N.p. N.p., Circa 1934. Vintage oversize matte-finish press portrait photograph of actress Josephine Baker from the 1934 film, INSCRIBED by Baker: "To Miss Contin-Souza / With best wishes, from / Josephine Baker." With the stamp of Baker and her then-lover, Giuseppe Pepito "Joseph" Abatino, on the verso. A young, orphaned laundress seeks employment as a nightclub dancer in order to.....
Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 2001. First Edition. Bone's autobiographical account of his experience in the circus and in carnivals. A must for the sideshow diehard. Spine text slightly faded, else Fine and unread in printed wrappers.
Hollywood: DuMont Television Network, 1955. Draft script for Season One, episode 25 of the 1954-1955 television series, originally broadcast on March 8, 1955 on the DuMont Television Network. Script belonging to Lyn Thomas, who played Val in the episode, with her holograph name in ink on the front wrapper, and her lines circled in holograph ink throughout, shooting schedule laid.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1952. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1953 film, showing actress Gloria Grahame and circus performer Cucciola. Despite the dazzling front of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, the various circus performers and management lead mysterious and often troubled lives behind the scenes. The film featured the real circus troupe members in addition to the film actors.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1934. Vintage photograph of San Bernardino Ritz Theatre employee holding an "On Strike!" sign to promote the 1934 film "Circus Clown," by photographer Walt Fiss. This appears to have been taken at the intersection of 5th Street and North E Street, just north of the Ritz Theatre, which was located at 423 North E Street in San.....
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Berlin: Der Spiegel, 1975. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Fassbinder on the set of his 1975 film "Faustrecht der Freiheit." Shot by Manjit Jari for the German publication Der Spiegel, with stamps for both Jari and the publication on the verso, along with an archive date of March 19, 1975. Franz "Fox" Biberkopf (Fassbinder) loses his job at a......
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Italy: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1964. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set of the 1964 film. Shown is Annie Giarardot (the "ape woman" in the film) in a dressing room with two other semi-clothed, "normal" women, conveying an immediate irony as she looks up at her husband (Ugo Tognazzi) standing in the doorway. With the stamps of both the French.....
New York: Rinehart, 1946. First Edition. Publisher's colophon on the copyright page as called for. Gresham's first book, a dispassionate descent into the world of the carnival sideshows, based largely on the author's own experiences and investigations. Basis for the notable 1947 film noir, directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, and Joan Blondell. Jacket design by.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor John Wayne on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, in German language, with a rubber stamp crediting the "Black Star" press agency of London, and a paper label crediting Hipp-Foto in Berlin. Based on a story by Philip Yordan and Nicholas Ray. Matt Masters.....
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Poland: N.p., Circa 1966. Original Polish A1 poster, circa 1966, for the 1963 Russian film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. A story set (and shot) in Armenia, about a young circus artist who goes on to be a star. The circus troupe of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic took part in the shoot.....
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1958. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on a story by Paul Galico, about an English school teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip who falls in love with a circus acrobat (Pier Angeli). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light.....
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Heidelberg, Germany: Constantin-Film, 1968. Original German A1 poster for the 1968 German film. Artwork by Leduc. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. An important work in the German avant garde cinema, made in a collage style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger).....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1966. Original British quad poster for the 1965 French-Italian film. Printed in England by Stafford. Set in Central America, 1907, Maria II (Moreau) is the daughter of an Irish terrorist, and she joins a vaudeville act headlined by Maria I (Bardot). Together they invent a new striptease dance and become stars, propelling them to fame.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Final Draft script for the 1933 pre-Code film. Francois dreams of working as a tour guide in his beloved Paris, but instead works for Bibi, a pimp, who hires Francois to craft alibis for the adulterers who engage in this business. While working the streets, he meets Madeleine, who works as a target for her knife-throwing.....
Paris: Cinedis, 1958. Original borderless single weight black-and-white photograph for the 1958 French-Italian film. Child actor Joel Flateau and costumed chimp holding Rolleiflex camera present in the image, both customers at a bar. "La Marseillaise" rubber stamp, and brief notation in holograph ink, on the verso. Based on Malot's 19th-century novel, "Sans famille" (1878), about an orphan boy who travels.....
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Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation, 1928. Original three-color herald for the 1928 silent film, with overprints in red ink on the verso added to promote the sound version, released shortly after the initial version, reading "The latest talking sensation!" and "Janet Gaynor / Talking for the first time on the screen." All of Murnau's American films are available except "4 Devils,".....
Santa Monica, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1954. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1954 film. Seduction and betrayal erupts among the American employees of a traveling carnival in Munich. Set and shot on location in Munich. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.
Hollywood: Jed Buell Productions / Columbia Pictures, Circa 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Copy belonging to actor Joseph Herbst, with his last name in holograph pencil to the front wrapper. Herbst played the part of the sheriff in the film, and a year later would also go on to act as a Munchkin villager in The Wizard of.....
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1927. First Photoplay Edition. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film. Based on the 1928 part talkie film, adapted by Nicholson from his 1927 Broadway play of the same name, directed by George Fitzmaurice, and starring Dorothy Mackail, Milton Sills, Betty Compson and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Compson was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her.....
Paris: Gamma Film, 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Martine Carol and Peter Ustinov in costume on the set of the 1955 film. With the stamp of Tele-Magazine on the verso, along with holograph pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on the 20th century novel by Jacques Laurent. A once-renowned European courtesan and former dancer is reduced to working in a......
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. Based on Charles G. Finney's 1935 fantasy novel "The Circus of Dr. Lao." A magical circus arrives in a small western town, whose inhabitants see themselves reflected in its assemblage of mystical performers and animals. Set in the.....
London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1962. Collection of 6 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1962 UK film. A handsome drifter on the run, accused of murder, gets involved with a pretty circus girl. Nancy Kwan stars as an Italian horse rider. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities, else Near Fine.
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1956. Original British black-and-white premiere program for the 1956 US film. Printed and distributed to coordinate with a European gala premiere of the film at the Odeon Theatre, June 26, 1956, as a charity fundraiser to benefit the Actors' Orphanage and the Variety Club Heart Fun for Under-Priveleged Children. Based on Max Catto's (often wrote.....
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1926. First Photoplay Edition, originally published by George H. Doran the same year. Photo-illustrated with film stills throughout. Basis for the 1926 film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Marian Nixon and Pat O'Malley. Drawn from the author's own experiences as a circus performer, about a bareback rider and her romance with a grifter who.....
London: John Lane, 1917. First Edition. A classic of horror fiction from Robbins, about a trio of circus freaks who escape captivity in the circus, open a curiosity shop, and use it as a base from which to launch a devastating crime wave. Basis for two films, the first a silent classic in 1925 directed by Tod Browning and starring.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1924. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1924 film showing star John Gilbert relaxing with a book at his home. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 Russian play by Leonid Andreyev, first published in English in 1922. The first film put into production under the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the first.....
France: Gray-Film, 1974. Vintage oversize, borderless, color photograph of director and star Jacques Tati on the set of the 1974 French film. Tati's final film, in which the beloved director plays a circus clown. Shown out of competition at Cannes, and then released in France as a television movie. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 731. Rosenbaum.....
N.p. Gray-Film, 1974. Vintage French petite poster for the 1974 French film, originally released in France as a television movie. Jacques Tati's final film, in which the beloved director plays a circus clown. 24 x 32 inches, folded. Small holograph pencil notation to the verso, else Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 731. Rosenbaum 1000.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films, a stylish, grotesque fairy tale romp.....