robb white screenwriter (3 resultados)

Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Carolyn Craig from the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An eccentric millionaire offers a substantial reward to anyone able to spend the entire night in the titular house on Haunted Hill. Basis for the 1999 remake starring Geoffrey Rush and Taye Diggs. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Exterior shots of the house were filmed at Los Angeles' Ennis Brown House, originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a diagonal crease affecting the bottom left corner.

Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and two leaves regarding lighting. Based on Theo Durant's 1951 novel "The Marble Forest." A small-town doctor must race to find his daughter after she is kidnapped and buried alive, with only hours to go until she suffocates. Director William Castle, known for his promotional gimmicks, provided each member of the audience with an official life certificate to insure them for $1,000 against death by fright. Despite the superficial hijinks, a key film in the classic string of films made by the director in the 1940s and 1950s. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 28, 1957, with credit for screenwriter Robb White. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Vintage 40 x 60 inch poster for the 1961 film. Rare in this size format. A mysterious woman offers a bellboy $2000 to marry her, only to brutally murder the justice of the peace during the ceremony before fleeing. Widely regarded as one of the best films of director and B-movie maestro William Castle, and undeniably influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," released the year prior. Castle, well known for his utilization of promotional gimmicks, implemented a "Fright Break" for "Homicidal;" a 45-second timer which overlays the impending climax with Castle's voice-over advising the audience they could leave the theater and receive a full refund if they were too frightened to see the ending of the film (audience members who chose to leave however, would have to wait in a yellow cardboard booth, entitled the "Coward's Corner," manned by a nurse with a blood pressure cuff). 40 x 60 inches. Very Good plus, with light overall creasing and minor edgewear, else bright and unfaded. See image.