henry blankfort (3 resultados)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film, showing actors Tom Neal and Jean Porter. A new draftee is assigned to a remote desert post, where he forges military orders that bring a platoon of women soldiers to the encampment. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, with pinholes to the corners.

Treatment script for the 1955 film. Brief annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, and two names, Collins and Swann (presumed, association unknown), on the first page. Noted in pencil on the last leaf of text as "13 page treatment / 28 story developments / The entire story related here / story of taming of a man and a country." Undated, but circa late 1954. Based on the 1950 novel by Helga Moray, about a stunning redhead (Susan Hayward) and her husband (John Justin) who emigrate from Ireland, in the wake of the potato famine, to South Africa, where she meets the love of her life (Tyrone Power). Set in South Africa and shot there on location. Loose leaves, 8.5 x 11 inches, Multilith duplication, stapled and also bound with a paperclip. 13 leaves, with last page of text numbered 13. Very Good plus overall.

Vintage US half sheet poster for the 1945 film. Remake of the 1934 Universal film "Advice to the Lovelorn," that also starred Lee Tracy. Both films were based on West's novel, "Miss Lonelyhearts." Lee Tracy plays a radio announcer born with the inability to shut up, both a blessing (in terms of finding fame in the radio business) and a curse (in terms of constantly talking over his singer girlfriend while she is performing). He is eventually demoted to the position of writing a newspaper column for the lovelorn. 22 x 28 inches, folded. Very Good plus.