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Published by Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1921
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph of actress May McAvoy from the 1921 silent film. With the stamp of Realart Pictures on the verso. Today considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with a few small one inch tears and accompanying creasing to the edges.
Published by Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1944
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Three vintage photographs and one borderless publicity photograph from the 1944 musical film. A musical revue about a former vaudeville star who decides to try his luck at Hollywood. Notable for its extensive celebrity cameos, including appearances by Orson Welles, Lon Chaney Jr., Dinah Shore, Noah Beery Jr., The Andrews Sisters, Jeanette MacDonald, and Maria Montez, among many more. Set in Hollywood. Three 8 x 10 inches, one 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, several lightly and evenly toned, one with a short closed tear to the top left corner.
Published by Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1926
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film, showing actors Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton from behind. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Two adversaries gradually become best friends as they stumble through World War I together. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn, with paper tape reinforcements on the verso.
Published by Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, 1931
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
First White script for the 1931 Pre-Code film. An early starring performance for Carole Lombard, made prior to her 1934 star breakthrough in Howard Hawks' "Twentieth Century." Included is a studio still photograph of Lombard and Lilyan Tashman from the film, with the unusual feature of having an associated quote from the scene added to the negative at the bottom margin. In this romance, an aspiring writer encounters a wealthy publisher who gives him an advance on the first two chapters of his book. Meanwhile, his wife helps out by becoming a chorus girl in a nightclub revue. Tall white studio self wrappers, noted as TALL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped production No. 1794, dated February 24th, 1931, with credits for playwrights Hackett and Goodrich, screenwriters Kober and Unsell, director Sutherland, and producer Sheldon. 146 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 2-25-31. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, side stapled.