Mystery And Crime from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1941. Revised Final script for the 1942 film, seen here under the working title "The Night Before Christmas." Presentation copy belonging to associate producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 12 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, noting deletions and substantive additions… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Two vintage studio still photographs from the seminal 1941 film noir, here under its original release title "Hot Spot." Based on the 1941 novel by Steve Fisher, about a man seeking to prove his innocence in a murder case while being railroaded by an obsessed detective. Set and shot on… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Marlene Dietrich from the 1950 film. Based on the 1948 novel "Man Running" by Selwyn Jepson, published as "Outrun the Constable" in the US, and originally serialized in "Colliers" the previous year. A key Hitchcock film, made during his brief return to the UK between 1948… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1950. Vintage reference photograph of actors Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak from the 1950 film noir. With release stamp on the verso. An undercover immigration officer uncovers a smuggling operation in Havana, later growing conflicted when he begins to fall for a woman about to be smuggled into the US. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1936 film. Based on the 1933 play "Glory," by Adelyn Bushnell. A man is convicted of murdering the town philanthropist. The local newspaper editor investigates the case hoping to exonerate the man convicted while sheltering him at her home after he breaks out of jail. … Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1936. Vintage reference photograph of actors Wiliam Powell, Myrna Loy, and Asta from the 1936 film. Based on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett. The first of five sequels to the 1934 film "The Thin Man," all starring Powell and Loy (and of course their dog Asta). Nominated for an Academy Award. … Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir. During a trip south to visit her sister, a woman witnesses the murder of a Black reporter by the Ku Klux Klan, later helping the county prosecutor bring the killers to justice. Actress Doris Day's first non-singing role. Shot on location… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1980. Final Draft script for the 1981 film, seen here under the working title "Hawks." Copy belonging to sound mixer Les Lazarowitz, with his name in manuscript ink on several pages, and his profuse annotations throughout. Two undercover New York police officers are hired to take down a deadly European terrorist. Actor Rutger… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. First Edition. First Edition, preceded by the First French Edition published by A. Fayard in 1933 as "L'Ecluse No. 1." The book includes two full length novels: "The Lock at Charenton" and "Maigret Returns." Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Light glue darkening to the endpapers. Jacket is… Read more about this item

London: Jarrolds, 1947. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, with slight spine lean, front board warped, and faint soil to the boards.

Universal City: MCA TV, 2000. Vintage studio still photograph from the 2000 re-release of the 1938 film, showing actors Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. Two former convicts meet while working at a department store and fall in love, but their relationship soon sours when one suspects the other of infidelity, leading him to return to a life… Read more about this item

N.p.: Live Entertainment, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 film, showing actor Craig Sheffer. After racially profiling an innocent man in a politically motivated murder case, a writer sets about finding the true killer. Shot on location in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Thomas Rogers, about a college student who is convicted of vehicular manslaughter, subsequently deciding to go on the run to Canada with his girlfriend to avoid prison. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches.… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film, showing two images of Jane Fonda. A television reporter surreptitiously records hazardous dealings at a nuclear power plant, but finds her planned report suppressed by a widening network of politicians and businessmen determined to keep the danger a secret. Set and shot… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Archive of over 100 vintage color photographs and over 80 vintage color contact sheets from the 1966-1967 ABC television series. Nearly all of the photographs include a small label affixed to the top right corner with a production number in ink, and many of the contact sheets bear annotations in manuscript pencil. Unseen since the series'… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph for the video release of the 1997 film, showing actress Gail O'Grady. An engaged woman is troubled by increasingly intense flashbacks to a previous life, triggered by the arrival of a man who claims she is his long-missing wife. Shot on location in North Carolina. 8… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1971. Second Draft script for the 1972 film. Noted as copy No. 54 in blue manuscript ink on the title page. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto, with his annotations on several pages, and with several pages folded by Leto, indicating the completion of scenes during production. Based on the 1969 novel by… Read more about this item

Kanagawa: Daiei Studios, 1960. Vintage Japanese reference photograph from the 1960 Japanese film noir, showing actors Yukio Mishima and Yaeko Mizutani in an intimate moment. After being released from prison, a young man decides to turn his back on his past as a yakuza mobster, but finds that escaping his former life is harder than expected. Mishima's… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film, both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers," about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 Japanese film. Three with faint censorship blindstamps on the versos. A masterpiece of 1960s Japanese cinema, based on the novel by K b Abe and adapted by Abe for the screen, about an amateur entomologist who is held captive in a small, impoverished seaside village. 7.25… Read more about this item