18 Playbills/Programs Lunt Fontanne Cohan Nixon Theatre Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Nixon Theatre
From Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 16 January 2015
From Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 16 January 2015
About this Item
Very Good condition. Most of the material(Playbills, Souvenir Programs, Advertisement/Brochures) is from the mid-late 1930's which makes the condition all the more impressive. Most of the playbills are from the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Four of the Playbills (called Programs by the Nixon Theatre) that you can see in the last two pictures I've provided-- each have a similar 1 to 1 1/2 inch loss going across the top of the Back cover, but NOT detaching anything or affecting the binding. I threw all four in for free. I calculated the cost of the other 14 items by comparing each one of them to the other playbills on sale for that particular play at other theatres in the same time frame--1930's(Since None of the Nixon Theatre playbills i'm selling were for sale on the internet). I took the lowest price I found for each item and then discounted that lowest price by another 30%. The total of the lowest prices for the 14 was $210 and I'm asking for $99.00. Please read added info. on Condition below. Please Note that the following was written originally for another site which permitted 12 photos. Picture 1) This is a 12 page Souvenir Book about Robert E. Sherwood's New Play 'There Shall Be No Night' starring Alfed Lunt and Lynn Fontanne(not Nixon Theatre) with pictures of scenes from the play(a very young Montgomery Clift is in one), also a two page article on the Lunts, another 2 pages on 'The Lunts At Home' with photos, two pages on Robert E. Sherwood, the playwright. It is well bound with minor wear and some darkening on the back cover. There are 2 for sale on EBAY, one for $43 and the other for $60. Picture 2) 'On To Fortune' with a Mary Rogers in a small role(1935)in excellent condition, and 'You Can't Take It With You', Hart and Kaufman(1938)in excellent condition. Picture 3) A four-page undated color announcement (not sure what you call these-brochure?) and a playbill for the play 'Victoria Regina'(1939) starring "The First Lady of American Theatre" Helen Hayes. Both in Very Good shape. Picture 4) An undated 4 page brochure-announcement for the upcoming 'Hamlet' with Leslie Howard and a playbill for 'Susan and God' starring Gerttrude Lawrence(1939). The playbill is in excellent condition. The Hamlet announcement has several creases(no tears) across the front cover. Picture 5) Two undated play Announcements, one for 'Kiss The Boys Goodbye' by Claire Boothe(several creases) which is two pages(front and back) and George M. Cohan in 'I'd Rather Be Right', by Hart and Kaufman, 4 pages with a light crease. Picture 6) Playbill for 'Winterset' by Maxwell Anderson starring Burgess Meredith(never saw a picture of him so young). It is in Very Good shape. (Thus far none of the described materials have any binding issues, No loose pages, No tears or loss, No Writing, No markings, and very minimal soiling). Picture 7) offers three different materials for a "New Play by S.N. Behrman" 'Rain From Heaven'. The playbill(1935) and the two announcements(undated, but obviously before the playbill) are in very good condition(no issues). I've enclosed one of the announcements in the playbill. Note there are two signatures on the cover of the playbill. They seem to me to be facsimile signatures. I didn't see any real signatures on any of the playbills. Picture 8) Here is the playbill(28 pages!) to go along with the Souvenir Book for 'There Shall Be No Night'(1940) starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. I'm taken by how white and bright the pages of this 74 year-old playbill are. However, note that one four-sided 'page' is loose in the middle. There is absolutely no damage, no tears etc. It simply came free of its staples. Otherwise very good condition. Picture 9) 'The Children's Hour' by Lillian Hellman(this playbill oddly is undated(just November 16th at 8:30) but it looks like the others that date from 1935 to 1939. Let's say 1938 the date that Aline Bernstein wrote 'The Journey Down' about her 4 year romant(ran out of characters). Seller Inventory # 000046
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Title: 18 Playbills/Programs Lunt Fontanne Cohan ...
Publisher: Nixon Theatre et al, Pittsburgh
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
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