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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1994. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1994 film: one showing Oliver Stone and Woody Harrelson consulting a screenplay between takes, one showing Stone leaning on a railing with Robert Downey Jr., and the last showing Stone talking with Juliette Lewis. All three photographs credited to photographer Sidney Baldwin on the… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film, showing actor Martin Sheen. Provenance labels on the verso. Director Terrence Malick's transcendent and ferocious debut, loosely based on the 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in early outstanding performances. Kit, a… Read more about this item

N.p.: Cinemas Associés, 1973. Collection of six vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the French release of the 1973 American documentary film. An early documentary film about Charles Manson and his followers ("The Family"), exploring the cult's origins and the famous Tate-LaBianca murders. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. 12… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing actor Warren Oates and director John Milius between takes. Stamp of Rossel Films on the verso. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero, midwestern bank robber, and notorious mobster John Dillinger, best known for killing five FBI agents during… Read more about this item

Temecula, California: Erle Stanley Gardner, 1958. Original ribbon copy typescript letter, signed by Erle Stanley Gardner, on Gardner's letterhead, dated October 5, 1959, to author Veronica Parker Johns of the Mystery Writers of America, Inc. (MWA). The letter, written in response to one from Johns, regards a questionnaire Johns sent to various public figures regarding mystery stories for the… Read more about this item

Temecula, California: Erle Stanley Gardner, 1958. Original two-page ribbon copy typescript letter, signed by Erle Stanley Gardner, on onionskin with Gardner's letterhead, dated October 3, 1961, to author Richard M. Gordon of the Mystery Writers of America, Inc. (MWA), declining to be the editor of a proposed mystery anthology by MWA, and offering other options in support. 8.5… Read more about this item

Temecula, California: Erle Stanley Gardner, 1953. Original ribbon copy typescript letter, signed by Erle Stanley Gardner, on onionskin with Gardner's letterhead, dated May 12th, 1953, to the Mystery Writers of America, Inc., expressing appreciation for the 1953 Best Fact Crime, Edgar Award, for Gardner's 1952 true crime book "The Court of Last Resort." Gardner's first foray into true… Read more about this item

Temecula, California: Erle Stanley Gardner, 1958. Original ribbon copy typescript letter, signed by Erle Stanley Gardner, on onionskin with Gardner's letterhead, dated June 19, 1958, to Catherine Barth, Executive Secretary to the Mystery Writers of America, Inc., expressing gratitude for forwarding the gold and onyx Edgar Allan Poe ring presented to Gardner from the Mystery Writers of Japan. … Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine and unread in wrappers.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1984. Vintage black-and-white satin-finish reference photograph of cinematographer Sven Nykvist shooting a carousel scene from the ground up on the set of the 1983 film. With the stamp of still photographer Stephen Vaughan on the verso. Based on Teresa Carpenter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate," which traced the unusual circumstances… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1972. First Australian Edition (and correct first). Basis for the 1978 film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tommy Lewis, Ray Barrett, and Freddy Reynolds. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.

Various cities: American International Pictures [AIP] / Concorde Film, 1973. Collection of six vintage reference photographs and one press leaflet from the Dutch release of the 1973 documentary film. Five photographs with the stamp of Concorde Film on the verso, one photograph with a mimeo snipe crediting American International Pictures on the verso, and one with the stamp of… Read more about this item

Paris: Paris Match, 1968. Vintage borderless press photograph, with bottom margin, of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in a Paris cafe, having arrived in Paris for the January 24, 1968 Moulin Rouge Premiere of the 1967 film. Six "Paris Match" stamps and an "International Magazine Service" stamp, dated "28 Jan 1968" on verso. Perhaps the most significant… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Based on the 1978 book "The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice," about a father searching for his missing son in the aftermath of the Chilean military coup of 1973. Nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or. … Read more about this item

Various American Cities: New Line Cinema / Spanky Pictures, 2001. For Your Consideration script for the 2001 film. Loosely based on Bruce Porter's 1993 book "Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All," and on the true stories of US drug trafficker George Jung. Set… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 Mexican-American exploitation film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing nine black and white photographs, and four gatherings of promotional reading material. The increasingly paranoid, fanatical leader of a large, independent church in San Francisco moves his congregation to a plot of land in Guyana in the hopes of… Read more about this item

San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, 1947. Archive consisting of five vintage oversize photographs of Frank Avilez, the San Francisco "Black Gloved Rapist," 1947. All five with dated San Francisco Examiner Library Stamps on the verso, one "July 13 1947," three "July 14, 1947," and one "Aug 8 1947," four with "Frank Avilez" stamps on the verso, one with the… Read more about this item

London: NGC Distributors, 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film, showing actor Robert F. Lyons behind the wheel of a convertible, sporting a leather jacket and aviators. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the true crimes of charismatic serial killer Charles Schmid, known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson," who murdered several women in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing actors Warren Oates and Michelle Phillips. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero, midwestern bank robber, and notorious mobster John Dillinger, best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Malibu Productions, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Miller was director Roger Corman's initial pick for the title role, but disagreements between Corman and screenwriter R. Wright Campbell (who wanted the lead to go to… Read more about this item