Verlag: Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, 1960
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1960 US film. Clark Gable stars as a lawyer who helps manage the estate of his late brother, who left behind a saucy Italian wife (Loren) and a young son. Gable also managed to gain significant weight during the filming in Italy, due primarily to his acquired taste for the local cuisine. This would be the last film of his to be released during his lifetime. 8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to the top and bottom borders, else Near Fine.
Verlag: Mario Zampi Productions / Allied Artists Pictures, Glendale, CA, 1954
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Two vintage reference photographs from the 1954 film. A man beloved in his hometown suddenly dies and leaves the majority of his fortune to a distant relative. The relative comes to be deeply disliked by the townspeople, who run a lottery to determine who in town will murder him. Set in Ireland, shot on location in Middlesex, and Hertfordshire, England. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good, one Good only, with pin holes from staples along the edges and in the center of the photograph.
Verlag: Mario Zampi Productions / Stratford Pictures, London, 1952
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Shooting script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John O'Gorman, with his signature on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink and pencil. Known in England as "Top Secret," a British plumber travels abroad for vacation with plans he believes to be for his new sanitation invention, but are actually blueprints for a top secret weapon. He is contacted by the Soviet government to do research on what he believes to be plumbing. Set in Moscow. Pink titled wrappers, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 52, dated March 12, 1952. Title page present, dated January 2, 1952, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriters Jack Davies, and Michael Pertwee. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus bound with string binding.