Mary Dwan (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG pictorial softcover. 2017. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on inside cover. Illustrated by Author. Pages all clean/unmarked. What appears to be author's first book. Covers clean. Binding solid. 169 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: Good. Cover has light wear and corner bending. Spine uncreased, text unmarked. Ships Next Business Day.

Condition: Wie neu. Die DVD / Blu-ray befindet sich in einem gut gepflegten Zustand, weist jedoch leichte Gebrauchsspuren oder Kratzer auf, welche sich aber nicht auf die Abspielbarkeit der DISC selbst auswirken. Die Hülle / Box weist leichte Abnutzungsspuren, jedoch keine Beschädigungen, auf. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 87. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1920 silent film, showing actor James Kirkwood. A doctor frames his colleague and former friend for an illegal abortion, resulting in the man being sent to prison for five years. When he is released, his new outlook on life leads him to reject the kindness of others. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1915 silent film, one showing Edward Martindel and Mary Pickford, the other showing Martindel, Pickford, and Mildred Morris. Contemporary annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Years after abandoning his daughter to an orphanage, a wealthy painter attempts a reconciliation. The original film premiered in 1915, directed by Allan Dwan, but was destroyed in a fire shortly after its release, and is today considered lost. The film was re-made with the same cast, directed by John B. O'Brien, and released in 1916. One 8.75 x 8 inches, the other 10 x 8 inches. Good, edgeworn, with chips at two corners, moderately toned.…

Unbound. Condition: Good. Original black and white photograph measuring 7" x 5" Inscribed by actress Pauline Bush Dwan, "From left to right, Donald Crisp, Owen Moore, Mary Pickford, Father O'Sullivan, Allan Dwan, Pauline Bush Dwan. April 24, 1915 - San Juan Capistrano Mission, Calif. To Hettie Gray, with love, Pauline." The photo is creased with a tear at the top, thus good only. A photograph taken at the wedding of actors Allan Dwan and Pauline Bush at the San Juan Capistrano Mission in California and officiated by Father St. John O'Sullivan. While attending the wedding, Mary Pickford and Owen Moore (who were married in 1910) felt inspired to renew their own vows, a ceremony which O'Sullivan also officiated. The impromptu scene was later depicted in a painting by Charles Percy Austin, which remains in the possession of the Mission (we can confirm it has been on display as recently as 2020). This photo shows the two couples together with O'Sullivan and their friend and colleague, fellow actor Donald Crisp, posing in a ruinous corridor of the Mission, which O'Sullivan was in the midst of restoring at the time. The wedding appears to have been a quaint, even clandestine affair. The only real press we found of the event was first printed in the April 7, 1924 edition of *The Los Angeles Times* which dedicates only two short paragraphs to the announcement, the second being a single sentence, "The couple (Dwan and Bush) will take a unique wedding trip, motoring through the mountains of California," with no mention of the Mission, and the only reference to "Miss Pickford" being that Dwan was currently working with her. The recipient of this photograph was Hettie Gray Baker, a pioneer for women in the film industry. Baker was a screen writer and film editor who worked her way up to become the production editor and censorship representative at Fox studios. She worked on a myriad of films, including adaptations of Jack London's novels. The Women Film Pioneers Project (Columbia University) states: "Hettie Gray Baker . had a long and exceptional career in motion pictures. She was a writer of motion picture titles and scenarios; of library science, theatre, and fan magazine articles; and, later in life, of highly regarded books about cats . The range of her work, however, is not so surprising given that she was employed full-time for the motion picture industry from the early teens through the early 1950s . *Filmplay Journal* described her career as 'pioneerical,' calling her 'one of the most influential people in the production of the films.'" Underneath the photo's inscription, in a different hand, is written, "San Francisco, California, October 22, 1951." We're unsure who wrote this, but it should be noted that this photograph was found in an old family Bible belonging to Hettie Gray Baker and/or her relatives. A fascinating piece of silent-era film history that appears to be unknown as we could find no other examples of this image. Signed. …