Verlag: Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1986
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair, a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium, exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
Verlag: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1960
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Case Britton (Davis) is a gunslinger and wanted man on his way to get married, stop a robbery, and to avenge the death of his brother. Shot on location at the famed Iverson Ranch in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. A few brief creases, else Near Fine.
Verlag: Rank Organisation, London, 1964
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. Base on the Lionel Davidson novel, "Night of Wenceslas" (1960), about a man who gets caught up in Cold War espionage, in a romantic spy-spoof. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, and a few moderate creases.
Verlag: Twentieth Century-Fox, London, 1965
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1964 French-Italian film. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. Marie-Paule (Girardot) uses men to make her way in life, telling lies to get whatever she wants. Filmed as a series of flashbacks. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with small bruises and pinholes at the corners.
Verlag: Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1964
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage photograph from set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Thomas Heggen's 1946 novel titled "Mister Roberts" that was later adapted for Broadway in 1948, and in 1955 for the screen using the same name by director Joshua Logan. This film is Logan's sequel to the 1955 film. Shot on location in Mexico and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1986
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair, a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium, exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.
Verlag: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], Burbank, CA, 1967
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage reference photograph from "The Last Hunters," Episode 17 of Season 1 of the 1967-1968 television series. With manuscript pencil annotation on the verso identifying the episode name, actors Dane Clark and Danny Thomas, and the years 1967 and 1968. An anthology show featuring comedy, drama, and musical numbers. In this episode, a British officer is spying on Nazi criminals while being under surveillance of the Third Reich himself. Set in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Lorimar, Beverly Hills, CA, 1980
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1980 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Three lobby cards shown, please inquire to see the others. Tired of her dull life as a waitress, an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival, where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Set in the American South, shot on location in Savannah, Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1980
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. A glossy bi-fold, printed on the recto and verso, enclosing a three-page promotional article and twelve black and white photographs. Inspired by the 1969 nonfiction book "Accomplices to the Crime" by Thomas O. Murton and Joe Hyams about abuse and corruption in the Arkansas prison system. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Bi-fold and promotional material, Near Fine. Photographs, with one evenly toned, else Near Fine.
Verlag: Allied Artists, Glendale, CA, 1962
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a sticker noting the photograph is from the collection of film historian, collector, and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation (TCD) cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller on the verso. Loosely based on the 1822 novel by Thomas De Quincey, the film transposes the setting to San Francisco's Chinatown, and involves Price in mystery set in the criminal underworld. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1992
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II, a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country, the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. Set in Germany, shot on location in Prague, Czech Republic. Missing wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Jonathan Marc Feldman. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available.
Verlag: Columbia Pictures Television, Burbank, CA, 1982
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Second Draft script for the 1984 television movie, originally aired on CBS on January 31, 1984. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1889 novel, about two Scottish noble brothers who are torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. Actor John Gielgud was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated September 7, 1982, noted as SECOND DRAFT and production No. 181005, with credit for screenwriter William Bast. 165 leaves, with last page of text numbered 164. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine, bound internally with a silver prong.
Verlag: Lorimar Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures, Beverly Hills, CA, 1969
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to Phil Abramson, set director for the film, with his name in manuscript ink on a couple of pages, and manuscript annotations throughout. Laid in is a folded photocopied shooting schedule sheet with photocopied annotations, and "Phil 140" in manuscript pencil at the top. Based on Thomas McGuane's 1968 debut novel. Vernor Stanton (Fields), an unstable patrician iconoclast, and his lifelong friend, James Quinn (Coster), engage in various drug-fueled adventures, often violent in nature. The two aim to destabilize the Centennial Club, the summer sporting resort for upper-class Michigan families, where they are members. Featuring a brief appearance by a pre-"Exorcist" Linda Blair. Set in Michigan, shot on location in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Salmon titled wrappers, noted as REV. FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated October 4, 1969. Title page present, identical on the front wrapper, with credits for screenwriter Semple, Jr., and novelist McGuane. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 116, plus a laid-in shooting sheet (dated Jan. 17, 1970). Mechanical duplication, with pink, blue, white, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/24/69 and 12/3/69. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
Verlag: Universal Studios, Universal City, 1968
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Jules Brenner, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A successful race car driver dreams of winning the Indy 500 and stops at nothing to achieve his goal, sacrificing his relationships with his wife and stepson in the progress. Shot on location in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and Indianapolis, Indiana. Yellow titled Universal Studios wrappers, noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper, noted as production No. 02017, dated April 16, 1968. Title page present, noted as Second Revised Final Screenplay, with credit for screenwriter Howard Rodman. 152 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with pink and blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/26/68 and 5/14/68. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, moderately soiled, with a dampstain on the fore-edges, bound with three gold brads.
Verlag: Lorimar, Beverly Hills, CA, 1980
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing eleven black-and-white photographs, and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. Tired of her dull life as a waitress, an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival, where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Shot on location in Savannah, Georgia. Folder, photographs, and promotional material Very Good plus.
Verlag: RKO Radio Pictures, Los Angeles, 1940
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso and blind stamp at the bottom right corner relating to its censure in Denmark. Based on the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. A man takes a new job as a headmaster at Rugby School, where the students are notoriously difficult. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Good, with pin holes at the corners and one photograph with a small chip missing from the bottom left corner.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1980
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage color slide from the 1980 film, showing actress Jodie Foster in lingerie. Tired of her dull life as a waitress, an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival, where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Shot on location in Savannah, Georgia. 4 x 5 inches. About Fine, in a paper sleeve.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1945
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Collection of 13 vintage photographs, including three publicity photographs of George Sanders and Ella Raines, one borderless, two reference photographs, and eight film still photographs from the 1945 film, here under the working title "Uncle Harry." Five photographs with mimeo snipes, four with provenance stickers, and one with a news clipping, on the versos. Based on the 1942 Broadway play "Uncle Harry" by Thomas Job, about a middle aged man whose two sisters try to sabotage his engagement to a young co-worker, leading to murder and deceit. 1) 7.25 x 9 inches, 12) 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with some light creasing and edgewear, and one with an emulsion irregularity on the recto. Grant US. Olive Films 962. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.
Verlag: Regal Films, N.p., 1958
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas, with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film, Laura. A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which, when accidentally mixed with human blood, turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly, threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget, $125,00 with $25,000 for the screenwriters, and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. Shot on location in California. Red untitled wrapper, lacking front wrapper. Title page present, dated March 7, 1958, with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves, with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication, with blue, pink, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads.