Harry brown novel (11 Ergebnisse)

Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Based on the 1949 Fredric Brown novel. One of the weirdest and most wonderful of the Columbia B-noirs, a very faithful adaptation of Fredric Brown's byzantine mystery novel, with Anita Ekberg (pre-"La Dolce Vita") put to good use as a dancing siren, and the Red Norvo Trio performing icy strains of modern jazz both live and in the soundtrack. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a tiny chip to the edge of one photo.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film noir. A nightclub dancer who was traumatized by watching a man who attacked her get shot is being stalked by a serial killer. Set in Northern California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Weldon 1983.…

Original Pressbook for the 1936 film. Based on American minister Charles M. Sheldon's Christian novel, "In His Steps" (ultimately the films release title), the film presents a dramatic vision of a couple forced to elope and the struggles they endure while in hiding. This is an example of a very early pressbook, the publicity format witnessing its heyday between 1940-1970, with the advent of film noir, exploitation films, and later, adult films. Early examples were simple black-and-white, or subdued colors (if any), and from the late 1950s on saw the color palette more fully utilized, expressing in greater array the adventure, horror, and science fiction film genres. 4 pages, folded, 12.75 X 1.5 inches. Black-and-white throughout. Very Good, with a horizontal fold at the middle, short closed tears at the edges, and brief insect damage at the top edge and lower corner.…

Seven vintage British front-of-house card from the 1957 UK release of the 1956 US film. Based on Francis Gwaltney's 1955 novel, "The Day the Century Ended," about an ex-plantation owner who is drafted and learns to accept the working class soldiers that he used to despise. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall, else Near Fine.…

Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film. Four with mimeo snipes to the verso. A tense, two-part Cold War thriller, based on the 1963 novel. The US nuclear attack submarine Tigerfish is sent to the North Pole to rescue the personnel of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a British research weather station that has sent out multiple distress signals. Most of the submarine's crew is unaware, however, that the mission is a front for a highly classified assignment involving Soviet saboteurs and stolen satellite technology. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including one for Best Cinematography. Set in the Arctic. 8 x 10 inches. One with light creases to the top left corner, else 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.…

Vintage French petite poster for the 1956 American film. Based on the 1955 novel by Lionel Shapiro, about an Allied commando unit headed towards the Normandy coast in the hours before D-Day, with two of its members reflecting on their shared love for one woman. Approximately 21.5 x 14.5 inches, folded. Very Good, with three light bruises on the top edge. …

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1937 film, one showing director Ray McCarey and a camera crew capturing a scene with Edward Everett Horton, the other showing Horton and McCarey consulting a script, with a man in a monkey costume looming just behind them. Printed mimeo snipe and Universal photographer's stamp on the versos. Based on the 1923 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, about a hypochondriac who is set to inherit a substantial fortune, but believes he will die before his inheritance comes through. 10 x 8 inches. One about Fine, the other Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the 1948 film. Manuscript annotations in ink on bottom border of recto. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and stamp on the verso obscured by manuscript marker. Based on the 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. A complex romantic film noir, in which Dr. Ravic (Boyer) is a refugee doctor practicing illegally in Paris under a false name. He saves Joan Madou (Bergman) from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover, and helps her land a job singing in a nightclub. The two fall in love, but he is deported. Joan finds herself another man's mistress while Dr. Ravic seeks revenge by hunting for the Nazi officer, Ivon Haake (Laughton). Set in Paris, shot on location in New York and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and 2 small tears on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso. Selby US. Spicer US. Olive Films #809.…

Three vintage photographs from the 1950 film, including one publicity photograph showing James Cagney with Helena Carter and Barbara Payton, and two studio still photographs showing cast members and a camera crew on the set. Publicity photograph with the stamp of Warner Brothers photographer Bert Six on the verso. Based on the 1948 novel by Horace McCoy, about a repeat offender's violent escape from a prison work camp. Banned in Ohio for its brutality and extreme depiction of violent crime, the film was the first of four movies the Cagney brothers made for Warner Brothers. Shot on location in Chino and Glendale. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, two with light creases at the corners. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US.…

Vintage reference photograph of screenwriter Leigh Brackett and director Howard Hawks on the set of the 1966 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on Harry Brown's 1960 novel "The Stars in Their Courses." A gunfighter comes to the aid of his old friend, now a sheriff, to defend a rancher's family. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema.…