September 11, 1894. Edison and the Birth of Film. A letter dating from the birth year of motion... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("Edison"), to Norman C. Raff, relating to the early efforts in motion...
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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
Price: $2,500
Washington, D.C: Anderson House, 1939. First edition. Read More about Key Largo. A Play in Prologue and Two Acts
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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...
Price: $850
Los Angeles: 29 March 1993. "if it was easy everyone would be doing it" Responding to Hartley's enquiry into the importance of education to his career. The Cowboy-singer responded "I have always considered a good education extrememly important and one of the best tools to take along with you in..... Read More about Typed letter signed "Gene"
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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...
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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
Price: $250
Hollywood: Spurr, [ca. 1926]. “For 'Doug' Jr”. Superb, large portrait of the great John Barrymore (1882-1942) by the well-known Hollywood photographer of the the silent era, Melbourne Spurr, inscribed lower right to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, (whose signature is on the verso), “For 'Doug' Jr with sincerest good wishes from his..... Read More about Portrait photograph of John Barrymore, inscribed by Barrymore to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
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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"
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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. Richard..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"
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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"
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First edition. The basis for the 1948 Italian neo-realistic film, The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica. Read More about Bicycle Thieves. Translated by C.J. Richards
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[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
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[Atlantic City, N.J.]: [1915]. A handbill advertising a screening in Atlantic City, New Jersey, of what remains one of the most controversial American films, The Birth of a Nation, dating from the year of the film's release. The Birth of a Nation was banned in numerous cities, including Atlantic City..... Read More about New Nixon Theatre / Matinee Every Day / D.W. Griffith Presents / The Birth of a Nation / An...
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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
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New York: Peabody & Co., 219 Broadway, 1833. First edition. Parmly Copy (from the family). "This classical poem was a marked literary production, considering the subject, and was extensively quoted at the time and favorably commented on by the best critics and writers in the profession, and had a great..... Read More about Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth, and Their Proper Remedies. By Solyman Brown,...
Price: $800
[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...
Price: $750
![Autograph Note Signed to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, New York, 1938 [with, on verso:]...](/pictures/thumb/40561.jpg?v=1534804371)
Eddie Cantor, Josef Hoffmann, C.B. DeMille to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) began his stage career in 1907, and a half-century later was still going strong on TV's “Colgate Comedy Hour”. He was a Ziegfeld Follies star, a radio headliner with his own shows, and a star of screen and..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, New York, 1938 [with, on verso:]...
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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...
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New York: February 11, 1930. ‘It Can Be Done’. An encouraging letter by one of the founders of Universal Studios. Reading in part: “When I reached America in 1884, I was probably about your age. I was the proud possessor of $50.00 - - A world of adventure lay ahead..... Read More about Typed letter signed "Carl Laemmle" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in...
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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
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New York: Viking Press, 1935. First edition. One of the great anti-war novels to come out of the First World War and the basis for the film by Stanley Kubrick starring Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou. Read More about Paths of Glory
Price: $175
[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
Price: $100
[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
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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
Price: $400
