Editore: Allied Artists, Glendale, CA, 1955
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Original Pressbook for the 1955 film noir. Second in a five-part series from Allied Artists featuring Bill Elliott as "Det. Lt. Andy Doyle," including "Calling Homicide" (1956), "Chain of Evidence" (1957), and "Footsteps in the Night" (1957). Before his role in this series, Elliott was a key player in a few Monogram westerns in 1952 (Lyons). This is the second film after Monogram not to credit Elliott as "Wild." 6 pages, one sheet saddle stapled and folded twice, 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Lyons US. Martin 374. Selby US. Spicer US.
Editore: N.p. Unknown, N.p.
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. An unassuming couple accidentally overhears a gang's plans to rob a bank, and decide to personally interfere, with the end goal of securing the money for themselves. Screenwriter Hubert Cornfield was best known as a director for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1950s and 60s. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and "Heat" (Michael Mann, 1996). Set in France. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Hubert Cornfield. 92 leaves, with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver clasps.
Editore: Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1960
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Based on the novel, "All the Way," by noted hard-boiled author Charles Williams. Edmond O'Brien is hired to impersonate a murdered businessman, and dominates nearly every scene, mostly on the phone as the "third voice," in this strange film post-noir entry. The first adaptation of a of Charles Williams novel, and one of only a few American film adaptations of his work. One sheet folded twice as issued, with one insert, 13 x 16 inches. Very Good plus, with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages, a few short closed tears, and light rubbing. Spicer, p. 424.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1969
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film, both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers," about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le Touquet, France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK.