Spears, Jack

Hollywood: The Golden Era

NY: Castle Books, (1971). (1971). NY: Castle Books, (1971). (1971). Fine. - Octavo, boards, in dw. The dw is rubbed & soiled. 440 pp. B&W illustrations. Near fine in a very good dw.

Reprint edition. Fine .

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Book number: 2291

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; CINEMA; MOVIES; MOVIE BOOKS; PERFORMING ARTS.

(Cocteau, Jean). Sprigge, Elizabeth; and Kihm, Jean-Jacques

Jean Cocteau: The Man and the Mirror

NY: Coward McCann Inc. (1968). (1968). NY: Coward McCann Inc. (1968). (1968). Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. There is a tiny white mark to the front cover; the dw is rubbed & chipped with the rear panel soiled. 286 pp. B&W portrait frontispiece & B&W illustrations. Near fine in a good dw.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 2258

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; CINEMA; MOVIES; MOVIE BOOKS; PERFORMING ARTS; DIRECTORS; AUTEUR.

(Spurr, Melbourne). Fairbanks, Douglas

An Original Portrait of Douglas Fairbanks by Melbourne Spurr, Inscribed and Signed by Fairbanks in 1926

1926. 1926. 1926. 1926. Very good. - sc - A 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sepia toned soft focus photograph of the Hollywood movie star Douglas Fairbanks by the great Hollywood photographer of the 1920's Melbourne Spurr. The image depicts the debonair star of Hollywood swashbuckling epics in three-quarter profile from the chest up. Attired in a sepia jacket over a white shirt with striped tie, Fairbanks focuses his soft gaze and winning smile toward the camera. The photographer's name "Melbourne Spurr / Hollywood" is stamped in blind at bottom left. The portrait is boldly inscribed and signed in ink by Fairbanks diagonally at bottom right: "To Mrs. Fred Carson [sp?] / Best Wishes / Douglas Fairbanks / 1926". There is some minor creasing to the bottom left corner of the photograph. This beautiful portrait is handsomely matted.

The American actor and leading man Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) is best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as "Robin Hood", "The Thief of Bagdad" and "The Mark of Zorro". In addition to his acting career, Fairbanks was a screenwriter, director and producer who was one of the founders of United Artists and of The Motion Picture Academy, hosting the first Oscar ceremonies in 1929. Married to Mary Pickford, the couple were regarded as Hollywood royalty.

Melbourne Spurr (1888-1964) first worked for the noted Hollywood photographer Fred Hartsook. Mary Pickford was so impressed with his work that she helped launch his career as a Hollywood portrait photographer. Spurr who, by the mid 1920's, was considered one of the great celebrity portraitists resisted signing on exclusively with one of the major movie studios, preferring instead to keep his own photography studio. Though he shined throughout the 20's, his Hollywood career gradually declined due to pressure from the large movie companies and Spurr moved on to photographing other major figures including Presidents, artists, authors, and dancers. Very good .

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Book number: 31637

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: MOVIES; FILM; HOLLYWOOD STAR; DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS; MELBOURNE SPURR; MOVIE STAR; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; PHOTO; SWASHBUCKLING; ROARING 20'S; DIRECTOR; PRODUCER; SCREENWRITER; SILENT FILM; ERA; CINEMA; PORTRAIT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPH; LEADING MAN;

Starr, William A.; editor

Critic. Volume 1 Number 1. September-October 1972

New York: American Federation of Film Societies, 1972. 1972. New York: American Federation of Film Societies, 1972. 1972. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial green & white wraps. The wraps are lightly foxed & the head & tail of the spine are chipped. 82 pages. Black- and-white illustrations. 1 bottom page corner is creased, else the contents are very good.

Among the contents of the first issue of this magazine, referred to throughout as "Film Critic", are an article on Russian film "The Tyranny of the Marketplace and the Tyranny of the Commissar" by Art Carduner, an article on the 1972 Berlin Film Festival by O. W. Riegel, and "Bogged Down: a Twitch in the Auteur Niche", an attack on the auteur theory by Pete Rainer. Very good .

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Book number: 14696

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; PERIODICAL; FILM CRITIC; FIRST ISSUE; WILLIAM A. STARR; RUSSIAN FILM; ART CARDUNER; BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL; O.W. RIEGEL; AUTEUR THEORY; PETE RAINER.

(Valentino, Rudolf). Steiger, Brad; and Mank, Chaw

Valentino

(New York): Mcfadden-Bartell Corporation, 1966). 1966). (New York): Mcfadden-Bartell Corporation, 1966). 1966). Good. - Small octavo, pictorial purple & gold wraps. The wraps are rubbed with the corners of the front wrap lightly creased. 192 pages. The page edges are darkened. Black-and-white illustrations. Good.

First edition.

Over-excitedly described on the cover as "An Intimate and Shocking Expose / The Sensational Never-Before-Published Truth about the Most Fiery Sex God of Our Time", this book deals with Valentino's sex life and whether he was gay. Good .

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Book number: 3747

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; CINEMA; FILM STAR; MOVIE STAR; RUDOLF VALENTI NO; SEX; GAY; BRAD STEIGER; CHAW MANK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

von Sternberg, Josef

The Blue Angel: A Film by Josef Von Sternberg / an Authorized Translation of the German Continuity

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1968). (1968). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial blue, white & black wrappers. The binding is lightly foxed & soiled. 111 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Fourth printing. Very good .

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Book number: 17554

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; CINEMA; SCRIPT; SCREENPLAY; DIRECTOR; GERMAN; JOSEF VON STERNBERG; THE BLUE ANGEL; MARLENE DIETRICH; EMIL JANNINGS.

Strauss, Theodore.

The Russian Story: A Film Cavalcade of a Thousand Years of Russian Heroism. (Program).

Artkino Pictures, 1943. 1943. - Octavo, softcover. 4-page program printed in brown on cream-colored paper, consisting of a pictorial title page, credits & 2 pages of text. There is some light creasing, including a horizontal crease where the program has been folded. Very good

The Russian Story was a compilation film, edited by George Freedland and produced by Joseph Burstyn with English text by Theodore Strauss. Morris Carnovsky was one of the readers of the text. This program is for the premier showing at the Stanley presented by Joseph Burstyn and Artkino Pictures. The film is a compilation of scenes from fiction films by twenty-two Russian directors, among them Eisenstein, Dovzhenko and Pudovkin with scores by fifteen Russian composers, including Shostakovich and Prokofieff. "The Russian Story" was sponsored by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship which describes it in the program as "a film that unfolds in an exciting historical pageant [of] the heroism and determination of the Russian people in withstanding foreign invasion throughout the past thousand years" culminating in "the courage, resourcefulness and efficiency with which for two full years the Soviet Union has resisted the Nazi onslaught."

Rare. Very good .

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Book number: 95510

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; HISTORY; RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION; FILMS; MOVIES; COMPILATION FILM; THE RUSSIAN STORY; WARS; INVASIONS; NAZIS; JOSEPH BURSTYN; GEORGE FREEDLAND; THEODORE STRAUSS; ARTKINO PICTURES; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AMERICAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP; PROGRAM; PREMIER; MORRI

(von Stroheim, Erich). Noble, Peter

Hollywood Scapegoat: The Biography of Erich Von Stroheim

London: The Fortune Press, (1950). (1950). London: The Fortune Press, (1950). (1950). Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. Bumped; spine & extremities faded; head & tail of spine lightly chipped & frayed. The dw is rubbed & chipped with the spine missing. 246 pp. Page edges slightly darkened. B&W illustrations. A good copy in the remnants of the dw.

First edition.

Very scarce. Good .

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Book number: 2212

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; CINEMA; MOVIES; MOVIE BOOKS; PERFORMING ARTS; DIRECTORS; AUTEUR.

Strozzi, Kay (1899-1996); and Halliday, John (1880-1947).

A Vintage Publicity Photograph of Hollywood Actress Kay Strozzi & Actor John Halliday on the Set of Warner Bros. "Captain Applejack".

Hollywood, CA: Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Production, (1931). (1931). - An 8 inch high by 10-1/8 inch wide glossy black & white vintage photograph depicting Kay Strozzi reaching out to hold John Halliday's arm as he reacts to a phone call. The number "CAJ-9" is printed in white at the bottom right of the image, with the film's credits along the bottom edge. There is a tiny chip out from the bottom left corner. Very good. Ambrose Applejohn and his ward Poppy live in an extravagant old mansion. Applejohn longs for a life of adventure when Madame Anna Valeska, played by Kay Strozzi, knocks on his mansion's door seeking shelter from the storm and supposedly also refuge from a violent man, Ivan Borolsky. However, it turns out that Madame Valeska is in cahoots with Borolsky as they seek an old pirate's treasure which was meant to be hidden in the home by one of Applejohn's ancestors. Very good .

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Book number: 96904

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: MOVIES; FILM; CINEMA; PHOTO; PHOTOGRAPHY; HOLLYWOOD ACTOR; ACTRESS; KAY STROZZI; JOHN HALLIDAY; SET; CAPTAIN APPLEJACK; CRIME THRILLER; WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; PUBLICITY PHOTO.

(Sturges, Preston). Ursini, James

The Fabulous Life & Times of Preston Sturges: An American Dreamer

NY: Curtis Books, (1973). (1973). NY: Curtis Books, (1973). (1973). Good. - Small octavo, pictorial wraps. Spine & extremities darkened. 240 pp. Page edges slightly darkened. 16 pp. of B&W production shots & stills from the films. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 2396

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; CINEMA; MOVIES; MOVIE BOOKS; PERFORMING ARTS; DIRECTORS; AUTEUR.

Sullivan, Edward S. (editor).

Adam Film World. Volume Six / Number Eight.

Los Angeles, CA: Knight Publishing Corp. December 1977. 1977. Los Angeles, CA: Knight Publishing Corp. December 1977. 1977. Very good. - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial stapled wraps. The covers are rubbed with a crease to the top front corner of the front cover. 78 pages, profuse illustrations in color and black & white, including male & female nudes. Very good. This periodical covering the adult movie industry of the time also includes articles on the mainstream cinema. Includes illustrated articles on "A Coming of Angels", "Why Brigitte Bardot Needs a New Man Every Night", "The First Annual Erotica Awards", "Luna's Confessions", "Inside me", "Desires Within Young Girls", "The Terrible Tots - They Keep on Coming" (about mainstream cinema's child actors), "Snapshots from Breaker Beauties", "Bel Ami", "Teenage Cruisers", and a column titled "Behind the Greenback Door" about the profits realized by Marilyn Chambers movies. Very good .

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Book number: 98302

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; ADAM FILM WORLD; PERIODICAL; MAGAZINE; VOLUME SIX; NUMBER EIGHT; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ADULT MOVIE INDUSTRY; MALE NUDES; FEMALE NUDES; NUDITY; DESIRE WITHIN YOUNG GIRLS; A COMING OF ANGELS; EROTICA; PH

Summers, Murray (editor).

Filmograph. (17 Issues, a Complete Run of This Quarterly from Vol. 1, No. 1 Through Vol. 5, No. 1.).

Alexandria, Virginia: Privately published by Murray Summers, from 1970-1976. 1970-1976. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcovers, 17 issues each bound in stapled buff wraps designed by Nick Verni, titled and illustrated with a photograph (usually a portrait of a movie star) on the front covers. All but one of the issues are 48 pages with the exception having 52 pages, with profuse black & white illustrations from movie stills. Near fine. A privately published quarterly periodical with articles on several aspects of American movies and film history. Articles include: * "Have You Seen Priscilla Dean in Universal Pictures?" * "Mae Murray, Star" * "Fritz Lang and Reflections of Present-day Moods" * "A Tribute to Raymond Hatton" * "Three Comedians of the Horse Opera (Max Terhune, Gabby Hayes, and Smiley Burnette)" * "An Interview with Lois Wilson" * "Kermit Maynard as Western Star and Stunt Man" * "The Falcon Film Series (1941 - 1949)" * "The Film Career of Patsy Ruth Miller" * "What Might Have Been, Virginia Maskell? * "Al Hoxie and his Cow-dung Westerns" * "Rita Gam and Pagan Splendor and Blue Jeans" * "Notes on Jeffrey Hunter and His Films" * "Sketching the Film Careers of Dawn O'Day and Anne Shirley" * "Eugene O'Neill From Play into Film" * "Ridin' and Singin' with Smith Ballew" * "Richard Cromwell - A Memoir and a Filmography" * "Marion Nixon Talks About Her Films" * "Victor Seastrom as Director" * "A Tribute to Edmund Cobb" * "Laura La Plante in Her Reel Life" * "I Interview Salome Jens" * "John Ford's 'Pilgrimage' - A Last Trip Into Filmic Sentimentality" * "A Conversation With Martha Hyer" * "Raymond Chandler and Hollywood" * "A Bio-Filmography (1914 - 1950) of Zachary Scott" * "Meet Cal Culver (alias Casey Donovan)" * "Marie Windsor Invites Me to Her House" * "What Is It About 'The Wolf Man'" * "Torchy Blane and Glenda Farrell" * "Reb Russell, His Interlude as Western Star" * "The Film Career of William Haines. Fine .

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Book number: 96731

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; AMERICAN CINEMA; FILMOGRAPH; PERIODICAL; MURRAY SUMMERS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FILM HISTORY; MAGAZINES; 20TH CENTURY; FILMOGRAPHY; PRIVATELY PUBLISHED; COMPLETE RUN; VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; NICK VERNI; ANTHONY PHILLIPS;

Sweeney, Russell C

Coming Next Week: A Pictorial History of Film Advertising

NY: Castle Books, (1973). (1973). NY: Castle Books, (1973). (1973). Very good. - Quarto, boards, in dw. The boards are bumped. The dw is rubbed, soiled & slightly darkened; there is spotting to the front panel & folds & a tear to the front panel top edge. 303 pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of B&W newspaper & magazine film ads. Very good in a good dw.

Reprint edition.

Covers the period from the 1920s when most newspaper ads were pen-and-ink drawings, to the 1930s and '40s "when the advancement in newsprint and the printing itself allowed for more realistic photos, or halftone printing." . Very good .

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Book number: 2369

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; CINEMA; MOVIES; MOVIE BOOKS; PERFORMING ARTS.

Taylor, John Russell; and Kobal, John

Portraits of the British Cinema: 60 Glorious Years 1925-1985

Salem, NH: Salem House, (1985). (1985). Salem, NH: Salem House, (1985). (1985). Very good. - Quarto, blue cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are bumped. The dust wrapper is very lightly rubbed with the top & bottom edges slightly creased. 160 pages. Black & white illustrations, including profuse full- page photographic portraits of British film stars. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 3720

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; CINEMA; BRITISH; ACTORS; ACTRESSES; FILM STARS; MOVIE STARS; PORTRAITS.

Taylor, Samuel (1912-2000).

Typed Letter Signed by Broadway Playwright and Hollywood Screenwriter of Vertigo, Samuel Taylor.

East Blue Hill, ME: November 3, 1960. 1960. East Blue Hill, ME: November 3, 1960. 1960. Very good. - One hundred words typed on cream-colored 7-3/4 inch high by 6-5/8 inch wide personalized letterhead with his name & address printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Samuel Taylor". The date received is stamped on the bottom edge of the letter & the date answered is penned at bottom left. Near fine.

Taylor writes to Philip Dunning of the Dramatists Guild to congratulate him on the Guild's new bulletin. "I still have nothing to contribute, but the day may come. And in the meantime I look forward to the forthcoming issues."

Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum to a Jewish family in Chicago, Samuel A. Taylor [1912-2000] made his Broadway debut as a playwright with "The Happy Time" in 1950. He wrote the play "Sabrina Fair" [1953] and co-wrote the film adaptation released the following year. He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar for this screenplay. His early success brought him more work in Hollywood, including "The Eddy Duchin Story" [1956] and Hitchcock's "Vertigo" [1958]. His film career faded after the initial failure of "Vertigo" but he continued to collaborate with Hitchcock, writing drafts of several other films for him. His later Broadway credits included "Avanti!", adapted for the Billy Wilder film released in 1972, and "Legend" [1976]. Very good .

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Book number: 34978

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY BROADWAY PLAYWRIGHT AND HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER SAMUEL A. TAYLOR; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; DRAMATISTS GUILD BULLETIN; SABRINA FAIR; VERTIGO; AVANTI! GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNER; ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE; TONY