Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1947. Final script for the 1948 film. With a single note on the verso of the last page in holograph blue ink. Shot under the name "Off to Buffalo" as is presented here. Vaudeville is a fading form of entertainment and prospects are grim for the Norwick family, a juggling act struggling to find work. They.....

Kansas City, MO: A.M. Wilson / The Sphinx, 1913. First Edition. A small pamphlet detailing tricks of the trade for magicians and performers, written during the height of the vaudeville era. Very Good in stapled wrappers. Stamp from the Magic House of Charles on the title page. Bruise to the front wrapper, with some light toning to the edges. Page.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1952. Vintage US pressbook for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era, "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer, representative of a new generation of performers. The first.....

Various cities: Various. An archive of books and personal material belonging to Arline de Haas, noted author of the photoplay edition for the first talking film, “The Jazz Singer” (1927). Included is her leather-bound presentation copy of her novelization of the film, a work that caused a fundamental and multi-level shift in the world’s conception of cinema and dramatic storytelling.....

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1934. Photographic proof trial poster for the 1934 film short. Clark and McCullough were a vaudeville comedy duo comprised of comedians Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough; the pair began in vaudeville, and eventually made a series of short films together during the 1920s and 1930s. The still features a photographic proof trial poster for.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Final Draft script for the 1939 comedy film, here under the working title "Roughneck."Three unemployed vaudevillians enlist in the US Army, and are deployed to France, where all three men promptly fall in love with the same girl.Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 34, dated JUNE 9, 1939.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946. Shooting Final script for the 1947 film. With some annotations in holograph pencil. Laid in are two drawings in holograph pencil. Based on the 1944 autobiographical novel by Miriam Young, a young woman (Grable) decides to marry a vaudeville performer instead of attending business school in San Francisco. She eventually has two daughters and retires.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl, who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas, and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, ca. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to producer Tony Bill, with his signature in black holograph ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill exec. producer." Also included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. A star-studded film in which a third-rate vaudeville duo decides to attempt a large.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1938-1965. Collection of three vintage promotional photographs of the African American harmony quartet, The Ink Spots. A look at a musical group that was not only internationally famous in its time, but greatly influenced multiple musical genres. The first sepia photograph dates to circa late 1930s, during the group's first decade, a promotional shot of the group.....