circa.1925. Publicity photo (5 x 7 inch) b/w portrait with printed signature across the bottom. Wanda Hawley (1895-1963) was a singer and silent film star who made films for Cecil B. DeMille and Sam Wood. Among he most famous roles were THE YOUNG RAJAH with Rudolph Valentino, MR. FIX-IT (1918) with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr, and EVERYWOMAN in which she played 'Beauty'. With the advent of sound, her career was over. View More...
Signature on beige card by Will H. Hays in black ink. No date, circa 1920s-1940s. 3 1/2" x 1 3/4." Card reads: "Sincerely yours, Will H. Hays." Card and signature are very clean and intact. Will H. Hays (1879-1954) was an American politician, U.S. Postmaster General, and the first chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA). The 1930 Motion Picture Production Code was informally named after Hays as the Hays Code (although the Code was authored by Catholic priest Daniel A. Lord). The purpose of the Code was to set moral guidelines for Hollywood cinema sel... View More...
Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing a portrait of Louis Hayward. Bust shot composition taken from an angle. Signed by Louis Hayward in black ink on front, "For [?] Li [...?], My very best wishes, Louis." Stamped copyright date of 1938 on back. 8" x 10." Photo is very clean and intact except for a few wrinkles, slight age toning to front and back, slightly bumped corners, and one pinhole each in the top and bottom margins about center (pinholes do not affect actual image area). A Very Good copy. Copyright information stamped in purple ink on back. Copyright information... View More...
'Ames' Series of Standard and Minor Drama, No. 85'. 25 pages; publisher ads inside cover and backside (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inch). Tear on right side of the cover (2 inch). Full text of the play with cast of characters, costumes and stage directions. Clean copy. View More...
Publicity photograph (8 x 10 inch) b/w, labeled 'Vitaphone #1101, Rel. No 2578' on bottom right corner. Missing chips on several side edges, not effecting the photo image. Photo of Mr Herman in blackface and costume. Al Herman (1887-1967) played comic supporting roles in several 1930s movies. He also worked as a movie director. He came from a background of vaudeville and theatre. View More...
Circa early 1940's. Original publicity printed photo, tinted. 5 X 7 inches. Hill (1914-1993) was an American actor. He was also known as Roy Harris is many of his earlier movies. Known for the movies The Trail of Billy Jack (1974), Code of the Saddle (1947) and Sheriff of Cimarron (1945). In this printed photo, it shows Hill leaning against a wall, wearing a white cowboy hat, blue plaid shirt, brown pants, gloves and an bandanna around his neck. His name is printed on his shirt in black lettering. Photo is very clean. View More...
circa.1930. Publicity photo (5 x 7 inch) b/w of an upper body shot, printed signature on the lower half of the photograph. Jack Holt (1888-1951) volunteered as a stunt man in silent films such as SALOMY JAN (1914). Knew John Ford and his brother and appeared in westerns during much of his career. Left Columbia Pictures in 1941 in a dispute with Harry Cohen. Holt has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. View More...
circa.1940. Publicity photo (5 x 7 inch) of Mr Hope leaning back and his printed signature across the bottom. Bob Hope (1903-2003) was in vaudeville, radio, TV, and the movies of which he was a major star in them all. His movies THE ROAD PICTURES were very successful staring also Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. THE LEMON DROP KID (1951) was probably his best movie. He hosted the Academy Awards 18 times between 1939 and 1977. His TV specials for NBC were among the highest rated and featured his USO work for which he traveled around the world visiting the troops. At the time of his death he was ... View More...
circa.1950. Publicity photo (4 1/4 x 6 1/8 inch) in b/w. Lena Horne (b.1917) was an african-american singer/actress most famous for the song "Stormy Weather". Was in the chorus line at the Cotton Club in 1933 along with singing at night clubs and with bands. MGM signed her in 1942 and had her in the film PANAMA HATTIE singing 'Stormy Weather' and later CABIN IN THE SKY (1943). Due to state laws forbidding interracial relationships on the screen she had her roles cut from films and so the studio had problems using her in films. During the 1950s she was blacklisted because of her civil rights ac... View More...
Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing an up-close portrait of Kim Hunter looking upward with a wistful look on her face. 8" x 10." "YS-K-H-3" printed in lower-right corner on front, an abbreviation of "Young Stranger" and the actress's initials. A typed description is tipped in on back. Purple copyright stamp of RKO Radio Pictures also on back. Photo is very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling and bumped corners. A Very Good copy. Kim Hunter (1922-2002) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She won an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best... View More...
circa.1960. Publicity photograph (4 x 5 inch) b/w, a head shot with printed signature across the bottom. Tab Hunter (b.1931) a singer and actor who appeared in 40 films. Signed with Warner Bros and first major film was BATTLE CRY (1955). In 1957 issued a hit song "Young Love", #1 for six weeks so Jack Warner created Warner Records record label to cover him. In 1958 starred in DAMN YANKEES, his most successful movie. Had a show on TV for a year known as "Tab Hunter Show". By the 1960s he fell out of favor and moved to Southern France and did a string of "B" pictures in America and Europe. Has a... View More...
Publicity photograph (10 x 8 inch) b/w of Joe Jackson Jr doing his comedy break-away bicycle act in Boston Gardens, January 1942. Inscribed in ink on the backside "Boston Gardens, Jan 2, 1942. Joe Jackson Jr." signed. Joe Jackson Jr. (1912-1991) was a movie airplane stunt man, and later a circus clown performing his father's bicycle act all over the United States and Europe, especially Scandinavia. One of the original members of the Ice Capades, he traveled with Shrine Circuses and the Ringling Bros & Barnum and Bailey shows and was a popular performer in Sweden's Circus Scott during the 1960s... View More...
Publicity photograph (8 x 10 inch) for the movie "Dillinger" with Ms Jeffreys in costume, full figure, holding a cigarette. Anne Jeffreys (1923- ) was an accomplished soprano until going onto the stage and discovered for her first film "I Married an Angel" in 1942. She played Tess in the Dick Tracy series during the 1940s. Her film career faltered after the 1940s and she went onto the stage and later TV in the CBS series 'Topper' with her husband, Robert Sterling. During the 60s and 70s she played bit parts on 'LA Law' & 'Murder She Wrote'. Of note she was the last dancing partner with Fred As... View More...
Circa 1936. Original publicity printed photo, tinted. 5 X 7 inches. Jenks (1876-1970) was an American actor known for roles as Topper (1937), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and Zorro's Black Whip (1944) and Fury (1936). Jenks was a former circus and vaudeville performer and served in the Spanish-American War. In this printed photo, which is a close up, Si is wearing a gray hat, light colored shirt and brown vest. This printed photo in signed saying, "Good Luck From Si Jenks." View More...
Booklet, 87 pages. Act I; "Boudoir at Lady Dovergreen's", three months pass. Act II; "Mr. Bailey Prothero's Chambers, Audley Mansions, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square", six months pass. Act III; "Reception-Rooms at 56, Park Lane", The whole of the action of the play takes place in London at the present time. Some characters include: Sir Thomas Dovergreen; Lord John Bucklow; The Marquis of Bicester; Sir William Clarabut; Mr. Hubbock; Miss Jenison, companion to Lady Dovergreen; etc. View More...
Publicity photo (5 x 7 inch), head and shoulder view with printed signature on the bottom of the photo. Larry Kent (1900-1967) was a leading actor during the silent films of the 1920s, his most famous being "THE MASKED MENACE" (1927). He made movies after the advent of talkies in bit parts and was on TV as late as 1964. View More...
Original magenta cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. 5 X 7 1/2 inches. 150 pages. Kenyon (1897-1979) was an American actress of motion pictures and television. Her first film "The Rock" was released in 1915. On of her most remembered films was "Monsieur Beaucaire" in 1924. Copy has a black and white photograph of Kenyon. Copy has a few slight dimples on the front cover. Copy overall, is very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing Deborah Kerr and Robert Burke in a scene from the 1977 stage adaption of Eugene O'Neill's play, Long Day's Journey into Night. No date, circa 1977. 10" x 8." Printed description tipped in on back with two pieces of tape. Photo is virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule corner and edge wear and almost imperceptible discoloration on back. A Fine copy. Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) was a British film, stage, and television actress. Long Day's Journey into Night is a tragic play that was written by American playwright Eugene O'Neil... View More...
Original black-and-white publicity photograph showing an up-close portrait of Phyllis Kirk who looks at viewers and rests her head on her hand. 8" x 10." "BFE-PK-3" printed in lower-right corner on front, an abbreviation of "Back from Eternity" and the actress's initials. Purple copyright stamp of RKO Radio Pictures on back. A typed description is also tipped in on back with a brief biography of Kirk. Photo is very clean and intact except for a few small wrinkles and slightly bumped corners. A Near Fine copy. Phyllis Kirk (1927-2006) was an American actress. Description on back: "Phyll... View More...
