Search Results: Entertainment from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1942 DEAR ADOLF, 5 (of 6) RADIO SCRIPTS; STEPHEN VINCENT; COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY] STEPHEN VINCENT BENET, 5 (of 6) 1942 RADIO SCRIPTS FOR THE PROGRAM / SERIES "DEAR ADOLF", series of six radio letters written each week by Stephen Vincent Benet based upon actual letters written to Hitler by representative Americans and delivered over the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council for Democracy — (1) Letter from a farmer, June 21, 1942, featuring Raymond Massey, (2) Letter from a business man, June 28, 1942, Melvyn Douglas, (3) Letter from a working man, July 5, 1942, James Cagney, (4) Letter from a housewife and mother, July 12, 1942, Helen Hayes, [MISSING: Letter from An American soldier, July 26, 1942], (5) Letter from a foreign born American, August 2, 1942, Joseph Schildkraut…original ribbon typescript/probably teletype, 8-1/2" x 14"/legal size with bottom 3" folded, single space, variously 4 or 5 pages , in upper right corner of first page of each stamp "COPYRIGHT 1942… Read More

[SUE CAROL LADD 2 SHORT LETTERS 1972-3, WIFE OF ALAN LADD] SUE CAROL LADD, two letters to Hollywood/celebrity reporter Hal Jacques, both 5" x 7", cream-color paper with "Sue Carol Ladd" printed letterhead, two holes at top of each for holding in file at one time…(1) July 8, 1972, handwritten letter/ALS, about 45 words, "I just returned home from Palm Springs, and found your delightful story…When will it appear?…Please call me - ", hand-signed "Sue Ladd", with envelope with handwritten address; (2) January 29, 1973, typed letter/TLS, about 50 words, hand-signed "Sue Carol Ladd", thanking Hal Jacques "for the very nice article you wrote about the store" /// NOTES: SUE CAROL LADD, 1906-1982, American actress and talent agent…film career lasted from the late 1920s into the 1930s, when she became a talent agent…the last of her four marriages was to Alan Ladd, one of her clients. (wikipedia); HAL JACQUES, 1916-2007, leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter active from the 1950s to '80s /// PROVENANCE:… Read More

[1930s FAIRFAX WALKUP, 2 SIGNED ITEMS; PASADENA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE] FAIRFAX WALKUP, 2 signed items connected to the Pasadena Community Playhouse, (1) 1935 letter with Pasadena Community Playhouse letterhead to an applicant requesting "credentials" from schools she has attended and letters of recommendation", hand-signed as Director, School of the Theatre, with enveloped with 1935 postmark, Pasadena Community Playhouse Association return address logo, and typsecript recipient address in Connecticut; (2) 5-1/8" x 8-1/2" diploma to graduating student noting she has been accepted as a "Post Graduate in the General Course, School of the Theatre," hand-signed above typescript "Approved" above facsimile signature in brown ink (color of text and also paper) of Gilmor Brown (actor, director) as General Manager, general Manager, and Chas. [Charles] F. Prickett, Producing Director, undated/but ca. 1938 when the named student graduated as indicated by other Pasadena Community Playhouse memorabilia purchased at… Read More

[1900ca. VAUDEVILLE HANDBILLS, ORIGINAL WITH NEWS CLIPPING AND PERIOD PHOTOS INTERSPERSED] GROUP OF 6 ORIGINAL VAUDEVILLE HANDBILLS, ca. 1890s-1920, on 6 pages removed from dilapidated scrapbook, most 5" x 11", some smaller, on 12" x 7" pages removed from dilapidated scrapbook…newspaper clippings and handwriting are interspersed with the handbills, the handbills are for the late 19th-early 20th century vaudeville acts 1. Barber Theatre Company – Edward Barrie (color), 2. Rossow's Midgets (worn with tears at edges of fold), 3. Bryan's Comedians, Playing Nothing But the Cities (green text), 4. Harry and Ana Ladell (photos of acrobatic acts), 5. Ladell Sisters (small red card with red-tinted photo of the two sisters next to the former), 6. Teal and Baker, Acrobatic Singing and Dancing, Burlesque Cake Walk (green text), photographs of the performers in the handbills, also interspersed are small/ca. 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" faded photographs of Leedy – Wrestling Bootblack (young man holding bootblacking kit… Read More

[ENRICO CARUSO; OPERA STAR MEMORABILIA; CARICATURES] CARICATURES OF ENRICO CARUSO – Complete Collection Issued with the Approval of the Artist, 4th Edition, by Michael Sisca, Published by"La Follia Di New York", New York 1939, inscribed on title page "Al pregiato Musicista Antonio Marchesani, offro in segno di sinceca amicizia, Aida Favia-Artsay, Valhalla, NY, Aprile 22,1993", book 8-1/2" x 11", cover imitation dark blue pebbled leather with gilded autograph of Enrico Caruso, pages unnumbered/about 185 pages with caricatures on every page varying from full-page to up to 4 on a page except for the few beginning pages and 2 pages at the back which are copies of Caruso letters to Marziale Sisca; RARE, no editions recorded at WorldCat/OCLC (7/11/21), only two copies of the 4th edition found for sale online, no listings for any other edition (7/11/21); NOTES: Aida Favia-Artsay, discographer, author of "Caruso on Records"; Antonio Marchesani, musician, singer; Michael Sisca, son of Marziale Sisca, close… Read More

[1943 CBS FORECAST RADIO PROGRAM SCRIPT; BLACK AMERICANA/PAUL ROBESON; MEDIA HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY/WWII] COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM – FORECAST, Monday, August 25, 1943, 9:00 - 9:30 PM EDST, FINAL, original ribbon typed script double-spaced, 29 pages 8-1/2" x 11" held by rusted paperclip at upper left corner; the introduction to the program reads in part, "The Columbia Broadcasting System brings you the tenth and eleventh [tenth episode only follows] in a series of twelve proposed new radio programs…These broadcasts are radio 'first nights' — dress rehearsals…of shows ear-marked 'For Future Reference'…Forecast Number ten, from New York: 'Three Wishes', an unusual variety show with Alan Lunt and Lynn Fontaine…Paul Robeson…Moss Hart…master of ceremonies…Carl Van Doren…" followed by more than 20 pages of sections of representative dialogue and performances of Forecast Number ten; Robeson's limited appearance is on page 16 (words of the song he performs are not given), reading in… Read More

[1945 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; DINAH SHORE AND OTHER CAST SIGNED; ORIGINAL WWII U.S. RADIO PLAY ADAPTATION ANNOTATED DIRECTOR COPY] "FEMME OU DEMON" — from the Universal Pictures "DESTRY RIDES AGAIN" [the movie title for the release to the English-speaking market, "Femme…" is the movie title in French for the international market release in 1939], original ribbon radio script for the U. S. Office of War Information (OWI) WWII program, heavily annotated by director Gerald Kean whose name is in red pencil at the upper right corner of the cover page in pencil, editing of script dialog in black pencil and in red pencil for performance notations, cover page with heading United States Government, Office of War Information, Overseas Branch, Hollywood French Unit, Hollywood, California, For New York Radio Program Bureau, MUSIC: Serge Glykson, Nathan Scott, PRODUCTION: Gerald Kean, :SCRIPT: Jacques Surmagne, TIME: 30:00 [minutes], DATE: 3-15-45 [March 15, 1945], with United States Office of War Information seal… Read More

[PHILIP GLASS, ANDREW DE GROAT, SIGNED; EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH, EOS ENTERPRISES, RARE] EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH – AN OPERA IN FOUR ACTS by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, with choreography by Andrew de Groat, edited by Vicky Alliata, inscribed by Philip Glass on title page ""Thanks for being there, Philip Glass" and Andrew de Groat "Best wishes and [?]", published by EOS Enterprises, Inc., New York, undated/but 1978 (WorldCat/OCLC reference], paperback, 6-1/2" high x 11" across, 44 pages, varied content including music scores, storyboard illustrations, choreography diagrams, text from performance, and essays in English, Italian, and French, RARE EDITION, less than 5 of this edition recorded at WorldCat/OCLC with a couple of these being the signed limited hardcover edition (8/17/21), only one (unsigned) found for sale online (8/17/21), no signed copies found for sale and apparently only one or two in library holdings, this edition was published following the opera's premier performance in France in 1976… Read More

[EMMY AWARDS 1970; CANDID PHOTOS 2 CONTACT SHEETS; TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA] 2 CONTACT SHEETS CANDID PHOTOS OF VARIOUS CELEBRITIES INVOLVED IN THE 1970 EMMY AWARDS SHOW AND RELATED FESTIVITIES taken in early 1971 at the direction of leading Hollywood celebrity reporter Hal Jacques active from the 1950s to '80s…contact sheet #1 - 8-1/2" 11", 35 black-and-white candid photos, 3 with red crayon markings, the stars in the photos are identified on the revere in handwritten notes in pen corresponding to the photos on the front side, also on the back handwritten are the notes in pen "Emmy Awards for 1970, taken early 1971" [when awards were presented], and in red pencil "Stephan Jacques" the son of reporter Hal Jacques who at the time sometimes went on assignments or to events with the father to take candid photos while the father was gathering material for an article, and "Dup" [for duplicate, though photos are originals from negatives], the celebrities identified with more than one in a… Read More

[1920 ENRICO CARUSO METAL PRINTING PLATE INSCRIPTION TO JOSEPH GIOE COMPOSER / ITALIAN AMERICAN STUDIES MEMORABILIA] ENRICO CARUSO, about 30 word inscription in Italian with signature and date August 1920 to the Italian-American composer and music publisher Joseph Giuseppe Gioe active in New York City and surrounding areas, 4" high x 5-3/4" across, about 8 small holes at edges where plate was presumably attached to a wooden printing block at one time, text in full, "Al Maestro, Joseph Gioe, che tanta aminia e sentimento infuse nel musicare la Poesia de Esposito. 'I' m'arricordo e Napule' e invio ugrariamenti e onorato di esserne padrino Enrico Caruso Agosto 1920" (rough English translation using Google translate: "To the Maestro, Joseph Gioe, who instilled so much life and sentiment in setting the 'Poesia de Esposito' to music. 'Memories of Naples', and I am sending you a memento and honored to be godfather. Enrico Caruso August 1920"… "I' m'arricordo e Napule" ("Memories of Naples") is the title of… Read More

[1931 ENRICO PRAMPOLINI COLOR COSTUME PRINTS / COCKTAIL PANTOMIME BY MARINETTI, PARIS 1927] ENRICO PRAMPOLINI 4 small color prints, partly pochoir, handcolored, 2 masks 2-1/2" x 3" and 2 costume 4" x 2-1/4" identfied and signed in the 2 costume iplates, plus in the middle 4-3/4" x 6" black-and-white photo Mouvement de Scene, Photo Nakarayama (presumably the Japanese photographer Iwata Nakayama who was in Paris 1926-27), plate #34, preserved page from a mostly deteriorated copy of the rare theater book TENDANCES NOUVELLES DU THEATRE – CHOIX DE DECORS, COSTUMES, etc. [rest of long subtitleomotted], by Leon Moussinac, published by Les Editions Albert Levy, Paris, 1931, limited edition 600 copies /// CONDITION: generally lightly age-toned somewhat more at edge, light crease at upper left cutting a little into one color mask.

[1979 CBS MYSTERY THEATER RADIO PLAY PARTIAL ORIGINAL EDITED SCRIPT, WITH PHOTOCOPY OF COMPLETE SCRIPT] THE CASE OF THE FORCED DIVORCE (The Wedding Ring), no author named/Gerald Kean (see provenance below), Act I 11 pages, 8-1/2" x 11", heavily edited variously with black marker and turquoise ink and slips of paper with text affixed to some pages, with photocopy of three acts 41 pages, dated 1-23-79 at upper right corner of title page (the program was aired on July 18, 1979); NOTES: "A gentleman con man and his American police detective try to assist a British woman who is being hounded by her husband for a divorce. At stake is the custody of their young son.", aired July 18, 1979 (Old Time Radio Downloads); GERALD KEAN (sometimes Keane): 1915-2002, wrote numerous CBS Mystery Theater radio play scripts using different pen names working with Himan Brown; PROVENANCE: this script is from a large archive of work by Gerald Kean in varied fields of media and entertainment from the 1930s to the 1980s ///… Read More

[1943ca HILDEGARDE ANNOTATED COPYIST SCORES K. P. SERENADE] HILDEGARDE ANNOTATED COPYIST SCORES FOR A SMALL RADIO ORCHESTRA FOR THE MUSIC TO K. P. SERENADE, unsigned/handwriting verified (see below), presumably planned song for one of Hildegarde's public performances in the war years of the early 1940s since there is no record of her having performed this song in one of her 1940's radio programs which are recorded at old-time radio sites, maybe performed for some servicemen's venue with its title referring to "kitchen police [k. p.]" much spoofed by both service people and civilians…11 different scores from 1 to 3 pages for instruments and three tenors, including piano which Hildegarde would play as she sang, accordian, violins, trumpets, and drums, copyist stamp at the end of each score; ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM relating to RARE sheet music, only 3 copies of the sheet music recorded at WorldCat/OCLC, one found recorded at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, one for sale on ebay… Read More

[HARVEY PARRY STUNTMAN promo items Don's Place Burbank CA RARE] HARVEY PARRY, 1900-85, famed stuntman who worked with Harold Lloyd, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and other stars, his career spanned the era of silent movies of the 1920s to popular movies of the 1970s, ca. 1970s, 4 items total, including 2 rare Harvey Parry promotional items (a) 8-1/2" x 11" flyer on heavy paper for the popular Don's Place burger joint in Burbank, CA with "Congratulations ARCHIE MOORE - AL BAFFERT and HARVEY PARRY at the top, on the reverse article "The (Reel) Life Story of Harvey Parry (In How Own Words)" with 6 black-and-white photos from his career, (b) 6" x 9" 4-page brochure for Parry's character "Millionaire's Bum" with b+w photos on front and back and across the two inside pages "Also Plays Millionaires 'Bum' for sale"…Harvey Parry", a character he apparently played for parties and other gatherings…and also 2 black-and-white 8" x 10" promotional photos (a) scene from the 1940 movie "City for Conquest" with… Read More

[JAYNE MEADOWS HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH ARTICLES ON PSYCHIC FEELINGS 1985] JAYNE MEADOWS, 1919-2015, popular actress who was married to Steve Allen, original host of "Tonight Show", handwritten/holograph reply on original letter from Hollywood/celebrity reporter Hal Jacques seeking approval for publication of an article on her in the National Enquirer, with envelope with holes along one side for keeping in binder at one time, 1985, about 75 words in red ink signed "Jayne", "Yes, certainly you may republish this article. I have also had many other startling E.S.P. experiences…Thelma Moss wanted to study me…Edgar Casey's [sic, for Cayce] secretary was so fascinated…[if he could] write them up in a book he was doing….", with black ink handwritten postcard undated, "Have I ever written to thank you for the excellent story on my E.S.P?…", plus 17 pages variously original ribbon and photocopies of articles by Hal Jacques and National Enquirer on the celebrity's psychic nature and experiences, some… Read More

[JEROME KERN "A HEAVENLY PARTY" MANUSCRIPT/HANDWRITTEN ARRANGEMENT FOR HILDEGARDE RADIO PROGRAM, 1938] JEROME KERN, COMPOSER MUSIC, AND DOROTHY FIELDS, WORDS/LYRICS, music copyist with stampings dated 1938, handwritten music/scores for radio orchestra instruments of adaptation of the Kern and Fields music for a performance by Hildegarde in one of her late 1930's radio programs, including music for piano and voice for Hildegarde in performing the song accompanied by the radio orchestra, over 25 pages, with occasional annotations by Hildegarde, one page 9 staves in pencil by Hildegarde with title "Heavenly Party" and notes "accov" (?) and "unis" (?) at top and on another page "A Heavenly Party" in turquoise ink in Hildegarde's distinctive fancy handwriting and note "Hillegarde" (name in pencil misspelled by an unidentified individual, possibly the copyist Sam Schiller identified by his purple circular stamp on most of the pages), all pages 12 stave, 5 lines music composition pages 9" x 12", with RARE… Read More

[1950 LISTER SINCLAIR PURSUIT OF PEACE UN RADIO ORIGINAL SCRIPT RARE / AVIATION] LAND, SEA AND AIR, episode of the United Nations radio program series "Pursuit of Peace", April 23, 1950, by Lister Sinclair, [directed by Esse Ljungh, noted in accompanying letter, see below], 45 pages original ribbon typescript held together with one paperclip at top edges (as found), 8-1/2" x 11", RARE, only a few records of materials relating to the program in institutional archival holdings and none found for sale (as of 6/28/22)…Lister Sinclair's script opening with lyrics from the Newfoundland folksong "Kelligrew Swarree" is about the crew, work, and mission of an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) weather ship named "Canso" stationed in the "Davis Strait: the great cold channel of ocean between Labrador and Greenland: the path of the bitter Labrador current, and the path, too, of the great storms that detach themselves from the Arctic and slide down into the grey North Atlantic..[Canso] is here… Read More

[BLACKFACE MAN AND WOMAN VAUDEVILLE TEAM, ca. 1900 ORIGINAL HANDBILL] LEE MACK AND SISKIE RELGIER, with photos of each in blackface, the woman Siskie wearing a large hat, ca. 1900, original vaudeville performers handbill, with Lee Mack and Siskie Relgier on one side with side-by-side photos of each in regular dress for performances and beside this in blackface with comical attire, 3" high x 8" across on disbound scrapbook page also with a small handbill for Elmer Walters, clipped notice for play "Born in the Blood", and faded photo of a woman performer looking like Siskie Relgier, on reverse side is a second handbill "Mack and Relgeir presenting their Comedy sketch, entitled 'Little Willie and the Girl with the Dreamy Eyes' ", 4-3/4" high x 10-3/4" across with a photo of each (no blackface) ///// CONDITION: well-preserved, general light normal wear including light brown age-spotting at right side of page with performers in blackface.

[LORNE GREENE SIGNED APPROVAL FOR ARTICLE IN NATIONAL REVIEW 1982] LORNE GREENE, 1915-87, Canadian-born actor best known for his starring role in the TV series "Bonanza", handwritten signature/autograph "Approved by the National Enquirer – Lorne Greene" for approval of article headed "My Most Embarrassing Moment by Lorne Greene, 'Lorne Greene's Wilderness' " for publication in the National Enquirer (date unknown, apparently unpublished) with reporter name Hal Jacques in upper right corner of first page, but "Lorne Greene" with pages numbers 1-4, 3-page plus 5 lines (page 4) photocopy of article with Lorne Greene original signature and inscription in blue ink to the left of the heading, the article is a vignette about an awkward position Greene got into involving his father and his school principle in relation to mischief in his early teens…the "Lorne Greene's Wilderness" of the heading associates this article with the time of the Canadian TV nature documentary program beginning in September 1982… Read More

[MARILYN MONROE SON RUMOR DEBUNKED; NATIONAL ENQUIRER HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ORIGINAL RESEARCH] MARILYN MONROE SON RUMORS research file of assorted items of the investigation by Hal Jacques, a leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter active from the 1960s to '80s, working on assignment for the National Enquirer, 1970s, group of items made up of (a) memo TO: Brian Welles, FR: Hal Jacques, RE: Marilyn Monroe's Son, dated August 10th, 1972, 1-page original ribbon typed manuscript, in part, "It was about two years ago that [National] ENQUIRER asked that I check out this story and either prove or disprove it…[MM] had a fertility problem…Also, her work schedule…made [pregnancy] improbable otherwise…I spoke with a friend of the late Johnny Hyde [d. 1950, MM's agent who had an affair with her]…The boy who makes the pilgrimage to her crypt is a young actor [not her son]", typescript light but fully legible; (b) memo FR: Hal Jacques, TO: Bill Dick [National Enquirer editor], SUBJECT: "Marilyn Monroe's… Read More