John mahin screenwriter (17 resultados)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1940 film, showing actors Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy getting a faceful of crude. Two oil riggers work together over the course of ten years to become oil tycoons, but their friendship is strained by their love for the same woman. 8 x 10 inches. Good, moderately faded, with a chip at the bottom left corner. …

Eight vintage photographs from the 1951 film, two promotional headshots of Joe E. Brown and eight studio stills, two of which have "PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE" stamps and layout annotations on the verso. Based on the 1927 musical, which was in turn based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. A wildly popular MGM musical hit, wherein the daughter of the captain of the Cotton Blossom, a traveling show boat, falls for a roguish, unlucky gambler. Nominated for two Academy Awards. The definitive version of the musical, following adaptations in 1929 and 1936. Set in and shot on location in Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. Nine, Near Fine with minor creasing in margins and edgewear. One, Very Good with significant chipping to top right corner. Two have stiffening coating on verso.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1936 film. A wealthy child of divorced parents must spend half of his year with his father in New York City and attend school there as part of their custody agreement. He sticks out amongst the city kids of lower-class upbringings. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1941 film, showing actor Spencer Tracy. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1886 novella, and a remake of the 1931 film starring Fredric March. Nominated for three Academy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film. Single stamp on the verso. Based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair, following the members of two families whose lives are impacted by alcohol addiction and Prohibition. Set in Louisiana, New York City, and Long Island. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine, with pinholes at each corner.…

Two vintage photographs of director Mervyn LeRoy and actors Jean Seberg, Sean Garrison, and Honor Blackman on the set of the 1966 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. Kay Seaton (Jean Seberg) and her psychiatrist husband Neil Stanton (Arthur Hill) live on the French Rivera. Kay has an affair with an Mark (Sean Garrison), an American Naval officer who she accidentally shoots while trying to end their relationship. She abandons the body and anonymously reports it to the police. Later Neil takes on an amnesiac patient recovering from a gun shot wound. Shot on location in the South of France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. …

Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended, leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute, the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism, bigotry, and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism, a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated February 27, 1951, noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN, with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on green stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, with some fading and edgewear, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US.…

Vintage photograph from the set of the 1953 film. Director John Ford and star Clark Gable take a smoke break in between shots. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1928 play "Red Dust" by Wilson Collison, previously adapted to film under that name in 1932, starring Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor. "Mogambo" moves the action from French Indochina to Africa, where it was shot on location. Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly received Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations, respectively, for their roles in the film. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless photograph of Ava Gardner with the camera-crew on the set of the 1953 film. With mimeo snipe, press agency stamps, and manuscript annotations in blue ink. The remake of the 1932 MGM film Red Dust, adapted from the play of the same name. Victor Marswell (Clark Gable) owns and operates a safari guide company. Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner) is there to meet the former owner of the company, and in his absence she falls for Victor. Linda Nordley (Grace Kelly) is the wife of Marswells client, an anthropologist who wishes to travel deep into the jungle. Eloise goes along with them, and quickly tensions run high as both Linda and Eloise are attracted to Victor. Shot on location in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 10 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film, with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.

Two vintage photographs from the 1957 film, including one press photograph of actors Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr holding hands, and one reference photograph of Kerr in a lifeboat, with crew members at the bottom left. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso, and the other with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw, about an Irish nun and an American Marine who find themselves stranded together on an island in the South Pacific during World War II. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time.…

Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film, showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison, about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together, following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo," starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with two short closed tears at the top edge, repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of John Huston, Robert Mitchum, and Deborah Kerr on the set of the 1957 film. Based on the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw. Two disparate souls, a US marine and a Catholic nun, are stranded on a deserted island together in the South Pacific during World War II. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Kerr and Best Screenplay. Set on Tuasiva Island, shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago. Mitchum shot two films in Trinidad/Tobago in 1956/1957, the other being Robert Parrish's "Fire Down Below" with Jack Lemmon and Rita Hayworth, and met Calypso musicians Mighty Sparrow and Lord Invador, inspiring him to release his own Calypso album "Calypso - Is Like So" in March 1957. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing and edgewear, and two small pinholes on lower left. …

Draft script for the 1952 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. A mother confronts her college aged son about his girlfriend, who is a communist spy, and turns him into the FBI, but he's killed by enemy agents before he can confess. One of the most blatantly pro-McCarthy films of the Red Scare era. Lacking title page self wrapper typically issued by Paramount during this time period. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. 133 leaves on blue stock, mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good with exception to page 132, unbound. …

Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film, two showing Ava Gardner talking with Clark Gable from an outdoor shower, and one showing Gardner tending to Gable's arm wound. Stamps specific to the film's French release on the versos. Based on the 1932 film "Red Dust" (also starring Clark Gable), which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya, a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya, in Okalataka, Mount Kenya, Mount Longonot, and Lake Naivasha. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1932 film, showing actors Paul Muni, George Raft, Karen Morley, Purnell Pratt, and others. Based on the 1930 book by Armitage Trail, which was in turn based on the true exploits of notorious Prohibition-era mob boss and bootlegger Al Capone. Along with "Public Enemy" (released only a few months prior), generally considered to be the quintessential American gangster film, one that Capone himself came to embrace and even screen in his home. Set in Chicago. Both photos 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine and Very Good plus respectively. First photo (Muni and Morley dancing) has two short closed tears at the top edge, repaired with conservator's tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Penzler 101. Grant US.…

Two vintage matte-finish photographs taken on the set of the 1953 film, one showing director John Ford and actor Clark Gable enjoying a coffee break, and one showing Ford in conversation with actress Ava Gardner. One photograph with a number stamp on the verso, noting No. 1616X112. Based on the 1932 play "Red Dust" (also starring Clark Gable), which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya, a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya, in Okalataka, Mount Kenya, Mount Longonot, and Lake Naivasha. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.…