Los Angeles: September 2, 1939. Under the terms outlined in this contract (e.g., $3,250 per week), Henry Fonda... Read More about Typed Letter Signed to Twentieth-Century Fox, confirming that their one-year contact begins on...
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Sun Valley, Idaho: Feb 8 1937. SKIING & MORMONS. With sentiments signed by: Robert Young: "I aspire to your perfection in photography." Melvyn Douglas-1936 Sun Valley Wesley Ruggles: "Knowing you has been a great pleasure-Sincerely-Wesley Ruggles-1937." On verso: Helen Meinardi: " 'I met him in Sun Valley' 1937 An original by Helen Meinardi D'Arcy Rutherfurd: "Very..... Read More about Signature
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New York: May 18, 1946. Toby, in Menotti's THE MEDIUM, 1946. A very rare and early image (none are in the Library of Congress) of the versatile and prolific actor, choreographer, screenwriter and director who worked on stage and screen in Italy in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Born Leopoldo..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Leo Coleman [aka Leopoldo Savarona] as Toby in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera,...
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, [1957]. First American edition. With TLS to Ronald Colman from Publisher sending him a copy of the book and mentoning that he appears on page 183. Read More about Freddy
Price: $75
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Ronald Colman to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Cordial notes from the stars (Colman: “In sincere appreciation”, Durbin: “With kindest personal regards”) following photo sessions with Eisenstaedt. Eisenstaedt's portrait of Colman appears on page 93 of his WITNESS TO OUR TIME, Durbin's on page 94. Read More about Autograph Note Signed to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., September 1938 [with, on verso:]...
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Los Angeles, Calif: November 13, 1957. Coop in Ten North Frederick. Read More about Typed Contract signed, between Gary Cooper and Twentieth-Century Fox , being agreement that...
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Los Angeles, Calif: September 13, 1950. Cooper was to receive 3% of the gross receipts -- up to $350,000 -- for his role in the film which came out in the following year as YOU'RE IN THE NAVY NOW. Read More about Typed Contract signed, between Gary Cooper and Twentieth-Century Fox , to portray the role of...
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New York: Pantheon, [1967]. First American edition. The frst American edition of this collection of stories first published in Mexico in 1956. "Blow-Up," at pp. 114-131, is the source of Antonioni's famous film of the same title. Read More about End of the Game
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Bing Crosby to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Read More about Autograph Inscription Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt on Crosby's memo paper, Hillsborough, CA June...
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Philadelphia: Dorance and Company, 1925. First edition. Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks. Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks: "To Douglas Fairbanks in hearty good will from the Author. Oct/25." With stamp on pastedown of Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Read More about Bogus or Bonus Lives
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London: 12, 13, 14, November, 1951. Three Distinguished Brits. Incriptions to Life photographer Eisenstaedt from three distinguished Brits: (1) Henry Hallett DALE , co-winner of the Nobel Prize in 1936 with Loewi for identifying the chemical acetylcholine as a neuro-transmitter ("for a relatively painless operation"); (2) Whitney STRAIGHT, the American-born..... Read More about Autograph inscriptions signed, to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Los Angeles, Calif: February 15, 1955. Dorothy Dandridge in Hollywood. A complex contract with the legendary Dandridge and the studio, coming on the heels of her triumph in Carmen Jones, for which she won an Academy Award nomination for best actress — the first Afro-American woman to be so honored..... Read More about Typed Contract signed between Dorothy Dandridge and Twentieth-Century Fox, to "render...
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[California: 1947-ca.1954]. SCRAPBOOK KEPT BY BETTE DAVIS. A scrapbook kept by Hollywood star Bette Davis (1908-1989) following the birth of her only biological child, Barbara Davis Sherry (b.1947), documenting her first seven years of life and providing a portrait of Davis as affectionate mother. Sherry's father was William Grant Sherry..... Read More about Childhood srapbook of Barbara Davis (B.D.) Sherry, daughter of Bette Davis, documenting her first...
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982. A Wonderful Association. Inscribed on half-title to Canadian Actress Colleen Dewhurst who played Marilla Cuthbert in "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" from Kevin Sullivan, the Executive Producer and Writer: "Colleen, I am indebted to you for your influence in..... Read More about Spirit of Place. Lucy Maud Montgomery and Prince Edward Island
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n.p: Ca. mid-1940s. Exotic Signed Photograph of Costumed Marlene Dietrich. The legend: gorgeous, exotic, inscrutable. Read More about Fine black and white portrait photograph of Marlene Dietrich
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N.p: November 7, 1947. The letter reads: “Gentlemen: In consideration of the publicity to be given to me and which may arise herefrom, my consent is hereby irrevocably given to you, your assignees and licensees, and to the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc., and its subscribers and licensees, to..... Read More about Typed letter signed (“Marlene Dietrich”) to the News Syndicate Co., Inc. of New York City...
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. Third printing. Walt Disney's Bambi. Read More about Walt Disney's Bambi
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New York: October 5, 1937. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More about Portrait photograph of Raoul Dufy
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New York: Leslie-Judge, 1916. First Edition. The Movies in 1916. A rich storehouse of movie photos, interviews, anecdotes, stills, and other material from the two-reeler days. Includes D.W. Griffith, Pickford, Fairbanks, Barrymore, Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Fatty Arbuckle (in the days before his banishment from the silver screen) as well as..... Read More about Film Flashes: The Wit and Humor of a Nation in Pictures
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Nelson Eddy and Paulette Goddard to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Gracious notes from the stars, following photo sessions, Eddy writing,“May all your dark rooms have silver linings”. Read More about Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., 1938 [with, on verso:] GODDARD, Paulette, “+...
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September 11, 1894. Edison and the Birth of Film. A letter dating from the birth year of motion picture exhibition, from the inventor of the medium, Edison, to one of the first motion picture distributors and producers, Norman C. Raff, mentioning a third important figure in the history of film..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("Edison"), to Norman C. Raff, relating to the early efforts in...
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. First edition. By the author of Drums Along the Mohawk. This book was made into amovie with Dorothy Lamour and Henry Fonda. Read More about Chad Hanna
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n.p: September 1979. Eisenstaedt photograph of two male ballerinos in the studio. Read More about Untitled [two dancers
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nd: The Elton Corporation, 1927. Souvenir Movie Program. Printed by Longacre Press. Read More about 'Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho'
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New York: Douglas Fairbanks Company, 1924. Movie Program. Printed by Fleming & Rewverly, Inc. With folded 4 pp. Synopsis Brochure from Liberty Theatre on 42nd Street, Parfum Fleur de Bagdad ad laid in, seating chart for theatre. Read More about Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Thief of Bagdad.'
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1898. Cambridge Edition. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., decorated naval officer of WWII, and royal of Hollywood's Golden Era, credited in more than 50 films (including the starring role in GUNGA DIN) -- with his bookplate on..... Read More about The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Price: $1,500