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Published by Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1929
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film. With manuscript pencil annotation identifying actor Walter Huston and the set as "office" on the verso. Based on the 1928 play by Ward Morehouse. A journalist does not spend enough time with his family due to his work. Shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Good, with creasing, pinholes in the corners, one small chip at the top left corner, one small tear at the top right corner associated with pinholes, and adhesive residue on the verso.
Published by Universal, Universal City, 1948
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage studio still photograph of Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine from the 1948 film, copyright dated 1955 by Universal Pictures. Burt Lancaster is Bill Saunders, a traumatized ex-soldier and POW who finds himself on the run from police after killing a man in a bar fight, hops through an open window into the apartment of Jane Wharton (Joan Fontaine) beginning an unlikely and dangerous romance. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, open tear in bottom right margin and staining in the margins. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Grant US. Selby US. Selby US Canon.
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1940
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Final Draft script for the 1941 film, here under the working title "Corncob Kelly's Benefit." Production No. 301 and copy No. 105 rubber stamped on front wrapper, with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation, in manuscript pencil, of two names on verso of page 119. Eight blue revision pages follow final page of script. Young "Corn Cob" Kelly (Marvin Stephens), a natural with horses, is taught to be a jockey by trainer Duke Martin (Eugene Pallette), but runs into trouble when he gets word racehorse owner Dan Thomas (Richard Lane) is conspiring with gangsters to fix the race. Set in Thousand Oaks, California. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 105 and production No. 301, dated SEPT. 6, 1940. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated September 6, 1940, noted as Final Script, with credits for screenwriters William Conselman Jr, and Irving Cummings Jr. 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages following last page, dated 10/17/40. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1953
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film, showing actress Cyd Charisse dancing near a "magically" suspended sword. With a date stamp and manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. Based on the 1954 short story collection "The Mexican Village" by Josefina Niggli. Three couples from feuding Mexican villages face discrimination and difficulty in marriage. Set and shot on location in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Tetecala, and Tepoztln. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased to the edges.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1938
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Two vintage reference photographs from the 1938 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil regarding dimensions and cropping on the versos, along with the stamps of National Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Five close-knit showgirls make a pact to reunite a year after the closing of their production. Their lives diverge in exceedingly different ways over the course of the year. The final film of actress Leah Ray. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased at the edges.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1965
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Archive of material from the 1965 Western film belonging to actor Johnny Crawford. Archive includes a script supervisor's heavily annotated working script, manuscript notes regarding scenes and blocking for the film, a page of sheet music for the film's theme song, six pages of wardrobe and props lists for individual characters, call sheets, and various documents regarding film storage and budget. Based on the 1942 novel by Glenn Balch, about a American Indian boy who sets out into the Great Plains to find his lost pinto pony. Script supervisor's script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for novelist Glenn Balch and screenwriter Norman Foster. 159 leaves, with last page of text numbered 152. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn, wrapper Near Fine, unbound. Production documents generally Very Good plus, with some light creasing. Script and ephemera housed in a Kodak box.
Published by RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1941
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Draft script for the classic 1942 film noir. An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board. Set in Turkey. Yellow titled wrappers, rubber-stamped and production No. 1223, dated July 30, 1941. 159 leaves, with last page of text numbered 165. Carbon typescript, with revision pages dated July 29, 1941. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward. Spicer US.