Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1944
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph of the original poster for the 1944 film musical, based on the 1937 Broadway musical "Room Service" by Allen Boretz and John Murray, previously adapted in 1938 as a Marx Brothers vehicle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Manuscript ink notation to the recto, image not affected. Lightly toned, with diagonal creases to the upper corners. Hirschhorn, p. 244.
Editore: Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1938
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Final script for the 1938 film musical. Specially bound copy belonging to story writer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. 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). The fifth and last film in Warner Brothers' series of successful and gorgeously choreographed "Gold Digger" films. Dance sequences directed by Busby Berkeley. Set in Paris, shot on location in Paris and New York. Bound in red cloth, with red quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine and front board. Title page integral with distribution page, dated 1/4/38, noted as FINAL, with a Warner Story Department stamp. 155 leaves, with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, variously dated 1/27/38 through 3/24/38. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.
Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1944
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Fotografia
Vintage reference photograph for the 1944 film musical, based on the 1937 Broadway musical "Room Service" by Allen Boretz and John Murray, previously adapted in 1938 as a Marx Brothers vehicle. Date stamped "June 1944," with stamp crediting photographer Hendrickson, copyright stamps for RKO Pictures and Culver Services, and a sticker for the later on the verso, along with manuscript annotations. Director Tim Whelan leans in, with crew members in the background, as Gloria DeHaven sings to a piano playing Frank Sinatra. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear. Very Good plus. Hirschhorn, p. 244.