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N.p.: N.p., 1938. Final script for the 1939 film, seen on the title page under its working title "Broadway Cavalier." Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. 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

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1939. Two vintage photographs from the 1939 film, including one vintage reference photograph and one vintage studio still photograph. A singing waiter begins a career as a prizefighter, aided by both a vocal trainer and a boxing trainer. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus, one Very Good, lightly toned, with… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 5 black-and-white photographs, and 12 gatherings of promotional reading material. A bankrupt perfume magnate seeks to recoup her losses by sponsoring a washed-up boxer turned driving instructor, hoping to return him to his former glory in the ring. Folder,… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Filmtel, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, noting copy No. 14. During World War II, a Greek amateur boxer is intentionally captured by the Nazis in order to help his father escape from a concentration camp. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with… Read more about this item

New York: Cus D'Amato, 1957. Vintage photograph of boxer Joe Shaw, circa 1957, with his name and contact information for Shaw's manager, Cus D'Amato, in the bottom margin. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Joe Shaw competed as part of the US boxing team in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, winning one bout as a light-welter before losing in the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage photograph of boxer Floyd Patterson, circa late 1950s, with a postcard layout on the verso. Floyd Patterson, known as the "gentleman boxer" and beloved by the public, had a boxing career which spanned over two decades, winning 55 bouts, losing eight, and one draw. In 1952 Patterson won the middleweight gold medal at the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Two vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1970 film, both showing actor James Earl Jones. Credit stamp for noted photographer Lawrence Schiller on the versos. Based on Howard Sackler's 1968 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award-winning play, a fictionalized account of the life of boxing champion Jack Johnson. Jones,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film noir. An amateur prizefighter's desire for fortune and fame leads him to join a corrupt boxing syndicate, led by an unethical promoter. Widely considered one of the finest boxing films ever made, with a strong screenplay by noted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky (who would later face blacklisting in… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1958. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1958 film. Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky reportedly modeled the story on the lives of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner, with elements taken from the lives of Joan Crawford and Judy Garland. An in-depth character study of a girl who overcomes her traumatic and bleak childhood and attains… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 2001. For Your Consideration script for the 2001 film. Facsimile signature of director Michael Mann on the title page. A biography of boxing champion Muhammad Ali, from his famed 1964 match against Sonny Liston, criticism of the Vietnam War and subsequent banishment from boxing, to his return to the ring in 1974… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. First Edition, in the rare first issue dust jacket. A collection of stories, one of which is the basis for the key 1949 film noir "Champion," directed by Mark Robson and starring Kirk Douglas. Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket with several neat cello tape… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969. Final Draft script for the 1970 film. Laid in with the script is a production memo dated November 5, 1969, paper-clipped to two blue revision pages that correspond to the revision pages bound into the script. Based on Howard Sackler's 1968 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award-winning… Read more about this item

Las Vegas: Sanford International Entertainment, Inc, 1989. Archive of Draft script and production materials for the 1989 film. The script, here under the working title "Fists of Steel Part 1," contains two annotations of page numbers in manuscript ink. Included in the archive are two investment proposals, a seven page Cast Sheet, a two page Staff and Crew List,… Read more about this item

N.p.: Group W Productions, 1969. Original transcript of David Frost's interview with Muhammad Ali and Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier from Season 1, episode 8 of the 1969-1972 television show, which aired on Group W television stations on July 16, 1969. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page, underlining Ali's birth name, "Cassius Clay," in the script title (Ali… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Fox Film, 1935. First Draft script for the 1935 film, here under the working title "The Lord's Refugee." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and single manuscript annotation in pencil to page 74. In an attempt to go straight, a former bodyguard with a violent past… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper, with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley (Joseph Allen), a young man from high society, is physically humiliated by a prizefighter (William Haade) before his socialite… Read more about this item

London: Criterion, 1935. Shooting script for the 1936 film. Based on the 1913 novel. When a former boxing champion turned innkeeper is wrongly accused of stealing jewelry from wealthy guests staying at the inn, his son travels to London and impersonates an aristocratic gentleman in order to prove his father's innocence and catch the true thief. Orange… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1978. Final Draft script for the 1979 television film. Based on the novel by Pete Hamill, a convict begins boxing while in prison, excelling to great lengths in his newfound sport. Upon release, he begins training and pursues a career as a professional boxer. Nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage photograph of Muhammad Ali standing between an unidentified man and film producer Cassius Weathersby, circa 1970s. Also included is a souvenir photographic postcard of Ali, Weathersby, and others at a dinner honoring Ali. Weathersby's credits include the blaxploitation classics "Cleopatra Jones," "Trouble Man," "Watttstax," and "The Spook Who Sat by the Door," among… Read more about this item

N.p.: Veriscope, 1897. Two vintage fragments from a 63mm film print of the 1897 boxing match between "Gentleman" Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. The first fragment consists of six frames depicting the fighters in a clinch, while the second consists of four frames depicting the fighters in the center of the ring about to trade punches. At… Read more about this item