James Lee Screenwriter (30 results)

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1985 film, showing actor John Travolta. Loosely based on a series of articles that appeared in "Rolling Stone" in the late 1970s, discussing the success of health clubs in Los Angeles as cruising spots for single young people. Shot on location in Jersey City and Santa Monica. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 re-release of the 1960 film. A biographical film about the life of controversial rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, who oversaw Hitler's V-2 rocket program and went on to help the United States develop technology for space travel. Shot on location in Bavaria, Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1985 episode. Season 8, episode 8. Popular hour-long sit-com that ran from 1977-1986. "The Love Boat" uniquely showed multiple stories within each episode, all with different stars and screenwriters. Shot on location in California. 9 x 7 inches. Very Good plus.…

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1971 UK release of the 1971 US film. Layout annotations on the verso. Based on Davis Grubb's 1969 novel, about a trio of ex-convicts released from prison, hoping to open a general store. Their attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued the startup funds. Shot on location in West Virginia. 8 x 10 inches. Slight faint pin-sized indentations, else Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A lazy sailor and his tomboy daughter search for buried treasure with the help of a young Philadelphia lawyer. Set in the Florida Keys, shot on location in Catalonia, Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with some creasing at the bottom right corner.…

Vintage photograph from the 1959 film. Based on the 1958 novel by John D. Voelker, under the pseudonym Robert Traver, which he based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart, and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. Set in Michigan and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.…

Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Based on the 1960 novel "The General" by Alan Sillitoe. A conductor and his orchestra are captured by Nazis. They are required to play one last show, knowing they will be killed when the concert finishes. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.

Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso, one with "SILVER SCREEN ARCHIVES" stamp on the verso. Based on Mark Twain's 1884 classic, the sixth adaptation for the screen and the first to be filmed in color, shot in CinemaScope and Technicolor. Set in and shot on location along the Mississippi River. 8 x 10 inches. Four Near Fine, One Very Good plus with faint creasing.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. A dramatization of the life of controversial German scientist Wernher von Braun, who was integral in the creation of the German V-2 rocket during World War II, and a pioneer of space travel and satellites during his later time in the US. The film garnered controversy upon release due to its superficial treatment of von Braun's affiliation with the Nazi party during his time in Germany, and was picketed in America, Germany, and Britain by antifascist and communist demonstrators. Shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1965 British film, showing actor Christopher Lee in yellowface as Fu Manchu. The first entry in a five-part series featuring Lee as Sax Rohmer's Chinese criminal mastermind, followed by "The Brides of Fu Manchu" (1966). Shot on location in County Dublin. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film, here under the working title "The Touch of Melissa." Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. On the road from San Francisco to Austin, Jodie makes a brief stop at a farm where he meets and falls in love with Melissa, the lovely farmer's daughter. Unfortunately Melissa's insane great-grandmother is in the mix, unaware Melissa is in fact a 127-year old witch and that Melissa is actually her sister. Shot on location in Santa Ynez, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA. Code Red.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1979 film, both showing actress Margaux Hemingway. Thieves are forced to contend with piranha-infested waters after a jewel heist gone wrong. One of a number of "pirhana" themed films that came on the heels of Joe Dante's satirical horror film "Piranha" (1978), itself a shadow of the 1975 classic "Jaws." Shot on location in Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Past dealer annotations on the versos, else about Fine. …

First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on iconic leading lady Lana Turner's 1982 autobiography, following Turner's humble beginnings and rise to fame, and the alcoholism and relationship troubles which clouded her later years. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, dated February 29, 1984, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter James Lee. 177 leaves, with last page of text numbered 175. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. …

Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless still photograph from the 1961 musical film, based on both the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, and the 1957 novel by C.Y. Lee. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with a shallow diagonal crease to one corner. Hirschhorn, p. 373.…

Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1969 Western film. After the Civil War, a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas, Mexico, and in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers, noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175, dated December 3, 1968. Title page present, dated December 3, 1968, noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL, with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 170 leaves, with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/4/68 and 1/17/69. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, slightly yapped to the fore-edges, bound internally with three gold brads. Pitts 4638.…

Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page. After the Civil War, a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas, Mexico, and in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers, noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175, dated December 3, 1968. Title page present, dated December 3, 1968, noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL, with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 168 leaves, with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, slightly yapped at the fore-edges, bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather clamshell box. Pitts 4638.…

Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 German-American film. A dramatization of the life of controversial German scientist Wernher von Braun, who was integral in the creation of the German V-2 rocket during World War II, and a pioneer of space travel and satellites during his later time in the US. The film garnered controversy upon release due to its superficial treatment of von Braun's affiliation with the Nazi party during his time in Germany, and was picketed in America, Germany, and Britain by antifascist and communist demonstrators. Shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, moderately worn at the corners.…

Vintage vernacular color photograph of Dean Martin, director Andrew V. McLaglen, and uncredited camera operator Al Meyers on the set of the 1968 film. Photograph belonging to uncredited camera operator Myers with pencil annotations in Myers' hand on the verso, noting the title, McLaglen and Martin, and "with Bill Clothier 19?" (William H. Clothier was the director of photography who Myers worked under). British born Albert Myers, usually credited as Al Myers, was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978, and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" (1946), "Carmen Jones" (1954), "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1955), and "The Defiant Ones" (1958). Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage, but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas, shot on location in Arizona, Texas, and Utah. 8 x 10 inches, mounted to a heavy stock paper. Very Good plus, with faint spotting and light edgewear (see image). Pitts 237. …

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Director Herschell Gorden Lewis' take on 1960s suburbia, wherein a newlywed couple moves into an ideal suburban neighborhood, only to be drawn into a dangerous game of parties and spouse swapping. Shot on location in Wood Dale and Addison, Illinois. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with an ink annotation to the lower right margin, else Near Fine. …

Vintage studio still photograph of actor and director John Wayne playing chess on the set of the 1968 film. Released at the height of American involvement in the Vietnam War, and based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. A highly pro-war film, following two teams of highly skilled Green Berets sent on a mission in South Vietnam. Shot on location at Fort McClellen, Alabama, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and at Fort Benning, Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage contact sheet from the 1967 film, showing 36 images of actress Raquel Welch sporting a bandolier and cowboy hat. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage, but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas, shot on location in Arizona, Texas, and Utah. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 237. …

Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1970 film. Shown are director Gene Kelly with James Stewart and Henry Fonda. A revisionist Western in which James Stewart, an aging cowboy, inherits his brother's house of prostitution. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape, along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage," wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees, France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy.…

Vintage photograph of Lee Remick, Duke Ellington and Jimmy Woode rehearsing on the set of the 1959 film. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score, composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra, won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker (writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver), based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, very light creasing. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.…

Vintage keybook studio photograph of Lee Remick with Jimmy Stewart and Duke Ellington at the piano from the 1959 film. Based on the 1958 novel by John D. Voelker, under the pseudonym Robert Traver, which he based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart, and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. Set in and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with some light edgewear. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.…

Vintage photograph of Lee Remick and Duke Ellington on the set of the 1959 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score, composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra, won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker (writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver), based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, lightly faded, with a hint of creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.…

Vintage studio still photograph of director Robert Aldrich on the set of the 1956 film, one of only a handful of war films made in the noir style during the classic era. One of Aldrich's finest efforts, a noirish take on the evils of war, with a interesting focus on nepotism. Unpopular on release due to a grim ending and a cynical tone, much the opposite of a flag-waving World War II film. Set in Belgium. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US.…

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 Italian film, one showing Maria Rohm having her ankle caressed by Dennis Price, the other showing Rohm standing alone. Not to be confused with the Massimo Dallamano film from the same year. A jazz trumpeter discovers a beautiful corpse washed up on a beach. Hours later, a woman who looks exactly like the corpse arrives at the door of his apartment. The original Italian release was heavily edited by distributors at American International, and due to censors in Italy seizing the original prints, the American cut is most often seen today. Set in Istanbul. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. The first of director Lee Frost and producer Bob Cresse's "sex westerns," wherein a Mexican stable boy kidnaps a rancher's wife in revenge for the killing of his sister years earlier. Set in Texas in 1869. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.

A small archive of a vintage French moyenne poster and nine vintage French lobby cards for the French release of the 1968 film, here under the French release title, "L'éperon brûlant." The first of director Lee Frost and producer Bob Cresse's "sex westerns," wherein a Mexican stable boy kidnaps a rancher's wife in revenge for the rape and killing of his sister years earlier. Set in Texas in 1869. Moyenne poster: 22.75 x 30 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus, with some light creasing and pinholes at the extremities, and two small paper tape repairs to the verso at the top and bottom of the vertical fold. Bright and unfaded. Nine French lobby cards: 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the extremities.…