Peter King Screenwriter (7 results)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film. American husband and wife scientists Chris and Linda Cronyn (Peter Graves, Andrea Kim) are receiving messages from Mars causing chaos and turmoil world-wide. An interesting Sci-Fi anti-Communist propaganda film, made at the height of McCarthyism and the Red Scare. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, some horizontal creasing.…

Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A May-December romance, wherein Jean Simmons stars as a suburban British housewife who meets the young and brash Leonard Whiting on a commuter train and together, enjoy an all-too-brief, day-long affair in London. Set in and shot on location in London. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very small chip to right border, else Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 re-release of the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1919 short story of the same name by William Fryer Harvey. Guests at the house of a recently murdered man witness mysterious happenings they believe are being committed by the severed hand of the dead man. Set in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners at top edge and associated bruising at the top edge and the top left, right and bottom left corners. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. …

Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Jacqueline Evans, who played the uncredited role of Mrs. Braddock, with her annotations in manuscript pencil underlining dialogue on several leaves. SIGNED in round-robin fashion by numerous cast and crew members on the first seven leaves, some with inscriptions. Signatures include director Henry King and actors Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Tyrone Power, and Errol Flynn humorously signing as "E. Hemingway," among others. Full provenance available. The first screen adaptation of the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. One of the most honest film adaptations of its era, attributable mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic, hard-drinking, burned-out Mike Campbell. in other words, as himself. Shot on location in Pamplona, Paris, Biarritz, and Mexico. Title page present, noted as Final Script, dated February 20, 1957. 147 leaves, with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between March 11 and 14, 1957. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, specially bound in textured brown cloth with an orange ribbon bookmark. Signed.…

Final Draft script for the 1957 film. The first screen adaptation of the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. One of the most honest film adaptations of its era, attributable mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic, hard-drinking, burned-out Mike Campbell. in other words, as himself. Shot on location in Pamplona, Paris, Biarritz, and Mexico. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 97 and production No. 683, dated February 20, 1957. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated February 20, 1957, noted as Final Script. 154 leaves, with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 3/11/57 and 6/3/57. Pages with silverfish damage to the corners of the first few pages and final revision page, else Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus with toning and creasing at the extremities and a small dampstain to the heel, bound internally with three gold brads.…

Four British front-of-house cards from the 1957 film. The story of a motley assortment of expatriates, who travel to Pamplona to attend the running of the bulls, it reflected Hemingway's own abiding fascination with bullfighting. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic, hard-drinking, burned-out Mike Campbell.in other words, himself. Though considered one of the most honest "big" film adaptations of its era, due mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel, the author is said to have walked out only 25 minutes into the premier. Zanuck's first independent production after his departure from Fox. The snipe on this photograph's verso suggests that Zanuck also had a hand in directing certain Parisian scenes, as is depicted here. Shot on location in France, Mexico, and Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. …

Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Darryl F. Zanuck with a camera crew on the set of the 1957 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fairly faithful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel, about a group of British and American expatriates in Paris who travel to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls. Featuring a career revitalizing performance from Errol Flynn, as a hedonistic, hard living drunk, which would lead to him being cast as an alcoholic in several more films-roles he had a literal lifetime of experience preparing for. Set in Spain and France, shot on location in Spain, France, and Mexico, the latter much to the consternation of Hemingway who said "You're meant to be in Spain and all you see walking around are nothing but Mexicans. It looked pretty silly" and reportedly walked out after 25 minutes. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.…