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The Films Of Sergio Leone
by Robert C Cumbow
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-251), dscography (p. [247]), filmography (p. [223]-245), and index.
Florida On Film the Essential Guide To Sunshine State Cinema & Locations
by Susan and Morrow, David Doll
Edward D Wood Jr Book and Video Set Containing "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "Nightmare Of Ecstasy
by Edward D and Rudolph Grey and Bela Lugosi Wood Jr
Film History Books & Ephemera
UNDERWORLD (1927) Photo ft. Evelyn Brent, George Bancroft, Clive Brook
by Paramount
Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. [Los Angeles]: Paramount Pictures, [1927]. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, light crease and rippling from descriptive paper snipe on back, near fine.A portrait of Evelyn Brent, George Bancroft and Clive Brook from Josef von Sternberg's gangster film, often cited as a proto-film noir.Grant, p. 675: "Important precursor of the 1930s US gangster movie and, as such, significant to noir's ancestry." Silver and Ward, p. 301:...
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A$1,162.05
DAVID LEAN, NOËL COWARD DIRECT | IN WHICH WE SERVE (1942) UK photo
by Two Cities Films
Two Cities Films. No binding. Just About Fine. [London]: Two Cities Films, [1942]. Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white British behind-the-scenes photo. Production company stamp on verso, also sticker of photo agency, just about fine.
Directors David Lean and Noël Coward line up a shot for this classic WWII film.
Directors David Lean and Noël Coward line up a shot for this classic WWII film.
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A$542.29
The Seal of Dracula
by Pattison, Barrie
New York: Bounty Books. 1975. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour posters and black & white stills from American, British and European vampire movies. 136 pages. Traces the history of cinematic vampires to from Nosferatu to the time of publication. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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A$35.00
A Twentieth Century Job
by Infante, G. Cabrera
London: Faber and Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571161774 . Briefly inscribed by Infante to Herb Yellin, publisher of Lord John Press. Foxing to the pages, and a short closed tear to the front panel. Slight wear to the dust jacket which has the publisher's price intact on the front flap. A collection of film reviews originally published in 1963. ; 371 pages; Signed by Author .
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A$57.33
Back in the Saddle Again: New Essays on the Western
by Buscombe, Edward and Roberta E. Pearson (Editors)
London: British Film Institute. Very Good. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0851706614 . A security sticker to the inside rear cover, else unmarked. Shallow creasing to the covers. Some illustrations, four in color, includes index.; 218 pages .
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A$26.34
No Rose, Volume 1, Number 2 (Fall 1976)
by Levine, Richard, and Renee Shafransky (eds.), James Hoberman (J. Hoberman, on Oscar Micheaux), Richard Levine, John Mendelsohn, Seymour Stern, Robert Kelly, Marcia Bronstein, et al
New York: The Collective for Living Cinema , 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Second issue of this scarce seventies art review published by the Collective for Living Cinema. Includes a great article on Oscar Micheaux by J. Hoberman. Spotting to covers and outer wear, no markings.
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A$61.98
STATE PENITENTIARY (1950) Three sheet poster
by Columbia
No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 81" (102 x 202 cm.) three sheet poster, USA. Warner Baxter, Onslow Stevens, Karin Booth, Robert Shayne, dir: Lew Landers; Columbia. Folded, there is only light shelf wear to an unused poster, fine.Story of Roger Manners, an aircraft manufacturer, who is wrongly accused of embezzlement and sent to prison. His dilemma is to decide to partake in a prison break or stay put until his wife can prove his innocence. She is doing this by romancing the real...
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A$232.41
Imagenes Del Mexicano
by Dafne Cruz Porchini, Luis Adrian Vargas Santiago, Maria Teresa Uriarte, Rebeca Kraselsky, Francesco Gonzalez Crussi, Gabriela Pulido Llano, Laura Gonzalez Flores, Antonio Saborit, Juan Solis,
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, 2009. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 461 pages. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in illustrated paper covered boards, issued without a dustjacket. Texts in English with translations into Spanish at the back. Minimal shelfwear to the edges and corners of the boards, with the slightest bit of associated rubbing to the covers. Else, the binding is tight and solid, with a clean, unmarked interior. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in the Spring of 2010....
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A$766.95
STEVE MCQUEEN | THE WAR LOVER (1962) Publicity portrait
by Columbia
Columbia. No binding. Just About Fine. [Hollywood]: Columbia Pictures, [1962]. Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 21 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, just about fine.
A portrait of Steve McQueen in his early-30s and just at the moment when he was becoming a recognized movie star, for this WWII film in which he plays an arrogant bomber pilot.
A portrait of Steve McQueen in his early-30s and just at the moment when he was becoming a recognized movie star, for this WWII film in which he plays an arrogant bomber pilot.
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A$309.88
HUMPHREY BOGART HOLDS TWO PISTOLS AS MAD DOG EARLE | HIGH SIERRA (1941) Oversized portrait
by Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers. No binding. Just About Fine. [Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, 1941]. Vintage original 11 x 14" (28 x 35 cm.) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print photo. Print is borderless, there is one stain on Bogart's shoulder at far right. Just about fine.
Humphrey Bogart toiled on screen for nearly 10 years in all kinds of supporting and second-billed roles, with an occasional lead in a B film. High Sierra's Roy "Mad Dog" Earle was the role which catapulted Humphrey Bogart to... Read more about this item
Humphrey Bogart toiled on screen for nearly 10 years in all kinds of supporting and second-billed roles, with an occasional lead in a B film. High Sierra's Roy "Mad Dog" Earle was the role which catapulted Humphrey Bogart to... Read more about this item
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A$2,324.10
VAMPIRA | THE BEAT GENERATION (1959) Photo
by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Just About Fine. [Los Angeles]: MGM, [1959]. Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white double weight print still photo, with mimeographed text on verso, just about fine.
Vampira (Maila Nurmi) here recites poetry, with her pet mouse on her shoulder. Vampira was a 1950s horror hostess on local Los Angeles television. She appeared in a few films, most memorably Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.
This movie is a film noir, although compromised by its pseudo... Read more about this item
Vampira (Maila Nurmi) here recites poetry, with her pet mouse on her shoulder. Vampira was a 1950s horror hostess on local Los Angeles television. She appeared in a few films, most memorably Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.
This movie is a film noir, although compromised by its pseudo... Read more about this item
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![(French proto-noir) LE QUAI DES BRUMES [PORT OF SHADOWS] (1938) Set of 2 French photos by Roger Kahan](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/705/681/1553681705.0.b.jpg)
(French proto-noir) LE QUAI DES BRUMES [PORT OF SHADOWS] (1938) Set of 2 French photos by Roger Kahan
by Roger Kahan
Ciné-Alliance. No binding. Just About Fine. [Paris: Ciné-Alliance, 1938]. Two (2) vintage original 7 x 9" (18 x 23 cm.) double weight French photos, just about fine. Grant, p. 525: "A gloomy yet beautifully made early French noir, made as the shadow of impending war hung over Europe." Both show lead actress Michèle Morgan, one is with co-star Michel Simon. Original French photos from this first 1938 release...
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DRAMATIC ENSEMBLE SCENE | THE CAINE MUTINY (1953) Oversize photo
by Columbia
Columbia. No binding. Near Fine. [Hollywood]: Columbia Pictures, 1953. Vintage original borderless double weight 10 1/2 x 13 1/2" (27 x 34 cm.) black-and-white print still photo. Minor creases at edges, near fine.
The dramatic moment when Van Johnson and Robert Francis assume command of the Caine from Humphrey Bogart.
The dramatic moment when Van Johnson and Robert Francis assume command of the Caine from Humphrey Bogart.
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The Complete Films of Buster Keaton
by Kline, Jim
New York: Carol Publishing Group. Very Good. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0806513039 . Modest wear to the covers. Bibliography, illustrated. A list of the publisher's other film titles at rear. ; Trade PB; 238 pages .
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A$35.64
COVER GIRL KILLER (1960 US-release) One sheet poster
by Eros Films, FanFare Films
No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 27 x 41" (68 x 102 cm.) one sheet poster, USA. Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Spencer Teakle, Victor Brooks, Bernadette Milnes, dir: Terry Bishop, Eros Films/FanFare Films. Folded, fine.American poster (dated 1960) for this UK-made exploitation crime thriller. The poster's by-line really says all that needs to be said about the film. It is the story of bikini wearing pin-ups who end up dead in the exact same poses that they are featured in on the cover...
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A$426.09
KINO. A History of the Russian Film.
by Jay Leyda
George Allen & Unwin. London. 1960. 525 pages. Publisher's cloth. Fine/-.
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A$49.00
MARCHING ON! (1943)
by Astor
No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print (African American film) Dallas: Astor Pictures, [1943]. Vintage original 11 x 14"" (28 x 36 cm.) lobby card, NEAR FINE. A Black cast film about a young African American who continues his family's tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army during World War II. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes...
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A$774.70
Film Facts
by Robertson, Patrick
London: Aurum Press. 2001. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Light creasing to top right corner. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 256 pages. 110 years of screen history from 80 movie-making nations. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$15.00
GLORY (1989) Promotional book
by Tri-Star
Tri-Star. Hardcover. Fine. [Hollywood]: Tri-Star Pictures, 1989. Vintage original 10 1/2 x 14" (27 x 36 cm.) promotional booklet, USA. Pictorial wrappers, oblong folio, 34 pp.in original printed mailing envelope, FINE. A sumptuously illustrated promotional book, replete with excellent color plates, for this film about African American participation in the Civil War.
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A$581.03
Robert Duvall: Hollywood Maverick
by Slawson, Judith
Slawson, Judith. Robert Duvall: Hollywood Maverick. BIOGRAPHY. ISBN 0312687087. 1985 First Edition 1st impression thus. St. Martin's Press, New York. Illustrated with photographs. 198 pages, indexed. EXLIB. Good/Good price-clipped mauve dust jacket. Biography of Robert Duvall, who has appeared in The Godfather; THX-1138, True Grit, Lonesome Dove, and many other memorable films.
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A$54.15A$32.49
CROSSFIRE (1947) Pressbook
by RKO Radio
RKO Radio. Softcover/Paperback. Very Good+. [Hollywood]: RKO Radio Pictures, 1947. Vintage original pressbook, printed wrappers, 18 x 12" (46 x 30 cm.), 16 pp. Folded once horizontally (as issued), VERY GOOD+. Classic film noir, one of the few noir films of the 1940s to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. A story about a serviceman on leave who kills a Jewish man due to anti-Semitic hatred. It was adapted from the Richard Brooks novel The Brick Foxhole ( in which the serviceman kills a gay man, but...
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A$503.56
Paddy Chayefsky
by Clum, John M. (on Paddy Chayefsky)
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 152pp, blue cloth boards stamped in gold. A detailed survey of Chayefsky's career in all fields up to Network. Solid copy with "Purchase at USPS Auction" stamp to verso of front free endpaper (no other markings) and slight edgewear to that flyleaf at the front pastedown.
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A$18.59
CROSSFIRE (1947) Archive of 7 photos
by RKO
RKO. No binding. Very Good+. [Hollywood]: RKO Pictures, 1947. Archive of seven (7) photos -- six 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) photos and one borderless 7 ¼ x 9 1/8" (19 x 23 cm.) photo. One with text affixed on front; 3 are date stamped; 3 have photographer's stamp on verso, and 3 have studio text on verso. One with neatly mended archival paper to address marginal tear. Overall, very good+.Edward Dmytryk directed Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum, Robert Young and Gloria Grahame in this film noir. Selby, p. 36: "One...
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Raymond Chandler (source), Robert Altman (director) THE LONG GOODBYE (May 22, 1972) Signed revised draft film script
by Leigh Brackett, Raymond Chandler (source)
E-K Corporation. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Los Angeles: E-K Corporation, 1972. Vintage original film screenplay, 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm.), printed wrappers, brad bound, mimeograph, with many pages of revisions on colored paper. Near fine or better, signed by screenwriter Leigh Brackett on title page, which indicates it is a revised draft dated May 22, 1972.
The Long Goodbye, an adaptation of the 1953 private eye novel by Raymond Chandler, is a brilliantly written screenplay by one of the all-time... Read more about this item
The Long Goodbye, an adaptation of the 1953 private eye novel by Raymond Chandler, is a brilliantly written screenplay by one of the all-time... Read more about this item
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A$6,972.30
H.G. Wells in the Cinema
by Wykes, Alan
London: Jupiter Books. 1977. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White stills from the films. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
