Crane Wilbur Screenwriter (5 results)

Vintage studio still photograph of Vincent Price from the 1953 film. Two "Reporters Associes" stamps on the verso. Based on the 1932 short story "The Wax Works" by Charles S. Belden. Previously filmed in 1933 as "Mystery of the Wax Museum," directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray. The first color 3-D feature film from a major American studio which premiered two days after Columbia Pictures, "Man in the Dark," the first major black and white 3-D feature. Also the first 3-D movie with stereophonic sound to be presented in a theater. Professor Henry Jarrod (Price), sculptor of wax figures, miraculously manages to survive a fire, set by his business partner, Matthey (Roy Roberts) and re-emerges years later, opening a new wax museum while corpses mysteriously begin vanishing from the city morgue. Selected for the National Film Registry in 2014. 8 x 10 inches. Light creasing at top, else Near Fine.…

Vintage publicity portrait photograph from the 1959 film, showing actress Darla Hood. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1920 play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, in turn based on Rinehart's 1908 novel "The Circular Staircase." A mystery author rents a summer house in a town being terrorized by a mysterious, crazed killer known as "The Bat." The fourth film adaptation of Rinehart's story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir, showing actor John Russell. A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband, landing herself in a women's prison. Afterwards, she vows to change her ways, but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime. Set in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film, showing actress Jayne Mansfield having her makeup touched up on the set. Mimeo snipe in German on the verso, along with several copyright stamps. A fictionalized portrayal of the prolific Hollywood star and nightclub dancer George Raft, known for his many roles portraying gangsters, and known for having real-life underworld connections, made while Raft was still living. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8.5 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. …

Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. Richard Basehart has just been paroled from prison after fifteen years and is determined not to fall on the wrong side of the law again, when he learns the sanitarium he works at is a front for a robbery syndicate, and the nurse he longs for, Marilyn Maxwell, is a gold-digger. Set in Philadelphia, and shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. …