Wald Malvin (31 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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.

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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.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New in new dust jacket. Factory sealed in shrinkwrap. No jacket tears or chips. No previous owner markings or bookplates.

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.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. Harry Schaare Painted Cover (illustrator). PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). True crime - "Based on the film which starred Rod Steiger as Al Capone, the head of the Chicago mob, who prsided over an empire of booze, gambling, sex and murder; excitying stuff, re-creates the terror and drama of the Gangster Age - and brings back to life its most vicious and fabulous character" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP LAID IN. The Screenplay for Jules Dassin's gritty seminal New York noir thriller that has had a lasting impact on films even today, (see L.A. Confidential for proof of the fact). The film had a tangy script (Oscar nom. for best story), on location cinematography in New York City that won William Daniels a well deserved Oscar and several fine performances. Illustrated with 12 stills and a long afterword by Malvin Wald. Laid in is an errata slip. Faint ghost of a price label on endsheet, light wear and soiling to the dustjacket which is illustrated with a full color repro. of the poster and is also price clipped. Fine/vg. Book.

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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: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in orange cloth in price-clipped very good+ dust jacket. (Front jacket flap detached but neatly re-attached with thin strip of clear tape making it appear indiscernible. Light traces of shelf-soiling & few edge nicks including tiny chip. ) Directed by Jules Dassin. (G).

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in orange cloth in price-clipped otherwise near fine DJ. Publisher's printed errata slip laid-in loosely. (Mild discoloration at spine on jacket. ) Neat autograph of actress Anne Sargent who played Mrs. Halloran laid-in loosely. Directed by Jules Dassin.

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.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine in a priceclipped, otherwise fine dj. (Publisher's printed errata slip laid-in) SIGNED on neatly tipped-in cards by the producer Mark Hellinger, the director Jules Dassin, the screenwriter Albert Maltz, and cast members: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart, Ted de Corsia, John Randolph, Paul Ford, Nehemiah Persoff, Kathleen Freeman, Anne Sargent, House Jameson, Elliot Sullivan, Grace Coppin, Frank Conroy, Anthony Rivers & Don Haggerty. An astounding array of autographs from this classic noir picture which was nearly completely shot on location in New York City. Producer Mark Hellinger also provides the voice over narration. (O).

Condition: new.

Vintage 45 RPM vinyl record of two radio spots for the American release of the 1969 Italian film. 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. 7 inches. Fine plus, in the original Fine white paper sleeve.

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.