Jim tully novel (2 risultati)

Reprint. Octavo (20.75cm); dark red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [viii],280pp; illus. Slight forward lean, spine ends gently nudged, with a handful of small stains to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is edgeworn, spine-sunned, with a few small chips at spine ends, several short tears and attendant creases; Very Good. "Despite its cheery-sounding title, Circus Parade is light years away from Toby Tylerland, presenting a dark, violent and thoroughly unromanticized portrait of life on the road with a traveling show -- described by Tully as "generally a canvas nest of petty thieves and criminals among the lower gentry." The book's depictions of casual brutality -- including a shocking account of the troupe's exploitation of a young black girl's sexual favors -- got it banned in Boston and caused an uproar with circus fans (and, unsurprisingly, circus owners), which helped to put the kibosh on a proposed film adaptation by James Cruze" (PROUTY 4).…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film (with musical score and talking sequences). Based on Jim Tully's 1924 book, "Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography," about a girl who kills her treacherous stepfather, disguises herself as a boy, and joins up with a vagabond to escape the country into Canada. The first Paramount film to have a small amount of spoken dialogue, added in post-recording to the music and effects track. Much of it was filmed on location, including footage of an actual train derailment. Louise Brooks performed her own stunt in a scene where she jumps onto a moving train. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…