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N.p.: N.p., 1985. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is an envelope holding two xerographically reproduced synopses of the script, and two manuscript letters from screenwriter James Q. Estell to casting agent Paul Kohner and director John Huston, introducing the script. Two colonels on opposing sides face off during the Civil… Read more about this item

N.p.: American Releasing Corporation, 1955. Vintage insert poster from the 1955 film. Roger Corman's directorial debut and his third production. During the Civil War, five condemned men are offered pardons by the Confederacy if they join the Confederate army and track down a traitorous Confederate spy who is in possession of a stagecoach full of Confederate gold. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1976. Vintage script for the 1976 play. Agency script, produced from a master, with copied annotations throughout, noting page numbers and occasional editorial annotations, but no copied holes, and the label of The Lantz Office affixed to the title page. During the Civil War, three women in Georgia face the arrival of General Sherman on… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Four Star / Zane Grey, 1957. Draft script for the 13th episode of season two of the 1956-1961 Western anthology television series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and cast page, and his annotations on page 11. A sheriff begins to suspect that the drifter… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Two vintage photographs from the 1966 film, one color studio still photograph of Victoria Shaw and Patrick O'Neil and one borderless black and white test photograph of Janice Rule. Based on the Confederate "Beefsteak Raid" of 1864 during the Civil War. William Holden is an expatriate cattleman in Mexico during the Civil… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Stanley Kramer Productions, 1964. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film. Each with a provenance stamp on the versos. Based on a 1957 teleplay by Larry Klein which aired on CBS' "Playhouse 90" on March 7, 1957. A confederate soldier returns home after the war to find his home sold by… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Allied Artists, 1955. Final script for the 1956 film. SIGNED by actors Peter Mark Richman (who played the role of Gard Jordan) and Richard Eyer (who played the role of Little Jess) on the distribution page. Based on the 1945 novel by Jessamyn West. In spite of his family's pacifist wishes, a Quaker decides to join… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1954. Draft script for the 1954 Western film. After the American Civil War, a pair of mercenaries travel with a wealthy countess to the harbor at Vera Cruz, promising to protect a large shipment of gold she has been tasked with bringing to Emperor Maximilian. A Spaghetti Western antecedent, and one of… Read more about this item

N.p.: National General Pictures, 1972. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film, one of Susan Hayward and one of Scott Holden. Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film, John Benedict (Holden) leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians, led by a white man,… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1959. Vintage borderless matte-finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film, showing director John Ford smoking a cigar with model China Machado, who was then dating leading actor Bill Holden. With the stamp of still photographer Peter Basch on the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations identifying Ford and Machado. Loosely… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film, showing director Kevin Costner and a camera crew capturing a scene on location. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1988 novel by Michael Blake. A Union soldier is sent to a remote outpost… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page. After the Civil War, a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1950. Vintage pressbook for the 1950 film. Three escaped Confederate prisoners-of-war become involved in a plan to steal a substantial Union shipment of gold carried on a wagon train from Santa Fe to St. Louis. Shot on location in Kanab, Utah. 14 pages, saddle stitched, 12 x 17… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1971 film, showing actor Richard Crenna tied across a runaway horse, simulated by a saddle and a trailer bed, for a close-up scene. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Louis L'Amour's 1963 novel "Shalako." A… Read more about this item

New York: Firth, Pond, 1892. Vintage sheet music for the song written by Stephen Foster in 1853 song, issued in conjunction with late-era performances by traveling bands using the Christy's Minstrels moniker in 1892. Originally written as an anti-slavery ballad by Stephen Foster around 1852, the song was sold to American music company Firth, Pond, and Co., who… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1956. Vintage reference photograph of Anne Baxter, director Rudolph Mate, and Charlton Heston on the set of the 1956 film. Capt. Colt Saunders (Heston) returns to Texas from the Civil War to find his land wanted by carpetbaggers and his town controlled by corrupt Yankees. Set in Texas, shot on location… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Revised Draft script for the 1974 television film, which originally aired on December 3 on NBC. Not to be confused with the 1951 film directed by John Huston. Missing page 20, likely as used or issued. Based on the classic 1895 novel by Stephen Crane, which follows a Union soldier who dreams of… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Prospect Productions, Inc, 1956. Revised Final Shooting draft script for the 1957 film, here under the working title "Fort Laramie." Copy belonging to actress Frances Helm, heavily annotated in manuscript ink and pencil throughout, with all dialogue and action of Helm's character Melissa Brader underlined, and frequent annotations regarding action, motivation and dialogue. Annotation on leaf preceding title… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1959. Vintage reference photograph of John Ford and John Wayne on the set of the 1959 film. Loosely based on the 1956 novel by Harold Sinclair, which was based on the 1863 Civil War battle of Newton's Station and Grierson's Raid. A Union cavalry brigade's mission behind Confederate lines is complicated when… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film, showing director John Huston in costume for his cameo as a Union veteran. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout, along with a collector label. Based on the classic 1895 novel by Stephen Crane, which follows a Union soldier throughout the course of… Read more about this item