1940s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Second Revised Final script for the 1941 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, marking scene numbers. Based on Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel. The men of the Morgan family earn a living working in their small Welsh town's mine, where they face dangerous and unhealthy conditions, and exploitation at the hands of the… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1980. Revised Final script for the 1948 film. Reproduced by Warner Brothers in-house in the 1980s, with a reader's carbon typescript report from 1948 summarizing the film's plot laid in, dated 5/11/48. Based on the 1927 novel by B. Traven, about two American drifters who join forces with an aging prospector to search for… Read more about this item

New York: Acme News Pictures, 1941. Vintage borderless photograph of actor Edward G. Robinson on his way to the inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, carrying a scroll with wishes of goodwill and luck, signed by his fellow Warner Brothers stars, including Bette Davis, James Cagney, and others. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1946. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1945 film. A fictionalized account of the life of composer George Gershwin, featuring several of Gershwin's real-life acquaintances, including Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, and Oscar Levant. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and faint age toning.

N.p.: N.p., 1947. Vintage promotional flyer for the Carver Theater and the Capitol Theater in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1947. Films advertised in the flyer include "The Red House" (1947), "Body and Soul" (1947), "Shadowed" (1946), "'Song of the Wasteland" (1947), and "Angel and the Badman" (1947). The flyer also includes advertisements for local businesses in Alexandria such… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film noir, showing actors Edmond O'Brien and Maria Palmer. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A man hired to be a secret bodyguard for a wealthy industrialist kills a man to protect his employer-but begins to suspect that the murder was a set-up. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1948. Draft script for the 1949 film, seen here under the working title "Happy Times." Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine and in manuscript pencil on the title page. Six reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. Jerry Wald is best… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Vitagraph, 1942. Vintage double weight borderless press portrait of actress Jane Wyman, circa 1942. Tiny Vitagraph insignia on the bottom right corner of the recto, and a faint stamp on the verso dated JAN 7 1942. Wyman worked as a popular contract player for Warner Brothers for over seven decades. She was best known for "Brother… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage press portrait of actress Jane Wyman and her daughter Maureen, circa 1940s. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Wyman's husband at the time, then-actor Ronald Reagan, was ordered to active duty in 1942, and served in the US Air Force and the First Motion Picture Unit until the end of the war in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1943. Vintage photo setup for an unknown publication of actor Jean-Pierre Aumont from the 1943 film. Aumont's American film debut. Based on the 1942 serialized novel by Helen MacInnes. A French army captain is in Brittany with the task of finding where Nazis are hiding their U-boats. He meets a woman who he takes a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1951. Films promoted in this flyer include "The Strange Door" (1951), "Stormy Weather" (1943), and "Warpath" (1951). The inside of the bifold promotes only one film, "Deadline USA" (1952). 4.5 x 6 inches, bifold as issued. Very Good plus, with a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1949. Vintage promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater in Alexandria, Virginia circa 1949. Films promoted in this flyer include " The Yearling" (1946), "Rachel and the Stranger" (1948), and "Fighter Squadron" (1948). This flyer also includes advertisements for local businesses in Alexandria such as Queen's Restaurant and White Star Market. 10 x… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater in Alexandria, Virginia circa 1951. Films promoted in this flyer include "Tomorrow is Another Day" (1951), "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942), and "Force of Arms" (1951). The flyer also includes advertisements for local Alexandria businesses Rosenberg's Department Store and Thrift Auto & Appliance Store. 4.5… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage promotional flyer for screenings of the film noir, "No Way Out" at the Carver Theater in Alexandria, Virginia circa 1950. Films promoted in this flyer include "No Way Out" (1950), "The House Across the Street" (1949), and "If You Knew Susie" (1948). This flyer also includes advertisements for local business in Alexandria such… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater in Alexandria , Virginia circa 1951. Films promoted in this flyer include other films from 1951, including "The Frogmen," "Teresa," "Bad Men of Nevada," "The Golden Gloves Story," and the film noir, "Fourteen Hours.". The flyer also includes advertisements for local businesses in Alexandria… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing actors Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Virginia Bruce, and Dennis Morgan. An ace pilot is grounded due to his failing eyesight, leading him to pursue a career as an instructor in an airline stewardess school, where he falls in love with a student. Set… 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., 1950. Vintage borderless portrait photograph of actress Kay Kendall circa 1950s. Kendall is most known for her work in "The Reluctant Debutante" (1958), Quentin Durward (1955), and "Les Girls" (1957), the last of which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Her career was cut short as she died… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1940. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film, including six studio still photographs and one reference photograph. Two with annotations in manuscript ink on the verso, and reference photograph with the stamps of photographer M. Marigold and Dell Publishing Company on the verso. Based on George S. Kaufman's 1925… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1945. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1945 film. A sheltered young girl lives with her uncle, a pawnbroker by day and (unbeknownst to her) the leader of a criminal ring by night. When she begins to uncover his transgressions, and realizes she is now under threat of becoming his next… Read more about this item