Lillian Hellman Screenwriter Play (7 results)
The Chase (Original photograph of Martha Hyer from the 1966 film)
Arthur Penn (director); Horton Foote (novel, play); Lillian Hellman (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Martha Hyer (starring)
Published by Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1966
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage studio still photograph of Martha Hyer from the 1966 film. An underrated, key film for director Penn, something of an intellectual thriller, made between two better known films, "Mickey One" (1965) and "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). Also, very much an acting tour de force, with early performances by Robert Duvall, Jane Fonda…, and Robert Redford, and an exceptional turn by Brando as a town sheriff facing painful choices. The film itself was the subject of am acrimonious struggle for creative control between the director and studio, coincidentally making the production mirror the themes of upheaval of the social order and the fight for freedom within the film story. Set in Texas, shot on location in California (Calabasas and Chico). 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint toning and light creating at the extremities. Spicer US. Twilight Time.
More imagesThese Three (Two original photographs from the 1936 film)
Lillian Hellman (screenwriter, play); William Wyler (director); Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea (starring)
Published by Samuel Goldwyn Company, Los Angeles, 1936
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vintage studio still photographs from the 1936 film. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1934 play, "The Children's Hour." The story follows two school teachers whose small school suddenly loses enrollment when a student lies about one professor having an affair with the other's fiance. The film is based on a play by Lillian Hellman,… in which the female professors are accused of having a lesbian relationship. When asked to adapt her play for the screen, she was forced to change the plot and erase any lesbian implications to appease the exceedingly strict Hays Code. The film was well received, and Hellman was widely commended for her writing. Costar Bonita Granville was nominated for an Academy Award for her role. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
More imagesWatch on the Rhine (Two original working advertising proofs for the 1943 film)
Dashiell Hammett (screenwriter); Lillian Hellman (play); Herman Shumlin (director); Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald (starring)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1943
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- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film, both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warn…er, who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production, the film was released to positive reviews, with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus, with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof.
Published by John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid, London, 1970
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for an unproduced British film called "Act of Treason," written by Guy Elmes, based on Lillian Hellman's adaptation of Emmanuel Robles' 1948 play, "Montserrat." Screenwriter Elmes also wrote for films like "Bad Blonde" (1953), "Across the Bridge" (1957), "Pontius Pilate" (1962), "the Invincible Six" (1970), and "Whi…te Fang" (1973). Robles' play opened in Paris in 1948, a story about the civil war in Venezuela during the early 1800s, where a Spanish officer commits treason and joins the Venezuelan revolutionaries. Guy Elmes is a screenwriter, primarily known for his work in writing the original story and screenplay for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (1979). Gray blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Guy Elmes, playwright Lillian Hellman, and producer Ben Arbeid. 123 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads.
More imagesThe Children's Hour (Original double weight photograph for the 1961 film)
Robert [Bob] Willoughby (photographer); William Wyler (director); John Michael Hayes (screenwriter); Lillian Hellman (play); Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner (starring)
Published by United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1961
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage oversize, double weight, borderless still photograph from the 1961 film. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1934 play, about two teachers at an all-girls boarding school accused of being… in a lesbian relationship by one of the students, ruining the careers and personal lives of both. The play was previously adapted by William Wyler in 1936 as "These Three," though the Production Code forced Hellman to change the substance of the rumor from homosexuality to infidelity. The 1961 version restores the content of the child's lie, and is overall incredibly faithful to the stage play. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Fay Bainter. 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 9.25 inches. Near Fine.
More imagesThe Chase (Original photograph of Arthur Penn and Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film)
Arthur Penn (director); Horton Foote (play); Lillian Hellman (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson (starring)
Published by Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1966
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage matte-finish double weight borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn talking with actress Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote, about a small-town sheriff on the lookout for an esca…ped prisoner he believes is innocent, while the townspeople whip themselves into a vigilante frenzy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US. Twilight Time 242.
More imagesWatch on the Rhine (Collection of twelve original photographs from the 1943 film, including two keybook stills)
Herman Shumlin (director); Lillian Hellman (play); Dashiell Hammett (screenwriter); Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1943
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCollection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs, both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot, single weight, of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. Based on… Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner, who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production, the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. 8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills, and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same.
