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Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1939
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Vintage photograph from the 1939 film musical, based on the 1937 Rogers and Hart Broadway musical play of the same name. With a printed snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Culver Pictures photo bureau, a date stamp of "Dec 1939," and manuscript annotations regarding layout. Rooney and Garland sing "God's Country" from the finale of the musical, in a scene spoofing Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the FDR's fireside chats. This scene was cut from the film after Roosevelt's death, and believed lost until it was rediscovered and restored in 1990s. Rooney received a Best Actor nomination for his role in the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners, with pinholes at the corners and light wear to the margins. Hirschhorn, p. 167.
Seller: PhP Autographs, Hastière, Belgium
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Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. RARE - Curious drawing of a cuspidor and a black hand on a sheet folded in half. Obtained in person in Paris. + Photo 20x25 cm (recent print). Size : 13x21 cm. Condition : see scans please. Provenance : Eric Leguèbe (1935-2002) collection, French journalist and film critic who worked for the newspaper Le Parisien. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1950
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Revised Final script for the 1951 film. Script belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscriptic pencil annotation on the verso of some pages. An American soldier in occupied Japan after the conclusion of World War II joins his former love in putting on performances for the troops in an attempt to win her back. Red titled wrappers, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 5 and production No. 314, dated April 18, 1950. Title page present, dated April 18, 1950, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriters Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with three gold brads.
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1938
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Final Draft script for the 1938 film. From the library of producer Mark Hellinger, who wrote the film's screenplay, bound in red three-quarter leather with gilt titles and designs, marbled endpapers, raised bands, trimmed edges, and Hellinger's name in gilt on the front board. Also included is a typescript on onionskin stock, with the title and credits for Hellinger and story writer Faith Baldwin on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. Laid in (by Hellinger) is a typed letter signed by Bette Davis (dated March 31, 1939), on Davis' stationery, thanking Hellinger for kind words regarding her film "Dark Victory" (1939), and thanking him also for his understanding regarding "Comet Over Broadway" (1938), and her decision not to be a part of that film. Mark Hellinger's first screenplay for Warner Brothers. His other credits include the noir antecedent, "The Roaring Twenties" (1939, screenwriter), "It All Came True" (1940, producer), and his notable series of foundation noir films, "High Sierra" (1941, associate producer), "The Killers" (1946, producer), and "The Naked City" (1948, producer). Based on a story by Faith Baldwin (published in "Cosmopolitan" in 1937), about Eve Appleton (Francis), wife of garage owner Bill Appleton (Litel) and aspiring actress. Bill gets into an argument with an actor over Eve, and accidentally kills him. Eve takes her infant daughter and tries to make her way on Broadway while Bill is imprisoned. Set in New York. Bound script: Noted as FINAL on the distribution page, dated 3/28/38, with credits for Hellinger, Robert Buckner, N. Brewster Morse, Fritz Falkenstein, and Frank Cavett on the following page, flatsigned by Walter MacEwen. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. 155 leaves, mimeograph duplication, dated August 19, 1938 and August 22, 1938 (screenwriters' credit page). Pages and binding Near Fine. Typescript: Blue wrappers. "Comet Over Broadway by Mark Hellinger / (after a story by Faith Baldwin)" in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Hellinger and story writer Baldwin. 78 leaves, typed, watermarked "MILLERS FALLS." Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Bette Davis letter and envelope: Light soil and a closed tear to the envelope. Letter folded horizontally, else Near Fine.
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1938
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Final script for the 1938 film. Presentation copy belonging to story writer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). The fifth and last film in Warner Brothers' series of successful and gorgeously choreographed "Gold Digger" films. Dance sequences directed by Busby Berkeley. Set in Paris, shot on location in Paris and New York. Bound in red cloth, with red quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine and front board. Title page integral with distribution page, dated 1/4/38, noted as FINAL, with a Warner Story Department stamp. 155 leaves, with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, variously dated 1/27/38 through 3/24/38. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.