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N.p.: N.p., 1957. Vintage photograph of then-senator John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie Kennedy with producer Mike Todd, circa 1957. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Three vintage large format negatives, showing Walt Disney, a cel from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), and a cel from "The Jungle Book" (1967) respectively. "The Jungle Book" was the final animated feature to be produced by Walt Disney, who died in December, 1966 after a brief battle with lung cancer. 4… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Second Revised Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 26 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Revised Final script for the 1961 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 25 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Draft script for the 1950 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1941. Final script for the 1942 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1953. Final Draft script for the 1954 film, seen here under the working title "A Name for Herself." Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Carolco / Lone Wolf / Oak, 1988. Revised First Draft Shooting script for the 1988 film. Presentation Copy belonging to producer Gordon Carroll, bound in full red leather, with his name in gilt on the bottom right corner of the front board, and his name in manuscript ink on the title page. A buddy cop… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage borderless photograph of Walt Disney shaking hands with RKO Chairman Merlin Aylesworth, while RKO president Ned Depinet looks on to the right. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. RKO entered into a distribution deal with Disney in 1936, and for the next two decades would release Disney's features and shorts, including "Snow… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1930. Vintage photograph of actress Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM producer Irving Thalberg, aboard a ship traveling to Europe, circa 1930. Mimeo snipe in French on the verso. In 1923, Thalberg, then a producer at Louis B. Mayer Pictures, invited Shearer to come sign with the studio. After four years working… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage double weight portrait photograph of playwright, screenwriter, and actor Bartlett Cormack, circa 1930s. Stamp of Los Angeles studio photographer Ray Huff on the verso. Cormack wrote his best-remembered play, "The Racket," in 1927. The work would go on to be adapted twice for film: once in 1928 as a silent film, and once… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage borderless photograph of studio executive Darryl F. Zanuck, circa 1940s. With the provenance stamp of collector Lester Glassner on the verso, along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations identifying Zanuck. 7.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage photograph of producer Darryl F. Zanuck holding an Academy Award, circa 1940s. Zanuck was nominated for fifteen Academy Award-nominated pictures throughout his extensive tenure as a Hollywood producer, winning three: "How Green Was My Valley" in 1941, "Gentleman's Agreement" in 1947, and "All About Eve" in 1950. 8 x 10 inches. Very… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage candid photograph of Hollywood producers Darryl F. Zanuck and Louis B. Mayer attending a formal event, circa 1930s. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the provenance stamp of collector Lester Glassner. Shortly after leaving Warner Brothers in 1933 over a salary dispute, Zanuck formed Twentieth Century Pictures with Mayer, then… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1937. Vintage borderless photograph of film producer Adolph Zukor, circa 1937. With a printed mimeo snipe dated Jan. 25, 1937 affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of photography agency Underwood and Underwood. Austro-Hungarian-born producer Zukor established Paramount Pictures in 1916 alongside Jesse Lasky and William Wadsworth Hodkinson. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: International News Photos, 1946. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of actor Bert Lahr with producer Mike Todd and other producers, circa 1946. With the stamp of International News Photos to the verso. The group was likely in talks for a planned musical revue produced by Todd and set to star Lahr, called "Face and Body," which… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Production contract regarding the 1967 television documentary film "Around the World of Mike Todd," SIGNED by actor John Gielgud on September 1, 1966. The documentary examines the making of producer Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days," winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1956. 8.5 x 11 inches. Small… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / United Artists, 1980. Vintage large format color negative, produced circa 1981, showing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's production logo, with the studio's longtime motto, "Ars Gratia Artis," replaced by the joint studio name "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists." From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. There have been eight different lions used… Read more about this item

N.p.: Roger Corman Productions, 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film, seen here under the working title "Canyons." Copy belonging to character actor and longtime Roger Corman collaborator Dick Miller, with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations to pages 48 and 50A, as well as copied annotations on nearly every page. From the estate of Dick Miller. … Read more about this item