henry koster director (14 risultati)

Poster. Condizione: Good. Movie poster measures 30 by 40 cms approx. Starring:James Stewart, Fabian, Glynis John, Cindy Carol, Billy Mumy, John Williams, Jack Kruschen. E Wynn. Vertical centrefold creases. Tear & damage to left hand centre edge of poster. Stains to fold marks on front & rear of poster. Stains front & rear of poster. Biro writing on rear. Else good +.

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 film. Based on Lloyd C. Douglas' novel, about a man who inherits Jesus' robe after the crucifixion. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with ink annotations on the verso, and light creases at the edges.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film. Two French sisters who are both nuns come to New England to open a children's hospital, enlisting the help of colorful characters, including an artist, a composer, and a racketeer. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set in Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Two vintage studio still photographs of James Stewart and Glynis Johns from the 1965 film. Both with "Silver Screen Archives" stamp on the verso. Based on John Haase's 1963 novel Erasmus with Freckles. The bumbling Robet Leaf (Stewart) is a poet and Arts professor at the local university, who shuns all things scientific. When its revealed his young son Erasmus (Bill Mumy) has no artistic abilities, but is a mathematic genius, the professor's life suddenly becomes much more complicated. With an appearance by Brigitte Bardot as herself. Set in and shot on location in Sausalito, California and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 television re-release of the 1951 film. A brilliant yet socially awkward aeronautical engineer predicts that the newest airplane model, the Raindeer, will break up mid-flight after reaching 1,440 hours of use due to accumulated stress. The engineer, Theodore Honey (played by James Stewart), tries desperately to prove his prediction and alert the those in charge before another disaster occurs. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to each.

Vintage program for the 1953 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, about a Roman military tribune who commands the unit responsible for crucifying Jesus Christ. The first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope, shot with Henri Chretien's original Hypergonar anamorphic lenses. 16 pages, saddle stitched, 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus overall. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A group of British soldiers who just finished their tour in India are told they are going to be immediately redeployed. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless still photograph from the 1961 musical film, based on both the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, and the 1957 novel by C.Y. Lee. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp 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. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with a shallow diagonal crease to one corner. Hirschhorn, p. 373.

Draft script for the 1949 film, seen here under the working title "Happy Times." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine and in manuscript pencil on the title page. Six reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. 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), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's 1836 play, about a group of corrupt officials in a small town who become convinced that a buffoonish itinerant is actually an investigator in disguise, come to inquire into their tax fraud. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated 8/7/48, with credits for screenwriters Harry Kurnitz and Phil Rapp. 144 leaves, with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/10/48 and 10/13/48. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good, with spine moderately worn and front board starting.

Draft script for the 1966 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Juanita Moore, bound in full red leather, with twelve reference photographs from the film tipped in, and containing two inscriptions from actress Debbie Reynolds. The first inscription by Reynolds, on the verso of the first leaf in manuscript ink, is "Juanita, I Love you! You are the greatest! My deepest Thanks, Love Debbie," the second, on a the recto of a photograph of Reynolds and Moore from the film, in manuscript marker and making reference to Reynold's character, is "What feeling! What a face! What an actress! What a great Lady! Your Fan Sister Ann." A fanciful biography on the life of Belgian nun Jeanine Deckers, who recorded the number one hit pop song "Dominique" in 1963. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Gent, Belgium. Red full leather binding with gilt titles and with actor Juanita Moore's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. Title page integral with first page, dated 9-2-65. 150 leaves, with last page of text numbered "130-135." Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink, blue, green, and gray revision pages throughout, dated variously between 11-4-65 and 11-24-65. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached.

Revised Final script for the 1950 film. Bound presentation script belonging to producer Sol C. Siegel with his name in gilt on the front board. With 53 studio still photographs tipped in throughout, four pages of retakes and added scenes tipped in at the rear, as well as a number of manuscript annotations, primarily denoting the titles of various musical numbers. Based on the short story "Stork Don't Bring Babies" by S.K. Lauren, Grable and Dailey play a showbiz couple who discover, in successive order, that they cannot have children, that they can adopt children, and that they aren't really fit to raise children. But things get better, with the help of several musical numbers scored by Harold Arlen. Bound in green faux leather boards with gilt titles and rule, and marbled endpapers. Title page present, dated Dec. 1, 1949, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriters Trotti and Binyon. 191 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/21/19 and 1/5/50. Pages Very Good plus, photographs Near Fine, with some bruising or chipping to the verso of the preceding page on either the top or bottom edge. Boards Near Fine, with a bump to the upper rear corner. Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.

Vintage French petite poster for the 1956 American film. Based on the 1955 novel by Lionel Shapiro, about an Allied commando unit headed towards the Normandy coast in the hours before D-Day, with two of its members reflecting on their shared love for one woman. Approximately 21.5 x 14.5 inches, folded. Very Good, with three light bruises on the top edge.

Vintage photograph of a one sheet poster maquette for the 1963 documentary film. An anthology documentary film compiling Marilyn Monroe's film work with Twentieth Century-Fox, created a year after her death. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.

Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1954 film, one showing director Henry Koster talking to Marlon Brando, and the other showing Koster with Brando and actress Jean Simmons. Printed mimeo snipes and Twentieth Century-Fox stamps on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A biopic about the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, based loosely on Annemarie Selinko's 1953 nonfiction book. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in Marseilles, shot on location throughout California and in Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, and Seine-et-Marne, France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.