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Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of Hugh O'Brian and Dean Jagger from the 1979 film. Bruce Lee's final film. Lee's footage, shot between August and October 1972, when the film was suspended for Lee to work on Robert Clouse's "Enter the Dragon" (1973) and Lee died before returning to the film. Six years later Clouse would flesh out a feature around Lee's footage with a new cast, using stand-ins for Lee when needed. Billy Lo (Lee) is threatened by a racketeering syndicate after gaining international success as a martial arts movie star. When Lo refuses to be intimidated by henchman Steiner (O'Brian) and his thug, boss Dr. Land (Dean Jagger) orders his assassination. Set in and shot on location in Hong Kong and Macau, China. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972. Vintage press photograph of producer-director Mark Rydell on the set of the 1972 film. Based on the novel by William Dale Jennings, a television spinoff would later follow the film as well. Noted director Rydell purchased the rights to Jennings' novel prior to its publication, and it would remain Jennings' only film adaptation. Regarded as one of Wayne's most engaging late Westerns, in which his character must hire and train 11 boys under the age of 13 to accompany him on a cattle drive, the film also stirred up mild controversy among critics for its suggestion that adulthood should be achieved by way of violence and revenge. Set in South Dakota, but filmed on location in various locations in New Mexico and Colorado. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.

Burbank: Ohara Pub., 1972. soft cover, bumped corners, good condition . well illustrated. Burbank: soft cover, bumped corners, good condition 1972

N.p.: Raymond Chow, 1981. Vintage Spanish lobby card for the 1981 Hong Kong martial arts film. Marketed as a sequel to the never-completed martial arts film "Game of Death," after actor Bruce Lee's death in 1973. Lee's scenes were taken from his older films, including "Enter the Dragon" (1973). 12 x 16 inches. Good only, with moderate edgewear, a short closed tear on the center top edge, and pinholes at the corners.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape, along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage," wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees, France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy.

N.p.: Hemdale, 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. J. Lee Thompson's 1979 film follows the plight of a refugee scientist and his family as they attempt to escape war-torn France. The French resistance asks a Basque farmer to aid the family as they journey across the Pyrenees Mountains to neutral Spain. Shot on location in France. Red die cut wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen. 160 leaves, with last page of text numbered 159. Pages Near Fine, xerographically duplicated, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Small tear on the front wrapper.

Beverly Hills, CA: Bryanston Pictures, 1972. Vintage linen-backed US one sheet poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. Seen here under its US title, "Return of the Dragon." The first film produced by Bruce Lee's Concord Productions studio, as well as Lee's screenwriting and directorial debuts, and the film debut of Chuck Norris, who battles Lee in an iconic fight scene at the film's climax. 27 x 41 inches. Linen-backed and rolled. Very Good plus overall, with a few small nicks and creases.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1941. Two vintage oversize, borderless, double weight photographs from the 1941 musical. Signed, struck, and mounted by MGM photographer Bert Lynch. Loosely based on Ferenc Molnar's 1924 play Testor, which had previously been adapted to film in 1931 as The Guardsman, about husband who tests his wife's fidelity by disguising himself as another man, which she sees through immediately, and tortures him accordingly. The feature film debut of opera star Rise Stevens. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Photographs 12.75 x 9.75 and 9.75 x 12.75 inches, mounted to 16 x 20 inches. Photographs Near Fine with some light edgewear. Boards very good plus with some edgewear, toning at edge and tidemark most evident on versos.

N.p.: N.p., 1945. Revised Draft script for the 1945 film, here under the working title "The Fugitive." With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "92." All leaves watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY. The twelfth entry in the fourteen film Sherlock Holmes series featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1911 short story "The Adventure of the Red Circle." The prime minister of the fictitious eastern European country Rovinia begs Holmes and Watson to escort Prince Nikolas back home, as the king has been assassinated and the prince must ascend to the throne. The transatlantic voyage proves to be a dangerous journey, and every passenger becomes a suspect, though Holmes carries more than a few tricks and surprises up his cape. Set in Algiers. Tan titled wrappers, rubber-stamped production No. 7309, dated May 20, 1945. 93 leaves, with last page of text numbered 92. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very… Read More

N.p.: United International Pictures, 1975. Vintage one-sheet poster for the US release of the 1974 film. The poster which features an image of Bruce Lee and declares "Bruce Lee / Is He Alive or Dead? / What Really Happened? Where? How? Why? / The Life and Times of the King Dragon," did not in fact feature Lee, nor was the film about Lee. Set during WWII, two Japanese pardoned war criminals are given an undercover assignment at a lumberyard in occupied China. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus, with starting at the center creases and light chipping and small closed tears at the margins.

Orem, Utah: Osmond Television, 1978. Rough Final Draft script for the 1978 television special, copy belonging to Haywood Nelson, his name printed on bottom right of binder housing the script, and written in manuscript ink on top of two script pages. The variety show special aired on ABC on September 9, 1978, starring Kristy and Jimmy McNichol, and co-starring Donny Most, Haywood Nelson, Donny Osmond, Adam Rich, Danielle Spencer, Joey Travolta, Frankie Valli, and the animated Pink Panther cartoon character. Preceding the script are two green "Taping Schedule" pages and a four page "Short Rundown." Laid in is a "remittance advance" receipt, dated 1/18/79. Haywood Nelson was a popular African American child actor best known for his roles in the ABC comedy sitcoms "What's Happening!!" (1976-1979) and "What's Happening Now!!" (1985-1988). The ABC All-Star Saturday Preview Special was an annual variety show special featuring popular performers performing song and dance numbers, and sketch comedy pieces,… Read More