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Vintage black-and-white still photograph of actress Lesley Osmond from the 1948 UK film. Distributor rubber-stamp and notation on the verso. A music hall handyman man decides to assert himself when the theatre is threatened by secret plans for redevelopment. Shot at Nettlefold Studios in Surrey, England. 8 x 9.25 inches. About Near Fine.

Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Starring actress Baxter is featured in two stills. Two stills with "Silver Screen Archives" (New York) rubber-stamps on the verso. One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for others. Based on a story by Cheavens, source author of "Penny Serenade" (1941). Tessa (Baxter) leads an impoverished family holding a dinner for a soldier returning from war. They don't receive the soldier they expected, and the charming stranger Sgt. Eric (Hodiak) quickly involves himself. The film was reprised for radio by Lux Radio Theatre in 1945, with original starring actors performing. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches, one slightly larger, two single-weight, glossy, and one double weight, matte. Very Good plus, faint discoloration to the matte still, small surface chips and brief creases to the glossy stills.

Three vintage photographs from the 1946 film, two studio still photographs and one on the set photograph of Tyrone Power and actor Hassan Khayyam, who had a small uncredited role in the film. Photograph of Power and Khayyam has annotations on recto in manuscript marker. Based on the 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A former pilot of World War I is traumatized by his experience in the war. He eventually travels to France to clear his head and loses his high-class fiance in the process. Ten years later he returns and she finds him, stopping at nothing to win him back, despite already being married to another man. Winner of one Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and nominated for an additional three, including Best Actor and Best Picture. Set in America and France, shot on location in Denver, Colorado. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, one light vertical crease to left and creasing to corner margins.

Final Shooting script for the 1932 film. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, noting the name of an unknown crew member. Based on the 1932 novel by Denison Clift. Government agent Stephen Morrow's boss and best friend is engaged to Morrow's former lover, a Hungarian woman under investigation for the murder of an ambassador. Set in Washington DC. Green titled wrappers, noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, dated 3-12-32, with credits for novelist Denison Clift and screenwriter Leon Gordon. Title page present. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.

Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in manuscript purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in manuscript pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed. A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough (Warner Baxter) called away from his honeymoon with Ellen (Andrea Leeds) for business in Paris, only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds (Lynn Bari) sent the telegram. Linda, rejected by Nick, shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff (Henry Wilcoxon) is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace. Set in Paris and Switzerland. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884, dated January 12, 1940. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated January 12, 1940, noted as Final Script, with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves, with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with Blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40, with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.

Vintage contact sheet from the 1962 film, with 12 images in total, all showing actress Capucine. 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 the 1956 novel by Nelson Algren. A former artist who now works at an upscale French Quarter bordello is forced to confront her past when her ex-lover arrives in town. One of the first Hollywood films to openly feature a lesbian relationship, between the madam of the bordello (Barbara Stanwyck) and Hallie (Capucine). Set and shot on location in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly creased at the right corners, else Near Fine. Grant US.

One vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. Based on the 1955 play by Ray Lawler. Two sugarcane cutters have spent the past sixteen years with the same women during their annual vacation to Sydney. On the seventeenth year they arrive to find one of the women married. Set and shot on location in Sydney, Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Small chip missing at the bottom right corner of the studio still, else Near Fine.

Vintage photograph of Jane Fonda from the 1962 film. German Columbia Film stamp and faint Swedish Columbia Film stamp on the verso. Based on the 1956 novel by Nelson Algren, about a group of women in an upscale New Orleans brothel, whose lives are thrown into chaos when one of their former lovers comes looking for her. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, small pinholes on corners, reinforced with white tape on the verso.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film, showing actors Laurence Harvey and Jane Fonda in the back of a truck, hitchhiking to New Orleans. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1956 novel by Nelson Algren. Hallie, a former artist who now works at an upscale French Quarter bordello, is forced to confront her past when her ex-lover arrives in town. One of the first Hollywood films to openly feature a lesbian relationship, between the madam of the bordello (Barbara Stanwyck) and Hallie (Capucine). Set and shot on location in New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of director James Cruze with cast and crew members on the set of the 1924 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1925 play by Leon Gordon and Doris Marquette. A showgirl decides to accept the overtures of a lecherous theatre promoter, only to fall in love with another man. Currently considered a lost film. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly creased at the corners, else about Near Fine.