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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Set in late 19th century New York. First presented at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre on 17 October 1960, with sets and costumes by Cecil Beaton. Based on the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition, 144 pages. Dust Jacket condition very good.…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Drama, Plays ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good dj. Fireside BCE. [minor shelfwear, mild age-toning to fore-edge, Hollywood agency stamp on front pastedown and endpaper; the jacket is browned along the spine and at the edges, with a short tear at the lower front flap-fold, and the Hollywood agency stamp on the front flap]. (B&W photographs) The book and lyrics (but not the music) for the Broadway musical about Fiorello LaGuardia, the popular New York City mayor who served from 1934 to 1945. The musical was popular, too: it ran for two seasons (November 1959-October 1961; 795 performances), and did very well in the major theatre awards, winning three Tony Awards (including Best Musical, shared with "The Sound of Music," and Best Featured Actor for star Tom Bosley), the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. And yet it's never made it into the canon of "great Broadway musicals," and none of its songs has ever become a standard.…

Wraps. Zustand: Good. 12 pages, plus covers. Illustrations (some color inside). This production was directed by William Corrigan. A rare item of Julie Newmar's stage and musical career Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. It is based on Wallop's novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. Whatever Lola Wants is the signature hit from this show. This program includes a narrative on Julie Newmar, The History of the Show. With narratives on key cast members, authors, the producers, director, choreographer, musical director, and production designer, and there is a synopsis of the show. The last page and inside the back cover has photographs of the ensemble cast. This production toured: Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, Pa; Camden County Music Fair, Haddonfield, NJ; Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, L.I.; Storrowton Music Fair, West Springfield, Mass.; Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, Md., and Shady Grove Music Fair, Gaithersburg, Md. Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer, August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles, as well as a writer, lingerie inventor, and real-estate mogul. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Katrin Sveg in the 1958 Broadway production of The Marriage-Go-Round and reprised the role in the 1961 film version. In the 1960s, she starred for two seasons as Catwoman in the television series Batman (19661967). Her other stage credits include the Ziegfeld Follies in 1956, Lola in Damn Yankees! in 1961, and Irma in Irma la Douce in 1965 in regional productions. Newmar appeared in the music video for George Michael's 1992 single "Too Funky" and had a cameo as herself in the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Her voice work includes the animated feature films Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) and Batman vs. Two-Face (2017), where she reprised her role as Catwoman 50 years after the original television series. Newmar had first appeared on Broadway in 1955 in Silk Stockings. Newmar's fame stems mainly from her television appearances. Her statuesque form and height made her a larger-than-life sex symbol, most often cast as a temptress or Amazonian beauty, including an early appearance in sexy maid costume on The Phil Silvers Show. She starred as Rhoda the Robot on the television series My Living Doll (19641965), and is known for her recurring role on the 1960s television series Batman as the villainess Catwoman. In the 1970s, Newmar received two U.S. patents for pantyhose and one for a brassiere. The pantyhose were described as having "cheeky derriere relief" and promoted under the name "Nudemar." The brassiere was described as "nearly invisible" and in the style of Marilyn Monroe. Haymer Lionel Flieg (January 19, 1920 November 18, 1989), known professionally as Johnny Haymer, was an American actor known for his role as Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H. He was an announcer for the Nipsey Russell-hosted game show Your Number's Up; in the mid-1980s he provided his voice for the characters Swindle, Vortex, Highbrow, and Caliburst in The Transformers. He appeared in the penultimate episode of the original Star Trek series, "All Our Yesterdays" Presumed First Edition, First printing thus [presumably for a Summer Stock tour].…

Final script for the 1939 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter 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). Based on Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical. A former vaudeville star is forced to join a ballet company, whereupon he becomes romantically involved with the company's prima ballerina, whose jealous dance partner attempts to arrange the man's death. Set in New York. Bound in red cloth with red quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present, dated 5/5/39 and noted as FINAL, stamped copy No. 102, with receipt intact. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay and playwrights Richard Rodgers and Larry Hart. 138 leaves, with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with two blue revision pages dated 5/9/39. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.…

Collection of five vintage studio still photographs and one borderless reference photograph from the 1939 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical. A former vaudeville star is forced to join a ballet company, whereupon he becomes romantically involved with the company's prima ballerina, whose jealous dance partner attempts to arrange the man's death. Set in New York. Five photographs 8 x 10 inches, one 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1939 film, showing actress Vera Zorina posing in a tulle-trimmed leotard and elbow-length gloves. With the stamps of Dell Publishing Company and still photographer Hurrell on the verso, along with a date stamp reading SEP 12 1939. Based on Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical. A former vaudeville star is forced to join a ballet company, whereupon he becomes romantically involved with the company's prima ballerina, whose jealous dance partner attempts to arrange the man's death. Set in New York. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.…