Kathryn Grayson (85 results)

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. bar code cut out of sleeve for some reason. Otherwise VG tape in sleeve. The third and (to date) last film version of the Edna Ferber/Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat falls just short of greatness but is still a whale of a show. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson are in fine fettle as irresponsible gambler Gaylord Ravenal and showboat ingenue Magnolia Hawks. The plot adheres closely to the Broadway original making several welcome improvements in the final act (which was always a bit shaky). Magnolia, daughter of showboat impresario Captain Andy (Joe E. Brown) and Parthy Hawkes (Agnes Moorehead), falls head over heels in love with the raffish Ravenal. When the show's leading lady, Julie (Ava Gardner), and leading man, Steve (Robert Sterling), are forced to leave when Julie's mulatto heritage is revealed by disgruntled suitor Pete (Leif Erickson), Magnolia and Gaylord step into the vacant stage roles and score a hit. Eventually, the two are married and for several months are quite happy. After incurring serious gambling losses, however, Gaylord walks out of Magnolia's life never realizing that his wife is expecting a baby. With the help of her former showboat colleagues Ellie and Frank Schultz (Marge and Gower Champion) and a behind-the-scenes assist from the tragic Julie, Magnolia secures work as a Cabaret singer in Chicago. Her new year's eve debut threatens to be a bust until her father Captain Andy quells the rowdy crowd and guides his daughter through a lovely rendition of After the Ball (a Charles K. Harris tune that pops up in every stage version of Show Boat). Magnolia returns to her family, with her daughter Kim in tow. Upon learning from Julie that he has a daughter, Gaylord returns to Magnolia and Kim, setting the stage for a joyous ending. Virtually all of the Kern-Hammerstein songs are retained for this version of Show Boat (though none of the songs specially written for the 1936 film version are heard). These cannot be faulted, nor can MGM's sumptuous production values. Still, the 1951 Show Boat leaves one a bit cold. Perhaps it was the removal of the racial themes that gave the original so much substance (as black stevedore Joe, William Warfield exists only to sing a toned-down version Ol' Man River while Joe's wife Queenie is virtually written out of the proceedings). Also, MGM reneged on its original decision to cast Lena Horne as Julie; the role was recast with Ava Gardner and rewritten with an excess of gooey sentiment). Or perhaps it was the production's factory-like slickness; typical of the film's smoothing out of the original property's rough edges was the casting of Marge and Gower Champion, who are just too darn good to be convincing as the doggedly mediocre entertainers Frank and Ellie. Even so, Show Boat does have Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson at their peak, not to mention the peerless Joe E. Brown as Captain Andy. And the film was a financial success, enabling MGM to bankroll such future musical triumphs as Singin' in the Rain and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Hal Erickson, Rovi.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1ST. Soft Cover - Trade Paperback - Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Small Bit Of Shelf Wear. Page Fore Edges Have A Modest Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Book.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Fiction River: Christmas Ghosts. Book.

Condition: As New. Henderson, Daniel (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Henderson, Daniel (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A lot of two VG or better original release 11 x 14 lobby cards. Size: 11" X 14". Poster.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A VG or better 4-page supplemental press sheet. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Fine and fresh. Softcover. 264 pp. An anthology of cross-genre authors telling heartwarming stories of paranormal love set in the holiday season. Features stories by Mary Jo Putney, Carole Nelson Douglas, M.L. Buchman, Anthea Lawson, and more.

Paperback. fine digest magazine of original stories 1st edition. For the fourth anthology in the Fiction River line, paranormal romance writer Kristine Grayson invited a stellar lineup of cross-genre authors to tell heartwarming stories of love set in the holiday season.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. A VG or better 8-page pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. Size: 12 1/4" x 15". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A VG or better 8-page pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1960's re-release. Size: 11" x 17". Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust jacket. Vintage music magazine with Kathryn Grayson color cover. Includes "Movie Songs from 'Night and Day' 'Faithful in My Fashion' 'Around the World' 'Smoky' 'Bamboo Blonde' and Hoagy Carmichael's New Songs From Earl Carroll Sketchbook". Issue is well worn but with attractive cover. Some splitting at spine, 1"-2" tear to bottom corner of text block throughout. Closed on the inside front cover with filmoplast. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 Pounds. Category: Music::Magazines; Inventory No: 022023.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Millennium 1995 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''The Blue Isle is under siege, but even this is a success of sorts, since no other nation has survived even one battle with the shape-changers and doppelgangers of the Fey. No other land has managed to keep their magical warriors at bay. But the Blue Isle has in its Holy Water a magic of its own. ''. Book.

No Binding. Condition: VG. A VG or better 2-page ad supplement with no cuts. Poster.

No Binding. Condition: VG. 1222-33. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Millennium 1992 First UK & Trade Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine book in Dust Jacket, with the corners a little rubbed. ''An innocent excited boy, a prince and heir, takes his first journey to the city. it is nothing like he imagined. Hands pound against his carriage. The streets teem with merchants. magicians, half-mad preachers. But it is the last journey of his life as a prince. soon he will be abandoned and declared dead. ''. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Millennium 1993 First Edition First Printing Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and binding slightly strained else Fine book in like Dust Jacket. ''Two people love Emilio Diate - the Golgoth, the king who raised the refugee boy as his own; and Sheba, second to the throne of the Golgoth's deadly enemy, the Kingdom. Both believe he will betray the other side. ''. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A VGF or better pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. Book.

Condition: New. Henderson, Daniel (illustrator). In.

PF. Condition: New. Henderson, Daniel (illustrator).

No Binding. Condition: VG. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Condition: New. Henderson, Daniel (illustrator).

Audio CD. Condition: New. 5.6 X 4.9 X 0.4 inches; New copy sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Condition: As New. Henderson, Daniel (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A VG or better lot of five original release 11 x 14 lobby cards. Poster.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Condition: VG. 6"x5" B&W photo (on 8"x11" bonded paper) SIGNED by actress-singer Kathryn Grayson. Photo is of Grayson with Mario Lanza. sheet has two folds. SIGNED PHOTO.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.