Graham greene novel (19 Ergebnisse)

Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film, one a studio still of Robert Morley and Derek Jacobi, the other a compilation photograph featuring headshots of John Gielgud, Morley, Jacobi, and Richard Attenborough. Based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene, with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard. A low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 (Nicol Williamson) finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage color British front-of-house card from the 1972 film. At his mother's funeral, Henry Pulling becomes aquatinted with an eccentric elderly aunt and her unusual life. Shot on location in Spain, France, England, Turkey, Morocco, Italy, and Yugoslavia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; viii,178,[2]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), edgeworn, with light surface wear to panels, and several small nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good+. A novel centered around an Indian financial expert's lust for money and how it affects the townspeople he serves. With an introduction by Graham Greene.…

Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1959 film. The third and final collaboration between director Carol Reed and author Graham Greene, with Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. Very Good or better in general, faded to sepia color, with light wear and red, blue ink and graphite manuscript annotations to the verso.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 British film. With a stamp specific to the film's UK release on the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. Based on the 1948 book by Graham Greene. A married, Catholic policeman in colonial west Africa begins an affair with a young, beautiful woman, but is tormented by guilt over the tryst. Set and shot on location in Sierra Leone. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with cello tape residue to the corners on the verso. Spicer UK.…

Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Based on Graham Green's 1969 novel. A man whose mother recently passed away meets a woman claiming to be his aunt. He then joins her on a trip across Europe. One of director George Cukor's final films. Set throughout Europe, shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid, Spain, Paris, France, Milan, Italy, and London as well as Morocco, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper, dated February 25, 1972, with credits for director George Cukor and screenwriters Hugh Wheeler and Jan Allen. 90 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Draft script for the 1979 film. Illustrated front wrapper based on Saul Bass' poster design for the film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member David Hitchcock, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Manuscript annotations throughout primarily indicating deleted scenes. Also included is a carbon typed letter signed by Otto Preminger, dated 19th October 1979, to dubbing editor Peter Pennell terminating his employment at the conclusion of production. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger, based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene, with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard, about a low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 who finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. White illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1978, with credits for screenwriter Tom Stoppard and novelist Graham Greene, rubber stamped copy No. 146. 146 leaves, with last page of text numbered 146. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong binding.…

Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. FIlm noir remake of the 1941 classic "This Gun for Hire." A professional hitman is hired to commit two murders before being double crossed by his employer. 12 x 15 inches. Near Fine with light toning overall. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film, showing Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor literally necking in a car. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. Based on Graham Greene's 1966 novel. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a Welsh hotel owner begins an affair with a diplomat's wife. Set in Haiti, and shot on location in Benin and the Côte d'Azur, France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. …

Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film noir. Two photographs with blind stamps at the verso bottom right corner. Based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Graham Greene. A man recently released from a mental hospital ends up entangled in a Nazi spy ring after taking the advice of a palm reader. Set in England. Two photographs trimmed, about 7.75 x 10 inches, Very Good plus. Two photographs 8 x 10 inches, one stained along the bottom margin else Very Good plus. Grant US. Criterion Collection 649. Selby US Canon. Spicer US.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film, showing director Kevin Costner and a camera crew capturing a scene on location. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1988 novel by Michael Blake. A Union soldier is sent to a remote outpost in Kansas, where he gradually befriends the inhabitants of a nearby Sioux camp. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Kansas, Wyoming, and Nebraska. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine.…

Set of eight vintage black and white still photographs from the 1958 film. Based on the 1955 novel by Graham Greene, about a young American economist who begins a relationship with an older British diplomat in 1952 Vietnam. One of the first American films to discuss geopolitics in mainland southeast Asia, although later disavowed by Greene as a "propaganda film for America," with many of the novel's original antiwar messages removed. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with "The Quiet American" noted in neat manuscript pencil on the verso of each photograph. Phillips US.…

Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film, showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika. Based on Graham Greene's 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution, a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme, and finds himself pursued by German secret agents. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned at the edges, with two punch holes along the left edge. Criterion Collection 649. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film, showing actor Noel Coward on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance label on the verso. The third and final collaboration between Reed and author Graham Greene, with Alec Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus.…

Original British quad poster for the 1956 British film. The fourth of 7 screenplays written by Greene, and his third adaptation of his own work. An unusual foray for the author, a late screwball comedy in which a mild mannered assistant accountant, in the midst of his honeymoon, becomes tangled up in a mess involving a casino and two very canny businessmen. 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Phillips US.…

Original UK Quad poster for the 1973 British film. Greene's novel was set in Stockholm, and involved the internal deconstruction of a ne'er-do-well bodyguard Anthony Farrant, who finds himself working for a dubious Swedish financier whose character is loosely inspired by Ivar Kreuger. The setting of the film version was changed to Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 30 x 40 inches. Fine. Phillips US.…

Original British quad poster for the 1957 British film noir A low budget British film noir that brought Rod Steiger across the ocean in order to put his formidable character acting skills into what became a critically praised film. Shot in Spain (but represented as Mexico), "Across the Bridge" expands on Graham Greene's short story, bringing more specifics to the author's intentionally empirical outline. Steiger plays a crooked businessman on the run who steals a man's passport in order to hide out in Mexico, only to discover that the passport belongs to a wanted political assassin. 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Phillips US. Spicer US. …

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. …