Alan ladd starring (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1949 film. Based on Tiffany Thayer's 1947 novel "One Woman." A South Side reporter discovers the body of a dead call girl, and tries to track down her killer using her address book. Set in Chicago. Tall white titled wrappers, noting 10 reels, dated February 21, 1949. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads at the top edge.…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1953 film, showing actress Arlene Dahl. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Georges Surdez' 1927 novel "The Demon Caravan." A French Foreign Legion soldier discovers a lost city in the desert mountains of North Africa. A breakthrough role at Universal for actor Alan Ladd. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Draft script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Martin Dibner. A pacifist naval officer experiences conflict with his shipmates over his refusal to fire upon an unidentified plane, and volunteers for a dangerous mission in an attempt to prove his bravery. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters John Twist and Martin Rackin. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads.…

Original US half sheet poster for the 1944 film, based on the 1942 best seller by Rachel Field. Chandler's second screenwriting credit, and the only non-crime screenplay of his career. 28 x 22 inches, mounted on board. Near Fine with some minor professional restoration.

Vintage one-color Danish program for the 1949 film noir, here under the Danish title "Den Store Gatsby - Spritsmuglerkongen." Text in Danish. The first sound adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, which was filmed once before as a now-lost silent in 1926 under the auspices of Paramount's former incarnation, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Done in a film noir style, and still considered by many to be the best of several screen adaptations, created at the point when the book's reputation was finally beginning to take hold. Set in New York. 4.5 x 6 inches. 4 pages, side-stapled. Near Fine, with faint edgewear.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose, with the image manipulated for effect, from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler, under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist (Alan Ladd) is accused of murdering his unstable, alcoholic wife (Carolyn Jones) when she goes missing, and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville, Connecticut, shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson, Connecticut and Framingham, Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges, else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.…

Collection of 14 vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1944 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Rachel Field. A poor doctor is hired to cure a wealthy woman's deafness, whose fiancé is having an affair with her sister. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine.…

Vintage oversize borderless double weight satin finish reference photograph of Alan Ladd from the 1942 film. An exceptionally scarce oversize portrait photograph of Ladd in his breakthrough role as the stoic, cat-loving hit man Philip Raven. Based on the 1942 novel "A Gun for Sale" by Graham Greene, the first of several films in the noir cycle to be adapted from novels by Greene. The film was stuck in development purgatory for 6 years, and thankfully was not made until Paramount had the benefit of the influx of German craftsman from the great exodus under Hitler's campaign-the visual underpinnings of a new style. David Spicer (2010) notes that ". in his determination to cut costs, [former UFA art director Hans] Drier encouraged director Frank Tuttle and cameraman John Seitz to use mirrors, odd angles, low-key lighting and fog-bound exteriors to obscure the limited number of sets available. Seitz's [resulting] expressionist photography helps to create the sense of schizophrenia and entrapment in the psychologically damaged Raven (Ladd)." Set in San Francisco. 16 x 20 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine. Grant US. Penzler, 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. Selby US Master List, Canon. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. …