Joseph Stefano Screenwriter (6 results)

Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1969 film. A young man and his girlfriend make plans to kill the man's aunt in the hopes of receiving her large fortune, but their nefarious plans are waylaid by the aunt's dozens of psychic, murderous cats. Shot in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1969 film. A young man and his girlfriend make plans to kill the man's aunt in the hopes of receiving her large fortune, but their nefarious plans are waylaid by the aunt's dozens of psychic, murderous cats. Shot in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, one with a few pinholes to the corners. …

First Draft script for the 1964 television film, originally aired on CBS. With actor Martin Landau's copied annotations throughout. Included are a set of synopses for proposed episodes, a shooting schedule, a distributor's announcement booklet, and various other documents related to production. Also included is an original celluloid print of the film, on a single reel, in its original mailing case with cloth straps, dated 2/18/65, addressed from director Joseph Stefano to Landau on the mailing label in manuscript black ink, and INSCRIBED by Stefano to Landau at the top left corner of the case in the same ink: "To Martin / Whose splendid brilliance and warmth put the special spark in this bright fire / Your grateful and admiring friend / Joe Stefano." Fearful of being buried alive, a woman installs a phone in the crypt in which she plans to be in case of emergencies. Months after her death, the phone begins to ring, presenting a new ghostly case for Landau's paranormal investigator. The film was intended to be the pilot for a new paranormal thriller series tentatively titled "The Haunted" (as titled on the front wrapper), but the series wasn't picked up, and the pilot was released as a television movie after additional footage was shot. Black titled wrappers, with credits for director-screenwriter Joseph Stefano, noted as PILOT SCRIPT ONE. Title page present, dated July 27, 1964, noted as PILOT SCRIPT ONE, with credits for director-screenwriter Joseph Stefano. 77 leaves, with last page of text numbered 76. Early Xerox, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three silver brads. Film reel and film stock are unexamined. Signed.…

Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A young man and his girlfriend make plans to kill the man's aunt in the hopes of receiving her large fortune, but their nefarious plans are waylaid by the aunt's dozens of psychic, murderous cats. Shot in San Francisco. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.…

Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. With the label of New Cinema Presentations on the verso. Based on Rochelle Owens' 1967 play, wherein a farmer's sexual relationship with his pet pig sets off an erotic, increasingly unhinged chain of events among the local hicks in his small town. Shot on location in Stockton, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage black and white photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1960 film, silhouetted against the Bates Motel. The most sought after image from the known stills produced. Far and away the highest grossing film of Hitchcock's career, nominated for 4 Academy awards, including Hitichcock's fifth and final Best Director nomination, and a key film in expanding allowable depictions of both violence and sexuality under the eroding Production Code. Selected by the National Film Registry in 1992. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a few pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Spicer US.…