Editore: United Artists, 1950
Da: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A VG or better original release 11 x 14 lobby card. Poster.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1950
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Draft script for the 1950 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on the 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker, in turn loosely inspired by the life of famed jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. A young trumpet player finds himself caught in a love triangle between a talented singer and a beautiful but disturbed heiress. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Carl Foreman and novelist Dorothy Baker. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/9/49 and 8/25/49. Pages Near Fine, binding Good only, cloth lightly foxed, significant wear to the leather quarterbinding, though spine titles can still be read.
Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1947
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage photograph of songwriter-pianist Hoagy Carmichael from the 1947 film. With a mimeo snipe, manuscript annotations, and photographer and agency stamps on the verso. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist, deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York, San Francisco, and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1949
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film. Troubled young adolescent Johnny Holiday is sent to a reform school in Indiana, where he must choose between his criminally minded friends and the caring tutelage of Sgt. Walker, played by William Bendix. Set in and shot on location in Indiana. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing at the extremities.
Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1947
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film, showing actors Hoagy Carmichael, Dana Andrews, and Merle Oberon. RKO Radio Pictures stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist, deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York, San Francisco, and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1947
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film, showing actors Merle Oberon and Hoagy Carmichael on the set with director John Cromwell. RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso, crediting photographer Oliver Sigurdson. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist, deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York, San Francisco, and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.