Dan Curtis Director (3 results)

Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1976 release of the 1976 American-Italian film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of 2 stills, and layout annotations on the versos of 2 stills. Based on Robert Marasco's 1973 novel, about a haunted house and the summer caretakers moving in with their young son. 8 x 10 inches. Slight discoloration to 2 stills, else Near Fine.…

Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir. A career criminal agrees to help the federal agent who put him behind bars in infiltrating a drug smuggling syndicate. An early film appearance as a mute, murderous henchman by Tony Curtis, here credited as "Anthony Curtis." Partially shot on location in California, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico. White titled self wrappers, noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper, production No. 1606, dated JUNE 28, 1949, with credits for director William Castle, actors Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with light soiling on the front wrapper, bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. …

Revised Draft script for the classic 1976 horror film. Early draft, predating Robert Marasco's 1973 novel, noted in manuscript pencil on the title page as dating from "Summer, 1970," with Bob Fosse's name as a directorial credit in addition to Marasco's screenwriter credit on the title page. In the late 1960s, Marasco-at that time best known as a playwright-wrote a screenplay entitled "Burnt Offerings." In 1969, Fosse was announced as being attached to the project as a director, with Turman Films and Cinema Center Films slated to produce. This iteration of the film failed to materialize, and Marasco would adapt his screenplay into a novel, published in 1973 by Delacorte Press. The novel would eventually be successfully adapted for the screen by screenwriter William F. Nolan and director Dan Curtis. A family from the big city are preyed upon by evil forces inhabiting their rented summer estate. A key entry in the supernatural horror boom of the 1970s. Shot on location at Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California. Dunsmuir itself carried its own unlucky history: its original owners both died within a year of the house's construction. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present, noted as REVISED, with credits for Marasco and Fosse. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…