Bryan Forbes Director (14 results)

Two vintage black-and-white British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. Based on the novel by Michael Gilbert, about a group of British soldiers whose attempt to escape from an Italian prison camp during WWII is foiled by a mysterious traitor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with ink annotations on the versos, a few light creases, and a pinhole to one of the stills.…

Vintage publicity portrait studio still photograph from the 1962 film, showing actress Mai Zetterling. Based on Kingsley Amis' 1955 novel "That Uncertain Feeling." A bored librarian finds his attentions torn between a glamorous designer and his loving but stodgy wife. Set in the fictional town of Aberdarcy, shot on location in Swansea, South Wales. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall.…

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1960 UK film. Layout annotations to the both sides of the still. A quintessential anti-union film of the 1950s, about a man's dilemma when he refuses to participate in a wildcat strike at a factory. Violence brings the other dissenters together, but he is shunned in his apprehension, and ignored while he attempts to maintain his right as a individual to dissent from the group. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with slight a few light creases.…

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 UK film. Printed with the original title, "Appointment in London." A retiring bomber pilot intends to keep the new recruits focused by banning women from the base. Then he meets smiling officer Eve Canyon 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with an ink notation on the verso, two tiny chips, and light toning.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1945 French play by Jean Giraudoux. A countess decides to rally her friends in her community to stop a group of powerful men from drilling for oil in Paris. Set in Paris, shot on location throughout France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the US release of the 1968 UK film. Based on Desmond Cory's 1965 novel, and one of the more unusual heist films of the 1960s, starring Michael Caine as a recently recovered alcoholic mixed up in a diamond heist with a woman and her recently out-of-the-closet husband. Shot on location in Spain. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine.…

Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1969 film. Rubber-stamped on the versos, "Not for Sale / Warner-Pathe Copyright." Based on Jean Giraudoux's 1945 French play, "La Folle de Chaillot." Countess Aurelia (Hepburn) is an idealistic, slightly mad woman with a heart of gold who decides to protest corrupt Parisian officials. A poignant and wacky portrayal of feminism against The Machine. Set in Paris, shot on location throughout France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall, withbrief creases, and a few tiny tears.…

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1954 novel, about a ship captain who gets promoted to a passenger liner. He may be a competent sailor, but he is not prepared for the social duties the new position involves, including the attention of all the single women aboard. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall, and a few with corner creases, else Near Fine.…

Vintage lobby card for the Spanish release of the 1962 British film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1960 novel by Lynne Reid Banks. A kitchen sink drama about an unmarried pregnant woman who moves into a boarding house in London, where she finds a home among the house's outcasts. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine.…

Early Draft script for the 1965 British comedy film. Based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. In 1818, the parents of 20 boys establish a tontine, a fund to go to the last surviving boy. It is now 1882 and only 2 elderly brothers are left, Joseph (Ralph Richardson), protected by his nephews (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) determined to keep him alive, and Masterman (John Mills) in ill health and poverty, protected by his perpetually confused grandson (Michael Caine). Shot on location in Surrey, England. Yellow untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated May 21, 1965, with credits for screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove. 127 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two flat metal brads. …

Two vintage photographs from the 1955 US-UK co-production. With mimeo snipes on the verso, one crediting photographer Bert Cann. A fictionalized account of Operation Franklin, a raid by British marines on a German cargo ship during WWII. Set in German-occupied France, shot on location in England and Portugal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film, showing a scantily clad Carroll Baker. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the 1938 film "S.O.S. Sahara." Jealousy and competition quickly develop among the workers at a remote oil pipeline pumping station when a beautiful blonde woman is forced to take shelter at the station after a car accident. Set and shot on location in the Sahara Desert. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film, showing actor Kenneth More. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of J. Arthur Rank Productions. A light, space race era romantic comedy, about a seemingly invincible man who is hired to be a guinea pig for the space program. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Collection of eighteen vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film, all with bottom margins with text, and all with a dated ("Oct 10 1980") MPAA stamps on the versos. Based on Brian Garfield's 1975 novel, about CIA agent Miles Kendig (Matthau), who decides to retire, and to ensure his privacy threatens to send his memoirs to the world's intelligence agencies. When the CIA disregards his threat, he writes and mail chapters one-by-one. To avoid compromising their operations, two CIA agents (Waterston and Beatty) set out to silence Kendig, by any means. Shot on location in Georgia, England, Germany, and Austria. 8 x 10 inches, Near Fine, all with light overall toning. Criterion Collection 163.…