Gershwin Georges

1969 · réf. 25512E — London: The Macmillan Company / Collier-Macmillan Ltd 1969. First Edition. Laid in is a note written entirely in the hand of Ira Gershwin with red felt pen 5 inches by 3 5/8 inches on cream card stock with a red border. The note reads: “Slats Dear Greetings from page 124 and dearest love from Ira and Lee Ira’s wife Leonore Strunsky”. Ira is referencing pages 124 - 130 in the book which is a profile of the Beverly Hills house that Ira and George Gershwin leased when they moved to California from New York in 1936. From the section: “ Notable among the recruits from New York’s musical-comedy stage were George Gershwin and his talented lyricist brother Ira and another gifted lyricist a close friend of the Gershwins E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg. For the past half-dozen years or so the Harburg house where Finian’s Rainbow was written has been the home of actress Natalie Wood.” Most of the section is illustrated with black & white photos by Elisofon but there is a full color two-page photo of Natalie Wood lying on her bed wearing a beautiful red dress. Oversize coffee table art book format 216 pages. Illustrated with color and black & white photographs by Eliot Elisofon. Near fine bright copy with just a hint of dust soiling to the cloth in a lightly handled price-clipped dust jacket. An intimate portrayal of the homes and decor of some of Hollywood’s brightest stars from the Golden Years to the sixties including the Pickfair Grayhill and Green Acres estates and the homes of Tony Curtis Edith Head Natalie Wood Gypsy Rose Lee Kirk Douglas Rock Hudson Bobby Darin Charlton Heston Steve McQueen etc. Ira Gershwin 1896 - 1983 was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother composer George Gershwin to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century including I Got Rhythm Porgy and Bess The Man I Love Embraceable You Love Walked In They Can’t Take That Away From Me and many more. The Macmillan Company / Collier-Macmillan Ltd hardcover