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Theater and Cinema

1. Agee, James. AGEE ON FILM, Five Film Scripts.. Beacon Press. 2nd printing, May 1964. Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. Foreword by John Huston. Small label shadow on front cover. Scripts included: Noa Noa, The African Queen, The Night of the Hunter, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, The Blue Hotel. x & 488pp. Small and light spot on rear cover. Agee (1909-1955) a broadly talented American writer.
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2. Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. JUDITH OF BETHULIA, A Tragedy. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1904. Frontis of Miss Nance O'Neil. Cloth. Large 12mo. Good. No dust jacket. 98pp. mild crease mark in front cover. Gilt lettering. oval picture illustration on cover. 'This play--written for Miss Nance O'Neil and produced at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, October 13, 1904'
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3. Alexander, William. FILM ON THE LEFT. American Documentary Film from 1931 to 1942,.. Princeton University Press. 91981). Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Nicked dj. Near fine. Autograph presentation to Sara on title page signed by author's nick name 'Buzz' and his last name. Dated June 1981. Smooth paper. xviii & 355pp. Bibluiography. Index.
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4. Altman, Robert. ROBERT ALTMAN'S PRET-A-PORTER.. Miramax Films. (1994). 1st edition. Illustrations, some in color. Stiff wraps. Large 8vo. Fine. Script by Robert Altman, Barbara Shulgasser, and Brian D. Leitch. Interviews by Brian D. Leitch. Decorated front cover. 187pp plus. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Smooth paper dust jacket over paper wraps.
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5. Anderson, Robert G. FACES, FORMS, FILMS. The Artistry of Lon Chaney.. Castle Books. (1971). Reprint. Hardback. Large 8vo. Nicked dj. Near fine. '.astonishing collection of over 150 stills' of Chaney 'in all of his major characterizations.' 216pp
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6. Baker, Carroll. BABY DOLL, An Autobiography.. Arbor House. (1983). 1st printing. Photo illustrations. Hardback. 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. Decorated endpapers--black on black. 305pp.
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7. Barbour, Alan G. HUMPHREY BOGART.. Galahad Books. (1973). Illustrated. Hardback. 12mo. Very good dj. Very good. A Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars--General Editor: Ted Sennett. Preface by Ted Sennett. Has a list of the films of Bogart and a short bibliography. 160pp.
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8. Barnes, Eric Wollencott. ANNA CORA. The Life and Theatre of Anna Cora Mowatt. London. Secker & Warburg. 1954. 1st edition. Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Chipped dj. Very good. viii+ & 376pp including index. Slight change in color tone of paper. Anna Cora Mowatt (1819-1870), famous American actress of the 19th century.
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9. Barrie, J.M. REPRESENTATIVE PLAYS.. Scribner's. (1926). Cloth. Small 8vo. Text block is very good. No dust jacket. Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. Dull outside. Dime sized label blacked out on rear cover. Lettering on spine fading. Very light corner rubs. Pencil note on page xvii. Contains the following plays: Quality Street, The Admirable Crichton, What Every Woman Knows, Dear Brutus, The Twelve-Pound Look, Ther Old Lady Shows Her Medals. xvii & 439pp
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10. Barry, Philip. HOTEL UNIVERSE, A Play. NY. Samuel French. (1957). Paperback. 12mo. Good. 166pp. plus ads. Slightly darkening cover. Light creases to one cover corner. Original copyright was in 1930.
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11. Behrman, S.N. THE SECOND MAN, A Comedy in Three Acts. Garden City. Theatre Guild/Doubleday Page. 1927. 1st edition. Stiff wraps. 12mo. Good. 195pp. Nicked and Stained jacket over stiff cover. The 1927 cast included Lunt and Fontaine. Clear plastic wrap over jacket.
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12. Bosworth, Patricia. MONTGOMERY CLIFT. A Biography.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (1978). Photo illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good. No dust jacket. ix & 397pp. Biography of movie star. Appendix has theater and film chronology and index.
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13. Bowers, Faubion. BROADWAY U.S.S.R. Ballet, Theatre, and Entertainment in Russia Today.. Thomas Nelson& Sons. (1959). Photo illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Reading copy only. No dj. Ex Library cloth covers and spine faded. Heavy bump to lower outside corner of front cover. Clip from dust jacket pasted to flyleaf. Usual library markings. Very small nick in top edge of several pages. 227pp. including index. In three sections: Ballet, Drama, Other Entertainments. American artist's (musician, writer, critic, linguist) direct observations on performing arts in Russia under Soviet regime. Of historic interest.
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14. Braudy, Leo. THE WORLD IN A FRAME. What We See in Films.. Anchor Press/ Doubleday. 1976. 1st edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good. No dj. x+ & 274pp. Index.
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15. Bruno, Michael. VENUS IN HOLLYWOOD. The Continental Enchantress from Garbo to Loren.. Lyle Stuart. (1970). Photo illustrations. Cloth. Large 12mo. Nicked dj. Very good+. 257pp. Ancludes in appendix: 'Venus--Her Ten Best Films' (with a description of plot), The Motion Picture Production Code of 1956, Stage names matched with real names, bibliography, Index.
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16. Cantor, Eddie with Jane Kesner Ardmore. TAKE MY LIFE.. Doubleday. 1957. Photo illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good. no dust jacket. Autographed and signed gift note on free endpaper for 50th anniversary celebration of Mr & Mrs J. Goldstein from Junie Grossinger dated July 21, 1957. 288pp. Slight change in paper color. Eddie Cantor (Jan. 1892-Oct. 1964) successful American actor and comic on stage, radio and the movies in the first half of 20th century.
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17. Cavett, Dick and Christopher Porterfield. CAVETT.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (1974). Photo illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Nicked dj. Fine. Recommended by Groucho Marx, Woody Allen. Organized as a series of conversations between the two authors who were room-mates ar Yale. 373pp.
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18. Chase, Ilka. PAST IMPERFECT. Garden City, NY. Doubleday, Doran. (1942). Hardback. Small 8vo. Reading copy. Reading copy only. viii & 278pp. Ilka Chase (1905-1978) actress, writer, She appeared in over 20 movies and near as many plays. Wear to cover corners and spine ends, corner of one page clipped--text not affected. This copy's claim to fame: autographed name and date on verso of rear free endpaper: Frank C. Bowers, April 22, 1942. Mr Bowers appears to have been an alternate delagate at the Republican National Convention in 1936 (from Bronxville, Westchester County, New York.) His name is listed in the web's Political Graveyard site.
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19. Cheerio. THE STORY OF CHEERIO by Himself.. Garden City Pub. Second subscription edition, Dec. 15, 1936. Illustrations. Hardback. 8vo. Very good. Ex Library. Ends of clear plastic protective wrap are glued to endpapers. Owner's name (Adulaide M. Reedor, 1937) written on flyleaf. Book is one of an Exclusive Autographed Edition for the Radio Friends of Cheerio' and Cheerio's presumed autographed name in red ink appears on a special pre-title page. A little color change to aging pages. Cheerio (a pseudonym for Charles Kellogg Field, 1873-1948) was a radio personality of the inter-world wars period who dispensed cheer and caring mainly through uplifting poetry in a broadcast series with a 15 minute program format. The dates: between 1927-1941. Recommended by Herbert Hoover and Owen D. Young. 382pp
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20. Chute, Marchette. SHAKESPEARE OF LONDON. NY. Dutton. (1949). Book Club. Cloth. 8vo. Tattered dj. Very good. xii & 397pp. Shakespeare as a working member of London theatre. Map endpapers. A little change in color tone of paper.
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21. Cohen, Helen Louise (editor). ONE-ACT PLAYS by Modern Authors.. Harcourt Brace. 1923. Illustrations. Cloth. Large 12mo. Reading copy. No dj. Shelfwear outside. lxi & 342pp. Plays by Tarkington, A.A. Milne, Synge, Lord Dunsany, Maeterlinck, Galsworthy among others. News-clip on sports laid-in. News-clip shadows on endpaper and on pages 340-341. Stamp and name on endpaper. Ex high school library.
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22. Cook, Bruce. BRECHT IN EXILE.. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. (1982). 1st edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Fine. A New Republic Book. xiii & 237pp. Brecht's (1898-1956) 'experiences in exile changed his thinking and his art.'
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23. Corrigan, Robert W. THE THEATRE IN SEARCH OF A FIX.. Delacorte Press. (1973). 1st printing. Hardback. 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. Gilt lettering on spine. xiii & 368pp including index. Small dried flower laid-in. In four parts: The Classic Solution, The Modernist Dilemma, The Theatre in a Collective Society, The Present and Its Possibilities.
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24. Cullman, Marguerite. OCCUPATION: ANGEL.. (1963). 1st edition. Hardback. 8vo. No dj. Very good. No dust jacket. Norton, (1963) Autographed presentation note signed by Peggy on fly: 'For Hellen and Summer. with deep appreciation for kindness, patience and understanding---even back in the days when you helped us while away the time writing for the baby who started it all. Affectionatelt. Peggy. February 1963, New York, NY.' Small owner's label of Mrs. Summer Ford of East 77th Street, NYC. Marguerite Cullman (1908-1999) a long time Broadway investor.
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25. Dalton, David. JAMES DEAN, The Mutant King.. Straight Arrow Books. (1974). 1st printing. Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Nicked dj. Fine. Biography of actor. 356pp. Remnants of small price label on stub of dust jacket.
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