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1935réf. 164460Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Collection of ten vintage photographs from the 1935 film including one keybook photograph and six double weight photographs including one taken on the set. All photographs with studio stamps crediting photograph Ray Jones on the verso and nine with mimeo snipes on the same. The collection includes one keybook photograph of Katherine Alexander one double weight photograph of Claudette Colbert and Michael Bartlett on the set four publicity photographs of Edith Fellows two being double weight photographs and four reference photographs three being double weight photographs. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Claudette Colbert stars as an extraordinarily competent secretary who marries her boss-only to discover taking care of him at home proves much more challenging than taking care of the office. 8 x 10 inches to 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall. Byrge and Miller. The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
2018réf. USTAWHO00fpSimon & Schuster 2018. Fine. Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/ Blotnick Emmy CRT. Whose Boat Is This Boat. New York: Simon & Schuster 2018. Illustrated. oblong 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1940réf. 161657N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage double weight photograph of producer Michael Todd with actress Claudette Colbert at New York's famed Stork Club circa 1940s. Stamp of the club's in-house photographer Ernest Brooks on the verso. Over the course of his short career in show business Todd worked as a producer for theatre and film most notably producing the 1956 Academy Award-winning film "Around the World in 80 Days." He is perhaps best remembered now as Elizabeth Taylor's third husband the only one whom she did not divorce Todd died in a plane accident a year after their marriage. Founded in 1929 at 132 West 58th Street by a former bootlegger the Stork Club served as a symbol of café society for the wealthy elite of New York. After being raided by Prohibition agents in 1931 the club moved to East 51st Street where it remained until its closure in 1965. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1938réf. 153216N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film showing director Ernst Lubitsch in conversation with actors Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert on the set between takes with a camera crew in the foreground. Based on the 1921 French play by Alfred Savoir. After discovering her multimillionaire fiance has already been married seven times the daughter of an impoverished marquis decides to develop her own strategy to lock him down. The first of many collaborations between screenwriters Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett including "Ninotchka" 1939 "Ball of Fire" 1941 "The Lost Weekend" 1945 and "Sunset Boulevard" 1950. Set in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. N.p. unknown books
réf. 35418No binding. Very Good. 254 x 206 mm. Wearing headdress from her role in the 1934 film Cleopatra Slightly worn; remnants of mounting tape to upper portion of verso. unknown books
1952réf. 9020968New York: John Wiley & Sons 1952. Hardcover. Very good/good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards cover and spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped and rubbed at the extremities with one large piece missing near the head and closed tears at the edges. Previous owners name in ink on front pastedown and ffep. John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1931réf. 171388Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film musical showing Maurice Chevalier and Charles Ruggles saluting a smiling Claudette Colbert. Basd on Hans Müller-Einigen's 1905 novel "Nux der Prinzgemahl" previously adapted as an operetta by Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dörmann in 1907. A lieutenant is obligated to marry a socially inept princess after she mistakenly believes he has winked at her instead of his lover. The first of three films directed by Ernst Lubitsch to star Miriam Hopkins. Considered lost for many years until a print was discovered in Denmark in the 1990s. Set in Vienna. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945réf. 148605N.p.: Loew's Incorporated 1945. Draft script for the 1946 film. "Sections of script" copy with multiple revisions of the majority of pages in place of thirteen pages omitted in other words complete. Annotations of the name of screenwriter Whitfield Cook on the top of nine pages along with the name of stenographers Ken Schwartz eight times and Helen Van Vlack once to top left all in manuscriptic pencil. Front wrapper stamped three times with "Vault Copy" and every page stamped "Permanent Script File." Several annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. Missing 13 pages likely as used or issued. Brilliant pianist Larry Adams' Richard Derr frustrated ambitions leads him to suicide leaving behind a new wife Lee Addams Claudette Colbert and his two young children Penny and Chase June Allyson and Robert Sterling from his previous marriage. Blue titled wrappers noted as Sections of script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 5157 dated 5-11-45 with credits for screenwriter Whitfield Cook. Title page integral with first page dated 5/11/45 with annotated credits for screenwriter Whitfield Cook. 231 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/9/45 and 7/26/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with three small closed tears and small chip on rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Loew's Incorporated unknown books
1948réf. 164459Universal City: Universal Pictures 1948. Two vintage publicity portrait photographs of French-American actress Claudette Colbert in 1948. One with the stamp of Universal Pictures photographer Claudette Colbert on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Colbert was offered a seven-year contract with Paramount in 1940 but declined after learning she could command far more money as a freelance artist. The decade proved to be the height of the actress' career and she was the film industry's highest-paid star in 1942. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1947réf. 164461Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1945 memoir by Betty MacDonald about a young couple who decide to become chicken farmers leading to a number of humorous mishaps. Colbert was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1937réf. 163739Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film showing Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas in an intimate moment. Mimeo snipe provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A woman is unexpectedly caught in a love triangle during a trip to Paris. Shot on location in Sun Valley and Ketchum Idaho. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creases at the bottom corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1940réf. 163540Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy getting a faceful of crude. Two oil riggers work together over the course of ten years to become oil tycoons but their friendship is strained by their love for the same woman. 8 x 10 inches. Good moderately faded with a chip at the bottom left corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950réf. 160937Los Angeles: RKO 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Claudette Colbert stars as a woman who is accused of bigamy by an intruder during her wedding ceremony to David McLean. The two then must travel to a small seaside village to investigate the claim where villagers claim to have remembered her previous nuptials. Shot on location in Santa Monica California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. RKO unknown books
1939réf. 160979Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1939 film showing James Stewart standing on a scale sporting a safari costume. Mimeo snipe on the verso. One of Ben Hecht's most brilliant and underrated screenplays. A novice private eye is unjustly fingered alongside his wealthy client in a murder case. Claudette Colbert's first film for MGM. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly age toned and curled. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1939réf. 160626Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Vintage publicity photograph of James Stewart and Claudette Colbert from the 1939 film. Printed mimeo snipe and MGM label on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Ben Hecht's most brilliant and underrated screenplays. A novice private eye is unjustly fingered alongside his wealthy client in a murder case. Colbert's first film for MGM. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1949réf. 151739N.p.: Vanguard Films 1949. Spotting List script for the 1949 re release of the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 novel by Margaret Buell Wilder. A family in the American Midwest struggle with their lives on the home front as the father is off at war. Set in the Midwest shot on location in Richmond Pasadena and Culver City California. Yellow titled wrappers noted as Spotting List for Recut Version on the front wrapper dated August 22 1949. Title page integral with third page dated August 22 1949 noted as Spotting List for Recut Version. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads along the top edge. Vanguard Films unknown books
1937réf. 150532Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch from the set of the 1938 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1921 French play "La Huitieme Femme de Barbe-Bleue" by Alfred Savoir. Previously Filmed as a silent film in 1923 now lost directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson and Huntley Gordon. The first of many collaborations between screenwriters Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. Nicole Claudette Colbert marries the wealthy American businessman Michael Brandon Gary Cooper only to learn he has been married seven times before and she is determined that there will not be a ninth. 8 x 10 inches. Faint diagonal crease near top else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1946réf. 150460Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Claudette Colbert on location for the 1946 film. Based on the 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a successful novelist who tries to convince a rowdy Marine to play the lead in the upcoming film adaptation of her book. Featuring an abundance of Hollywood cameos including Jack Benny Dolores Moran Cary Grant and Louella Parsons. 10 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing in corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1946réf. 146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1942réf. 149117Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage photograph of Preston Sturges adjusting Claudette Colbert's outfit made of men's pajamas and a pullman blanket on the set of the 1942 film. Studio label affixed to bottom margin of recto with ambiguous initials and "May 30" written in manuscript ink. Mimeo snipe on verso. In the minds of some critics Sturges closed out the screwball comedy era with a bang in this breakneck venture which had dialogue flying back and forth at a speed that was radical even by Sturges' standards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 742. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1949réf. 143179Los Angeles: Selznick International 1949. Dialogue & Cutting Continuity Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 novel "Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife" by Margaret Buell Wilder. A unique and important screenplay for a classic American war film one that addressed the plight of the families left behind in the United States during the war rather than the more common portrayal of soldiers in the field. Nominated for eight Academy Awards and won Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Set in Midwest shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers noted as Dialogue & Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper dated March 1949. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 8 PAGE 22. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads at the head. Selznick International unknown books
1970réf. 134169Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. Set in Italy in 1944 where the entire population of a village has been massacred by the SS except for a group of young boys. Rock Hudson the only US paratrooper left alive after a failed mission to blow up a nearby dam decides to lead the boys on the mission instead. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. 143 leaves mimeograph duplication. Scrip bent at the foredge else pages about Fine in Very Good plus wrappers bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
réf. 40483Pen and ink on paper. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Marginal binding holes else fine. Pen and ink on paper. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Colbert trained as a lawyer climbed the ladder at Chrysler becoming President in 1950 and Chairman in 1960 his tenure marked with colorful controversy leading to executive fistfights and some internal dislocations not evident in his note to Eisenstaedt: "With thanks for a delightful photographing appointment--and thanks too for the pleasant and enlightening conversation that went along with the picture taking.". unknown books
réf. 41411Plate: 178x106 mm. Margin: 193x122 mm. Small chip in right margin very faint soiling. unknown books
1980réf. 618596New York: E.P. Dutton 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 242pp. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some fading on the spine. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
