Souvenir Retrospective Program Celebrating San Francisco's Orpheum Theater's First Ten years 1887 to 1897.

One of the greatest performance spaces in Bay Area history, the Orpheum opened on O'Farrell street by Union Square on June 30, 1887. It was conceived, built and run by notable Impresario Gustav Walter, a German immigrant to San Francisco. This scarce Orpheum Viewbook is an illustrated retrospective of its historic first decade 1887 to 1897. Filled with sixty-five (65) b&w photographic portraits and fifty-three (53) unique biographical sketches of the principal artists, musicians, Vaudeville and Burlesque stars, drag queens, circus performers, opera stars, comedians, female impersonators, and variety show entertainers who appeared during this most successful first decade. A long list of other notable performers appears at the end. Calamitously, only nine years later, the Orpheum was totally destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.

Among the featured entertainers are Albert and Mamie Anderson, an important African American Vaudeville husband and wife duo.

ORPHEUM 10TH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR June 30, 1887 - June 30, 1897. Gustav Walter, Director General Orpheum Circuit, John Morrisey, Ass't Director. Published by Theatrical Pub's Co. (Horwinski Bros.) Printers, Publishers, Advertising Agents, Programmes and Souvenirs our Specialty, San Francisco, 1897, first and only edition. Printed card covers, front cover is embossed, bound with twisted gold string laced through three punched holes and bow tied at the top, 9.25" x 12", unpaginated 52 pages (including covers). Richly illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, and period advertisements for well heeled theatre patrons including local restaurants, hotels, tobacco shops, liquor stores, photographers and talent agencies. VERY GOOD CONDITION: Original 1897 program is complete as issued, covers have light shorelining to the right margin that lightly affects the inner pages, front cover has small staining, creases, edge wear, some wear to the string bound edge, and it's a touch faded, internally, some leaves have small closed edge tears, light signs of wear from handling, and a word is pencilled out on the retrospective essay, overall, tight, bright, clean and unmarked, a very respectable copy. Scarce. Only 2 copies held in OCLC collections worldwide, California Historical Society and Milner Library at Illinois State University. There may be a copy held in the San Francisco Museum of Performance & Design, Performing Arts Library Collection of Bay Area Theater Images and Memorabilia, the OAC (Online Archive of California) shows an image of the front cover only.

Scarce San Francisco Fairmont Hotel Ephemera. I can't find another example.

On April 16th 1907, less than one year after the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire, the Fairmont Hotel (after an extensive renovation by California's first female licensed architect and engineering expert Julia Morgan) opened with a society benefit concert for several local charities. The Fairmont Hotel was named after mining magnate and U.S. Senator James Graham Fair by his daughters, Theresa Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, who built the hotel, atop Nob Hill, in his honor. Initially scheduled to open on April 18, 1906, mother nature had other plans .

PROGRAM OF THE PROMENADE CONCERT AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE HOTEL FAIRMONT APRIL 16TH 1907.

Published by the Press of Levison Printing Co., San Francisco, 1907. First and only printing, illustrated wraps, side staple bound, 10.25" x 6.75", 70 un-numbered pages including covers, filled throughout with advertisements, some illustrated, some in red and blue ink, and commentary from hundreds of local businesses that survived the 1906 earthquake. ACCEPTABLE Condition: covers are disbound, 2" edge tear and quarter size area of rubbing to front cover, chipped at the edges, old clear tape repair to spine, rear cover torn through and old clear tape repaired, overall the covers remain quite bright and legible, internally, some small stains, foxing, and waviness here and there throughout, staples oxidized but holding well, overall the pages are clear, bright and unmarked. Scarce, I have not found another copy in collection anywhere.

****About the Fairmont Hotel Inauguration Promenade Concert from the April 13 and 20, 1907 editions of THE WASP, a weekly journal published in San Francisco:

"All the arrangements for the Promenade Concert at the Fairmont Hotel next Tuesday evening, under the direction of Dr. H. J. Stewart, are complete, and the event will beyond question be the greatest charitable affair given up to this date in San Francisco. It is no exaggeration to say that all the ladies of influence in San Francisco are working for it and many of them have had a wide experience in arranging such affairs so as to insure success. Society en masse will attend this great concert, which is for the benefit of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children, The Doctors' Daughters, and the San Francisco Polyclinic. Among those taking part in the musical program will be the Stanford and Berkeley Glee Clubs, the De Koven Glee Club, the Swedish Singing Society, the Fairmont Hotel Orchestra, Mrs. Birmingham, Miss Helen Heath, Miss Camille Frank, Mrs. Charles Camm, Mr. Marc, Miss Virginia Pierce, and Mr. Romeo Frick. The arrangements for the concert have been made by a joint committee of ladies from the three charities interested, of which Mrs. H. de Young is the head."

"No hotel could have had a more auspicious opening and the Hotel Fairmont management cannot complain that the inaugural night was not in every respect one that should give Messrs. Law and their able staff the utmost satisfaction. The board of managers, of which Mrs. M. H. de Young was chairman, announces that the financial returns from the promenade charity concert at the Fairmont Hotel ."

"The great promenade concert with which the Fairmont Hotel was opened not only came up to the highest expectations of the enthusiastic promoters but exceeded them. The ladies who got up the affair for the benefit of several most deserving charities are entitled to the highest praise. The affair netted nearly $25,000 for charity. The donations alone amounted to $10,000, and $8,000 were taken in for the sale of admission tickets. The raffle for the splendid Winton automobile, which was won by David Rich, the well-known real estate man, contributed $4500 to the grand total."

STUTTGARTER BÜHNENKUNST: INSZENIERUNGEN der Königlich Württembergischen Hofoper von Werken Mozarts und von Schillings' Mona Lisa, von EMIL GERHAUSER.

(STUTTGART THEATER STAGE ART: the STAGING of Productions by the ROYAL WÜRTTEMBERG COURT OPERA HOUSE of Works by Mozart and of Schillings' Mona Lisa. By Emil Gerhauser.)

Mit den künstlerischen Entwursen der Bühnenausstattung von BERNHARD PANKOK. (With the Artistic Designs by Bernhard Pankok.)

Edited and Published by Wilhelm Meyer-Ilschen, Stuttgart, Germany, 1917. TEXT IN GERMAN.

FIRST and LIMITED EDITION, this being copy number 99 of only 300 copies. An Elaborate and Finely Produced Book featuring the Production of 5 Operas by Mozart and 1 Opera, Mona Lisa, by Max von Schillings. Each was performed at the Hofoper in Stuttgart.

THICK VELLUM COVERED BOARDS with GILT DESIGNS on the front cover and spine, gilt page edges, floral patterned endpapers, 9x12.25 inches (23x31 cm). Pagination: viii, 418 pages.

Beautifully ILLUSTRATED with 7 PHOTOGRAVURES and 45 COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES of OPERA SETS and COSTUMES. Each plate and photogravure is protected with a patterned tissue guard. There are also many in-text b&w drawings of set designs and staging directions.

GOOD condition, the covers are bowed, lightly soiled, and there is a 1.5 inch split at the top front spine fold; though bowed, these vellum covers are quite attractive; there are some scratches to the gilt page edges; internally, there is some light foxing to the first and last few pages and just a bit here and there throughout, there is a previous owner's signature and the date of 1955 on a blank prelim, there is a small tape ghost on the front free endpaper, the tissue guards are all present but many are creased from the book shutting improperly on the fragile tissue paper, overall the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked, and all the photogravures and plates are gorgeous.

About EMIL GERHÄUSER (from Wikipedia): ******Emil Gerhäuser, b. 1868 d. 1917, was a German opera singer and director. Gerhäuser first began law studies at the University of Munich before receiving vocal training as a tenor. In 1890 he made his debut at the Munich Court Opera .In 1909 Gerhäuser moved to Stuttgart, where he became a director at the Hofoper / Court Opera.******

About BERNHARD PANKOK (from Wikipedia): ******Bernhard Pankok (Münster, b. 1872 d. 1943, was a modern German painter, graphic artist, architect, and THEATRICAL DESIGNER. His works are characterized by the transition between Art Nouveau and the International Style. His furniture and book design, such as the catalog of the German section for the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, have garnered him international recognition. Pankok opened a studio in Munich in 1892 and worked as a freelance artist, graphic designer and illustrator for the magazines Pan and Jugend. He remained in Munich until 1902 and co-founded the Vereinigten Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Art in Handcraft). In 1902 he moved to Stüttgart, and in 1913 he helped found a local art school, the Stuttgarter Killesberg, and became the its first director. In 1914 he was considered one of the leading artists of the famous Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne. In 1930 he became a foreign member of the MUNICH SECESSION.(In 1933 the National Socialist party began their crusade to bring all forms of artistic expression under their control: a process known as Gleichschaltung . Artists were eventually required to obtain state endorsement for all of their works. Those who were considered degenerate were not allowed to paint, these included members of the Munich Secession. In 1938, the Munich Secession was dissolved as part of the Kulturellen Säuberung / Cultural Cleansing.)******

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: This book is large and heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges.

BRIEF MOMENT: A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS, by S.N. BEHRMAN (SAMUEL NATHANIEL BEHRMAN). SIGNED & INSCRIBED by S.N. BEHRMAN, plus SIGNED by the DIRECTOR, plus SIGNED by the ENTIRE NINE MEMBER CAST, plus an OPENING NIGHT TELEGRAM from BEHRMAN to the STAGE MANAGER is tipped in. Behrman's Signature and Inscription is on the title page, below his printed name. It is an interesting inscription in that he ADDS the name of EDDIE MORSE beside his own, basically naming Eddie Morse as a co-author of the play! Behrman's handwritten inscription begins just after the printed "by S. N. Behrman", and it reads: "and / Eddie Morse. / S.N. Behrman / N.Y. Jan 19, '32". The NINE CAST MEMBERS and the DIRECTOR'S SIGNATURES are all on the "Characters" page. The Director was GUTHRIE McCLINTIC.

The Nine Cast Members were: Robert Douglas, Alexander Woollcott, Frances Rich, Paul Harvey, Francine Larrimore, Boris Marshalov, Louis Calhern, Edwin Morse, and Helen Walpole. (Note: This was one of the few plays in which ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT, the famous writer and wit, acted. Paul Harvey was the actor who died in 1955. Helen Walpole was an actress active in the 1930s who went on to be a noted writer for radio and eventually a prominent figure in the Daughters of the Confederacy.) Tipped in on a blank prelim page is a TELEGRAM to EDWARD MORSE at the BELASCO THEATRE. The Telegram is dated NOVEMBER 9, 1931, the date of the OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE. The telegram reads: "DEAR EDDIE YOUVE BEEN A SWEETHEART IN A NICE WAY OF COURSE LOVE AND KISSES SAM." Presumably this was a telegram sent by S.N. Behrman (Samuel Behrman) to Edward Morse, the Stage Manager for the theatrical production (as well as one of the actors), who was also, according to the inscription by Behrman on the title page, a co-author of the play. Someone hand wrote McCLINTIC at the bottom of the telegram, perhaps meaning that the telegram should be shown to Guthrie McClintic, the play's Director. The play was the basis for the 1933 film of the same name, starring Carole Lombard. Hardcover Book, no dustjacket, 5x7.5", 235 pages. Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1931. First Edition, with the date 1931 and the Publisher's Colophon on the copyright page with no additional printings noted. GOOD condition, the front and rear covers have staining / discoloration near the spine and a bit on the spine, some scrapes here and there, lightly bumped corners, and some wear to the spine ends, but are sturdy and still doing there job well; internally very nice, pages lightly toned with age offsetting to the first few pages, including the title page, from something that had been laid in but is no longer present (newspaper article?), otherwise the pages are tight, bright and clean; and all the signatures and inscriptions are bright and clear. The tipped in telegram is has a chip at its top edge and is worn and creased from handling, but remains solid and clear. Wonderful with the ELEVEN SIGNATURES and TELEGRAM, and BEHRMAN'S Generous Inscription giving authorship credit to Eddie Morse.

In 1930 Muriel McCormick Hubbard, the infamous daughter of the richest couple in Chicago, heiress to two of Americas' great Gilded Age fortunes opened and operated the Palm Beach Playhouse in a former Royal Palm Way nightclub. A well attended vanity theatre which attracted noted actors, directors and patrons lasted only two seasons, existing programs are basically impossible to find, I can't find another example. The Supporting Members reads like a who's who of America's wealthiest.

PALM BEACH PLAYHOUSE PROGRAM March 15 1932, Presenting Miss Edith Wynne Matthison In "AS YOU LIKE IT" By William Shakespeare, Directed by Charles Rain Kennedy.

Published by the Palm Beach Playhouse, Palm Beach Florida, March 1932. First and only edition, softcover, illustrated blue green wrappers printed in silver and blue ink on the front cover, 9" x 6", side staple bound, 19 pages, includes names of members, editorial, and many advertisements for the local establishments catering to the old money, blue bloods and tycoons who inhabit the island. VERY GOOD Condition: covers have a touch of age toning, front cover has a light vertical crease, rear cover has some neatly penned names, half-dime-size top edge chip and four scrapes in each corner (perhaps from old tape removal), internally a half-dollar-size blue stain/offset on the first page but printing remains legible beneath, neat blue penned markings around the two letter C's on page 19, and some light signs of age, overall a very well preserved Old Palm Beach relic, the silver and blue printing on the front cover remain very bright and attractive, a lovely Deco design that would look great framed.

Muriel McCormick Hubbard (1902-1956) AKA Mrs. Elisha Dyer Hubbard. Daughter of Harold McCormick (International Harvester) granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil). Actress, participant in séances and spirit communications, spiritual bride, philanthropist, served in the U. S. Women's Army Corps during World War II, art collector. McCormick, received a charter to operate Palm Beach Playhouse Inc. "to encourage a taste for music, literature and the arts through presentation of dramatic or operatic representations" at Palm Beach, Florida. She underwrote the entire enterprise.

BALLET SHOES, by Noel Sreatfeild. Illustrated by Richard Floethe. "A delightful story about three little girls who studied for careers on the stage."

Published by Random House, New York, 1937. Early printing, likely circa 1945, with Circus Shoes and Theater Shoes blurbs on the dustjacket.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, cloth covered boards decorated with rose colored designs, rose top page edges, 5.5x8 inches, 294 pages plus 19 color plates each printed on its own leaf.

Ballet Shoes is the first title in the beloved "Shoes" series (as the books are known in the U.S.). It was adapted into a television series by the BBC in 1975, starring Elizabeth Morgan, Sarah Prince, and Jane Slaughter as the sisters, and later for a 2007 film, starring Emilia Fox, Victoria Wood, and Emma Watson as the sisters.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, some small stains to the page edges, overall just lightly used, still sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a FAIR dustjacket that is toned, has some edge and spine end wear and closed tears, a crease to the spine, some toning and light soiling; still a complete dj that is doing its job and retains its $2.50 price at the top of the front flap.

Hard-to-find, especially so in an acceptable dustjacket.

About MARY NOEL STREATFEILD (from Wikipedia):

******Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE, b.1895 d.1986, was an English author, best known for children's books including the popular "Shoes" books. Streatfeild was a runner-up for the first annual Carnegie Medal for Ballet Shoes, and she won the third annual Carnegie Medal for Circus Shoes.

Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television.

In the 1998 film "You've Got Mail" Meg Ryan's character, a bookstore owner, recommends reading Noel Streatfeild: "Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes and Theatre Shoes and Dancing Shoes and Movie Shoes...I'd start with Ballet Shoes first. It's my favorite ... although Skating Shoes is completely wonderful. But it's out of print."******

This is an ORIGINAL CARBON TYPESCRIPT of LA FEMME DE TA JEUNESSE by French JACQUES DEVAL, noted French Playwright, Screenwriter and Director (Paris 1890 - Paris 1972). The play is in FRENCH. Undated with No Publisher noted, however this carbon typescript is clearly an original carbon copy from circa 1947. Bound in paper wrappers, inner pages on thin carbon paper, 8" x 10.5", 141 pages, printed on one side only, 2-hole punched on the left margin. Bound with 2 brads. Front cover has the following rubber stamps: "Mme FROGER / Copies litteraires et theatrales / 69, r. d'Amsterdam..."; "Dr. Alexandre BANYAI / Affaires et Editions Theatrales / PARIS"; and "George Marton / Beverly Hills, California". The first page has the stamp of "Dr. Alexandre BANYAI / Affaires et Editions Theatrales..." Condition: The wrappers' spine is torn, frayed and chipped away; the covers are still hanging on to the inner pages, they are creased with small closed tears along all the edges; the front cover and the first page have pulled from the brads; internally the pages are toned with age, have some creasing from handling and use, but are still complete, bright, clean and unmarked.

MOVIE SHOES, by Noel Sreatfeild. Illustrated by Susanne Suba.

Published by Random House, New York, 1949. First U.S. Edition, First Printing, with the statement "FIRST PRINTING" on the copyright page.

From the dj flap: "In this story of an English family in Hollywood Noel Streatfeild, author of Ballet Shoes and other well-known Shoes books, gives us an understanding picture of the life of children in the film industry that will captivate every young reader who has dreamed of a career in the movies."

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, cloth covered boards decorated in black and burgundy on the front cover and spine, burgundy colored top page edges, 5.5x8 inches, X + 294 pages plus 5 b&w plates each printed on its own leaf (blank versos).

Condition: VERY GOOD book, just lightly used, still sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in an only FAIR dustjacket that has tearing at the spine ends and corner tips, a horizontal closed tear across the spine, edge wear including small chips and closed tears, scrapes and tenderness along the spine and flap folds, and tape repairs and reinforcement to the blank backside; nonetheless the dj is doing its job and retains its 250/250 price at the top of the front flap.

About MARY NOEL STREATFEILD (from Wikipedia):

******Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE, b.1895 d.1986, was an English author, best known for children's books including the popular "Shoes" books. Streatfeild was a runner-up for the first annual Carnegie Medal for Ballet Shoes, and she won the third annual Carnegie Medal for Circus Shoes.

Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television.

In the 1998 film "You've Got Mail" Meg Ryan's character, a bookstore owner, recommends reading Noel Streatfeild: "Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes and Theatre Shoes and Dancing Shoes and Movie Shoes... I'd start with Ballet Shoes first. It's my favorite ... although Skating Shoes is completely wonderful. But it's out of print."******

1951-1959 ARCHIVE of BARBARA ADAMS (aka BARBARA JOHNSTON, BARBARA J. ADAMS), a Ballerina in the San Francisco Ballet. She went on several world tours with the SF Ballet Company.

Consists of two expanding folders with tie closures STUFFED with 100s of letters, programs, photographs, announcements, snapshots, etc. Handwritten on the outside of one folder is: "S.F. BALLET 1951-1957" and on the other: "MIDDLE EAST TOUR - SPRING 1959".

In the 1950s Barbara Adams was a ballerina with the S.F. Ballet. She performed with Nancy Johnson and other Prima Ballerinas. There are programs, photographs, letters, documents, and all sorts of other ephemera related to her years with the Ballet.

Barbara Adams went on three world tours with the SF Ballet. In 1959 the S.F. Ballet went on a "Middle East Tour". There are programs, snapshots, letters, documents, and all sorts of other ephemera related to these tours in the "Tour" folder.

There is also a large group of letters from Turkey, Greece, Paris, Lebanon, and elsewhere, written while she was on tour with the Ballet. The letters are written to her mother, HAZEL M. JOHNSTON.

Everything is in generally GOOD condition, lightly used, handled and aged. Nice.

A wonderful and intimate look at the San Francisco Ballet in its early years, and during its early world tours, seen mainly through the eyes of Barbara Adams, Ballerina. I leave it to you to really dig through, discover and enjoy.

A couple notes about the S.F. Ballet during the years Barbara Adams danced and toured the world with the Company (from the S.F. Ballet website):

1957 - The Company makes its international debut with an 11 nation tour to Asia and the Middle East sponsored by the U.S. Department of State as an effort to present American culture around the world. The tour is so successful that it is followed by a four month tour of Latin America in 1958, and a three month tour of the Middle East in 1959.

1958 - To celebrate the Company's 25th anniversary, Lew Christensen creates Beauty and the Beast, his second full-length ballet for San Francisco Ballet, which becomes one of the most popular works over the next decade.

Original STANFORD PHD THESIS titled CONCEPTUAL TRENDS in VOICE and DICTION TRAINING in AMERICAN COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES. By Ward Thorvel Rasmus.

"A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Speech and Drama and the Committee on Graduate Study of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Dated April 1955.

Hardcovers, burgundy cloth covered boards, gilt titling on the spine, 8.5x11 inches, carbon copy typescript pages (the type can be felt on the backsides), 254 pages plus some introductory pages.

Original HAND SIGNATURES of three members of the Stanford University Committee on Graduate Study. They approved the thesis as fully adequate for the PhD degree.

VERY GOOD condition, the spine gilt titling has mostly faded but is still legible, the covers have shelf rubs but are otherwise solid and doing their job well; the last two pages have creasing at the upper corner area, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy.

From the last page: "This dissertation was typed by Miss Louise Kent Hale, 2329 Princeton Street, Palo Alto, California." Now there's a job that no longer exists!

RARE, EARLY 1958 CONCERT PROGRAM by the DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET. "Benefit Jazz Concert by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for Dave's Friend, Al Jay Naukana, January 7, 1958, 150 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco." The "Master of Ceremonies" was Phil Elwood, longtime San Francisco Bay Area jazz and blues critic.

HAND-SIGNED by BAND MEMBERS DAVE BRUBECK, PAUL DESMOND and JOE MORELLO, and BAND MANAGER MORT LEWIS.

Joe Morello and Mort Lewis also INSCRIBED the booklet to JEAN (Jean Gundlach), who was on the Committee that arranged for the Benefit Concert (she is named at the bottom of the last page of the 4 page program pamphlet).

Also signed Lou Olvera, who was a beloved teacher at the East Contra Costa Junior College (now Diablo Valley College) and Jazz fan. Dave Brubeck once performed at ECCJC along with Cal Tjader.

The program consists of TWO ITEMS:

(1) An illustrated SIGNED and INSCRIBED booklet about the Dave Brubeck Quartet and its members, produced as an informational booklet for Brubeck's 1957-1958 tour, published by Derry Music Co., 1957. Printed paper covers, side-stapled 8.5x11 inches, 16 pages including covers. VERY GOOD condition, light offsetting to the front cover, and light signs of handling, overall tight, bright, clean and clear; with lovely signatures and inscriptions.

(2) A 4 page program for the "BENEFIT JAZZ CONCERT" that took place on January 7, 1958 in San Francisco. GOOD condition, several horizontal folds, perhaps to fit into a jacket pocket, otherwise just lightly used, bright and clear.

About JEAN (Gundlach), who was on the Committee to arrange the Benefit Concert, and to whom Joe Morello and Mort Lewis inscribed the program (from her 2010 Seattle Times obituary):

******Jean Gundlach, b.1914 d.2010, was a lifetime labor union activist. Beginning in the 1950s she served for 30 years as secretary to Harry Bridges in the ILWU in San Francisco. Throughout her years, Jean devoted herself to progressive programs, fighting against the McCarthy hearings, working with migrant farm worker organizations in the 1950s, joining many labor strikes and walkouts, etc. She was central to the creation of the Harry Bridges Chair and Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington.******

A MAJORITY OF ONE - SOUVENIR PROGRAM of the Award Winning Theatrical Play about Prejudice against the Japanese. Published circa 1959. SIGNED by THIRTEEN of the PERFORMERS, most notably: SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE, GERTRUDE BERG, BERTA GERSTEN, and SAHOMI TACHIBANA. Other signers are Maurice Ottinger, Joyce Flynn, Arsenio Trinidad, Kanna Ishii, John Malcolm, Claire Lu Thomas, Yasuko Adachi, Yvette Cardinoza and Yoji Matsuda. An Original Vintage Autographed Stage Play Souvenir Program, illustrated paper covers, side stapled, 9x12" [23 x 30 cm], 16 pages. GOOD condition: the spine fold is scraped and splitting for 1.5 inches at the bottom but holding well, the covers have some finger smudges, the rear cover has a scrape to its upper edge and spine margin, otherwise the covers are solid and bright; internally, the "Berta Gersten" page has been pasted over the page of a previous actress who she obviously replaced, overall the inner pages are just lightly used, still bright and clean. SCARCE with the SIGNATURES of CEDRIC HARDWICKE, GERTRUDE BERG and ELEVEN OTHERS. About A MAJORITY OF ONE (from Wikipedia): ******The play is a drama concerning racial prejudice involving Mrs. Jacoby, a Jewish widow from Brooklyn, New York, and Koichi Asano, a millionaire widower from Tokyo. Mrs. Jacoby is sailing to Japan with her daughter and foreign service officer son-in-law who is being posted to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. She still considers the country the enemy responsible for the death of her son during World War II, but her feelings change when she meets Mr. Asano on board the ship. When she advises her family of Mr. Asano's desire to court her, Mrs. Jacoby's daughter, whose loyalty is to her mother rather than her husband, objects to the possibility of an interracial marriage. The 1959-60 Broadway production was directed by Dore Schary and ran for 3 previews and 556 performances, with Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke. In 1961 Spigelgass adapted his play for a Warner Bros. film starring Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue and Ray Danton and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.******

A 33 1/3 RPM VINYL LP ALBUM Recording of DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL'S circa 1963 PERFORMANCE of "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN", RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA. The blank album cover has a printed paper wrapper glued onto it, the lp is recorded on yellow vinyl, 33 1/3 RPM. LP has a label that reads: "DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL / CREATIVE ARTS DEPARTMENT / presents / ANNIE GET YOUR GUN". The item and cover are undated, however I searched and found when several of the cast members went to De Anza High School and that was in the early 1960s, so circa 1963. The album looks to be in VERY GOOD condition, perhaps a couple superficial scratches. The printed wrappers overlaying the album cover has waviness at the margins where it was glued on, some corner creases, is lightly toned, and has signatures beside a few of the cast member names, but is still clear and fully legible. A really COOL sixties item from DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL, Richmond, California.

FANNY AND ALEXANDER - A FILM FOR TELEVISION, by INGMAR BERGMAN. Translated (into English) by Alan Blair.

ORIGINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY for what BERGMAN INTENDED TO BE a FIVE HOUR, FOUR PART FILM for TELEVISION. The Draft is dated Faro (Sweden), 1979.

Plastic Spiral Bound Screenplay, green paper covers, 8.25x11.75 inches, mimeographed or photocopied typescript, 235 pages plus 3 prelim pages (Title Page, Characters), pages printed on one side only.

There are a few very minor hand corrections, mostly grammatical, here and there, and I noticed one page (page 221) had a handwritten margin comment "How about Alexander". No idea if this was written by an assistant, agent, proofreader, or someone else involved in Bergman's film project.

VERY GOOD condition, the plain green paper front cover has a diagonal crease; internally the pages are just lightly toned at the edges, otherwise

complete, tight, bright, clean and clear copy. A very presentable copy.

The full breadth and beauty of Ingmar Bergman's incredible film is only fully realized in the format he originally intended, the four part, five hour television film. This 1979 screenplay draft was the embodiment of that vision.

However, Bergman was convinced to make a drastically cut version (3 hours versus 5 hours) for limited release in Europe in late 1982 so that the film would qualify for the Academy Awards. After the spliced and diced film finished its very limited European release, and after it won 4 academy awards (it was nominated for six), a 5 hour theatrical film was given limited European theatrical release. That five hour film was basically a spliced together version of the intended four part, five hour television film. Finally, also in 1983, the full four part, five hour television film was shown in Sweden (Fanny och Alexander) in the form Bergman originally intended.

I do not believe that Bergman's preferred 5 hour version was ever filmed in English. His original intent was clearly to have the four part, five hour telefilm made and shown on television in both Sweden and the United States. Thus this 1979 English translated draft screenplay. But instead only the drastically shortened film version was ever released theatrically in the United States. That film was released in 1983, four years after this 1979 screenplay for television was looking for U.S. producers.

This Original 1979 Draft Screenplay for the Full Four Part, Five Hour Television Film was sent to Super Agent Paul Kohner (long time agent for Ingmar Bergman and for many of Bergman's film stars). Paul Kohner's ownership label is on the title page, with his early phone number CRESTVIEW 1-5165.

SCARCE. This 1979 INGMAR BERGMAN Draft SCREENPLAY for his vision of a Five Hour, Four Part FILM for TELEVISION, is the only copy I have, and it is the only copy I have ever seen.

TWENTY ISSUES of the DRUM MAJOR : DEDICATED to the ADVANCEMENT of BATON TWIRLING. January 1954 through January 1956, lacking only the January 1955 issue (some of the 1954 issues are for two months). Plus a booklet on Fire Baton Twirling. All belonged to the baton twirling girl Jean Holdsworth of Napa, California, with her name and mailing address on the backside of most issues. The DRUM MAJOR / BATON TWIRLING magazines are side-stapled magazines with about 17 pages per issue, illustrated.

ALSO included is a three ring binder filled with Jean Holdsworth's Baton Twirling lesson notes, exercises and assignments. Her teacher was Barbara Mercer, also of Napa. The binder cover has the handwritten word "BATON" and there are approximately 50 pages with printed exercises and/or handwritten notes.

Everything is in generally GOOD condition, the magazines have signs of handling and some are splitting a bit at the spine folds and have a few creases.

I found this about Jean Holdsworth (Meehan) on the Internet:

"Jean, b.1941 d.2022, graduated from Napa High School and Napa Junior College where she was a majorette with the marching band."

I found this public tribute to the twirling teacher, Barbara Mercer (Zuehlke), b.1926 d.2018, on the Internet:

"As soon as I saw her face in the paper, I remembered her fondly. I was a Pepperette and she pushed me to come out of my shyness. I was always scared to wear the dazzling outfits for parades, shows, etc. But, I carried my baton everywhere and threw it up in the air doing a "double" and always striving for a "triple". (Twirlers will know what I'm talking about). I performed for many family "talent shows" in our house and deck. Unfortunately, I broke many lamps, figurines, vases, etc. by practicing in the house. I could not put that baton down. RIP - you were a blessing in my life long ago."

TWENTY-THREE BOOKS, BOOKLETS & PAMPHLETS by VARIOUS MAGICIANS. Most are bound with staples or plastic spirals, many are self published on copy machines and the like.

THE NIXON MANUSCRIPT IN BOOK FORM - A Collection of Magic Illusions by William J. "Doc" Nixon. 80 pages. 1987.

R.C. Buff's KNOT ON THE SQUARE - NEW MAGIC WITH ROPES with 100 Illustrations. 21 pages. 1987.

THE ILLUSTRATED MENTALIST, by S. D. Threadgill. 34 pages. 1976.

THE SMAGORAD, by Denny Laub & Gary Inglese.44 pages. 1983.

THE PSYCHIC ENCOUNTER - A meeting of the minds. A rendezvous where the unknown becomes known, by Ray Piatt. 24 pages. 1980.

THE NEW TOPS MAGAZINE. (A magazine about Magic and Magicians). 43 pages. 1988.

Peter Warlock's NEW PENTAGRAM. Two separate pamphlets, August 1985 and October 4 pages each. 1985.

LECTURE NOTES - From a Lecture-Demonstration, by Ron Wilson. 12 pages. 1978.

CREATIVE MAGIC by Harry G. Franke. First Presented at IBM Ring 6. 8 pages. 1970.

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS? or IMPROV MAGIC, by Kirk Charles.15 pages. 1977.

PROMOTION IN MOTION - A Handbook of Promotional Resources for the WORKING MAGICIAN, by Hal Diamond. 70 pages. 1980.

THE HOFNER QUINTET, by John Hofner. A Supreme Magic Publication. 24 pages. 1980.

THE MULTIMIX PRINCIPLE, by Mark Weston. 12 pages. 1979.

A LIFETIME OF JOY, by Ken Brooke. - A collection of tricks...that I have used professionally for over 40 years. 16 pages. 1982.

MEMORY OF THE MIND - An Innovation in Mentalism, by Eddie Joseph. 23 pages. Circa 1980.

CABARET CARD DIVINATION, by Billy McComb and Ken de Courcy. 8 pages. 1978.

ILLUSION SHOW KNOW HOW, by Ken Griffin and Roberta.104 pages. 1972.

TABLE BOOK II - NO DRAPES! By Gene Glove. 34 pages. 1981.

THREE MIRACLE ROUTINES, by Richard Osterlind. 40 pages. 1986.

THE SILVER PASSAGE - Acclaimed Throughout The World As A Breakthrough In Coins Through The Table, featuring Gary Ouellet and Haruhito Hirata. Masters of Magic Vol. I No. 3. 25 pages. 1979.

THE GREAT BLACKSTONE - World's Greatest Magician and His Show Of 1001 Wonders, by Neil Foster. Approx. 50 pages. 1970.

BUSBY - CORN, INC. 1980 General Catalog. Busby-Corn was an Oakland then San Francisco seller of books on Magic and Magicians. Approx. 50 pages. 1980.

THE FOURTH EVENING AT THE MAGIC CIRCLE and THE SIXTH EVENING AT THE MAGIC CIRCLE, both by Arthur J. Emerson Jr. Two items, approximately 20 pages each, circa 1980.

The items are in generally GOOD condition, some a bit less so, some a bit more so, all show signs of various use but remain complete, clear, clean and unmarked.

A MAGICAL COLLECTION for that Magician in your Life or Soul!

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THE SOVEREIGN GOOD. A Novel by HELEN HUNTINGTON (aka HELEN GRANVILLE-BARKER). Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1908. First edition.

INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR on the front free-endpaper: "To Mrs. J.T.B. Hillhouse / With the / affectionate regards / of the author."

Hardcover Book, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and designs on the front cover and spine, 5x7.5 inches. Pagination: iv, 386 pages, plus 4 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

VERY GOOD condition: a bit of wear to the corner tips and spine ends, a previous owner's name/address at the top of the rear free-endpaper, otherwise a solid, tight, clean copy with cover gilt that is bright and lovely. One of the nicest copies of this book I have seen, and it's inscribed by the author!

WHY HELEN HUNTINGTON aka HELEN GRANVILLE-BARKER is THE WICKED WITCH OF ENGLISH THEATRE:

Helen Granville-Barker, b.? d.1950, was a third rate playwright, poet and novelist, mostly remembered for being the second wife and ruination of Harley Granville-Barker who was the great hope of British theatre.

"No history of British theatre would be complete without the acknowledgement of Harley Granville Barker's importance as playwright, director, producer, actor, essayist and theatre visionary in the first decades of the twentieth century. However, after the First World War he abandoned the professional theatre, and the prime culprit for this abandonment was his American second wife, Helen Huntington. A rich dilettante, third rate poet and second rate novelist, Helen, it is claimed, seduced Barker and turned him into a reclusive, snobbish country gentleman. Her visceral hatred of the theatre and all theatre people forced him to withdraw from lifelong friends and colleagues, thus cutting himself off from his true nature and his true talent. To complete all this horror, she even made her new husband add a hyphen to their name to assuage her own crass aristocratic ambitions. And so, Helen - perhaps unconsciously, but always selfishly - all but single handedly destroyed the great hope of the British theatre." - U.K. Times Literary Supplement.

"Graville-Barker's second wife insisted on his almost complete severance from his work and friends in the theatre, and above all from Shaw, whom she detested. It was mutual: Shaw thought that Granville-Barker had buried himself alive on her account." - Oxford English Dictionary of National Biography

CIRCUS: A TRAVELING LIFE. Photographs by NORMA I. QUINTANA. Photo book filled with great b&w photographs of daily life in a one-ring circus as it traveled across America. Not the performances, but the people, their life in the troupe, their families, candidly portrayed. Introduction by Mona Simpson

Published by Damiani, Bologna, Italy, 2014. ISBN-10: 8862083653 ISBN-13: 978-8862083652.

SIGNED, LIMITED, NUMBERED, FIRST EDITION. Hand numbered copy 383 of 400 on a special Limitation page (the second to last page).

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 11x11 inches, 154 pages. Fully illustrated with Quintana's b&w photographs.

Photographer Norma Quintana spent a decade traveling with a one-ring circus troupe as it made its way across America. Novelist Mona Simpson provides an essay on the vanishing world of the circus.

NEAR FINE book, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; in a GOOD dustjacket that has a closed tear and crease at the bottom of the front panel but is otherwise bright and doing its job well (the dj is known to be delicate). A lovely, presentable copy.

The Signed, Numbered, Limited First Edition is Hard-to-Find.

About Norma Quintana (from Wikipedia):

******Norma I. Quintana, b.1954, is an American photographer working in the tradition of social documentary, shooting exclusively in black and white and using only available light. Her first monograph presents a decade long pictorial series of a traveling one-ring circus.******

LAUREN FADELEY HAND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. The photograph is a computer printed publicity release, celebrating both the first fifty years of the PENNSYLVANIA BALLET (1963 to 2013) and its PRINCIPAL DANCER LAUREN FADELEY. This promotional piece is 8.5x11.5 inches, including the white borders. It is printed on glossy Epson photo paper. HAND SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the image by LAUREN FADELEY: To John / Lauren / Fadeley. Lovely image of this beautiful dancer. VERY GOOD condition, one corner tip is creased, overall bright & lovely. About LAUREN FADELEY (excerpted from the MIAMI CITY BALLET website): ******Lauren Fadeley was born in Orlando, Fla., where she began her dance training at age four. She trained at the Orlando Ballet School and the School of Performing Arts in Florida, along with summer intensives at The Rock School for Dance Education and the School of American Ballet. In 2000 at age 15, after attending School of American Ballet for three consecutive summers, Fadeley moved to New York City to study there full time. Once completing a year at School of Ballet in New York City, Fadeley was invited by Peter Martins to join New York City Ballet (NYCB). From there, she went on to join the corps de ballet of the Pennsylvania Ballet in the fall of 2007. Fadeley was promoted to Soloist for the 2011 season and to Principal Dancer in 2012. During her nine seasons at Pennsylvania Ballet, she originated numerous featured roles. She joined Miami City Ballet as a soloist in 2016 and promoted to principal soloist in 2017.******