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Chicago (nd. ca. 1949): The Ambassador Hotels. 12mo. 14 unnumbered pages. Introduction by Ernest Byfield. The elegance and flamboyance of the Pump Room was legendary. Here is an introduction and with the list of The lobby of the hotel, including the entrance to The Pump Room, is seen in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 North by Northwest. Besides Frank Sinatra and… Ler mais sobre este item

Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Print Shop, 1933. Octavo. 203 pages. Inscribed to Monte Montague who before his long career as Hollywood Cowboy, worked as a ten year old boy he began working in a circus, and over the years, he became a clown, acrobat and tumbler. When the author writes that he is just a "joey" [circus slang for "a… Ler mais sobre este item

New York,(1918): Britton Publishing Co. 12mo. Fairbanks made very successful early social comedies, then highly popular swashbucklers during the 'twenties. He was married to Mary Pickford and was one of the founders of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He almost always did his own stunts. 157pp., 16 photo illustrations with decorations by Harold A. Van Buren. His… Ler mais sobre este item

While the premiere of Command Decision took place on December 25, 1948, it did not go into general release until February 1949. Rated as one of the ten best films of 1949, it had a stellar cast led by Clark Gable (who himself flew fix missions as a tail gunner in 1943 and won the Distinguished Flying Cross). The… Ler mais sobre este item

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" A stunning photograph signed by Merle Oberon, film star from 1928 to 1973. She was nominated for an Academy award for best actress in The Dark Angel. Signed, Sincerely/Merle Oberon.

New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer /the Gordon Press, 1926. Quarto. General Lew Wallace's immortal story directed by Fred Niblo by special arrangement with Abraham L. Erlanger, Charles B. Dillingham and Florenz Ziegreld, Jr., adaption by June Mathis, produced from scenario by Cary Wilson. A short history of this might production with many scenes from the photodrama and with portraits of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Hollywood, CA; Nd(ca.1940): Columbia Pictures. First Edition. 0blong Quarto. 35 pages. A unique copy of which a handful were bound in thin copper plate supplied by Phelps Dodge Corporation of Globe, Arizona. The movie was William Holden's first major film and the movie was made in Tucson. Sadly, the old movie sets burned down and have been replaced with… Ler mais sobre este item

Moscow: Sov. Huudodnik, 1978. Cloth. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 127p. profusely illustrated many in color. A very nice book on the animated films in Russia.

1937. Near Fine. 4p. measuring 5" x 3" advertises Talking Pictures and Dancing at the Memorial Hall in Wolfeboro, Pineland (Center Ossipee) and at the Opera House in Sanbornville. Besides advertising dancing at these places and the Wolfeboro Casino there were a list of the talking movies of the time starring Shirley Temple, Spencer Tracy,… Ler mais sobre este item

Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1993. First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 8vo., 354, (3)pp. Biography, with annotated checklist of Helen Hayes' roles, each with synopsis, reviews, cast list... With checklist of published references to Ms. Hayes; awards. Index. Bound in red cloth boards, with gold titles in black fields.… Ler mais sobre este item

Leningrad: Iskosstvo, Leningr. Otd-nie, 1968. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Russian text. 8vo., 277p.. Film history and criticism in the Soviet Union, 1920 to 1968. Illustrated with several suites of b&w photographs of movie scenes. In green cloth boards, with silver lettering; Printed dust jacket (minimal wear… Ler mais sobre este item