[modest handling wear, bumped at lower left corner, light soiling]. (pen and ink drawings) Program (single sheet, folded to 8.5"x11") for an event honoring veteran stuntman Ted Mapes, held at the Palmdale (CA) Holiday Inn on September 18, 1978, during which Mapes was presented with the "Dusty" award, a sort of Oscar statuette knock-off. The award was presented by the evening's special guest, actor Jimmy Stewart. The program is illustrated by drawings of Ted Mapes and Jimmy Stewart, and of the "Dusty." Please note that this is pretty much just a rundown of the event's agenda; there's no rea... View More...
[light handling wear, a little soiling to rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Full program for a retrospective of the work of the now-acclaimed (but then still pretty obscure) B-movie master, Edgar G. Ulmer, held at UCLA from October 6 through December 15, 1983. This item, printed on both sides of an 18" x 23" sheet and folded into sixths, doubles as a poster: on one side is the primary graphic for the event (including a photo of Ulmer himself) and the schedule of film screenings, with brief credits and notes on each film; on the other is a brief but erudite essay about Ulmer's work by Bi... View More...
[a couple of tiny nicks along top edge, some very minor diagonal creasing at a couple of corners]. Original handbill (approx. 6"x9", not folded) advertising two concurrently running New York hits: "Hellzapoppin," the ultra-wacky Olsen & Johson-headlined revue that ran for over three years (1938-1941); and (on the verso) "The Streets of Paris." This is from the show's second holiday season at its primary venue, the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway at 50th Street; it had opened at the 46th Street Theatre on September 22, 1938, but its great popularity occasioned its move to the 200-seats-larg... View More...
[light wear only, minor bump to bottom right corner]. (B&W photographs) Small brochure/program schedule and notes for LACMA's Wilder retrospective, held from July 6 to August 24, 1979. Thirty films were screened, the most recent (at that time) being AVANTI! (Seems like they might have made a space for THE FRONT PAGE, although one can certainly understand the omission of FEDORA. And BUDDY BUDDY was (thankfully) still in the future.) Folded in quarters; unfolds to 8-1/2" x 22". View More...
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