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N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man with substantial debt is laid off from his casino job, but is allowed a second chance at life at another casino in another country. Blue titled wrappers, undated, with no credit for the screenwriter. 241 leaves, with last page of text numbered 240. Mimeograph duplication,… Read more about this item

London: J. Arthur Rank, 1957. Shooting script for the 1957 film. Hoping to impress the woman he loves with a diamond pendant, a jeweler places a one-pound bet on a six-horse accumulator at the Goodwood races, which begins to pay off in a substantial way-to the unhappiness of his bookie. Beige titled wrappers, noted as… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1964. Vintage banner poster from the 1964 film. Based on popular 1962-1966 ABC television sitcom, made during the series second season, and followed by the 1965 sequel, "McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force," also directed by series producer Edward Montagne. Remade in 1997, directed by Bryan Spicer, and starring Tom Arnold and David Alan… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. At the end of World War II, a veteran wakes up from surgery to discover his friend is missing-and suspected of murder. He follows a trail of clues to find his friend, and, more importantly, find out if the man is guilty. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film. Based on the 1923 short story "My Old Man," by Ernest Hemingway. John Garfield stars as a crooked, washed-up, expatriate jockey on the run from a racketeer for not throwing a race, while trying to redeem himself for the sake of his son. Remade in 1979… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The adventures of roguish gambler and man-about-town Anthony "Mink" Romano. A later effort by comic book writer and artist Bob Kane, best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Batman alongside artist Bill Finger. In his later career Kane turned to screenwriting and film work, serving… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few manuscript annotations throughout, most noting deletions. Two professional gamblers plan to pull off an international long con. Set in Lucerne and Las Vegas. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Michael Curry. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120.… Read more about this item

North Hollywood: Republic Pictures, 1955. Vintage color program for the 1955 film. Yvonne De Carlo stars as a café singer who inherits a fortune and buys a casino in Nassau, and the many suitors, including gangsters, she attracks. 5.5 x 8.5 inches, Tri-fold. Very Good plus, with a horizontal crease, and light creasing and edgewear overall. … Read more about this item

N.p.: CBS, 1979. Three items, including one vintage photographic print of a promotional ad illustration and two other black-and-white prints demonstrating three color separation sheets (see images) for same, all made for the 1979 television special. With mimeo snipe on the recto of the promotional photograph advertising the broadcast of the 10th Annual World Series of Poker as part… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film, one showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz with actors Jean Simmons and Stubby Kaye and wardrobe designer Irene Sharaff, and the other showing Sharaff, Mankiewicz, and choreographer Michael Kidd. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical,… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film noir. At the end of World War II, a veteran wakes up from an important surgery to discover his friend is missing-and suspected of murder. He follows a trail of clues to find his friend, and, more importantly, find out if the man is guilty.… Read more about this item

Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1960. First Edition. No. S1015. First Edition, a paperback original. Slight spine lean, else Near Fine in wrappers. Holroyd, p. 278. Shine, p. 17.

Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of Dale Robertson and Debra Paget from the 1954 film. Discharged army Captain Dale Robertson learns of his father's murder by three local Creoles at a card game and sets out to revenge the murder. Set in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches.… Read more about this item

N.p.: Lion Share, 1983. Archive of production material from the 1983 television movie belonging to actor Johnny Crawford. Archive does not include a script, but does include front and rear wrappers for scripts, 29 call sheets, three xerographically duplicated maps of shooting locations, and a gathering of material regarding hotel and travel arrangements. The second film in the… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1956. Draft script for the 198th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series, which originally aired on August 7, 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his personal stamp to the first two leaves, and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout, regarding substantive revisions and deletions. Incomplete as issued. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1942. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1942 French film, all three showing noted Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa. Based on the 1938 novel by Maurice Dekobra, a melodrama set during the Sino-Japanese war, about a German arms dealer who runs afoul of a Chinese mobster. Originally shot with Erich von Stroheim in the lead, but… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film, showing actors Blanche Yurka, Edith Barrett, and Montagu Love. A social climbing casino steamboat proprietor betrays her fiance in order to marry into an upper-crust family. Set in New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with a small tear to the bottom left… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film, one with mimeo snipe on verso. Sam Peckinpah was the original director on the film, but was fired after producer Martin Ransohoff saw the rushes from the first few days of shooting. Peckinpah's version was in black and white, reportedly with nudity… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 film, showing actors Jim Graves, June Marlowe, and Wilson Benge. With a typescript snipe to the verso. Based on the 1925 play "The Deacon," about a cardsharp with a heart of gold. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with a small chip at the bottom… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film, showing a bejeweled Lana Turner posing next to a treasure trunk. Two manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. Based on the Biblical story, about a wealthy young man who renounces his faith after he is seduced by a pagan priestess and cheated of his… Read more about this item