sidney buchman screenwriter (9 risultati)

Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs (two studio stills, one reference still) from the 1963 film. This film featured Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in their first pairing, beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Based on the histories written by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian, and also based on the Carlo Maria Franzero book, and set in 48 B.C. in Egypt. Winner of several Academy Awards (Best Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Effects). Set in Egypt, shot on location in Spain, Italy, England, and the USA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, corner creases to all, studio stills toned, short closed tears, and a few tiny chips. The reference still has two larger tears at the right edge.

Revised Final Script for the 1932 pre-Code film, an early starring role for Carole Lombard. Rubber stamped as a Paramount File Copy at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Penelope Newbold is a wealthy divorcee looking to remarry. She falls for her physician, Dr. Karl Bemis, but ends up marrying Bill Hanaway. Bill then has an affair with another woman. Tall peach side stapled self wrappers, noted as Third Buff Script on the front wrapper, dated October 6, 1931, with credits for writers Hughes, Heath, Buchman, and Leahy. 205 leaves on peach stock, mimeograph duplication, with annotations throughout.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film, showing Elizabeth Taylor as the titular pharaoh, taking a bath. Newspaper clipping with date stamp, annotations in manuscript pencil, and provenance label on the verso. Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious, bank-breaking venture, the most expensive production ever made at the time, and the first film to pair Taylor with Richard Burton, beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Set in Egypt and Rome, and shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Sidney Lumet and actress Candice Bergen on the set of the 1966 film. Based on the 1963 novel. A satire following the lives of eight graduates of the fictional South Tower College, an all-women's university in Connecticut. Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Five vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. All five with studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso, and three with mimeo snipes on the same. 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. A dramatization of the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sissi," and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria, following his previous engagement to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film, showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz sitting on the set, surrounded by crew members. Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious, bank-breaking venture, the most expensive production ever made at the time, and the first film to pair Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton, beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Set in Egypt and Rome, and shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased at the corners.

Collection of ten vintage photographs from the 1935 film, including one keybook photograph and six double-weight photographs, including one taken on the set. All photographs with studio stamps crediting photograph Ray Jones on the verso, and nine with mimeo snipes on the same. The collection includes one keybook photograph of Katherine Alexander, one double-weight photograph of Claudette Colbert and Michael Bartlett on the set, four publicity photographs of Edith Fellows (two being double-weight photographs), and four reference photographs (three being double-weight photographs). 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. Claudette Colbert stars as an extraordinarily competent secretary who marries her boss-only to discover taking care of him at home proves much more challenging than taking care of the office. 8 x 10 inches to 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall. Byrge and Miller. The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942.

Vintage double weight photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe, stamp crediting photographer Al Schafer, and very faint "Approved" stamp on the verso. Controversial among the political American establishment at the time for its (accurate, then and now) depiction of the Senate as a group of dysfunctional, shallow egotists, the film was also banned in fascist countries Germany, Italy, Spain, and the USSR, and, later, Nazi occupied France. Set in and shot on location in Washington DC. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with faint diagonal crease to lower right.

Seven vintage keybook photographs from the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe and "Approved Advertising Advisory Council Apr 21 1942 Hollywood" stamp on verso of each. Political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison, he hides out in former schoolmate (and sweetheart), Nora Shelley's (Jean Arthur) house, currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman). Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Set in fictional Lochester, New England. 8 x 11 inches, images 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Byrge & Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography (1934-1942).