Curtiz michael director (25 risultati)

Photograph. Movie still, 8 x 10 inches, shows costumed actors looking over a simulated battle scene. B/W photograph of Lillilor Knudsen 'wearing a specially created Egyptian hat by Carrick. This striking finest panne, beautifully sequined, hat with the novel 'question mark' has been based on the character Sinuhe, who throughout…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. Based on Dorothy Baker's 1938 novel of the same name. Loosely based on the life of Bix Beiderbeck, an influential jazz cornetist who died prematurely at the age of 28. In the film, Kirk Douglas plays the Beiderbeck character, here named Rick Martin. His career is constantly on…

Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso, one with "SILVER SCREEN ARCHIVES" stamp on the verso. Based on Mark Twain's 1884 classic, the sixth adaptation for the screen and the first to be filmed in color, shot in CinemaScope and Technicolor. Set in and shot on location along the Mississi…

Five vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. A star-studded but typical Hollywood biopic based on an original story by John O'Hara ("Ten North Frederick," 1955), about a successful 1920s musical writing team, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson. They score several hits on Broadway, but t…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film, showing actors Jacques D'Amboise and Sheree North in a deep dancer's dip. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on the careers of Broadway songwriting trio DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson, who rose to popularity in the earl…

Softcover. Condizione: vg+. First edition. Large quarto. Approx 11.5x8.5". Unpaginated [6 pages]. Red-tinted photo-illustrated stapled wrappers, with black and white lettering on the front cover. The publication is an issue of the of the promotional supplement to the German weekly, Illustrierter Film-Kurier, promoting the delaye…

Final script for the 1935 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humo…

Draft script for the 1950 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a num…

Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy, in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I W…

Second Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy, in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. A highly fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of Prohibition era torch singer/actress Helen Morgan. This film marked Curtiz's re…

Vintage photograph from the 1946 film, showing director Michael Curtiz, and stars Cary Grant, Monty Woolley, and Donald Woods conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Pat Clark and a mimeo snipe on the verso. A fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter. Grant's first color film. Nominated of an Academy Award.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose, with the image manipulated for effect, from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler, under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist (Alan Ladd) is accused of murdering his unstable, alcoholic wife (Carolyn Jones) when she goes m…

Set of 32 vintage snapshot-size photographs from the 1954 film (with one being a keybook photo, with two hole punches at the margin). Photos are a mix of candid shots, test shots, and on the set shots. To our knowledge, snapshot-size reference photographs were utilized only by Twentieth Century-Fox, during a period roughly betwe…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 film, showing actors Eugene Pallette, William Powell, and Robert McWade. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Easily the best entry in the series of the 15 Philo Vance film adaptations made between 1929 and 1947. Powell's second of four appearances as the great detective, sett…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1935 film, showing director Michael Curtiz on a camera crane, preparing to filming a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of National Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1922 novel by Rafael Sab…

Vintage reference photograph of director Michael Curtiz wielding a megaphone on location for an suburban exterior shot for the 1945 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso providing detail regarding same. Based on James M. Cain's 1941 novel, which follows a newly divorced woman as she begins a career as a baker to provide…

Vintage studio still photograph from the French release of the 1942 film, showing a smiling Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. French mimeo snipe and layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Michael Curtiz's breakthrough masterpiece, consistently ranked among the greatest films in history, about an American expatri…

Vintage reference photograph of actress Constance Bennett getting her makeup touched up on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Warner Brothers photographer Pat Clark. Based on the 1946 novel by Charlotte Armstrong. A wealthy true crime radio host investigates the murder of…

Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1928 film, showing thousands of extras depicting the presentation and worship of the golden idols in Egypt. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. The biblical story of Noah and the flood, interspersed with scenes from 1914 France and America, on the eve of World…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film, showing director Michael Curtiz and a camera crew filming a scene. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1932 memoirs of former prison warden Lewis E. Lawes, about a brash convict's increasingly desperate attempts to escape Sing Sing. Set…