1980s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Beverly Hills, CA: BNB Productions, 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 78. Four teenagers accept a bet to spend the night at a sleazy traveling carnival, and find themselves stalked by the barker's violent, deformed son. Set in rural Iowa, shot on location… Read more about this item

Miami: Porky's Productions (Astral), 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Single photocopied manuscript annotation on the title page, noting "Received 10/9/80," and a single annotation in manuscript ink on the same page, noting copy No. 3. One of the highest grossing films of 1980, and the film that kickstarted the teen sex comedies of the 1980s, about… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1980. Final Draft script for the 1981 film, seen here under the working title "Hawks." Copy belonging to sound mixer Les Lazarowitz, with his name in manuscript ink on several pages, and his profuse annotations throughout. Two undercover New York police officers are hired to take down a deadly European terrorist. Actor Rutger… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film, showing young actress Aileen Quinn posing with canine actor Bingo. Based on the popular Broadway musical, in turn based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," about the rags-to-riches story of a peppy young girl and her pet mutt. Nominated for two… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, including one showing director Héctor Babenco talking with actor William Hurt on the set. Based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, about two cellmates who form an unusual bond during their imprisonment in a Brazilian prison. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Puig's novel also… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1982 film, two showing actress Jessica Lange, one showing Lange with actor Sam Shepard, and one showing Lange and director Graeme Clifford on the set. Loosely based on William Arnold's 1978 novel "Shadowland," a heavily fictionalized and widely discredited account of the life of actress Frances Farmer, whose… Read more about this item

New York: Cannon Films, 1985. First Draft script for the 1986 film. A hardened LAPD detective is framed by a vengeful ex-convict and sent to prison, where he befriends a foul-mouthed petty criminal, hatching a plot to escape together. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson, who purportedly sold his soul to the… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal, in his film debut, stars as Nico Toscani, an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1985 film, showing a sex scene with actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rutger Hauer. In sixteenth-century Italy, an army of mercenary peasants kidnaps a nobleman's fiancée as revenge for unpaid debts. Although disgusted by the brutality of the peasants, the woman soon falls in love with the group's… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage borderless matte-finish color reference photograph from the 1983 film, showing actor David Bowie preparing to face the firing squad. Printed snipe, provenance label, and ink annotations regarding cropping on the verso. Based on Laurens van der Post's 1963 novel "The Seed and the Sower," about Post's experiences as a prisoner of war during… Read more about this item

Tokyo: kura Eiga, 1980. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the obscure 1980 Japanese pink film. kura Eiga is one of the oldest independent Japanese studios producing and distributing pink films. Founded in 1961, the studio continues to operate today under the name "OP Eiga." 6.5 x 5 inches. Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Four vintage borderless press photographs, all irregularly trimmed for publication, of actress Piper Laurie and four other unknown people at an event, circa 1950s. Laurie has been working in film and television since her film debut in 1950's "Louisa" alongside then actor Ronald Reagan. She is most known for her roles in "Twin Peaks"… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage borderless portrait photograph of actress Felicia Farr circa 1950s. Farr began her career as a teen model until she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1955. She is best known for "Charley Varrick" (1973), "3:10 to Yuma" (1957) and "The Player" (1992). 6.5 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus, with creasing… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, both showing actress Melanie Griffith. A former boxer turned nightclub promoter joins together with a police detective to investigate a serial killer targeting strippers. Set in Manhattan, and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles.

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1983 film, showing actress Michelle Pfeiffer. Provenance labels affixed to the verso. Reviled upon its release by some, and perhaps the only picture to have ever been nominated for three Golden Globes along with a Razzie award, "Scarface" is today generally considered a classic genre film (and a… Read more about this item

Rotterdam: Film International, 1984. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1984 Japanese film. Loosely based on "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the classic 1967 Gabriel García Márquez novel, previously adapted by director Shûji Terayama for the stage. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mild-mannered accountant collapses and has a heart attack, learning shortly thereafter that he has a rare heart condition that leaves him with a slim chance of surviving the next 24 hours. He is convinced by his roommate to pursue his dreams on what may be… Read more about this item

Studio City, CA: ITC Productions, 1985. Early Draft script for the 1987 film, preceding its release by 2 years. An internally duplicated copy made during production, with copied punch holes and copied annotations on the title page, noting "Complete Shooting Script / Unmarked." A cult classic slasher about a demented, image-conscious man who, in an attempt to find… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas, determined to confront his former business partner, a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas, near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, dated 1985, with credits for… Read more about this item