1980s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film, showing young actress Aileen Quinn posing with canine actor Bingo. Based on the popular Broadway musical, in turn based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," about the rags-to-riches story of a peppy young girl and her pet mutt. Nominated for two… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, including one showing director Héctor Babenco talking with actor William Hurt on the set. Based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, about two cellmates who form an unusual bond during their imprisonment in a Brazilian prison. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Puig's novel also… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1982 film, two showing actress Jessica Lange, one showing Lange with actor Sam Shepard, and one showing Lange and director Graeme Clifford on the set. Loosely based on William Arnold's 1978 novel "Shadowland," a heavily fictionalized and widely discredited account of the life of actress Frances Farmer, whose… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Cannon Films, 1985. First Draft script for the 1986 film. A hardened LAPD detective is framed by a vengeful ex-convict and sent to prison, where he befriends a foul-mouthed petty criminal, hatching a plot to escape together. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated… Saber más sobre este artículo

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson, who purportedly sold his soul to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal, in his film debut, stars as Nico Toscani, an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1985 film, showing a sex scene with actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rutger Hauer. In sixteenth-century Italy, an army of mercenary peasants kidnaps a nobleman's fiancée as revenge for unpaid debts. Although disgusted by the brutality of the peasants, the woman soon falls in love with the group's… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage borderless matte-finish color reference photograph from the 1983 film, showing actor David Bowie preparing to face the firing squad. Printed snipe, provenance label, and ink annotations regarding cropping on the verso. Based on Laurens van der Post's 1963 novel "The Seed and the Sower," about Post's experiences as a prisoner of war during… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tokyo: kura Eiga, 1980. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the obscure 1980 Japanese pink film. kura Eiga is one of the oldest independent Japanese studios producing and distributing pink films. Founded in 1961, the studio continues to operate today under the name "OP Eiga." 6.5 x 5 inches. Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Four vintage borderless press photographs, all irregularly trimmed for publication, of actress Piper Laurie and four other unknown people at an event, circa 1950s. Laurie has been working in film and television since her film debut in 1950's "Louisa" alongside then actor Ronald Reagan. She is most known for her roles in "Twin Peaks"… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage borderless portrait photograph of actress Felicia Farr circa 1950s. Farr began her career as a teen model until she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1955. She is best known for "Charley Varrick" (1973), "3:10 to Yuma" (1957) and "The Player" (1992). 6.5 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus, with creasing… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, both showing actress Melanie Griffith. A former boxer turned nightclub promoter joins together with a police detective to investigate a serial killer targeting strippers. Set in Manhattan, and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles.

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1983 film, showing actress Michelle Pfeiffer. Provenance labels affixed to the verso. Reviled upon its release by some, and perhaps the only picture to have ever been nominated for three Golden Globes along with a Razzie award, "Scarface" is today generally considered a classic genre film (and a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Rotterdam: Film International, 1984. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1984 Japanese film. Loosely based on "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the classic 1967 Gabriel García Márquez novel, previously adapted by director Shûji Terayama for the stage. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine.

Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1987. Revised Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Francis Kenny, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page, and his ink and pencil annotations on several pages, noting deletions and occasional additions. A dark satire of the popular John Hughes teen comedies of the early… Saber más sobre este artículo

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mild-mannered accountant collapses and has a heart attack, learning shortly thereafter that he has a rare heart condition that leaves him with a slim chance of surviving the next 24 hours. He is convinced by his roommate to pursue his dreams on what may be… Saber más sobre este artículo

Studio City, CA: ITC Productions, 1985. Early Draft script for the 1987 film, preceding its release by 2 years. An internally duplicated copy made during production, with copied punch holes and copied annotations on the title page, noting "Complete Shooting Script / Unmarked." A cult classic slasher about a demented, image-conscious man who, in an attempt to find… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced Western film. An ex-convict returns from Central America to Texas, determined to confront his former business partner, a power-hungry cattleman. Set in Texas, near the Mexican border. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, dated 1985, with credits for… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hollywood: Cannon Films, 1984. Second Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting "Reg. W.G.A. West". The third film in the popular "Death Wish" film series, following "Death Wish" (1974) and "Death Wish II" (1982). In this entry, vigilante killer Paul Kersey battles a succession of New… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Full Circle Films, 1989. Vintage press kit for the 1989 film, seen here under the original release title "Uneasy Silence." Housed in a Full Circle Films pocketed folder, the press kit contains two gatherings of promotional reading material and copied newspaper articles and reviews, and five reference photographs housed in a glassine sleeve. Full Circle Films business card… Saber más sobre este artículo