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Vintage reference photograph of Paula Prentiss, Howard Hawks, and Maria Perschy on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the short story "The Girl Who Almost Got Away" by Pat Frank, published in the July 1950 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Roger Willoughby (Rock Hudson), esteemed author and expert on fishing, has never fished, and when outspoken and unshakable PR agent Abigail Page (Prentiss) enters him into a fishing tournament, mayhem (and possibly romance) ensues. Howard Hawks' homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s, particularly his' own 1938 classic "Bringing Up Baby," starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant, who he tried, unsuccessfully, to get to reprise their roles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema.

Vintage reference photograph of screenwriter Leigh Brackett and director Howard Hawks on the set of the 1966 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on Harry Brown's 1960 novel "The Stars in Their Courses." A gunfighter comes to the aid of his old friend, now a sheriff, to defend a rancher's family. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema.

Three vintage reference photographs from the classic 1959 Western film. Two photographs show director Howard Hawks talking with actress Angie Dickinson, and the third photograph shows Dickinson and John Wayne on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A Texan sheriff arrests a powerful rancher's brother under suspicion of murder, and subsequently must fend off the rancher's gang, with the help of a young gunfighter, a disabled man, and the town drunk. One of the most entertaining Westerns ever made, from the standpoint of cinematography, dialogue, story, economy, direction, and acting. Shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, one with white paper tape at the top and bottom edges, and all three with light edgewear overall. National Film Registry. Ebert IV. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Pitts 3517. Rosenbaum 1000.

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1932 film, showing actors Paul Muni, George Raft, Karen Morley, Purnell Pratt, and others. Based on the 1930 book by Armitage Trail, which was in turn based on the true exploits of notorious Prohibition-era mob boss and bootlegger Al Capone. Along with "Public Enemy" (released only a few months prior), generally considered to be the quintessential American gangster film, one that Capone himself came to embrace and even screen in his home. Set in Chicago. Both photos 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine and Very Good plus respectively. First photo (Muni and Morley dancing) has two short closed tears at the top edge, repaired with conservator's tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Penzler 101. Grant US.

Archive of 68 vernacular photographs, housed in a contemporary photo album, each photo with descriptions in silver manuscript ink just below it, and distributed in three sections as follows: (1) 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" (Howard Hawks, 1930), an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight, and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With manuscript annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; (2) 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" (Roy Del Ruth, 1930), and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17, 1930, taken from the nearby SS Ventura. The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher, and he appears four times in the album, twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section, and twice in "The Life of the Party" section, in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck, along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas, who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film. Photographs variously sized, generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches, Very Good plus. Photo album Good only, with several pages detached a few loose photographs.

No Binding. Etat : Good. Set of six lobby cards measuring 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. Rubbing/slight creasing at the corners.