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Liechtenstein: Michael Arthur Film Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Frisch. A man is seized and interred at the Swiss border after he is accused of being a long-missing Swiss sculptor. He maintains that he is not the sculptor and is in fact who he says he is,… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, 1882. Later printing. Complete in three volumes. Bound in full blue leather, with gilt titles and rule, raised spine bands, and marbled endpapers. A collection of portrait photographs of prominent men in government, science, and the arts. Subjects include Robert Browning, John Everett Millais, Frederick Leighton, Victor Hugo, the Marquis of… Read more about this item

New York: Leacock-Pennebaker, 1970. Vintage gathering of promotional press materials for the 1970 film. The gathering includes seven leaves of material including, two variants of the promotional graphics for the film, one printed on a rust-colored leaf and one on a purple leaf, one leaf of credits, two leaves of "Production Notes" and biographies of co-producer Woodie King and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. The true story of Moe Berg, a baseball player who was commonly known as the smartest man in the game, having graduated from Princeton and Columbia. Berg, who spoke several languages and read ten newspapers a day, was contracted by the United States government to use his fame… Read more about this item

Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov, 1975. Revised Draft script for the 1975 film, seen here under the working title "Assassination at Sarajevo." The story of a group of Yugoslav rebels who inadvertently begin World War I through their assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Set in Sarajevo. Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present, dated March 4,… Read more about this item

N.p.: Crossbow Productions, 1980. Three original oversize printed set illustrations and one original graphite set illustration from the 1981 film. The three oversize printed set illustrations are two grand set designs for the Roman Empire sequence and one for the French Revolution sequence, with two of the printed set illustrations stamped with a Crossbow Productions title block with the… Read more about this item

London: Thorntip United, 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page three. Explores Bouboulina, a legendary figure in Greek seafaring, who gave birth to nine children and led Greece as an admiral in the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Set in Greece. White titled self… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Draft script and supplementary material for an unproduced film. Tsavo was the first National Park in Kenya, established in 1949. Based on the 1966 novel about Tsavo, the first national park in Kenya. Author Daphne Sheldrick spent much time in the park, and cared for the orphaned animals that lived there. The novel was… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1958. Vintage banner poster from the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book, "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane, about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit, beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. Loosely based on the exploits of South American national icon Simon Bolivar, a Venezuelan political leader who led the independence of multiple countries from the Spanish Empire. Screenwriter Robert Presnell, Jr. worked as a writer for television, radio, and film, most notably for the films "A Life in the… Read more about this item

Munich: Sunset Films, Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters, one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role, and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Bound research materials for an unproduced film. Members of the French Foreign Legion experience their own conflicts of romance and resentment in the final weeks before they leave Algiers. Prolific screenwriter Ken Englund was known for "No, No, Nannette" (1940), "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (1943), and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), among others. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Draft script for an unproduced play. An account of the spread of the Protestant Reformation and subsequent struggle against Catholic rule in France. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1975, with credit for playwright Victor Rosen. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine,… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1941. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1952 Western "Viva Zapata!" starring Marlon Brando, directed by Elia Kazan, and written by John Steinbeck. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, with light offsetting on the pastedowns. Jacket lightly rubbed, with an evenly faded spine panel and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1935. Two vintage photographic prints of conceptual art for poster advertisement relating to the 1935 film. One photographic print of actors Clive Brook and Madeline Carroll. One photographic print of Brook and Carroll and actor Emlyn Williams. Two magazine clippings from Ecran magazine dated September 17 1935 advertising the 1935 film, one under the title "El Dictador"… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: London Film Productions / United Artists, 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film. An historical drama based on the life of Catherine the Great, mostly focusing on her tense relationship with her husband until she is crowned empress following a coup d'etat she helped stage against her him. Set in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Collection of five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer, starting with his escape from incarceration, wherein he is haunted by flashbacks of his debauched younger years. Set in Lacoste, France, and shot on location in Bavaria and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Two vintage press photographs relating to Civil Rights protests, including one showing Florida A&M University (FAMU) student protesters in the days leading up to the important "Tallahassee Rape Case," and one showing police arresting a young woman during a protest in Long Island. One photograph with a May 5, 1959, date stamp and a newspaper clipping… Read more about this item

Rome: Filmes Cinematografica, 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film, with no screenwriter credit. The true story of a New York detective who hunted down the Mafia in New York City in an effort to protect the Italian-American community from extortion, terror and crime. He was still called a traitor by his own community and traveled to Sicily… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 television film. Based on the real-life diary of Anne Frank. A teenage girl and her family must hide from persecution under the Nazi government. Set in the Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.