claude binyon (24 Ergebnisse)

Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1957 UK release of the 1956 US film. Based on Samuel Hopkins Adams' magazine story, "Night Bus," about a woman who is kidnapped by her father after she married a gold digger. She escapes to be with her husband, and on her way meets a newspaper man who discovers her secret and subsequently falls in love. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning, else Near Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 356.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Claude A Shepperson (illustrator). Cover shelf worn Pages somewhat Browned.

Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition (London, 1916). No markings, annotations, or inscriptions. Internally fine, with mild uniform tanning to the page block. Illustrated cloth boards, clean and secure, BUT with conspicuous pale splash staining to both the front and (especially) the back fore edges. Edited by Laurence Binyon. Illustrated by Claude A. Shepperson. With a Critical Introduction by Robert Bridges (Poet Laureate). Frontis, 180pp. Illustrated. (10 full-colour tipped-in illustrations by Shepperson; Bridges provides a 40-page critical introductory essay.).

1st edition. Very good copy, finely bound in gilt-blocked aniline-calf-backed, cloth boards. Spine and boards dust-dulled, somewhat sun-toned and rubbed as with age. Plates accompanied by loose guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Marbled end-papers. Some pages loose, cracked and foxed. IN good condition overall. Physical description; odd pagination, 27 cm, b&w plates. Subjects; Book portfolios. Arms and armor, English. Albrecht Durer. John Crome. John Sell Cotman. The Earlier Works of Titian. Military art and science England History. Weapons England History. Substance-Related Disorders. English Norman Medieval Renaissance Middle Ages History. 1 Kg.

Vintage press kit for the 1960 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing one oversize matte-finish borderless reference photograph, showing actors Cantinflas and Janet Leigh. A ranch hand goes to California to rescue a white stallion (which he considers to be his family) from the hotshot Hollywood director who has purchased it. The second American film of Mexican comedian and actor Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes, known simply as Cantinflas, in hopes of replicating the success of his US debut "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956). Shot in Mexico and Hollywood. Photograph Near Fine, folder Very Good plus, with faint foxing and soil to the folder.

Collection of 10 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1954 film. From the collection of actor Van Heflin, who played Jerry Talbot in the film, in his personal tabbed file folder. Based on a story by Mona Williams. Ernest Gifford (Webb) owns an auto company and invites three businessmen for the position of general manager. Bill Baxter (Cornel Wilde), Sidney Burns (Fred MacMurray), and Jerry Talbot (Heflin) all arrive with their lovely wives, who factor greatly in who will win the job. 8 x 10 inches. One still with a large corner chip, else Near Fine overall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Two different owner name stamps (of the same owner), a little sunning at the spine ends, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with some shallow loss at the spinal extremities. Epistolary account of Little Elsie, who leaves Chicago for Hollywood so she can become a star, told in her letters home, rendered in the *You Know Me, Al* style. Binyon was the Hollywood columnist for *Variety* who wrote the famous headline after the Great Crash: "Wall Street Lays An Egg." Starting in 1932 he went on to write nearly 50 screenplays, including *Holiday Inn*, *My Blue Heaven*, *Stella*, and *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!*. In addition, he directed several films. This book has wonderful risqué, air-brushed illustrations and jacket art by Hermann Post.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Very good, spine ends very lightly worn, small thin brown stain on bottom edge of back cover, end paper and pastedown edges faded, Good dustwrapper, 1in loss at tail of spine, corners and top spine end lightly chipped, spine browned, a few small brown stains on bottom of back panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near fine. Hermann Post (illustrator). First edition. A humorous, epistolary novel about the travails of a young girl who comes to Hollywood to become a motion picture star. Binyon was the Hollywood columnist for *Variety* who wrote the famous headline after the Great Crash: "Wall Street Lays An Egg." Starting in 1932 he went on to write nearly 50 screenplays, including *Holiday Inn*, *My Blue Heaven*, *Stella*, and *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!*. In addition, he directed several films. This book has wonderful risqué, air-brushed illustrations and jacket art by Hermann Post. The book is about fine with faint wear along the bottom edge. The unclipped dust jacket is has wear to the corners and along the front flyleaf fold. The jacket is housed in a removable mylar jacket. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Slight foxing on the endpapers, some sunning on the boards, a very good plus copy in about very good dustwrapper with some slight loss at the spinal extremities and a small scrape on the front board. Epistolary account of Little Elsie, who leaves Chicago for Hollywood so she can become a star, told in her letters home, rendered in the *You Know Me, Al* style. Binyon was the Hollywood columnist for *Variety* who wrote the famous headline after the Great Crash: "Wall Street Lays An Egg." Starting in 1932 he went on to write nearly 50 screenplays, including *Holiday Inn*, *My Blue Heaven*, *Stella*, and *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!*. In addition, he directed several films. This book has wonderful risqué, air-brushed illustrations and jacket art by Hermann Post.

Temporary Script for the 1953 film musical, here under the working title "Friendly Island." A US Army officer and his men occupy a South-Pacific island after World War II where they encounter many women, under orders not to "fraternize" the comedy unfolds from their desire and restraint. Green titled wrappers, noted as Temporary Script on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 109 and production No. 363, dated Nov. 17, 1950. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated November 17, 1950, noted as Temporary Script, with credits for screenwriters Albert Lewin and Burt Styler. 130 leaves, with last page of text numbered 112. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads. Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.

Revised Final script for the 1950 film. Bound presentation script belonging to producer Sol C. Siegel with his name in gilt on the front board. With 53 studio still photographs tipped in throughout, four pages of retakes and added scenes tipped in at the rear, as well as a number of manuscript annotations, primarily denoting the titles of various musical numbers. Based on the short story "Stork Don't Bring Babies" by S.K. Lauren, Grable and Dailey play a showbiz couple who discover, in successive order, that they cannot have children, that they can adopt children, and that they aren't really fit to raise children. But things get better, with the help of several musical numbers scored by Harold Arlen. Bound in green faux leather boards with gilt titles and rule, and marbled endpapers. Title page present, dated Dec. 1, 1949, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriters Trotti and Binyon. 191 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/21/19 and 1/5/50. Pages Very Good plus, photographs Near Fine, with some bruising or chipping to the verso of the preceding page on either the top or bottom edge. Boards Near Fine, with a bump to the upper rear corner. Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical.

Vintage press photograph of Joan Collins from the 1958 film. Based on Max Shulman's 1957 novel of the same name. A missile base is scheduled to be built in the suburban town, Putnam's Landing. Grace (Joan Woodward) joins a group organizing to prevent the base from being built while her husband Harry (Paul Newman) is appointed as a liaison for the military. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film, showing Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas in an intimate moment. Mimeo snipe, provenance stamp, and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A woman is unexpectedly caught in a love triangle during a trip to Paris. Shot on location in Sun Valley and Ketchum, Idaho. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with light creases at the bottom corners.

First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1934 pre-Code film, showing actresses Toby Wing and Verna Hillie. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with a dealer label. Two lovers and Olympic athletes fall prey to con artists who want to use their images and good reputations to sell adult magazines. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photographs of director Wesley Ruggles on the set of the 1940 film, by photographer Irving Lippman. Mimeo snipe and photographer "Irving Lippman" stamp on verso. Based on the 1919 play by W. Somerset Maugham, which was based on the 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson. Soon after presumed window Vicky (Jean Arthur) marries her late husband's friend and business partner Henry (Melvyn Douglas), her first, presumed dead, husband Bill (Fred MacMurray) shows back up, and now she's got one too many. Nominated for an Academy Award. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Byrge and Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films, A History and Filmography, 1934-1942.

Vintage composite photograph of self-taught husband-and-wife ballroom dance team Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza dancing the "Viola Waltz," a dance created for the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Veloz and Yolanda (as the couple were commonly known) were stars of ballroom dancing in the 1930s and 1940s, specializing in Latin ballroom styles. They opened a chain of studios in the 1940s, introducing many middle-class Americans to the dance form. "Many Happy Returns" was the first of several films for which the couple designed specialty choreography, followed by the Paramount film "Rumba" the following year. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1939 film, showing actors Marion Martin, Fred MacMurray, and Irene Dunne listening while director Wesley Ruggles describes a scene, with a script supervisor intently taking notes on the right. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A boxer from the lower class successfully romances a wealthy patron's daughter, though their courtship is plagued by his devotion to the sport. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code musical film. A naïve painter from Tennessee moves to France, where he promptly falls in with a dubious crowd of abstract artists) in Montparnasse. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with a faint ink mark on the upper right portion of the photograph.

Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with blue revision pages throughout, and with Heflin's substantial annotations in manuscript pencil on five pages (see images). Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford, the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist, the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates, hoping to tease out useful information and character traits via their choice of spouses. Title page present, dated April 20, 1954, noted as Final Script, with credits for screenwriters Lindsay, Crouse, and Binyon. 128 leaves, Multilith duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4-22-54 and 5-11-54. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.