1972. An excellent archive of material related to the casting of the title role of the iconic blaxploitation film, Cleopatra Jones (1973), from the files of Cassius Weathersby, who headed the open auditions held in seven American cities in the late summer and fall of 1972. Weathersby was tasked with..... Read More about Archive related to the casting of the landmark film, Cleopatra Jones

Los Angeles: July 15 & November 17, 1939. The Singing Cowboy Signs with 20th-Century Fox. Following this agreement — due, it is said, to the intervention of 20th-Century Fox star Jane Withers — Western box-office star Gene Autry signed with the Hollywood giant, and made his first movie with them..... Read More about Two Typed Letters of Agreement, signed, to Twentieth-Century Fox, confirming two amendments...

N.P. [Hollywood]: n.d. [ca. 1950]. Young Man with a Camera: Bacall & Douglas. Bacall & Douglas starred together in YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950), in which Douglas plays a jazz trumpeter involved with the strange and beautiful (and possibly lesbian) Amy, played Bacall. The inscription is reproduced in EISENSTAEDT'S..... Read More about Autograph Inscriptions Signed ("Best Always, Lauren Bacall" and "to Alfred...

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1955]. First edition, Number 221 of 265 copies, Signed by the Author, on special paper. Signed Limited. Read More about Memories: An Autobiography

n.p. [Paris?]: n.d [ca. 1920-1954]. Inscribed to his Sister. A lyrical piece in A minor, with a central section in A major, composed for the piano and inscribed by Lionel Barrymore to his sister:“Dédieé à Mlle. Ethel Barrymore.”Barrymore composed a variety of music, from solo pieces to large orchestral works..... Read More about Autograph music manuscript, "Ossity Hongroise, op. trente"

New York: July 19, 1933. Richard Barthelmess, Born 9 May 1895 in New York, New York, USA, as Richard Semler Barthelmess. Died 17 August 1963 in Southampton, New York, USA, of throat cancer. Married actress Mary Hay 18 June 1920; divorced 1927. Married Jessica Stewart Sargent 1928,together until his death..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess, "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"

[Los Angeles: July 20, 1938]. Press photos for use in publicity for Universal Pictures LETTER OF INTRODUCITON, with two images of Edgar Bergen with his creation Charlie McCarthy at the signing of their names in cement on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a shot of Bergen and McCarthy at..... Read More about Three press photographs of Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

Culver City, CA: Chartoff Winkler Productions, 1971. Revised draft February 1971, copy distributed to Jack C. Jacobsen, sound engineer on the film, with his name inked to title page along with the number 23. Screenplay for the film based on the Jimmy Breslin novel which in turn is based on..... Read More about The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight. A Screen Play by Waldo Salt from the novel by Jimmy Breslin

[Los Angeles]: University International, 1956. The Life of Lon Chaney. A fascinating account of the detailed costs involved in making this black and white production of Lon Chaney's life compiled November 15, 1956 by Robert Daley, of the Production Budget Department, with the inserted “Picture Cost Report” providing an update..... Read More about Production Budget for the making of “Man of a Thousand Faces” with James Cagney (as Lon...

Los Angeles: 29 May 1942. Chandler Sells Part of His Soul. Chandler assigns film rights for his third novel, completed in March 1942, here still bearing his original title, The Brasher Doubloon as well as the alternate title that Chandler gave it at Blanche Knopf’s suggestion. The High Window was..... Read More about Original Typed Document, signed in ink (“Raymond Chandler”), dated 29 May 1942, assigning...

New York: The Avondale Press, (1929). First edition. Seabury was the General Counsel to the Motion Picture Board of tarde and the National Association of the Motion Picture Indsutry. Read More about Motion Picture Problems. The Cinema and the League of Nations

[New York]: A Hugo Edition of the Bodley Press, [1949]. First American edition. Read More about The Blood of a Poet. A Film. Translated by Lily Pons with Translator's Note

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 ValleyWesley 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 MeinardiD'Arcy Rutherfurd: "Very..... Read More about Signature