Mitchell leisen director (8 risultati)

Final script for the 1938 film. The S.S. Gigantic, an expensive, "radio-powered" ocean liner prepares to race its rival, the ocean liner S.S. Colossal, across the Atlantic, from New York to Cherbourg, in two and a half days. Sabotage and romantic hijinks ensue on both sides. Bob Hope's first feature film appearance. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated September 11, 1937, noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT, stamped FILE COPY and MASTER FILE, noted as production No. 1157. 145 leaves, with last page of text numbered D-54. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 10-15-37. Pages Very Good plus, with the title page and last three leaves separated from the binding, side stitched with two staples.…

Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen, Myrna Loy, and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers, which include three jewel thieves, a strange nobleman, and a beautiful socialite. Shot on location in Alhambra, California and Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film, showing director Mitchell Leisen bandaging actress Paulette Goddard's foot between takes. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1943 novel by Rosamond Marshall, based in turn on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," about a young cockney woman who receives a complete makeover at the hands of an impoverished aristocratic family, who hope to repair their fortunes by arranging her marriage to a peer. Set in London. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1935 film, showing director Mitchell Leisen and a camera crew capturing a party scene. Based on Norman Krasna's 1934 play "Small Miracle," about the relationship between a policeman and the dangerous fugitive he has been tasked with guarding for the evening. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film, showing actress Marlene Dietrich playing the zither. Stamp of photographer Whitey Schafer on the verso. Based on the 1946 novel by Jolán Földes, about a British soldier who escapes from the Gestapo during World War II by posing as a gypsy. Shot on location in Bend and Corbett, Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film, showing director Mitchell Leisen talking to actors Marlene Dietrich and Fred MacMurray between takes. Provenance stamp on the verso. An eccentric, unmarried actress who longs for motherhood finds an abandoned baby, and enlists a divorced pediatrician's help in raising the child. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with paper tape reinforcements on the corner versos.…

Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on, from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression, obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball (Edward Arnold), angered at his wife's (Mary Nash) spending, throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof, where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith (Arthur), leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear, else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films, A History and Filmography: 1934-1942.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film, showing stars Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, and Charles Butterworth relaxing with director Mitchell Leisen between takes. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink identifying the subjects on the verso. The second of three adaptations of the Broadway play "Burlesque," following "The Dance of Life" (1928) and preceding "When My Baby Smiles at Me" (1948). The second film collaboration of Lombard and MacMurray with Leisen, after the classic screwball comedy "Hands Across the Table" (1935), and the third of four films to couple Lombard and MacMurray. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with some light wear to the corners.…