Dick Powell, Signed (6 results)

Condition: Very Good. pfas99 This is a wonderful souvenir for any Dick Powell fan - it is a photograph sent from Los Angeles from the studio to a fan - It is printed signed but has hand appearance - it has some faults incl handling marks but still graded vg minus to vg - it has an official Los Angeles 1950s postmark - this has such character from the home of his movies when being filmed sent just to a small number of fans on request 70 years ago.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Matte black/white photo, 4.5 x 6.5", no photographer listed. Frame is 7.5 x 9.5". Frame has a small scuff to bottom and "6-27-02" written in ink on back else in good condition, mahogany colored with gold trim. Photo has not been examined out of frame but also looks to be in good condition, minus a small splash stain on left edge. Photo shows Powell leaning on the back of a chair wearing a tweed suit and tie, smiling slightly. INSCRIBED "To Margaret S____" AND SIGNED BY DICK POWELL. Affixed to back of frame is a brief bio of Powell, and info on the acquisition of the photo "via Internet Auction June 2002" by a Mike Fensler of Grass Lake, Michigan, as well as a COA from "The Smile Shop". Extra postage required for shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Mark Wilson (Jacket photograph) and Caroline E. De (illustrator). xii, 416, [4] pages. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The inscription reads: "To Gary, an old friend over the years. J Mann 1/25/20". Dick Cheney and Colin Powell--it is easy to forget that they were once allies. The two men collaborated closely in the successful American wars in Panama and Iraq during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. However, conflicts of ideology and sensibility drove them apart. Under George W. Bush, they fell into ever-deepening antagonism over the role America should play in a world marked by terrorism and other nontraditional threats. In a wide-ranging, deeply researched, and dramatic narrative, James Mann explores each man's biography and philosophical predispositions to show how and why this deep and permanent rupture occurred. He brings to life the very human story of how this influential friendship turned so sour and how the enmity of these two powerful men colored the way America acts in the world. James Mann (born 1946) is a journalist and author. As a newspaper journalist, he worked for more than two decades for the Los Angeles Times, where he served as Supreme Court correspondent, Beijing bureau chief, and foreign-policy columnist. Earlier in his career, he worked at The Washington Post, where he was part of the newspaper's Watergate coverage. His magazine articles have appeared in The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly and The American Lawyer. His 1992 article, "Who Was Deep Throat?", was included in The Atlantic Monthly's collection, "The American Idea: The Best of The Atlantic Monthly. Derived from a Kirkus review: A useful review of the hard-right shift of U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, delivered via a comparative study of two of the seminal players. As Mann shows in this illuminating dual biography and history lesson, early on in their careers, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney both hitched their stars to top government insiders who helped propel them to the highest levels of power. Powell, the amiable, popular soldier, was an aide to both Frank Carlucci and Casper Weinberger at the Defense Department and National Security Councilâ"before becoming national security adviser in 1987. Cheney became Donald Rumsfeld's aide during Gerald Ford's brief administration before assuming the role of White House chief of staff. Both men achieved stellar appointments during George H.W. Bush's administration and led a "good war" that expelled Iraq from Kuwait while agreeing not to extend the war into Baghdad. Yet it was in George W. Bush's administration that the twoâ"Cheney as VP, Powell as secretary of stateâ"began to diverge in thinking and action. Cheney's "blueprint" was essentially to keep the U.S. as the world's dominant military superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union and actively "block" any hostile rival. Powell maintained a centrist position and urged caution and restraint, especially regarding another war with Iraq. Cheney pushed for aggressive "antiterrorist measures," including the controversial and ultimately self-defeating "black sites" and "enhanced interrogation" measures, while Powell emphasized working with U.S. allies. Both men would develop their own "tribes" of followers. Yet it was Powell who became the poster child for the invasion of Iraq, convinced by U.S. intelligence into making a false casus belli of Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction. The friendship was over, and the split caused deep rifts in the country at large. Still, as Mann demonstrates thoroughly in his insightful dissection of their relationship, Powell was as complicit and eager a participant in the nation's disastrous ventures as Cheney. A significant work of American history. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Condition: Good. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Film-Kurier" Series, 10, Banner St., London, E.C.1. No. 16. Made in Great Britain. Signed and inscribed in the plate. Scarce.Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 - January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, voice actor, film producer, film director and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility, and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He was the first actor to portray the private detective Philip Marlowe on screen.

Unbound. Condition: Very good+ condition. First Edition. Color postcard of the Chez Paree threatre restaurant in Chicago showing a view of the dining room and stage. Signed on reverse "Dick Powell" in blue pencil. Minor surface soiling. The post card was manufactured by E. C. Kropp Co. of Milwaukee. Married Joan Blondell and June Allyson. Hollywood, Film, Performing Arts, Celebrity, Entertainment. Signed by Author(s). Autograph.

Frühes s/w-Großfoto (Szene 4° quer, foto RKO in Eine Nacht mit Susanne), eigenhändig signiert.