FATHER GOOSE. THE STORY OF MACK SENNETT / SIGNED / 1ST EDITION / DJ

407 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler to Nunnally Johnson on the front free endpaper: "To Nunnally Johnston (sic) in loving memory of George Arliss. / Gene Fowler / Oct--1934". Illustrated from period black and white photographs including movie stills and a frontispiece headshot of Mack Sennett. Price-clipped dust jacket. Cloth with gilt cover and spine titling. 6" x 8 1/2". Custom slipcase. Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977) was a prolific screenwriter, director, producer and playwright. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for his adaptation of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. Johnson wrote the screenplay for The House of Rothschild (1934) which starred George Arliss. Arliss (1868-1946) won an Oscar for Best Actor for Disraeli, in which he played the title role. Written in the inimitable Fowler style. A rare association copy. A Near Fine Copy (gilt lettering somewhat oxidized) in a Very Good dust jacket (price clipped; minor edgewear at spine ends; chips at top of front cover; spine slightly darkened), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve and custom slipcase.…