John Mortimer Screenwriter (10 results)
Ferry to Hong Kong (Original British front-of-house card from the 1959 film)
Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Curt Jurgens (starring); Lewis Gilbert (director, screenwriter); Harry Gillard (photographer); Vernon Harris and John Mortimer (screenwriter)
Published by Rank Film Distributors, London 1959
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1959 UK film. Mark Conrad (Jurgens) is an alcoholic with a questionable history who gets exiled from Hong Kong. He is sent to work on a ferry owned by Captain Hart (Welles), who comes to despise Conrad. A story set and shot on location in Hong Kong. 8 x 10 inches. Faint cre…ases, else Near Fine.
The Running Man (Original color photograph from the 1963 film)
Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates (starring); Carol Reed (director); Shelley Smith (novel); John Mortimer (screenwriter)
Published by Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA 1963
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage color studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on Shelley Smith's 1961 novel "The Ballad of the Running Man." Laurence Harvey stars as a man who fakes his own death in the hopes of gaining a substantial insu…rance payout, but encounters trouble in the form of the company's nosy claim investigator, played by Alan Bates. Shot on location in Cadiz, Spain, in Gibraltar, and in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with several pinholes in the borders and at the extremities. Grant UK. Spicer UK.
Guns of Darkness [Act of Mercy] (Original photograph of David Niven and Leslie Caron from the US release of the 1962 British film)
Anthony Asquith (director); Francis Clifford (novel); George Higgins (photographer); John Mortimer (screenwriter); Leslie Caron, David Niven, James Robertson Justice (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA 1962
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage studio still photograph of Leslie Caron and David Niven in quicksand, from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 novel "Act of Mercy" by Francis Clifford. Pacifist Tom Jordan and his wife Leslie get themselves into trouble trying to help former President Rivera escape a military coup in a South American county. Shot on locati…on in Analucia, Spain. 10.25 x 8 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.
Published by J. Arthur Rank, London 1959
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- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerTreatment script for an unproduced film, circa 1959. Not to be confused with the 1972 BBC mini-series based on the same literary source. Based on Mary McMinnies' 1958 novel, which follows the adventures of a pleasantly immoral young woman who has recently been relocated with her English Foreign Service husband to a Communist-run… eastern European country. Gray titled wrappers, noted as Treatment on the front wrapper, dated 18-3-59. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter JOHN MORTIMER and novel credits to Mary MacMinnies [sic]. 48 leaves, with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a gold prong.
More imagesJohn and Mary (Original screenplay for the 1969 film)
Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow (starring); Peter Yates (director); Mervyn Jones (novel); John Mortimer (screenwriter)
Published by Debrod Productions, Inc, N.p. 1969
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- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerThird Draft script for the 1969 film, dated January 13, 1969, noted as copy No. 24 in manuscript ink at the top right of the title page. Three sets of revision pages (blue, green, and pink) laid in. Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel, following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the subsequent…day learning about one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas, an examination of the uncertainties of young adulthood during an age of turbulence, set within the hookup culture of late 1960s New York City. Shot on location in New York City. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated Jan. 13, 1969, noted as Final Version / Third Draft, with credits for screenwriter John Mortimer and author Mervin Jones. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue, green, and pink revision pages laid in, dated variously between 1/27/69 and 3/4/69. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three gold screw brads.
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Original photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and John Huston from the set of the 1967 film)
John Huston (director); Carson McCullers (novel); Bob Penn (photographer); Chapman Mortimer, Gladys Hill (screenwriter); Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, N.p. 1967
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage borderless reference photograph, with bottom margin, of John Huston and Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the 1967 film. Illegible release stamp with annotations in manuscript pencil on verso. John Huston's lurid and campy adaptation of Carson McCuller's 1941 novel. A melodrama of lust, infidelity, repressed homosexuality,…self mutilation, suicide and murder, with a spectacular cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris and Robert Forster. Shot on location in New York and Lazio, Italy. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine.
The Running Man (Original photograph of Carol Reed and Lee Remick on the set of the 1963 film)
Carol Reed (director); John Mortimer (screenwriter); Shelley Smith (novel); Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates (starring)
Published by N.p., N.p. 1963
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph from the 1963 film, showing director Carol Reed in conversation with actress Lee Remick on the set. Based on Shelley Smith's 1961 novel "The Ballad of the Running Man," about a man who fakes his own death in the hopes of gaining a substantial insurance payout, but encounters trouble in the form of th…e company's nosy claim investigator. Shot on location in Cadiz, Spain, in Gibraltar, and in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
John and Mary (Original photograph of Mia Farrow, Dustin Hoffman, and Peter Yates on the set of the 1969 film)
Peter Yates (director); John Mortimer (screenwriter); Mervyn Jones (novel); Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow (starring)
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles 1969
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actors Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow on the set of the 1969 film. Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel, following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the subsequent day learning about one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas, an… examination of hookup culture in the late 1960s. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
More imagesReflections in a Golden Eye (34 original photographs from the 1967 film)
John Huston (director); Carson McCullers (novel); Chapman Mortimer, Gladys Hill (screenwriter); Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, N.p. 1967
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCollection of 34 vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. John Huston's lurid and campy adaptation of Carson McCuller's 1941 novel. A melodrama of lust, infidelity, repressed homosexuality, self mutilation, suicide, and murder, with a spectacular cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris and Ro…bert Forster. Shot on location in New York and Lazio, Italy. 29 - 8 x 10 inches, 3 - 8 x 9.25 inches, 2 - 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good to Near Fine, some light creasing and light curling, one with staining on bottom and several pinholes, one with a modest transparent ink stain.
More imagesJohn and Mary (Original oversize photograph from the 1969 film)
Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow (starring); Peter Yates (director); Mervyn Jones (novel); John Mortimer (screenwriter)
Published by N.p., N.p. 1969
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow reading together in robes. Cahiers du Cinéma stamp on the verso. Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel, following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the subsequent day learning a…bout one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas, an examination of the uncertainties of young adulthood during an age of turbulence, set within the hookup culture of late 1960s New York City. Shot on location in New York City. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine.
