richard starr screenwriter (4 risultati)

Vintage studio still photograph from a re-release of the 1969 film, showing Ringo Starr and Raquel Welch passing through a galley of topless slave girls. Based on the 1960 novel by Terry Southern, about a homeless drifter who is adopted by the world's richest man in order to test the limits of human avarice. Paul McCartney wrote and produced "Come and Get It," the first international hit from the power-pop group Badfinger, for the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.

Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the film in Rome. Pictured are director Christian Marquand, whose faux-grim countenance is in nice contrast to the attractive innocence of the film's lead actress, Ewa Aulin. With the stamp of French magazine Le Spectacle du Monde twice on the verso. 8 x 10.5 inches. Fine.

Treatment script for the 1939 film, here under the working title "The Investors." With manuscript ink annotations on the title page and throughout, noting substantive and editorial revisions. Based on the 1925 short story "The Investors" by Edgar Wallace. Elderly Mr. Reeder (Will Fyffe) investigates the mysterious disappearances of 27 people involved in shady financial dealings. The second Wallace adaptation directed by Jack Raymond and featuring Will Fyffe and Kay Walsh, preceded by "The Mind of Mr. Reeder" in 1939. Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Richard Starr and story credits to Edgar Wallace. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Typescript, rectos only. Pages Very Good, lightly edgeworn, with soil to the first ten leaves, bound with three gold brads.

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film, showing director Richard Lester behind the camera. Les Artistes Associés stamp on the verso. A musical comedy about the Beatles, capturing the band during the height of Beatlemania, set over 36 hours in the life of the band members as they prepare for a television performance. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with pinholes at the corners. Criterion Collection 711. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.