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Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 British-American film. Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 novella, "Carmilla." An erotic, vampire horror entry in which a beautiful, seductive vampire befriends a young woman and begins to feast off her blood. The lesbian relationship between the vampire and her young victim concerned the censor, who warned that they might have to cut significant portions before it was suitable for release. However, once the production company made it clear that the lesbian relationship was implied in the source material and was not simply a sensationalist ploy, the film was released uncensored. Set in Styria, shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio, p. 317.

Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the 1957 UK film. Based on Kendal Burt's and James Leasor's book of the same title, about Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.

Vintage studio still photograph of director Roy Ward Baker and cinematographer Moray Grant on the set of the 1970 Hammer horror film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1872 story, "Carmilla," by Sheridan Le Fanu, about a female vampire named Marcilla Karnstein (Ingrid Pitt) who comes back from death, renamed Mircalla, and spreads havoc. She kills the daughter of General Von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing), who swears revenge on the beguiling, seductive bloodsucker. Set in Styria, shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio, p. 317.

Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film, based on the novel "Fengriffen" by David Case. The ghost and severed hand of a 18th century servant terrorizes the descendant of the nobleman who maimed him, along with the descendant's new wife. A darker and more serious film than the typical Amicus horror films of the era. A story shot on location in the UK. 8 x 10 inches. Photos slightly wavy, Near Fine.

Draft script for the 1967 film. Working script belonging to an unknown cast or crew member, with annotations in manuscript pencil and ink throughout, largely noting deletions. A gathering of ancient human remains and a mysterious metallic object are discovered buried beneath the site of a planned extension to the London Underground. Renowned scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to investigate. Based on the successful 1950s British science fiction serial "The Quatermass Experiment," and a follow-up to the films "The Quatermass Xperiment" (1955) and "Quatermass 2" (1957). Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated 25th January, 1967, with credit for screenwriter Nigel Kneale. 154 leaves, with last page of text numbered 131. Roneograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with undated pink and green revision pages (mimeograph) laid in throughout. Pages Good, moderately worn, with foxing on some revision fore-edges, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two silver brads.

Shooting script for the 1961 film. Laid in with the script is a 36-leaf gathering of revision pages on pink stock, bound with a single staple on the top left corner, dated 5.4.60. Based on the 1953 novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop. A Catholic priest is sent to establish a parish in a rural Mexican town under the control of a ruthless but educated bandit. Set in Mexico, shot on location in Spain. Blue titled wrappers, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, dated 15-3-60. Title page present, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, dated 18th March, 1960, with credits for screenwriter Nigel Balchin. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.

Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 British film. One with Dion McGregor Collection stamp on the verso. After sustaining a head injury in a bus crash, young scientist convalesces in a boardinghouse where a young woman is brutally murdered. Now a prime suspect with a poor memory due to the accident and no alibi, he begins to wonder if he could have done it. Roy Ward Baker's directorial debut. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, light corner and edgewear, one with small chip to upper left corner, two with pinholes and modest bruising. Selby Master. Selby UK. Grant UK. Spicer UK.

Vintage French theatrical release poster for the seminal 1958 British docudrama, "A Night to Remember," here under its French title, "Atlantique Latitude 41 Degrees." Probably the most distinctive poster produced for the film. Novelist Ambler and director Baker set out to make a film that depicted the sinking of the Titanic as accurately as possible, with no added fictional subplots. In addition to being massively entertaining, the film is today held in high regard by "Titanic" historians, compared to the more melodramatic (and big-budget) take by James Cameron in 1997. Director Baker noted in a 1991 interview, "The whole purpose of making the film was to show a society [that] had persuaded itself that you could make a ship which could never to be sunk." 34 x 52 inches, on archival linen, Fine condition. Criterion Collection 7. McFarlane p. 51.