Ben hecht screenwriter (19 Ergebnisse)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1935 film. Miriam Hopkins plays Mary Rutledge, a widow who begins working at the roulette wheel of a pub in San Francisco. She is tirelessly pursued by the club's owner, and she in turn pursues one of the clientele, a wealthy gold miner. A love triangle ensues, with rather violent consequ…

Post-production Cutting Continuity script for the 1945 film, issued for the Selznick Studio files in 1949. Light blue titled wrappers, noted as Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper, dated Rerun June 10, 1949. 49 leaves, with last page of text numbered REEL SIX-B, Page 5. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, w…

Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1978 release of the 1976 US television film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos, with distributor rubber-stamps and layout annotations. Mardi Gras is interrupted by African killer bees! Ben Johnson is cast as the local sheriff, and would reprise his tenure with the be…

Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers, with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script, with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel, and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick. Frederick Henry (Hudson)…

Revised First Draft script for the 1988 film. From the collection of Philip Leto, hair stylist on the film. Copied punch holes on some pages but not other, from internal studio duplication prior to having been issued to Mr. Leto. Based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 play "The Front Page," which also served as the basi…

Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to actress Merie Earle (her first film credit), and INSCRIBED on the front wrapper: "This was my first / "on location" picture / Everything was / "red carpet" I loved it / Merie Earle." Notations in manuscript red ink and pencil throughout, at Earle's speaking parts as "Grandm…

Vintage oversize satin finish borderless photograph of actor Marlon Brando on the set of the 1955 film. Stamp of Dell Publishing on the verso, with annotations in manuscript pencil crediting photographer Peter Basch. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"…

Temporary Shooting script for the 1945 film, here under the working title, "The House of Dr. Edwardes." Based on the 1927 novel, "The House of Dr. Edwardes" by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer. After director Alfred Hitchcock learned that producer David O. Selznick wanted to make a "psychiatric" story for the screen,…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1939 film, showing James Stewart standing on a scale, sporting a safari costume. Mimeo snipe on the verso. One of Ben Hecht's most brilliant and underrated screenplays. A novice private eye is unjustly fingered alongside his wealthy client in a murder case. Claudette Colbert's first film for…

Two vintage double weight studio still photographs and two vintage reference photographs from the 1938 film. Seeking audience feedback, a film producer recruits an ordinary girl to evaluate his movies from the perspective of the everyday American. Set in Hollywood. Three 10 x 8 inches, one 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, some wit…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film, showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz handing a cup of coffee to actress Jean Simmons. Provenance label on the verso, along with manuscript ink annotations. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, which was in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Mis…

Vintage publicity photograph of James Stewart and Claudette Colbert from the 1939 film. Printed mimeo snipe and MGM label on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Ben Hecht's most brilliant and underrated screenplays. A novice private eye is unjustly fingered alongside his wealthy client in…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1932 film, showing actors Paul Muni, George Raft, Karen Morley, Purnell Pratt, and others. Based on the 1930 book by Armitage Trail, which was in turn based on the true exploits of notorious Prohibition-era mob boss and bootlegger Al Capone. Along with "Public Enemy" (released only a fe…

Oversize double weight photograph of screenwriter Ben Hecht standing with his boss, producer and mogul extraordinaire David O. Selznick, on a snow covered set in the Italian Alps during the 1957 filming of Selznick's "A Farewell to Arms." Based on the 1929 novel by Ernest Hemingway, directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Rock H…

Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film, one showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz with actors Jean Simmons and Stubby Kaye and wardrobe designer Irene Sharaff, and the other showing Sharaff, Mankiewicz, and choreographer Michael Kidd. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, in…

Vintage studio portrait photograph of actors Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell from the 1940 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. One of the greatest of the screwball comedies, an acidic, nonstop satire set in New York City newspaper culture of the 1930s, adapted from the classic play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht and M…

Four vintage candid reference photographs from the 1955 film, showing variously, actors Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, composer Frank Loesser, and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set. The first photo, double weight, shows Marlon Brando, as Skye Masterson, surreally socking one of his gangster companions in the nose. The seco…

Three vintage contact sheets from the 1958 film, each containing twelve images. Two contact sheets with layout annotations in blue manuscript wax pencil to five images. Based on the unpublished story "Queen of the Universe" by Ben Hecht. Sci-fi comedy portraying an epic battle of the sexes. Talleah (Zsa Zsa Gabor) is from the pl…