Bette davis starring (24 Ergebnisse)

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1939 UK release of the 1938 US film. Distributors rubber-stamps on the verso. Based on the Myron Brinig novel, about three sisters who are considered the most desirable young women in a tiny town in Montana and the troubled marriages each faces. 8 x 10 inches, with no borders as issued. Faint discoloration at the center of the recto (see image), else Near Fine.…

Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1976 release of the 1976 American-Italian film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of 2 stills, and layout annotations on the versos of 2 stills. Based on Robert Marasco's 1973 novel, about a haunted house and the summer caretakers moving in with their young son. 8 x 10 inches. Slight discoloration to 2 stills, else Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph of actor Barry Fitzgerald from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotation on the verso identifying Fitzgerald. Based on the 1955 television play by Paddy Chayefsky. The daughter of a taxi driver is engaged to be married. Her mother wants to use the opportunity to have the big wedding she always dreamed of. Set in and shot on location in the Bronx, New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with some slight creasing and wear to the finish.…

Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film, both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner, who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production, the film was released to positive reviews, with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus, with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof.…

Final Draft script for the 1986 film. Based on Winston Groom's 1980 novel. In the late 1950s, an elderly Black woman fights to keep the land she was given by the former owner of the plantation where she worked for years. Set in southern Louisiana, shot on location in Valdosta, Georgia. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated FEBRUARY 28, 1985, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Jeff Andrus. 131 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, lightly dampstained on the front wrapper, bound with three gold brads.…

Collection of 6 vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1965 UK release of the 1964 US film. Another steamy drama based on a Harold Robbins novel (1962), about the murder of one man's ex-wife's new lover, at the hand of his teenage daughter, with obvious parallels between this film and the actual murder of Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner's ex-lover and victim of stabbing by her daughter, Cheryl Crane. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall, else Near Fine.…

Original pressbook for the 1956 film, starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages, 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus, with some light rubbing, else a bright front wrapper.…

Three vintage studio still photographs from the American release of the 1963 Italian film, all three featuring actors Catherine Spaak and Horst Buchholz. 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 of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on Alberto Moravia's 1960 novel "La noia." A talentless painter from a wealthy family drowns his disappointment in his lack of artistry in a passionate relationship with a free-spirited model. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. …

Revised Draft script for the classic 1976 horror film. Early draft, predating Robert Marasco's 1973 novel, noted in manuscript pencil on the title page as dating from "Summer, 1970," with Bob Fosse's name as a directorial credit in addition to Marasco's screenwriter credit on the title page. In the late 1960s, Marasco-at that time best known as a playwright-wrote a screenplay entitled "Burnt Offerings." In 1969, Fosse was announced as being attached to the project as a director, with Turman Films and Cinema Center Films slated to produce. This iteration of the film failed to materialize, and Marasco would adapt his screenplay into a novel, published in 1973 by Delacorte Press. The novel would eventually be successfully adapted for the screen by screenwriter William F. Nolan and director Dan Curtis. A family from the big city are preyed upon by evil forces inhabiting their rented summer estate. A key entry in the supernatural horror boom of the 1970s. Shot on location at Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California. Dunsmuir itself carried its own unlucky history: its original owners both died within a year of the house's construction. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present, noted as REVISED, with credits for Marasco and Fosse. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Archive of material from the 1972 British television movie, including two First Draft scripts and a Revised Draft script, dated variously between April 12 and May 28, 1971. Screenplays belonging to screenwriter Barry Oringer, with his annotations throughout. A campy and humorous espionage film, about the titular Madame Sin, a sinister woman who kidnaps a former CIA agent and forces him to hijack a submarine in order to attain a secret nuclear weapon. One of many films cashing in on the popularity of the James Bond films, originally intended as a television pilot but aired instead as a feature film on ABC on January 15, 1972, followed by the UK in April of the same year. Shot on location in London, and in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. First Draft script, April 12, 1971: Blue untitled Barry Oringer Productions wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present, dated April 12, 1971, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Barry Oringer. 95 leaves, with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. First Draft script, April 25, 1971: Blue untitled Barry Oringer Productions wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present, dated April 25, 1971, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Barry Oringer. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication, with three pages ribbon copy typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. Revised Draft Script, May 28, 1971: Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 28, 1971, noted as REVISED DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Barry Oringer. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, with two pages ribbon copy typescript on green paper, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two silver screw brads. …

Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson (back to camera), director William Wyler, and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man (David Newell) she was secretly having an affair with, Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer (James Stephenson). Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.…

Vintage US borderless reference photograph from the 1963 Italian film, a striking shot of Catherine Spaak and Horst Buchholz. Universal Photo 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, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on Alberto Moravia's 1960 novel "La noia." A talentless painter from a wealthy family drowns his disappointment in his lack of artistry in a passionate relationship with a free-spirited model. Shot on location in Rome. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine. …

Vintage reference photograph showing Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Montagu Love, and director William Dieterle on the set of the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based upon the 1939 biography of Emperor Maximilan of Mexico and his wife Charlotte, "Phantom Crown" by Bertita Loenarz and the 1925 play "Juarez and Maximilian" by Franz Werfel. Democratic-leaning Mexico President Benito Juarez (Paul Muni) threatens France's rule and battles with Napolean III's (Claude Rains) newly installed Emperor Maximilian (Brian Aherne). Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing director Anatole Litvak and a camera crew setting up a scene with actors Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel by Rachel Field, about a governess' doomed romance with a French nobleman. Nominated for three Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors George Sanders and Ann Baxter. Printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1946 story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr. An aging Broadway star finds her life slowly and insidiously overtaken by her new assistant, an ambitious young woman named Eve. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning six, including Best Picture. The only film in Oscar history to receive four acting nominations for women-Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for Best Actress, and Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter for Best Supporting Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, moderately faded. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1003. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler in conversation with actress Bette Davis and millionaire businessman and hotelier Victor Sassoon on the set of the 1941 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Culver Pictures. Based on Lillian Hellman's classic 1939 play, about the struggles of the Hubbard family in the deep South in the early twentieth century. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with a light horizontal crease affecting the upper portion of the photograph, and light soil on the bottom right corner.…

Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Negulesco and actress Beatrice Straight on the set of the 1952 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with manuscript annotations regarding layout. While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, a lawyer meets three fellow travelers, all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors, compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches, with a wide top margin. Very Good plus, with light edgewear.…

Collection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs, both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot, single weight, of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner, who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production, the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. 8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills, and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film, one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard, the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive, clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis, and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel, followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing director William Wyler and actress Bette Davis enjoying tea on the set. A rubber plantation owner's wife claims self defense after shooting her secret lover, but a damning letter in her own hand may uncover the truth. 9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.…

Vintage reference photograph of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her husband, Sir Frederick Browning, visiting actors Alec Guinness and Nicole Maurey on the set of the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Du Maurier, about a lonely university professor who meets his lookalike, a wealthy but discontented count, while vacationing in France, and finds himself unwittingly forced to swap places and assume the count's life. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film, showing director Michael Curtiz and a camera crew filming a scene. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1932 memoirs of former prison warden Lewis E. Lawes, about a brash convict's increasingly desperate attempts to escape Sing Sing. Set in Ossining, New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly age toned. Grant US. Spicer US Precursor.…

Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1938 film, showing actors Margaret Early, Janet Shaw, Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda. In antebellum Louisiana, a strong-willed southern belle loses her fiancé as a result of her vanity and arrogance, and vows to win him back. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for Bette Davis, and for Best Supporting Actress for Fay Bainter. Shot on location in Louisiana. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus, lightly age toned, with creasing at the corners.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. An original Finnish first-screening poster for A Stolen Life (1946), the Warner Brothers drama starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford. Premiered in Finland in February 1947 with no further theatrical release. A Stolen Life holds a particular distinction: it was the only film Bette Davis both starred in and produced. Slightly outside standard Finnish A2, measuring approximately 16.25 × 22 inches. Printed by Nordladd & Pettersson. Signed in the plate by Engel. Condition: C7.5, Very Good/Near Fine. Folded; one crease to centre. Tear along the fold line at the left edge, approximately 1 inch. Small nick to the lower left edge. Small crease to the lower right corner. No pinholes or obvious mounting marks. Pencilled date to the verso which does not bleed through or affect the image. Thinner paper stock consistent with the era but has lasted well. Engel (illustrator).…