Sydney Boehm (11 results)

Collection of 6 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1956 novel by David Walker, and shot in India, about a man-eating tiger in the jungle. Two men hunt and eventually trap the cat, resulting in the near fatal mauling of the one of them. During his recovery, he falls in love with the other man's wife, who is tending to him, and begins heavily drinking, until he must venture out to face the tiger again. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny creases at the extremities, else Near Fine.

Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1947 film. Mimeograph snipe to the verso. Featuring Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter canoodling somewhat begrudgingly. Robert Taylor shines in this challenging role an ex-pilot accused of murdering his wife after discovering she is having an affair with her boss (Herbert Marshall). Unfortunately he suffers from a war injury that results in occasional blackouts, and he goes on a desperate hunt (aided by a sympathetic psychiatric doctor Audrey Totter) in an attempt to find out the truth. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Grant US Classic Noir. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Selby and Ward Classic Noir.

Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. Based on William Bradford Huie's novel, with Jane Russell portraying the down-and-out prostitute who moves to Hawaii and invests in real estate, and men. Marilyn Monroe refused the role. 8 x 10 inches. Light corner creases, else Near Fine.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. / 1954 REVISED FINAL DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES / THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS /.

First Draft script for the 1958 film with single "?" notation in manuscript pencil. Good-guy Max (Tom Ewell) and mooch Gus (Mickey Rooney) are horse-race loving pals whose lives are going nowhere. Desperate, they turn to bank robbery and actually pull it off. Using the money to buy a race horse, their bookie pal Rocky (Mickey Shaughnessy) wants in. When they loose their bank roll after their horse is disqualified, they figured they'd rob a bank again. Blue titled wrappers, noted as First Draft on the front wrapper, and production No. 767, dated October 9, 1957. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated October 9, 1957, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter Sydney Boehm. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with three gold brads.

Revised Shooting Final script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Includes a 10-page shooting schedule. Loosely based on the St. Albans Raid, the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. The film took great liberties, changing both the time and motivation for the raid. In the film, a group of Confederate POWs escape across the US-Canada border to plan an attack on St. Albans Vermont. They send ahead of them a spy who begins to question the ethics of their mission. Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as Revised Shooting Final on the front wrapper, dated December 10, 1953. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated December 10, 1953, noted as Revised Shooting Final, with credit for screenwriter Boehm. 116 leaves, Multilith duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12-12-53 and 1-6-54. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting Schedule: 10 leaves with annotations. Near Fine.

Eight vintage hand-tinted still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1956 US film. Based in Georges Simenon's 1949 novel, "Le fond de la bouteille" ("The Bottom of the Bottle," published in the US in the 1954 collection, "Tidal Wave"). The film centers around a wealthy rancher (Cotten) in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, and his brother (Johnson), a drunk, who escapes from prison and hides in his garage. Johnson wants his brother, the rancher, to help him across the Santa Cruz River into the Mexico, where his wife (Shirley Patterson as Shawn Smith) lives in squalor. A story set and shot on location in the Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall, else Near Fine.

Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1950 film. With mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. The skeleton of a woman is found on a beach in Cape Cod. Using only her bones, detectives and forensic scientists have to figure out who she is and what happened to her. Set in Cape Cod, shot on location in Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with some creasing at the corners and small emulsion defect along the top of the photograph. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Grant US.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir, showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald. A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the corners. Grant US. Olive Films 256. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.

Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route, but ends up taking thousands, pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following the noted 1948 noir "They Live By Night," directed by Nicholas Ray. Shot on location in New York City. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US.

Collection of 18 vintage photographs from the 1955 film, including 13 reference photographs and five studio still photographs. Notable among the images on offer are two shots of director Raoul Walsh with cast and crew members on the set. Two photos with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, and the balance with provenance stamps or labels and annotations relating to cropping on the same. Based on the 1954 novel by Heck Allen writing as Clay Fisher. In the years after the Civil War, two brothers decide to head west, becoming involved with a shady cattleman in the process. Shot on location in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus. Pitts 4233.