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Esquire (June 1986) [special issue: The American Man, 1946-1986]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Esquire Associates : 1986

Seller ID: 25340

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, virtually as-new; faint traces of removed mailing label on front cover, one tiny tear at bottom of front cover]. (photographs, ads, graphics) One of those massive "theme" issues (in this case, 354 pages) that Esquire used to put out every so often, this one keyed to presenting their very particular Esquire-y "Man At His Best" portrait of what it was like to be A Man in the 1980s -- or, more precisely, what went into the process of BECOMING a man, in America, during that 30-year post-World War II span embedded in the stated theme-title. The quality of the dozens of contribut...
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Wide Angle (Vol. 10, No. 1) [topic: The Studio System: Case Histories]

By: (Fore, Steve, ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Athens OH, Ohio University College of Fine Arts / Athens Center for Film and Video : (c.1988)

Seller ID: 26428

Binding: Journal

Condition: Near Fine

[a nice clean copy with faint handling wear only]. (B&W photographs) This issue of this respected academic film journal is devoted to case histories of the development and production of a several films of the 1930s and 1940s, with a focus on the workings of the Hollywood studio system. The films (and studios) thus examined are: BLONDE VENUS (Paramount, 1932; directed by Josef von Sternberg); JEZEBEL (Warner Bros., 1938; directed by William Wyler); THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (United Artists, 1940; directed by John Ford); JANE EYRE (20th Century-Fox, 1943; directed by Robert Stevenson; much of this ...
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Andersonville [souvenir program for the 1996 telefilm]

By: (Frankenheimer, John)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (n.p.), Turner Network Television : (c.1995)

Seller ID: 25473

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

[the teensiest bit of surface wear on front cover, otherwise as new]. (color photographs) Souvenir program book for the "TNT Original" made-for-TV Civil War drama about the notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in southwestern Georgia. The production (a pet project of company head Ted Turner) was mounted on a massive scale, including the building of a replica of the original camp on location and the employment of up to 4,000 extras; reviews of the film were mixed, although it got high marks for its historical verisimilitude. It's also considered one of the better entries in director Joh...
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Zanuck: University of Southern California, February 22, 1981

By: (Friends of the USC Libraries)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: [Los Angeles], Friends of the USC Libraries

Seller ID: 26228

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

(printed wrappers) [teensy-tiny bump at top of spine, otherwise as-new]. (B&W photo frontispiece) A transcription of an event held in honor of longtime 20th Century-Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck. The evening was hosted by Hal Kanter, and among those who spoke were Philip Dunne, David Brown, Frank McCarthy, Mary Anita Loos, Jane Withers, John Payne, Cesar Romero, Sammy Cahn, Roddy McDowall, and Richard Widmark. (Zanuck's son Richard D. Zanuck was present, but apparently had nothing to say apart from introducing his mother, Virginia, who received a nice round of applause.)
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The Australian Journal of Screen Theory - 7: Film and Theatre

By: (Gerdes, Peter R., and Neil McDonald, eds.)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Kensington (Australia), School of Drama/University of New South Wales : (c.1980)

Seller ID: 26170

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

[minor wrinkling at upper left corner of front cover, light external soiling]. Includes these articles on the stated theme: "The Relationship Bewteen Shakespeare's Stagecraft and Modern Film Technique (with special reference to the films of Laurence Olivier)," by Neil McDonald; "Montage in the Theatre," by Helen White (and a response by Stephen Crofts); "A Deconstruction of the Performance and Destruction of 'What is Black and White and Red all over?'," by Laleen Jayamanne; "Ozu and the No," by Ruth Vasey; "Jacobean Drama and the Martial Arts Films of King Hu: A Study in Power and Corruption,"...
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The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (Fall 2008)

By: (Gracy, Karen F., ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press : 2008

Seller ID: 25742

Binding: Journal

Condition: Fine

[an as-new, unblemished copy]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) A "peer-reviewed journal that explores topics relevant to both the media archivist and the media scholar." In this issue: "Digital Decay," by Charlotte Crofts; "Theorizing Amateur Cinema: Limitations and Possibilities," by Ryan Shand; "Unraveling the Madison News Reel: An Unlikely Convergence of Collage, Industrial, and Local Film," by Sean Savage; "Joint Technical Symposium 2007: Audiovisual Heritage and the Digital Universe," by Kara Van Malssen; "Digital Asset Symposium," by David Gibson. Also contains reviews of relevant books ...
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The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (Spring 2008)

By: (Gracy, Karen F., ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press : 2008

Seller ID: 25744

Binding: Journal

Condition: Near Fine

[virtually as-new, just slightly bumped at base of spine]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) A "peer-reviewed journal that explores topics relevant to both the media archivist and the media scholar." In this issue: "'Born Digital' -- Raised an Orphan?: Acquiring Digital Media Through an Analog Paradigm," by Dylan Cave; "Introduction to Bio-fiction Classification Theory: Remix Methodologies and the Archivist," by Dino Everett; "How to Preserve Your Films Forever," by David Walsh; "When Governments Make Mistakes: Advocacy and the Long-distance Archivist," by Ray Edmonson." Plus reviews of relevant...
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The Selznick Style: Fifty Films Produced by David O. Selznick

By: (Haver, Ronald / Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art : 1980

Seller ID: 25088

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy with minimal discernible wear, just a handful of tiny horizontal stress lines adjacent to spine, slight bump to base of spine causing short diagonal wrinkle at bottom right corner of rear cover]. (B&W photographs) 24-page program book for retrospective series of films produced by Selznick, both as an independent and during his various early-career stints at Paramount, RKO and MGM. Includes a 4-page introduction by LACMA Film Department curator Ronald Haver (a Selznick devotee who the following year would publish his magnum opus on the producer and his films, "David O. Selznic...
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Hollywood Posters at Auction [boxed set of 6 auction catalogues, 1990-1994]

By: (Hershenson, Bruce)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: West Plains MO, Bruce Hershenson / Christie's East : 1990-1994

Seller ID: 25632

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

(6 softcover catalogues plus supplemental booklet (see Notes), in illustrated slipcase) [all catalogues are in Near Fine or better condition, as is the slipcase itself, with only some minscule bits of wear to the extremities]. (color facsimiles) A specially-issued boxed set of six auction catalogues, from the "Hollywood Posters" series of auctions held at Christie's East from December 1990 through December 1994. These auctions were, in essence, the birth of the modern-day auction marketplace for vintage movie posters, as well as the launching pad for the career of Bruce Hershenson, who has g...
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Film Comment (Fall 1966)

By: (Hitchens, Gordon, ed.)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Film Comment Foundation, Inc. : 1966

Seller ID: 26501

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[modest edgewear and light soiling to covers, short diagonal crease at bottom right corner of front cover, small round residue from removed price-sticker near upper right corner]. (B&W photographs) The fifteenth issue of this important film journal -- the first (as explained in an introductory note) to be published under the aegis of the then newly-formed Film Comment Foundation -- continues the intensely political orientation that typified its early issues, with over half this issue devoted to features on propaganda films about the Vietnam War, from various points on the political spectrum. ...
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Film Comment (Vol. 2, No. 2, 1964)

By: (Hitchens, Gordon, ed.)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Lorien Productions, Inc. : 1964

Seller ID: 25397

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[light wear along spine and at spine ends, light soiling to rear cover adjacent to spine]. (B&W photographs) An uncommon early issue of this venerable critical/historical film journal, when it was much more politically-charged than in its later years. In this issue: an extensive interview with producer/director Barry Mahon, about exploitation films; an article, "Children's Films & Screen Education"; an interview with Albert and David Maysles, talking about their "Direct Cinema" aesthetic; two views on "Film in the Chinese People's Republic," one from the USIA, the other from a Chinese publica...
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The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (Fall 2006)

By: (Horak, Jan-Christopher, ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press : 2006

Seller ID: 25850

Binding: Journal

Condition: Near Fine

[virtually as-new, no significant wear, one-time owner's initials on first inside page]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) In this issue: "Just Another Form of Ideology?: Ethical and Methodological Principles in Film Restoration," by Andreas Busche; "The Library of Congress Film Project: Film Collecting and a United State(s) of Mind," by Janna Jones; "Mitchell and Kenyon, Archival Contingency, and the Cultural Production of Historical License," by Nathan Carroll; "Mobile Home Movies: Travel and Le Politique des Auteurs," by Devin Orgeron; "My Saga of the Newly Discovered Estate of Erich von Strohe...
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The 20th Century Wonders - Illustrated & Descriptive Catalog

By: (Hornmann, Otto)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Hornmann Magic Company : (c.1916)

Seller ID: 25871

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

[nice copy, solidly bound with very little wear, address of company crossed out on inside front cover, some pencil notes on rear cover]. Catalogue of magic tricks of all descriptions, peddled by "Prof. Hornmann, Magician and Illusionist," who advertises his "School of Magic on the rear cover by proclaiming that he "has travelled in every civilized country on earth, appearing in all the best theatres and places of public entertainments. He has given over 25,000 performances, more than any living magician in the world. He is in possession of more secrets in Legerdemain than possibly any one ma...
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CARTOONIST PROfiles (March 1990)

By: (Hurd, Jud, ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Westport CT, CARTOONIST PROfiles Inc. : 1990

Seller ID: 23334

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Fine

[nice clean copy with no significant wear]. (cartoon illustrations, B&W photographs) Featured in this issue: an article by cartoonist Jerry Scott, about the construction of a giant "Nancy" balloon for use in parades; an interview with Jay Kennedy, the Comics Editor of King Features Syndicate (including King's submission guidelines, in detail); an article by editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies, about publishing a book of cartoons; an interview with magazine cartoonist Glenn Bernhardt; a discussion about the creation of the then-new "Baby Blues" strip by its creators, Jerry Sco...
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The Colonel: An Affectionate Remembrance of Jack L. Warner - University of Southern California, March 4, 1979

By: (Kanter, Hal, moderator)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: [Los Angeles], Friends of the USC Libraries : 1980

Seller ID: 26395

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good

[minor wear, slightly bumped and crimped at top of spine, and unfortunately a section of Olivia de Havilland's commentary on page 46 is underlined and outlined in red ink]. (B&W photo frontispiece) Transcription of an event honoring Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner, who had passed away the previous September. Hal Kanter was the master of ceremonies, and the participants who contributed remarks and anecdotes were: William Schaefer, William Orr, Irving Rapper, William Conrad, Mervyn LeRoy, Julius Epstein, Melville Shavelson, Max Wilk, Pat Buttram, Olivia de Havilland, Dennis Morgan, De...
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Bookcase (September 1995) [cover: Walter Mosley, SIGNED by Mosley]

By: (Lawrence, Kathleen, ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Tumbleweed Productions : 1995

Seller ID: 26521

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[no significant wear, just a handful of tiny black smudge spots on the front cover]. (B&W photographs, graphics) SIGNED on the front cover by author Walter Mosley, next to his portrait photo. An issue of this short-lived Los Angeles-based magazine devoted to "the joy of reading & collecting"; quite uncommon, with OCLC recording holdings in just three American libraries, the most extensive being UCLA's collection of nine issues, quite probably a complete run. The primary feature in this issue is an interview with Mosley; other authors interviewed are Anka Radakovich and Echo Heron, and ther...
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American Cinematographer (January 1978) [cover: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND]

By: (Lightman, Herb A., ed.)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Hollywood, ASC Holding Corp. : 1978

Seller ID: 25735

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[covers moderately rubbed, a bit of scarring and paper remnants on rear cover (probably from removal of subscriber's mailing label), light soiling to rear cover]. (B&W & color photographs, ads) Monthly magazine of the American Society of Cinematographers, a very technically-oriented publication with plenty of information (articles and advertisements) related to the latest equipment, technical processes and production techniques then in use in the Hollywood motion picture industry. Virtually the entirety of this issue is devoted to the production of the film CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, ...
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American Cinematographer (June 1979) [60th Anniversary Issue]

By: (Lightman, Herb A., ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hollywood, ASC Holding Corp. : 1979

Seller ID: 27986

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[light external wear, original subscriber's mailing label on rear cover]. (B&W & color photographs, ads) Monthly magazine of the American Society of Cinematographers, a very technically-oriented publication with plenty of information (articles and advertisements) related to the latest equipment, technical processes and production techniques then in use in the Hollywood motion picture industry. This issue features an article on the production of Terrence Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN (written by its d.p., the great Nestor Almendros) and two articles about the Frank Lagella-starring DRACULA (directed...
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The Malcolm Willits Collection of Mickey Mouse Paintings by Floyd Gottfredson

By: (Lowery, Howard)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Burbank CA, Howard Lowery : [1993]

Seller ID: 26213

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

[nice clean as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (B&W/color photographs and illustrations) Promotional booklet/catalog (8.5" x 11") issued in conjunction with the offering at auction, over a period of several years, of a collection of 24 paintings of Mickey Mouse in various settings and situations, created by Floyd Gottfredson, the cartoon artist who drew the Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip for 45 years (1930-1975). In addition to full-color reproductions of all the paintings (accompanied in many cases by smaller photos of the Big Little Books or other sources that inspired them), this ...
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Filmmakers Newsletter (October 1974) [cover: CALIFORNIA SPLIT]

By: (Mallow, Suni, and H. Whitney Bailey, eds.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, SunCraft International Inc. : 1974

Seller ID: 23356

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[minor wear to extremities, light rubbing to covers]. (B&W photographs, ads) This issue's highlights include: an interview with director Robert Altman about the making of his film CALIFORNIA SPLIT, with an additional sidebar interview entitled "An Altman Sampler," in which he speaks about other topics and films, notably M*A*S*H and IMAGES; an interview with Tony Frangakis about the making of his film PHOS, a 20-minute religious-themed drama shot entirely in Greece (with Greek actors and dialogue), although intended for American audiences; and a fairly lengthy interview with master matt...
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