William Conrad Director (9 results)

One vintage studio still photograph and one linen backed key book photograph from the 1951 film. A man who was fired for stealing at his job at a shipping port in southeast Asia reconnects with the man who gave him his start. Set in southeast Asia, shot on location in Sri Lanka. One photograph 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 11 x 8 inches. Very Good. Selby US. Selby UK.…

Draft script for the fifth episode of season six of the 1958-1964 television series. The series followed Stu and Jeff, a pair of womanizing, wisecracking private investigators. In this episode, Stu heads to Tel Aviv to uncover a Nazi art-smuggling plot. Set in Paris and Tel Aviv. White titled self-wrappers, dated July 2, 1963. Approximately 71 leaves, not numbered. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with revision pages throughout, dated variously between June 28, 1963 and July 2, 1963. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with a staple. Pagination available upon request.…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Jimmy Durante and Donald O'Connor. Provenance stamp and annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. After a war trauma, a young man is left with a peculiar coping mechanism: under stress, he quacks like a duck. Although he is the son of a milk magnate, his oddity ensures that he will never be hired by his father, leading him to seek employment with his father's business rival. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.…

Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Texas lawman Chris Hamish (William Conrad), who feels himself as a failure, is sent into Mexico to retrieve the confident and charismatic Bob Kallen (Anthony Quinn) to stand trial for murder. Finding and arresting Kallen proves easy enough but the journey back proves perilous as they traverse a seemingly endless desert and are stalked by marauding Apaches, forcing lawman and outlaw to rely upon each other for survival. Set in Texas and Mexico, shot on location in California and Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, seven with small closed tear on right side, one with significant open tear on right. Pitts 3421.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film noir. An amateur prizefighter's desire for fortune and fame leads him to join a corrupt boxing syndicate, led by an unethical promoter. Widely considered one of the finest boxing films ever made, with a strong screenplay by noted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky (who would later face blacklisting in Hollywood as a result of the HUAC trials). 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Olive Films 452. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village, where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance, even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question (Kerima) was in actuality a white woman from France. Set in Borneo, shot on location in Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with a short closed tear to the top edge, repaired on the verso with white tape.…

Draft script for the 1956 Western film. Specially bound copy belonging to actor Robert Osterloh, with his name in gilt on the front board. The brother of a notorious gunfighter must help take down two desperadoes who have invaded his town. Actor Frank Sinatra's first serious Western, allowing him to play against type as a dislikable character. Bound in full maroon leather, with two raised spine bands, and gilt titles and rule. Title page integral with the distribution page, stamped copy No. 101, with credit for Sinatra, director Don McGuire, and screenwriter David P. Harmon. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages dated 11/15/55 and 11/28/55 bound in throughout. Pages Fine, binding about Fine.…

Vintage photograph from the 1966 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Rooks' first film, a semi-autobiographical account of a man who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. With cameos by a virtual who's-who of counterculture figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg (as "Messiah"), William S. Burroughs (as "Opium Jones"), Ravi Shankar (as "Sun God"), Moondog (as "The Prophet"), and Ornette Coleman (as a peyote eater). 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film noir. One photograph with an Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributed Ltd. stamp on the recto bottom left corner. An amateur prize fighter's desire for fortune and fame leads him to join a corrupt boxing syndicate, led by an unethical promoter. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Olive Films 452. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.…