Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Lions Gate Home Ent., 1950
Da: Stories & Sequels, Ashland, OH, U.S.A.
dvd. Condizione: Good.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1953
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Co-written by husband and wife team Connie and Seymour Bennett. An exhausted posse returns without their loot, and explain, through flashbacks, the mishaps that befell their mission. Set in New Mexico, shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.
Editore: Universal Pictures / Charles K. Feldman Group, Universal City, CA, 1942
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film. A coal miner works his way to the top of the steel industry, at the expense of his relationships with his friends and lover. A reunion for Dietrich, John Wayne, and Randolph Scott, who had filmed "The Spoilers" (1942) together earlier that year. Also featuring a rare appearance of Shemp Howard (of the Three Stooges) in a dramatic role. Set and shot on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with creasing at the corners and pinholes along the left, top and bottom edges. as well as to pin holes in the image.
Editore: Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1938
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Final Draft script for the 1939 film, copy belonging to director William Clemens, with his name faintly visible on the well-worn front wrapper, and with annotations in manuscript pencil on every page except two, as well as many of the versos. Although the front wrapper and registration page identify the script as "Part I," the script presented here is the complete Final Draft. Boris Karloff stars as Dr. Charles Gaudet, a well-respected surgeon sentenced to ten years on Devil's Island for treating a wounded revolutionary, and incurs the wrath of the brutish commander for speaking out against the inhumane conditions. Shot on location in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Blue titled wrappers, lacking rear wrapper. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Kenneth Gamet and Don Ryan, and story credits for Anthony Coldewey and Raymond L. Schrock. 137 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 6/21/38 and 7/12/38. Pages Very Good overall, with dampstaining on several pages, and last page separated from the binding, Front wrapper Poor, detached and well worn. Pages bound with two gold brads.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1941
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Final script for the 1942 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the pages. 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). In Florida, during the Great Depression, a migrant farm worker and his girlfriend become involved in a labor organizing effort, leading to consternation and violence in the tight-knit community. Bound in beige cloth with orange leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present, with receipt intact, noted as FINAL and dated 10/3/41. Title page present, with credits for director Curtis Bernhardt and screenwriters A.I. Bezzerides and Kenneth Gamet. 178 leaves, with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink and blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/9/41 and 1/24/42. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, moderately worn, and foxed on the cloth.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1942
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage publicity photograph from the 1942 film, showing Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich. A coal miner works his way to the top of the steel industry, at the expense of his relationships with his friends and lover. A reunion for Dietrich, John Wayne, and Randolph Scott, who had filmed "The Spoilers" (1942) together earlier that year. Also featuring an appearance by Shemp Howard (of the Three Stooges) in a rare dramatic role. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Set and shot on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.