Paperback. Condizione: Very Good-. Movie tie-in cover featuring Neil Diamond. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 184 pages.
Editore: WISCONSIN., MADISON, 1979
ISBN 10: 0299076601 ISBN 13: 9780299076603
Da: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. About fine in like dust jacket. (Light shelf wear to jacket. ) SIGNED on neatly tipped-in cards by cast members: May McAvoy, William Demarest, Roscoe Karns, Myrna Loy & Audrey Ferris.
Editore: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1940
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film, one with "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1937 play "Parfumerie." Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) is the new employee at the Matuschek and Company store, and Alfred Kralik (James Stewart), their best salesman, can't stand each other, unaware they're falling in love through the post as anonymous pen pals. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1999. Set in Budapest. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at corners, one with two small pieces of paper tape at top pinholes on verso. Rosenbaum 1000.
Editore: Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1927
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 film. Based on the 1925 play by Samson Raphaelson. The first feature film with both a synchronized recorded score and lip-synchronized singing and dialogue, effectively signaling the end of the silent era. At the first Oscars, producer Daryl F. Zanuck received an Honorary Academy Award and the film was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, though it was declared ineligible to compete for Best Picture in fairness to the nominated silent films. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a small chip at one corner, and a small bruise at another corner. Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.
Editore: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1937
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film, showing Joan Crawford, William Powell, and Robert Montgomery. MGM stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1925 play. A beautiful American grifter and jewel thief posing as a wealthy widow seduces her way into London high society. Director Richard Boleslawski's final film. Set in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned.
Editore: Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, 1937
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film, showing actress Marlene Dietrich provocatively smoking a cigarette. Based on Melchior Lengyel's 1932 play, about a love triangle between a woman, her diplomat husband, and a charming traveler. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
Editore: Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, 1937
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film, showing actress Marlene Dietrich. Brief annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Melchior Lengyel's 1932 play, about a love triangle between a woman, her diplomat husband, and a charming traveler. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
Editore: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1937
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph of actors Ralph Forbes, William Powell, Joan Crawford, Aileen Pringle, and Frank Morgan on the set of the 1937 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1925 play. A beautiful American grifter and jewel thief posing as a wealthy widow seduces her way into London high society. Director Richard Boleslawski's final film. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, lightly and evenly toned.
Editore: Samuel Goldwyn Studio, Los Angeles, 1980
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Revised Draft script for the 1980 film. Laid in with the script is a four-page revised shooting schedule, dated March 24, 1980. Based on Samson Raphaelson's 1925 play, which also served as basis for a 1927 film starring Al Jolson and a 1952 film starring Danny Thomas. The acting debut of Neil Diamond, whose soundtrack for the film was much better received than the film itself, selling over five million copies and reaching number three on the pop albums chart in the US. Shot on location in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and in Los Angeles. Script housed in a black three-ring binder, with title on a printed label affixed to the front board. Title page present, dated March 12, 1980, noted as REVISED DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Herbert Baker. 86 leaves, with last page of text numbered 85. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, binder Near Fine.