Arthur laurents screenwriter (21 risultati)

Vintage photograph of Shirley Maclaine from the 1977 film. A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s, in which MacLaine and Bancroft play former dance colleagues whose lives have gone separate ways (one became and professional dancer, the other a settled domestic life), and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Oklahoma City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Three vintage studio still color photographs from the 1958 film. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, lightly edgeworn and lightly and evenly toned. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Twilight Time.…

Vintage program for the 1977 film. A fictionalized account of the tumultuous friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown and Nora Kaye. Nominated for ten Academy Awards. 9 x 12 inches. Eight leaves, saddle stapled, with a laid in bi-fold sheet. About Near Fine.

Vintage pressbook for the 1958 film. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. 14 x 15.5 inches. Four leaves, saddle stapled. Very Good plus, folded once horizontally. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Twilight Time. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film, showing actress Katharine Hepburn holding a large glass goblet. Date stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on Arthur Laurents' 1952 play "The Time of the Cuckoo," about a lonely, middle-aged secretary who takes a solo vacation to Venice, where she falls in love with an antiques dealer. Set and shot on location in Venice. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film, showing directors Robert Wise and Jermone Robbins seated on a camera crane, surrounded by members of the crew. With the stamps of press agencies Globe Photos and International Magazine Service, the latter dated May 29, 1961, on the verso. Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins, who would go on to direct the film with Robert Wise, served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Winner of ten Academy Awards, the most ever for a musical, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris, and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in New York, shot on location there and in California. 10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Light creasing to the corners, about Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.…

Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block, separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in manuscript ink. Production number adjusted in manuscript pencil with ."5." "#3" in manuscript in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play, about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677, dated June 7, 1956. Title page present, dated June 7, 1956, noted as Final Script, with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves, with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate, bound with two gold brads. Twilight Time 203.…

Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless still photograph from the 1958 film of a stone faced David Niven and smiling Deborah Kerr water skiiing on a break from filming on the French Riviera. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp and a lengthily manuscript description of the scene on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 14 x 9.5. Near Fine with light edgewear. …

Draft script for the 1977 film. Presumed estimating script, with "Budgeting" in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notations in manuscript blue and black ink throughout. A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s, in which MacLaine and Bancroft portray former dance colleagues whose lives have gone separate ways (one becomes a professional dancer, the other a settled domestic woman), and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Mustard titled wrappers, noted as "Budgeting" on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated 3/2/76, with a credit for screenwriter Laurents. 116 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Revised Final script for the 1977 film. A portrait of the second wave of feminism at its turning point in the late 1970s, about two former dancers whose lives have gone separate ways (one having become a professional dancer, the other a housewife), and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Oklahoma City. Green titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers, dated July 2, 1976. Title page present, dated July 2, 1976, noted as REVISED FINAL, with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase.…

Vintage photograph of director Herbert Ross and actor Shirley Maclaine on the set of the 1977 film. Manuscript annotations on the verso. A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s, in which MacLaine and Bancroft play former dance colleagues whose lives have gone separate ways (one became and professional dancer, the other a settled domestic life), and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Oklahoma City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Three vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, one stamped No. 12, and several with provenance stamps on the verso. An African American man recalls his experiences as a surveyor during World War II, in particular remembering a troubled reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-controlled island with a platoon of hostile, racist soldiers. Set in the Pacific Islands, shot on location in Malibu and Baldwin Hills, California. 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Very Good plus, two photographs Very Good, with pinholes, light toning, and one with manuscript annotations to the bottom edge. …

Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film, showing director Robert Wise looking through a viewfinder while his co-director Jermone Robbins looks through a pair of sunglasses. Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins, who would go on to direct the film with Wise, served as choreographer and came up with the original concept of a modern musical update of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Winner of ten Academy Awards, the most ever for a musical, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris, and Best Supporting Actress of Rita Moreno. Additionally nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in New York, shot on location there and in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.…

Vintage reference photograph of a boardwalk poster advertising the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US.

Vintage reference photograph of actress Natalie Wood and the real "Gypsy Rose Lee," Rose Louise Hovick, on the set of the 1962 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, aided by her ambitious mother, Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with old cello tape on the top edge.…

Vintage transparency from the 1962 film, showing a scantily clad Natalie Wood onstage. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical by Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, aided by her ambitious mother, Mama Rose. Set in New York. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film, showing actress Natalie Wood. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, aided by her ambitious mother, Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1958 film, one showing a car scene with actress Jean Seberg and a camera crew, the other showing Seberg in shorts and a button-down shirt, examining several books and what appears to be a script. One photograph with the stamp of photographer Michel Brodsky on the verso, the other with the stamp of Columbia International. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. One photograph 8.25 x 5 inches, the other photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus, smaller photograph wavy along the top edge, larger photograph lightly faded and edgeworn. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Twilight Time.…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1958 film, showing a car scene with actors Mylene Demongeot, David Niven, and Jean Seberg, while a camera crew captures the shot in the foreground. With a provenance stamp to the verso. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. 7.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Twilight Time.…

Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film, all showing actress Natalie Wood. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical by Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, aided by her ambitious mother, Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.…

Vintage reference photograph of Jean Seberg from the 1957 film. An image we have never seen. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.