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Alexander, Jean. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN ALEXANDER.
Lennard, Oxford, 1989, first edition.
183 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 185291064X B&w photographs. "Born into a caring, hard-working family in a working-class district of Liverpool, Jean Alexander eventually became one of the four most popular women in En gland - the other three being Royal! She has been a mascot for a Welsh rugby team and a pin-up of the Falklands taskforce, and among her fans have been Lord Olivier, Sir John Betjeman, Michael Parkinson and the late Russell Harty. In 1895 she re c e ived a "Performance of the Year' award from the Royal Television Society, and in 1987 made headline news when she left the cast of 'Coronation Street', the twice-weekly drama series that she had enlivened for twenty three years with her much-lov ed p ortrayal of 'Hilda Ogden'. In this entertaining autobiography Jean Alexander tells of her early life, her struggles as an actress, her years in 'The Street' and the opportunities that have opened up for her since she left. She has a vivid m emo ry of Liverpool in the 1930's, and her portraits of the members of her family, especially her grandfather, as eccentric as any fictional character in a soap opera, are acutely drawn....Her account of her years in 'Coronation Street' is crammed w ith ent ertaining anecdotes, and includes a candid assessment of the character she played. She shows herself to be humorous, practical and clear-sighted." Light bump at top of spine, very small bump on fore-edge of front board, three tiny corner b umps . Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, very small dint on front flap-fold. Very Good/Very Good
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Belasco, David. Inscribed by Belasco. (William Shakespeare.) THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. A COMEDY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AS ARRANGED FOR THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE BY DAVID BELASCO.
Privately Printed, New York, 1922, Ist edition.
174 pp, small 4to (approx. 10 1/4" H), hard cover (medium blue boards with paper title labels on spine and front board and dark blue 'bee' device at bottom of front board) - no dust jacket. INSCRIBED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER - "TO __________ WITH COR DIAL REGARDS DAVID BELASCO, JANUARY 27, 1930." Title page continues, "and Acted Under His Direction at the Lyceum Theatre, New York with David Warfield in the Character of Shylock, December 21, 1922". Includes preface, chapters titled, 'Concerni n g Shylock', and 'The Elizabethan Stage', the playbill for the present production, along with 'The David Belasco Stage Arrangement of The Merchant of Venice'. Interior - pages browning lightly a little more on endpapers, small soft bump to top co rn er of approx. pages 13-33, very light foxing to title page, dedication page, pages 29/30 and the two plates, clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - scattered tiny foxing marks on edges of textblock, two tiny marks on front bo ard title label, light rubbing - a few small scratches on rear board, area of faint color fading on rear board and on spine, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor edge wear, very light rubbing and soiling. VG
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Bitzer, G.W. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall. BILLY BITZER: HIS STORY.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [New York], (1973), Ist printing.
266 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Many b&w photographs. "Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer - Billy Bitzer to the world of film - was one of the first and greatest men to stand behind a movie camera. The early Biograph films, one of the hi gh marks in the history of photography, were his work. Bitzer, who was at Biograph before D.W. Griffith, taught the novice director and learned from him; together they made an unbeatable team. With Griffith, Bitzer went on to the superb, Brady-l i k e Civil War camera work of 'The Birth of a Nation', the spectacular photography of 'Intolerance', and later triumphs. - His autobiography, which has never before been published, is presented as he wrote it, vivid and straightforward in expressio n, e xpert in the knowledge and lore of a craft in which he was a pioneer, and a pleasure to read. - The appendix contains the first complete Bitzer filmography." Top corner of boards and second half of textblock bumped, minor shallow bump on fore -ed ge of rear board. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light edge creases - mainly at top/bottom of flap-folds, 3/4" closed tear at bottom of rear hinge, minor rubbing. VG-/VG-
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Bridge, Tony van. Inscribed and signed. Edited by Denis Johnston. Foreword by Christopher Newton. ALSO IN THE CAST: THE MEMOIRS OF TONY VAN BRIDGE.
Mosaic Press, Oakville, ON, (1995).
207 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" H), soft cover. B&w photos. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR UNDER HIS PRINTED NAME ON TITLE PAGE, AND INSCRIBED & SIGNED AT THE TOP OF THE TITLE PAGE. "Tony van Bridge is one of Canada's most beloved and respected actors. He has been an audience favourite at both the Shaw Festival and the Strafford Festival - North America's two largest repertory theatres - appearing for fifteen seasons with each company. In (this book), Tony tells his story of more than half a century in the p rofessional theatre...hilarious theatre anecdotes are woven into a life of artistic challenge and occasional personal tragedy..." Interior - minor soiling to inside of front cover and first page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownersh i p marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, minor rubbing. VG+
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Caro, Joseph J. COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO HOPALONG CASSIDY MEMORABILIA.
Gas City, IN L-W Book Sales 1992 0895380137 / 9780895380135 Soft Cover Very Good
190 pp, 11" H, B&w and color photographs. Contents: Introduction; Articles & Song Sheets; Cameras & Opticals; Child Readers & Books; Coloring Books, Arts & Crafts; Comic Books, Trading & Serial Cards; Endorsement Items ; Games, Entertainment & Toys; Jewelry, Coins & Money; Lamps, Nitelights & Furnishings; Miscellaneous; Movie Items, Films & Posters; Records & Record Readers; School Items, Lunch Boxes, Thermos; Utensils, Cups & Plates; Pins & Badges; Occasion Cards; Playsuits, Clot hing, Guns & Holsters. Interior - Christmas gift inscription and date as well as previous owner's small note and signature on title page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing, minor edge wear/wrinkling, small soft corner crease on rear cover.
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de Dienes, Andre. (Marilyn Monroe.) MARILYN, MON AMOUR: THE PRIVATE ALBUM OF ANDRE DE DIENES, HER PREFERRED PHOTOGRAPHER.
St. Martin's Press, New York, (1985), 1st U.S. Edition
Unpaginated, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0312515049 B&w photos. "In 1945, photographer Andre de Dienes searched the Los Angeles model agencies for a young woman to pose in artistic portraits. A girl named Norma Jean Baker introduced her self. Captivated by her fresh, appealing innocence, de Dienes escorted his protege through the western United States, photographing her in a variety of moods and settings...(this) is the private album of Andre de Dienes, and it celebrates a Maril y n never seen before. Lovely, spirited, fragile, heartbreaking, these photographs trace the metamorphosis of a young girl into a beautiful woman tormented by her own fame..." A few tiny dints on bottom edges of boards, one very tiny dint on top e dg e of front board, very light browning to top of book, wear at bottom of rear hinge. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has very light edge wrinkling. Very Good/Very Good+
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Dixon, Campbell. INTERNATIONAL FILM ANNUAL NO.1.
John Calder, London, (1957), Ist ed.
167 pp, lg 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. The first issue of this annual, providing new and stimulating facts and opinions for the intelligent film goer, as well as a detailed survey of the year's significant events in the cinema world. Many b&w and colour photos. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Some browning to half of both free eps. Dust jacket has approx. 2" square of insect damage, mainly to back panel, minor edgewear, tiny holes and soiling elsewhere and browning to the insi de of dj. Very Good/Good
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Doohan, James. With Peter David. BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY: STAR TREK'S "SCOTTY" - IN HIS OWN WORDS.
Pocket Books, New York, 1996, first paperback printing.
215 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0671520563 B&w photographs. "Montgomery Scott, the endlessly resourceful chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise, has been a familiar presence in our collective imagination for over three decades. All a round the world, everyone knows 'Scotty' - but far fewer know the true story of actor James Doohan, who has brought Starfleet's legendary 'miracle worker' to life for three seasons on television and in seven major motion pictures. Here at last ar e all the colourful details of Doohan's life and times....(this) is an entertaining and indispensable look at the unforgettable personality behind one of the twentieth century's most enduring icons." Interior - clean and tight with no previous own er s hip marks. Exterior - book lighty cocked, light creases on spine. Very Good
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Findley, Timothy. ELIZABETH REX.
Winnipeg, MB Blizzard 2000 0921368984 / 9780921368984 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near Fine
79 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "In this daring and original play, Timothy Findley brings together none other than William Shakespeare and the formidable Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I. What makes a man a man and a woman a woman? Late at night on the eve of her former lover's execution, this is the very question Queen Elizabeth wrestles with as she descends to the stable lodgings of Shakespeare's players. Her unexpected arrival disturbs the playwright and his actors and provokes the rapier-sharp, haughty indifference of Ned, Shakespeare's genius performer of women's roles - himself now aged, ill and facing his mortality. In their vitriolic confrontation, the actor, the playwright, and the queen come to startling revelations about sex, identity, humanity, and love." Dust jacket has very minor edge wrinkling.
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Goldberg, Lee, et al. SCIENCE FICTION FILMMAKING IN THE 1980s: INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS AND WRITERS.
McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, (1995).
267 pp, large 8vo, hard cover (no dj as issued). "Each chapter covers an individual movie, often from several perspectives, and is preceded by an introduction that puts the film and interview in historical context. It is our sincere hope that thes e articles will help create a better understanding of this turbulent and exciting decade in the history of science fiction filmmaking." Movies covered: Aliens, Blade Runner, Blue Thunder, Cocoon, Dune, Enemy Mine, The Mad Max Movies, Return of t h e Jedi, Robocop, The Star Trek Movies, 2010, War Games. Near Fine.
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Green, Lynda Mason and Moore, Tedde, compilers/editors. STANDING NAKED IN THE WINGS: ANECDOTES FROM CANADIAN ACTORS.
Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1997.
362 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0195411951 "(G)limpses the world of actors as experienced by Canadian performers. In their own words, more than two hundred actors share shocking, funny, terrifying, sometimes poignant stories of adventures, mishaps, gaffes, disasters, and moments of joy they have known in the course of their working lives on and off stage. The collection of over 450 stories begins with tales of 'The Audition' and early performing experiences o f some familiers faces, such as Wayne and Schuster, William Shatner, Robert Goulet, and Martin Short. It chronicles life on tour from Russia to the Ozarks to above the Arctic circle. It elucidates the trials of props, sets, and wardrobe that re fu se to function as intended, the agonies of surviving the unexpected, whether it be a four-legged cast member going into labour, an actor who has somehow forgotten an entrance, a sudden on-stage bout with very real food poisoning, or the often hi lar iou s contributions from members of the audience...." Tiny bumps to bottom of spine, light waviness on spine. Minor edge wrinkling on dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good+
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Gutteridge, Robert W. Inscribed. Foreword by Gerald Pratley. MAGIC MOMENTS: FIRST 20 YEARS OF MOVING PICTURES IN TORONTO (1894-1914).
Whitby, Ontario Gutteridge-Pratley 2000 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good+ Signed by Author
258 pp, 10 7/8" H. Over 200 (b&w) illustrations. Errata slip tipped in at dedication page. **INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE: "BEST REGARDS ROBERT W. GUTTERIDGE APRIL 5, 2011". Contents: Foreword; To the Reader; Acknowledgement; Pre-Cinema; The Kinetoscope; The Vitascope; The Eidoloscope; The Lumiere Cinematographe; The Kinematograph(e); The Cinematographe Returns; The Animatograph; The Motograph; The Jubilee; Fire! Fire!; The Bioscope; The Biograph / The Mutoscope; Early Film Genres: Fight Films / War Films / Trick Films / Religious Films; Toward the Nickelodeon; Age of the Nickelodeon; Photo-Playhouse Boom!; Sound: The Lecturer / Music and Effects / Synchronization; Colour; Specials: Hale's Tours / Lyman H. Howe's Travel Festival / Kinemacolor / Adventure / Moving Picture Convention / War Films; Production and Distribution: Living Canada / S. Max Walkinshaw / George Scott / Conness-Till Film Co. / Canadian Themes from Outside / Distribution; Appendices; Film Index; General Index. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor waviness to top/bottom of text block, a few very minor edge wrinkles, very minor soiling on bottom of text block.
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125.00 USD
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Hancock, Freddie and Nathan, David. HANCOCK.
Kimber, London, 1969.
191 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "(Tony Hancock) led a life fragmented by laughter and despair as he ceaselessly sought an unattainable truth in comedy until it ended in a dreary room in Australia with one final drink, one last handful of pills. But before that happened he created more laughter for more people than any other man of his generation. The search for the truth about this extraordinarily complex clown involves drawing on the memories and perceptions of writers like Alan Simpson and Ray Galton, who, in a sense, hewed the Half Hour Hancock out of the whole man, J.B. Priestley who put him, thinly disguised, into a novel, Phillip Oakes, who wrote him a screenplay, and Denis Norden who w rote material he convulsed audiences with for years. There are, too, the writer/performers like John Osborne, Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, the comedians who knew him or worked with him like Harry Secombe, Joan Turner, Kenneth Williams and Graha m Stark; showman Bernard Delfont; actress Sylvia Syms, his radio and television directors Dennis Main Wilson and Duncan Wood and scores of others of lesser fame but crucial importance in Hancock's life." Slight fading at top edge of spine, light w ri n kling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, a few very small closed tears, minor rubbing, slight fading to spine color. Very Good/Very Good
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Hollis, Richard and Sibley, Brian. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS & THE MAKING OF THE CLASSIC FILM.
Hyperion, New York, 1994, Ist edition.
88 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "(Snow White) was the world's first animated feature film, and it remains an undisputed movie classic as well as a milestone in the history of cinema. This book is a celebration of the extra ordinary film and of the unique creative achievement that it represented. Introducing the film's engaging cast of characters, (it uses) original Disney artwork (and) relates the story of Snow White's adventures. Illustrations include the highly e v ocative preliminary paintings, produced by gifted illustrators, that inspired the Studio artists. There are also examples of the character sketches, layout drawings, and background designs showing the film's development from drawing board to movi e screen. Also shown is artwork for sequences that were finally omitted from the 250,000 separate drawings used in the completed film. - Illustrated with vintage posters, stills, lobby cards, books, merchandise and original studio art, this is a fa sc inating pictorial record of one of the world's best-loved movies." NF/NF
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Judy, Susan and Judy, Stephen. PUTTING ON A PLAY: A GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING NEIGHBORHOOD DRAMA.
Charles Scribner, New York, (1982), Ist edition.
150 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "Drawing on years of experience in conducting writing and theater workshops, (the authors) show you how to discover ideas in your imagination and experience that can be turned into plays. Beginning wit h warm-ups, the kinds of exercises used by professional actors, and proceeding to improvisation and various kinds of writing and drama, such as adaptations of stories and one-person shows, the Judys guide the beginning playwriter and actor through t he staging of a full-length scripted play." Small purple star stamped on rear pastedown, very minor edgewear to boards. Dust jacket has light edgewear, light wrinkles at top/bottom of spine, two small tears/perforations at bottom of front panel . V G/VG-
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Lawner, Lynne. HARLEQUIN ON THE MOON: COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE AND THE VISUAL ARTS.
Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998.
208 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0810911949 Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. "Commedia dell'arte is the first modern theater - inspiration to Shakespeare, Moliere, Goldoni, Mozart, and Balanchine and forerunner of the modern stage comedy. Since its invention as a popular entertainment in Renaissance Italy, commedia, with its stock characters, its absurd and witty plots, and its utterly charming personalities, has captivated audiences high and low, from the s treet fairs where Punch and Judy reigned to the exquisitely refined court of the Sun King. This book traces the history of commedia from its beginnings through many transformations to its rediscovery in the experimental theater of today. The depi c tions of commedia in the visual arts has a rich history. From Tiepolo and Watteau to Beardsley, Picasso, Hockney, and other modern masters, painters have found great resonance and meaning in the clowns and lovers of commedia. Here the visual and d ramatic arts meet, giving birth to styles of art and performance at once clever, hilarious, poignant, tragic, and eternal. Lynne Lawner traces all these threads, unearthing rare texts of commedia plays, discovering myriad version of the ever-fas cin ating Harlequin, Pierrot, Columbine, and Pulcinella, relating the gossip of courts and theaters, and revealing the ways in which these figures and their classic stories - the sly servant, the foolish soldier, the clever maid, the quack doctor - have arisen again and again in art." Light waviness to edges of text block. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. Very Good+/Very Good+
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55.00 USD
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Liebling, Howard. [Stone, Irving]. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY.
National Publishers, (New York, 1965).
Unpaginated (36 pp,), 4to, card wraps. A souvenir book of the film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy" on the life of Michelangelo. Starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison. Many full color pictures and a fold-out of the Sistine Chapel. Light wear to edges/corners of covers and a few light creases. Sharp crease down one edge of fold-out. Very Good.
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Manvell, Roger, ed. (Dickinson, Thorold, Winnington, Richard, Huntley, John, Molyneux, Wolenberg, H.H., Wright, Basil, Novik, William, Margolis, Herbert F., de la Roche, Catherine, Vedres, Nicole, Jackson, Ragna, Montagu, Ivor and Baxter, R.K. Neils THE PENGUIN FILM REVIEW: 2.
Penguin, London, 1947, Ist edition.
96 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. B&w illus. Contents: Search for Music; Critical Survey; Film Music; Technical Notes; Round the World's Studios; Documentary To-day; Four Years in a Bottle; The American Scene and the Problems of Film Education; The M oscow Script Studio and Soviet Screenwriting; French Cinema; The Scandinavian Film; Your Questions Answered; Statistics; Financial Notes; Books About Film; Notes on New Contributors and on the Illustrations. Interior - pages and endpapers lightly t o moderately browned, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to covers, minor soiling, small soft crease on front cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG-
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Manvell, Roger, ed. (Jean Benoit-Levy, Roger Manvell, John Huntley, H.H. Wollenberg, David Lean, Googie Withers, Muir Mathieson, Ralph Keene, Everett Carter, N.K. Rahim, Semyon Burov, O.F.A. Gollings, Julia Wolf, Paul Ickes, Raymond del Castillo, et THE PENGUIN FILM REVIEW: 4.
Penguin, London, 1947, Ist edition.
128 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. B&w illus. Contents: The Mission of the Cinema; Critical Survey; Film Music; Round the World's Studios; Brief Encounter; Acting for Stage and Screen; Developments in Film Music; Casts and Caste; A Short Inquiry into a Form of Popular Poetry; The Film in India; Realism the Basis of Soviet Film Art; The Problems of the Instructional Film; The Continental Film in Britain; The New German Film and its International Prospects; The Cinema in Argentina; Criticism an d French Cinema; The Soviet Cinema and Youth; Your Questions Answered; Statistics; The New Cinematograph Act; Books About Film; Notes on New Contributors; Illustrated Section. Interior - pages and endpapers lightly to moderately browned, otherwis e c lean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear and browning, small light scuff at top of spine, spine flat and uncreased. VG-
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Mazumdar, Maxim. Preface by John Gilpin. DANCE FOR GODS.
Personal Library, Toronto, 1979.
60 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "(T)he fourth monodrama written by Maxim Mazumdar, tells the story of a Greek actor/dancer, Herakleon, living at the time of the great tragic playwright, Euripides. The play concerns it self with the relationship between the creator and the interpreter of a work of art. In a series of scenes Herakleon's life unfolds: his early failures as an actor, his development as a dancer, and his deep love for his wife and son, Euri. 'The c h aracter of Herakleon is pure invention,' Mazumdar writes in his introduction. 'For the first time I stepped aside from the rules and demands of the biographical monodrama which I had done for the life and times of Oscar Wilde, Rimbaud, and Diag hi le v. I wanted to write about an ordinary touring actor-dancer living in Greece at the time of Euripides. And I did not want to be tied to classical exactitude. I wanted to be free to interpret the historical facts. So, Herakleon. A man who lov es the simple securities of life: his family, his work. And in the background, Euripides, the giant social conscience of his age....A pair of opposites. But the play's conclusion is optimistic. The creator and the interpreter share the same e nd; the y share the dance for gods'." Small bump to top corner of textblock, faint water marks at top/bottom edges of covers, soft crease at top corner of rear cover, minor soiling and browning. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light to moderate s oili ng, a few small soft creases. Very Good-/Good+
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