Robert Alan Arthur Screenwriter (5 results)

Vintage portrait photograph of producer Dino De Laurentiis, promoting the 1976 film. Dino De Laurentis was an Italian-American film producer, who, along with Italian film producer Carlo Ponti, helped bring Italian cinema to international acclaim, most notably films by Federico Fellini, Victtorio De Sica, and Roberto Rossellini. De Laurentis produced or co-produced more than 500 films, 38 of which had been nominated for Academy Awards. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend, in which the buffoonish Bill (Paul Newman) hires Chief Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts) to star in his Wild West Show, but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta, Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend, in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show, but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta, Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. The first film by Cassavetes, for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself, the story of three African American siblings in Harlem, two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane, the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew, he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur, and reshot the film, replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959, this version better reflected his vision for the film, and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. A watershed moment in American independent films, heralding not just the arrival of a new, iconoclastic director, but the birth of an entire movement. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school, the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned and soiled to the right edge, with brief wear to the corners.…

Seven vintage studio still photographs from the British release of the 1959 film. The first film by John Cassavetes, entirely self-funded, about three Black siblings in Harlem, two of whom often pass for white. A watershed moment in American independent films, heralding not just the arrival of a new, iconoclastic director, but the birth of an entire movement. With its roots in an acting exercise from Cassavetes' Drama Workshop, the story was originally shot in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action, based on loose scene outlines. After the finished film was poorly received at its initial screenings, Cassavetes reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur, and reshot the film, replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959, this version better reflected his vision for the film, and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine.…