Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Joe Mittenthal Inc, New York, 1922
Da: P Peterson Bookseller, Osseo, WI, U.S.A.
Spartito
Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Sheet Music. Piano and vocal. The page are tanned, but clean. The spine has end tears. The item has a musty smell. 5 pages.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1938
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Two vintage portrait photographs from the 1938 film, one showing actors Lyda Roberti, Jane Wyman, and Joe E. Brown, and one showing Wyman and actor Alison Skipworth. It's up to a small town soda jerk to stop a group of mobsters staying at a local inn with the intention of stashing their stolen loot. Set in the fictional town of Willow Springs. One photograph 8 x 10 inches, one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with light, even toning and edgewear, and one with light foxing to the verso.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1939
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe, newspaper clipping, and stamps relating to the photograph's use in an evening news broadcast on the verso. The troubled son of a missing war hero runs into trouble with authority while attending Culver Military Academy. His father's sudden reappearance changes both of the pair's erratic behavior. Nathaniel West's first film credit at Universal Studios. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with evidence of touch-ups on the recto.
Editore: Jed Buell Productions / Columbia Pictures, Hollywood, 1938
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Draft script for the 1938 film. Copy belonging to actor Joseph Herbst, with his last name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Herbst played the part of the sheriff in the film, and a year later would also go on to act as a Munchkin villager in The Wizard of Oz. The only known all-little person western musical film, an otherwise relatively conventional Western about good guys against cattle thieves that never-the-less featured a plethora of height-based gags, including cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors and cattle ranchers riding Shetland ponies. Panned by critics and beloved by audiences, produced Jed Buell stated that he had two sequels in the works with the cast, though they never materialized, leaving this the only oddity of its kind. Shot on location in California. Tall blue titled wrappers, noted as copy No. 12. Title page present, with credits for producer Jed Buell and associate producers Abe Meyer and Bert Sternbach. 95 leaves, with last page of text numbered 94. Carbon copy, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Fair, loose leaves.