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Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1944. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 re-release of the 1932 film. Based on the 1895 play by Wilson Barrett. After the emperor declares all Christians at fault for the Great Fire of Rome, a high-ranking military official frees two Christians from being shipped off, putting him in danger of persecution. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 film. Agency script, machine-hole punched and with no copied hole shadows. Based on the classic 1952 novel by Flannery O'Connor, about an ambitious veteran who arrives in a small southern town, where he begins preaching for a religious organization of his own creation, the Church of Truth Without Christ.… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Dimension Films, 1998. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1998 film, showing two images of actor Christopher Walken. Sequel to "The Prophecy" (1995). Fallen angel Gabriel returns to Earth to destroy a woman whose child will become the next savior of humankind. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1968. Small archive of five vintage photographs belonging to noted avant-garde filmmaker and writer Kenneth Anger, relating to his research into homosexuality, drugs, and murder for his notorious books "Hollywood Babylon" (1959) and "Hollywood Babylon II" (1984). Two photographs with Anger's ownership stamp and label on the verso, four with press stamps on the verso, and three… Read more about this item

N.p.: Davis-Royal Films, 1962. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. "The Reluctant Saint" is the story of Giuseppe Desa (Maximilian Schell), a 17th century Franciscan friar and mystic, recognized as St. Joseph of Cupertino by the Catholic Church. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 8 x… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director Andrei Tarkovsky talking with actor Nikolay Grinko on the set of the 1966 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso, along with a Photofest label. Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama, capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev, from his… Read more about this item

London: Hammer Film Productions, 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations throughout, noting substantive revisions and deletions. Based on the classic 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley, about two men in 1920s England who must battle a group of devil-worshippers in order to defend their friends… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Housed in a manila folder with various contracts. The story of the birth of Jesus Christ, retold in the modern era. Two socialites marry against the will of their parents, setting off to travel the world shortly after they are wed. The wife's eventual pregnancy is a mystery to… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee, which debuted at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion, as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1999. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978 novel. A pair of Mafia hitmen steal a valuable artifact from a New York archaeology lab,… Read more about this item

Paris: Parc Film, 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Bresson watching a young girl pet two donkeys on the set of the 1966 film. Parc Film stamp on the verso. A donkey named Balthazar is followed through his life in rural France, as he is passed from owner to owner, most treating him cruelly. Revered as… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Original manuscript for an unpublished novel. With manuscript ink annotations throughout, mostly noting editorial revisions and deletions. A wealthy voodoo priestess on a Caribbean island faces off against her childhood friend, a man who is now an ordained Catholic priest. Author and screenwriter Malcolm Stuart Boylan contributed to over 90 screenplays and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Christmas melodrama depicting the life of Austrian composer Franz Gruber and the creation of his most famous work, "Silent Night," in 1796. Screenwriter Charles Bennett was best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock in the 1930s, writing "The 39 Steps" (1935), "Secret Agent" (1936), "Sabotage" (1936), and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. Escaping her recent divorce and the death of her child, an American woman travels to India, where she experiences a variety of mystical encounters and undergoes a liberating and terrifying journey of ego death and oneness. Set in Banhasa, India. Green titled wrappers, with credit… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1956. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1956 film. Director Cecil B. DeMille's wildly popular two-part Christian epic, beginning with a dramatization of the Book of Exodus, and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page. A hotel is haunted by the angry ghost of a teenage girl who killed her lover and committed suicide to please her religious fanatic father. Screenwriters Robert Madero and Jerry Zimmerman previously collaborated on Michael Dugan's 1983… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of director Jacques Rivette and actress Anna Karina on the set of the 1966 film. Both with distribution stamps on the verso, and one with cropping annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of "Télé Poche." Based on Denis Diderot's eighteenth century novel, following a young woman whose family forces… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1955. First Estimating Draft script for an unproduced film. In ancient Babylon, Sargon, the king's physician, is sent by King Nebuchadnezzar to stir up a revolt in nearby Judah, in order to undercut the prophet Jeremiah. Screenwriter Oscar Millard was best known for "Come to the Stable" (1949), "The Frogmen"… Read more about this item

Pacific Palisades, CA: Paulist Productions, 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. A dramatization of the life of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, one of the few public figures in the Catholic church to speak out and organize peaceful protests against the government's violent military regime during the Salvadorian Civil War. Shot on location in Morelos,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985, and is best known for the screenplay adaptation for "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978 novel. Based on Dorothy Bryant's influential 1997 science fiction novel "The Kin of Ata Are Waiting… Read more about this item