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Published by Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1940
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage black-and-white still photograph from a re-release of the 1936 US film, with UK distributor's rubber stamp on the verso. A timid milkman (Lloyd) knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The champ's manager decides to promote the milkman, involving a series of fixed fights, including a fight where champ gets revenge. Filmed in Los, Angeles at Paramount Studios. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases, else Near Fine.
Published by 20th Century Fox, 1959
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Publicity flyer for Leo McCarey's film starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Joan Collins. Single sheet 8 x 10 inches printed both sides. Folding crease otherwise V.g.
Published by 20th Century Fox, 1963
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
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Poster. Condition: Good. Movie poster measures 30 x 40 inches approx. Centrefold creases front & back. Stains & wear to front of poster. Some light edge nicks. Rear of poster stained. Some part of print is blacked out in marker on front of poster. Biro writing on rear of poster. Else good.
Published by RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1940
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 screwball comedy, with a cameraman performing a focus pull on Gail Patrick while Cary Grant looks on. With the stamp of photographer Fred Hendrickson on the verso. Loosely based on 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Nominated for three Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Light creasing to the corners, about Near Fine. Byrge, p. 100-1.
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1958
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage press photograph of Joan Collins from the 1958 film. Based on Max Shulman's 1957 novel of the same name. A missile base is scheduled to be built in the suburban town, Putnam's Landing. Grace (Joan Woodward) joins a group organizing to prevent the base from being built while her husband Harry (Paul Newman) is appointed as a liaison for the military. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1927
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1927 short film, showing actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy attempting to smuggle actor James Finlayson through a comically crowded dance hall. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy oil tycoon wakes after a night of drunken carousing only to discover a new wife-who unfortunately comes with a gold-digging stepdaughter and a murderous brother-in-law. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall.
Published by Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1951
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended, leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute, the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism, bigotry, and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism, a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated February 27, 1951, noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN, with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on green stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, with some fading and edgewear, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US.
Published by RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1942
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Leo McCarey revising a line with actress Ginger Rogers on the set of the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso, along with a RKO Radio Pictures stamp. A burlesque performer suspects her fiancé of being a Nazi sympathizer, a suspicion shared by a handsome American foreign correspondent. 6.5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine.
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1929
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name, leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent, but issued with synchronized music and sound effects to theatres equipped for sound. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with light curling and the occasional light crease.
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1927
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1927 silent comedy short film. Stan and Ollie help a wealthy oil tycoon escape a trio of blackmailers after his money. One the last films released prior to the duo becoming officially billed as Laurel and Hardy. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a scratch to the negative filled in with manuscript black marker, else about Near Fine with light curling and some minor edgewear.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1957
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Shooting Final script for the 1957 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. With sheet music of five songs from the film bound in after the script, and nine reference photographs 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 Leo McCarey's 1939 film "Love Affair," about a man and a woman who fall in love aboard a transatlantic ocean liner, agreeing to meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building to prove their love. A CinemaScope classic, widely considered one of the most romantic films of all time, nominated for four Academy Awards. Shot on location in Los Angeles and New York in the US, and in Alpes-Maritimes and the French Riviera in France. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated February 8, 1957, noted as Shooting Final Script, with credit for director Leo McCarey. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 2/18/57 and 3-20-57. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus. Rosenbaum 1000.