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Vintage studio still photograph of John Hodiak and Frank Korvac from the 1951 film. "7 AUG 27 51" stamp over blind stamp on the verso. John Sturges' deft adaptation of Eleazar Lipsky's 1950 novel is one of the best and most underrated courtroom-based noirs, anchored by a performance by Spencer Tracy at the peak of his powers. Se…

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Two old friends are turned against one another in this 1959 Western starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, and Carolyn Jones. Douglas' wife is raped and murdered by Quinn's son, resulting in a showdown between the two men. Shot on location in California and Arizona. 8 x 10…

Vintage photograph of actor Gregory Peck and producer Mike Frankovich on the set of the 1969 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Martin Caidin's 1964 novel. After a crew of three astronauts are working in an orbiting space lab, Jim Pruett (Richard Crenna), Clayton Stone (James Franciscus) and Buzz Lloyd (Gene Hackma…

Two vintage color studio still photographs, two vintage studio still photographs, and one vintage photograph depicting the poster for the 1962 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and two photographs with a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1959 novel by Robert Kirkbride. A photographer pretends…

Revised scenes for second unit post-production re-shooting and editing for the 1973 film, seen here under the working title "Valdez Horses." With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1967 novel "The Valdez Horses" by Lee Hoffman, about a mixed-race horse breeder who lives on the outskirts of New Mexi…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing actor Gregory Peck. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Martin Caidin's 1964 novel. A crew of three astronauts are stranded in space, with only 42 hours of oxygen remaining. On Earth, NASA officials propose a rescue mission using an experimental, untested sp…

Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film. Four with mimeo snipes to the verso. A tense, two-part Cold War thriller, based on the 1963 novel. The US nuclear attack submarine Tigerfish is sent to the North Pole to rescue the personnel of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a British research weather station that has s…

Complete bound set of ten literary photographic prints, published in conjunction with the 1958 film, made for educational use. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Winner of an Academy Award, and nominated for two more, including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy, one of nine nominations he would receiv…

Original program for the notorious Broadway flop, "Carnival in Flanders." An interesting and rare piece documenting a directorial and writing effort from the strange final years of Sturges' career. The program was printed well prior to Sturges' arrival to the production-as a result, though the musical was never staged prior to h…

Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1950 film. With mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. The skeleton of a woman is found on a beach in Cape Cod. Using only her bones, detectives and forensic scientists have to figure out who she is and what happened to her. Set in Cape Cod, shot on location in Mass…

Original Polish A1 poster, circa 1966, for the 1959 US film. Kirk Douglas and Earl Holliman reunite in this film after Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), again under the direction of John Sturges. The story brings together elements of "High Noon," "3:10 to Yuma," and Sturges' "Bad Day at Black Rock." Remade in 1985 as the Indian…

Vintage reference photograph of director John Sturges talking with actors Frank Sinatra and Joey Bishop on the set of the 1962 film. Loosely based on the 1939 film "Gunga Din," about the experiences of three rough-and-ready US Cavalry sergeants who rescue a former slave from a tribe of American Indians. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Original scenario artwork for the 1955 film, depicting two men and a woman, each well dressed and on horseback, meeting in front of a large mansion. Historical costume drama set during the Revolutionary War. American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. Gou…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1963 film, showing director John Sturges and a camera crew setting up a shot with actor James Garner. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A heavily fictionalized version of the real-life mass escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German prison camp, based on Paul…

Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Lew Ayres stars as Lin Vanner, a manager of an oil company, who, after learning the payroll was stolen in a hold-up, pursues and kills an innocent robbery suspect. He goes to the man's widow for solace, inadvertently beginning a journey down a road in which he slowly finds himse…

Vintage photograph of a camera crew capturing a shot of actor Spencer Tracy and child actor Felipe Pazos on the set of the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a stamp crediting Warner photographer Jack Woods. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Winner of an Academy Awar…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film, showing actor Steve McQueen from behind, riding his motorcycle with sidecar. A heavily fictionalized version of the real-life mass escape by Allied POWs from a German prison camp, based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 nonfiction, firsthand account. Nominated for an…

Vintage photograph of Ernest Hemingway and Spencer Tracy on the set of the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1952. Winner of an Academy Award, and nominated for two more, including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy, one of nine nominations he would receive…