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(cinema) . ACADEMY TECHNICAL DIGEST - FUNDAMENTALS OF SOUND RECORDINGS AND REPRODUCTION FOR MOTION PICTURES
Hollywood 1929-30. Published by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Collection of articles by various authors including: The Ancestry of Sound Recording by H. G. Knox; The Illusion of Rality in Sound Pictures by Wesley Miller; Motion Picture Sound Recording by RCA Photophone System by Ralph H Townsend; Motion Pictures Sound Recording by Fox Film Co. by E. H Hansen; Practical Aspects of Film Recording by A. W. DeSart. Octavo, 248pp., photo illustrations of early motion picture equipment, light blue cloth hardcover with 3 brass studs for binding. Owner signed ( R. S. Barnes). VG, lightly worn and lightly soiled. (a69157)
$350.00 (motion pictures) . THE THEATRE AND MOTION PICTURES
Chicago 1933. A selection of articles from the new 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. 4to., 94pp., many fine color illustrations, double column text. Owner signed. Good plus, corner of half title wrinkled with short tear o/w text is Fine. (a25546)
$45.00 Berstl, J. . DOVER-CALAIS
Berlin n.d. (c.1929) Felix Bloch Erben. Das Schwimmende Kloser. Entwurf zu einem Tonfilm-Lustspiel. German cinema. In German. Sm.square 8vo., 9pp., original wraps. Good, a few small cover stains, pages browned. (mu28)
$25.00 Creelman, James Ashmore . SCREENPLAY: THE JOURNEY TO MARS (1936)
1936. Creelman was a celebrated Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include King Kong. Journey to Mars is dated 1936, which is one year after Creelman's final Hollywood film. He commited suicide in 1941. 4to., about 100 leaves (mimeo on yellow paper, rectos only), self bound in c-clamp binder. A very few neat pencil notations. VG. Unique. (a66797)
$8000.00 Cukor, George (director) and Ernst Lubitsch (Supervisor) . ONE HOUR WITH YOU
N.p. (Hollywood?) 1931. Original screenplay by Samuel Hoffenstein. Original reproduction (rexograph) from typed script, labelled "Final Script, Completed December 24, 1931" Tall 4to., about 100 leaves, printed on rectos only, stapled. Final page G-10 ends with Collete "with a final gesture of a woman of the world" saying "Fifty-Fifty!" -- missing only final leaf (possibly final 2 leaves). Good, front wrap detached, a bit soiled and foxed, 4 inch by 1/2 inch hole in rear leaf without loss of text. (a28593)
$120.00 Elsaesser, Thomas . LULU AND THE METER MAN, LOUISE BROOKS, PABST AND PANDORA'S BOX
1983. Article at pp. 4-36, in one double issue of Screen. Several other articles in issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a74494)
$35.00 Evans, Madge . SECRETS OF A YOUNG MOVIE STAR, FACTS ABOUT DRESS THAT MAKE A GIRL POPULAR, AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MISS MADGE EVANS NOW STARRING IN "ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH"
As the very beautiful Madge Evans, a child actress, was born in 1909, the booklet must have been made around 1923 or 1924. 5-1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, 11pp., photo illustrations with some red trim, fashionable hats for young women, wraps. VG plus. (a74352)
$45.00 Lubitsch, Ernst (director) . THE MAN I KILLED (RETITLED: BROKEN LULLABY in 1932)
N.p. (Hollywood?) 1931. Original Screen Play by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda, from the Play by Maurice Rostand. Original reproduction (rexograph) from typed script, labelled First Script, August 4, 1931. Starring Lionel Barrymore. Tall 4to., about 100 leaves, printed on rectos only, stapled. Good, front wrap a bit soiled and foxed, remaining leaves in very nice condition. (a28591)
$240.00 Wood, Richard (editor) . FILM AND PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY VOLUME 1 WORLD WAR I
NY 1990 1st Greenwood. 4to., 468pp., printed red cloth boards. Near Fine, top righthand corner a bit bumped throughout on cover and text . (a39028)
$85.00 Wyss, Tobias . UNCLE WALTER AND THE IDEA OF PROGRESS
Switzerland October 1980. Proposal for 90 minute documentary about Walter Wyss and the history of the automobile industry. In English. Producer: Peter Spoerri. 4to. , about 20 leaves (reproduced on rectos only), plastic spiralbound. VG. Scarce. (a51189)
$75.00 Yacowar, Maurice . HITCHCOCK'S BRITISH FILMS
Hamden 1977 1st Archon. ISBN 0-208-01635-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 314pp., cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a74775)
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