Published by 20th Century Fox, 1937
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A VGF or better pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1947 re-release one page press sheet. Size: 11" X 14". Book.
Published by M-G-M, 1937
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Photograph First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1028-1. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.
Published by Universal Pictures, 1940
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Photograph
No Binding. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1100-132. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.
Published by Universal Pictures, 1940
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Photograph
No Binding. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1100-22. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. 1949 re-release. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.
Published by Universal Pictures, 1940
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Photograph
No Binding. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1100-122. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1938
Photograph
Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1938 film. Based on the play "Larger Than Life" by Joseph Schrank, in turn based on the short story by Norman H. Matson, about a timid linoleum company clerk whose girlfriend's overbearing mother decides it is time for the couple to marry. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, with light edgewear.
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Rear of envelope with handwritten return address-- SIGNED by actress Cora Witherspoon: "Return to: C. Witherspoon, Universal Pictures, Universal City, Hollywood Cal.". Also comes with a unsigned B&W photo of Fuller. SIGNED ITEM.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Cora Witherspoon") in pencil on vintage pink album leaf with halftone photo laid down 6" x 4 3/8"; very good (minor signs of handling), 1939. Boldly signed and inscribed: "To Patricia best wishes Cora Witherspoon". Signed by Author(s).
Published by Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1940
Photograph
Vintage publicity photograph of W.C. Fields with Una Merkel and Evelyn Del Rio from the 1940 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. An American comedy classic, wherein, W.C. Fields stars as a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and becomes the bank security as the result. Shot on location in Lompoc, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 78. Ebert II.
Published by Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1940
Photograph
Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse, a slovenly drunk, finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director, Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased on the edges.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. (not signed) on a 3/4 length portrait of Robert Montgomery holding a startled Cora Witherspoon with Frank Morgan looking on in concern. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; approximately 16 3/4" x 13 5/8" with logo in the lower right corner "Piccadilly Jim - A Metro-Gold"; very good (lower corners with creases; minor signs of handling), 1937. Rare thus!