Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Doubleday, Doran And Company, Garden City Ny, 1935
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. 221 Pp. Beige Cloth With Spine And Cover Labels, As Issued, Grey Endpapers. #371 Of 501 Copies Of A Limited Edition. Light Wear But Fraying At Ends Of Spine. Inscribed "Richard Connell From Lazlo Benedek Mgm 1947. With A Note Indicating That The Book Had Been Borrowed By Two Los Angeles Psychiatrists In 1966 From Laguina Breach Artist Leonard Kaplan. László Benedek (1905 - 1992; Sometimes Laslo Benedek) Was A Hungarian-Born Film Director And Cinematographer. He Intended To Be A Psychiatrist But He Worked In The Film Industry To Pay His Bills And Ended Up Deciding To Focus On That Instead. In Germany, Benedek Was Cinematographer On The Mistress (1927). He Was Assistant Director On The Great Longing (1929), Directed By Steve Sekely, And Edited And Assisted Directed The Man Who Murdered (1931) For Director Curtis Bernhardt. He Worked At Ufa For Joe Pasternak Until 1933. He Assisted On Hyppolit, The Butler (1931) And Edited Die Wasserteufel Von Hieflau (1932), And Miss Iza (1933). When The Nazis Came To Power, Benedek Followed Pasternak To Vienna Then Hungary Where He Edited A Precocious Girl (1934) Starring Franciska Gaal And Temptation (1934), Both Directed By Max Nuefeld; He Was Assistant Director On The Latter. He Went To England Where He Worked As A Writer On The Secret Of Stamboul (1936), Directed By In The Us, Benedek Worked On The Montage Scenes Of Test Pilot (1938) At Mgm. He Edited A Little Bit Of Heaven (1940) For Pasternak At Universal. At Mgm He Was Assistant Director On Song Of Russia (1944) And Worked As An Associate Producer Under Joe Pasternak. Among His Jobs Included Doing Screen Tests, Second Unit Directing, And Supervising The Animated Dance Sequence In Anchors Away (1945). In 1946 He Was Linked With Communist Front Organisations. Benedek Made His Feature Film Directing Debut With The Kissing Bandit (1948) At Mgm, Produced By Pasternak, A Notorious Flop. He Went To Eagle Lion Where He Directed A Noir, Port Of New York (1949) Starring Yul Brynner. For Stanley Kramer He Then Made Death Of A Salesman (1951) Which Was A Financial Disappointment But For Which He Won The Golden Globe Award For Best Director And A Best Director Nomination From The Directors Guild Of America. He Produced But Did Not Direct Storm Over Tibet (1952) (Marton Directed), Started To Direct Television, Notably Episodes Of Footlights Theater, And The Ford Television Theatre. Kramer Gave Him The Job Of The Wild One (1953) With Marlon Brando, Originally Called The Cyclist's Raid. ] It Was For His Directorial Efforts On This Project That Benedek Is Best Remembered. The Wild One Caused A Storm Of Controversy And Was Banned In The United Kingdom Until 1968. He Went Over To Universal To Do Bengal Rifles (1954) With Rock Hudson. Benedek Returned To Germany To Write And Direct Sons, Mothers And A General (1955). Back In The Us He Worked As A Film And Tv Director Almost Continuously Until 1977. From 1976 To 1980, He Was Chairman Of The Graduate Film Program At Nyu. Richard Edward Connell Jr. (1893 - 1949) Was An American Author And Journalist. He Is Best Remembered For His Short Story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell Was One Of The Most Popular American Short Story Writers Of His Time, And His Stories Were Published In The Saturday Evening Post And Collier's Magazines. He Had Equal Success As A Journalist And Screenwriter, And Was Nominated For An Academy Award In 1942 (Best Original Story) For The Movie Meet John Doe (1941), Directed By Frank Capra And Based On His 1922 Short Story "A Reputation".
Verlag: Warner Home Video
ISBN 13: 8414927200207
Anbieter: El Boletin, Barcelona, B, Spanien
Tapa blanda. Zustand: Bueno. Formato cinta VHS. Procedente del cierre de una tienda de cine de Barcelona. Se desconoce estado de reproduccion de la cinta. Actores: John Anderson, Lee Meriwether, Richard Edman.
Verlag: Universal-International, Universal City, 1954
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film, showing actress Ursula Thiess. Printed mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Hall Hunter's 1953 novel "Bengal Tiger." In British India in 1857, a military captain faces punishment and the dissolution of his reputation after disobeying orders to retreat. 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. Very Good plus.
Verlag: Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaften Franke & Co, Munich, 1953
Anbieter: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Softcover. Zustand: Fine condition. First edition. Quarto (11 x 8 1/4"). Unpaginated (4). Sepia-toned photo-illustrated wrappers with white and brown lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. This promotional publication was issued to coincide with the West German release of the American Columbia Pictures crime film noir "The Wilde One". The film, staring Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith and Lee Marvin, is most noted for the character of Johnny Strabler (Marlon Brando). The film was based on the short story "The Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney. It is considered to be the first American outlaw biker film. Illustrated throughout with sepia-toned offset reproductions of film stills. It includes descriptive text on the film as well as cast and crew credits. Text in German. Wrappers and interior in fine condition overall.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1954
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1954 film, showing actors Mary Murphy, Bruno VeSota, Will Wright, and others looking on as Robert Keith and Robert Osterloh restrain a wounded Marlon Brando. Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town, disrupting local racing events, stealing, and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film, firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville, California, and shot on location in Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, and Hollister, California. 9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US.
Verlag: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], Burbank, CA, 1956
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Draft script for the seventh episode of season five of the 1952-1957 television series, which originally aired on November 13, 1956. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name stamped on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. After a near-death experience, an emotionally stunted man decides to trace the sequence of events backwards to understand the incident, gaining a new lease on life in the process. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog. 48 leaves, with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 10/5/56. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed on the front wrapper, dated 1956.
Verlag: Four Star Films, Culver City, CA, 1956
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Draft script for the 1956 television episode, which originally aired on June 8. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. With a call sheet and shooting schedule bound in after the title page. A former hobo experiences difficulties in trying to return to "normal life." Pink titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 51 leaves, with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 4/11/56. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed on the front wrapper, dated April, 1956.
Verlag: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1954
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film, showing actors Marlon Brando and Mary Murphy. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town, disrupting local racing events, stealing, and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film, firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville, California, and shot on location in Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, and Hollister, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US.