The Glass Menagerie (Original program for the 1947 production at Howard University)
by [African American] Tennessee Williams (playwright); James W. Butcher Jr. (director); Doris Williams, Lelia Roane, Robert Brown, Shauneille Perry, William Coleman (starring)
Washington, DC: Howard University, 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 production of the 1944 play, held from December 9-12, 1947, at Howard University's Spaulding Hall, under the direction of James W. Butcher, Jr. The production marked the first time the play had been performed by an all-Black cast. Produced less than two years after the 1945 Broadway premiere... Read More
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Strange Fruit (Original screenplay for the 1979 short film, actor Charles Hutchins' working copy)
by [African American Interest] Lillian Smith (novel); Seth Pinsker (director); Stephen B. Katz (screenwriter); Wendell Wright, Michael Cassidy, Nyles Harris (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1979 short film. Copy belonging to uncredited actor Charles Hutchins, with his name and role ("The Court Clerk") in manuscript ink on the title page, and his annotations in manuscript ink indicating scenes on three pages. The first film adaptation of the 1944 novel by Lillian Smith, about a... Read More
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In the Heat of the Night (Original screenplay for the 1967 film)
by [African American Interest] [Film scripts] Norman Jewison (director); John Ball (novel); Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter); Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant (starring)
Los Angeles: The Mirisch Corporation, 1966. Revised First Draft script for the 1967 film. Laid in is a Call Sheet from the production, dated Tuesday, November 29, 1966. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small, bigoted Mississippi town. Winner of five... Read More
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The Green Pastures (Collection of nine original photographs from the 1936 film)
by [African American Interest] [Film] [Photography] Marc Connelly (director, screenwriter, play); William Keighly (director); Roark Bradford (novel); Rex Ingram (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1936. Collection of nine vintage oversize photographs from the 1936 film. Each with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1930 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Marc Connelly, itself based on "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun," a 1928 collection of pseudo African American folk tales by Roark Bradford. One of... Read More
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Archive of material relating to Danny Bakewell and the Brotherhood Crusade, circa mid 1980s
by [African-American Interest] Danny Bakewell, The Brotherhood Crusade
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Archive of over 100 pages of material relating to the Brotherhood Crusade, specifically business documents, a Brotherhood Crusade folder containing booklets, inserts, posters, stickers, flyers, and a bumper sticker, all circa 1983-1985. Laid in is a piece of juvenalia dated "1-8-64," a four-page working essay on Charles Dickens, presumably written by a young Danny Bakewell at... Read More
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Original poster for a 1963 gospel concert in Akron, Ohio
by [African American interest] [Gospel] Harold O. Davis, Worthington Richardson Jr., Shelton Booker, James Cottrell, Frederick Brooks, Worthington Richardson Sr., Arsell Robinson, Fielding Taylor, Malcolm Cottrell, Alvin E. Richardson, Alexander Green, John
Akron, OH: Westley Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, 1963. Vintage poster for a gospel concert held on Sunday, November 3, 1963, at the Westley Temple African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Akron, Ohio. The concert was hosted by the Hampton Miracle Singers, a Black gospel group based out of Akron, and featured performances by the F.C. Atkins... Read More
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The Invention of Heterosexuality (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
by Jonathan Ned Katz; Gore Vidal (foreword); Lisa Duggan (afterword)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1995. First Edition. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Originally published as an essay in 1990, then expanded into a larger book, about the development of distinct heterosexual and homosexual identities throughout history. Near Fine in wrappers.
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A New Life: Stories and Photographs from the Suburban South (First Edition, inscribed in the year of publication)
by Alex Harris (editor); Alice Rose George (photography editor); Allan Gurganus (afterword)
New Yorkand Durham, NC: W.W. Norton / The Center for Documentary Studies, 1997. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by editor Alex Harris on the half-title page, prior to publication: "For -- / With admiration and thanks for your advice and encouragement on this book / Alex." A pairing of fiction writers and photographers whose subject is the suburban... Read More
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Witness for the Prosecution (Original program for the 1954 Broadway stage production)
by Agatha Christie (playwright); Patricia Jessel, Mary Barclay, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Lyons (starring); Robert Lewis (director)
N.p.: Gilbert Miller and Peter Saunders, 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 Broadway play, which ran from December 16, 1954, to June 30, 1956, at Henry Miller's Theatre. Based on Agatha Christie's 1925 short story "Traitor's Hands," and originally staged in London in 1953. Actors Patricia Jessel and Francis L. Sullivan won Tony Awards for their performances,... Read More
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The Harvard Freshman Red Book: Class of 1932 (First Edition)
by [James Agee]
Cambridge: Harvard University, 1932. First Edition. First Edition. Notable in the yearbook is a photograph of future Pulitzer Prize-winning author and film critic James Agee, who was evidently a member of both the Harvard glee and drama clubs. Near Fine, with no dust jacket as issued, with a contemporary owner bookplate on the front pastedown.
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Lions Love (...and Lies) (Two original photographs from the 1969 film)
by Agnes Varda (director); Viva, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Shirley Clarke (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film, one borderless and one bordered, both showing Viva, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A drama with traditional narrative that incorporated improvisational cinema verite. Director Agnes Varda included... Read More
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Lions Love (...and Lies) (Original photograph from the set of the 1969 film)
by Agnes Varda (director); Viva, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Shirley Clarke (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Agnes Varda with actors Viva and James Rado on the set of the 1969 film. A drama with traditional narrative that incorporated improvisational cinema verite. Varda included American director Shirley Clarke in her cast as an avant garde film director who hopes to collaborate with real-life writers James... Read More
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The Creatures (Archive of 46 photographs from the 1966 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Marilu Parolini (photographer); Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli (starring)
Paris: Parc Film, 1966. Archive of 46 vintage reference stills for the 1966 French film. Each photograph numbered using two different numbering systems in manuscript marker and pencil. A single photograph shows director Varda with Catherine Deneuve on the set. A writer and his pregnant wife, mute from a car accident, move to a remote village while... Read More
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Vagabond [Sans toit ni loi] (Five original photographs from the set of the 1985 French film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Meril, Yolande Moreau, Stephane Freiss (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1985 French film, three showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire, one showing Varda and cinematographer Patrick Blossier, and one showing Varda and a film crew inspecting Bonnaire as she poses as a dead body in a ditch. With the... Read More
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Les Creatures [The Creatures] (Original photograph of Agnes Varda, Catherine Deneuve, and Michel Piccoli on the set of the 1966 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Lucien Bodard (starring)
Paris: Madeleine Films, 1966. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1966 film, showing director Agnes Varda in conversation with actors Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli. With the stamp of Madeleine Films on the verso. A writer and his pregnant wife move to a remote island off the coast of France following a car accident that has rendered... Read More
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Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cleo de 5 a 7] (Original photograph from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Raymond Cauchetier (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 French film, showing actors Michel Legrand, Corinne Marchand, and Jean-Pierre Taste—from the memorable early sequence in the film where Legrand and Taste drop in to Marchand's flat. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. Agnes Varda's second feature film, following a pop singer over the... Read More
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Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cleo de 5 a 7] (Original photograph from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Raymond Cauchetier (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Agnes Varda on the set of the 1962 French film. With a stamp noting Varda's name on the verso, along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations. Agnes Varda's second feature film, following a pop singer over the course of two hours as she talks with friends and anxiously awaits... Read More
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Bay of Angels [La Baie des anges] (Original photograph from the 1963 film)
by Agnès Varda (photographer); Jacques Demy (director, screenwriter); Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film, showing actors Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann. Stamp of photographer Agnès Varda, film director and wife of Jacques Demy, on the verso. Varda and director Jacques Demy were married from 1962 until Demy's death in 1990. While vacationing in Nice, a quiet... Read More
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La Pointe Courte (Original photograph of Agnès Varda with cast and crew members on the set of the 1955 French film)
by Agnès Varda (director, screenwriter); Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1955. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1955 film, showing director Agnès Varda with cast and crew members during filming on location in Sète. Phototeque stamp and provenance label on the verso. A couple takes a trip to a small French fishing village to repair their relationship. Meanwhile, the village fishermen fight the government's recent ban... Read More
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Cleo from 5 to 7 (Four photographs from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Liliane de Kermadec (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films, 1962. Four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1962 French film. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive... Read More
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Cleo from 5 to 7 (Photograph featuring four images from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray (starring)
Paris: Cine Tamaris, 1962. Vintage oversize double weight single photograph of four studio still images from the 1962 film. "CINE VOG FILMS S.A." and "CLEO DE 5 A 7" stamps on the verso. Told more or less in real time, the story of a pop singer trying to distract herself from worry while awaiting the results of... Read More
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Washington Square (Original photograph from the 1997 film)
by Agnieszka Holland (director); Henry James (novel); Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith (starring)
Burbank, CA: Hollywood Pictures / Caravan Pictures, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 film, showing actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Ben Chaplin. Based on the 1880 novel by Henry James, about an untalented, overweight young heiress who falls in love with a poor but handsome man, to the displeasure of her father, who believes the... Read More
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To Kill a Priest (Original photograph from the 1988 film)
by Agnieszka Holland (director, screenwriter); Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Tim Roth, David Suchet (starring); Jean-Yves Pitoun (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1989. Vintage reference photograph from the US release of the 1988 film, showing actor Ed Harris. Loosely based on the murder of Roman Catholic priest Jerzy Popie uszko, who became associated with the Solidarity trade union in communist Poland, and was killed by three agents of the Polish secret police. ... Read More
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Parting Breath (First UK Edition)
by Catherine Aird
London: Collins, 1977. First UK Edition. An Inspector Sloan mystery. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.
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Archive of 46 original vernacular photographs of a model airliner in wind tunnel tests
by [Transportation] [Airplanes]
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Archive of 46 vintage vernacular photographs of a model airliner in wind tunnel tests, circa 1967-1968. All photographs with an internal reference number, printed from the negative, on the lower right of the image. The photographs on offer are almost certainly internally-produced reference photographs taken during the development of Boeing's 747 airliner, and were likely... Read More
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