Howard Koch Screenwriter (12 results)

Vintage reference photograph from the 1941 film. With manuscript ink annotation on the verso identifying actress Geraldine Fitzgerald. Based on the 1940 play, "Jupiter Laughs," by A.J. Cronin. A psychiatrist is hired to do research on a type of dementia. He falls in love with his lab assistant but when she suddenly dies in a lab fire, he quits his work to go live out her dream of doing missionary work in China. Set in London and Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.…

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 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 1959 novel by John Hersey. The hotshot commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lives for the most dangerous missions, and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge, Bovingdon, and Kent, England. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine, the other Very Good plus, with creasing and tape residue at the bottom left corner.…

Four vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Based on D. H. Lawrence's 1922 novella of the same name. Mark Rydell's summer-of-love film was adapted from D.H. Lawrence's novella of the same name, about a lesbian couple living on a rural farm, whose existence is disrupted by the arrival of a seaman whose grandfather used to own the farm. One of only a handful of films to address the subject of lesbian life in the 1960s. Set in rural Canada, shot on location in Ontario, Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Image FOX-58 is slightly creased with two pin holes to the top margin.…

Original pressbook for the 1951 film noir. Based on the French novel, "Le Corbeau" ("The Raven") by Louis Chavance. The sixth of director Otto Preminger's seven classic "chamber noirs," a remake of the French noir masterpiece, "Le Corbeau" (1943, Henri Georges Clouzot). A testament to Production Code-era antagonism, Preminger pushed the limits of alllowed sexual content. A mile marker for films that would lead to the Code's end in the late 1950s. 16 pages, 11 x 15 inches. Original sewn signatures have been neatly removed, but binding glue intact, with no leaves missing or loose, overall Very Good plus or better. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages, and brief wear at a couple of corners. Still bright and appealing. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Original pressbook for the 1954 film noir, based on the 1951 novel by William P. McGivern. Howard W. Koch, director of "The Girl in the Black Stockings" (1957) here creates an unsparing view (for its time) of the violence and corruption often seen behind the badge of a police officer. Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien) becomes a bad cop in an otherwise cozy suburban atmosphere, then deconstructed and invariably led to a befitting death (Silver, et al). 12 pages, saddle stapled, 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. One corner with a short crease, and a couple of tiny closed tears, else bright. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson (back to camera), director William Wyler, and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man (David Newell) she was secretly having an affair with, Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer (James Stephenson). Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film, showing teenage actress Carol Yorke made up to look gaunt and plain on the left, and made up to look glamorous on the right. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1922 novella by Stefan Zweig, about a pianist in 1900s Vienna who receives an important letter from a woman from his past, and must figure out how to escape a duel he is due to fight the next morning. The first film produced by Rampart Productions, an independent company formed by Joan Fontaine and her husband William Dozier. 10 x 8 inches. Faint tide mark on the top edge of the recto, else about Near Fine. National Film Registry.…

Vintage reference photograph of Micheal Crawford, Philip Leacock, Steve McQueen, and an unidentified woman, on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, cocky hotshot Captain Buzz Rickson, lives for the most dangerous missions, and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge, Bovingdon, and Kent, England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Each photograph with printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and one provenance stamp on the verso. A gritty crime thriller about a racist Irish cop who is forced to turn in his badge after killing a Puerto Rican suspect while in pursuit of the man that killed his former partner. The second film based on the experiences of real-life New York policeman Eddie Egan, following William Friedkin's 1971 film "The French Connection" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.…

Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1956 film noiir, here under the US title "Finger of Guilt." A blacklisted director tries to restart his career in England with his new wife, but he keeps receiving letters from a woman he does not remember having a relationship with. Set in England, shot on location in Surrey, Hertfordshire, and London, England. 8 x 10 inches. Generally About Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby US. Selby UK. …

Vintage studio photograph from the 1957 film. Bel-Air Productions stamp on the verso. Based on the story "Wanton Murder" by Peter Godfrey and shot under the working title "Black Stockings," Howard W. Koch's B movie noir "The Girl in Black Stockings," despite it being a low-budget, "second feature" film, is surprisingly enjoyable, mostly due to its exceptional cast. LA lawyer David Hewson (Lex Barker) arrives at a Utah lodge for a peaceful vacation only to find women being mutilated and murdered, and everyone is suspect. Featuring a young Anne Bancroft as pretty young Beth Dixon, switchboard operator and assistant to the bitter wheelchair-bound lodge owner Edmund Parry (Ron Randell.) Mamie Van Doren is Harriet Ames, the flirtatious bombshell, of course, and "the Queen of the B's," the fabulous Marie Windsor, is Julia Parry, Edmund's dutiful companion and sister. Filmed in and around the Parry Lodge in Kanab, Utah. The Parry lodge, opened in the early 1930s by the Parry brothers, was built to lodge Hollywood film crews filming early Westerns in the area, and was popular among movie stars of Hollywood's golden age. Set in Kanab, Utah, shot on location in Kanab, Utah and Fredonia, Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, light creasing and edgewear. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. …

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing director William Wyler and actress Bette Davis enjoying tea on the set. A rubber plantation owner's wife claims self defense after shooting her secret lover, but a damning letter in her own hand may uncover the truth. 9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.…