Search Results: Hollywood from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. Set in Hollywood. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between January 3, 1973 and November 21, 1973. Pages Near Fine, bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board.

Culver City, CA: Columbia TriStar Television, 1999. Shooting script for the 2000 television episode, which originally aired on Fox on September 5, 2000. Copy belonging to crew member Lisa Doty, with a printed ownership label affixed to the title page. The show aired on Fox for one season, from 1999-2000, and followed a failed Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated November 15, 1999, noted as Shooting Script, with credits for screenwriter Will Forté and director credits for Vahan Moosekian. 32 leaves, with last page of text numbered 29. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman, who played the character of Lewis in this production, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays, and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann, a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist, playwright and screenwriter, who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career, he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present, noted as Revised Draft, with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves, with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First Edition. First Edition, and first printing of this omnibus edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "For Dorothy and Clarence / Still the best in-laws in the world / Ken / See p. vii of 'Foreword.'" The cited page reveals that Millar would write daily at his sister-in-law's apartment, and there produced the novel, "The Moving Target." Dorothy and Clarence Schlagel were Millar's in-laws, the sister and brother-law of his wife, Margaret Millar. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges, and brief dampstains to the top page edges and rear pastedown. A small dampstain to the rear jacket flap, tiny closed tears at the jacket corners and spine ends, and light rubbing.

N.p.: N.p., 1942. Archive of 38 letters and nine telegrams to publisher and progressive activist Florence Welch (then Florence Wagner), sent in response to the sudden death of Florence's husband, publisher and artist Rob L. Wagner, in 1942. Almost all letters and many telegrams with Welch's annotations in manuscript pencil, identifying senders. Additionally included in the archive are two photographs, one showing Rob Wagner with an unknown man, and the other showing Wagner's son Thom. Welch worked as a newspaper journalist and activist for women's suffrage in Topeka, Kansas, later moving to California and marrying Wagner, then a prominent artist and magazine writer. In 1929 the pair founded "Script," a left-leaning, weekly literary film magazine. Lifelong Socialists and advocates for progressive causes, the Wagners' "Script" gave a voice to blacklisted screenwriters (including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn) and prominent leftists, including Upton Sinclair, Max Eastman, and William C. deMille.… Read More

1970. Small archive including two typed letters signed from producer Leland Hayard to producer David O. Selznick regarding a new adaptation of the 1951 autobiographical novel "My Six Convicts." Also included are photostat copies of Selznick's enthusiastic responses to same. In the first of the two letters, Hayward briefly notes that he is sending Selznick a copy of Wilson's novel to consider. In the second letter, written on personal stationery with an address on Madison Avenue in New York, Hayward goes on at length regarding the possibilities of a new adaptation of the book, noting that the 1952 Stanley Kramer adaptation was "a lousy one for my taste." He goes on to note that while the language in the book-which is about a psychologist's attempt to reform six different inmates-is fairly dated, the story itself has all kinds of possibilities for melodrama and humor. Leland Hayward was a Hollywood and Broadway agent, best known for his original productions of "South Pacific" and "The Sound of… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Archive of eleven photographs of theatre and early film actress Lois Moran, along with two Autograph Letters Signed from Moran, and a newspaper clipping of a 1979 article written by Moran (writing with her married name, Lois Young) for the "Red Rock News" of Sedona, Arizona. Collection also includes a brief autograph inscription signed from Moran to an admirer. The two Autograph Letters Signed are addressed to a Joseph Tufano, apparently an admirer of Moran, responding to Tufano's previous correspondence. Letters are each one leaf, and are dated November 6, 1979, and March 31, 1988, respectively. Included with the 1979 letter is the original mailing envelope. Photographs include: One satin-finish borderless portrait photograph of Moran from her 1926 film "Padlocked," with folded mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, a Paramount Pictures stamp, and a date stamp reading AUG 3 1926 One borderless portrait photograph of Moran, circa 1927, inscribed by Moran One keybook reference… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Archive of material belonging to Belgian American actress, singer, and socialite Monique van Vooren, composed primarily of annotated sheet music from her lengthy stage career as a nightclub singer. Material dated variously between the 1950s and the 2000s, although the balance is dated from the late 1950s and 1960s. Nearly 2 linear feet of material in all. Archive contains hundreds of pages of sheet music, with over 70 distinct compositions represented, dating between 1954 and 1972, many including parts for several instruments. Most compositions are annotated in manuscript pencil and ink, often with amendments made in van Vooren's hand to adjust tempo, lyrics, pitch, etc. Also included are two books, the first being in French, inscribed by van Vooren, noting that this is the "first book [she] ever read in English". Additionally included is a small program from van Vooren's performances at the St. Regis-Sheraton in 1969. Finally, the archive includes manuscript notes in van… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Archive of 117 vintage evidence photographs (including 114 in black-and-white and three in color) of massage parlors in the Los Angeles area. Each photograph with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stamps on the versos. Many photographs with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto margins and on the versos, identifying locations, years, and subjects. Beginning in the early 1970s, Los Angeles saw the proliferation of massage parlors and adult stores, as well as an increase in prostitution by all genders. Provocative names-such as "House of Erotica," "The Institute of Oral Love," "Tiger's Den," and the like-were used by the parlors to convey the idea that more could be obtained than just a massage. By the late 1970s, vice policing crackdowns on solicitation had a marked impact on the city's parlors, and many were shuttered by the 1980s. The archive on offer contains many images of massage parlor proprietors, managers, and workers, as well as a number of photographs of… Read More

Los Angeles: California Theatre, 1921. Archive of 41 vintage photographs of the elaborate stage sets and live performers which supported silent film screenings at the California Theatre in Los Angeles, taken during the theatre's first three years in operation, 1919-1921. 20 photographs with blindstamps crediting photographer Dick Stagg, and 14 with blindstamps crediting photographer J.C. Milligan. Photographs housed in an album, with typed labels on the versos of the adjacent pages identifying the film, screening dates, performers, and musical numbers. The first two photographs in the archive feature a day shot and a striking night shot of the theatre's beautifully elaborate facade, followed by a photograph of the "original installation" of the stage and grand staircase. The balance of the photographs, however, show theatre sets, usually with performers present, occasionally with the orchestra present, and always without the audience present, likely taken during rehearsals or after the completion… Read More

Various American Cities: Various, 1970. First Edition. Archive of material relating to Lillian Gish's 1969 memoir "The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me," including author Lillian Gish's Olivetti Lettera 22 portable typewriter used to type the manuscript for the book, as well as two manuscripts for the book: one typescript with editorial annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, and one mimeographed copy. The archive also includes a First Edition copy of the book, with the bookplate of actor and producer Frank Buxton affixed to the front pastedown. Bookplate signed by Gish, and laid in with the book is a warm manuscript note from Gish. Also included in the archive are several scripts for Gish's one-woman touring show "Lillian Gish and the Movies-The Art of Film 1900-1928," housed in two binders, circa 1973. One binder holds two copies of the same script (one carbon typescript and one xerographically duplicated) dated 1973, with a note at the front indicating the script as the personal property of… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Archive of 14 vintage large-format press photographs of the infamous protest against the House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) at San Francisco City Hall on May 13, 1960. Reference Library stamps on the versos, along with brief mimeo snipes, and several with newspaper clippings adhered to the versos. By 1960 HUAC had been widely denounced by everyone from figures of the American counterculture to former President Harry Truman, but the committee nevertheless continued to hold hearings around the country to investigate alleged local subversive activities. Arriving in San Francisco for the first of three days of hearings (from May 12-14), the committee were met by a group of protesters organized by civil liberties activist Frank Wilkenson. The protesters found themselves barred from entering City Hall, however, as HUAC had already filled the hearing chamber with supporters. Demonstrators began to chant outside the building, demanding entrance. The publicity generated by… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1979. Archive of materials for "The Society," an short-lived film production organization looking to produce "films which are agreeable and acceptable to all audiences [...] the classic western, the detective story, the family comedy, the simple uncomplicated love story, the science fiction thriller and always the Halloween Eve horror thriller." To our knowledge the organization never produced a completed film, thus remaining entirely conceptual. Archive includes five copies of an introductory pamphlet discussing the group's goals and prospective production costs, values, and procedures, as well as two treatment scripts for two unproduced films, "The Seven Inch Wilderness" and "The Irish Game." "The Seven Inch Wilderness" is based on Danish-American novelist Ib Melchior's 1980 science fiction novel "The Marcus Device," about a test pilot who suffers amnesia when his experimental plane crashes. "The Irish Game" was based on a novel by J.R. Lowell about a young Irishman who starts a… Read More

Los Angeles: N.p., 1935. Archive of material regarding a pair of prospective African American child actors, including four black and white photographs of the children, four autograph letters signed from a "Madame Fay," variously addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith and an unnamed "Mr. Agent," and one typescript letter, unsigned (but seemingly from one of the Smiths), responding to Fay's previous correspondence. Two photographs with the stamp of Adair's Studio at 4105 Central Avenue on the verso. Fay's letters, which identify the children as twins, broadly discuss her hopes of securing acting representation for the twins, facilitated by the Smiths, who seem to have had some connections within the film industry. The letters also frankly address Fay's financial hardships, noting, "I don't expect much for myself in the start buy if I only know that I have a Dependance I will feel safer. I don't think I shall ever be able to go into any ones kitchen and the lisence is so high for readings that unless… Read More

1968. Autograph letter signed from noted director René Clair to producer Daniel Selznick, executed on hotel airmail stationery. In French. Included are two photostat copies of related letters from Selznick to Clair (also in French), as well as a ditto-style mimeograph copy of a wire from Clair to Selznick noting where Clair is staying during May 1968. The letters involve a project for Universal, for which Selznick is soliciting Clair's involvement. A rough English translation of the letter reads: "Dear Mr. Selznick / It is with pleasure that I would examine with you the project described in your letter of July 23 (which got to my address in Paris on August 1, and was then delivered to me here). / I am in St. Moritz at the above address until August 20, then Neuilly, then Madrid.  Please let me know where and when it would be convenient for us to meet.  Warmly, René Clair." Daniel Selznick, the son of David O. Selznick, is best known as a producer for films such as Peter Bogdanovich's "Targets"… Read More

Los Angeles: Olympic International Films, 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 nudie film. A private detective investigates the erotic goings-on in the movie business, where he meets a variety of nude figure models and actresses. Two pages, bifold. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Draft script for the 1985 German film, here under the English title "Into the Spirit of Times, Past and Present." With annotations in manuscript pencil on the first three pages regarding casting, noted as copy No. 112 in manuscript ink on the title page. Text and titles in English. The fourth and final entry in Mike Kruger and Thomas Gottschalk's "Super-Nose" comedy film series, preceded by "Piratensender Power Play" (1982), "Die Supernasen" (1983), and "Zwei Nasen tanken Super" (1984). The series followed the adventures and mishaps of two goofy, frequently time-traveling roommates. Missing front wrapper, with a yellow rear wrapper. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriters Mike Kruger and Thomas Gottschalk. 155 leaves, with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, with a white prong binding.

N.p.: N.p., 1945. Two vintage double weight photographs, one showing of MGM still photographer Bert Lynch and his wife Bonnie, with "Columbia Pictures Photo by Joe Walters" stamp on the verso (Walters was a Paramount still photographer), and one portrait photograph of Bonnie Lynch, both lovingly inscribed in manuscript ink by Bonnie to Bert, circa 1945. In the photograph of Bert and Bonnie, Bert is in uniform, having recently returned home from service in the Navy during World War II, inscribed on lower right in manuscript ink, by Bonnie: "Darlin' / We can always keep it this way / Bonnie + Bert together + happy / I love you / Bonnie" In the striking head shot of Bonnie, Bonnie inscribed on the upper left in manuscript ink, "Dearest Little Fellah / It will always be as it is now - you + I together / wanting (underlined) to be / Love you darlin' / Bonnie" Bert Lynch was a prolific MGM still photographer for four decades, beginning in the mid 1920s through the early 1960s. Photos 8 x 9.5 inches and… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film, showing a near-nude Edy Williams. With the stamp of still photographer Willy Rizzo on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers, sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite, once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity, however, and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence, drugs, and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock, supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji, and a bit part from future blaxploitation icon Pam Grier, the film proved… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film, showing actors Cynthia Myers and Erica Gavin. Dealer label adhered to the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers, sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite, once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity, however, and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence, drugs, and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock, supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji, and a bit part from future blaxploitation icon Pam Grier, the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office… Read More