Sands Hal (4 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. No. 16 (37). Pulp-sized. Edited by Ray Palmer. Cover art by Virgil Finlay. Includes "Witch of the Dark Star" by Hal Annas; "Bundle from Heaven" by Lou Sands; "Sudden lake" by Robert Moore Williams; "A Bottle of Wine" by Ray Palmer; "Disaster Strikes First moon Rocket!" (Message Found in a Bottle)". Features "Editorial" by Ray Palmer; "Personals"; "The Club House" by Rog Phllips; "Letters". Letter from Philip Jose Farmer, and others. Illustrated by Hornstein, McCauley, and Smith. Tape ghost at heel with tear and small loss; soiling and small corner loss (see scan); stress with minor cracks and small losses. Book.…

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Film musical about a military cadet who wins a date with a French actress-who also happens to be the queen of Mardi Gras. Stock footage from actual New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations were used in the film. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities, and one still with a large corner crease, else Near Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 362.…

Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film, showing director Hal Ashby with actor Beau Bridges and crew members during filming on location in New York. Ashby's directorial debut, based on the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter, about a naive, wealthy white man who buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope, Brooklyn, intending to evict the low-income Black tenants and turn the building into a luxury home for himself. He soon grows fond of the residents, even beginning a relationship with one of the women living in the building, and decides to remain as the landlord. Set in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and shot on location in Brooklyn and Manhattan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.…

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. A collection of 135 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs, most measuring 8" x 10", with 87 negatives and 11 print-related pieces of ephemera pertaining to the Manhattan Rockets Dance Troupe. All items very good or better with some chips, tears and creasing. An archive of photographs and ephemera compiled by Hal Sands, a producer and director responsible for the Manhattan Rockets Dance Troupe in the 1950s. The collection begins with his business card which reads, "Hal Sands (Producer & Director) Stage shows for leading theatresoutdoor shows, state fairs, etcnight clubs and hotelstelevisiongirl revues(choreography by Dorothy Conova)." Many of the images show the troupe in various costumes including as space cadets and Native Americans dancing and posing on stage. The Rockets are featured in parades, community events, waving to crowds, and showcasing "fabulous prizes." In a series of images Sands is posed with various sports figures and celebrities of the day including Carmen Miranda, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope, and Roy Rogers. One marquee advertising the group reads, "Spectacular Stage Extravaganza Dozens of Girls Singers! Dancers! Hal Sands famed Manhattan Rockets Gorgeous Girls in Sensational Numbers." The ephemera includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, a large brochure from George A. Hamid's Aqua Circus (produced by Hal Sands), and two letters from fellow promoter Billy Erhardt of the Billy Erhardt Dance Company asking Sands if he's interested in his "girls" for the Rockets, with a list of their height and noting "these girls are just out of high school." A nice collection of 1950s performer photographs documenting this all-female dance group.…