Original souvenir program from Bette Davis's 1952 musical revue, boldly signed by Davis across her photograph on an internal page, and additionally signed by co-stars Hiram Sherman and Nora Kaye and director Jules Dassin. 16 pp. Light wear to the spine, but overall in fine condition. 9 x 12 inches (22.5 x 30 cm). Read More...
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1981. First Edition . Signed copy of the actress, model, and fitness guru's influential workout book. Fonda has signed and inscribed ("To Paul / Peace / Jane Fonda") on the title page to Paul McMahon. 254 pp. Hardcover, half cloth; dust jacket with light shelf wear; overall in fine condition. 8.75 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Read More...
Original movie still from the beloved actress and singer's 1946 musical Ziegfeld Follies, signed and inscribed by Garland at the right. Garland is shown at the conclusion of her number "A Great Lady has an Interview," surrounded by adoring gentlemen. Slight fading to the signature and some wear to the photograph, with minor handling marks, light creases, and clipped corners; however, these faults have been matted out of view and the photograph displays well. 10 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 overall. Read More...
Autograph letter from the important German actor, theater director and writer, to the publishing house of Austrian pacifist (later winner of the Nobel Peace Prize) Alfred Hermann Fried. Berlin, September 23, [18]91. Translated from the German: "The work that you have planned will certainly be of use as a reference work among experts. Whether it would find friends outside these circles, I tend to doubt. It depends very much on the presentation of the plan. The task is great and certainly not easy. To tell a drama is in my opinion just as hard as to describe a painting." 2 pp. of a bifolium. Toning, folding creases and edge wear, but overall fine. 7 x 8.5 inches (17.5 x 21.7 cm).
Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the English stage and screen actor in a very British tweed coat and hat, together with a souvenir program from a 1980's touring production of My Fair Lady in which he reprised his role as Henry Higgins. The program is also signed by Milo O'Shea, who played Alfred Doolitle, next to his picture. Included are the negatives and two smaller prints of the photograph. In very fine condition. Photograph 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm); program 9 x 11 inches (22.6 x 28 cm).
New York: The John Day Company. 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed book from the American photographer best-known for his glamorous portraits of Hollywood stars in the 1930's and 40's. He has signed and inscribed to Paul McMahon on the title page of the volume, a retrospective of his work over 50 years. 218 pp. Hardcover, cloth binding in fine condition; dust jacket in very good condition. 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm). Read More...
Original 1956 theater program page with the details of productions of Waiting for Godot and Goodbye Again, signed over their pictures by the starring actors, including the original "Cowardly Lion," Bert Lahr. Lahr played Estragon in the first American production of Beckett's play, which opened in Florida in January 1956 and bombed, and the following, more successful Broadway production. Recto and verso of 1 sheet with several original production photos. In very fine condition. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.6 cm).
Autograph letter from the Austrian actor who had a long and highly regarded career at Vienna's Burgtheater. March 11, 1879. Apparently writing to the staff of the Munich Nationaltheater, Lewinsky asks to stage a guest appearance in the theater, going on to list a possible program of speeches from Faust and other plays. 3 pp. on a bifolium. Toning; overall in fine condition. 5.75 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22.9 cm).
Accompanied by a handwritten and signed note dated April 5, 2013 from June DiMaggio describing its history. 66 in. From the estate of June DiMaggio, niece of baseball star Joe DiMaggio and close friend of Marilyn Monroe. Read More...
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Autograph signature from the American actor, director, entrepreneur, and philanthropist on a small album leaf. Newman has inscribed to the collector, Paul McMahon. Light toning; overall in fine condition. 4.5 x 5.25 inches (11.3 x 13.5 cm). Read More...
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Original souvenir program from the 1957 John Osborne play, signed by its star, Laurence Olivier, and by cast members Brenda de Banzie, Joan Plowright, Peter Donat, and Jeri Archer, as well as director Tony Richardson. Richardson has inscribed to critic and photographer Paul McMahon. 14 pp. Light wear to the spine but overall in fine condition. 8.75 x 11.75 inches (22 x 30 cm). Read More...
Autograph letter from the important French film director, screenwriter, and actor to the painter Paul Louis Gachet, son of Paul Gachet, the doctor and artist best known for having attended Vincent van Gogh during his last months. On Renoir's Beverly Hills letterhead, undated. Translated from the French: "Dear Monsieur Gachet, Thank you for the photograph of the painting of the Louvre, and thank you for your interesting letter. I am delighted that you have decided to publish some of your memories. I wish you all the best for this enterprise. Your invitation is very touching. My wife and I will make sure to knock on your door of your house in Anvers on our next visit to France. With my best wishes, Jean Renoir." 8 x 10 inches. 21.5 x 28 cm. Usual creases, else fine.
Typed note signed from the important director and producer to Harrison Ford, sending him a script for his consideration. On a small DreamWorks notecard, dated December 13, 1996. Spielberg writes: "Dear Harrison, Since I missed you, I'm sending you a script of a project that my company is co-producing which you may (or may not) be interested in. Let me know. All my best, Steven." Ford's address has apparently been blacked out underneath the signature. 3.25 x 6.5 inches. Read More...
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An interesting autograph album containing signatures from actors, dancers, musicians and others, collected ca. 1963 by Paul McMahon, including an early signature from Robert Redford and autographs from Ed Sullivan and Peter Falk. 72 signatures in all, including autographs from: actors Susan and Jennifer Baker, Dana Andrews, Anne Jackson, Zero Mostel, Marcello Mastroianni, Giuletta Masina, Barbara Baxley, Dorothy Holland, John Ireland, Ethel Shutta, Dorothy Loudon, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Dana, Constance Towers, Lesley Warren, Jean-Paul Vignon, Barry Foster, Florence Henderson, Robert Redford, Alexis Smith, Albert Finney, William Roderick, Peter Falk, Joan Carroll, Hal England, and Kipp Hamilton; dancers Ramon de los Reyes, Marina Svetlova, Violette Verdy, Bella Reine, Pauline Koner, and Shanta Rao; dance publicist and impresario Larry Humphries; conductor and violinist Willi Boskovsky; conductor and composer Mantovani; film director Claude Berri; writer James Leo Herlihy; TV presenter Ed Sullivan; tenor Frank Porretta; and many more unidentified signatures, some inscribed to the collector. Some of the signatures appear to have been collected at the Jacob's Pillow dance festival in 1963. Leather-bound album with light internal toning, but overall in fine condition. 6 x 4.75 inches (15.3 x 12 cm). Read More...
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Travolta, John. (b. 1954). "Saturday Night Fever" - Double LP with SIGNED POSTER
Original double LP soundtrack to the iconic 1977 disco film, including a fold-out poster of John Travolta and signed and inscribed to Paul McMahon by Travolta on the verso of a separate sheet with the "Catch the Fever" design. Some heavy creasing to the signed sheet, and one large chip at the spine of the LP; otherwise in very good condition. RSO 2685 123. Read More...
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Valente, Caterina. (b. 1931). "Turning the Tables" - Original Press Photograph with Paparazzi
Original 1961 press photograph of the Italian singer, guitarist, and actress surrounded by photographers, pointing her own movie camera at them as they photograph her at a press conference in Frankfurt. 9 x 7 inches. A little wrinkled around the edges, else fine.
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[Variety Shows]. Ca. 1870 Variety Show Broadside featuring "The Chileno Wonder," "The Great Colored Commedian" & "The Champion Pianist of his Age"
Rare original broadside dating from ca. 1870, advertising a variety show with the talents of acrobat "Master Alejo Hudson, the Chileno Wonder," "Charles Love, The Great Colored Commedian [sic]," and "Master Jose Fernandez, the Champion Pianist of his age." Hudson went on to join the Luproil's Circus in 1879; Charles Love had appeared with the Original Georgia Minstrels in the 1860's. In delicate condition with folds and wear to the creases, mounting remnants, and irregularly trimmed edges, but with no tears and overall good. 12 x 8 inches (30.2 x 20.6 cm).
Original program from the 1952 revival of Williams' 1948 play, boldly signed on the cover by both the author and the play's star, Geraldine Page. Together with a striking original photograph from the production, signed by Page over her image. Program, 8 pp., with some creases and a slight smudge to Page's signature, but overall in very good condition, 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Photograph in very fine condition, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Read More...
An interesting autograph letter from the German landscape painter to Berlin art dealer Rudolph Lepke, apologizing for not delivering a group of promised paintings and explaining the difficult circumstances around their production in Italy. Rome, October 4, 1871. Achenbach explains that the paintings he had intended to send to Berlin were damaged by moisture during his travels to Naples and had to be repainted; he writes that he has sent several other paintings as a "deposit": "I would not have sent them to you, if I wasn't so desperately in need of money." (Full translation below.) 4 pp. on a black-edged bifolium. Light toning but overall in very fine condition. 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.3 x 21 cm). Read More...