[nice clean copy, light handling wear only]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: "The Visual Politics of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD"; " Smart Man's Burden--NASHVILLE, A FACE IN THE CROWD, and Popular Culture"; an interview with director Joseph Losey; "Nickel Vice and Virtue--Movie Censorship in Chicago, 1907-1915"; "DR. STRANGELOVE, RED ALERT, and Patterns of Paranoia in the 1950's"; "Cyrano de H.U.A.C." (about the political subtext of the 1950 film CYRANO DE BERGERAC, produced by Stanley Kramer and written by Carl Foreman). And you want some irony?: the cover design, featuring a lovely drawin... View More...
[paper-covered boards are nice and clean, just a bit of bumping/browning along the edges, very faint musty odor to book, a bit of foxing on the last page; the original clear acetate dust jacket is present and in fairly nice condition, although wrinkled and a bit shrunken (it's now about 1/4" shorter than the book itself at both the top and bottom edges)] (B&W photographs, B&W and color graphics) The second issue of this somewhat pretentious hardcover publication, with an admitted bias towards the graphic arts. Included in this number: a feature on recent wood-engravings by Joan Hassall; an ar... View More...
[faint wear to lower extremities]. (Planet X Productions Reprint Movie Comic No. 1) Series INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front cover by actor Robert Clarke, star of the original film. Reprint (in appropriate size/format, approx. 7"x10") of a 1951 comic book (Fawcett Movie Comic, No. 15, if you must know) that, per the publishers' introductory note, is "impossible to locate in Mint condition." The original movie was directed by the great master of low-budget cinema, Edgar G. Ulmer, who shot it in six days at the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, utilizing sets from the 1948 Ingrid Bergman biopi... View More...
[nice clean fresh copy, essentially as-new with just a touch of wear along the spine]. (photographs, graphics, ads) This issue of this glossy (but substantive) magazine devoted to "the art and business of making movies" includes the following features: "The Legacy of Stanley Kubrick," by Vincent LoBrutto (with individual commentaries by other writers on A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and THE KILLING); "The Changing Face of Film Festivals," by George Wing; an article advising filmmakers about "the power of an effective trailer"; a look at the current state of the visual effects indu... View More...
[nice clean fresh copy, essentially as-new with just a touch of wear along the spine]. (photographs, graphics, ads) This issue of this glossy (but substantive) magazine devoted to "the art and business of making movies" includes the following features: cover story/profile/interview on director Kimberly Peirce, then just making her first big splash with BOYS DON'T CRY (but that cover tagline -- "Girl on Fire" -- really?); "How to Think Like an Investor," by Mark Litwak; "The Path of the Artist: Part I," an "open letter to the next generation of American filmmakers" by Ray Carney (billed here a... View More...
[nice clean fresh copy, as-new with no discernible wear]. (photographs, graphics, ads) This issue of this glossy (but substantive) magazine devoted to "the art and business of making movies" is a special issue, subtitled "The Digital Revolution Comes to Park City," highlighting the first year in which a substantial number of the offerings at the Sundance Film Festival were presented digitally. Other contents: "Tim Roth's WAR ZONE," about the production of the actor's directorial debut; an informational article about distribution of films on the Internet; "The Path of the Artist: Part II," by... View More...
[book has just a touch of shelfwear to the bottom edge, but is otherwise as new; the jacket shows some handling wear, with a few scrape marks on both the front and rear panels, and a short closed tear at the bottom edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, this being #187, SIGNED by Dorothy Rodgers on the limitation page. (There were also 26 presentation copies, lettered A to Z.) Transcriptions of letters written by composer Richard Rodgers to his wife, covering the period 1926 to 1937, sourced from Mrs. Rodgers's personal papers... View More...
[modest edgewear and external rubbing, one-time owner's name on title page]. (B&W photographs) Special issue devoted to international avant-garde and structural film, with contributions from Paul Arthur ("Structural Film: revisions, new versions, and the artifact"); Peter Gidal ("Talk at Millennium"); Birgit Hein ("The Avantgarde and Politics"); Anthony McCall & Andrew Tyndall ("Sixteen Working Statements"); Bill Simon ("'Reading' Zorns Lemma"); Malcolm Le Grice & Peter Gidal ("Letters"); Dominique Noguez ("The Experimental Cinema in France"); Eugeni Bonet ("There is an Independent Cinema in S... View More...
[minor handling wear only] (B&W photographs, graphics, ads) This issue features an interview with director David Cronenberg and a lengthy analysis of his first film, SHIVERS (1975). Also: a profile of actor Stephen Lack; an examination of the financial complexities of the investor/producer relationship in the Canadian film industry, using Astral Bellvue Path as an example; an article about filmmaker Marty Gross and the production in Japan of his film THE LOVERS' EXILE; reviews of the films SCANNERS (Cronenberg), TRIBUTE (Bob Clark), and AGENCY (George Kaczender). 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...
[some edge- and surface-wear to covers, vertical crease down middle of front cover, old subscription label (with name blacked out) on rear cover]. (B&W photographs A jam-packed issue with numerous articles and features about films, filmmakers, and other aspects of what the editors considered "Hollywood"-ish -- really a lot of great content in just 104 pages. A primary feature is the full screenplay of John Ford's 1935 film THE INFORMER, with an analysis by John Gassner. The issue also includes contributions by: Mel Ferrer (about the La Jolla Playhouse); David Wayne ("Acting for the Screen")... View More...
[faint edgewear, minor scuffing to rear cover, subscription mailing label on rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Special "Psychoanalysis and Film" issue, with the following articles: "Humor and Sadomasochism in LOLITA" by Ilsa J. Bick; "The Circulation of Sadomasochistic Desire in the LOLITA Texts" by Krin Gabbard; "Redressing the Law in Kathryn Bigelow's BLUE STEEL" by Robert T. Self; "RED SHOE DIARIES: Sexual Fantasy and the Construction of the (Hetero)sexual Woman" by Nina K. Martin. Also includes a review of Jacques Lacan's book "Television: A Challenge to the Psychoanalytic Establishment" an... View More...
[small tear at top of spine, otherwise just light handling wear]. Special issue devoted to the presentations at the First Australian Film Conference, held in June 1978 at the University of New South Wales. A bit more than half the issue's 192 pages are devoted to topics specific to Australian cinema: "The Size and Structure of the Australian Film and Television Industry"; "Audience Research and the Marketing of Australian Films"; "Monopoly Capitalism -- the Case of the Australian Film Industry"; "Independent Feminist Film-Making in Australia"; etc. Also contains articles of a more general n... View More...
[a nice clean copy, minor edgewear only]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: a historical/critical discussion of the Mae West film KLONDIKE ANNIE; a survey article, "The Sound Serial," by Robert M. Malcomson; historical/critical article on MEN WITHOUT LAW, a 1930 Buck Jones western; a lengthy production history and critical examination of TRADER HORN (1930); Part IV of Jon Tuska's series of articles, "The Art of Collecting Records," this one focusing on orchestral music; reviews of various classical music recordings and film-related books (the latter including Leonard Maltin's "Movie Comedy Team... View More...
[nice clean copy, slight wear to extremities]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles) 144-page catalog, offering a wide array of personal possessions of memorabilia from the estate of acclaimed writer Ray Bradbury -- 462 lots in all, including: numerous artworks (paintings, drawings, prints, posters) owned by Bradbury, some related to his own work, some not; poems, notes, and doodles in Bradbury's hand; signed/cancelled checks; contracts; plaques and awards; a couple of bottles of wine; furniture and household items; photographs; personal items (including clothing, e.g. "Ray Bradbury personal... View More...
[nice tight copy (uncreased spine), extremely light wear here and there at edges and spine extremities]. Mass Market PB One of the classic Hollywood tell-alls, "the true story of Errol Flynn's love affair with 15-year-old Bev Aadland -- told by her mother." Originally published as a paperback original in 1961, this reprint edition features a new afterword by "as told to" co-author Thomey. Introduction (reprinted from the original edition) by William Styron, who says "one may declare it a masterpiece without hesitation." View More...
[a nice solid copy, light shelfwear to bottom edge and at top of spine, one-time owner's name scrawled at top of ffep; jacket has a couple of tiny chips at top of front panel, a few nicks elsewhere along top and bottom edges, very shallow paper loss at spine ends]. "Written out of deep understanding and with the authority of over 13 years first-hand knowledge of the situation in East Asia, this book by the famous New York Times correspondent is hugely informing and definitely exciting. [The author] knows personally and intimately the leaders of both countries in the Chinese-Japanese conflict... View More...
[a nice tight copy, light edgewear to covers, minor soiling to front cover, tiny tear at top of spine, minor soft creasing at bottom of rear cover]. (The Traveller's Companion Series) Series Mass Market PB Erotic novel with a college-campus setting, highlighting (per the cover subtitle) "The Intimate Co-ed Revolution." The rear cover reproduces a little squib from the Village Voice, noting that the plot involves a young woman who "has been sadly bouncing between frat-house letter-men in quest of her first orgasm, all to no avail [until] she falls in with the bearded Jewish leader of SDS, who... View More...
[a bit of spine roll, otherwise a nice tight copy with minor external wear]. (The Traveller's Companion Series) Series Mass Market PB Erotic novel with a rock 'n' roll background, about a groupie who falls in (or jumps in) with a band on tour; much sexual intercourse ensues. ("Leslie Adirondack" is a pseudonym if I've ever seen one, and was used for at least one other Olympia/TC book, "Campus Sleep-In," published the following year.) Not for sale to customers outside the U.S.; and due to the book's explicit sexual content, the purchaser will be required to affirm that he/she is at least 21... View More...
[light handling wear, faint soiling to top of text block, small bookstore stamp on ffep]. (Cinema d'aujourd'hui, no. 58) Series (B&W photographs) Survey of the career of French film director Jean Grmillon (1901-1959), active from the late 1920s through the early 1950s. The text is in French; includes filmography, bibliography, and comments by various critics regarding his work. One of the harder-to-find volumes in this popular series, it would seem. View More...
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