Category: Drama including Movies

The Girls of 1776 : A Drama in Three Acts for Female Characters Only

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Mass, Walter H. Baker & Co. : 1905

Seller ID: 14133

61 pages; music score; tan paper wrapper (4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inch) with wear along the edges. Three act play for women only set during the Revolutionary War. Very good clean copy.
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Publicity Photograph "Milton Sills"

By: Sills, Milton

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 10977

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Publicity photo (5 x 7 inch) of Sills sitting, b/w, during the 1920s with printed signature. Milton Sills (1882-1930) was a stage and film actor from Chicago. From a wealthy family he first became a professor at the University of Chicago and then in 1905 became a stage actor. Starred in a dozen plays on Broadway between 1908 and 1912. In 1914 he starred in "The Pit" an instant hit and began acting full time in silent films as a freelance actor starring opposite many of the leading actresses of the time including Gloria Swanson. His most famous and successful movie was "The Sea Hawk" (1924). Al...
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Typed Letter Signed - "Will Rogers - Wiley Post Memorial Expedition, 15 August 1938" Wilmar F. Sims.

By: Sims, Wilmar F.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: : 1938

Seller ID: 12637

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

2 page typewritten letter, 8 1/2 x 11, on "Will Rogers - Wiley Post Memorial Expedition" letterhead. Envelope: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch stamped and postmarked 15 August 1938 from Barrow, Alaska and addressed to Mr. Newell D. Voss, Brownsville, Texas. Humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) and aviator Wiley Post (1889-1935) both perished in a airplane crash near Point Barrow in Alaska. Three years later, a memorial was placed at the site, financed by national subscription. This is a letter sent to those subscribers, signed by the business manager Wilmar F. Sims. It accompanied a cover sent to the subscribe...
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Original Publicity Photograph - Tom Slater

By: Slater, Tom; Stein, Harold (Photographer)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Mutual Broadcasting System? : 1942

Seller ID: 023039

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing a scene from Tom Slater's quiz show, The Better Half. Two contestants, a husband and wife, seem to have a blast as they ride on rocking horses with Slater holding a "Mutual" microphone up to them. July 11, 1942. 8" x 10." "Slater" handwritten in black pen on back. Red stamp with "Jul 11 1942" and a taped, printed description are also on back. "Tom, Radio" written in black ink on the tape." Photo is clean and intact overall except for a moderate amount of wrinkling throughout, with the most significant in the right margin, and slight...
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Happy Hollow; or, a Rustic Wooing : A Rural Comedy Drama in Four Acts

By: Smart, Herbert Durrell

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, The Dramatic Publishing Company. : 1905

Seller ID: 14229

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

'French's American Acting Edition, No. 4'. 81 pages; stage diagrams; orange paper wrapper (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch). A rural stage play. Very good copy.
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Original Publicity Photograph - Venetia Stevenson

By: Stevenson, Venetia

Price: $25.00

Publisher: RKO Radio Pictures : 1956

Seller ID: 023026

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original black-and-white publicity photograph of Venetia Stevenson. She is show up-close and smiling at viewers. 8" x 10." "VS-6A" printed in lower-right corner on front, an abbreviation of the actress's initials. Purple stamp with "1257x25" on back. Typed description also tipped in on back. Copyright information printed in bottom margin on front. Photo is very clean and intact except for small wrinkles appearing throughout the photo. A Very Good copy. Radio Pictures was one of the "Big Five" studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. Venetia Stevenson (b. 1938) is an English-American film a...
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An Object of Interest : A Farce

By: Stocqueller, J.H.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Clinton T. De Witt, Publishers

Seller ID: 9977

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

'De Witt's Acting Plays, Number 269'. 18 pages, [4] pages ads; wrapper with title on the cover (4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inch). Contains the script along with costumes, cast and stage directions. Red pencil correction to Acting Plays Number. Soiling across the top of the cover.
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Original Publicity Photograph - Kay Sutton

By: Sutton, Kay; Bachrach, Ernest A. (Photographer)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: RKO Radio Pictures. Inc. : 1938

Seller ID: 023030

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing an up-close portrait of Kay Sutton smiling and wearing the "lapel gadget" being advertised. 8" x 10." Imprint of "R" in lower-right corner on front. A typed description is tipped in on back and folded onto the front (description can be folded down). Two purple stamps on back. One is a copyright stamp of RKO Radio Pictures. The other reads, "Photo by Ernest A. Bachrach." Photo is very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling and bumped corners. A Very Good copy. Kay Sutton (1915-1988) was an American actress. The description re...
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In the Outer Darkness

By: Talbot, A. J.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, Gowans & Gray, Ltd. : 1930

Seller ID: 3836

Binding: Illustrated Wrappers

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Repertory Plays No. 92. Characters in the play are: One Male High-brow, Four Female High-brows, Three Female Pittities, Messenger-Boy, Vendor of Pirated Music, Male and Female Vocalists, Old Soldier, and Old Actor. Pamphlet also includes descriptions of other plays by A. J. Talbot and lists of other plays in the Repertory Series.
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The Trysting Place : A Farce in One Act

By: Tarkington, Booth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, D. Appleton and Company : 1925

Seller ID: 14132

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"Little Theatre Plays, 4". 51 pages; plan; gray paper wrapper with half title on the cover (5 1/8 x 7 3/8 inch) with former owner's name on the front cover. A one act farce by Booth Tarkington. Very good clean copy with former owner's name on the cover.
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Original Portrait Photograph - Ruth Taylor

By: Taylor, Ruth

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 022964

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original black-and-white portrait photograph of Ruth Taylor wearing 1920s attire. Photo has sepia tones. Pencil inscription by Taylor in lower-right corner of the image. No date, circa 1928. 11" x 14." Photo is virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule surface wear and a small pencil mark in the upper-right margin. Ruth Taylor (1905-1984) was an American actress. Her son was Buck Henry (1930-2020), who went on to become an actor, screenwriter, and director. Inscribed by Ruth Taylor to Claire. The inscription reads, "To Claire--The background is very lovely--and why not!!!!! ...
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To Oblige Benson : A Comedietta in One Act

By: Taylor, Tom

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, T.S. Denison, Publisher

Seller ID: 14136

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Good

"Star Series". 21 pages; gray paper wrapper (4 3/4 x 7 3/8 inch). Tear (1/2 inch) half way up the right side not effecting the text, wear along the edges, former owner's name across the top of the cover. Other than the tear a good clean copy.
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Program for Paula Edwardes in 'Princess Beggar'.

By: The Casino [Shurbert Theaters].

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, : 1907

Seller ID: 9938

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

[36] pages; attractive color cover. Contains the coloums 'What a Woman Will Wear', 'What the Man Will Wear', 'The Hostess', 'Music and Musicians','Beauty Hints', 'For Book Lovers', 'For the Automobilist', 'Art and Artists', along with 'An Original Story. The Triumph' by Nellie L. Howes. In the back is a floor plan of the theater showing the balconey & orchestra seating with exits and stairs. Advertising includes Between the Acts Little Cigars, Murad Cigarettes, the Shubert Theatres in New York: Hippodrome, Majestic, Lyric, Hearld Square, Princess, and Lincoln. Smith Brothers Cough Drops, J.B. ...
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Program for Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady.

By: The Hacket Theatre

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, : 1906

Seller ID: 9935

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

[20] pages; attractive color covers. Contains colums on style such as 'What the Woman will Wear', 'What the Man will Wear', 'The Hostess', along with ads for cigars, Egyptian cigarettes (in color), Singer Sewing Machines, corsets, cafes (Cafe Martin, Cafe Parisien, Club Cocktails, American Cafe, among others), Imperial Beer, Abbott's Bitters, Brand's A-1 Sauce, C.C. Shayne & Co. furs, Phillips' Cocoa, A Simoson's hair goods, Sa-Yo Mint Jujubes. Floor plan in back showing orchestra & balcony seating with exits and stairs. The play "The Chorus Lady", a four act comedy, by James Forbes. Program (...
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Farm Folks : A Rural Play in Four Acts

By: Tubbs, Arthur Lewis

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, The Penn Publishing Company : 1915

Seller ID: 14128

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

71 pages; ads in the front and back for other plays; paper wrapper (4 3/4 x 7 1/8 inch) with slight evidence of moisture along the edges, not effecting the text. A love story with interfering parents set in four acts on the farm. Very good clean copy.
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Original Publicity Photograph - Rudy Vallee

By: Vallee, Rudy

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: 023038

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing an up-close portrait of Rudy Vallee who smiles and looks at viewers. No date, circa 1975. 8" x 10." Typed description on back. Photo is very clean and intact overall. Slight wrinkling and glue residue affecting part of the typed description. There are also three small marks in blue pen in the margins, which were likely for photographic editing. A Very Good copy. Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) was an American actor, music, and radio personality. The description reads, "Bob Kendall's Hollywood #3; Rudy Vallee, portrays himself in 'Sunburst'...
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Beadle's Dime Dialogues No. 4 : Choice Original Colloquies, Minor Dramas, Farces, Etc., Prepared Expressly for and Adapted to Any Ordinary School Stage or Room

By: Various

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Beadle and Company : 1867

Seller ID: 016598

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Sting bound, orange paper wrapper, missing in back. 4 x 6 1/2 inches, rubbing, some moisture stains, not affecting text. 96 pages. Collection of scripts for short sketches appropriate for school or home.
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Original Publicity Photograph - Lupe Velez

By: Velez, Lupe

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: 023480

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing actress Lupe Velez who is likely shown in one of her roles as she wears an elegant dress and talks or listens on the phone. Printed on glossy paper. No date, circa 1940s-1950s. 8" x 10." "695-22" is printed in the lower-right corner of the photo. Photo is virtually pristine and intact except for a few minuscule scratch marks and slight age toning. A Fine copy. Lupe Velez (1908-1944) was a Mexican actress, dancer, and singer. Velez was part of Hollywood's "Golden Age" and her talent was discovered after people from Hollywood heard of...
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Der Zerbrochene Krug

By: von Kleist, Heinrich

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Berlin, Deutsches Berlagshaus Bong & Co.

Seller ID: 4555

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Circa 1900. Illustrated cloth with gilt accent both covers and spine. Illustrations. Patterned front and rear end papers. In German. 175 pages. Illustration pages 17-18 small tear bottom side edge. Pages 123-124 bottom outside corner missing.
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Program for Sam Bernard in 'The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer'

By: Wallack's Theatre

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, : 1907

Seller ID: 9940

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

[32] pages; attrative color cover. Contains articles: Items of Travel, What the Woman Will Wear, What the Man Will Wear, For Book Lovers, For the Automobilist, The Hostess, and Beauty Hints.In the back is a plan of the theatre with seating. Advertising includes Marau Cigarettes, Singer Sewing Machines, Cafe Martin, Lord & Tayor (furs), Perrin's Gloves, Miller & Co. (stocks), Phillips' Cocoa, among others. Fine clean copy.
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Category: Drama including Movies