Jo swerling (26 Ergebnisse)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film. Adventure film following the rise and fall of an illiterate peasant who becomes a renowned bullfighter. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and nominated for one other. Set in Spain, shot on location in Mexico City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with pinholes at the…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film, showing Dan O'Herlihy menacing Mickey Rooney. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1959 book by Leo Katcher. A dramatization of the exploits of Arnold Rothstein, a small time gambler during the Prohibition Era who rises through the New York ranks to become an inf…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth spine, and patterned paper-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 168 pages; Description: 168 p. Front. , plates. 20 cm. Subject: Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward…

Draft script for the 1965 production of the play, a revival run at New York City Center April 28 to May 9, 1965 for a total of 15 performances. Props and costume plot bound in. Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure," two short stories by Damon Runyon. The musical has had several Broadway and London revival…

Vintage script for the 1965 musical production. Single copied manuscript annotation on the title page, noting copy No. 27. Based on the 1950 Broadway play about a gambler who wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana, where the pair begin to fall for each other. The play ran from April 28 to…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film, showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso, crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. During the Depression, an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered…

Vintage oversize satin finish borderless photograph of actor Marlon Brando on the set of the 1955 film. Stamp of Dell Publishing on the verso, with annotations in manuscript pencil crediting photographer Peter Basch. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"…

Vintage script for the 1955 production of the play, staged at New York City Center from April 20 to May 1, 1955, and May 31 to June 12, 1955. Bound in at the rear of the script are a five-page props list and an eight-page costuming list for the play. Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure," two short storie…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Mimeographed sheets bradbound in pink stiff paper wrappers. Fine. Script for the original performance of this important musical play, which originally ran for 1200 performances with a splendid cast that included Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley, Vivian Blaine, and Sam Levene. The show's success begat the 1955…

Vintage reference photograph of Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur on the set of the 1935 film. Photograph with three stamps and provenance sticker on the verso, incluiding one stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones, with a mimeo snipe on the verso under the working title "Passport to Fame." Not to be confused with the 1926 sile…

Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1936 film, one showing Bing Crosby milking a cow, and one showing Crosby with Amalgamated Theatres representative Sidney Davis on the set. Both photographs with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones, and mimeo snipe on the versos. Not to be confused with 1981 film directed by Herbert…

Vintage poster for the serialized novel "Shebo," circa 1920s. Featuring art by Pennsylvania illustrator Louis Hanlon. Jo Swerling enjoyed a lengthy career as a screenwriter for Columbia Pictures. His screenplays include "Ladies of Leisure" (1930), "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942), "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945), and "It's a Wonde…

Vintage publicity studio still photograph from the 1935 film, showing Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur bursting through a newspaper's front page. Based on the 1932 "Collier's" published short story "Jail Breaker" by W.R. Burnett. The meek Arthur Ferguson Jones is mistaken by the police for the evil bank robber killer Mannion,…

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1944 film, showing actress Tallulah Bankhead sitting and reading a newspaper that makes reference to World War II. A group of survivors are stranded on a lifeboat following a Nazi attack on their merchant ship. Tensions are high as the group negotiates food rations and tries to pl…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film, showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz handing a cup of coffee to actress Jean Simmons. Provenance label on the verso, along with manuscript ink annotations. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, which was in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Mis…

Vintage reference photograph of actress Fay Wray spotting something large and tentacled outside a boat window, with a camera crew to the far left capturing the shot. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A wealthy woman funds a marine biology expedition, but trouble arises when her crew declares their intentions to search for lost gold bull…

Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the classic 1946 film, showing actors James Stewart and Donna Reed. Stamp specific to RKO's French release on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 short story, "The Greatest Gift," about a man at the end of his rope…

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film, showing director John Cromwell and crew members watching as Carole Lombard and James Stewart rehearse a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During the Depression, an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career, the demands of his dif…

Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film, one showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz with actors Jean Simmons and Stubby Kaye and wardrobe designer Irene Sharaff, and the other showing Sharaff, Mankiewicz, and choreographer Michael Kidd. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, in…

Pre-production script of the classic Broadway show (later subtitled "A Musical Fable of Broadway") sent to the influential scenic and lighting designer Jo Mielziner, accompanied by a letter of apology from the director George S. Kaufman. The text is significantly different to the licensed version and reveals Frank Loesser's musi…

An undated rehearsal script issued by Music Theatre, Inc. Now known as Music Theatre International, the licensing agency was founded in 1952 by Frank Loesser and the orchestrator Don Walker. The script presented here has a few textual differences from the version currently distributed. For example, Sarah Brown's first line, as p…

Four vintage candid reference photographs from the 1955 film, showing variously, actors Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, composer Frank Loesser, and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set. The first photo, double weight, shows Marlon Brando, as Skye Masterson, surreally socking one of his gangster companions in the nose. The seco…