Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1973
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Based on Peter De Vries' 1968 novella "Witch's Milk." A soon-to-be spinster marries a ne'er-do-well despite his erratic, philandering behavior, feeling that she needs to settle down. Their relationship begins to break down after the sudden death of their nine-year-old son. Shot on location in San Francisco, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Aries Productions, N.p., 1975
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Based on Jacqueline Susann's 1973 novel of the same name. A wealthy Hollywood tycoon falls on hard times and marries a diabolical sugar-mama to fund his lavish lifestyle. meanwhile, his beautiful daughter returns to the US from Europe, and begins an affair with one of her father's rivals. Shot on location in New York, Spain, Switzerland, and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 690.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1973
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Based on Peter De Vries' 1968 novella "Witch's Milk." A soon-to-be spinster marries a ne'er-do-well despite his erratic, philandering behavior, feeling that she needs to settle down. Their relationship begins to break down after the sudden death of their nine-year-old son. Shot on location in San Francisco, California. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.
Verlag: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1965
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Based on the 1965 novel by Hubert Monteilhet. A Parisian woman who survived Dachau returns to her life in Paris, though she is assumed dead by her husband. Not recognizing her, he asks her to pretend to be his wife and fake her death so he may inherit her fortune. Set in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. One photograph Near Fine, one photograph Very Good, with some pin holes along the edges of the photograph, one photograph Poor with pin holes from staples across the photograph. Selby UK.
Verlag: National Screen Service / MGM, London, 1962
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Nine vintage full-color still photographs from the UK release of the 1962 US film. A deep Hollywood-style romance, about a young, intellectually disabled girl and her distraught parents. The girl eventually falls in love with a young Italian, but the parents are torn between putting the girl into institutional care, or letting her marry. George Hamilton was nominated for a BAFTA (1963) for his performance. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and creasing overall, else Near Fine.
Verlag: Mansfield Productions / Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1960
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the novel, "The Homecoming Game," by Howard Nemerov and the Broadway play adaptation by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse. Jane Fonda's first screen role, a lighthearted comedy and a considerable departure for Joshua Logan, whose previous credits had included "Sayonara" (1957) and "South Pacific" (1949). At Custer University, Ray Blent (Anthony Perkins) is an honor student and college basketball star. June Ryder (Jane Fonda) has come to the university to study home economics and to find a husband. Both students and faculty are scandalized by Ryder's unashamed pursuit of Blent. She joins the pom-pom giorls and attends all the classes taken by Blent to ensure she has maximum contact with him. Everyone is aware of her designs on the sexually naive Blent, except for him. She succeeds in convincing him that she has an intelligent, inquiring mind that he admires, although this is all done through deception. She eventually gets Blent to fall for her and propose marriage. However, they need several thousand dollars to set up a home. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1957
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis, in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war, instead drinking, dancing, and seducing local women. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated April 5, 1957, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein, director Stanley Donen, novelist Frederic Wakeman, and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1958
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Final Draft script for the 1959 film. Based on the first play on Broadway to have been written by an African American playwright, about the challenges of a Black youth growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood. In 1991, "Jump Cut" magazine reassessed the play (and subsequent screenplay), calling it a pioneering work. Yellow titled wrappers, with credits for production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster along the bottom edge of the front wrapper. Title page present, dated October 1, 1958, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriters Julius Epstein and Louis Peterson. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, pages dated variously between 10/1/58 and 10/2/58, rectos only, with blue and eye-rest green revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/22/58 and 11/3/58. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.