Search Results: Producers from Royal Books, Inc.

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 plus, slightly wavy, with light edgewear.

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 for the MGM logo since its creation by designer Howard Dietz in 1924, beginning with Slats, a lion born at the Dublin Zoo in 1919. United Artists was sold to Transamerica Corporation in 1967, who would sell the studio to Kirk Kerkorian (the then-current owner of MGM) in 1981. The MGM / UA mascot variant does not appear to have been widely used. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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 in 1951 as a film noir starring Robert Mitchum. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, lightly age-toned.

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 chip to the top left corner, else Near Fine.

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 comedy about a hard-nosed Soviet policeman who must team up with a loudmouthed Chicago detective to find and extradite a Georgian drug lord. Shot on location in Chicago and Los Angeles in the US, in Steiermark, Austria, in Budapest, Hungary, and in Moscow, Russia. Title page present, noted as FIRST DRAFT SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriters Troy Kennedy Martin and Walter Hill. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132A. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/24/87 and 9/16/87. Pages Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972. Final Shooting script for the 1973 film. The script supervisor's copy, with their photocopied annotations on virtually every page, bound as a presentation copy for director-producer Philip D'Antoni. Warmly inscribed by D'Antoni's wife Ruth to Philip on the front endpaper: "Father's Day / June 17th, 1974 / To my producer, friend, writer, musician, lover / Ever sincerely, Ruthie." Based on an original fictional original story by real-life NYPD officer Sonny Grosso, about the "Seven-Ups," a secret New York detective squad with unorthodox methods (of questionable legality). An informant for the squad is secretly behind a kidnapping scheme, with the kidnappers impersonating police officers. A masterfully executed script supervisor's document, with the legendary car chase scene in the film broken down frame by frame for nearly 30 pages. Set in New York City, shot on location in New York City, New York State, and Weehawken, New Jersey. Blue full leather… Read More

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Darryl F. Zanuck with a camera crew on the set of the 1957 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fairly faithful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel, about a group of British and American expatriates in Paris who travel to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls. Featuring a career revitalizing performance from Errol Flynn, as a hedonistic, hard living drunk, which would lead to him being cast as an alcoholic in several more films-roles he had a literal lifetime of experience preparing for. Set in Spain and France, shot on location in Spain, France, and Mexico, the latter much to the consternation of Hemingway who said "You're meant to be in Spain and all you see walking around are nothing but Mexicans... It looked pretty silly" and reportedly walked out after 25 minutes. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Revised Final script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1947 play "For Love or Money" by F. Hugh Herbert. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter, bound in full navy calf with gilt titles and design, with Hunter's name on the front board. Veteran actor Curd Jurgens begins to have feelings for a young woman (Debbie Reynolds), much to the chagrin of his romantic partner Alexis Smith. Ultimately Reynolds chooses his younger neighbor (John Saxon), and Jurgens happily returns to Smith. Winner of a Golden Globe. Set in Connecticut. Title page present, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 142 leaves, with last page of text numbered "135-A and 136." Multilith duplication, with blue and pink revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/12/57 and 9/24/57. Pages Fine, presentation binding about 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 x 5 inches. Near Fine.

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 number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on J.R. Salamanca's 1958 novel "The Lost Country," about a young man who is held back from his dreams of a literary career by his dysfunctional family. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated November 17, 1960, noted as Revised Final, with credit for screenwriter… Read More

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 notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on the 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker, in turn loosely inspired by the life of famed jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. A young trumpet player finds himself caught in a love triangle between a talented singer and a beautiful but disturbed heiress. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five… Read More