Hollywood Blacklist from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1956. Revised Draft script for the 1956 play, INSCRIBED on the title page, "For my dear friend Steve Fritchman / with gratitude for helping me bring it to life / Lester." Stephen Hole Fritchman was a noted minister of the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, which put on the only known production of play, which premiered… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Original pressbook for the 1958 film. Just as Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication, the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving actresses Tina Louise and Fay Spain were perceived as obscene, the film was said to call marital fidelity… Read more about this item

N.p.: Kaufman-Lubin Productions, 1962. Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara, Sammy Davis Jr., Broderick Crawford, Vincent Price, Roland LaStarza, Timothy Carey, Ray Walston and others, also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes… Read more about this item

North Hollywood: Republic Pictures, 1937. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film, here under the working title "It Might Happen to You," three of Elsa Janssen and Christian Rub. Mimeo snipes on the verso. Max Barrett (), known to everyone as "Pa," owns a candy store in New York East side neighborhood of immigrants and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Original script for two plays by Academy Award winning screenwriter Howard Koch. Copy belonging to an unknown actor who played the character of Norm in "Dead Letters," with his lines highlighted and manuscript annotations regarding dialogue and action throughout. In a preliminary note, Koch describes "Dead Letters" and "The Campers" as "two plays, each… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950. Revised First Draft Continuity script for the 1951 film. Included is an index to the script breakdown, detailing various scenes and script page numbers with revisions. Copy belonging to Dane Anderson, an uncredited member of the crew, with his name on the front wrapper of the script breakdown, and annotations throughout, in manuscript pencil.… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paul Kohner, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced adaptation of B. Traven's 1929 novel by Hollywood Ten writer Albert Maltz. With xerographically duplicated annotations and typeovers throughout. Agency script, in wrappers from the Paul Kohner agency, although this script appears to bear no relationship to the 1971 adaptation of "The Bridge in the Jungle" written and directed by… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1936. Vintage hand-tinted color promotional photographs of Karen Morley in 1936, just before her first feature with Paramount Pictures, "The Last Train from Madrid" (1937). Morley's notable film credits include "Mata Hari" (1931), "Scarface" (1932), "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932), "Flesh" (1932), and "Black Fury" (1935). After filming "Framed" (1947), Morley's career came… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Collection of one color and two black and white vintage double weight studio still photographs from 1968 film. Featuring Mia Farrow and Elizabeth Taylor. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine condition.

1968. Autograph note signed from noted screenwriter Carl Foreman to producer Daniel Selznick, executed on Foreman's production company stationery (Open Road Films, Limited in London). In the letter, Foreman agrees to meet with Selznick to discuss a project Selznick is working on for Universal. Included are two photostat copies of related letters from Selznick to Foreman, going into some… Read more about this item

London: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, 1972. Vintage color British front-of-house card featuring Richard Burton, from the UK release of the 1972 UK film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Mexico City: Ultramar Films, 1952. Draft script for the 1954 Mexican film. Also included are seven film still photographs from the film. A rare pre-production script from Luis Buñuel's first color film, one of the key productions from his Mexican period, written with Hugo Butler, who was at the time living in self-imposed exile in Mexico with… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1945. Original one sheet poster for the 1945 film noir. An overlooked gem from Dick Powell's second life as a noir icon, an anti-fascist espionage tale with a labyrinthine, Chandler-worthy plot, and an unforgettable standoff at the end. The undisguised, left-leaning overtones throughout contributed significantly to the blacklisting of both producer… Read more about this item