Poverty Row Film from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: Monogram Pictures, 1947. Vintage studio still photograph of Regis Toomey, John Litel, Bonita Granville, and Don Castle from the 1947 film. Based on the 1941 short story "He Looked Like Murder" by Cornell Woolrich. The tale of a manhunt for the murderer of a woman with a twin, told through a series of flashbacks and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film. Photograph shot at high film speed, showing a roadster jumping a train crossing, with the train approaching, seconds before (possible) impact. The astute viewer will note that the guard rail has not yet been broken. With a lengthy annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso, regarding guerilla… Read more about this item

Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir, here under the working title "Code 3," with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice, once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member, with annotations throughout in red pencil,… Read more about this item

N.p.: Monogram Pictures, 1946. Typescript of the Final Shooting script for the 1947 Poverty Row film noir. Based on Cornell Woolrich's short story, "Two Men in a Furnished Room," first published in the 1946 short story anthology "The Dancing Detective" under his pseudonym William Irish. The tale of a manhunt for the murderer of a… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures, 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member, with brief annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso of the last page of text, and on a few pages. An unusual story for a low-budget Western: a tough woman gambler named Iron Mae McLeod (Windsor) runs a town… Read more about this item

New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures, 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts, side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger, and various headline suggestions. Dillinger (Tierney) robs a store, meets fellow gangster Specs (Lowe) in jail, and continues his heists once freed from prison, this time with a moll named… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures, 1948. Original Pressbook for the 1948 film. Based on an original story by Harry Lewis, about an innocent man (Douglas) who gets attacked in the street, mistaken for a gangster, so he conducts his own investigation. 8 pages, saddle stapled, 12 x 18 inches. Staples rusty, a few faint creases, and… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Associated Film Releasing Corporation, 1956. Vintage US pressbook for the 1956 British film noir, originally released by Hammer Films in the UK as "Women Without Men" and retitled "Blonde Bait" for the US release. An interesting B-noir from the Poverty Row canon. Associated Film Releasing re-edited "Women Without Men," a 1956 Hammer Films production, with… Read more about this item