Charles schnee screenwriter (6 resultados)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Barbara Stanwyck, Gilbert Roland, and Blanche Yurka. With a date stamp reading 12 AUG 25 50 on the bottom left corner of the verso, along with a Paramount blindstamp. Based on the 1948 novel by Niven Busch. A tense, vengeful Western which owes as much to archetypes of Greek tragedy and Shakespearean drama as it does to the conventions of the genre, following a rancher's strong-willed daughter who seeks revenge on her father for the wrongful hanging of her best friend. One of the few films in the noir canon that is also a Western. Set in New Mexico, shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a small closed tear to the top edge, repaired with white paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 435. Pitts 1478. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Extremely watchable trash, a big-budget film with lowdown agenda, and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor, who won an Oscar for her performance, could have been accurately described as young and radiant. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink, blue ink, and manuscript graphite.…

Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1962 UK release of the 1962 US film. Based on Irwin Shaw's 1960 novel, about an ex-film star who gets released from a sanitarium and tries to acclimate back into life in the entertainment industry, at the same time trying to connect with his ex-wife, and his former director's new wife. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny corner creases, else Near Fine.…

Estimating script for the 1960 film on yellow stock, except title/distribution page (white), and second ("This Script Is Not Final .") page (pink), copy belonging to uncredited crew member Nick Bova, with name in manuscript ink on front wrapper and annotations in manuscript red pencil, graphite pencil, and ink throughout. Based on the 1960 novel by Hank Searls. The troubled and complicated lives of passengers and crew of a commercial airliner and a US Navy jet are examined as severe weather and a malfunctioning radio bring the two planes on an inextricable course toward collision. Shot on location in Washington DC, and Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California. Beige titled wrappers, noted as ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 60, dated June 5, 1959. Title page integral with Distribution page, receipt intact, dated 6/5/59, noted as ESTIMATING. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads.…

Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title, "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion (see images). Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us," about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut, a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1948 film noir. Based on the 1937 proletarian crime novel, "Thieves Like Us," by Edward Houseman. A young man who has been in prison since he was a teenager takes up bank robbing with two of his prison buddies after they escape. Shot on location in southern California. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Two Very Good plus, three Very Good, with spots of toning and damage to the emulsion near the bottom edge of the rectos. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.…