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Film magazine with an emphasis on eroticism and nudity. The illustrations include a nude cover illustration and centerfold and there is an article on Marilyn Chambers. This issue also includes articles on Jancso's "Electra", Robert Altman's "Nashville", Warren Beatty and "Shampoo", Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin and Jodorowsky's "El Topo". The text is in French. Very good .
A magazine of the performing arts, including film, dance and theatre, and also fashion. The text is minimal with the emphasis on nudity and eroticism in the illustrations. Among the contents of this issue are a nude Marilyn Monroe centerfold. The centerfold photo is one of a series of photos taken by Lawrence Schiller in 1962 on the set of "Something's Got To Give". The front and back covers illustrate Marilyn Monroe impersonators with male models. Other photographs include men's fashion including two pages of men in brief briefs, illustrated articles on Andy Warhol's films, Jay Johnson (star of "Chelsea Girls"), the "underground" nude dance of Roger Ribes, and work by Barbet Schroeder. There is also an article on Marlon Brando.
The text is in French. Very good .
The text is in French. Good .
Henrietta Crosman Campbell writes to Mrs. Pond, wife of impresario Major James B. Pond, to say that she and her husband will call on the Ponds in their room at the Hotel Victoria, London, where both couples are staying, and that after dining with Mr. Hartzel they will go to the theatre.
Henrietta Crosman [1861-1944] was an acclaimed American stage actor. In 1914 she contracted to appear in a silent film for Adolph Zukor's Famous Players and went on to appear in several silent films. When the talkies arrived in the 1930s, the movie business started seeking out stage-trained actors. Campbell, by then nearly seventy, experienced a revival of her career, becoming a much-loved veteran movie star in such films as "Pilgrimage" [1933] and "The Royal Family of Broadway [1930]. Crosman's second husband was Broadway stage director and producer Martin Campbell. With Crosman, he joined the nascent silent film industry and by the 1920s he was a noted film director. Very good .
Elissa Landi (1904-1948), an Italian-born actress, was educated in England. After writing her first novel at the age of twenty, she joined the Oxford Repertory Company and appeared in many British and American stage successes. During the 1920s she acted in a number of films, then traveled to the United States and appeared in a Broadway production of "Farewell to Arms". She was signed to a contract by Fox Film Corporation in 1931 and thereafter was paired successfully with such major leading men as Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter and Ronald Colman. She appeared with Robert Donat in the box office hit "The Count of Monte Cristo" [1934]. After her Fox contract was canceled in 1936 over a disputed role, she acted in several films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She retired in 1943, became a naturalized U.S. citizen and devoted herself to writing novels and poetry. Very good .
Olga Petrovna sends Christmas and New Year greetings to agent Chamberlain Brown: "Another Christmas. Another New Year and once again I write to tell you I'm thinking of you, hoping that the first may be a pleasant one and that the second may be VERY kind.."
Olga Petrova [1884-1977] was an American actor, screenwriter and playwright. She was born Muriel Harding in England, moved to the United States and became a vaudeville star using Olga Petrovna as her stage name. She starred in films for Solax Studios and was Metro Studio's first diva, usually playing femme fatale roles. Most of her films are now lost. She wrote several screenplays and, after retiring from the film industry in 1918, acted in Broadway productions and wrote three plays. Very good .
First edition. Very good .
A publisher's press release is laid in. Fine .
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