Anbieter: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, USA
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"My Man Godfrey" earned this Russian immigrant a 1936 Oscar nomination. Centerfold page of a Kingston, New York play program, 11½" X 8½", n.d. [late 1940s]. Very good. Announcement for the play "Twentieth Century," by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur, listing the performers, the center text surrounded by local advertisements, signed twice in pencil by Auer. (The first signature he aborted, as the pencil dug into the paper.).
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1941
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage publicity photograph from the 1941 film, showing actor Mischa Auer. Date stamp, photographer's stamp, and provenance stamp on the verso. In 1841 New Orleans, a young woman seeks the fortune of a wealthy banker through marriage while romancing a handsome but poor sailor. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly wavy, else about Near Fine.
Verlag: Universal Studios, Universal City, 1946
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage publicity photograph from the 1946 film, showing actress Joan Davis in a strapless evening gown and feathered fascinator. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures, where he worked well into the 1950s. A comedy about a buttoned-down professor who travels from Indiana to New York City to meet with a publisher on behalf of her friend, a writer of racy bestsellers. 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus.
Verlag: Universal Studios, Universal City, 1940
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage publicity portrait photograph from the 1940 film, showing actor Mischa Auer. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A torch singer finds true love with a handsome naval officer, to the dismay of his commander and the other officers. The first of three films to pair Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne, and the American debut of British actress Anna Lee. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Set in the Pacific Islands. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly wavy on the top edge, else about Near Fine.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1936
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Revised Final script for the 1936 film musical. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. SIGNED by actor Joe E. Brown on the distribution page. 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 successful 1929 Broadway play by Jack Donahue and Fred Thompson/ A stage actor joins the US Army during World War I, where he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as a spy. Bound in dark red cloth, with gilt title on the front board. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page integral with distribution page, dated 1/13/36, noted as REV. FINAL. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, binding lightly worn at the spine ends, else Near Fine. Signed.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1940
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage portrait photograph of Russian American actor Mischa Auer, circa 1940s. Universal Pictures stamps on the verso. Auer made his breakthrough performance in the classic screwball comedy "My Man Godfrey" (1936), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is today best remembered for that performance, as well as his comic role in "You Can't Take It with You" (1938). From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Faint soil at the bottom left corner, else about Near Fine.
Verlag: William Morris Agency, New York, 1940
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage portrait photograph of Russian American actor Mischa Auer, circa 1940s. William Morris Agency stamp on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mischa Auer made his breakthrough performance in the classic screwball comedy "My Man Godfrey" (1936), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is today best remembered for that performance, as well as his comic role in "You Can't Take It with You" (1938). 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light discoloration and fading on the bottom right portion of the photograph.
Verlag: o. O. u. D.
Anbieter: Kotte Autographs GmbH, Roßhaupten, Deutschland
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250 : 200 mm. Hübsches Brustbild im Halbprofil. - Knickspuren und Einriss am rechten Rand.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1939
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage publicity photograph of Marlene Dietrich from the 1939 film, with two Universal Picture stamps on the verso, one crediting photographer Ray Jones and one noting actress Dietrich. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Loosely based on the 1930 novel by Max Brand. Previously made in 1932, directed by Benjamin Stoloff, and starring Tom Mix and Claudia Dell. An outstanding comedic western, starring James Stewart as a gun-abhorring deputy who tries to use his wits to bring law and order to the town of Bottleneck. Starring Marlene Dietrich as the tough saloon singer Frenchy. Shot on location in Kernville, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 1024.