Malvin Wald (23 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Good with somewhat used covers having some creases and minor dirt soiling. No markings. Flat spine is not cracked or creased.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good Condition. Has a small amount of writing/highlighting. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. vii + 148, Screenplay for the 1948 film, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald, that inspired the 1950's television series, which ended: "there are 8 million stories in the city; this has been one of them" starring Anthony Franciosa Size: Small Thin Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dj. First Edition. (price-clipped) [both book and jacket are as-new, with no discernible wear, having been in the original publisher's shrink-wrap until I removed it to check the bibliographic details; and yes, that's when it was discovered that the jacket was clipped, so the publisher must have sent it out that way(?)]. (Screenplay Library) Series (B&W photographs) Screenplay for the 1948 film, with an lengthy afterword by screenwriter Wald, in which he discusses the genesis, writing and production of the film, which was directed by Jules Dassin. Errata sheet laid in at rear of book, the sole purpose of which seems to have been to correct the screenplay credit to put Maltz's name before Wald's.

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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. A somewhat accurate biography of rise and fall of notorious crime boss Al Capone. Set in Chicago, shot on location in Chicago and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli. 148pp. Topedge with just a bit of foxing, else very near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with rubbing, a toned spine, and light wear along the edges and folds.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Owner name inked on FEP. Small closed tears on spine crown and front panel top corner.

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Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1948 film. Photographer's rubber stamp and mimeograph snipe to the verso. Featuring an image of Lee J. Cobb and William Holden at a chess board. A psychopathic killer takes a young psychoanalyst and his family hostage, never expecting that the psychoanalyst would cure him of his murderous urges. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grant US Classic Noir. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 148. Illustrated. Errata slip laid in. A nice copy in some scuffed and soiled, price clipped, dj. A screenplay.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir. A young, recently engaged woman is raped by a man working at her job. She tries to run away from her life but cannot outrun her trauma. Shot on location in Marysville, California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with a small chip missing at the bottom right corner. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.

First Draft script for an unproduced television series. Based on Upton Sinclair's 1944 novel "Presidential Agent," the fifth novel in his Lanny Budd series. Lanny Budd was the only son of a major American arms dealer who actions have the power to affect global decisions. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 1961, with credits for producer, director John Goetz, and screenwriter Malvin Wald. 78 leaves, with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

Draft script for the 39th episode of season one of the 1956-1957 television series, which originally aired on September 23, 1957 on ABC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name in manuscript pencil on the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. The series followed three reporters for the fictional Trans Globe wire service. In this episode, the final installment of the season (and ultimately, of the series as a whole), reporter Dean Evans (George Brent) covers the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Set in Budapest. Yellow titled front wrapper, white rear wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 0044 on the front wrapper, undated. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriters Malvin Wald and Jack Jacobs. 88 leaves, with last page of text numbered 74. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 4/28/57. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed on the front wrapper, dated April + May, 1957.

Early First Draft Continuity script for the 1942 film, thirteen months before the beginning of the production (according to the AFI Catalog), by screenwriter Tom Reed. Front wrapper contains annotation of "Legal Dept." in manuscript ink on upper right margin and ."3" amending "2152" stamp, a Twentieth Century Fox "Received" stamp, dated "Nov 12 40," and "Permanent Legal Records," production number "574," and copy number "7" stamps. Laid in is a four page mimeograph duplicated letter, dated December 10, 1940, on a Twentieth Century-Fox interoffice form, from Darryl Zanuck, who was in charge of the production, to Lou Edelman, who was originally assigned to produce, of suggestions and criticisms to a December 6, 1940 treatment of the script. Front page of letter contains two annotations in manuscript pencil, and "Permanent Legal Records" and production number "2152" stamps. Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point, lead by a strict commander (Laird Cregar) who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial, the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison (Douglass Dumbrille). Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in West Point, NY. Orange titled wrappers, noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 547, dated NOV. 11. 1940. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated November 11, 1940, noted as 1st Draft Continuity, with credits for screenwriter Tom Reed and story credit for Malvin Wald. 170 leaves, with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. Letter, 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film, showing Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. One of the most important noir films of the 1940s, in that it was the first to use location shooting in New York City, an approach that would become common in the decade to follow. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Approximately 8 x 10 inches, trimmed irregularly. Pinholes at each corner, else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. Arrow Academy. Criterion Collection 380. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic US. Spicer Classic US.

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 Italian film, one showing Maria Rohm having her ankle caressed by Dennis Price, the other showing Rohm standing alone. Not to be confused with the Massimo Dallamano film from the same year. A jazz trumpeter discovers a beautiful corpse washed up on a beach. Hours later, a woman who looks exactly like the corpse arrives at the door of his apartment. The original Italian release was heavily edited by distributors at American International, and due to censors in Italy seizing the original prints, the American cut is most often seen today. Set in Istanbul. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.