John osborne screenwriter (11 resultados)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 British film. Based on Henry Fielding's popular 1749 novel, wherein a young, good-natured man of questionable origins is turned loose on the world (and more to the point, the world's women). Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning four, including Best Picture and Best Director. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.…

Vintage publicity photograph from a television re-release of the 1980 film. A country boy whose marriage is nearly torn apart by his violent temper and jealousy wins his wife's love back by triumphing at a mechanical bull-riding competition at a local bar. Set in Houston, Texas, shot on location throughout Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with a diagonal crease at the bottom right corner.…

Film treatment for the 1985 film, here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." Loosely based on John Osborne's 1965 play "A Patriot for Me." A dramatization of the life of Alfred Redl, a former peasant and closeted gay man who climbs the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military, eventually becoming Chief of Military Intelligence. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for director-screenwriter Istvan Szabo and screenwriter Peter Dobai, and playwright John Osborne. 16 leaves, with last page of text numbered 12. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with light soil to the rear wrapper, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso, one obscured by two labels. Backwoods moonshiner Skeeter protects his business by offering his voluptuous daughter Bessie Lou to Sheriff Bird. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1963 British film, showing actors Albert Finney and Susannah York. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on Henry Fielding's popular 1749 novel, wherein a young, good-natured man of questionable origins is turned loose on the world (and more to the point, the world's women). Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning four, including Best Picture and Best Director. Set and shot on location in England. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. …

Condición: Fine. London, March 8, 1961., 1961. Fine. - Over 110 words typed on his 10 inch high by 8 inch wide "John Osborne Productions Ltd." stationery. Replying to a young actor's request for advice, the playwright & actor John Osborne writes "I cannot imagine why you should think I might be able to help or advise you. For one thing I do not know you or your circumstances and I can't quite make out what is is you want to know. If you want to be an actor, go and be one, if you don't, don't. In any case, don't expect to be successful or to be loved." Signed in full "John Osborne". Folded for mailing, else fine with the original air mail envelope. The English playwright, screenwriter and actor John Osborne (1929-1994) is thought of as one of the most influential figures in post-war theatre. He briefly worked as a journalist before working as a stage manager and actor. He gained national recognition and fame with his third produced play "Look Back in Anger" in 1956. This first work of "kitchen sink realism" inspired a movement of social realism within domestic settings addressing the disillusion with British Society. George Fearon coined the phrase "angry young man" to describe Osborne when promoting the play.…

Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the 1957 play, written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier, who reprised his role as Archie Rice, an embittered, third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Set and shot on location in London and Morecambe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with some faint wear on the top edges, and five with old price stickers on the verso.…

Vintage studio still photograph of Laurence Olivier and Brenda de Banzie from the 1960 British film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1957 play, written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier, who reprised his role as Archie Rice, an embittered, third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Olivier was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Shot on location in Morecambe, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with layout annotations to top corners in manuscript wax pencil.…

Six vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of each still. Based on John Osborne's 1956 play of the same name. A superb set of uncommon images. Ripe with both class and sexual tension, Tony Richardson's 1959 film portrays a marriage on the brink of collapse in claustrophobic quarters. In the vein of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," class resentment simmers beneath the surface of a relationship between a man and a woman. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Occasional dampstaining to the margins and versos. Ink notation to the verso of one image.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film, both showing Michael Caine. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Ted Lewis' 1970 novel "Jack's Return Home." Considered by many to be the greatest British hard boiled crime drama of the 1970s, and a turning point for Caine in his portrayal of a grim antihero. The film also marked an auspicious beginning for director Mike Hodges, who would go on to work with Caine in "Pulp" (1972). 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK.…

Vintage oversize double weight satin-finish reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing Michael Caine rescuing his daughter (Geraldine Moffat) from a London drug den. An instance in which the size of the photograph makes the image-which was used for a special design of the original theatrical poster in the UK-especially impactful. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and the stamp of photographer Terry O'Neill on the verso. Based on Ted Lewis' 1970 novel "Jack's Return Home." Considered by many to be the greatest British hard boiled crime drama of the 1970s, and a turning point for Caine in his portrayal of a grim antihero. The film also marked an auspicious beginning for director Mike Hodges, who would go on to work with Caine in "Pulp" (1972). 10 x 14 inches. Very Good plus. Grant UK.…