Herbert Baker Screenwriter (6 results)

Treatment script for an unproduced film. A jazz cornet player finally finds love, but when his wife dies giving birth to their first child, the musician's life is changed forever. Set in New Orleans, New Jersey, New York, and Chicago. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Herbert Baker. 29 leaves, with last page of text numbered 28. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with light offsetting on the front wrapper, bound with a single gold brad.…

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.…

Final Draft script for the 1954 film. The fifth of seven films in the popular "Francis the Talking Mules series, all made in the 1950s. Copy belonging to technical advisor Major Lane Carlson, with his name in manuscript blue ink on a label affixed to the front wrapper, and his annotations throughout. Carlson acted as a consultant on the military aspects of the film, as the film involves Francis joining the Army, going to the Pentagon, etc. Salmon titled wrappers, noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper, dated February 9, 1954. 157 leaves, Multilith duplication, with blue, pink, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 2-17-54 and 4-5-54. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus, in a three ring binder used during production.…

Treatment script for the 1953 film on yellow paper, created by screenwriter Louis Morheim, who received a story credit in the final film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil, changing the revision date, on page five. Robert Aldrich's directorial debut, wherein a baseball scout at a New York Giants training camp in Florida evaluates prospective hopefuls for a minor league contract. Starring Edward G. Robinson in his first major role after being threatened with blacklisting by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Shot on location in Melbourne, Florida. Blue titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 2, stamped "Incomplete," dated 6-18-52, with credits for screenwriter Louis Morheim. 42 leaves, with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, on yellow pages, dated variously between 6-18-52 and 6-20-52. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Dean Martin and camera operator Albert Meyers and assistant on location for the final "train" sequence of the 1966 film. From the archive of camera operator Albert Meyers. Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Albert Myers, usually credited as Al Myers, was a noted camera operator in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s, credited in 30 films between 1927 and 1978. Notable in his filmography are "The Virginian" (1946), "Carmen Jones" (1954), "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1955), and "The Defiant Ones" (1958). Based on the 1962 spy novel by Donald Hamilton. Women of the world mourn the tragic death of handsome secret agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin)-faked, naturally, so that he can find the inventor of the Helium laser beam and kingpin of the underground criminal organization Big-O (Karl Malden). The second of four films in the Matt Helm series starring Dean Martin, preceded by "The Silencers" (1966), and followed by "The Ambushers" (1967) and "The Wrecking Crew" (1969). Shot on location in England, Monte Carlo, and France. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film, showing actor Senta Berger looking down at a handheld film camera. Based on the 1963 novel by Donald Hamilton. The third of four films to star Dean Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, following "The Silencers" and "Murderers' Row," and followed by "The Wrecking Crew." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…